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1110387

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he is making on improving the transparency of the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	242140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>The CSSF has now published two Annual Reports, 83 programme summaries for 2018/19 (in addition to the 62 programme summaries published for 2017/18) and 64 Annual Review summaries for 2017/18 (in addition to the 49 published for 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>The CSSF is working towards meeting a “good” International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) rating by 2020 in line with the government’s commitment. There is a presumption to publish programme information for all CSSF programmes, and for 2018/19 83 out of our 90 programmes, had programme summaries published. The two key reasons why we may not be able to make programme documentation public are to protect national security and to protect the safety and security of beneficiaries, partners and partner governments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727383/CSSF_Annual_Report_2017_to_2018.pdf" target="_blank">Annual Report</a> and programme summaries took on many of the suggestions received from stakeholders in the development sector. The Annual Report included a chapter on spend with break downs by ODA and non-ODA, department, region, theme and discretionary and non-discretionary budgets. In addition, Programme summaries broke down project spend by ODA/non-ODA splits.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working to publish more Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend information on Devtracker. We have published data for all FCO and DFID CSSF programmes for the last six quarters and are currently working on the next quarter.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 12/04/2019 10:15:47 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1110363

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: South Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the announcement of 31 March 2019 of a £201 million road re-pair fund to be given to councils across the country, what proportion of that fund the Government plans to allocate to (a) South Yorkshire and (b) Barnsley.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	242136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The £201 million announced on 31 March is made up of £50 million from the Pothole Action and Flood Resilience Funds and £151 million Incentive Element of Local Highways Maintenance funding for the 2019/20 financial year. This is an element of the £6.6 billion for local highway maintenance the Department for Transport is providing between 2015 and 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Barnsley Council (along with Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield City Councils) is a constituent member of the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority. Since 2010 highway maintenance block funding has been paid directly to the Combined Authority.</p><p> </p><p>From the £201 million the Sheffield City Region will receive:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Funding Stream</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sheffield City Region £m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pothole Action and Flood Resilience Funds*</p></td><td><p>2.106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Incentive Element*</p></td><td><p>0.722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2.828</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Sheffield City Council’s Highways Maintenance PFI project commenced operation on 20 August 2012 and the Department for Transport is providing £47,664,262 per annum. While this is operational Sheffield will not be eligible to receive highways maintenance block funding from the Department for Transport.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/04/2019 09:45:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1110364

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HM Inspectorate of Probation report of 29 March 2019 on the South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company, what steps his Department is taking to work alongside HM Inspectorate of Probation, the Chief Inspector of Probation and Sodexo Justice Services to address the matters raised in that report.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	242137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The HM Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) report into South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) awarded the service a rating of ‘requires improvement’. The Ministry of Justice recognises the importance of the findings of HMIP in relation to CRCs and will work with the provider to ensure that an appropriate plan is in place to address the identified areas for improvement.</p><p> </p><p>We take seriously concerns raised by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) and others over staffing levels. All CRC contracts require the maintenance of a sufficient level of competent and adequately trained staff. We will work with South Yorkshire CRC to ensure that the issues of shortages of qualified probation officers and the assessment and management of risk of harm to others are addressed.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear that probation services need to improve and are taking decisive action to stabilise and improve the delivery of probation services, We are investing an additional £22m a year to ensure that CRCs deliver an enhanced Through the Gate service to offenders leaving prison. This will include sustained support to find accommodation and employment on discharge.</p><p> </p><p>We have also taken decisive action by ending current CRC contracts early and last year, conducted a consultation on future arrangements. The proposals include measures to ensure the probation workforce is better supported to build their careers and deliver a high-quality service to offenders, such as introducing a standard training framework for staff and a national professional register to recognise the specialism and value of probation work. We are considering the feedback received and will set out detailed plans later this year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 242138 242139 question first answered 11/04/2019 16:22:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1110383

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to deal with the consequences of the shortage of qualified probation officers identified in the report of HM Inspectorate of Probation of 29 March 2019 with respect to the South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	242138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The HM Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) report into South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) awarded the service a rating of ‘requires improvement’. The Ministry of Justice recognises the importance of the findings of HMIP in relation to CRCs and will work with the provider to ensure that an appropriate plan is in place to address the identified areas for improvement.</p><p> </p><p>We take seriously concerns raised by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) and others over staffing levels. All CRC contracts require the maintenance of a sufficient level of competent and adequately trained staff. We will work with South Yorkshire CRC to ensure that the issues of shortages of qualified probation officers and the assessment and management of risk of harm to others are addressed.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear that probation services need to improve and are taking decisive action to stabilise and improve the delivery of probation services, We are investing an additional £22m a year to ensure that CRCs deliver an enhanced Through the Gate service to offenders leaving prison. This will include sustained support to find accommodation and employment on discharge.</p><p> </p><p>We have also taken decisive action by ending current CRC contracts early and last year, conducted a consultation on future arrangements. The proposals include measures to ensure the probation workforce is better supported to build their careers and deliver a high-quality service to offenders, such as introducing a standard training framework for staff and a national professional register to recognise the specialism and value of probation work. We are considering the feedback received and will set out detailed plans later this year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 242137 242139 question first answered 11/04/2019 16:22:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1110386

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with Sodexo Justice Services as a result of the findings of the HM Inspectorate of Probation report of 29 March 2019 on ways to provide more extensive training for Probation Officers in assessing and managing risk of harm to others.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	242139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The HM Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) report into South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) awarded the service a rating of ‘requires improvement’. The Ministry of Justice recognises the importance of the findings of HMIP in relation to CRCs and will work with the provider to ensure that an appropriate plan is in place to address the identified areas for improvement.</p><p> </p><p>We take seriously concerns raised by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) and others over staffing levels. All CRC contracts require the maintenance of a sufficient level of competent and adequately trained staff. We will work with South Yorkshire CRC to ensure that the issues of shortages of qualified probation officers and the assessment and management of risk of harm to others are addressed.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear that probation services need to improve and are taking decisive action to stabilise and improve the delivery of probation services, We are investing an additional £22m a year to ensure that CRCs deliver an enhanced Through the Gate service to offenders leaving prison. This will include sustained support to find accommodation and employment on discharge.</p><p> </p><p>We have also taken decisive action by ending current CRC contracts early and last year, conducted a consultation on future arrangements. The proposals include measures to ensure the probation workforce is better supported to build their careers and deliver a high-quality service to offenders, such as introducing a standard training framework for staff and a national professional register to recognise the specialism and value of probation work. We are considering the feedback received and will set out detailed plans later this year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 242137 242138 question first answered 11/04/2019 16:22:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1110191

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the UK participating in elections to the European Parliament in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	242243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p><strong><em>The Government has made it clear that the UK intends to leave the EU with a deal and not take part in the European Parliamentary Elections (EPE) in May if possible, however, all the necessary preparations will be made for the election to take place on 23 May.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>As is normal practice, the Cabinet Office is currently in process of finalising cost estimates and these will be published in the relevant Charges Order in due course.</em></strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/04/2019 16:56:05 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1110211

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps his Department has taken to help improve the cyber security of (a) public and (b) private sector organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	242107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>Our world leading National Cyber Security Strategy, supported by £1.9 billion of transformational investment, sets out measures to defend our people, businesses, and assets; deter our adversaries; and develop the skills and capabilities we need</p><p>Our experts in the National Cyber Security Centre continually provide simple advice and guidance to help public and private sector organisations be more resilient to cyber attacks. This advice can be found on the newly redesigned NCSC website<br>(www.ncsc.gov.uk) which makes finding guidance easier for a range of visitors.</p><p>.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 12/04/2019 10:51:37 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1110212

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timeframe is for the Technology Products 3 framework to be available for private sector cyber security companies to bid for government contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	242108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Commercial Service intends to publish the OJEU notice for the Technology<br>Products and Associated Services framework agreement (the successor to Technology<br>Products 2) later this month.</p><p>Further information about the procurement process and associated documentation can be<br>found at the following link: https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6068.</p><p>Cyber security services will not be provided through the Technology Products and<br>Associated Services framework agreement, but these services are already provided<br>through another CCS framework agreement, Cyber Security Services 2</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/04/2019 09:50:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1110337

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	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 trends in levels of domestic abuse in (a) Coventry and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	242014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/04/2019 15:07:20 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 242014 (1) (2).pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1110384

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Facebook
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the Government's guidelines on the content that is advertised on Facebook by the Government; and who is responsible for enforcing those rules.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	242025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Guidance for government advertising on Facebook is the same as guidance for government advertising on any channel. All activity must be considered in terms of value for money and how effectively it reaches the target audience. Though departments are responsible for their own advertising, the Government Communications Service promotes high standards across government and models best practice.</p><p>Civil servants are bound by the Civil Service code, which ensures that duties are carried out in line with the core values of the Civil Service: integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/04/2019 16:51:10 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle