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1604862

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many outsourcing contracts the Government has in place broken down by (a) central Government, (b) defence, (c) the NHS, (d) local government, (e) schools and (f) wider education; and what the total value is of those contracts by each category.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	167134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p><strong>This information is not held centrally.</strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 28/03/2023 12:39:40 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1604915

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Emigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of UK citizens that emigrated to (a) Australia, (b) New Zealand, (c) the US and (d) Canada in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	167144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 16 March is <del class="ministerial">attached.</del><ins class="ministerial">attached and the completed answer will be deposited in the House of Commons Library. </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 24/03/2023 15:00:59 question first ministerially corrected 17/05/2023 15:11:18 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ167144HR.pdf title ONS Response previous answer version 65002 answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart attachment 1 file name PQ167144HR.pdf title ONS Response
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1605002

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many disputes on outsourced public service contracts have been referred to ACAS in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	167140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p><strong>This information is not held centrally.</strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 28/03/2023 12:51:29 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1605003

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
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, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the potential practice of public bodies using procurement to reduce costs and cost-shifting to other public sector budgets.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	167141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>This Government knows that excellence in procurement practice is essential to delivering high quality services for the public.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Sourcing Playbook sets out the Government's policies with regards to outsourcing.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Its introduction by this Conservative Government improves decision making and the quality of contracts government places with industry. The playbook is focussed on getting things right from the start, and includes 11 key policies which help government and industry work together to deliver high quality public services and emphasises that government contracts are let on the basis of value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 28/03/2023 16:46:26 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1605004

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
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 impact of improved procurement and contracting terms on (a) costs to contracts and (b) value for money.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	167142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>By getting things right from the start and driving better contracting with the private sector, the playbook policies prioritise high quality outcomes, whilst also driving efficiencies and savings. The Government Commercial Functions cashable and non-cashable benefits are included in the Government efficiency savings, 2021 published on GOV.UK (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-efficiency-savings-2021/government-efficiency-savings-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-efficiency-savings-2021/government-efficiency-savings-2021</a>)</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 28/03/2023 12:32:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1605061

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 9 March (HL6179), how many of the whistleblowing cases formally raised and investigated in each of the last three years fell into each of the following categories (or similar categories): (1) financial wrong-doing, (2) sexual misconduct, (3) national security, (4) misleading Parliament or the public, and (5) other.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL6592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>CSHR commissions departments annually to provide an overview of cases investigated formally through their whistleblowing procedures.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Data is provided based on a number of categories set out in the Civil Service annual data return and so does not align directly with the categories set out in the question; financial wrongdoing, sexual misconduct, national security, misleading Parliament and other.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Please note the caveat that national security whistleblowing data is a matter for the United Kingdom Security &amp; Vetting team and is therefore not captured in these summaries.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ol><li><p>2019/2020 - 383 cases were <strong>formally raised and investigated</strong> in government departments, with the concern upheld in 33 cases. They fell into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 23</p></li><li><p>Breach of security / information policy - 23</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 4</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 13</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 2</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 11</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 22</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 148</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy - 7</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain - 14</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 39</p></li><li><p>Other/Blank - 77</p></li></ul></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><ol start="2"><li><p>2020/2021 - 245 cases were <strong>formally raised and investigated</strong> in government departments, with the concern upheld in 13 cases. They fell into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 14</p></li><li><p>Breach of security / information policy - 8</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 1</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 44</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 4</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 7</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 12</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 96</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy - 9</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain - 6</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 19</p></li><li><p>Other - 25</p></li></ul></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><ol start="3"><li><p>2021/2022 - 311 cases were <strong>formally raised and investigated</strong> in government departments, with the concern upheld in 30 cases. They fell into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 0</p></li><li><p>Breach of Security / information policy - 14</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 4</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 23</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 13</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 5</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 19</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 131</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy - 4</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain -10</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 38</p></li><li><p>Other - 50</p></li></ul></ol><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/03/2023 14:38:27 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

1605062

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 9 March (HL6179), how many of the whistleblowing cases formally raised, investigated and upheld in each of the last three years fell into each of the following categories (or similar categories): (1) financial wrongdoing, (2) sexual misconduct, (3) national security, (4) misleading Parliament or the public, and (5) other.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL6593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>CSHR commissions departments annually to provide an overview of cases investigated formally through their whistleblowing procedures.</p><p>Data is provided based on a number of categories set out in the Civil Service annual data return and so does not align directly with the categories set out in the question; financial wrongdoing, sexual misconduct, national security, misleading Parliament and other.</p><p>Please note the caveat that national security whistleblowing data is a matter for the United Kingdom Security &amp; Vetting team and is therefore not captured in these summaries.</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>2019/2020 - 33 cases were <strong>formally raised, investigated and upheld</strong> in government departments, falling into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 3</p></li><li><p>Breach of security / information policy - 4</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 1</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 1</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 0</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 1</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 3</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 12</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy -0</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain - 1</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 0</p></li><li><p>Other/Blank - 7</p></li></ul></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li><p>2020/2021 - 13 cases were <strong>formally raised, investigated and upheld</strong> in government departments, falling into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 1</p></li><li><p>Breach of security / Information Policy - 0</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 0</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 6</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 0</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 1</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 0</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 1</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy - 1</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain - 0</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 1</p></li><li><p>Other - 2</p></li></ul></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li><p>2021/2022 - 30 cases were <strong>formally raised, investigated and upheld</strong> in government departments, falling into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 0</p></li><li><p>Breach of Security / Information Policy- 2</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 0</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 3</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 3</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 1</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 5</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 6</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy - 1</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain -0</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 4</p></li><li><p>Other - 5</p></li></ul></ol><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/03/2023 14:34:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

1604379

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	EU Law: Bureaucracy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish any documents held by his Department on the estimated red tape costs of implementing EU legislation from 2011 to 2020.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	166122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this information centrally and on a fully comparable basis.</p><p>Each Government Department is responsible for its own Retained EU Laws (REUL).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 28/03/2023 15:04:12 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1604446

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled The GPA rated best UK public sector workplace experience, published by the Government Property Agency on 15 March 2023, which (a) Departments and (b) executive agencies have undertaken Leesman Office surveys since 1 January 2020 to assess the views of their staff concerning the main offices in which they work.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	166164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <ol><li><p>GPA has launched 9 office based surveys with Leesman, starting in January 2021. The full list of departments, agencies and bodies as listed as such on the UK Government Departments, agencies and public bodies website (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations) that have taken part in Leesman surveys through GPA can be found below:</p></li></ol><p> </p><ul><li><p>Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service</p></li><li><p>Cabinet Office</p></li><li><p>Care Quality Commission</p></li><li><p>Companies House</p></li><li><p>Consumer Council For Water</p></li><li><p>Criminal Cases Review Commission</p></li><li><p>Crown Commercial Service</p></li><li><p>Crown Prosecution Service</p></li><li><p>Defence Equipment and Support</p></li><li><p>Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</p></li><li><p>Department for Education</p></li><li><p>Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs</p></li><li><p>Department for International Trade</p></li><li><p>Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities</p></li><li><p>Department for Work &amp; Pensions</p></li><li><p>Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency</p></li><li><p>Environment Agency</p></li><li><p>Government Internal Audit Agency</p></li><li><p>Government Legal Department</p></li><li><p>Government Property Agency</p></li><li><p>Health and Safety Executive</p></li><li><p>Health Education England</p></li><li><p>Health Research Authority</p></li><li><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS)</p></li><li><p>HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services (HMICFRS)</p></li><li><p>HM Treasury</p></li><li><p>Home Office</p></li><li><p>Homes England</p></li><li><p>Infrastructure and Projects Authority</p></li><li><p>Joint Nature Conservation Committee</p></li><li><p>Legal Aid Agency</p></li><li><p>Ministry of Defence (MOD)</p></li><li><p>Ministry of Justice</p></li><li><p>Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government</p></li><li><p>Natural England</p></li><li><p>NHS</p></li><li><p>NHS England</p></li><li><p>Office for National Statistics</p></li><li><p>Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted)</p></li><li><p>Office of Rail and Road</p></li><li><p>Parliamentary &amp; Health Service Ombudsman</p></li><li><p>Regulator of Social Housing</p></li><li><p>Serious Fraud Office</p></li><li><p>Small Business Commissioner</p></li><li><p>Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA)</p></li><li><p>Trade Remedies Authority</p></li><li><p>UK Health Security Agency</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Other organisations/groups:</p><ul><li><p>Asylum Protection</p></li><li><p>Border Force</p></li><li><p>Government Art collection</p></li><li><p>HM Passport Office</p></li><li><p>Immigration Enforcement (IE)</p></li><li><p>Office for Health Improvement and Disparities</p></li><li><p>Pubs Code Adjudicator</p></li><li><p>Single Competent Authority (SCA)</p></li><li><p>UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 28/03/2023 16:36:54 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1604249

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many people came to the UK each year from 2002 to 2022 on migration grounds, excluding those seeking asylum.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL6476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Noble Peer’s Parliamentary Question of 14 March is attached in the answer.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/03/2023 11:38:21 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL6476 (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority Response
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven