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1243570

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Interserve: Mitie
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on central government facilities management contracts of the proposed merger between Mitie and Interserve.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
	uin	103653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>Interserve and Mitie have announced a proposed merger of Interserve's Support Services division with Mitie. Interserve and Mitie are both strategic suppliers to the Government, and as such are monitored by the Cabinet Office. It would be inappropriate to comment further while the Competition and Markets Authority investigation of the proposed merger is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 103654 103655 question first answered 19/10/2020 17:00:46 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1243573

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Interserve: Mitie
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the resulting commercial entity of the proposed merger between Mitie and Interserve will assume responsibility for the social value responsibilities of Interserve; and whether a new assessment under the Facilities Management Framework will take place.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
	uin	103655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>Interserve and Mitie have announced a proposed merger of Interserve's Support Services division with Mitie. Interserve and Mitie are both strategic suppliers to the Government, and as such are monitored by the Cabinet Office. It would be inappropriate to comment further while the Competition and Markets Authority investigation of the proposed merger is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 103653 103654 question first answered 19/10/2020 17:00:46 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1253341

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2020
	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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Audit Office report on Government procurement during the covid-19 pandemic, published 18 November 2020, whether all qualifying Government contracts will be published on Contracts Finder within the recommended 90 day time limit; and what estimate he has made of the length of time it will take to clear the backlog of those contracts waiting to be published.
	tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
	tabling member printed	John Penrose
	uin	117215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Being able to procure at speed has been critical in providing the Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>We welcome the NAO report which recognises that the government ‘needed to procure with extreme urgency’ and ‘secured unprecedented volumes of essential supplies necessary to protect front-line workers’.</p><p>All contracts, including those designed to tackle coronavirus issues, must continue to achieve value for money for taxpayers, use good commercial judgement and the details of any awards made should be published as soon as possible in line with Government transparency guidelines.</p><p>Robust processes are in place for the award of government contracts. PPE offers were assessed using the same eight step process, including quality checks, price controls and other due diligence, no matter where the original referral came from. This eight step process has been published in the NAO’s report. For further details please see the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-on-government-procurement-following-this-weeks-nao-report" target="_blank">statement on gov.uk.</a></p><p>We are committed to transparency in public procurement. Details of central government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. We regret that some details have not been uploaded in a timely fashion. All will be published as soon as possible and significant information is already available online.</p><p>The forthcoming Green Paper on transforming the UK’s public procurement regulations will strengthen our longstanding and essential policies that are fundamental to public procurement including transparency, ensuring value for money and fair treatment of suppliers. As part of this, we will propose legislating to reinforce that contracting authorities would need to publish basic disclosure information, including the basis of award decisions.</p><p>We have always accepted that there are lessons to be learned from how we responded to this unprecedented global pandemic and the government is fully committed to doing so. We will address the NAO report’s recommendations in due course. As I stated in my <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-11-12/debates/46D252DF-18D4-40EE-9AD5-0439F9106839/OralAnswersToQuestions#contribution-ED32E98C-15B1-4BEF-A267-47FB68033CDF" target="_blank">answer on 12 November</a>, we are engaged in both internal and external audit to review how our procurements during this period have been conducted.</p><p><br>The service to offer coronavirus (COVID-19) support has closed. Information for businesses seeking to offer coronavirus support is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus-support-from-business" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus-support-from-business</a></p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 117216 117217 117218 117358 question first answered 30/11/2020 16:54:07 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1253343

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2020
	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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Audit Office report on Government procurement during the covid-19 pandemic, published 18 November 2020, whether the same standard of due diligence checks was carried out on potential suppliers and contracts in the (a) high priority lane and (b) normal lane.
	tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
	tabling member printed	John Penrose
	uin	117216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Being able to procure at speed has been critical in providing the Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>We welcome the NAO report which recognises that the government ‘needed to procure with extreme urgency’ and ‘secured unprecedented volumes of essential supplies necessary to protect front-line workers’.</p><p>All contracts, including those designed to tackle coronavirus issues, must continue to achieve value for money for taxpayers, use good commercial judgement and the details of any awards made should be published as soon as possible in line with Government transparency guidelines.</p><p>Robust processes are in place for the award of government contracts. PPE offers were assessed using the same eight step process, including quality checks, price controls and other due diligence, no matter where the original referral came from. This eight step process has been published in the NAO’s report. For further details please see the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-on-government-procurement-following-this-weeks-nao-report" target="_blank">statement on gov.uk.</a></p><p>We are committed to transparency in public procurement. Details of central government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. We regret that some details have not been uploaded in a timely fashion. All will be published as soon as possible and significant information is already available online.</p><p>The forthcoming Green Paper on transforming the UK’s public procurement regulations will strengthen our longstanding and essential policies that are fundamental to public procurement including transparency, ensuring value for money and fair treatment of suppliers. As part of this, we will propose legislating to reinforce that contracting authorities would need to publish basic disclosure information, including the basis of award decisions.</p><p>We have always accepted that there are lessons to be learned from how we responded to this unprecedented global pandemic and the government is fully committed to doing so. We will address the NAO report’s recommendations in due course. As I stated in my <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-11-12/debates/46D252DF-18D4-40EE-9AD5-0439F9106839/OralAnswersToQuestions#contribution-ED32E98C-15B1-4BEF-A267-47FB68033CDF" target="_blank">answer on 12 November</a>, we are engaged in both internal and external audit to review how our procurements during this period have been conducted.</p><p><br>The service to offer coronavirus (COVID-19) support has closed. Information for businesses seeking to offer coronavirus support is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus-support-from-business" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus-support-from-business</a></p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 117215 117217 117218 117358 question first answered 30/11/2020 16:54:07 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1253345

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2020
	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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the November 2020 NAO report on Government procurement during the covid-19 outbreak, if he will open the fast track approval process to all potential contracts and suppliers to ensure equal treatment for all.
	tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
	tabling member printed	John Penrose
	uin	117217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Being able to procure at speed has been critical in providing the Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>We welcome the NAO report which recognises that the government ‘needed to procure with extreme urgency’ and ‘secured unprecedented volumes of essential supplies necessary to protect front-line workers’.</p><p>All contracts, including those designed to tackle coronavirus issues, must continue to achieve value for money for taxpayers, use good commercial judgement and the details of any awards made should be published as soon as possible in line with Government transparency guidelines.</p><p>Robust processes are in place for the award of government contracts. PPE offers were assessed using the same eight step process, including quality checks, price controls and other due diligence, no matter where the original referral came from. This eight step process has been published in the NAO’s report. For further details please see the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-on-government-procurement-following-this-weeks-nao-report" target="_blank">statement on gov.uk.</a></p><p>We are committed to transparency in public procurement. Details of central government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. We regret that some details have not been uploaded in a timely fashion. All will be published as soon as possible and significant information is already available online.</p><p>The forthcoming Green Paper on transforming the UK’s public procurement regulations will strengthen our longstanding and essential policies that are fundamental to public procurement including transparency, ensuring value for money and fair treatment of suppliers. As part of this, we will propose legislating to reinforce that contracting authorities would need to publish basic disclosure information, including the basis of award decisions.</p><p>We have always accepted that there are lessons to be learned from how we responded to this unprecedented global pandemic and the government is fully committed to doing so. We will address the NAO report’s recommendations in due course. As I stated in my <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-11-12/debates/46D252DF-18D4-40EE-9AD5-0439F9106839/OralAnswersToQuestions#contribution-ED32E98C-15B1-4BEF-A267-47FB68033CDF" target="_blank">answer on 12 November</a>, we are engaged in both internal and external audit to review how our procurements during this period have been conducted.</p><p><br>The service to offer coronavirus (COVID-19) support has closed. Information for businesses seeking to offer coronavirus support is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus-support-from-business" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus-support-from-business</a></p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 117215 117216 117218 117358 question first answered 30/11/2020 16:54:07 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1253350

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2020
	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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the NAO report into Government procurement during the covid-19 pandemic, if the Government will publish data for all future direct award contracts on how the risks of procuring suppliers without competition have been mitigated; and when the Government plans to publish that information for all existing direct award contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
	tabling member printed	John Penrose
	uin	117218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Being able to procure at speed has been critical in providing the Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>We welcome the NAO report which recognises that the government ‘needed to procure with extreme urgency’ and ‘secured unprecedented volumes of essential supplies necessary to protect front-line workers’.</p><p>All contracts, including those designed to tackle coronavirus issues, must continue to achieve value for money for taxpayers, use good commercial judgement and the details of any awards made should be published as soon as possible in line with Government transparency guidelines.</p><p>Robust processes are in place for the award of government contracts. PPE offers were assessed using the same eight step process, including quality checks, price controls and other due diligence, no matter where the original referral came from. This eight step process has been published in the NAO’s report. For further details please see the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-on-government-procurement-following-this-weeks-nao-report" target="_blank">statement on gov.uk.</a></p><p>We are committed to transparency in public procurement. Details of central government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. We regret that some details have not been uploaded in a timely fashion. All will be published as soon as possible and significant information is already available online.</p><p>The forthcoming Green Paper on transforming the UK’s public procurement regulations will strengthen our longstanding and essential policies that are fundamental to public procurement including transparency, ensuring value for money and fair treatment of suppliers. As part of this, we will propose legislating to reinforce that contracting authorities would need to publish basic disclosure information, including the basis of award decisions.</p><p>We have always accepted that there are lessons to be learned from how we responded to this unprecedented global pandemic and the government is fully committed to doing so. We will address the NAO report’s recommendations in due course. As I stated in my <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-11-12/debates/46D252DF-18D4-40EE-9AD5-0439F9106839/OralAnswersToQuestions#contribution-ED32E98C-15B1-4BEF-A267-47FB68033CDF" target="_blank">answer on 12 November</a>, we are engaged in both internal and external audit to review how our procurements during this period have been conducted.</p><p><br>The service to offer coronavirus (COVID-19) support has closed. Information for businesses seeking to offer coronavirus support is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus-support-from-business" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus-support-from-business</a></p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 117215 117216 117217 117358 question first answered 30/11/2020 16:54:07 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1423029

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Infected Blood Compensation Framework Study
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish Sir Robert Francis' study into options for a framework for compensation for people infected and affected by infected blood upon his Department receiving it.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	125442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>The study will report to the Paymaster General no later than 14 March 2022. The Government will give full consideration to Sir Robert's study - which is separate from the independent public inquiry. The Government's response and Sir Robert's study will be published.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 125039 125060 125077 125507 125565 question first answered 24/02/2022 13:45:45 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1568237

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether that monitoring data gathered is shared with union representatives.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	126707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code and relevant legislation including GDPR and Equality Act 2010. We collect diversity information and community background information during the job application process and on our workforce through our HR platforms. All personal and sensitive data collected is used in accordance with the Privacy Statement agreed by employees on the HR platforms.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This information is used to understand the workforce size and shape, as well as the level of turnover and diversity in our workforce. The data is used to help us invest in skills, and to inform our HR strategy and policy. Diversity and inclusion data also helps us understand how representative we are and identify those areas we need to improve. The data supports an evidence based approach to diversity and inclusion in the Cabinet Office.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Cabinet Office meets regularly with the unions and presents and shares information and data requested - where it is appropriate and in line with our privacy statements - to help inform decision making through negotiation and consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/01/2023 17:49:02 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1259692

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure peer review of the methods and independent verification of the results of ONS estimates of covid-19 cases.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	127538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/12/2020 16:57:27 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ127538.pdf title UKSA response PQ127358
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1568609

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Trade Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what human resources information his Department shares with trade unions on a regular basis.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	127792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>There is a range of HR information which is published on GOV.UK and which is therefore publicly available. In addition, Cabinet Office meets regularly with Trade Union representatives and presents and shares information and data requested on the Cabinet Office workforce, where it is appropriate and in line with our privacy statements to help inform decision making through formal negotiation and meaningful consultation and engagement.</p><p>Cabinet Office is therefore complying with section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 128667 question first answered 25/01/2023 17:06:48 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens