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825702

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the three appointments to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments announced on 18 January 2018, how those positions were advertised and how many applications were received.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	123770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>These roles were advertised on the website of the Centre for Public Appointments, and the Cabinet Office received 32 applications. Selection was made on the following advertised criteria:</p><p>Essential:</p><ul><li>Ability to work at a senior level and command the confidence and trust of key stakeholders, including those subject to the Rules.</li><li>Ability to analyse complex information from a range of sources, identify key issues and make objective and balanced decisions on complex issues.</li><li>An understanding of the issues around the perception of outside appointments for former crown servants</li><li>Evidence of effective working as part of a team.</li><li>Excellent communication skills both written and oral.</li></ul><p>Desirable:</p><ul><li>Experience of dealing with conflicts of interest.</li></ul><p> </p><p>​These appointments were made on merit following fair and open competition, in line with the requirements of the Governance Code for Public Appointments.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 123771 question first answered 05/02/2018 14:45:17 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

825703

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the three appointments to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments announced on 18 January 2018, what the selection criteria for those appointments were.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	123771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>These roles were advertised on the website of the Centre for Public Appointments, and the Cabinet Office received 32 applications. Selection was made on the following advertised criteria:</p><p>Essential:</p><ul><li>Ability to work at a senior level and command the confidence and trust of key stakeholders, including those subject to the Rules.</li><li>Ability to analyse complex information from a range of sources, identify key issues and make objective and balanced decisions on complex issues.</li><li>An understanding of the issues around the perception of outside appointments for former crown servants</li><li>Evidence of effective working as part of a team.</li><li>Excellent communication skills both written and oral.</li></ul><p>Desirable:</p><ul><li>Experience of dealing with conflicts of interest.</li></ul><p> </p><p>​These appointments were made on merit following fair and open competition, in line with the requirements of the Governance Code for Public Appointments.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 123770 question first answered 05/02/2018 14:45:17 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

825505

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Secretary of State had responsibility for the publication of the first annual report of the Prosperity Fund.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	123644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The publication of the first annual report of the Prosperity Fund was on 1<sup>st</sup> December 2017, and approved by the then First Secretary of State. The report was laid before Parliament by the Minister for the Constitution, Chris Skidmore in a Written Ministerial Statement on 21 December.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 06/03/2018 16:36:40 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

824488

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	David Lidington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Cabinet committees and sub-committees he (a) chairs and (b) attends.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	123289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The list of Cabinet Committees and Implementation Task Forces, including the membership and terms of reference, are regularly published on Gov.uk. An updated list was published on 1<sup>st</sup> February 2018. The list can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-cabinet-committees-system-and-list-of-cabinet-committees</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 27/02/2018 11:19:37 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

824528

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Policy
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 15 January 2018 to Question121689, on Cabinet Office: Policy, for what reason his Answer does not contain reference to the Public Service Ombudsman Bill.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	123329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>My answer set out my overarching priorities for the Department. All Cabinet Office policies sit within these priorities.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/01/2018 16:20:07 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

824544

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ethnic Groups: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to address the disparities and inequalities revealed by the race disparity audit, published on 10 October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	123345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Following the publication of the Race Disparity Audit’s <em>Ethnicity facts and figures</em> website on 10th October, the Prime Minister reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to tackle the disparities identified by the Audit.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already launched an initial programme of work to tackle some of the disparities. This includes the Department for Work and Pensions taking action to improve ethnic minority employment rates in twenty targeted areas, action by the Ministry of Justice to implement recommendations made in the recent Lammy Review and the Department for Education taking forward an external review to improve practice in exclusions. Further announcements on future Government work will be made in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling these disparities involve not just Government but local public services, the voluntary sector and businesses. The Government has made a commitment that it will “explain or change” key ethnic disparities identified by the Audit. Where significant disparities between ethnic groups cannot be explained by wider factors, the Government will work with<br> partners to change them.</p><p> </p><p>The Race Disparity Unit in the Cabinet Office will be responsible for coordinating the Government’s response to the Audit. The Unit consists of 20 members of staff, including digital, data and policy professionals.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 123346 question first answered 30/01/2018 15:44:16 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

824545

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ethnic Groups: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what resources he has dedicated to working on the Government's policy response to the findings of the race disparity audit, published on 10 October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	123346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Following the publication of the Race Disparity Audit’s <em>Ethnicity facts and figures</em> website on 10th October, the Prime Minister reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to tackle the disparities identified by the Audit.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already launched an initial programme of work to tackle some of the disparities. This includes the Department for Work and Pensions taking action to improve ethnic minority employment rates in twenty targeted areas, action by the Ministry of Justice to implement recommendations made in the recent Lammy Review and the Department for Education taking forward an external review to improve practice in exclusions. Further announcements on future Government work will be made in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling these disparities involve not just Government but local public services, the voluntary sector and businesses. The Government has made a commitment that it will “explain or change” key ethnic disparities identified by the Audit. Where significant disparities between ethnic groups cannot be explained by wider factors, the Government will work with<br> partners to change them.</p><p> </p><p>The Race Disparity Unit in the Cabinet Office will be responsible for coordinating the Government’s response to the Audit. The Unit consists of 20 members of staff, including digital, data and policy professionals.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 123345 question first answered 30/01/2018 15:44:16 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

823574

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	List of Ministerial Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the List of Ministerial responsibilities, what the definition is of commercial models.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	123038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Commercial Models Team (CMT) assists departments and other public sector organisations to deliver better services at lower cost and devise and implement commercial models for collaborating across the public sector and between the private and public sectors.</p><p> </p><p>By way of example, they continue to work with the Department for Communities and Local Government and HM Treasury to transform the way the Local Government Pension Scheme invests its £260 billion of assets. The government has received proposals from Local Government Pension Scheme administering authorities in England and Wales to consolidate their assets into a small number of pools to take advantage of their scale. These pools are expected to deliver<strong> </strong>annual savings in investment costs of at least £200-300 million. We will also work with administering authorities to establish a new Local Government Pension Scheme infrastructure investment platform, in line with their proposals, in order to boost their capacity and capability to invest in infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/01/2018 16:18:18 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

822850

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prosperity Fund: Behavioural Insights Team
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 10 January 2018 to Question 121223, on Prosperity Fund: Behavioural Insights Team, what the eight projects referred to are.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	122533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer my Hon member to the answer given to 106810 on 17 October 2017 by the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/01/2018 16:22:05 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

822916

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Emergencies: Mobile Phones
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 the potential merits of introducing a Wireless Emergency Alert system in the UK similar to that currently available in the United States.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	122599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>Cabinet Office worked with the police, the communications providers and behavioural scientists and undertook geographically limited, but realistic, trials of mobile alerting culminating in 2014. Mobile alerting is kept under review as part of our ability to warn and inform the public about emergencies through a range of channels.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 19/02/2018 14:56:05 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant