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227801

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which news applications staff in her Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Core Defra staff are not authorised to download and use any news applications on their work-provided phones and tablets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/03/2015 15:25:14 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

227910

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which news applications staff in her Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Home Office information technology policy precludes the downloading of unauthorised applications to Home Office-issued equipment and in most cases, such equipment is modified to prevent the downloading of any applications at all. A limited number of approved communications staff (such as press office) have access to social media or news sites via downloaded applications on mobile devices and while this is subject to standard rules governing appropriate use of Home Office technology, there are no restrictions on which news sites may be accessed in this manner.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 19/03/2015 15:54:51 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

227930

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which news applications staff in her Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office has issued 6 smart phones and 5 tablets to staff that are capable of downloading news applications. These devices do not have any restriction to limit which news applications that can be downloaded, provided they are free of charge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 23/03/2015 16:15:11 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

227796

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The DECC work phone is provided with the standard preloaded news application, which is available by default. No other news applications are authorised.</p><p>No news application is authorised for DECC supplied tablets.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 23/03/2015 17:13:47 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

227733

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not authorise users to download and use news applications on their work-provided phones. The Department does not provide tablets. However, staff can access news websites through any in-built brower, if necessary.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 23/03/2015 14:32:25 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

227685

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, which news applications staff in the Law Officers Departments are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Staff in the Law Officers’ Departments who use work provided phones or tablets are not authorised to download and use any news applications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 23/03/2015 11:40:27 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

227915

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which news applications staff in her Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>For all devices connected to the DFID network, access to news applications is restricted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 23/03/2015 15:51:29 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

227719

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The answer to this question is none. Staff are not permitted to run executables and download applications to their HM Treasury provided device.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/03/2015 16:43:54 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

227952

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>As Wales Office staff do not have work-provided tablets or smartphones, they are unable to access news applications. However, staff can access any news websites on the internet that are not blocked by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) who supply our IT equipment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 23/03/2015 17:14:33 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

227814

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) provides many of its staff with Blackberrys, but for security reasons the ability to download apps has been disabled. Only one FCO-provided smart phone has authorised news apps downloaded to it. These are the Gorkana press-cuttings and BBC news apps. The apps have been downloaded as part of a pilot to test the viability of smart phone devices for work purposes.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 24/03/2015 14:56:54 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies