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810351

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Billing
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 19 December 2017 to Question 114740, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of public sector buyers' published payment performance; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of public sector buyers who are meeting the stated 30-day payment term.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Although their performance is not monitored routinely, public sector buyers are required to publish their payment performance annually. Data published in 2015-16 shows that by the final quarter all major departments, apart from one (at 76%), were meeting their 5 days target and that all departments were paying at least 96% of their invoices within the 30 day target, with several departments achieving 100%.</p><p> </p><p>Moreover, businesses can report poor payment practice and instances of late payment, including late payment through the supply chain, in public sector contracts to our Mystery Shopper service, which will then investigate</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/01/2018 13:22:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

809691

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of his Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions in the 2017-18 Session to date have referred to the information requested not being (a) collected or (b) collated centrally.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	120311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office have answered 54 written parliamentary questions explaining that the requested information was not available on the grounds of it not being collected or held centrally. This is out of a total of 1,051 parliamentary questions that have been answered.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/12/2017 11:05:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

809887

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
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 12 December 2017 to Question 117657, what guidance he plans to issue to business on the improvement made to those digital procurement platforms.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Commercial Service emails all registered suppliers with details of enhancements to Contracts Finder in advance and when they are released. Contracts Finder is also featured in our programme of presentations to SMEs and industry bodies.</p><p> </p><p>As Crown Marketplace progresses past the test phase a supplier engagement strategy (which includes communications and guidance) is being developed. Crown Marketplace continues to engage closely with the supplier market including SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/12/2017 11:02:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

809888

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
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 12 December 2017 to Question 117657, on Public Sector: Procurement, what plans he has to reduce the volume of information required for businesses that bid for public procurement contracts.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We have already taken action to ensure that bidding processes are simplified across the public sector. Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQ) have been abolished for low value contracts, and a streamlined, standard Selection Questionnaire introduced for those instances where it is required.</p><p> </p><p>The standard Selection Questionnaire asks potential suppliers to initially just self-declare their status against the exclusion grounds and selection questions. This reduces the burden on organisations providing evidence against those checks and aligns with the process required in the PCR 2015 for the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD).</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to look for ways to reduce the burdens place on companies bidding for government business, especially for smaller businesses.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/12/2017 11:03:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

808895

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people who were Conservative Members of Parliament in the 2015-2017 Parliament and lost their seats at the 2017 General Election are employed by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	120004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Information about employees of individual departments is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/12/2017 11:19:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

807175

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Amazon Web Services: Contracts
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 contract between the Government and Amazon Web Services covering Platform as a service.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <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> </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> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/12/2017 16:12:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

806619

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the break down is by (a) Department and (b) grade for the Civil Service sickness absence data for Q1 2017 published on 14 December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Service recognises that good workforce health and well-being is fundamental to delivering brilliant public services. We support people so that they can remain at work where possible and to return as soon as they are ready following sickness absence.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service continues to review how it can proactively manage sickness absence and improve health and wellbeing at work even further, ensuring that it consistently delivers the high level of service that the public demand and expect.</p><p>Sickness absence in the Civil Service is measured using Average Working Days Lost (AWDL) per staff year. AWDL per staff year is the total number of working days lost across the year, divided by the total number of potential staff years.</p><p>The AWDL per staff year in the Civil Service was 7.0 days for year ending 31 March 2017, its lowest level since 2007. This demonstrates the significant progress that has been made in reducing sickness absence across the Civil Service.</p><p>Table 1: sets out the AWDL in the Civil Service by department for the year ending 31 March 2016 (Q1 2016) and the year ending 31 March 2017 (Q1 2017).</p><p>Table 2: sets out the AWDL in the Civil Service by grade for the year ending 31 March 2016 (Q1 2016) and the year ending 31 March 2017 (Q1 2017).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 119696 question first answered 19/12/2017 15:41:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes attachment 1 file name table 1 & 2.pdf title Table 1 & 2
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

806620

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the break down is by (a) Department and (b) grade for the Civil Service sickness absence data for 2016 published on 14 December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Service recognises that good workforce health and well-being is fundamental to delivering brilliant public services. We support people so that they can remain at work where possible and to return as soon as they are ready following sickness absence.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service continues to review how it can proactively manage sickness absence and improve health and wellbeing at work even further, ensuring that it consistently delivers the high level of service that the public demand and expect.</p><p>Sickness absence in the Civil Service is measured using Average Working Days Lost (AWDL) per staff year. AWDL per staff year is the total number of working days lost across the year, divided by the total number of potential staff years.</p><p>The AWDL per staff year in the Civil Service was 7.0 days for year ending 31 March 2017, its lowest level since 2007. This demonstrates the significant progress that has been made in reducing sickness absence across the Civil Service.</p><p>Table 1: sets out the AWDL in the Civil Service by department for the year ending 31 March 2016 (Q1 2016) and the year ending 31 March 2017 (Q1 2017).</p><p>Table 2: sets out the AWDL in the Civil Service by grade for the year ending 31 March 2016 (Q1 2016) and the year ending 31 March 2017 (Q1 2017).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 119695 question first answered 19/12/2017 15:41:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes attachment 1 file name table 1 & 2.pdf title Table 1 & 2
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

805981

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) evidential basis and (b) method of calculation was for his Department's Common Technology Services team establishing the figure of 40 per cent savings from disaggregating large IT contracts; and if he will publish his Department's joint report with McKinsey & Co on that subject.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The figure refers to the estimated annual run cost <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cabinet-office-unveils-technology-transformation" target="_blank">savings</a> from the delivery of the Cabinet Office Technology Transformation Programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The business case supporting this programme estimated 38% savings on the per-user annual run costs for Cabinet Office, compared to the “do minimum” option of retaining the outsourced service provision.</p><p><br> The Government draws on a wide range of advice to ensure we deliver the best possible service for users and value for taxpayers. Details of specific contracts awarded are published regularly on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">Contracts Finder</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/12/2017 15:47:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

806147

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office,what assessment he has made of the opportunities to increase social value in public procurement following the UK’s departure from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	119348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The current public procurement rules will continue to apply until the UK has left the EU following the successful conclusion of exit negotiations. The longer-term opportunities for our procurement regulations are being considered carefully.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/12/2017 15:44:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones