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1580922

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
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 25 January 2023 to Question 125341 on Government Departments: ICT, where cloud providers publish information on their investment activities in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	132401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>While there is no statutory requirement for cloud providers to publish information on their investment activities in the UK, they regularly publish a range of information in the public domain, for example on company websites and blogs.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 30/01/2023 17:15:44 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1567818

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether providers of IT cloud infrastructure to Government bodies are required to report on their investment in R&D in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	125341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>There is not a contractual requirement for IT cloud infrastructure providers to report on R&amp;D investment. This is mainly due to cloud providers operating outside of the classical, managed outsourcing model. The cloud providers do, however, publish information on their investment activities in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 25/01/2023 17:54:47 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1458900

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will review the appropriateness of arrangements and guidance on the use of WhatsApp and other electronic communications to conduct Government business with reference to (a) security, (b) transparency and (c) accountability.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	156569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>Government has arrangements and guidance in place for the management of all electronic communications. As with all guidance, this is kept under review and updated as necessary. We are currently awaiting the judgement in legal proceedings in relation to government policy in this area. As such, I am not able to comment any further at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 25/04/2022 17:02:06 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1093492

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which projects within the Government Major Project Portfolio are categorised as ICT projects.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	235741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Data on projects within the Government Major Project Portfolio (GMPP) is published annually, most recently in July 2018. GMPP projects are categorised as ICT based on the main element of the project but there will be other projects with an ICT component. As of July 2018 the 29 projects within the GMPP categorised as ICT projects are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>IT Infrastructure Sourcing Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS e-Referral Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Echo 2 Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital Services at the Border</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future Beyond Line Of Sight</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Style of Information Technology (Base)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CJS Common Platform</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Land Charges (LLC) Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government as a Platform</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gov UK Verify</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEFRA UNITY PROGRAMME</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health &amp; Social Care Network</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CUSTOMS DECLARATION SERVICES (CDS) Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Making Tax Digital for Business</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Technology Platforms for Tomorrow</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metis Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immigration Platform Technologies (IPT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Law Enforcement Data Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice System Exchange Re-provisioning</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future IT Sourcing Programme (FITS)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IT Transformation Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foxhound Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHSmail 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Data Services Development Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Technology Overhaul</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Columbus (formerly Aspire Replacement Programme)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communications Capabilities Development Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office Biometrics Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shared Services (ISSC2) Evolve</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/03/2019 14:54:21 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1003884

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what framework is used by Government when deciding whether digital projects should be completed in-house or contracted out.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	189825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <blockquote>There is no specific framework that government uses to decide whether a digital project should be completed in-house or contracted out.</blockquote><blockquote> </blockquote><blockquote>Government uses the principles of the HMT Green Book guidance, supplementary guidance (such as the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-green-book-appraisal-and-evaluation-in-central-governent/agile-digital-and-it-projects-clarification-of-business-case-guidance" target="_blank">Agile digital and IT projects</a>), and the 5 case model to scrutinise the costs and benefits of different options to deliver a particular project, including management, commercial and financial aspects. When relevant, some of these options may refer to in-house provision whereas others may refer to outsourcing.</blockquote><blockquote> </blockquote><blockquote>The preferred option will be selected on the basis of value for money and capacity to meet the project objectives.</blockquote> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/11/2018 14:28:44 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1000224

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) timetable, (b) cost and (c) estimated savings are for the Foxhound IT programme.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	187356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>FOXHOUND is a Cabinet Office-led, cross-government IT programme to develop and deploy a new secure capability for managing sensitive information, including that which is classified up to and at SECRET. The aim is to bear down on the growing information and cyber risk, whilst improving scope for collaboration across the National Security community. The single platform this capability offers will enable some security related savings to be made and an outline Programme timetable and costs are published in Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) annual reports on Major Projects (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/721978/IPA_Annual_Report_2018__2_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/721978/IPA_Annual_Report_2018__2_.pdf</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infrastructure-and-projects-authority-annual-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infrastructure-and-projects-authority-annual-report-2018</a>)</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/11/2018 09:57:43 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

997229

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts the Government holds with cloud based providers to store data; and what the total cost of these contracts to the public purse is.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	185114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 01/11/2018 15:51:20 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

994167

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed across all government departments to build or maintain IT systems.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	183248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold data relating to the number of cross government IT specialists employed specifically to build or maintain IT systems. This information may be held at a departmental level.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 29/10/2018 13:48:02 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

984386

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of cyber specialists vacancies in Government.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	177383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold figures on the number of vacancies across HMG. Departments are responsible for ensuring adequate staffing levels are met. As part of the National Cyber Security Strategy we have established a central team to develop the security profession, supporting departments in managing their cyber skills gaps and building career pathways for specialists.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/10/2018 10:23:03 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

843713

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	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is Government policy to award cloud hosting contracts only to US hyperscale cloud providers; how many and what proportion of Government cloud hosting contracts have been awarded to hyperscale cloud providers and what the value was of those contracts in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	128074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>It is not government policy to award only to US hyperscale cloud providers. It is our policy to award contracts on the basis of value for money, whilst doing everything we can to encourage UK suppliers, and UK SME's in particular, to win business. This is achieved through competitive tender in accordance with public procurement legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Information on cloud hosting contracts for Government as a whole is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 22/02/2018 16:57:22 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray