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455133

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	By-elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the average cost to the public purse of a parliamentary by-election since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL6438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The average (mean) cost to the public purse of a Parliamentary by-election since 2010 is £228,964. This comprises two main elements: the costs incurred by Returning Officers in running the poll; and the cost of delivering election mailings produced by candidates. The costs of running the three most recent by-elections, for which the Returning Officer’s expenses have not yet been settled, have not been factored into this average figure.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 10/03/2016 15:24:26 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

455150

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Sanctions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will give guidance to local authorities about the limits on their powers to engage in political boycotts overseas.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL6455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>On 17 February, the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) published procurement guidance for public authorities that makes clear that boycotts in public procurement are inappropriate outside where formal legal sanctions, embargoes and restrictions have been put in place by the UK Government.</p><p>This new guidance gives no consideration to matters of common law, which is a matter for the courts. However, the guidance makes it clear that local level boycotts can be unlawful and lead to severe penalties against the contracting authority and the Government.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL6613 question first answered 15/03/2016 17:59:14 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

455176

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charities: Lobbying
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bridges of Headley on 25 February (HL6124), what is their definition of "political campaigning and lobbying", and how they expect charities to establish that any expenditure on such campaigning and lobbying is funded exclusively from their own resources.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL6481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office's interim guidance on applying the new clause in government grant agreements can be found online at:<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/interim-guidance-on-applying-a-new-clause-in-government-grant-agreements<br> <br>Grant agreements are routinely subject to conditions, as well as a monitoring/audit process. The new grant clause builds on those existing processes</p><p><br>The new clause has successfully been trialled by the Department for Communities and Local Government over the last 12 months.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 17/03/2016 17:45:24 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name HL6481 Implementation_Guidance_for_Departments_on_Anti-Lobbying_Clause.pdf title Attachment
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

455200

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Human Rights Act 1998
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil law suits have been brought against his Department based either wholly or partially on grounds provided by the Human Rights Act 1998; how many such suits were settled out of court before a court judgment was delivered; and how much such settlements have cost the public purse since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold the information that has been requested as separate data for cases based wholly or partially on the Human Rights Act 1998 are not recorded.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/03/2016 14:59:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455201

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Overtime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has paid to staff in overtime in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>As part of this Government’s transparency agenda, all Departments are required to publish monthly workforce statistics that includes overtime costs. This information is available from the Cabinet Office website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/03/2016 13:52:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455202

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) publications, (b) consultation documents and (c) circulars his Department has issued since August 2012; and what the title was of each such publication, consultation document or circular.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>Since December 2012 a policy of 'digital by default' has been applied to all Cabinet Office publications. All publications and consultations are published via <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a></p><p>All publications are searchable by date and displayed by title.</p><p>A search of <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> shows 1110 publications in total since 1st August 2012; this includes 33 consultations.</p><p>For circulars, including newsletters and group emails, an accurate answer could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/03/2016 13:51:26 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455203

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many consultants' contracts were terminated early in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and what the cost of each such termination was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/03/2016 13:52:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455204

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate of pay is for cleaners in 10 Downing Street.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	28562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>All staff and contractors based in Downing Street are paid at least the London Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/03/2016 13:08:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

455205

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent from the public purse on industrial tribunals in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>In the last 12 months the Cabinet Office has spent £55,786 on legal costs relating to cases that were heard at employment tribunals.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/03/2016 13:51:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455206

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what shared platforms the Government is building or has commissioned to improve the delivery of Government services.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	28532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The following platforms have been commissioned or built to improve the delivery of Government services:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Departments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Name</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMRC Home Office</p></td><td><p><strong>One Government at the Border</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Justice Home Office</p></td><td><p><strong>Digital Justice</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GDS</p></td><td><p><strong>GOV.UK Verify</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GDS</p></td><td><p><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"><strong>GOV.UK</strong></a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GDS</p></td><td><p><strong>GOV.UK Pay</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GDS</p></td><td><p><strong>GOV.UK Notify</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GDS</p></td><td><p><strong>PaaS / Hosting for digital services</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DWP HMRC</p></td><td><p><strong>Check your state pension</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/03/2016 13:03:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest