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901241

registered interest
date	10/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the five most common cancer diagnoses were among (a) men and (b) women in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	142781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 15/05/2018 13:53:44 question first ministerially corrected 16/05/2018 12:24:02 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ142781.pdf title UKSA Response previous answer version 57966 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

900495

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his oral contribution to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on 9 May 2018, which providers outside the UK are being examined and for which contracts.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	142333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>Departments are encouraged to maximise competition in order to achieve value for money. Public procurement are required to go through fair and open competition and procurers are not permitted to discriminate based upon the nationality of the supplier.</p><p>In addition, through the Commercial Operating Standards <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/567659/Commercal_Standards_new.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/567659/Commercal_Standards_new.pdf</a>, departments are encouraged to maximise competition by designing service requirements that are accessible to as many suppliers as possible, including those from overseas.</p><p>The current public procurement rules will continue to apply until the UK has left the EU following the successful conclusion of exit negotiations. The longer-term opportunities for UK Government procurement regulations are being considered carefully.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/05/2018 13:47:21 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

900165

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times his Department's Government Property Finder has been used in the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	141689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government Property Finder tool allows you to search the Government property and land available to rent or buy. It allows you to search by location and department.</p><p>There have been 16,872 individual property and land searches on the Government Property Finder website in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/05/2018 13:49:40 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

897204

registered interest
date	03/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed in the Civil Service in July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	141042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The official figures on Civil Service employment are produced by the Office for National Statistics as part of their Quarterly Public Sector Employment Statistics. As at the end of June 2016 figures were 415,700 on a headcount basis and 384,230 on a full-time equivalent basis.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 10/05/2018 11:06:37 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

897205

registered interest
date	03/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed in the Civil Service in April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	141043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The official figures on Civil Service employment are produced by the Office for National Statistics as part of their Quarterly Public Sector Employment Statistics. The latest data were published 21 March 2018 and showed Civil Service employment was 426,670 on a headcount basis and 395,760 on a full-time equivalent basis as at the end of December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 10/05/2018 11:03:46 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

896252

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department has not launched a public consultation on the potential changes to the Consolidated Guidance to Intelligence Officers and Service Personnel on the Detention and Interviewing of Detainees Overseas, and on the Passing and Receipt of Intelligence Relating to Detainees.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	140559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the Prime Minister’s Written Ministerial Statement of 15 September 2016 (HCWS157).</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/05/2018 15:21:55 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

896373

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what training is provided to (a) general civil servants, (b) fast stream civil servants and (c) senior civil servants on the scrutiny and legislative role of Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	140621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>For all civil servants, including Fast Streamers and SCS, Civil Service Learning provides one-day workshops on Understanding Parliament, which are delivered at Foundation (introduction) and Practitioner (advanced) levels. Both of these workshops cover Parliament’s scrutiny and legislative roles. Dedicated training sessions covering specific topics are also available. These include Introduction to Parliament, Select Committees, Debates and Voting, Pre and Post Legislative Scrutiny, Parliamentary Questions, Delegated Legislation, and Primary Legislation. A half-day workshop is available on producing effective explanatory memoranda to accompany secondary legislation. The Cabinet Office’s Parliamentary Business and Legislation Team provide training to Bill Teams. The Government Legal Department and Parliamentary Counsel run a course on Dealing with Parliamentary Bills for Lawyers, which covers parliamentary stages and handling. Stand-alone events are run, eg during Parliament Week. Bespoke sessions for government departments are available on request.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 10/05/2018 11:18:14 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

896374

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Training
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 effectiveness of the KPMG Civil Service Learning contract for the provision of civil service training.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	140622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The KPMG Civil Service Learning contract provides a common core curriculum of learning for Civil Servants. The effectiveness of the performance of KPMG is assessed through evaluation of the learning provision. Between April 2017 and March 2018, 144,000 delegates have attended 8,200 learning events. Evaluation of this learning suggest that the vast majority of learners felt the learning was effective, and that they expect it to make a positive difference to their performance in the workplace.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 10/05/2018 11:13:49 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

896411

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Expenditure over £25,000 - March 2018, published on 2 May 2018, what the payments to Calder World of Travel were for.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	140575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>Payments over £25,000 relating to the Calder World of Travel in March 2018 covered two Cabinet Office activities - the Grenfell Inquiry; and the hiring of facilities and equipment for the Commercial Function Leadership Conference and Exhibition.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 10/05/2018 11:20:04 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

896432

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many leak enquiries his Department has undertaken in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	140578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>It has been the policy of successive Governments not to comment on security matters other than in exceptional circumstances when it is in the public interest to do so.</p><p>The leak of any Government information or material is not acceptable and the Government takes such incidents very seriously.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/05/2018 15:32:24 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett