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1623444

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Members' Interests
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 February to Question 140150 on Ministers: Members' Interests, what progress he has made on aligning ministerial interests declarations more closely with the declarations of Members of Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	182303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Right Honourable Member to the official record here: <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-02-20/debates/9DF0D70A-7E95-4FEB-9C02-DF57D3EA4E94/CabinetOffice#2MC" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-02-20/debates/9DF0D70A-7E95-4FEB-9C02-DF57D3EA4E94/CabinetOffice#2MC</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is assessing a number of recommendations from both the Committee on Standards in Public Life and Nigel Boardman regarding Ministers' quarterly transparency returns, which cover gifts; hospitality, meetings and overseas travel.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 28/04/2023 11:44:31 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1610009

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Protective Clothing: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many companies have been excluded from participating in public procurement due to legal action being initiated by Government relating to contracts to supply personal protective equipment.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	180142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Exclusion decisions are for individual departments. In the most serious of cases, the Cabinet Office may undertake a review of a supplier and issue guidance to departments but the decision on exclusion remains with the contracting authority.</p><p>The Procurement Bill, which is making its way through Parliament, further strengthens the rules on supplier exclusion for fraud and corruption. It will also create a new 'debarment register', accessible to all public sector organisations, which will list companies who should be excluded from contracts.</p><p>Information about exclusions relating to legal action being initiated by the Government relating to contracts to supply personal protective equipment is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 180208 question first answered 19/04/2023 16:51:43 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1610075

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Procurement: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether contracting authorities are regularly alerted by his Department about suppliers who have been excluded from procurement on the grounds of (a) fraud, (b) corruption and (c) other grounds under the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	180208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Exclusion decisions are for individual departments. In the most serious of cases, the Cabinet Office may undertake a review of a supplier and issue guidance to departments but the decision on exclusion remains with the contracting authority.</p><p>The Procurement Bill, which is making its way through Parliament, further strengthens the rules on supplier exclusion for fraud and corruption. It will also create a new 'debarment register', accessible to all public sector organisations, which will list companies who should be excluded from contracts.</p><p>Information about exclusions relating to legal action being initiated by the Government relating to contracts to supply personal protective equipment is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 180142 question first answered 19/04/2023 16:51:43 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1605436

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Legal Opinion
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 17 March to Question 165342, how much his Department spent on external (a) legal firms and (b) counsel in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	169314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>Cabinet Office predominantly receives legal advice in-house from Government Legal Department, and the information requested, in respect of external advice, in the question is not centrally held.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 28/03/2023 14:46:39 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1605205

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on external consultants in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	168050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>For 2021-22, Cabinet Office external consultancy spend can be found on page 193 of our Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22, linked <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1123904/CO_ARA21-22_WEB_Final_121222.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Consultancy spend for 2022-23 will be published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, later this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Cabinet Office has a mature assurance framework for Consultancy &amp; Professional Services. A dedicated team exists to assure such spending and make recommendations to officials accordingly for decision. The assurance framework is built on the principles outlined in the Consultancy Playbook and aims to ensure that where such requirements are justified, they deliver value for money for the taxpayer. This use of these consultants is a legitimate part of policymaking that helps to deliver efficient public services to the taxpayer and has been a feature under successive Governments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 27/03/2023 15:29:06 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1605208

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Consulting Hub
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 17 March 2023 to Question 165263 on Government Consulting Hub: Staff, for what reasons his Department closed the Government Consulting Hub.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	168052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government Consulting Hub (GCH) was established to ensure the government built more in-house capability.</p><p>We have made significant progress in this area on a number of fronts. A key focus of the GCH was to develop capability and ownership of this work across government to ensure this is embedded in the long-term.</p><p>The triage service, developed by GCH, has been transferred to the Crown Commercial Service, building on the work done by GCH with each department - this transition is a recognition of the maturity level of the service, which means it can now integrate with CCS work with consultancy procurement strategies across government. The very well received Consultancy Playbook, setting a new bar of how we get best value from external firms, operates alongside the suite of playbooks, owned and led by the Commercial Function.</p><p>The GCH capability programme, supporting civil servants to adopt consultancy type skills where appropriate, is now fully onboarded to Civil Service Learning, and will continue to be available to all civil servants. By improving these skills in the public sector, we can continue to ensure the government is only using consultants when absolutely necessary.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 27/03/2023 12:37:54 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1604873

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
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 level of compliance by (a) Government Departments, (b) Executive Agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies with the guidance set out in Procurement Policy Note 01/22: contracts with suppliers from Russia and Belarus.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	167131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia has been met with unprecedented global condemnation. The UK is proudly standing shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine and has introduced tough financial and investment sanctions, to push Russia to cease its illegal and destabilising actions.</p><p>In March 2022, Cabinet Office published PPN 01/22 which set out the government's commercial policy and guidance, recommending that public bodies immediately seek to identify any contracts with Russian and Belarusian companies and, to switch suppliers with minimal disruption, pursue legal routes of cancelling them. In all cases, contracting authorities must be proportionate and take a risk-based approach. The final decision to terminate a contract rests with the contracting authority with responsibility for the contract.</p><p>In the case of the Cabinet Office’s own commercial activities, since the publication of PPN 01/22, there have been no instances where a Russian/Belarusian supplier has bid, and therefore been excluded from a procurement. Other departments will hold their own records on such matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 21/03/2023 16:26:22 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1604380

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Committee of Privileges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons the Government decided to publish Lord Pannick KC’s legal opinion on the Privileges Committee investigation into the Rt Hon Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	166245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government at the time determined it was in the public interest for Lord Pannick’s legal opinion to be published given the exceptional circumstances. It remains the case that the Government does not comment on legal advice that may or may not have been sought or received. This is in line with the long-standing policy under successive administrations.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/03/2023 14:56:25 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1603912

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Consulting Hub: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials work in the Government Consulting Hub; and at what band those officials are working as of 14 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	165263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p><strong>I refer the Rt Honourable Lady to my answer of 10 February, PQ 138358, in which, inter alia, I set out that the Government Consulting Hub was closed in January 2023. </strong></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 17/03/2023 11:20:45 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1603915

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Fraud
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 29 November 2022 to Question 92227 on Fraud, what recent progress the Public Sector Fraud Authority has made on delivering £180m of identified fraud benefits within its first year.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	165264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office's Public Sector Fraud Authority is on track to deliver in excess of £180m of identified fraud benefits in its first year. The final figure will be audited by GIAA in the Summer and announced shortly after.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 17/03/2023 14:37:40 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner