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851600

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 128095, on Government Departments: Procurement, whether any payment was made to that third party.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	130363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>We have no record of any payment being made to the third party whose services were available for departments to use in assessing contract portfolios.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 11:55:14 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

851601

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 128092, whether it is his policy that contracts would be assessed to be of sufficient risk that Open Book Contract Management would be used in cases where the supplier of such contracts is a strategic supplier who has triggered one of the high risk criteria in the Strategic Suppliers Risk Management Policy.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	130364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The extent of the application of Open Book Contract Management (OBCM) to each contract is dependent on the risk and complexity of that contract, as set out in the OBCM guidance published with PPN 05/16.</p><p> </p><p>It is for individual Contracting Authorities to determine in which tenders it would be appropriate to use OBCM procedures.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 11:53:22 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

849957

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment is Department has made of the potential effect of reducing data duplication across government on access to public services for people who are (a) precariously housed, (b) students and (c) experiencing relationship or family separation and (d) leaving abusive relationships; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	129525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making better use of data, including reducing data duplication, to keep pace with rising public expectations and the availability and potential of new technology to deliver better services at lower cost to taxpayers. This is why we have introduced data sharing measures in the Digital Economy Act, which:</p><p>-allow public authorities to share personal data with other public authorities in specific contexts in order to improve the welfare of the individual in question, for example the Troubled Families programme;</p><p>-allow public authorities to share limited information with energy companies to apply energy bill rebates or to provide households with energy saving measures; and</p><p>-allow public sector access to civil registration information (such as birth, marriage, civil partnership and death information) on a more consistent and transparent basis.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/03/2018 13:44:20 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

849956

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Departmental Coordination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of departmental variations in finance, human resources and procurement processes on the development of shared services across government; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	129524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Standardisation and convergence of processes enables the successful delivery of shared services. The Shared Services Strategy for Government, published January 2018, establishes the intention for process and data convergence across government; with departments adopting modern technology platforms for their back office, and to 'cluster' around these platforms for increasingly convergent shared service provision.</p><p>Adoption of these technologies, particularly with increased automation, will facilitate greater standardisation of processes, data and ways of working between organisations, while allowing a small degree of flexibility according to necessary organisational and operational context.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 15:51:39 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

849946

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many incidents of malware being used to illegally mine cryptocurrency have been reported by the Government since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	129514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Two incidents of malware being used to illegally mine cryptocurrency have been reported by the National Cyber Security Centre since its formation in October 2016.</p><p>The NCSC was established to simplify existing structures, bringing together the cyber security operations and information assurance arms of GCHQ, Computer Emergency Response Team UK (CERT-UK), the cyber elements of the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) and the Centre for Cyber Assessment. Prior to the NCSC’s formation, cyber incidents were recorded via differing means and to a variety of thresholds, and as such, figures prior to October 2016 are not available for comparison.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 15:27:18 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

824732

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts his Department holds with government strategic suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	123533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p> </p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 16:17:51 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

823161

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Ministerial Powers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many ministerial directions were issued to his Department in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	122844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office had the following number of ministerial directions in respective years:</p><p>2015- one</p><p>2016- one</p><p>2017- none</p><p>The information is held in the Cabinet Office accounts; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts</a></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/03/2018 14:15:25 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

807201

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has a small number of Large Expiring IT Contracts. The large majority of Large Expiring IT Contracts that fall within the Government Commercial Function’s guidance are in other government departments.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has been providing support, using expertise from Complex Transactions (GCO), Infrastructure and Projects Authority and Government Digital Service. This Strategic Support Team, known as “SST”, has been assisting central government departments to align their Large Expiring Contracts with this guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 15:34:39 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

823528

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister has responsibility for civil contingencies.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	122997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Each Department is individually responsible for overseeing levels of preparedness and the potential consequences of civil emergency risks for those sectors within their purview.</p><p> </p><p>Within the Cabinet Office, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office has oversight of all of the Cabinet Office’s activities. The Minister for Implementation has responsibility for civil contingencies policy.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/03/2018 14:09:00 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

823575

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the responsibilities of the Minister for Implementation, what the terms what works and behaviour change refer to.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	123039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p><strong>What Works:</strong> ‘What Works’ refers to the initiative launched by the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury in 2013 to ensure that the best available evidence informs spending decisions and the delivery of public services. It brings together of a network of 10 independent What Works Centres in policy areas such education, health, local economic growth, and children’s social care. These centres synthesise the existing evidence base in their fields of expertise and produce guidance for decision-makers both in government and on the frontline. Many of these research centres also commission or conduct primary research to fill gaps in the evidence base.</p><p> </p><p>The National What Works Adviser and the Cabinet Office’s What Works Team coordinates this network. They operate across government to share findings from the centres and support civil servants in the generation and use of evidence. For more information, please see: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-works-network" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-works-network</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Behaviour change: </strong>Behaviour change in this context refers to the use of behavioural insights to bring about change and improvements, for example in policymaking and service delivery. For more information, please see the recently launched behavioural insights framework: <a href="http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm6004" target="_blank">http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm6004</a></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/03/2018 14:10:38 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett