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1605205

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date	17/03/2023
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 much his Department spent on external consultants in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	168050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>For 2021-22, Cabinet Office external consultancy spend can be found on page 193 of our Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22, linked <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1123904/CO_ARA21-22_WEB_Final_121222.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Consultancy spend for 2022-23 will be published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, later this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Cabinet Office has a mature assurance framework for Consultancy &amp; Professional Services. A dedicated team exists to assure such spending and make recommendations to officials accordingly for decision. The assurance framework is built on the principles outlined in the Consultancy Playbook and aims to ensure that where such requirements are justified, they deliver value for money for the taxpayer. This use of these consultants is a legitimate part of policymaking that helps to deliver efficient public services to the taxpayer and has been a feature under successive Governments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 27/03/2023 15:29:06 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1605208

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Consulting Hub
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 17 March 2023 to Question 165263 on Government Consulting Hub: Staff, for what reasons his Department closed the Government Consulting Hub.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	168052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government Consulting Hub (GCH) was established to ensure the government built more in-house capability.</p><p>We have made significant progress in this area on a number of fronts. A key focus of the GCH was to develop capability and ownership of this work across government to ensure this is embedded in the long-term.</p><p>The triage service, developed by GCH, has been transferred to the Crown Commercial Service, building on the work done by GCH with each department - this transition is a recognition of the maturity level of the service, which means it can now integrate with CCS work with consultancy procurement strategies across government. The very well received Consultancy Playbook, setting a new bar of how we get best value from external firms, operates alongside the suite of playbooks, owned and led by the Commercial Function.</p><p>The GCH capability programme, supporting civil servants to adopt consultancy type skills where appropriate, is now fully onboarded to Civil Service Learning, and will continue to be available to all civil servants. By improving these skills in the public sector, we can continue to ensure the government is only using consultants when absolutely necessary.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 27/03/2023 12:37:54 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

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