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456012

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Personation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the scale of fraud carried out against the public sector by (a) individuals and (b) serious and organised criminals by means of (i) identity theft and (ii) creation of fake identities.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	28950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>We do not have any estimates on the scale of public fraud carried out by individuals or by serious and organised criminals in relation to identity theft or the creation of fake identities.</p><p>In the financial year 2014/15, £4.13m worth of detected external identity theft was reported to the Cabinet Office through the fraud and error MI collection. Identity theft includes: fraudulently obtained genuine documents; counterfeit documents; and, forged documents. We do not have a breakdown of whether this was committed by individuals or organised criminals.</p><p>The National Crime Agency, not the Cabinet Office, lead on matters related to serious and organised crime.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 03/03/2016 10:29:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

456015

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Proof of Identity: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has been made of uptake of the gov.uk Verify programme for each socioeconomic group.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	28948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>442,000 individuals’ identities have been verified on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify and the service has been used 1,100,000 times. <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify is not designed for businesses.</p><p>The current percentage coverage for <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify, based on a representative sample by demographic group, is available here: <a href="https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2016/01/25/estimating-what-proportion-of-the-public-will-be-able-to-use-gov-uk-verify/" target="_blank">https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2016/01/25/estimating-what-proportion-of-the-public-will-be-able-to-use-gov-uk-verify/</a></p><p><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify publishes information about its performance - including authentications - weekly on the performance platform:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/performance/govuk-verify" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/performance/govuk-verify</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 28949 question first answered 03/03/2016 10:28:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

456016

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Proof of Identity: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) individuals and (b) businesses are registered for the gov.uk Verify programme; and what the average number of authentications is for each such group interacting with Verify supported services.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	28949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>442,000 individuals’ identities have been verified on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify and the service has been used 1,100,000 times. <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify is not designed for businesses.</p><p>The current percentage coverage for <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify, based on a representative sample by demographic group, is available here: <a href="https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2016/01/25/estimating-what-proportion-of-the-public-will-be-able-to-use-gov-uk-verify/" target="_blank">https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2016/01/25/estimating-what-proportion-of-the-public-will-be-able-to-use-gov-uk-verify/</a></p><p><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify publishes information about its performance - including authentications - weekly on the performance platform:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/performance/govuk-verify" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/performance/govuk-verify</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 28948 question first answered 03/03/2016 10:28:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

456017

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Oldham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of 5 and 16 February 2016 to Questions 25342 and 26658, by when he expects the land and property for disposals to be identified; and whether he expects the decisions on the selection of that property to be subject to public consultation.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	28898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The land and property for disposals will be identified in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 03/03/2016 13:15:51 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

455208

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Senior Civil Servants
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 improve Black and minority ethnic representation in the Senior Civil Service his Department.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	28482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office promotes a number of cross Government talent schemes to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and disabled staff, to accelerate their promotion to Senior Civil Service roles. This includes Civil Service wide talent schemes such the Future Leaders Scheme (aimed at G6&amp;7 staff) and the Senior Leaders Scheme (aimed at SCS Pay Band 1). Additionally, it promotes development schemes aimed specifically at BAME and disabled staff including the Accelerate talent programme (for SCS) and the Positive Action Pathway (for staff below SCS).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 28477 question first answered 02/03/2016 10:56:07 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 48401 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

455209

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers' Private Offices: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in the private offices group are employed on temporary contracts.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	28483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>At 31 January 2016, the Private Office Group in my department employed no officials on temporary contracts.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/03/2016 10:56:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 48400 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

455212

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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, how many officials in his Department are responsible for coordinating and developing international policy across Government.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	28516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Promoting diversity in the Senior Civil Service is a ministerial responsibility of the Minister for the Cabinet Office. I have had frequent such meetings, and details of Ministers' meetings with external organisations are published routinely and can be found on www. Gov.UK.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As part of this Government’s transparency agenda, twice a year all Departments are required to publish an organogram and structure charts that contain information about the roles performed by staff. The latest Cabinet Office organogram is available at <a href="https://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office</a> and the latest structure charts may be downloaded at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-structure-charts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-structure-charts</a>.</ins></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/03/2016 13:50:32 question first ministerially corrected 07/03/2016 16:23:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 49154 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

455213

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to increase the number of public appointments of women in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	28517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the diversity of public appointments and​ has an​ aspiration that 50% of new public appointees should be women. We are making ​good ​progress, with 44% of new appointments made to women in 2014-2015 and a higher proportion of all public appointments (new appointments and reappointments) went to women last year than at any other point previously recorded.</p><p>The Centre for Public Appointments in the Cabinet Office supports departments on all issues relating to the diversity of public appointments. Steps we are taking to increase diversity include streamlining the application process​, placing an emphasis on ability over previous experience,​ and increasing awareness of opportunities by using a central website, social media.</p><p>I hosted an event in February for a variety of diversity networks to encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply for Public Appointments and to advertise them in their own networks. The Cabinet Office is also represented at events run by diversity networks to raise awareness of the opportunities available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/03/2016 13:50:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

455215

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Lobbying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will issue a response to EDM 1138, Anti-lobbying Clause in Government Grant Agreements.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	28436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The grants clause announced on 6 February prevents recipients of taxpayer-funded grants from using them to lobby rather than for the purposes for which they were given.</p><p>The clause does not prevent grant recipients from meeting with ministers, responding to public consultations or giving evidence to select committees.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/03/2016 10:55:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 48399 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

455216

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Social Status
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress the Government has made on determining how best to collect and track data on socio-economic background in the Civil Service.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	28476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>On 2 February we published a report by the Bridge Group on socio-economic diversity in the Civil Service’s flagship graduate recruitment programme, the Fast Stream. This report can be accessed from the link at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/socio-economic-diversity-in-the-fast-stream-the-bridge-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/socio-economic-diversity-in-the-fast-stream-the-bridge-report</a> and my accompanying speech at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/addressing-inequality-in-the-public-sector-and-beyond-matt-hancock-speech" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/addressing-inequality-in-the-public-sector-and-beyond-matt-hancock-speech</a>&quot;</p><p>For the Fast Stream graduate programme and for the Fast Track apprenticeship scheme, we already collect information from candidates about their socio-economic background. We are working to implement the Bridge Group recommendations on the best measures of socio-economic background for these programmes, including collecting home postcode and school attended by applicants, both at age 14. Both of these new data items will be collected for recruitment to Fast Stream and Fast Track for new competitions from 2016.</p><p>We will publish our Social Mobility Strategy for the Civil Service in the Spring, in which we will set out our approach to measuring socio-economic diversity in the wider workforce.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/03/2016 13:49:55 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest