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896432

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many leak enquiries his Department has undertaken in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	140578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>It has been the policy of successive Governments not to comment on security matters other than in exceptional circumstances when it is in the public interest to do so.</p><p>The leak of any Government information or material is not acceptable and the Government takes such incidents very seriously.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/05/2018 15:32:24 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

843783

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Hacking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government websites were affected by the recent hack which used websites to mine cryptocurrency.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	128221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The NCSC continues to investigate all ongoing incidents providing tailored advice where required. This will be reported in the Annual review, expected in October 2018.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/03/2018 09:28:28 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

843813

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Former Ministers: Business Interests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms are in place to monitor compliance by former Ministers of conditions set by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments for their appointments.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	128251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) is responsible for advising Government and former Ministers on the application of the Business Appointment Rules. It publishes its advice online, ensuring that its consideration and any conditions imposed are publicly available, to encourage effective scrutiny and accountability for former ministers and senior civil servants.</p><p>ACOBA will also make its views public when applications are received retrospectively, in order to draw attention to an individual’s failure to seek the Committee’s advice in advance of taking up a role<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 128252 question first answered 26/02/2018 16:53:51 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

843814

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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: Business Interests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms are in place to monitor compliance by former senior civil servants of conditions set by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments for their appointments.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	128252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) is responsible for advising Government and former Ministers on the application of the Business Appointment Rules. It publishes its advice online, ensuring that its consideration and any conditions imposed are publicly available, to encourage effective scrutiny and accountability for former ministers and senior civil servants.</p><p>ACOBA will also make its views public when applications are received retrospectively, in order to draw attention to an individual’s failure to seek the Committee’s advice in advance of taking up a role<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 128251 question first answered 26/02/2018 16:53:51 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

843819

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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, how much money was spent by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (a) on staffing and (b) in total in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	128257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is publicly available in the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments’ annual reports. The reports can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=advisory-committee-on-business-appointments&amp;publication_type=corporate-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=advisory-committee-on-business-appointments&amp;publication_type=corporate-reports</a></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 26/02/2018 16:51:02 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

838944

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Lobbying: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of consultant lobbyists registered under the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	127505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists is engaged with the industry to ensure that those who are required to join the register are aware of their obligation to do so. The Registrar and her office continue to regularly review the register to ensure that it enables transparency of the lobbying process and provide thorough guidance and support via their website to facilitate organisations being compliant with the Register.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 27/02/2018 11:03:44 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

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

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