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42362

registered interest
date	11/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to publish the report of the independent project review of the Counter Fraud Checking Service once it is completed.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	191593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p>Prior to the last General Election, there was no-cross Government work to tackle the billions of pounds of taxpayers' money lost to fraud.</p><p>We are currently reviewing the business case for a Counter Fraud Checking Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

42106

registered interest
date	10/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many consultants have been engaged in the Crown Oversight Function since its creation; what each of their job roles were; and how much has been paid in consultancy fees to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	191301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p>Prior to the last General Election the Civil Service lacked commercial and procurement skills. This Government's commercial and procurement reforms saved taxpayers £3.8 billion last year alone. The Government is strengthening central procurement skills to ensure further savings can be realised. The Crown Oversight Function was created on 1 November 2013 and has 52 Civil Service roles. Further details will be available via the department's organogram. Consultants were not employed at Government expense.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 191302 question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

42107

registered interest
date	10/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants of what grades have been employed on the Crown Oversight Function since its creation.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	191302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p>Prior to the last General Election the Civil Service lacked commercial and procurement skills. This Government's commercial and procurement reforms saved taxpayers £3.8 billion last year alone. The Government is strengthening central procurement skills to ensure further savings can be realised. The Crown Oversight Function was created on 1 November 2013 and has 52 Civil Service roles. Further details will be available via the department's organogram. Consultants were not employed at Government expense.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 191301 question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

42108

registered interest
date	10/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Honours and Decorations Committee's report from its last meeting to consider the recommendations of Sir John Holmes will go forward for final approval.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	James Wharton
uin	191246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2014 answer text <p>The Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (HD Committee) met in January 2014 and considered a number of recommendations put forward by Sir John Holmes regarding the rules for awarding military medals. The Committee&rsquo;s report is now in the process of being formally approved. </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 191245 question first answered 13/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm

42109

registered interest
date	10/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Honours and Decorations Committee last met to consider the recommendations put forward by Sir John Holmes regarding the rules for the awarding of military medals.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	James Wharton
uin	191245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2014 answer text <p>The Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (HD Committee) met in January 2014 and considered a number of recommendations put forward by Sir John Holmes regarding the rules for awarding military medals. The Committee&rsquo;s report is now in the process of being formally approved. </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 191246 question first answered 13/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm

42280

registered interest
date	10/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer to Lord Lexden of 18 July 2013, Official Report, House of Lords, column 872, on the Profumo Inquiry, how many of the people interviewed by Lord Denning in his inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the resignation of Mr Profumo are still alive.
tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
tabling member printed	Frank Dobson
uin	191368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	180 label Biography information for Frank Dobson

41989

registered interest
date	07/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the net benefit to the UK economy of data.gov.uk since it publicly launched in January 2010.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	191143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p> We know that open data is of huge value to the economy. It is difficult to cite an exact figure for the net benefit of data.gov.uk. </p><p /> <p>A recent <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/198905/bis-13-743-market-assessment-of-public-sector-information.pdf" target="_blank">Deloitte report</a>, available at LINK, cited £1.8bn of direct benefit and £6.8bn of indirect benefit to the UK economy from the use of open data, although this also includes data that is not government data. </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

41773

registered interest
date	06/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what points he has identified from the recent flooding crisis to enable COBR to work more effectively.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	191057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2014 answer text <p>COBR has met regularly over the past 3 months to ensure that affected communities get the support they need quickly and effectively. </p><p>As the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced in his written statement to House on 6 March, in future whenever there is a significant risk we will use COBR systems to ensure that all organisations at national and local level are adequately prepared and ready to respond. </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 11/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

41402

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will commission a new report on High Speed 2 from the Major Projects Authority and publish it in full before the Second Reading of the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	190786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2014 answer text <p>All projects in the Government's Major Project Portfolio are reviewed at set points in their lifecycle.</p><p>An update on all major projects - including High Speed Two - will be published in the second annual report of the Major Projects Authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 10/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

41153

registered interest
date	04/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish on his Department's website the minutes of the Fraud Error and Debt Taskforce from June 2013.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	190570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2014 answer text <p>The meeting originally scheduled for June 2013 was postponed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 10/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah