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1133557

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Kier Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he (a) has carried out or (b) plans to carry out under section 40 of the Small Business and Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 an investigation into the promptness of payment by Kier of the subcontractors in its public sector supply chain.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	267171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>Section 40 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires certain public sector contracting authorities to give reasonable assistance to investigations by the Cabinet Office’s Public Procurement Review Service. The Public Procurement Review Service investigates concerns raised by suppliers about public procurement practice, including late payment. It has not carried out and has no plans to carry out an investigation into the promptness of payment by Kier.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 27/06/2019 14:50:41 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1134029

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Ministers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the transparency data entitled Cabinet Office ministerial meetings January to March 2019, published on 21 June 2019, if he will publish the (a) organisations and (b) individuals that attended (i) Roundtable discussion on Digital Transformation in Government on 12 February 2019; (ii) Roundtable on digital innovation in government on 17 January 2019; (iii) Discussion on Strategic Approach to Public Appointments on 21 January 2019; (iv) Roundtable on digital innovation in government, 24 January 2019; (v) Discussion of ongoing Civil Service Compensation scheme negotiations on 28 January 2019; (vi) Discussion on Strategic Approach to Public Appointments on 28 January 2019; (vii) Discussion of ongoing Civil Service Compensation scheme negotiations on 6 February 2019; (viii) Discussion on Public Appointments Events on 6 February 2019; (ix) Roundtable discussion on Workforce issues across the Public Sector on 12 February 2019; (x) Discussion on government outsourcing and innovation on 12 February 2019; (xi) Discussion on the work of the Government Digital Service on 19 February 2019; (xii) Discussion on Digital Accessibility on 19 February 2019; and (xiii) Discussion on Govtech and digital innovation in government on 26 February 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	268379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet with a large number of external stakeholders as part of their normal duties.</p><p>The information on attendees at meetings as set out in the transparency data publication of 21 June 2019 is proportionate to the nature and depth of the engagement. In line with this approach we do not always publish lists of every attendee at larger roundtables and instead provide a general description of who was present and the names of the host organisation(s) where applicable.</p><p>Meetings (i), (ii), (iv) and (xiii) fall into this category. Meetings (i) and (xiii) were roundtables organised and hosted by third party organisations to which I was invited and actively contributed as a guest. Meetings (ii) and (iv) were roundtables organised by the Government Digital Service with the support of host organisations. A more detailed overview of the attendees at these roundtables is now set out below based upon records of who was invited; this may differ slightly from who attended on the day.</p><p>For meetings (iii), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi) and (xii), the published data already provides the name of every organisation(s) or individual(s) who attended the meetings.</p><p><strong>Meeting (i) - Roundtable discussion on Digital Transformation in Government on 12 February 2019</strong></p><ul><li>The Spectator</li><li>TechUK</li><li>Global Sourcing Association UK</li><li>Amazon Web Services</li><li>PUBLIC</li><li>Transport for London</li><li>Bob Blackman MP</li><li>Alan Mak MP</li><li>Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG</li><li>Lord O'Shaughnessy</li><li>Matt Warman MP</li></ul><p><strong>Meeting (ii) - Roundtable on digital innovation in government on 17 January 2019</strong></p><ul><li>Cisco</li><li>CBI</li><li>Capita plc</li><li>Dentons</li><li>Oracle</li><li>HP</li><li>Atos</li><li>Capgemini</li><li>Atkins Global</li><li>BT</li><li>Upside Projects</li><li>CGI</li><li>Mastercard</li><li>Fluxx</li><li>Costain</li><li>Amey</li><li>Eaton</li><li>Blue Prism</li><li>IBM</li><li>Sodexo</li><li>Redbull</li><li>Accenture</li></ul><p><strong>Meeting (iv) - Roundtable on digital innovation in government, 24 January 2019</strong></p><ul><li>University of Edinburgh</li><li>City of Edinburgh Council</li><li>Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce</li><li>East Lothian Council</li><li>West Lothian Council</li><li>Codebase</li><li>Young Scot</li><li>The Data Lab</li><li>Scotland IS</li></ul><p><strong>Meeting (xiii) - Discussion on Govtech and digital innovation in government on 26 February 2019</strong></p><ul><li>Microsoft</li><li>Sensyne Health</li><li>Adzuna</li><li>Onward</li><li>Salesforce</li><li>Epsilon Partners</li><li>Mustard Seed</li><li>M&amp;G Prudential</li><li>TechUK</li><li>Balderton Capital</li></ul> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 02/07/2019 15:32:27 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1134182

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure UK SMEs are able to compete with global tech companies in G-Cloud procurement.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	268378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Public sector procurers are required to seek value for money through fair and open competition and in line with our current international obligations.</p><p>We want UK companies to be successful in public procurement, we also want to ensure that the barriers for SMEs to win public sector contracts are as low as possible.</p><p>G-Cloud supports a thriving ecosystem of UK tech SMEs that have succeeded in winning business through the Digital Marketplace, with more than 90% of the 3505 G-Cloud 10 suppliers being SMEs. G-Cloud has a low barrier to entry for all suppliers, including SMEs and is refreshed on an annual basis with supplier evaluation based on a suppliers declaration against a number of key criteria. Therefore the majority of suppliers - providing they sell services which align to the scope of the agreement - are able to apply and be awarded a place on G-Cloud framework agreements.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 01/07/2019 15:27:31 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1134466

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Political Parties: Finance
	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 24 June 2019 to Question 266672 on Political Parties: Finance, for what reason the Government considers Section 10 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 to be unworkable.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	268969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Coalition Government took the decision not to implement the 2009 legislation, as it was not deemed to be workable, and the Conservative Government continues to hold this view.</p><p>During the passage of the 2009 Act, the Electoral Commission raised concerns about the legislation (further to Official Report, 15 October 2009, Col. 998W), and in 2013, the Electoral Commission also flagged issues about the tax status declaration requirements. The Labour Government conceded that the provisions could not be commenced at that time “due to their complex nature” (as outlined in the answer of Official Report, 10 March 2010, Col. 5MC).</p><p> </p><p>An individual’s tax status is subject to confidentiality between them and HMRC. It may therefore be difficult or impossible for the political party and the Electoral Commission to accurately determine whether a donor meets the permissibility test set out section 10 in the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009.</p><p>The Government also has a principled objection to the measures:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The UK has a robust legal framework in place that bans foreign donations. There is a long-standing principle – as originally recommended by the Committee on Standards in Public Life in 1998 – that permissible donors are those on the UK electoral register, and this includes UK citizens who are registered overseas electors. Companies wishing to make donations must be UK-registered and carrying on business in the UK.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>If a British citizen is able to vote in an election for a political party, they should also be able to donate to that political party, subject to the requirements for transparency on donations. Supporting a political party is part of the democratic process, and is an expression of freedom of association.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Since the adoption of universal suffrage, taxation has never been the basis of enfranchisement in the UK. Those who do not pay income tax, such as those earning less than the tax-free personal allowance, rightly remain entitled to vote. Similarly, full-time students are legally exempt from paying council tax, but still have the right to vote in local elections.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Notwithstanding, as I stated in my previous answer, the Government has announced it will consult on strengthening the current provisions which protect UK politics from foreign influence. The consultation may consider recommendations on tackling loopholes in relation to foreign spending in elections and donations from shell companies which are not properly operating in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, since 2010, the Government has taken action to sanction and deter those involved in offshore evasion, including creating a new criminal offence for serious offshore evasion, and introducing penalties for those who deliberately help others to evade tax offshore. The Government has introduced over 100 new measures to tackle tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/07/2019 09:32:22 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1134468

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Political Parties: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has received representations from the Electoral Commission on the workability of section 10 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	268970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Coalition Government took the decision not to implement the 2009 legislation, as it was not deemed to be workable, and the Conservative Government continues to hold this view.</p><p>During the passage of the 2009 Act, the Electoral Commission raised concerns about the legislation (further to Official Report, 15 October 2009, Col. 998W), and in 2013, the Electoral Commission also flagged issues about the tax status declaration requirements. The Labour Government conceded that the provisions could not be commenced at that time “due to their complex nature” (as outlined in the answer of Official Report, 10 March 2010, Col. 5MC).</p><p> </p><p>An individual’s tax status is subject to confidentiality between them and HMRC. It may therefore be difficult or impossible for the political party and the Electoral Commission to accurately determine whether a donor meets the permissibility test set out section 10 in the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009.</p><p>The Government also has a principled objection to the measures:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The UK has a robust legal framework in place that bans foreign donations. There is a long-standing principle – as originally recommended by the Committee on Standards in Public Life in 1998 – that permissible donors are those on the UK electoral register, and this includes UK citizens who are registered overseas electors. Companies wishing to make donations must be UK-registered and carrying on business in the UK.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>If a British citizen is able to vote in an election for a political party, they should also be able to donate to that political party, subject to the requirements for transparency on donations. Supporting a political party is part of the democratic process, and is an expression of freedom of association.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Since the adoption of universal suffrage, taxation has never been the basis of enfranchisement in the UK. Those who do not pay income tax, such as those earning less than the tax-free personal allowance, rightly remain entitled to vote. Similarly, full-time students are legally exempt from paying council tax, but still have the right to vote in local elections.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Notwithstanding, as I stated in my previous answer, the Government has announced it will consult on strengthening the current provisions which protect UK politics from foreign influence. The consultation may consider recommendations on tackling loopholes in relation to foreign spending in elections and donations from shell companies which are not properly operating in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, since 2010, the Government has taken action to sanction and deter those involved in offshore evasion, including creating a new criminal offence for serious offshore evasion, and introducing penalties for those who deliberately help others to evade tax offshore. The Government has introduced over 100 new measures to tackle tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/07/2019 09:32:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1134556

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants: Private Education
	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 proportion of the senior civil service that were privately educated.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	268971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not currently hold comprehensive and accurate information on the proportion of the Senior Civil Service (SCS) who were privately educated, nor of the educational background of civil servants.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 01/07/2019 16:40:24 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1134557

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on the educational background of civil servants.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	268972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not currently hold comprehensive and accurate information on the proportion of the Senior Civil Service (SCS) who were privately educated, nor of the educational background of civil servants.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 01/07/2019 16:40:59 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1134558

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants: Education
	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 number of senior civil servants that were educated at (a) Oxford and (b) Cambridge University.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	268973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not currently hold comprehensive and accurate information on the proportion of the Senior Civil Service (SCS) who were privately educated, nor of the educational background of civil servants.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 01/07/2019 16:41:20 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1134564

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	GovTech Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of applications for GovTech catalyst funding were successful in each funding round.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	269128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Out of the 11 challenges launched to date, 416 suppliers have bid and 55 have been selected to offer their technological solutions. There were 25 suppliers appointed in both Round 1 and 2 and 5 so far in Round 3.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 01/07/2019 15:28:35 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1134610

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Employment: Mental Illness
	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 proportion of public sector workers that have reported mental ill health in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	268986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 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 Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/07/2019 12:43:05 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ268986 (1) (1).pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1134949

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on immigrants who have died by suicide within the first three years of moving to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	269604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 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 Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/07/2019 16:43:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ 269604 (2).pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1135193

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ask the Office for National Statistics to publish tabular information on the number of people that have been unemployed (a) for up to 6 months, (b) between 6 and 12 months, and (c) longer than 12 months in each parliamentary constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	270287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 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 Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/07/2019 12:44:10 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ270287 (1).pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1135226

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	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 10 June 2019 to Question 260726 on Huawei: 5G, if he will publish the number of operators on the National Cyber Security Centre list that (a) do and (b) do not utilise Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre advice and guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	270401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Owing to commercial sensitivities the names and number of operators who use HCSEC advice cannot be published. All of the significant commercial networks in the UK who use Huawei have access to and work with the HCSEC.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 02/07/2019 12:45:26 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1135231

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will sign his Department up to the UK Steel charter.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	270367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working hard to make sure that UK producers of steel have the best possible chance of competing for contracts.</p><p>In 2015, we introduced the steel procurement guidelines (Procurement Policy Note 16/15, revised in 2016) to level the playing field for UK steel producers by requiring public authorities to include wider social and economic benefits in their procurement decisions, not just price. This means UK firms can compete more effectively with international suppliers for major projects.</p><p>However, the Cabinet Office itself does not buy steel and consequently we will not be signing the UK Steel Charter.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 04/07/2019 15:48:53 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1135232

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has had discussions with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the UK Steel charter.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	270368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>We have regular discussions about the procurement of steel with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which has asked all government departments to consider guidance on steel procurement and to notify of any upcoming opportunities for industry.</p><p>More broadly, the government is committed to supporting the steel sector to realise the broader commercial opportunities that are open to it, which could be worth an additional £3.8 billion a year by 2030. We are establishing the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund – backed by up to £315m of investment – to help businesses with high energy use (including steel companies) to cut their bills and transition UK industry to a low carbon future.</p><p>We are also providing up to £66m through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to help steel and other foundation industries develop radical new technologies.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 04/07/2019 15:50:14 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1135243

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid: Medals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of striking a medal for humanitarian service; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	270317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to consideration of how best to recognise humanitarian service in a range of ways, including existing honours and medals and as part of wider<br>developments in medallic recognition. Examples include the announcement in 2015 of the Ebola Medal, which recognised people from both military and civilian organisations for<br>their brave service to assist communities in West Africa. This new medal was announced alongside existing honours in the Orders of St. Michael and St. George and the Order of<br>the British Empire for people whose contribution to tackling the crisis was part of well-established outstanding service.</p><p>Recommendations for new medals are made to HM The Queen by the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/07/2019 17:59:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1135333

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
	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 27 June 2019 to Question 268615, for what reason that Answer does not state whether it is still the Government's ambition to appoint a Chief Data Officer.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	270443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my answer given to Question 255390 on 21 May 2019.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 02/07/2019 16:33:13 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1135334

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Amazon
	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 27 June 2019 to Question 267786 on Cabinet Office: Amazon, how many SMEs were present at the roundtable discussion.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	270444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my response to Question 268379 on 2 July 2019. A number of the industry bodies in attendance represent SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 02/07/2019 15:33:08 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1135381

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Government has made of the (a) financial and (b) practical feasibility of divesting Civil Service Pension Funds from (i) fossil fuel and (ii) carbon-intensive industries.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	270449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>‘The Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme and Civil Servants and Others Pension Scheme’ is an unfunded scheme and therefore does not have any investments.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 04/07/2019 15:48:12 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1135485

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2019
	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 discussions he has had with the Electoral Commission on the potential disenfranchisement of EU citizens resident in the UK in the European Parliament elections.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	270809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials meet frequently with external officials to discuss a wide range of electoral issues.</p><p>Details of external meetings by Ministers and Permanent Secretaries are published quarterly and are available on gov.uk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 270810 question first answered 02/07/2019 14:50:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1135486

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2019
	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 discussions he has had with the European Commission about the potential disenfranchisement of EU citizens resident in the UK in the European Parliament elections.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	270810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials meet frequently with external officials to discuss a wide range of electoral issues.</p><p>Details of external meetings by Ministers and Permanent Secretaries are published quarterly and are available on gov.uk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 270809 question first answered 02/07/2019 14:50:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1135489

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2019
	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 number of EU citizens resident in the UK and eligible to vote who were disfranchised from the European parliamentary elections in May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	270812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Data on the registration and voting rates of EU citizens in the 2019 European elections is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/07/2019 10:00:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1135517

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: Succession
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to end male primogeniture for hereditary titles.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	270718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of gender inequalities very seriously and recognises the intentions of those bringing forward proposals to reform male primogeniture for hereditary titles. Careful consideration is needed of the issues that reform in this area would raise including the legitimate expectation of males next in line to inherit a title, and the effects of reform on land and property rights. Various approaches have been proposed in both Houses to address this issue though there has not been a consensus on the way forward. The Government’s position remains that reform in this area is not a priority for this Parliamentary session but the Government continues to listen to the concerns of interested parties to understand the consequences of changes to hereditary titles.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/07/2019 10:04:25 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1135841

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Plastics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that procurement processes reduce the use of single-use plastics.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	271372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has stated that the commitment in the 25 Year Environment Plan to remove all Consumer Single-Use Plastics (CSUP) from the central government estate offices will be delivered by 2020, with the option for any department to do so earlier if desired.</p><p>In advance of this ban on CSUP, Cabinet Office and Crown Commercial Service (CCS) have developed an elimination scheme to be implemented through the facilities management (FM) suppliers on the CCS FM framework. It has established steps that can be taken to remove CSUP from new and existing contracts with departments at neutral cost, in support of this commitment.</p><p>The elimination scheme took effect from 1 August 2018, enabling departments and supply chains (including those related to waste management) to phase in alternatives to CSUP in time for the ban coming into force. Government’s FM suppliers report that these steps are helping lead many of their private sector clients to adopt similar plastics elimination measures.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 04/07/2019 15:45:11 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1135902

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	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, whether he has plans to commission and investigation into the the potential disenfranchisement of EU citizens resident in the UK in the 2019 European Parliament elections.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	271505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>In line with their statutory duty, the Electoral Commission will be publishing a report into the administration of the polls later this year, which the Government will consider in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/07/2019 10:02:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra