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691764

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Brexit
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 Department for Exiting the European Union on the contents of the White Paper entitled The United Kingdom's exit from and new partnership with the European Union, Cm 9417, published in February 2017.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	64538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office and other Departments are working closely with the Department for Exiting the European Union on all aspects of exiting the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 01/03/2017 10:15:51 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

691766

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many equality impact assessments have been carried out in the last three years on public service reforms which impact on (a) departmental staff and (b) members of the public; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	64440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>Over the last three years the Cabinet Office has had and continues to have due regard, as necessary, to the public sector quality duty in exercising its functions. The Equality Act does not require this due regard to take the form of an equality impact assessment, nor does it define an equality impact assessment, and the Cabinet Office does not maintain a record of such assessments.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 24/02/2017 11:51:00 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

691767

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department operates a ban the box employment policy in respect of ex-offender job applicants with unspent convictions; and how many employees of his Department have unspent convictions.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	64465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>As part of the Cabinet Office recruitment process there is no requirement for applicants to declare unspent criminal convictions at the initial recruitment stage. Applicants are asked to declare unspent criminal convictions as part of basic employment checks when a provisional offer of employment has been made. Decisions concerning appointment to a post where an individual has a conviction history are made on a case-by-case basis. If a post requires National Security Vetting then both spent and unspent convictions are considered on a case by case basis under a national security exemption to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.</p><p>We would not release the information on numbers or individuals for security reasons.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 24/02/2017 11:48:54 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

691768

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Uber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	64368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office and is included in this reply.</p><p>Following a check of Cabinet Office records, information on spend on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since October 2016 is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 64381 question first answered 24/02/2017 11:55:00 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

691827

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Digital Economy Bill 2016-17
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the letter of 14 February 2017 from the Minister of State for Digital and Culture to the hon Member for Birkenhead, which services and benefits he plans to include within the affirmative procedures for public service delivery under the Digital Economy Bill.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	64586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>The draft Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) Regulations, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535311/2016-07-05_Digital_Government__Disclosure_of_Information__draft_regs.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535311/2016-07-05_Digital_Government__Disclosure_of_Information__draft_regs.pdf</a>, give illustrative examples of the public service delivery purposes for which information may be disclosed.</p><p>The draft Regulations include:</p><p>i) supporting individuals or households who face multiple disadvantages;</p><p>ii) assisting people living in fuel poverty; and</p><p>iii) providing assistance to people who lose access to television broadcasts as a result of upcoming changes to the use of the electromagnetic spectrum.</p><p>Under the provisions of the Digital Economy Bill, information may also be disclosed for the purposes of assisting people living in water poverty. The Digital Economy Bill allows for further regulations to be made that change, including adding further purposes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 23/02/2017 13:52:51 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

692034

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Uber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much 10 Downing Street has spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	64381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office and is included in this reply.</p><p>Following a check of Cabinet Office records, information on spend on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since October 2016 is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 64368 question first answered 24/02/2017 11:55:00 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

692035

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total (a) number and (b) value of Government contracts that have been contracted out by 10 Downing Street was in each year since 2010; what the value of pro bono costs was in each such year; and what estimate he has made of the number of work days contracted out in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	64401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office and is included in this reply.</p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p>Details of contracts under £10,000 awarded by Cabinet Office as well as the total value of pro bono costs and the number of work days contracted out are not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 27/02/2017 15:32:16 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

690187

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) mean and (b) median pay was for staff in his Department who were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) white, (iv) from an ethnic minority background, (v) disabled and (vi) non-disabled in the most recent year for which information is available, broken down by (A) full-time and (B) part-time workers.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	64159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of Cabinet Office and is included in this reply.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics publish much of this information each year by Civil Service organization as part of their annual release of Civil Service statistics. The latest data set from 2016 can be found on the ONS website, available at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/civilservicestatistics/2016" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/civilservicestatistics/2016</a></p><p>Departmental breakdowns of the ethnicity and disability pay gaps are not published through the ONS and are not publicly available.</p><p>The Civil Service is committed to being a place where everyone can thrive, regardless of background- with the aim of becoming the most inclusive employer in the UK</p><p>Whilst it is encouraging to see a positive trajectory in terms of diversity representation in the Civil Service, we recognise that there is more to do. That is why in March 2016 the Government published its refreshed Talent Action Plan for the Civil Service, identifying actions to support our staff, increase diverstity in the Civil Service and deliver the best possible public services.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 64175 question first answered 24/02/2017 11:56:30 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

690189

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason telecommunication charges advertised on the GOV.UK website were changed from 7 February 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	64217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>Government Digital Service (GDS) maintain the GOV.UK content related to telecommunication charges (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/call-charges" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/call-charges</a>). However, it is not responsible for government policy in this area and actual call charges depend on individual communication providers.</p><p>GDS update the page regularly to ensure the information presented to users is accurate and reflects the current information published by the communications regulator in the UK, Ofcom.</p><p>The changes on 7 February 2017 were made by GDS following the updated information published by Ofcom in January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/02/2017 13:55:34 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

690192

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has conducted a security audit of the digital infrastructure within government buildings.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	63985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>Responsibility for security audit rests with the departments contracting the infrastructure. These include a range of system penetration tests, the annual Cabinet Office security compliance review and exercises to test response to incidents.</p><p>In addition, the Cabinet Office has responsibility for an annual programme of audits of systems which form part of the Critical National Infrastructure. My officials work with departments and specialist organisations to provide exercise assurance on the security of the Government’s key assets.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 24/02/2017 11:44:37 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne