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165892

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Political Impartiality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 37 of the Government Communication Service Propriety Guidance, published in April 2014, what rules govern the use of government slogans by political parties.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	215869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Cabinet Secretary's letter of 10 July 2014 to the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215870 215871 question first answered 28/11/2014 12:55:14 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham attachment 1 file name document2014-07-10-171025 (1) (1).pdf title Letter to Member - Propriety Guidance
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

165893

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Political Impartiality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 37 of the Government Communication Service Propriety Guidance, published in April 2014, what assessment he has made of the propriety of the use of the phrase 'long-term economic plan' by organisations outside government.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	215870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Cabinet Secretary's letter of 10 July 2014 to the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215869 215871 question first answered 28/11/2014 12:55:14 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham attachment 1 file name document2014-07-10-171025 (1) (1).pdf title Letter to Member - Propriety Guidance
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

165894

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Political Impartiality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the term 'long-term economic plan' as a description of government economic poicy was developed by civil servants.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	215871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Cabinet Secretary's letter of 10 July 2014 to the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215869 215870 question first answered 28/11/2014 12:55:14 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham attachment 1 file name document2014-07-10-171025 (1) (1).pdf title Letter to Member - Propriety Guidance
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

165895

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance and best practice is available for government departments on providing feedback to small and medium-sized enterprises on unsuccessful submissions to government invitations to tender.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	215854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>Contracting authorities should inform bidders of its decision to award a contract, as soon as possible after the decision has been made. This notice should include the reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the successful tender, and the scores of the bidder receiving the notice and the winning bidder. Cabinet Office has issued a guide on tendering for public sector contracts:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/tendering-for-public-sector-contracts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/tendering-for-public-sector-contracts</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 28/11/2014 11:08:14 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

165898

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: 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 6 November 2014 to Question 212539, if he will publish the guidance to local authorities on the effect of the 2014 EU Procurement Directives on procurement by local authorities of school places for children and young people with special educational needs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	215805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Information on implementing the 2014 EU Procurement Directives, and training materials for procurement professionals, are available on GOV.UK</p><p>The Department for Education will be providing specific guidance on the new regulations for the Education sector via <a href="http://www.buyways.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.buyways.co.uk/</a>; through speakers at education and children sector conferences; and through other sector specific guidance particularly to Local Authorities and institutions on the interaction between the new Regulations and the Children and Families Act 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 02/12/2014 14:14:43 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

165899

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Water
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 reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is committed to reducing the water consumption of its buildings. To date, my department has reduced its water consumption by 17.9% since 2009. Government is rationalising its estate, reducing the total number of properties, intensified occupation in remaining buildings and consequently reduced water usage and bills across the department.</p><p>Within the reduced estate, the Cabinet Office has introduced water reduction measures. These include motion-activated taps; removing unnecessary storage tanks and headers; and, installing additional metering and real time data to assist in monitoring of consumption to detect irregular usage patterns that could possibly be leakage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215958 question first answered 02/12/2014 14:17:03 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

165900

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Security Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff work for the National Security Council; and where those staff are based.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	215980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The work programme of the National Security Council (NSC) is supported by the National Security Secretariat (NSS) in the Cabinet Office. NSS currently has a headcount of 180. These staff are based in buildings across the Cabinet Office estate in London, and a small number in York.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 02/12/2014 14:15:44 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

165951

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Water
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 reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Office; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is committed to reducing the water consumption of its buildings. To date, my department has reduced its water consumption by 17.9% since 2009. Government is rationalising its estate, reducing the total number of properties, intensified occupation in remaining buildings and consequently reduced water usage and bills across the department.</p><p>Within the reduced estate, the Cabinet Office has introduced water reduction measures. These include motion-activated taps; removing unnecessary storage tanks and headers; and, installing additional metering and real time data to assist in monitoring of consumption to detect irregular usage patterns that could possibly be leakage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215954 question first answered 02/12/2014 14:17:03 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

164314

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government
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 ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>Progress against the delivery of my department's Digital Strategy, which sets out plans to become ‘digital by default’ in line with the Government Digital Strategy, is due to be published in December.</p><p>One of the 25 'exemplar' major government service that are being redesigned and rebuilt to be simpler, clearer and faster to use was the Cabinet Office's Register to Vote service. This went live in June this year in England and Wales followed by Scotland in September. More than 2.2m people have registered to vote using this digital service, with an overall satisfaction rate of over 90%. Further details are published on <a href="http://gov.uk/transformation" target="_blank">gov.uk/transformation</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 01/12/2014 11:20:05 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

164315

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his role is in public appointments.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	215701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>Individual public appointments are made by the relevant Minister in the sponsor department of the public body. It is the responsibility of appointing departments to conduct recruitment processes in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments’ Code of Practice.</p><p>I have responsibility for overall policy on Government public appointments and am working to improve their diversity, including by providing appropriate guidance to departments.</p><p>Over the last 8 years, the number of women appointed to the boards of public bodies remained static around 36%. Statistics for 2013/14 show that 39% of new appointments were made to women, with recent figures even stronger. There remains more to do to improve the diversity of our public appointments and the Centre for Public Appointments in the Cabinet Office plays a coordinating and supportive role in this.</p><p>I make appointments to the boards of a number of Cabinet Office bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 01/12/2014 16:59:26 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth