Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label attachment file name title
tabling member	label

Search

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

1692056

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Construction: Suicide
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 how many construction workers killed themselves in each of the last three years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	15889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A response to the Hon Members Parliamentary Question of 27th February is attached.</p><p><strong><p><p><br></strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 06/03/2024 16:33:54 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen attachment 1 file name PQ15889.pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1685410

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Police Service of Northern Ireland: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with the Police Service of Northern Ireland on lessons learned from data breaches.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	11781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is devolved and has operational independence. It is for the Northern Ireland Policing Board (NIPB) to monitor and provide oversight of PSNI performance.</p><p>The PSNI and the NIPB commissioned an independent review into the data breach and a report was published on 11 December 2023.</p><p>The Government’s focus following the data breaches of August 2023 was on providing specialist support and expertise to the PSNI in its handling of this issue. Officials in the Cabinet Office chaired regular operational meetings - initially daily - bringing together the PSNI, Government Departments and the Security Services, to ensure that their collective skills, including cyber-expertise, were brought to bear in supporting the PSNI.</p><p>The Government published on 14 December 2023 technical guidance relating to the approach to be taken by FOI practitioners across central government when a requestor asks for disclosure in a spreadsheet format.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 06/02/2024 14:57:51 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1682396

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Surveillance: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to (a) find and (b) remove Chinese surveillance technology from national security infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK takes its national security extremely seriously and has taken robust action to secure and protect its national security infrastructure.</p><p>Following Royal Assent of the Procurement Act on 26 October 2023 the Government committed to publishing a timeline for the removal of surveillance equipment supplied by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of China from sensitive sites within six months.</p><p>To meet this commitment, the Cabinet Office has been working with departments to identify any such equipment on their sensitive sites, and will publish a timeline for when the removal process will be complete, by 26 April 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 24/01/2024 17:31:35 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1671705

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Theft: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on trends in the level of theft in rural areas in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 21 November is attached.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 29/11/2023 15:51:02 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen attachment 1 file name 241123_Sir_Ian_Diamond_UKSA_Jim_ShannonMP_2896.pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1662753

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has taken recent steps to (a) increase efficiency in Government Departments and (b) reduce the number of civil servants.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	200607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing efficiency in Departments. The Cabinet Office and HM Treasury continue to deliver the efficiencies identified through the Efficiency and Savings Review undertaken earlier this year, building on the 5% efficiency challenge set at Spending Review 2021.</p><p>This summer the Cabinet Office published £4.4bn of savings generated by the government functions in 2021/22 as part of an ongoing programme. The Government also published the Government Efficiency Framework to drive efficiencies through more accurate reporting and appropriate oversight to track delivery.</p><p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a cap to the Civil Service's expansion, putting in place a plan to reduce its numbers to pre-pandemic levels and to increase public sector productivity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/10/2023 16:52:47 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1661735

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Civil Service: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department holds data on the number of sick days taken by Northern Ireland civil service staff in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	200320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold this information and I refer the Hon Gentleman to the Northern Ireland Civil Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/10/2023 13:19:46 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1661736

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland on fraudulent or incorrect payments paid out by public bodies in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	200321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government does not hold this information and is a matter for the Northern Ireland Civil Service.</p><p>However, we are committed to combatting fraud through prevention, detection and taking action against those who commit it.</p><p>The Cabinet Office worked with HM Treasury to launch the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) in August 2022. The PSFA is the government’s centre of expertise and works with ministerial departments and public bodies to understand and reduce the impact of public sector fraud. The PSFA provides counter fraud data analytics capability through the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) to public bodies including those in Northern Ireland. Between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2022, the NFI achieved £4.4 million of counter fraud savings through the prevention or recovery of fraud in Northern Ireland.</p><p>The Rt Hon. Jeremy Quin MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and HM Paymaster General, has not had any meetings on the subject of fraudulent or incorrect payments paid out by public bodies with the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 20/10/2023 13:59:40 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1639194

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Contracts for Services: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help support companies registered in Northern Ireland compete for UK-wide public contracts.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	186066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>The Procurement Bill, currently being debated by Parliament, will create a simpler and more transparent public procurement regime that will make it easier for suppliers to bid for UK public contracts. Contracting authorities in Northern Ireland are included within the scope of the Bill, so companies registered in Northern Ireland will be able to compete for opportunities from those authorities as well as those on the UK mainland. Companies in Northern Ireland can already access UK public contracting opportunities worth over £12K on Contracts Finder.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 25/05/2023 17:20:21 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1627835

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is taking steps to develop a measure for social vulnerability as an indicator of (a) socio-economic resilience and (b) how risks impact across communities and vulnerable groups.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	184974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon Gentlemen’s Parliamentary Question of 15 May is attached.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/05/2023 14:41:31 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ184974 (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon