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1038012

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Crown Commercial Service: Amazon Web Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any of the meetings between the Crown Commercial Service and Amazon Web Services prior to the awarding of the Government contract to Amazon Web Services to host the primary components of the Crown Marketplace were attended by Amazon Web Services employees who were civil servants or in an advisory role to the Government.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	206247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>No meetings were held with Amazon Web Services (AWS) outside of the formal contract award process. There was no consultation with, or involvement by AWS, regarding these requirements, nor are any AWS employees contracted to the Crown Commercial Service.</p><p>The contract was awarded as a call-off from the CCS G-Cloud Commercial Agreement against CCS’ Technical Architecture requirements.</p><p>The contract itself is for hosting alone and represents just 5% of the total investment cost of developing digital access to CCS’ products and services. No development work or support services are provided by AWS in relation to the services that are hosted.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2019 11:27:18 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1038018

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Crown Commercial Service: Amazon Web Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any other firms had bid to win the contract awarded to Amazon Web Services to host the primary components of the Crown Marketplace.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	206248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>This contract was a direct award under the G-Cloud 10 commercial agreement. As such, no suppliers ‘bid’ for this contract; an assessment of suppliers’ service offerings was made following a compliant search through the Digital Marketplace. A contract was awarded to the supplier whose services best fit CCS’ needs, in accordance with the G-Cloud guidance.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2019 11:25:58 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1038019

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Crown Commercial Service: Amazon Web Services
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 implications of giving Amazon Web Services the role of hosting the Crown Marketplace on the ability of the parent company and subsidiaries of Amazon to win contracts on the Marketplace.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	206249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The award of this contract does not afford Amazon Web Services (AWS) - or any parent or subsidiary company of AWS - any unfair advantage in any future commercial opportunity in relation to the Crown Marketplace, or any other Crown Commercial Service (CCS) commercial agreement.</p><p>The build of the Crown Marketplace is agnostic to the hosting platform and can be &quot;lifted and shifted&quot; to other cloud platforms if necessary. The hosting of any service is in no way linked to either the development capabilities or future offerings that will be placed on the Crown Marketplace.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2019 11:22:38 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1038026

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants were working on projects in the Major Projects Portfolio in (a) June 2016 and (b) December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	206251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) comprises the most complex and strategically significant projects and programmes across government. The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) supports the successful delivery of these projects through direct support, independent assurance reviews and by leading the project delivery profession across government.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">In line with the Government's major projects transparency policy, decisions on the release of data</ins> <del class="ministerial">Data</del> on the number of civil servants working on GMPP projects in individual government departments is <ins class="ministerial">a matter for them</ins> <del class="ministerial">not held centrally</del>. However, the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff working at the IPA from 2016/17 is below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of FTE</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>177</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2019 11:37:27 question first ministerially corrected 22/01/2019 17:31:26 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden previous answer version 94686 answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1029521

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the subject of imprints for digital electoral material was discussed in meetings the Minister for the Consitution had with Facebook and Google on electoral reform in September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>On 29 July 2018, the Cabinet Office launched an open consultation entitled ‘<em>Protecting the Debate: Intimidating, Influence and Information</em>’, which seeks views on proposed changes to electoral law, including the inclusion of imprints on digital campaign materials. The consultation closed on 28 October 2018 and is available at GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering the contributions of all interested parties and will publish a response to the feedback received. Facebook and Google, along with other relevant organisations, were encouraged to submit responses.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/01/2019 12:41:03 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1029527

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Institute of Economic Affairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists plans to publish all documents relating to its concluded investigation into the Institute of Economic Affairs.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists operates independently of Government. It is for the Registrar to determine whether to publish information obtained as part of investigations to determine whether the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 has been breached.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/01/2019 13:13:01 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1029528

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Pilot Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any of the Voter ID Pilot authorities present at the meeting with the Minister for the Constitution in August 2018 raised objection to the pilots.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The British public deserves to have confidence in our democracy.</p><p> </p><p>The success of the voter ID pilots in May 2018 proves that voter ID is a reasonable and proportionate measure and voters were fully aware of the changes on polling day.</p><p> </p><p>That view was shared by the voter ID pilot authorities who attended a meeting in July. All pilot local authorities are volunteers. No pilot authority has raised an objection and the Government continues to work closely and collaboratively with pilot authorities from 2018 and those who have volunteered to pilot voter ID at this year’s May elections.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/01/2019 12:37:17 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1029529

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether staff at the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists are instructed to cross-reference information from published ministerial meetings data with that provided by companies on the register in their returns.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 requires the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists to maintain and update the register of which requires consultant lobbyists to declare on whose behalf they are lobbying.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/01/2019 16:23:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1029530

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Billing
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 reasons for the change in the number of invoices his Department paid within 30 days in the 2017-18 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The move to a new shared service platform in May 2017 presented a number of operational issues. These issues included the migration of data relating to purchase orders and invoicing, staff knowledge of the new system and technical issues with a new chart of accounts.</p><p> </p><p>We have been working hard to rectify the underlying issues and have implemented a number of improvements as part of a coordinated programme of work to ensure we pay our suppliers as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/01/2019 10:17:51 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1029535

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
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 6 November 2018 to Question 185519, whether the move to the new shared service platform resulted in any payment delays in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The move to a new shared service platform in May 2017 presented a number of operational issues. These issues included the migration of data relating to purchase orders and invoicing, staff knowledge of the new system and technical issues with a new chart of accounts.</p><p>We have been working hard to rectify the underlying issues and have implemented a number of improvements as part of a coordinated programme of work to ensure we pay our suppliers as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/01/2019 10:18:01 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett