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156166

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the recent strike by members of the FBU was discussed by COBRA; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Joan Walley
uin	214977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>It has been the practice of successive Governments not to give specific information on the content of Cabinet Committee and other Ministerial meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 24/11/2014 17:34:33 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley

155732

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had on changes to local authority commissioning processes as a consequence of the UK's adoption of the 2014 EU Procurement Directives.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	214453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>During the negotiations on the Directives, and subsequently during the transposition process, we have held discussions with the Local Government Association. Local authorities have also received face-to-face training on the new rules, and have responded to the Government’s recent public consultation on the draft regulations implementing the Directives.</p><p>The new Directives will allow local authorities to procure faster, with less red tape.</p><p>It is up to individual contracting authorities to reflect the 2014 EU Procurement Directives in their own processes and procedures.</p><p>The EU Public Procurement Directive (2014) sets out the exemptions and exclusions that apply. It is up to individual contracting authorities to decide whether or not to avail themselves of the exemptions for any particular procurement.</p><p>The new EU Procurement Directives support UK Government priorities of economic growth and deficit reduction by making the public procurement process faster, less costly, and more effective for business and procurers alike.</p><p>Throughout the negotiations last year, the UK Government was determined to remove outdated and superfluous constraints and introduce many new reforms to streamline and modernise public procurement.</p><p>The Regulations transposing the new Directive will also implement recommendations made by Lord Young of Graffham, which will ensure a simple and consistent approach to procurement across all public sector authorities so that small businesses and voluntary sector businesses can gain better and more direct access to the public sector market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 214454 214455 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:32:37 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

155733

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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 discussions he has had on public services being granted exemptions from the 2014 EU Procurement Directives.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	214454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>During the negotiations on the Directives, and subsequently during the transposition process, we have held discussions with the Local Government Association. Local authorities have also received face-to-face training on the new rules, and have responded to the Government’s recent public consultation on the draft regulations implementing the Directives.</p><p>The new Directives will allow local authorities to procure faster, with less red tape.</p><p>It is up to individual contracting authorities to reflect the 2014 EU Procurement Directives in their own processes and procedures.</p><p>The EU Public Procurement Directive (2014) sets out the exemptions and exclusions that apply. It is up to individual contracting authorities to decide whether or not to avail themselves of the exemptions for any particular procurement.</p><p>The new EU Procurement Directives support UK Government priorities of economic growth and deficit reduction by making the public procurement process faster, less costly, and more effective for business and procurers alike.</p><p>Throughout the negotiations last year, the UK Government was determined to remove outdated and superfluous constraints and introduce many new reforms to streamline and modernise public procurement.</p><p>The Regulations transposing the new Directive will also implement recommendations made by Lord Young of Graffham, which will ensure a simple and consistent approach to procurement across all public sector authorities so that small businesses and voluntary sector businesses can gain better and more direct access to the public sector market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 214453 214455 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:32:38 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

155734

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that procurement regulations do not increase the administrative burden of (a) local authorities seeking to procure education services and (b) providers seeking to tender for them.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	214455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>During the negotiations on the Directives, and subsequently during the transposition process, we have held discussions with the Local Government Association. Local authorities have also received face-to-face training on the new rules, and have responded to the Government’s recent public consultation on the draft regulations implementing the Directives.</p><p>The new Directives will allow local authorities to procure faster, with less red tape.</p><p>It is up to individual contracting authorities to reflect the 2014 EU Procurement Directives in their own processes and procedures.</p><p>The EU Public Procurement Directive (2014) sets out the exemptions and exclusions that apply. It is up to individual contracting authorities to decide whether or not to avail themselves of the exemptions for any particular procurement.</p><p>The new EU Procurement Directives support UK Government priorities of economic growth and deficit reduction by making the public procurement process faster, less costly, and more effective for business and procurers alike.</p><p>Throughout the negotiations last year, the UK Government was determined to remove outdated and superfluous constraints and introduce many new reforms to streamline and modernise public procurement.</p><p>The Regulations transposing the new Directive will also implement recommendations made by Lord Young of Graffham, which will ensure a simple and consistent approach to procurement across all public sector authorities so that small businesses and voluntary sector businesses can gain better and more direct access to the public sector market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 214453 214454 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:32:38 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

155735

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria the Government uses to determine whether public appointments should be regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	214474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Public appointments that are subject to regulation by the Commissioner for Public Appointments are governed by legislation - the Public Appointments Order in Council 2014. This lists the public bodies that fall within the Commissioner’s remit and is now updated annually.</p><p>The document is available to view here;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326994/20140609_Order_in_Council_for_Privy_Council.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326994/20140609_Order_in_Council_for_Privy_Council.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 24/11/2014 17:34:13 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

155405

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what total amount his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	214269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on Ministerial Travel is published at:</p><p>(i) <a title="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm</a></p><p>(ii) <a title="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm</a></p><p>(iii) <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101028/wmstext/101028m0001.htm#10102827000372" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101028/wmstext/101028m0001.htm#10102827000372</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 19/11/2014 17:02:59 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

155406

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the reason is for the time taken by MyCSP to answer telephone calls from customers.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	214399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>MyCSP was spun-out as a mutual joint venture in May 2012. Mutualising MyCSP was good for staff, taxpayers and for the service they provide to pensioners. MyCSP will almost halve the cost of administering pensions within a decade, while improving services which were variable before. Employees of MyCSP have benefited through dividends, which they have received in both years since mutualisation. Staff survey figures show rising staff engagement and a decline in sickness absence.</p><p>Legacy problems were inherited from the previous administrator. MyCSP experienced exceptionally high volumes of calls following the transfer of pensioner payroll administration to MyCSP from the previous supplier. Call volumes have now declined substantially and MyCSP have switched all available resources to dealing with outstanding cases.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of 658,000 existing pensioners were paid accurately and MyCSP is working to reduce delays and clear any remaining backlog of work as quickly as possible.</p><p>MyCSP processes all pension awards by the due date where it holds all the necessary information from the employer and member needed to calculate the award.</p><p>Between 01 October 2013 and 30 September 2014 MyCSP processed 17,380 retirement awards. Of those, 16,865 (97%) were processed on time. In some cases, delays resulted from incorrect information being provided to MyCSP.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 214396 214397 question first answered 17/11/2014 17:21:42 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

155407

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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, which office administers the public duty costs allowance for former Prime Ministers; and what checks are made to ensure that claims against that allowance meet its criteria.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	214390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office administers the Public Duty Cost Allowance. Claims are processed by the Cabinet Office’s finance function, and all claims are subject to audit as part of the annual audit of Cabinet Office expenditure, by both internal audit and the National Audit Office. Relevant supporting documentation and corroboration are made available to the Cabinet Office finance team who administer the payments.</p><p>The current limit for the PDCA is £115,000. The limit is reviewed on an annual basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 214391 question first answered 19/11/2014 17:03:22 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart

155408

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants who have retired in the last 12 months and applied for their pension have experienced delays in receiving payments.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	214396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>MyCSP was spun-out as a mutual joint venture in May 2012. Mutualising MyCSP was good for staff, taxpayers and for the service they provide to pensioners. MyCSP will almost halve the cost of administering pensions within a decade, while improving services which were variable before. Employees of MyCSP have benefited through dividends, which they have received in both years since mutualisation. Staff survey figures show rising staff engagement and a decline in sickness absence.</p><p>Legacy problems were inherited from the previous administrator. MyCSP experienced exceptionally high volumes of calls following the transfer of pensioner payroll administration to MyCSP from the previous supplier. Call volumes have now declined substantially and MyCSP have switched all available resources to dealing with outstanding cases.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of 658,000 existing pensioners were paid accurately and MyCSP is working to reduce delays and clear any remaining backlog of work as quickly as possible.</p><p>MyCSP processes all pension awards by the due date where it holds all the necessary information from the employer and member needed to calculate the award.</p><p>Between 01 October 2013 and 30 September 2014 MyCSP processed 17,380 retirement awards. Of those, 16,865 (97%) were processed on time. In some cases, delays resulted from incorrect information being provided to MyCSP.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 214397 214399 question first answered 17/11/2014 17:21:42 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

155409

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average time taken is to make a first pension payment to a recently retired civil servant.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	214397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>MyCSP was spun-out as a mutual joint venture in May 2012. Mutualising MyCSP was good for staff, taxpayers and for the service they provide to pensioners. MyCSP will almost halve the cost of administering pensions within a decade, while improving services which were variable before. Employees of MyCSP have benefited through dividends, which they have received in both years since mutualisation. Staff survey figures show rising staff engagement and a decline in sickness absence.</p><p>Legacy problems were inherited from the previous administrator. MyCSP experienced exceptionally high volumes of calls following the transfer of pensioner payroll administration to MyCSP from the previous supplier. Call volumes have now declined substantially and MyCSP have switched all available resources to dealing with outstanding cases.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of 658,000 existing pensioners were paid accurately and MyCSP is working to reduce delays and clear any remaining backlog of work as quickly as possible.</p><p>MyCSP processes all pension awards by the due date where it holds all the necessary information from the employer and member needed to calculate the award.</p><p>Between 01 October 2013 and 30 September 2014 MyCSP processed 17,380 retirement awards. Of those, 16,865 (97%) were processed on time. In some cases, delays resulted from incorrect information being provided to MyCSP.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 214396 214399 question first answered 17/11/2014 17:21:42 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg