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758950

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the number of his Department's employees who have been employed other than in his Department's payroll in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	9697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of non-payroll employees (staff loaned or seconded in who remain on their parent organisation payroll) in my Department in each year since 2010-11 is shown in the table below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Audited information about the numbers of contractors working in the Department is published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts. These are available on the Cabinet Office website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>My Department seeks to make the best use of staff and resources to deliver the Government’s objectives in a way that represents value for money for the taxpayer. This includes interchange with other Government Departments and other sectors, and an appropriate mix of employment contract types that meet the needs of the business.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/09/2017 14:24:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

758952

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Behavioural Insights Team
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what services his Department has received from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p> </p><p>BIT was made into a social purpose company in 2014 and is part owned by the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>BIT’s Articles of Association restricts the type of work that the organisation can undertake to that which promotes the public good. The Articles of Association can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792" target="_blank">https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792</a></p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has a representative Board member on BIT’s Board, which meets regularly (on average once per month) and is provided with detailed information on BIT’s clients via the monthly Board pack.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service Behavioural Insights Consulting and Research Framework Agreement contains a conflicts of interest provision. This can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742" target="_blank">https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742</a></p><p> </p><p>We are not in a position to provide information about staff or organisational decisions of Behavioural Insights Team Limited, due to commercial confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 9181 9193 9199 9200 9201 9202 9204 question first answered 14/09/2017 13:22:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758602

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Cabinet Office staff do not meet the eligibility criteria for the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	9408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Information about the number of Cabinet Office staff that do not meet the eligibility criteria for the Civil Service Pension Scheme is not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/09/2017 14:29:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

758610

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of procurement of British steel since the Government's procurement policy note 11/6 on procuring steel in major projects was published.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Last December, the Government issued updated guidance on how to ensure that public sector contracting authorities take full account of the value provided by UK steel producers when conducting their procurement activities; and extended this guidance to the wider public sector. All central departments, their agencies and arm’s length bodies are already required to apply these guidelines on relevant projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/09/2017 14:10:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758039

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Behavioural Insights Team
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department paid to the Behavioural Insights Team in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p> </p><p>BIT was made into a social purpose company in 2014 and is part owned by the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>BIT’s Articles of Association restricts the type of work that the organisation can undertake to that which promotes the public good. The Articles of Association can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792" target="_blank">https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792</a></p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has a representative Board member on BIT’s Board, which meets regularly (on average once per month) and is provided with detailed information on BIT’s clients via the monthly Board pack.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service Behavioural Insights Consulting and Research Framework Agreement contains a conflicts of interest provision. This can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742" target="_blank">https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742</a></p><p> </p><p>We are not in a position to provide information about staff or organisational decisions of Behavioural Insights Team Limited, due to commercial confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 9193 9199 9200 9201 9202 9204 9674 question first answered 14/09/2017 13:22:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758040

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
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 assessment of the merits of including housing associations in the list of bodies subject to freedom of information requests in response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	9122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Housing Associations do not meet the conditions for inclusion within Schedule 1 of the FOI Act. However the Government keeps the scope of the Act under constant review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/09/2017 13:25:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

758045

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Behavioural Insights Team: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost was of the privatisation of the Behavioural Insights Team.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p> </p><p>BIT was made into a social purpose company in 2014 and is part owned by the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>BIT’s Articles of Association restricts the type of work that the organisation can undertake to that which promotes the public good. The Articles of Association can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792" target="_blank">https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792</a></p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has a representative Board member on BIT’s Board, which meets regularly (on average once per month) and is provided with detailed information on BIT’s clients via the monthly Board pack.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service Behavioural Insights Consulting and Research Framework Agreement contains a conflicts of interest provision. This can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742" target="_blank">https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742</a></p><p> </p><p>We are not in a position to provide information about staff or organisational decisions of Behavioural Insights Team Limited, due to commercial confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 9181 9193 9200 9201 9202 9204 9674 question first answered 14/09/2017 13:22:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758046

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Behavioural Insights Team: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to his Department was of (a) legal advice and (b) consultants with regard the privatisation of the Behavioural Insights Team.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p> </p><p>BIT was made into a social purpose company in 2014 and is part owned by the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>BIT’s Articles of Association restricts the type of work that the organisation can undertake to that which promotes the public good. The Articles of Association can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792" target="_blank">https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792</a></p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has a representative Board member on BIT’s Board, which meets regularly (on average once per month) and is provided with detailed information on BIT’s clients via the monthly Board pack.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service Behavioural Insights Consulting and Research Framework Agreement contains a conflicts of interest provision. This can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742" target="_blank">https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742</a></p><p> </p><p>We are not in a position to provide information about staff or organisational decisions of Behavioural Insights Team Limited, due to commercial confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 9181 9193 9199 9201 9202 9204 9674 question first answered 14/09/2017 13:22:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758047

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Behavioural Insights Team: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff external to the Civil Service have been seconded into the Behavioural Insights Team and from which firms in each year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p> </p><p>BIT was made into a social purpose company in 2014 and is part owned by the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>BIT’s Articles of Association restricts the type of work that the organisation can undertake to that which promotes the public good. The Articles of Association can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792" target="_blank">https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792</a></p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has a representative Board member on BIT’s Board, which meets regularly (on average once per month) and is provided with detailed information on BIT’s clients via the monthly Board pack.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service Behavioural Insights Consulting and Research Framework Agreement contains a conflicts of interest provision. This can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742" target="_blank">https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742</a></p><p> </p><p>We are not in a position to provide information about staff or organisational decisions of Behavioural Insights Team Limited, due to commercial confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 9181 9193 9199 9200 9202 9204 9674 question first answered 14/09/2017 13:22:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758048

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Behavioural Insights Team: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many hours civil servants of his Department spent on the privatisation of the Behavioural Insights Team; and what the estimated cost was of staff time spent on that privatisation.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p> </p><p>BIT was made into a social purpose company in 2014 and is part owned by the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>BIT’s Articles of Association restricts the type of work that the organisation can undertake to that which promotes the public good. The Articles of Association can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792" target="_blank">https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792</a></p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has a representative Board member on BIT’s Board, which meets regularly (on average once per month) and is provided with detailed information on BIT’s clients via the monthly Board pack.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service Behavioural Insights Consulting and Research Framework Agreement contains a conflicts of interest provision. This can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742" target="_blank">https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742</a></p><p> </p><p>We are not in a position to provide information about staff or organisational decisions of Behavioural Insights Team Limited, due to commercial confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 9181 9193 9199 9200 9201 9204 9674 question first answered 14/09/2017 13:22:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett