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	registered interest
	date	16/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many of his Department's digital and IT projects are (a) under review and (b) subject to probable cancellation.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	53175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>(a) None of the Department’s digital and IT projects is currently under review;</p><p>(b) None of the Department’s digital and IT projects is subject to probable cancellation.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/11/2016 16:28:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 21611 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

747686

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of manual processing on paper that it carries out and to make such processing digital.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	2588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>As stated in the Government’s Transformation Strategy and the Conservative Manifesto, this government is committed to providing services that are digital by default - reducing paper and manual processing, reducing cost and improving user satisfaction.</p><p>BEIS is actively working with all its Arm’s Length Bodies, internal teams and contracted service providers to reduce the amount of paper processing by delivering services digitally wherever possible. There will always be some exceptions where, for legal reasons, paper processing is required but we will continue to explore how new technologies can overcome these barriers and implement them as soon as possible.</p><p>Some examples of what the BEIS Group has already delivered or are in the process of delivering include:</p><p>Land Registry has developed a new Local Land Charge Register Service to digitise existing paper records from 326 Local Authorities and migrate them to a single national Local Land Charge register. This will improve resilience, improve the customer experience of using this service and introduce standardise fees.</p><p>The Innovation Funding Service has developed a new digital service to replace a previously paper based process to submit online applications for research and development funding. Innovate UK run approximately 100 competitions per year and receives in excess of 4,000 applications.</p><p>Finally, the Intellectual Property Office has designed a new digital service that enables customers to apply for a patent design online. This includes the implementation of a new back office system that will deliver a more efficient, cost effective service that will lower operating costs and reduce the fees for customers registering a design.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 10/07/2017 16:00:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

800735

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether electronic communications from hon. Members to Ministers of his Department are passed through any third parties before they reach their recipient.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	117356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Electronic communications are passed across the internet via internet service providers and the routing of an email between an hon. Member and a Government department is dependent on which system and service an email is sent. Ministers’ Private Offices and correspondence teams routinely handle and respond to emails on behalf of their Ministers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/12/2017 16:13:17 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

782217

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department holds a central list of the IT and digital assets of its arm's-length bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	110718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold a central list of the IT and digital assets of its arm’s-length bodies.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/11/2017 09:05:57 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

807200

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is embarked upon an ambitious transformation programme (Cirrus) for its technology. Cirrus covers the transition of up to 5,500 users from a variety of former departmental (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Department of Energy and Climate Change) systems to a common technology structure. Cirrus will see the design of a new operating model and the procurement and commissioning of replacement services. This involves exit from approximately 50 contracts and move to new arrangements with approximately 100 smaller contracts and some in-house provision by 31 May 2018.</p><p>The Government Commercial Function guidance paper arrived subsequent to the commencement of Cirrus planning, some of the principles contains within it are already well established in the Department.</p><p>a) Market engagement – supplier days are held routinely pre-procurement to help shape requirements, ensure they are attractive to the market and are deliverable;</p><p>b) Setting up disaggregation of work – lotting strategies are applied to disaggregate larger contracts and to open up opportunities to small businesses;</p><p>c) Risk assessment – the department continues to develop its understanding and management of commercial risks as measured against the Government Commercial Operating Standards. In the case of Cirrus these risks are mitigated through the early involvement of the GDS and Cabinet Office complex transactions team in the programme together with the formation of a commercial strategy working group;</p><p>d) Developing a programme plan through transition – The Cabinet Office complex transactions team has produced a plan for Cirrus which mapped the current contract landscape to the future state to support transition planning;</p><p>e) Identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future - The Cabinet Office complex transactions team also made recommendations on the contract management resources required to manage Cirrus contacts. Recruitment of this resource will commence in January;</p><p>f) Any other work related to that guidance – A new contract management strategy is currently being implemented in the department. The GCF guidance will be incorporated into this strategy for major IT contracts.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/12/2017 16:29:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

885260

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many IT systems which his Department uses are more than (a) three, (b) five and (c) eight years old; and what steps he is taking to ensure that all his Department's IT systems are updated promptly.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	136125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy uses a number of IT systems. Records of the age of these are not kept. Work to ensure key departmental IT systems are refreshed, updated and maintained is taken forward on an ongoing basis. There are therefore no systems in use that remain in their original installation state.</p><p> </p><p>Independent, specialist checks of key IT systems are undertaken at least annually to check they have been updated and any previously identified issues have been addressed. These checks supplement routine proactive checks undertaken internally through established service management practices.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 24/04/2018 16:08:34 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

706289

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department spent on (a) iPads and tablets and (b) paper in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	65976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was created by merging the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) with parts of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The amounts spent by BIS and DECC was as follows:</p><p>BIS</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>FY 11-12</p></td><td><p>FY 12-13</p></td><td><p>FY 13-14</p></td><td><p>FY 14-15</p></td><td><p>FY 15-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paper</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>£14,115</p></td><td><p>£3,088</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>iPads</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>£5,510</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Figures for the 11/12, 12/13 and 13/14 financial years cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost</p><p>DECC</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>FY 11-12</p></td><td><p>FY 12-13</p></td><td><p>FY 13-14</p></td><td><p>FY 14-15</p></td><td><p>FY 15-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paper</p></td><td><p>**</p></td><td><p>**</p></td><td><p>**</p></td><td><p>**</p></td><td><p>£13,643.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>iPads</p></td><td><p>**</p></td><td><p>**</p></td><td><p>**</p></td><td><p>£900</p></td><td><p>£22,494</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>**Figures for the 11/12, 12/13, 13/14 and 14/14 (paper only) financial years cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/03/2017 16:45:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1198969

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the amount of manual processing on paper it carries out and (b) make those processes digital.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	52236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department has a case management offering, which allows staff to leverage technology to improve processes. The aim is to increase automation while reducing operational costs and manual processes. Where manual processes still exist, the Department seeks to use technology to reduce them further.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/06/2020 09:10:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day