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853333

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Inquiries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions a Government Minister has overruled the views of an Inquiry Chair received under the Government’s requirement to consult the Chair of an Inquiry under section 14(3) of the Public Inquiries Act 2005 to cancel a Public Inquiry established under that Act before it completes.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	130782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 07/03/2018 16:24:35 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

850851

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Official Secrets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have been (a) disciplined, (b) subject to criminal charges, and (c) dismissed for offences under the Official Secrets Act 1989 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	130074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>All breaches of information are taken seriously and recorded by each individual department. The Civil Service Management Code (4.2.1) states ‘Departments and agencies must remind staff on appointment, retirement or resignation that they are bound by the provisions of the criminal law, including the Official Secrets Acts, which protect certain categories of official information, and by their duty of confidentiality owed to the Crown as their former employer’.</p><p>Where a law has been broken or potentially broken, it is reported to the police and they would take forward any investigation. Subsequent actions would be a matter for the police and the courts.</p><p>Other than in exceptional cases, when it is in the public interest, it has been the policy of successive governments not to comment on breaches of security.</p><p><strong><strong></strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 06/03/2018 10:13:14 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

847733

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to answer (a) Questions 121053 and 121054 tabled on 21 December 2017 and (b) Questions 124614, 124620, 124621 and 124622 tabled by on 24 January 2018 by the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	129409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to: a) the answers to PQs 121053 and 121054 given on 6<sup>th</sup> March; and b) the answer to PQ 124614 given on 6<sup>th</sup> March and the answers to PQs 124620, 124621 and 124622 given on 27<sup>th</sup> February.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 06/03/2018 16:52:24 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

845696

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 123289, tabled on 17 January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	128668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer my Hon Friend to the answer given to PQ123289 on 27<sup>th</sup> February.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 02/03/2018 11:11:59 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

845716

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Land: Databases
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 on creating a comprehensive geospatial data body to provide open land data.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	128688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Autumn Budget 2017 announced that the government will establish a new Geospatial Commission to maximise the growth of the digital economy and provide strategic oversight for the public bodies that hold geospatial data. An update on the establishment of the Commission will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 28/02/2018 12:11:12 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

843783

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Hacking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government websites were affected by the recent hack which used websites to mine cryptocurrency.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	128221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The NCSC continues to investigate all ongoing incidents providing tailored advice where required. This will be reported in the Annual review, expected in October 2018.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/03/2018 09:28:28 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

843813

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Former Ministers: Business Interests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms are in place to monitor compliance by former Ministers of conditions set by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments for their appointments.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	128251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) is responsible for advising Government and former Ministers on the application of the Business Appointment Rules. It publishes its advice online, ensuring that its consideration and any conditions imposed are publicly available, to encourage effective scrutiny and accountability for former ministers and senior civil servants.</p><p>ACOBA will also make its views public when applications are received retrospectively, in order to draw attention to an individual’s failure to seek the Committee’s advice in advance of taking up a role<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 128252 question first answered 26/02/2018 16:53:51 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

843814

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants: Business Interests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms are in place to monitor compliance by former senior civil servants of conditions set by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments for their appointments.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	128252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) is responsible for advising Government and former Ministers on the application of the Business Appointment Rules. It publishes its advice online, ensuring that its consideration and any conditions imposed are publicly available, to encourage effective scrutiny and accountability for former ministers and senior civil servants.</p><p>ACOBA will also make its views public when applications are received retrospectively, in order to draw attention to an individual’s failure to seek the Committee’s advice in advance of taking up a role<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 128251 question first answered 26/02/2018 16:53:51 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

843819

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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, how much money was spent by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (a) on staffing and (b) in total in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	128257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is publicly available in the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments’ annual reports. The reports can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=advisory-committee-on-business-appointments&amp;publication_type=corporate-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=advisory-committee-on-business-appointments&amp;publication_type=corporate-reports</a></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 26/02/2018 16:51:02 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

838944

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Lobbying: Registration
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 adequacy of the number of consultant lobbyists registered under the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	127505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists is engaged with the industry to ensure that those who are required to join the register are aware of their obligation to do so. The Registrar and her office continue to regularly review the register to ensure that it enables transparency of the lobbying process and provide thorough guidance and support via their website to facilitate organisations being compliant with the Register.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 27/02/2018 11:03:44 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett