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807214

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>DWP is delivering a number of major IT contract exit programmes, and has followed the guidance detailed in the paper titles Large Expiring Contracts, Exit and Disaggregation: guidance for departments which precedes the paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, which is currently being reviewed by DWP, prior to implementation.</p><p> </p><p>DWP engages with Cabinet Office Complex Transactions Team from the outset, when exiting major IT contracts to utilise their knowledge and experience in defining, and implementing commercial strategies.</p><p> </p><p>These commercial strategies include all the points in a) to f) above and some recent examples are as follows;</p><p> </p><p>a) DWP utilises Crown Commercial Service Frameworks when sourcing disaggregated IT services. The market is engaged to establish supplier capacity, capability and alignment to DWPs key business objectives.</p><p>b) DWP has disaggregated a number of IT supply contracts in recent years, is currently in the process of disaggregating the complex services of the DWP Hosting contract and will exit and disaggregate its remaining Application Deployment &amp; Desktop contracts at an appropriate time.</p><p>c) Risk Assessment forms part of DWPs Contract Management Framework toolset and is assessed for all major contracts on a regular basis.</p><p>d) Detailed plans are produced and managed by Programme Leads for the exiting of all major IT contracts.</p><p>e) In conjunction with the work DWP is completing to disaggregate its historic contracts, DWP is further developing its supplier and contract management capabilities to equip the Department for the future; enhancing its major IT project delivery and contract exit commercial skills.</p><p>f) DWP utilises multi-disciplinary teams including Digital Group, Finance, HR, Legal and Commercial. Good programme governance is also followed both within DWP and through close working with HM Treasury and Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>DWP will continue to follow the guiding principles and critical tasks set out in this latest publication.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/12/2017 14:49:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

805984

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who end up in rent arrears due to the underpayment of child support.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes parents are best able to make decisions over how they manage their finances to support their children so we do not collect data on how child maintenance is spent including whether it is used for rent. We also do not collect data on families in rental arrears. We expect parents no matter their employment type to support their children and will take robust action where non-payment of maintenance is reported to re-establish payment as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 119195 question first answered 18/12/2017 17:28:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

805985

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has of how many people eligible for Child Support payments end up being in rent arrears when the payer is self-employed.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes parents are best able to make decisions over how they manage their finances to support their children so we do not collect data on how child maintenance is spent including whether it is used for rent. We also do not collect data on families in rental arrears. We expect parents no matter their employment type to support their children and will take robust action where non-payment of maintenance is reported to re-establish payment as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 119194 question first answered 18/12/2017 17:28:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

806300

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many data incidents his Department (a) recorded and (b) reported to the Information Commissioner's Office in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>DWP publishes details of data incidents and the number of cases recorded and reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts, available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank"><em>www.gov.uk</em></a>. No incidents were reported in 2015/16 or 2016/17 (as recorded at pages 84 and 92 respectively of the Reports for those years).</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/12/2017 12:57:33 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

806314

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times his Department's Senior Information Risk Officer role has been vacant for a week or longer since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s Senior Information Risk Owner role has been permanently filled since 2012 and has not been vacant for any period of time.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/12/2017 16:29:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

802104

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Bell Pottinger Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations any Minister of his Department has received from Bell Pottinger on behalf of (a) Atos IT Services UK Limited, (b) Centrica PLC, and (c) Ernst & Young.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	117791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>No representations were received by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, or his Ministers from Bell Pottinger.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/12/2017 14:07:34 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

797803

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union to the House of Lords European Union Committee on 31 October, how many civil servants his Department has (a) recruited and (b) expects to recruit to work on the UK's leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	116711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union is doing detailed work with departments to prepare for the upcoming negotiations by understanding the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU and coordinating planning. Staff within the EU and International Affairs Division lead on providing advice to Ministers on EU Exit and exit-related issues. Members of staff across the Department also provide advice and analysis on EU Exit issues as required. Given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate figure for the information you have requested.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/12/2017 16:00:26 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett