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1305900

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	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	What steps his Department is taking to improve transparency in procurement in its response to the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	913904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of maintaining public confidence in how we manage taxpayers’ money and I have set out before the challenges we faced in our response to the covid 19 outbreak. We are taking steps to improve the processes already in place and ensure public spending is fair and transparent.</p><p>Proposals in the Green Paper aim to improve transparency in procurement across the public sector and include specific measures to strengthen transparency through the commercial lifecycle from planning through to procurement, contract award, performance and completion.</p><p>We are also taking forward all 28 recommendations from the independent Boardman report to set out areas for improvement within the Cabinet Office’s own internal contracting procedures.</p><p>We have also made KPI data on 379 contracts available to the public, as a further step towards greater transparency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 25/03/2021 15:17:24 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1305896

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to improve the quality of civil service apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	South Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Heather Wheeler
	uin	913912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>The Civil Service will be launching a new Apprenticeships Strategy in the new financial year. The first phase will have delivered 30,000 apprenticeships by April. In this strategy we will focus not just on numbers but on the quality of training on offer to ensure that departments are better equipped to nurture talent in house and in plugging skills gaps</p><p>To this end, we recently published the &quot;Curriculum and Campus for Government Skills&quot;, with the goal of setting the highest standard in vocational training for all Civil Servants, including apprentices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 25/03/2021 15:18:29 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler

1305895

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Government Union Capability Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking in response to the Dunlop Review on relations between the UK Government and the Governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
	tabling member printed	Sir Bernard Jenkin
	uin	913910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>This government is a government for the whole of the United Kingdom.</p><p>Yesterday, my Right Honourable Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster updated the House on the significant progress we’ve made in implementing Lord Dunlop's recommendations, alongside a progress update on the intergovernmental relations review and our first IGR transparency report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 25/03/2021 15:12:47 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

1305897

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of GOV.UK Verify.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	913913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>Verify continues to work well, in support of 22 government services. Over 8 million people have used Verify, with 2 million added in the last year as citizens accessed critical online services during the pandemic.</p><p>Building on the lessons and experiences of Verify, and as we announced in last year's Spending Review, the Government Digital Service is collaborating with other departments to develop a new login and identity assurance system that will make it easier for more people to use online services safely.</p><p>For example, we know that extra data sources will be needed for a more inclusive service, so we are also working with the Home Office on its digitisation of birth, marriage and death records.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 25/03/2021 15:19:51 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1305899

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Protocol
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress has been made by the UK-EU Joint Committee on revising the Northern Ireland Protocol.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	913920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>The Joint Committee has been working on the many difficulties presented to the operation of the Northern Ireland Protocol by the EU’s decision to activate Article 16 on 29 January. There are outstanding issues to be resolved and we have taken temporary operational steps to avoid disruption to everyday life. We remain committed to working within the Joint Committee process to find solutions.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/03/2021 17:16:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1305898

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Internet: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of the Defending Democracy programme as part of its plans to bring forward legislative proposals on online harms.
	tabling member constituency	Folkestone and Hythe
	tabling member printed	Damian Collins
	uin	913916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>The Defending Democracy programme coordinates work and expertise across government work to safeguard the integrity and security of our democratic processes.</p><p>Through the Online Harms legislative proposals, the programme is making good progress against two of its strategic objectives: to encourage respect for open, fair and safe democratic participation; and to promote fact-based discourse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 25/03/2021 15:16:03 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins

1306741

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on UK exports to the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	914103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The latest factual information on exports to the EU can be found in the 13 April report of the Office of National Statistics. <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/bulletins/uktrade/february2021" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/bulletins/uktrade/february2021</a>.</p><p>The vast majority of traders and hauliers have adapted well, and our focus now is on making sure that any business that is still facing challenges gets the support they need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 28/04/2021 16:33:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1306226

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Union Strategy Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates the Union Strategy Committee held its (a) first meeting and (b) subsequent meetings; and on how many occasions he has chaired those meetings.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	175935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/04/2021 16:38:28 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1306231

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Government Union Capability Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report of the Dunlop Review into UK Government Union capability published on 24 March 2021, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendation of that report that in devolved areas there should be a second portion of the same fund which is open to bids from UK Government departments and devolved governments working in co-operation.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	175938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>UK Government funding to support citizens and businesses in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland goes beyond the specific Union Fund recommended by the Dunlop Review.</p><p> </p><p>COVID-19 has shown the value of collective strength of all parts of the UK working together and the importance of the broad shoulders of the UK Government in supporting the whole country.</p><p> </p><p>Our commitment to strengthening the Union is no more evident than in the recent Budget, a budget for the whole of the United Kingdom, in which most of the policies announced were UK-wide, for example, extensions to furlough and self-employed schemes, Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit extension, support for the armed forces, Recovery Loans Scheme, Mortgage Guarantee Scheme, Super Deduction capital investment, Help to Grow, visa reforms and the Community Ownership Fund.</p><p> </p><p>We also continue to work closely and collaboratively with the devolved administrations to deliver various funding schemes, including City and Growth Deals. Through the 2021 Budget, the UK Government confirmed an acceleration of funding for 6 different Deals across Scotland and Wales and on 24 February, partners signed the Heads of Terms for the Derry-Londonderry and Strabane Growth Deal in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Internal Market Act allows the UK Government to complement and strengthen the support given to citizens, businesses and communities in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, to ensure we make the most of the opportunities provided by our exit from the EU and build back better from Covid-19. Powers under the act will be used, for example, to deliver the Levelling Up Fund and UK Community Renewal Fund in 2021/22. The UK Government intends to work with the devolved administrations and local partners closest to the needs of communities to make sure that these UK-wide funds are used to best effect.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 175936 question first answered 13/04/2021 13:54:56 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1306229

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Government Union Capability Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report of the Dunlop Review into UK Government Union capability published on 24 March 2021, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the conclusion on page 29 of that report that it is not necessary or productive to bypass the devolved governments in funding arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	175936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>UK Government funding to support citizens and businesses in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland goes beyond the specific Union Fund recommended by the Dunlop Review.</p><p> </p><p>COVID-19 has shown the value of collective strength of all parts of the UK working together and the importance of the broad shoulders of the UK Government in supporting the whole country.</p><p> </p><p>Our commitment to strengthening the Union is no more evident than in the recent Budget, a budget for the whole of the United Kingdom, in which most of the policies announced were UK-wide, for example, extensions to furlough and self-employed schemes, Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit extension, support for the armed forces, Recovery Loans Scheme, Mortgage Guarantee Scheme, Super Deduction capital investment, Help to Grow, visa reforms and the Community Ownership Fund.</p><p> </p><p>We also continue to work closely and collaboratively with the devolved administrations to deliver various funding schemes, including City and Growth Deals. Through the 2021 Budget, the UK Government confirmed an acceleration of funding for 6 different Deals across Scotland and Wales and on 24 February, partners signed the Heads of Terms for the Derry-Londonderry and Strabane Growth Deal in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Internal Market Act allows the UK Government to complement and strengthen the support given to citizens, businesses and communities in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, to ensure we make the most of the opportunities provided by our exit from the EU and build back better from Covid-19. Powers under the act will be used, for example, to deliver the Levelling Up Fund and UK Community Renewal Fund in 2021/22. The UK Government intends to work with the devolved administrations and local partners closest to the needs of communities to make sure that these UK-wide funds are used to best effect.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 175938 question first answered 13/04/2021 13:54:56 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh