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1142167

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Oracle Cloud system at the Crown Prosecution Service.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	282471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The CPS migrated to an Oracle Cloud system for Finance and Procurement functions on 1 April 2019.</p><p>The system is configured to ensure that it is fully compliant with Government Finance ‘Global Design Principles’ which are based on best practice and it also provides improved data security.</p><p>The Oracle Cloud system went live, as originally planned, on 1 April 2019 and was fully operational from that date. CPS completed their 2018-19 financial year-end on the new system and the resulting financial statements were successfully audited by the NAO.</p><p>The Government Internal Audit Department have been asked to conduct a review of the controls of the new Oracle Cloud system and the NAO have been asked to complete their annual technical audit of the new system at the earliest opportunity. This will provide the CPS with independent third party assurance of the effectiveness of the new system.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 09:03:55 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1142169

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Personnel Management
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the consistency of the application of human resources policies and guidance at the Crown Prosecution Service .
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	282473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has effective mechanisms in place to ensure that Human Resource policies and guidance are applied consistently. These include:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>direct support and guidance from the Human Resources (HR) function that deploys professionally qualified HR staff across the business to aid line management’s understanding, and application of, policy and guidance;</p></li><li><p>a positive and constructive employee relations framework that enables prompt escalation of issues or concerns over policy application;</p></li><li><p>training and development programmes for all line managers that equips them with the skills for competent people management; and</p></li><li><p>structured and regular development and network sessions for operational HR teams where policies and issues are considered to ensure consistent application across CPS.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 09:01:52 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1142171

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Crown Prosecution Service policies on office closures as a result of extreme weather conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	282475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The CPS has comprehensive business continuity plans in place. These include contingency measures in the event of extreme weather conditions. A decision to close an office due to a business continuity event would usually be made by local senior management.</p><p> </p><p>At the same time the CPS has introduced an extensive Smarter Working Programme which gives staff greater flexibility over where they work. Supported by upgrades to our IT infrastructure, the majority of CPS staff are able to work from home, other CPS offices and buildings on the wider public sector estate.</p><p> </p><p>Smarter Working and our investment in technology has helped to increase resilience during periods of extreme weather as staff are able to work from alternative locations if they are unable to travel to their designated office or their designated office has been temporarily closed.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 08:57:48 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1142174

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Industrial Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of industrial relations at the Crown Prosecution Service.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	282478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has constructive and productive industrial relations. The CPS is committed to a positive employee relations environment which is underpinned by:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>A jointly agreed Employee Relations Framework;</p></li><li><p>Structured and effective national and local Whitley Council meetings;</p></li><li><p>Joint annual Employee Relations Conferences attended by union representatives and relevant management representatives;</p></li><li><p>A joint approach to progressive business change programmes such as Smarter Working;</p></li><li><p>Regular and structured access to senior CPS executives.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>This approach has built strong relationships that have enabled good and mutual outcomes to emerging challenges or disagreement, and has led to delivery of significant business and employment changes.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 08:55:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts