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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	Huawei: 5G
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2019 to Question 261279 on Huawei: 5G, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of assessing 5G equipment for resilience and reliability prior to deployment.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	264461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>5G standards are still being ratified and the hardware and software that implements them is still being updated often during early commercial service. As a result, there are limited benefits in testing 5G equipment pre-deployment due to those changes and updates. The National Cyber Security Centre is focusing on those deployments and software releases in the UK which are most important.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 19/06/2019 09:20:55 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1122201

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what analysis did the Chancellor of the Exchequer used for the statement that it is unlikely, at a technical level, whether there would be enough time to legislate for a confirmatory referendum on the EU Withdrawal Agreement before the UK leaves the EU reported in the Guardian on 12 April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	246007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has no plans to hold another referendum on EU membership. The Government remains committed to delivering on the result of the 2016 EU referendum by leaving the EU.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">An Act of Parliament is required before any UK-wide referendum can be held, the terms of which are for Parliament to debate and agree, including provisions for setting the data, franchise and the question as well as incorpating adequate time to prepare for the poll and a minimum campaigning period.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government has no plans to hold another referendum on EU membership. The Government remains committed to delivering on the result of the 2016 EU referendum by leaving the EU.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">An Act of Parliament is required before any UK-wide referendum can be held, the terms of which are for Parliament to debate and agree, including provisions for setting the date, franchise and the question as well as incorporating adequate time to prepare for the poll and a minimum campaigning period.</ins></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 25/04/2019 15:54:57 question first ministerially corrected 14/05/2019 10:51:32 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington previous answer version 115134 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1005903

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Cryptography
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 51 of the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016 to 2021, what recent estimate he has made of the cost per annum to Government of procuring private sector cryptography skills and technologies.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	190571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p><em>Due to national security reasons we cannot comment on the cost of procuring cryptography skills and technology to Government.</em></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/11/2018 10:40:07 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1006097

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Rendition and Torture: Inquiries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions the Government has had with (a) President Trump, (b) members of the US administration and (c) senior officials in the US administration on an independent judge-led inquiry into UK involvement in torture and rendition.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	190851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>I can confirm that there have been no discussions.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 27/11/2018 10:34:44 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1006092

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Rendition and Torture: Inquiries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 12 November to Question 188227 on Rendition and Torture: Inquiries, whether the Government plans to announce its decision on an independent judge-led inquiry before the House rises for Christmas recess.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	190850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the Prime Minister’s Written Ministerial Statement of 22 November. (HCWS1100)</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 26/11/2018 11:00:50 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1002733

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Cyber Security Centre: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the staff turnover rate at the National Cyber Security Centre has been in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	188908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) was established formally on 3 October 2016. At that time, the NCSC had a team of approximately 700 people. At the end of its second year, in October 2018, the NCSC had a team of approximately 850 people. For national security reasons we will not be providing further releases on staff numbers or turnover.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 13/11/2018 17:47:12 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1047776

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what powers the Government has to audit the cyber security of (a) UK critical national infrastructure operators and (b) their major suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	212453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>In 2018 the Government put in place new powers under the Network and Information Security (NIS) Regulations which require the most significant operators in the energy, transport, health, water, and digital infrastructure sectors to manage cybersecurity risk, including from the supply chain. The Competent Authorities who regulate the critical national infrastructure operators in scope of NIS may inspect and potentially impose fines of up to £17 million. Outside of NIS any powers are sector specific. Expert technical support from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is provided to regulators and operators to ensure that cyber security risk is managed and mitigated in a consistent way across the UK’s CNI.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 29/01/2019 16:47:54 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1010673

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Domestic Visits: Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
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 locations of all UK ministerial visits to Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency since the 2010 general election.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	193558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>The Cabinet Office does not hold this information centrally. Details of Ministers’ overseas travel and their meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and are available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 27/11/2018 10:36:37 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

1019363

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
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: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are working on the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund; and in which Departments those civil servants are employed.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	198300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) conducts an annual staffing audit, with the most recent in March 2018. This indicated that the CSSF employs 483 programme funded administrative staff. The largest proportion of staff (some 73%) are employed in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, with others employed in the Department for International Development, Ministry of Defence, Home Office, National Crime Agency, Stabilisation Unit and the Department for Transport. The next annual staffing audit will take place in early 2019.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 06/12/2018 16:39:34 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1015106

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Honours and Privy Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) discussions he held and (b) advice he sought from Honours committees in advance of the (i) knighthood and (ii) Privy Council appointments announced by his office on 23 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	195644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>The Prime Minister made an honours recommendation to Her Majesty The Queen, following the completion of full probity checks, and in recognition of exceptional and longstanding Government service. Privy Councillors are members of The Queen's own Council and are not part of the honours process.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 29/11/2018 14:45:27 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran