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1458239

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date	19/04/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: 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 has taken to set up a centrally coordinated, cross-government compliance function for ensuring compliance with governance processes and the wider regulatory framework as recommended by Nigel Boardman.
tabling member constituency	Amber Valley
tabling member printed	Nigel Mills
uin	155743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-12-16/hcws500" target="_blank">HCWS500</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has set out that a policy statement in response to the Upholding Standards in Public Life Report from the Committee on Standards in Public Life and the review into the development and use of Supply Chain Finance in government by Nigel Boardman will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and Permanent Secretaries are responsible for ensuring compliance with internal and external requirements in their departments in line with legislation, the relevant Codes of Conduct and requirements of Managing Public Money. They are supported by legal, HR and finance professionals in discharging these obligations. The Cabinet Office and HM Treasury provide a coordination role across such functions and can provide advice and guidance in specific cases.</p><p> </p><p>Direct Ministerial appointments reflect the successive practice of administrations in engaging eminent individuals to provide independent views and advice to Government on specific areas. Such appointments should, by nature, be flexible to the circumstances of the situation and in line with wider public law duties. Appointments are made by Ministers. Appointees must abide by the Seven Principles of Public Life and the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies, and should ensure that any relevant interests are declared to the Senior Civil Servant sponsoring their work to ensure that no actual or reasonably perceived conflicts arise.</p><p> </p><p>Departments are responsible for their own transparency releases as they hold the information required to generate them and must take steps to ensure the accuracy of the information. The Cabinet Office provides central guidance to ensure consistency of information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 155741 155744 155745 question first answered 27/04/2022 10:51:30 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4136 label Biography information for Nigel Mills

1458240

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to (a) collate all departmental transparency releases and (b) publish those releases in an accessible, centrally managed and searchable database with transparency returns published monthly, as recommended by the Committee on Standards in Public Life.
tabling member constituency	Amber Valley
tabling member printed	Nigel Mills
uin	155744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-12-16/hcws500" target="_blank">HCWS500</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has set out that a policy statement in response to the Upholding Standards in Public Life Report from the Committee on Standards in Public Life and the review into the development and use of Supply Chain Finance in government by Nigel Boardman will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and Permanent Secretaries are responsible for ensuring compliance with internal and external requirements in their departments in line with legislation, the relevant Codes of Conduct and requirements of Managing Public Money. They are supported by legal, HR and finance professionals in discharging these obligations. The Cabinet Office and HM Treasury provide a coordination role across such functions and can provide advice and guidance in specific cases.</p><p> </p><p>Direct Ministerial appointments reflect the successive practice of administrations in engaging eminent individuals to provide independent views and advice to Government on specific areas. Such appointments should, by nature, be flexible to the circumstances of the situation and in line with wider public law duties. Appointments are made by Ministers. Appointees must abide by the Seven Principles of Public Life and the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies, and should ensure that any relevant interests are declared to the Senior Civil Servant sponsoring their work to ensure that no actual or reasonably perceived conflicts arise.</p><p> </p><p>Departments are responsible for their own transparency releases as they hold the information required to generate them and must take steps to ensure the accuracy of the information. The Cabinet Office provides central guidance to ensure consistency of information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 155741 155743 155745 question first answered 27/04/2022 10:51:30 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4136 label Biography information for Nigel Mills

1458241

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made towards drawing up a new code of practice for direct ministerial appointments, as recommended by Nigel Boardman.
tabling member constituency	Amber Valley
tabling member printed	Nigel Mills
uin	155745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-12-16/hcws500" target="_blank">HCWS500</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has set out that a policy statement in response to the Upholding Standards in Public Life Report from the Committee on Standards in Public Life and the review into the development and use of Supply Chain Finance in government by Nigel Boardman will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and Permanent Secretaries are responsible for ensuring compliance with internal and external requirements in their departments in line with legislation, the relevant Codes of Conduct and requirements of Managing Public Money. They are supported by legal, HR and finance professionals in discharging these obligations. The Cabinet Office and HM Treasury provide a coordination role across such functions and can provide advice and guidance in specific cases.</p><p> </p><p>Direct Ministerial appointments reflect the successive practice of administrations in engaging eminent individuals to provide independent views and advice to Government on specific areas. Such appointments should, by nature, be flexible to the circumstances of the situation and in line with wider public law duties. Appointments are made by Ministers. Appointees must abide by the Seven Principles of Public Life and the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies, and should ensure that any relevant interests are declared to the Senior Civil Servant sponsoring their work to ensure that no actual or reasonably perceived conflicts arise.</p><p> </p><p>Departments are responsible for their own transparency releases as they hold the information required to generate them and must take steps to ensure the accuracy of the information. The Cabinet Office provides central guidance to ensure consistency of information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 155741 155743 155744 question first answered 27/04/2022 10:51:30 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4136 label Biography information for Nigel Mills

1458523

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to collate current incident reports and threat information to help create a nationwide measurement of cyber threats.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	155864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issues strategic warnings, regular advisories and guidance to individuals, organisations and government. This includes a <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/keep-up-to-date/threat-reports?q=&amp;defaultTypes=report&amp;sort=date%2Bdesc" target="_blank">weekly threat report</a> which is drawn from open source reporting and the NCSC Annual Review which includes details of the cyber threat to the UK and the NCSC’s actions to respond to and deter these threats.</p><p> </p><p>As it responds to nationally significant cyber incidents, the NCSC constantly tracks the evolution in cyber threats and uses the most appropriate mechanism to share updates with stakeholders across the UK. It may be through:</p><ul><li><p>updates on its website, as it <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/keep-up-to-date/heightened-threat" target="_blank">did recently</a> in response to the situation in Ukraine;</p></li><li><p>via published advisories, including in concert with its international partners, such as the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-110a" target="_blank">recent alert on Russian and criminal threats to critical national infrastructure</a>;</p></li><li><p>through the <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/keep-up-to-date/cisp" target="_blank">Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership</a> (CiSP); or</p></li><li><p>tailored briefings to key sectors where required.</p></li></ul><p>This is part of a broader approach to Cyber resilience, as set out in the National Cyber Strategy, launched in December 2021, by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-12-15/hcws484" target="_blank">HCWS484</a>). The Strategy sets out how we will ensure the UK continues to be a leading, responsible and democratic cyber power and able to protect and promote our interests in the rapidly evolving online world. This includes our approach to making the UK more resilient to cyber attacks and countering cyber threats. The strategy is available at the following link:</p><p><strong><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-cyber-strategy-2022/national-cyber-security-strategy-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-cyber-strategy-2022/national-cyber-security-strategy-2022</a>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 27/04/2022 10:53:27 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1455853

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Lord Lebedev
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, whether he met Alexander Lebedev in April 2018 in any capacity.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	150228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Rt hon. Member to my answer to PQ 139374 on 17 March.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 28/04/2022 10:51:34 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis previous answer version 63768 answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson answering member 1423
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch