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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

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	Public Sector: Access
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

1717046

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	Economic Situation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the most recent statistics on the Economic Activity Rate of each of the UK's four nations, and what were the equivalent rates (1) 10, and (2) 20, years earlier.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL4552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Rt Hon. the Lord Wigley</p><p>House of Lords<br>London<br>SW1A 0PW</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Wigley,</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what are the most recent statistics on the Economic Activity Rate of each of the UK’s four nations, and what were the equivalent rates (1) 10, and (2) 20, years earlier (HL4552).</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) collects information on the labour market status of individuals through the Labour Force Survey (LFS), which is a survey of people resident in households in the UK.</p><p>The responses allow us to identify how many people are economically active; that is, those who are engaged with the labour market, either through employment or who are unemployed and actively seeking work. We are also able to calculate economic activity rates by region using these data.</p><p>Due to the current smaller sample sizes being achieved by the LFS, recent estimates are showing increased volatility and should be treated with additional caution. We are currently undertaking a programme of work to improve our estimates of the UK labour market. As part of this work, we have updated our labour market estimates from July to September 2022 onwards to incorporate more up to date estimates of the UK population. Labour market estimates prior to this remain based on older population estimates. Therefore, the latest available estimates of the UK labour market, for January to March 2024, are on a different population basis than those ten and twenty years earlier. As a result of this we recommend caution when considering long-term movements in these series.</p><p>The latest available estimates (January to March 2024) of the economic activity rates, for people aged 16 to 64 years, resident in each of the UK’s four nations are presented in Table 1, alongside estimates for January to March 2014 and January to March 2004.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Economic Activity Rates, people aged 16 to 64 years, England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, seasonally adjusted.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>England </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>January to March 2004</strong></p></td><td><p><br> 77.1%</p></td><td><p><br> 77.0%</p></td><td><p><br> 74.3%</p></td><td><p><br> 69.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> <strong>January to March 2014 </strong></p></td><td><p><br> 78.1%</p></td><td><p><br> 78.4%</p></td><td><p><br> 75.1%</p></td><td><p><br> 73.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>January to March 2024 </strong>[1]</p></td><td><p><br> 78.4%</p></td><td><p><br> 76.6%</p></td><td><p><br> 72.0%</p></td><td><p><br> 73.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> Source: Labour Force Survey</em></p><p>[1] Estimate based on more up to date population estimates and subject to greater volatility due to smaller achieved sample sizes. We advise caution when interpreting movements in these series.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/05/2024 16:01:30 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL4552.pdf title Letter from Sir Ian Diamond, National Statistician
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

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

1715929

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	Motor Vehicles: Theft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of annual vehicle theft in the UK is accomplished by offenders cloning the signal from the vehicle owner’s remote locking device.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL4379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Lord Birt</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p> </p><p>9 May 2024</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Birt,</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what percentage of annual vehicle theft in the UK is accomplished by offenders cloning the signal from the vehicle owner’s remote locking device (HL4379).</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publish figures on the levels and trends of crime in England and Wales primarily based on two sets of crime statistics: the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and police recorded crime data. The CSEW provides estimates of the prevalence of crime and different crime types as experienced by victims, which may not always be reported to the police.</p><p>Table 1 shows an estimate of the percentage of households who have experienced theft of a vehicle, where the method of entry into the vehicle was through manipulation of the signal from the remote locking device. This is taken from our Nature of crime: vehicle-related theft tables for the year ending March 2023 published on 3 April 2024. Due to the suspension of the CSEW during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, data are not available for the year ending March 2021 and the year ending March 2022.</p><p>Unfortunately, we do not hold any information from police-recorded crime which shows what percentage of annual vehicle theft in England and Wales is accomplished by offenders cloning the signal from the vehicle owner’s remote locking device.</p><p>Crime and justice statistics for Scotland can be found on the Scottish Government website and for more information please contact Justice_Analysts@gov.scot. The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for producing crime and justice statistics for Northern Ireland and can be contacted at statistics.research@justice-ni.x.gsi.gov.uk.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Estimated percentage of theft of vehicles where method of entry was through manipulation of the signal from remote locking device, year ending March 2019 to year ending March 2023 CSEW</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>England and Wales - household incidents, percentages</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr’18 to Mar’19</p></td><td><p>Apr’19 to Mar’20</p></td><td><p>Apr’22 to Mar’23 [1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Entry to vehicle through manipulation of signal from remote locking device[2]</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unweighted base – number of incidents[3]</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Office for National Statistics – Crime Survey for England and Wales</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]CSEW estimates for the year ending March 2023 have been temporarily suspended of their National Statistics status. Caution should be taken when interpreting these estimates because of the impact of lower response rates, and reduced interviewer numbers on the quality of the estimates.</p><p>[2]This category was added into the survey from the year ending March 2019.</p><p>[3]Estimates that are based on fewer than 50 respondents should be interpreted with caution.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/05/2024 15:58:52 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL4379.pdf title UKSA Letter
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

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

1716055

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	Cabinet Office: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the guidance by the Central Digital and Data Office entitled Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework, published on 29 September 2023, how many red-rated IT systems are used by his Department; and how many red-rated IT systems have been identified since 4 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	25014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), in the Cabinet Office, has established a programme to support departments managing legacy IT. CDDO has agreed a framework to identify ‘red-rated’ systems, indicating high levels of risk surrounding certain assets within the IT estate. Departments have committed to have remediation plans in place for these systems by June next year (2025).</p><p>It is not appropriate to release sensitive information held about specific red-rated systems or more detailed plans for remediation within Cabinet Office’s IT estate, as this information could indicate which systems are at risk, and may highlight potential security vulnerabilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 13/05/2024 14:44:19 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda