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967750

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of government computers using the Windows XP operating system.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	170448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government Digital Service (GDS) provides departments with guidance when selecting technology through the Technology Code of Practice. <br> <br> Individual technology choices and volumes purchased rest with individual departments. As such, GDS does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 10/09/2018 14:21:37 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

967925

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of UK progress towards the sustainable development goals.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	170301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Departments report regularly to Cabinet Office on their progress in delivering their Single Departmental Plans. This provides a mechanism for DFID and Cabinet Office to track progress towards delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will present a Voluntary National Review (VNR) assessing UK progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals at the UN High Level Political Forum in 2019. The Department for International Development (DFID) are leading on the review with support from my Department and working closely with other Government departments.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 10/09/2018 14:23:17 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

964498

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Chief Security Officer: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the post of Government Chief Security Officer has been filled; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	169860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The recruitment process for the role of Government Chief Security Officer is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 06/09/2018 16:39:24 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

964502

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Digital Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed by the Government Digital Service.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	169863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>At 31st of July 2018, the Government Digital Service employed 740 Civil Servants. Included in that figure are seventeen summer interns.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 06/09/2018 16:17:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

964701

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses and organisations have been determined as critical national infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	169877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Lead Government Departments keep the number of critical national infrastructure assets in their sector(s) under continual review. As of 5 September 2018, there are 874 assets assessed to be critical. Seven hundred and forty of these assets are owned by 183 private organisations, while 134 assets are held publicly.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 10/09/2018 09:40:20 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

964816

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Females: Equality
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 10 July 2018 to Question 160802 on Females: Equality, what performance criteria has been introduced in Departments' Single Departmental Plans to monitor progress on Sustainable Development Goal 5.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	169662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Individual departments are responsible for indicating in their Single Departmental Plans how their policies and programmes will contribute to the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals and tracking their progress. A number of departments have cited policies and programmes which will contribute towards the delivery of Goal 5, in particular; the Departmental for International Development (and the Government Equalities Office), Cabinet Office and the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>They are available on <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/a-country-that-works-for-everyone-the-governments-plan&amp;sa=D&amp;source=hangouts&amp;ust=1536321038595000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFsUcDJtdySnbg2gWrMXfkJTF46iA" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/a-country-that-works-for-everyone-the-governments-plan&amp;sa=D&amp;source=hangouts&amp;ust=1536321038595000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFsUcDJtdySnbg2gWrMXfkJTF46iA</a></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 10/09/2018 09:42:52 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

964966

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what performance criteria there are in the Government's single departmental plans to monitor progress on meeting Sustainable Development Goal 1.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	169667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>Individual departments are responsible for indicating in their Single Departmental Plans how their policies and programmes will contribute to the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals and tracking their progress. A number of departments have cited policies and programmes which will contribute towards the delivery of Goal 1, in particular; the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for International Development and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>They are available on <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/a-country-that-works-for-everyone-the-governments-plan&amp;sa=D&amp;source=hangouts&amp;ust=1536321038595000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFsUcDJtdySnbg2gWrMXfkJTF46iA" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/a-country-that-works-for-everyone-the-governments-plan&amp;sa=D&amp;source=hangouts&amp;ust=1536321038595000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFsUcDJtdySnbg2gWrMXfkJTF46iA</a></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 06/09/2018 16:13:47 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

964967

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what performance criteria there are in the Government's single departmental plans to monitor progress on meeting Sustainable Development Goal 2.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	169668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>Individual departments are responsible for indicating in their Single Departmental Plans how their policies and programmes will contribute to the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals and tracking their progress. A number of departments have cited policies and programmes which will contribute towards the delivery of Goal 2, in particular; the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for International Development.</p><p>They are available on https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/a-country-that-works-for-everyone-the-governments-plan&amp;sa=D&amp;source=hangouts&amp;ust=1536321038595000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFsUcDJtdySnbg2gWrMXfkJTF46iA</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 06/09/2018 16:12:07 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

964968

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what performance criteria there are in the Government's single departmental plans to monitor progress on meeting Sustainable Development Goal 4.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	169669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>Individual departments are responsible for indicating in their Single Departmental Plans how their policies and programmes will contribute to the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals and tracking their progress. A number of departments have cited policies and programmes which will contribute towards the delivery of Goal 4, in particular; the Department for Education (including the Gender Equalities Office), the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for International Development.</p><p> </p><p>They are available on <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/a-country-that-works-for-everyone-the-governments-plan&amp;sa=D&amp;source=hangouts&amp;ust=1536321038595000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFsUcDJtdySnbg2gWrMXfkJTF46iA" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/a-country-that-works-for-everyone-the-governments-plan&amp;sa=D&amp;source=hangouts&amp;ust=1536321038595000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFsUcDJtdySnbg2gWrMXfkJTF46iA</a></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 06/09/2018 16:15:49 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

965001

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Devolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has plans to increase the level of understanding in the civil service of devolved areas of policy making.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	168998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>It is absolutely critical that civil servants understand the unique nature of the devolution settlements and that they have the skills to operate confidently in an increasingly complex devolution landscape, particularly in the light of EU Exit.</p><p> </p><p>My department leads a programme of work, “Devolution and You” which aims to increase devolution capability across the Civil Service. The program is a cross-administration and cross-Whitehall campaign led by Cabinet Office in partnership with the Scottish and Welsh Governments, it is supported by the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales, the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Northern Ireland Office.</p><p> </p><p>The campaign aims to upskill civil servants across the Civil Service by strengthening understanding of the devolution settlements through bespoke training, communications and interchange programmes.</p><p> </p><p>Civil Service Learning alongside the Policy Profession also offer a range of training programmes to embed devolution learning and increase civil servants understanding of policy making in relation to devolved and reserved matters.</p><ul><li>Each nation of the UK leads and hosts an annual SCS conference to learn from each other and build networks across the Policy Profession.</li><li>Civil Service Learning provide a range of central learning opportunities, including online and face-to-face training, for all civil servants on Devolution &amp; Intergovernmental Working.</li><ul><li>The online Devolution &amp; Intergovernmental Working module is for all new and existing civil servants.</li><li>Available to civil servants are the EU exit: devolution settlements and intergovernmental working events. Delegates hear the views of Permanent Secretaries, and other senior civil servants from the devolved administrations and territorial offices, on intergovernmental relations within the current political climate.</li><li>The Fast Stream Induction programme includes a devolution workshop as part of their induction offer.</li></ul></ul> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 06/09/2018 16:08:51 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett