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793893

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Behavioural Insights Team
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data the Behavioural Insights Team holds on those people it can reach with its Predicitiv product; how many such people there; and what the origin of that data is.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	114982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) was spun out of government in 2014 and set up as a social purpose company.</p><p> </p><p>We are not in a position to provide information about the proprietary assets of Behavioural Insights Team Limited, due to commercial confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/12/2017 14:31:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

793900

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
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 effect of the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 set at in Procurement Policy Note 04/15 on restricting the taking into account of past performance in awarding contracts on competition, social value and value for money from the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	114989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>UK public procurement policy is to award contracts on the basis of value for money, which means the optimum combination of cost and quality over the lifetime of the project. Wider socio-economic criteria can be taken into account at tender evaluation stage if they relate directly to the subject matter of a contract from the point of view of the contracting authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 explicitly allows past performance to be taken into account, and we issued Procurement Policy Note 04/15 to assist public procurers to do so.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 28/11/2017 16:04:40 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

794055

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Carillion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a Crown Representative has been assigned to Carillion.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	115143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>As Carillion is a strategic supplier to Government, they have been assigned a Crown Representative.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 28/11/2017 16:06:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

794060

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
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 risk of a strategic supplier to the Government folding on the (a) the operation of public services and (b) value for money.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	115148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of managing relationships with Strategic Suppliers, including any risks to the operation of public services and the achievement value for money. Our Strategic Supplier Risk Management Policy has been published on GOV.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/80222/20121108_Strategic_Supplier_Risk_Management_Policy.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/80222/20121108_Strategic_Supplier_Risk_Management_Policy.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/12/2017 15:48:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

792958

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts for Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues on the contractual obligations of private companies delivering Government services and the complaints procedures available to the public when those obligations are not met.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	114743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has issued a Model Services Contract, which includes sections on contractual obligations and remedial procedures:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/526358/Model_Services_Contract_v1.02.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/526358/Model_Services_Contract_v1.02.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service also published Procurement Policy Notes (PPNs) on a range of issues including supplier past performance and prompt payment in supply chains. PPNs can be found on GOV.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/procurement-policy-notes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/procurement-policy-notes</a></p><p>The Government Commercial Function has published a Supplier Code of Conduct, which sets out the standards we expect of those companies supplying goods and services to government:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/646497/2017-09-13_Official_Sensitive_Supplier_Code_of_Conduct_September_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/646497/2017-09-13_Official_Sensitive_Supplier_Code_of_Conduct_September_2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 28/11/2017 15:57:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

792617

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Chief Scientific Adviser: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many candidates were considered for the position of Chief Scientific Adviser.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	114544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>There were 18 applications for the position of Government Chief Scientific Adviser.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 28/11/2017 13:07:05 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

792618

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Crown Representatives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) qualitative and (b) quantitative information is collected on Strategic Supplier perceptions of Crown Representatives.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	114545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The work of the Crown Representatives overall is seen as positive by suppliers. This view is supported by figure 8 contained within the NAO report “<em>Managing Government Suppliers</em>“ <a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/10298-001-Governments-managing-contractors-HC-811.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/10298-001-Governments-managing-contractors-HC-811.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/11/2017 14:25:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

792619

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
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, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Managing Government Suppliers, HC 811 of Session 2013-14, published on 11 November 2013, how many strategic suppliers to the Government have been rated as (a) green, (b) amber, (c) red and (d) black in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	114546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government's policy relating to the risk-assessment of Strategic Suppliers is set out in the publicly available Strategic Supplier Risk Management Policy:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/80222/20121108_Strategic_Supplier_Risk_Management_Policy.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/80222/20121108_Strategic_Supplier_Risk_Management_Policy.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Cabinet Office does not publish supplier designations under the policy as &quot;high risk&quot; or risk ratings used to proactively monitor and manage Strategic Suppliers in a manner consistent with the policy, as disclosure of this information would prejudice commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/12/2017 15:29:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

792622

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
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 is given to departments on the size of profit margins given to private contractors when awarding contracts.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	114549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The overarching principle in all public procurement is to secure the best value for money for the taxpayer. One tool available to departments to achieve this is Open Book Contract Management (OBCM), a structured process for the sharing and management of charges and costs and operational and performance data between the supplier and the client.</p><p> </p><p>OBCM should be used on those contracts where the additional cost is justified by the perceived level of benefits and risk.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on the use of OBCM can be found on GOV.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/525283/obcm_guidance_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/525283/obcm_guidance_final.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/11/2017 11:16:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

784761

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which public telephone lines for his Department's services are charged at higher rates; and how much was taken by each such telephone line in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	111471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Cabinet Office has no public telephone lines that are charged at higher rates.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 28/11/2017 15:55:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett