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46459

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on reform of the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	194874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>In July 2013 we published a One Year On report that gave a frank account of progress against the Civil Service Reform Plan. This is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-reform-plan-one-year-on--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-reform-plan-one-year-on--2</a>:</p><p>I took the opportunity to update the House on progress during the backbench debate on Civil Service Reform on 3 April 2014 and will update the House further in our Two Years On report this summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

46460

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the members of the Honours Committee in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	194884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The Voting Membership of the Main Honours Committee comprises Head of the Civil Service (Chair); Chairs of the 9 Honours Committees; Chief of the Defence Staff; Permanent Secretary of the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office; another Permanent Secretary; Cabinet Secretary and a representative from the Prime Minister's Office. Membershipfor the past five years is set out below. Current membership of all honours committees is available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/honours-committees" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/honours-committees</a>.</p><p>A copy of the table listing the Membership of the committee over the last 5 years will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

46179

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Civil Service Code applies to activities carried out on social media.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	194605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Guidance for departments on the use of social media is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-media-guidance-for-civil-servants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-media-guidance-for-civil-servants</a></p><p><strong>Copies </strong>are <strong>also available </strong>in the Library of the <strong>House</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 194622 question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

46180

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidelines are in place for (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers on the use of social media.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	194622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Guidance for departments on the use of social media is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-media-guidance-for-civil-servants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-media-guidance-for-civil-servants</a></p><p><strong>Copies </strong>are <strong>also available </strong>in the Library of the <strong>House</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 194605 question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

46185

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
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 26 March 2014, Official Report, column 300W, on All Party Groups, on how many occasions his Department has instructed its civil servants not to give evidence to All Party Parliamentary Groups in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	194729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 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 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

46189

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Civil Service jobs dealing primarily with reserved and excepted matters have been transferred from Northern Ireland in the last six years; and how many such jobs are planned to be so transferred in the next year.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	194750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Cabinet Office does not hold data centrally on the transfer of civil servants across the United Kingdom. Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each individual Department to determine.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 194751 question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

46190

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Civil Service posts were relocated from London to Northern Ireland in the last six years.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	194751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Cabinet Office does not hold data centrally on the transfer of civil servants across the United Kingdom. Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each individual Department to determine.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 194750 question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

45859

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been paid by his Department to Aspire to Change (A2C) since its formation; for what purpose each payment was made; what assessment he has made of the value for money of such payments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	194435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Since 2011, details of contracts above the value of £10,000 have been published on the Contracts Finder website (<a href="http://www.contractsfinder.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.contractsfinder.co.uk</a>).</p><p>In addition, this policy extends to Cabinet Office expenditure over £25,000, which is published at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

45625

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	194214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>Under this Government's transparency programme, contracts are published on Contracts Finder which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

45162

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what scrutiny the Major Projects Authority has given to the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	194002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The Major Projects Authority (MPA) has been applying MPA assurance processes to the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP) including a Project Assessment Review and Gateway Reviews. Further information on the ESMCP Programme is available at the link below:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-emergency-services-mobile-communications-programme</p><p>Delivery Confidence Assessment ratings are supplied according to the MPA's Transparency Policy which is on the Cabinet Office website. The policy allows for non-disclosure of information which should properly remain confidential, for example where it is market sensitive or necessary to safeguard national security.</p><p>This will be in line with the principles of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/major-projects-transparency-policy-and-exemptions-guidance</p><p>The DCA for ESMCP was not revealed in MPA's first annual report last year in line with the above policy. The next annual report of the MPA is due to be published in May.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 194003 question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi