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834252

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
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 25 January 2018 to Question 120865, if he will publish the reports (a) his Department and (b) other Government Departments have produced as a result of work to track the number of looked after children or children subject to child protection or child in need plans.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	125880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Referring to the answer of 25 January 2018 to Question 120865, it is not the practice of the Government to disclose internal discussions and advice to Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 05/02/2018 14:47:10 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

833124

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Health: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will establish a Cabinet subcommittee on child health.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	125440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Improving children's health is a high priority for the Government. This issue falls within the remit of the Social Reform Cabinet Committee which is chaired by the Prime Minister. There are several cross-government initiatives in this area, including the Childhood Obesity Plan for Action and the Mental Health Inter-Ministerial Group which considers children's mental health, and drives forward work on the Green Paper Transforming Children and Young People's Mental Health, which was published on 4 December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 05/02/2018 14:43:18 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

829893

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government Minister will have responsibility for the fake news rapid response team.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	124648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Government Communications falls under the portfolio of the Minister for the Constitution.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government’s existing media monitoring and press office arrangements, the team will enhance the Government Communication Service’s continuing efforts to ensure that false or inaccurate news reporting is responded to rapidly and that public debate is as far as possible based on facts.</p><p> </p><p>The team, will act as an extension of the Government’s existing media monitoring and press office arrangements, based in the Cabinet Office, to deal quickly with disinformation and reclaim a fact-based public debate, and has sufficient resources to fulfil this role.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 124649 124650 question first answered 01/02/2018 12:32:53 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

829894

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria the fake news rapid response team will use to decide whether news is fake or not.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	124649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Government Communications falls under the portfolio of the Minister for the Constitution.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government’s existing media monitoring and press office arrangements, the team will enhance the Government Communication Service’s continuing efforts to ensure that false or inaccurate news reporting is responded to rapidly and that public debate is as far as possible based on facts.</p><p> </p><p>The team, will act as an extension of the Government’s existing media monitoring and press office arrangements, based in the Cabinet Office, to deal quickly with disinformation and reclaim a fact-based public debate, and has sufficient resources to fulfil this role.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 124648 124650 question first answered 01/02/2018 12:32:53 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

829896

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what powers the Government plans to give to the fake news rapid response unit; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	124650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Government Communications falls under the portfolio of the Minister for the Constitution.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government’s existing media monitoring and press office arrangements, the team will enhance the Government Communication Service’s continuing efforts to ensure that false or inaccurate news reporting is responded to rapidly and that public debate is as far as possible based on facts.</p><p> </p><p>The team, will act as an extension of the Government’s existing media monitoring and press office arrangements, based in the Cabinet Office, to deal quickly with disinformation and reclaim a fact-based public debate, and has sufficient resources to fulfil this role.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 124648 124649 question first answered 01/02/2018 12:32:53 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

829965

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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 Expenditure
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) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	124699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has not purchased any art within the previous 7 financial years from 2010-11 to 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on hospitality is not held centrally and therefore is only available at disproportionate cost. Overall spend on Travel, Subsistence and Hospitality can be found in the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts. The annual report and accounts for financial year 2010-11 to 2016-17 are accessible from the Gov.uk website at www.gov.uk/government/publications</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on wine is not held centrally and therefore is only available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 01/02/2018 12:29:06 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

828829

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers
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 guidance to Departments on preparing registers of ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	124455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The guidance issued to Departments on the preparation of transparency listings of ministerial gifts, hospitality, overseas travel and external meetings is internal, and is to assist civil servants with the collection and collation of such transparency data.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 01/02/2018 12:30:07 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington previous answer version 37668 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

825702

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the three appointments to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments announced on 18 January 2018, how those positions were advertised and how many applications were received.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	123770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>These roles were advertised on the website of the Centre for Public Appointments, and the Cabinet Office received 32 applications. Selection was made on the following advertised criteria:</p><p>Essential:</p><ul><li>Ability to work at a senior level and command the confidence and trust of key stakeholders, including those subject to the Rules.</li><li>Ability to analyse complex information from a range of sources, identify key issues and make objective and balanced decisions on complex issues.</li><li>An understanding of the issues around the perception of outside appointments for former crown servants</li><li>Evidence of effective working as part of a team.</li><li>Excellent communication skills both written and oral.</li></ul><p>Desirable:</p><ul><li>Experience of dealing with conflicts of interest.</li></ul><p> </p><p>​These appointments were made on merit following fair and open competition, in line with the requirements of the Governance Code for Public Appointments.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 123771 question first answered 05/02/2018 14:45:17 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

825703

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the three appointments to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments announced on 18 January 2018, what the selection criteria for those appointments were.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	123771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>These roles were advertised on the website of the Centre for Public Appointments, and the Cabinet Office received 32 applications. Selection was made on the following advertised criteria:</p><p>Essential:</p><ul><li>Ability to work at a senior level and command the confidence and trust of key stakeholders, including those subject to the Rules.</li><li>Ability to analyse complex information from a range of sources, identify key issues and make objective and balanced decisions on complex issues.</li><li>An understanding of the issues around the perception of outside appointments for former crown servants</li><li>Evidence of effective working as part of a team.</li><li>Excellent communication skills both written and oral.</li></ul><p>Desirable:</p><ul><li>Experience of dealing with conflicts of interest.</li></ul><p> </p><p>​These appointments were made on merit following fair and open competition, in line with the requirements of the Governance Code for Public Appointments.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 123770 question first answered 05/02/2018 14:45:17 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

824528

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Policy
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 15 January 2018 to Question121689, on Cabinet Office: Policy, for what reason his Answer does not contain reference to the Public Service Ombudsman Bill.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	123329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>My answer set out my overarching priorities for the Department. All Cabinet Office policies sit within these priorities.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/01/2018 16:20:07 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett