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1611658

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Written Questions
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 17 April 2023 to Question 175612 on Written Questions: Government Responses, if he will make an estimate of the total cost to the public purse of answering the 61,427 written parliamentary questions submitted in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	181202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>As set out in my response to PQ175612, the cost of each PQ depends on a number of factors which will vary from department to department.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It would therefore exceed the disproportionate cost threshold to estimate this figure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 24/04/2023 16:57:35 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1611714

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ageing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to develop an ageing population strategy to help support adaptation for ageing populations.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	181258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government Office for Science produced a report in 2016, entitled ‘The Future of an Ageing Population’, which gathered the best available evidence to understand what the ageing of the UK population means both now and in the future.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Work to protect our older generations goes across the whole of Government. Individual departments take responsibility for the delivery of relevant policies within their jurisdictions. For example, the policies to promote the maintenance of the physical and mental wellbeing of our older generations are delivered through the Department for Health and Social Care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 24/04/2023 16:55:39 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1611925

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Uyghurs: Forced Labour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that goods produced by the forced labour of Uyghur Muslims in China are not included in any Government procurement contracts.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	181468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>HM Government is committed to preventing modern slavery occurring in public sector supply chains. The Cabinet Office has published commercial policy and guidance setting out the steps that all Government departments must take to identify and mitigate modern slavery and labour abuse risks throughout the commercial life cycle - focusing on the areas of highest risk. This policy is mandatory for all Central Government Departments, their Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has taken a number of measures to help ensure that no British organisations are profiting from or contributing to human rights violations against the Uyghurs or other minorities. We have introduced guidance for UK businesses on the risks of conducting business in Xinjiang, implemented enhanced export controls, and committed to introducing new procurement guidance for Government bodies as well as financial penalties for non-compliance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Procurement Bill, which is being considered by Parliament, strengthens the rules around excluding suppliers due to serious misconduct anywhere in their operations, including the supply chain. This includes explicit provision for suppliers to be prevented from bidding for contracts where there is evidence of their involvement in modern slavery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 26/04/2023 16:04:44 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1611136

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how information about Information Sharing Agreements made under the public service delivery provisions of the Digital Economy Act should be submitted given that the ISAregister@culture.gov.uk email address is disabled.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	180765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Public bodies should submit information about Information Sharing Agreements made under the public service delivery provisions of the Digital Economy Act 2017 to dea-data-sharing@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 19/04/2023 16:53:43 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1611327

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Peers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many peerages have been conferred in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	180955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The number of peerages conferred in each of the last five years are:</p><ul><li><p>2019 - 23 peers;</p></li><li><p>2020 - 58 peers;</p></li><li><p>2021 - 4 peers;</p></li><li><p>2022 - 33 peers;</p></li><li><p>2023 - 1 peerage. [1]</p></li></ul><p>It is a long-standing convention that the main political parties may nominate individuals to the House of Lords. Individuals are nominated in recognition of their contribution to society and their public and political service, and peers are appointed to further contribute to public service in Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>[1] On 9 March 2023 His Majesty The King conferred the Dukedom of Edinburgh upon The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Forfar, on the occasion of His Royal Highness's 59th birthday.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 20/04/2023 16:35:29 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1611387

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Duty Costs Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether former Prime Ministers in receipt of the Public Duty Costs Allowance were required to notify his Department by 31 March of the total costs they intended to claim in the 2022/23 claim year; and whether any costs to be claimed in the 2022/23 claim year were notified to his Department after that date.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	181015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>In the 2022/23 financial year, all PDCA claims from the offices of the former Prime Ministers were received by the department in time for our 31st March financial cut off.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Full disclosure of the 2022/23 amounts will be published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Account 2022-23 which will be published later in the year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 24/04/2023 16:51:44 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1611394

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase access to public procurement contracts for UK-based SMEs.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	181022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the UK economy. That is why we are making sure the power of Government spending supports this vital sector.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are increasing opportunities for SMEs - from transparently publishing contract pipelines to simplifying bidding processes and strengthening prompt payment measures.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I am proud that this Conservative Government is bringing in the new public procurement regime will create a simpler and significantly more transparent system that will further open up public procurement to SMEs so that they can compete for and win more public contracts. SMEs will benefit from a new duty on contracting authorities to have regard to reducing and removing barriers to SME participation. This will include making bidding timescales realistic and prohibiting contracting authorities from requiring audited accounts and insurances to be in place prior to contract award - helping new entrants to the market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 24/04/2023 16:50:15 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1610009

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Protective Clothing: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many companies have been excluded from participating in public procurement due to legal action being initiated by Government relating to contracts to supply personal protective equipment.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	180142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Exclusion decisions are for individual departments. In the most serious of cases, the Cabinet Office may undertake a review of a supplier and issue guidance to departments but the decision on exclusion remains with the contracting authority.</p><p>The Procurement Bill, which is making its way through Parliament, further strengthens the rules on supplier exclusion for fraud and corruption. It will also create a new 'debarment register', accessible to all public sector organisations, which will list companies who should be excluded from contracts.</p><p>Information about exclusions relating to legal action being initiated by the Government relating to contracts to supply personal protective equipment is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 180208 question first answered 19/04/2023 16:51:43 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1610053

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Dyslexia
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 4 April 2023 to Question 174252 on Civil Servants: Dyslexia, for what reason does the Department not hold data on achievement levels for civil servants with dyslexia.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	180186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Department cannot demand nor mandate that an individual discloses a personal protected characteristic (as defined by the Equality Act 2010). However, an individual may disclose that they have dyslexia ahead of an assessment and development centre, for example to discuss the potential for reasonable adjustments to be made. For a reasonable adjustment, the conversation would be filed individually and securely, in line with GDPR regulations. Details are not added to an individual’s profile on Government Commercial College, the data platform that records ADC scores.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 24/04/2023 16:53:35 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1610075

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Procurement: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether contracting authorities are regularly alerted by his Department about suppliers who have been excluded from procurement on the grounds of (a) fraud, (b) corruption and (c) other grounds under the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	180208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Exclusion decisions are for individual departments. In the most serious of cases, the Cabinet Office may undertake a review of a supplier and issue guidance to departments but the decision on exclusion remains with the contracting authority.</p><p>The Procurement Bill, which is making its way through Parliament, further strengthens the rules on supplier exclusion for fraud and corruption. It will also create a new 'debarment register', accessible to all public sector organisations, which will list companies who should be excluded from contracts.</p><p>Information about exclusions relating to legal action being initiated by the Government relating to contracts to supply personal protective equipment is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 180142 question first answered 19/04/2023 16:51:43 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner