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823057

	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	Public Sector: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total value of goods and services procured from companies in Swindon by (a) all Government departments, and (b) all public bodies was in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	122740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Information on public sector suppliers within a specific constituency is not held centrally<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 16:12:15 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

850776

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to make improve the use of digital technology in the public sector.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	130010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is a recognised world leader in public sector digital innovation. The Government Digital Service (GDS) leads on the digital transformation in government, providing common solutions to problems that government service teams have to tackle repeatedly.</p><p>GDS provides standards, guidance and best practice to help government to build services that work for everyone. GDS works with departments to provide the right technology to help the public sector deliver great services, through technology that meets user needs; makes cross-government collaboration easier; costs less; and will help civil servants to work more flexibly and efficiently.</p><p>The Government Transformation Strategy was published in February 2017. It sets out a vision for transforming the way government operates and delivers services in the digital age and GDS’ role in driving this change. It was developed in conjunction with other government departments and its objectives include business transformation; increasing skills and capability across government; developing better tools, processes and governance; data; and developing more shared platforms such as GOV.UK Notify.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 07/03/2018 11:52:00 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

843535

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	National Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure the National Security Capability Review prioritises the capability of the UK's defence; and if he will a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	127876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The National Security Council (NSC) has agreed the high-level findings of the National Security Capability Review (NSCR). Ministers have agreed that we should finalise the NSCR with a view to publishing a report in late spring.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The NSCR considered threats and opportunities facing the UK. It integrates domestic, international and online security to tackle the increasingly interrelated and complex threats we face. It identified how we can use our national security capabilities more effectively and efficiently to achieve our three national security objectives: Protect our people; Project our global influence; and Promote our prosperity.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The conclusions of the NSCR will be published in late spring. Defence played its full part in the review. As a result of high-level findings from the NSCR, the NSC commissioned a programme of work to modernise defence building on the National Security Strategy and the SDSR15. The aim of the Modernising Defence Programme (MDP) is to make sure that defence is sustainable and affordable and is configured to address the threats we face. The MDP will report to the Prime Minister, Chancellor and Defence Secretary.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 14/03/2018 14:59:20 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

792757

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Grenfell Tower fire survivors and families have received legal representation funded by the Government; and how much has been set aside to fund the legal representation of those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	114684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Funding for legal representation for those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire is a matter for the independent Grenfell Tower Inquiry, to be decided in line with the Inquiries Act 2005, the Inquiry Rules 2006, the Inquiry’s costs protocol (‘Protocol Relating to Legal Representation at Public Expense’) and the Prime Minister’s determination on funding.</p><p>Paragraph 6 of the Inquiry’s costs protocol confirms that the Prime Minister has determined that the survivors and their families, the bereaved families and local residents affected by the tragic events at Grenfell Tower will automatically meet the requirements of the Inquiry Rules in respect of financial resources. A copy of the protocol can be found on the Inquiry’s website.</p><p>The Inquiry will publish details of its expenditure after the end of the financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 16:40:49 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden attachment 1 file name Grenfell Inquiry Legal Funding Protocol.pdf title Grenfell Inquiry Legal Funding Protocol
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

825537

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Land
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much land has been declared as surplus by each Government Department in the Coast to Capital LEP area.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	123675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government has declared the following land as surplus in the Coast to Capital LEP area. This does not include sites that were previously declared as surplus and are now disposed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sum of Land Area (ha)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Count of Department Property</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Education</p></td><td><p>0.7505</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p></td><td><p>1.0689</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Defence (Civil)</p></td><td><p>24.4138</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Justice</p></td><td><p>0.4587</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26.6919</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/03/2018 14:12:14 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

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

847034

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria the Government uses to award contracts to private companies.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	129208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Public sector procurers are required to assess value for money using criteria linked to the subject matter of the contract, including compliance with the published specification.</p><p> </p><p>Regulations covering selection and award criteria are included in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015:</p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/contents/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/contents/made</a></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/03/2018 13:58:01 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

823001

	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	Government Departments: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the First Secretary of State, what the target time is for the Government to make payments to small and medium-sized enterprises; and (a) how many and (b) what percentage of payments by the Government met that target in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	122684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>In March 2015 the Government restated its longstanding policy commitment to pay 80% of undisputed and valid invoices within 5 days with the remainder paid within 30 days.</p><p> </p><p>Public sector buyers must publish annually on their payment performance. We do not hold centrally the performance data for 2017. However, data published in 2015-16 shows that by the final quarter all major departments, apart from one (at 76%), were meeting their 5 days target and that all departments were paying at least 96% of their invoices within the 30 day target, with several departments achieving 100%.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/03/2018 14:16:37 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

850714

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for which policies the Implementation Unit has examined the effect in regard to the family in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	129956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister by tracking the delivery of the Government's programme​. This includes working with departments to look at​ a number of​ policies on families.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/03/2018 13:50:59 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

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