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1131988

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
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, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential merits of adopting life-cycle costing in direct government procurement.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	264355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my answer given to Question 259078 on 3 June.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/06/2019 14:01:13 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1131219

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of staff in his Department in London that are paid less than the London living wage.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	263053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>No staff in Cabinet Office are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage of £10.55 per hour.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 17/06/2019 16:15:38 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1131276

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Contracts: Public Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of contractors across the public sector who do not recognise an independent trade union.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	263177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/06/2019 13:40:42 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1130452

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Distributed Ledger Technology
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 potential merits of using distributed ledger technology across the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	261182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government Digital Service undertook a landscape review of technology innovation, including distributed ledger technology across government in August 2018. Additionally the recently launched Government Technology Innovation Strategy provides recent examples of distributed ledger technology within government and will provide a building block for departments to harness the opportunity presented by emerging technologies.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 13/06/2019 13:04:46 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1130470

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Sanitary Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Government departments (a) offer free sanitary products in the workplace and (b) have plans to introduce such provision.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	261295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/06/2019 14:35:10 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1130517

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what additional support is provided to disabled applicants for civil service roles.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
uin	261219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Service is committed to becoming the UK’s most inclusive employer by 2020, and needs to recruit and retain diverse talent from all backgrounds; including people with a disability</p><p><br>All main government departments have achieved Disability Confident Leaders (level 3) status, the highest level on the Government’s new Disability Confident Scheme. The scheme provides employers with the tools to recruit, retain and develop disabled people, and acts as a catalyst for continuous improvement. <br> <br>Departments have been introducing and piloting inclusive recruitment methods such as Diverse Panels, video attraction and strength-based selection. The Civil Service Disability Inclusion Programme works closely with the Government Recruitment Service to ensure that recruitment processes are fully accessible and inclusive to disabled people who are seeking to join the Civil Service.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/06/2019 14:36:46 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1130555

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with his Department pay the National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	261254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p>We always award contracts on the basis of the best value for money for the taxpayer. We insist that employers pay at least the National Minimum Wage, or the National Living Wage for workers over 25.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 17/06/2019 16:12:28 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1131194

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Post Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will extend the DVLA core counter service framework with Post Office Ltd to November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	263178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The DVLA contract was novated to the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) in December 2018 and the current contract expires in March 2020. CCS is currently engaging with stakeholders to ascertain whether the uptake of the extension option is the best commercial decision for Government. The final decision will be taken later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/06/2019 13:55:45 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1129709

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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, what steps he is taking across all Government departments to ensure social value is delivered in public procurement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	259992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>We are extending the application of the Social Value Act in central government to ensure all<br>major procurements explicitly evaluate social value where appropriate, rather than just<br>‘consider’. This will ensure central government contracts take account of areas as diverse as<br>the employment of disabled people, the use of social enterprises, the prevention of modern<br>slavery and the protection of the environment</p><p>We are developing a simple, systematic approach to bring departments up to a consistent,<br>minimum level of operating, and ensuring additional reporting does not add complexity or<br>cost to the procurement process, restrict markets or exclude small businesses from<br>government contracts</p><p>Government is committed to train all 4,000 commercial buyers on how to take account of<br>social value and procure successfully from social enterprises - training for government<br>commercial staff will help unlock more opportunities for voluntary, community and social<br>enterprise organisations. We will also require all departments to report on the social impact<br>of major new procurements.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/06/2019 14:38:07 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1129710

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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 steps his Department takes across Government to calculate social value in the award of central government contracts.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	259993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>We have developed a light touch model for calculating social value in government procurement, representing the minimum standard on social value that we expect departments to consider in their procurement activity. The model comprises a set of high level themes, a set of priority policy outcomes grouped under each theme, standard award criteria and a menu of specific metrics for departments to use in contract management and reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Each policy outcome will have standard award criteria and a suggested set of evaluation questions for departments to consider, and a corresponding set of proposed metrics that should be used by departments to performance manage the delivery of the contract. Bidders will need to submit questions based on these metrics where they have been selected.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019, we launched a public consultation on the final measures that will form part of the overall social value framework. The consultation will encompass the proposed questions and reporting metrics that will be used to compare the relative social value of bids for central government contracts. The consultation closes on 10 June 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We are also developing proposals for government’s biggest suppliers to provide data and action plans for how they plan to address key issue such as ethnic minority representation in their workforce, the gender pay gap throughout the company and what they are doing to tackle the scourge of modern slavery.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/06/2019 14:33:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham