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1717998

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Minister without Portfolio: Departmental Responsibilities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on matters relating to common sense at the instruction of the Minister without portfolio within the Cabinet Office since her appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	26193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Minister’s official role is the Minister without Portfolio, a role which has a large scope across government. The Minister supports the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to identify where our public sector delivery is inhibited by bureaucracy and inefficiencies. The Minister’s overarching aim is to ensure efficiency and value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p>Further information on the Minister without Portfolio’s role can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/people/esther-mcvey.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/05/2024 13:49:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1717464

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Solar Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to publish guidance on the installation of solar technology on the (a) central Government and (b) wider public sector estate.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	25726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office plans to issue high-level guidance to central government, specifically covering the central government estate and published for an internal-to-government audience, in the coming months. Further guidance, for the wider public sector, may follow.</p><p>The Office of Government Property has published the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/net-zero-estate-playbook" target="_blank">Net Zero Estate Playbook</a> on gov.uk, providing guidance to support government property organisations to decarbonise their estates. This includes recommendations of how to reduce operational energy use, such as through improving renewable energy generation where appropriate through multiple channels, including solar technology.</p><p>Government is committed to driving forward the renewable energy agenda, both on its own estate and beyond, and the UK has halved its emissions ahead of every other major economy.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 17/05/2024 13:45:25 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1717506

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Stoll: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the (a) Minister for Veterans Affairs and (b) Minister for Trade Policy has attended any meetings with (i) Stoll Foundation and (ii) Stoll veterans on the sale of Sir Oswald Stoll Mansions and the support provided to residents during the transition period.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	25749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer my Rt Hon. Friend to the reply given to his question on 8 May 2024 (PQ UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-29/23983" target="_blank">23983</a>)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 16/05/2024 16:09:18 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1717515

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Minister without Portfolio's article of 12 May 2024 in The Sunday Telegraph, when his Department is expected to terminate its contract with High Fliers Ltd., procurement reference CSR/187; and whether a notice period will be required under the provisions of Clause 11.3 of that contract.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	25808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>There should be no external EDI spend in the Civil Service unless cleared and authorised by Ministers.</p><p>The contract with High Fliers Ltd. is due to expire on 31 August 2024. We do not intend to terminate it early.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/05/2024 16:08:23 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1716845

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Consumers: Protection
	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 potential merits of issuing a statement of principle that all services should be provided in-person where possible.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	25465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone has affordable access to public services, whether online or offline.</p><p>Departments are required by the Government's Service Standard to provide support via alternative channels for all their online services to all users, including disabled people, people with other legally protected characteristics, people who do not have access to the internet and/or lack the skills and/or confidence to use it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 17/05/2024 13:39:45 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1716375

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Shared Services Connected
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral statement made by the Secretary of State for Defence entitled Defence Personnel Data Breach of 7 May 2024, Official Report, column 469, who will lead the Cabinet Office review of Government contracts with Shared Services Connected Ltd; and what estimate he has made of when that review will be completed.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	25160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The review of Shared Services Connected Ltd is being led by the Government Security Group in the Cabinet Office. The timelines for this review are still being determined as part of the commissioning process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/05/2024 13:16:57 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1716413

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Enterprise Rent-A-Car
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the contract agreed by his Department with Enterprise Rent-A-Car on 19 April 2024, procurement reference CCVH23A01, which public bodies are covered by the scope of that contract; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that contract on the number of (a) journeys that will be made and (b) miles that will be travelled by hire car rather than public transport.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	25191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The contract with Enterprise Rent-A-Car covers the Cabinet Office and its Agencies.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is obliged to report car hire journeys and the miles travelled when that hire car journey meets the criteria as laid down in the Greening Government Commitments. However, the department favours travel by public transport where most practical. Cabinet Office policy is that vehicle hire should only be used if travelling by car is deemed to be the most economical travel method for legitimate business journeys, and is cheaper than public transport. When hiring a vehicle, drivers should select the smallest and cheapest vehicle suitable for the journey.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 13/05/2024 14:45:38 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1716416

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office:Enterprise Rent-A-Car
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the contract agreed by his Department with Enterprise Rent-A-Car on 19 April 2024, procurement reference CCVH23A01, if he will publish the specification of requirements set out in schedule 20 of that contract.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	25194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>It is Cabinet Office policy to publish Contracts with a value of over £10,000 on Contracts Finder within 30 days of Contract Award. Crown Commercial Service, Cabinet Office’s procurement arm, has published the Contract Schedules in accordance with the publication timescales and the information is now available.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 17/05/2024 13:36:59 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1716437

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Public Participation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make a cost benefit analysis of the introduction of direct democracy.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	25230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is a parliamentary democracy whereby, through general elections, voters are entitled to elect an MP to represent them in the House of Commons. Parliament is responsible for making legislation and has, on occasion, made provision for specific issues to be considered by the electorate through referendums.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 17/05/2024 13:37:08 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

1715992

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Remote Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to increase the number of civil servants working from the office.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	24916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Research into workplace practices across all sectors was undertaken which confirmed the clear benefits of face to face, workplace based collaborative working, which led to agreement across government for such an approach. That's why I set out the expectation for staff to be in the office at least 60% of the time, and I believe that our senior civil servants need to set an example as leaders.</p><p>There are significant benefits from spending time working together in person, either within teams, with colleagues from the same department or – in Government hubs – with colleagues from other departments. These include collaboration, innovation and fostering a sense of community. We know that in particular junior colleagues benefit from having time face to face with senior leaders and that those early in their careers find working face to face with their peers and managers makes them more effective more quickly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/05/2024 16:39:55 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon