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1138903

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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, if he will publish the names of the firms his Department has hired contractors from in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	277114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The information for 2016/17 is not held centrally and could not be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>Cabinet Office hired contractors from the following firms in 2017/18 and 2018/19:</p><p><strong>2017/18</strong><br>Allen Lane Ltd<br>Brook Street UK Ltd<br>Capita<br>Capita Business Services Ltd<br>Capita Resourcing Ltd<br>CDG Ltd<br>Cedar Recruitment Ltd<br>Certes Computing Ltd<br>CGI IT UK Ltd<br>Cloud Technology Solutions<br>Code iT Recruitment<br>Computer Network Defence Ltd<br>Costain Ltd<br>DF Press Ltd<br>DLA Piper UK LLP<br>DMSG Ltd<br>E Synergy Solutions Ltd<br>EP90group Ltd<br>Ergon Ltd<br>Experian Ltd<br>Experienced Management Consultants Limited<br>Green Park Interim And Executive Ltd<br>Harris Management Consultancy Ltd<br>Hays<br>Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd<br>Hydrogen International Ltd<br>Informed Solutions<br>Ixydo Ltd<br>J Squared Business Consulting Ltd<br>Kainos Software Ltd<br>KPMG LLP<br>LA International<br>LA International Computer Consultants Ltd<br>Law Morgan Limited<br>Layer 7 IT Security<br>M4 Managed Services International Ltd<br>Medway Consulting<br>Mercator IT Solutions Ltd<br>Methods Business &amp; Digital Technology Ltd<br>Methods Digital Ltd<br>Michael Page UK Ltd<br>Morgan Law<br>Mott Macdonald<br>NCC Services Ltd<br>North Highland Ltd<br>Office Angels Ltd<br>Optimum Fleet Ltd<br>PA Consulting Services Ltd<br>Parasol Ltd<br>Parity Professionals Ltd<br>Parity Resources Ltd<br>Parity Solutions Ltd<br>Pertemps<br>Project Workout Ltd<br>Reed<br>Reed Specialist Recruitment<br>Rethink Recruitment Solutions Ltd<br>Robertson Bell Ltd<br>Sanderson Government &amp; Defence Ltd<br>Smart Sourcing Plc<br>Softwire Technology Ltd<br>Sopra Steria Recruitment Ltd<br>The ID Crowd Ltd<br>The Light Machine<br>Thoughtworks Ltd<br>Triad Group Plc<br>Trustmarque Solutions Ltd<br>Turner &amp; Townsend Project Management<br>Two &amp; A Half Bears Ltd<br>Venn Group Ltd<br>VMA Global Resourcing Group<br>Yes And</p><p><strong>2018/19</strong><br>Airbus Defence &amp; Space Ltd<br>Alesto Ltd<br>Alexander Mann Solutions Ltd<br>Allen Lane Ltd<br>Badenoch &amp; Clark Ltd<br>Bindmans LLP<br>Bishop Lloyd &amp; Jackson Solicitors<br>Brook Street UK Ltd<br>Capita<br>Capita Business Services Ltd<br>Cedar Recruitment Ltd<br>Certes Computing Ltd<br>Chillmark Consulting Ltd<br>Cloud Technology Solutions<br>Code iT Recruitment<br>Company X Consulting Ltd<br>Computer Network Defence Ltd<br>Convivio Team Ltd<br>Costain Ltd<br>Cragg Ross Dawson Ltd<br>Deep Digital Ltd<br>Deighton Pierce Glynn<br>Deloitte LLP<br>DF Press Ltd<br>DMSG Ltd<br>E Synergy Solutions Ltd<br>Edinburgh Innovations Ltd<br>EP90group Ltd<br>Ergon Ltd<br>Ernst &amp; Young LLP<br>Experian Ltd<br>Experienced Management Consultants Limited<br>Fuel Recruitment<br>Goodman Masson Ltd<br>Green Park Interim &amp; Executive Ltd<br>Hardwicke<br>Harris Management Consultancy Ltd<br>Harvey Nash Plc<br>Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd<br>Hodge Jones &amp; Allen LLP<br>I C Consultants Ltd<br>Improvement &amp; Development Agency<br>Infosec<br>Inquisito Ltd<br>Integral Commercial Services Ltd<br>Interserve Facilities Management Ltd<br>ITN Solicitors<br>Ixydo Ltd<br>Janes Solicitors<br>Jobvite Inc</p><p>Kainos Software Ltd<br>LA International<br>LA International Computer Consultants Ltd<br>Layer 7 IT Security<br>Lucid Support Services Ltd<br>M4 Managed Services International Ltd<br>Methods Business And Digital Technology Ltd<br>Methods Digital Ltd<br>Michael Page UK Ltd<br>Michael Standing<br>Montagu Evans LLP<br>Morgan Law<br>Mott Macdonald<br>MyCSP Ltd<br>Neil Hudgell Ltd<br>Optimum Fleet Ltd<br>Parity Professionals Ltd<br>Parity Resources Ltd<br>Parity Solutions Ltd<br>Pepperscape Consulting<br>Pertemps<br>Quo Imus Ltd<br>Reed<br>Robertson Bell<br>Robertson Bell Ltd<br>Rsm Risk Assurance Service LLP<br>Sanderson Government &amp; Defence Ltd<br>Shared Services Connected Ltd<br>Smart Sourcing Plc<br>Softwire Technology Ltd<br>Sopra Steria Recruitment Ltd<br>Steve Mullins Consulting<br>Sutherland Global Services Uk Ltd<br>Talent International UK Ltd<br>The ID Crowd Ltd<br>The Light Machine<br>Thoughtworks Ltd<br>Torero Abecassis Empis &amp; Cowlard Ltd<br>Triad Group Plc<br>Value Dynamics 2007 Ltd<br>Waldegrave House Ltd T/A Mandala Leaders</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/07/2019 14:29:07 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1139039

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of partner domestic violence perpetrated by each sex by (a) ethnicity and (b) nationality.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	277310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 277306 277309 question first answered 22/07/2019 11:01:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name Combined PQ 277306_ 277309_ 277310.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1139702

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Republic of Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the value of trade (a) exports and (b) imports between the UK and the Irish Republic in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	278395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/07/2019 13:03:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ278395.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1139743

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much time off in lieu has been taken by staff in his Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	278365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/07/2019 14:26:58 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1140178

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Constituencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the recommendations of the boundary review.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	278961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working on the Order in Council to implement the recommendations in the final reports of the four Boundary Commissions.</p><p>The High Court of Northern Ireland has now issued its judgment in relation to the judicial review against the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland’s final proposals. The period within which an appeal may be made by either party has not yet expired. The Government will consider the outcome of these proceedings in deciding the timetable for laying the draft Order in Council before Parliament in due course, where it will be debated and there will be a vote in both Houses in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/07/2019 11:52:27 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1140414

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	279043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Information about the ethnicity of staff working in the Cabinet Office (and other Government Departments) is published annually as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. The most recent statistics for March 2018 are published at <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/summary.asp?mode=construct&amp;version=0&amp;dataset=129" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/summary.asp?mode=construct&amp;version=0&amp;dataset=129</a> . Statistics for March 2019 are scheduled for publication on 24<sup>th</sup> July 2019. Please note that in the Cabinet Office, Grade 7 is merged with Grade 6 in the Band A payband.</p><p> </p><p>Summary representation rates of ethnic minority SCS by department are published on the Civil Service diversity dashboard as at December 2018. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-inclusion-dashboard/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-dashboard" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-inclusion-dashboard/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-dashboard</a> .</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides more statistics on BAME staff in Cabinet Office:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>No. of BAME</p></td><td><p>% Representation</p></td><td><p>% Declarations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band A</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS1</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Grades</p></td><td><p>791</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/07/2019 15:49:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140569

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Credit Unions
	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 9 July 2019 to Question 271324, for what reasons his Department does not offer a payroll deduction service to enable employees to join a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	279360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Cabinet Office does not offer a general payroll deduction facility. The Cabinet Office is currently investigating various financial wellbeing options which may benefit our employees. This includes providers who offer a payroll deduction service. We are planning to introduce financial wellbeing as part of our wider benefits package to employees later this year.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/07/2019 16:57:43 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1141262

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Visually Impaired and Learning Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to increase registration rates and voter turnout of (a) visually impaired voters and (b) voters with learning difficulties.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	280933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>In September 2017 the Government launched a Call for Evidence to find out how people with disabilities experience registering to vote and voting itself. The government responded to this in August 2018 and is working with organisations such as the RNIB and the Royal Mencap Society in overseeing delivery of the actions contained in the Government’s response and more widely.</p><p>These actions include reviewing the online registration system, utilising opportunities to promote awareness for groups representing disabled people, such as in National Democracy Week, providing information in Easy Read format and making use of sight registers held by local authorities in England to support more and better information being made available.</p><p><br>Improvements in place and intended for the voting process also support participation and include improved training of polling station staff to provide better support to voters with sight loss and those who have a learning disability and consideration of options for equipment for people with disabilities to use when voting.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/09/2019 13:28:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1141471

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the voter ID pilot, what assessment he has made of the effect of the (a) poll card, (b) mixed ID, and (c) photographic ID model on people with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	280955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>In line with the 2018 pilot evaluation, the 2019 pilots have been evaluated by both the Electoral Commission and the Cabinet Office. The evaluations show that the overwhelming majority of people cast their vote without a problem. As in 2018, the data collected does not indicate that any demographic group was consistently adversely impacted by the models across the pilot authorities.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/09/2019 13:29:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1142007

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department measures optimism in society.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	282212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not routinely measure optimism in society. Occasionally questions on optimism may be included in other research studies undertaken by the Cabinet Office for contextual purposes.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/09/2019 13:24:43 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane