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1713609

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Trade Union Officials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the news story entitled Cabinet Office Minister writes to councils over spending on Trade Union facility time, published by his Department on 10 April 2024, which local authorities were sent the letter.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	23594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office wrote to 21 local authorities that, according to their self-reported facility time data, spent over 0.2% of their paybill on facility time. This information is available on gov.uk.</p><p>The Cabinet Office already publishes the information on facility time spend each year as part of the legislative requirements within the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017. This means that other than the issuing of the relevant letters, the time taken for which was negligible, there was very little other time spent on this particular exercise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 23595 question first answered 01/05/2024 15:51:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1713610

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Trade Union Officials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the news story entitled Cabinet Office Minister writes to councils over spending on Trade Union facility time, published by his Department on 10 April 2024, how many hours of civil servants' time were used on the formulation of the (a) research, (b) letter and (c) associated press release.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	23595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office wrote to 21 local authorities that, according to their self-reported facility time data, spent over 0.2% of their paybill on facility time. This information is available on gov.uk.</p><p>The Cabinet Office already publishes the information on facility time spend each year as part of the legislative requirements within the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017. This means that other than the issuing of the relevant letters, the time taken for which was negligible, there was very little other time spent on this particular exercise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 23594 question first answered 01/05/2024 15:51:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1682627

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	King Charles III: Art Works
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse is of hanging an official portrait of His Majesty The King in public authorities in the UK.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	9942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>As is usual practice following accession, an Official Portrait has been taken of His Majesty The King to mark the start of the new Reign, for use in public buildings and for other official purposes. His Majesty’s Government will use this portrait for the Official Portrait Scheme, announced by the Deputy Prime Minister in April last year.</p><p> </p><p>The ongoing scheme opened in November 2023 to enable certain Public Authorities across the UK to apply for a free, framed official portrait of His Majesty The King for display in their buildings. As always, the Government is ensuring value for money in the contract for the production and distribution of the Official Portrait. By establishing a UK-wide contract for the supply of portraits for this scheme, HMG has achieved a significant cost saving in comparison to comparable commercially available royal portraits thereby benefiting the public-purse as a whole. The supplier will be paid per delivered portrait and as it is a voluntary scheme the final cost will depend on the uptake.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 24/01/2024 17:30:34 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1681284

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Fujitsu: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many government contracts have been awarded to Fujitsu since 2010.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	9091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>This historic information is not held centrally.</p><p><strong><br></strong>Details of central government contracts where the contract value is above £12,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 15/01/2024 17:53:05 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1676456

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Science and Statistics
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 December 2023 to Question 4272 on Ministers: Science and Statistics, whether the eight masterclasses are mandatory; and how many Ministers have enrolled to these courses as of 7 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	5914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The masterclass programme is not mandatory. The programme is delivered with recognition that there are multiple competing demands on ministers' time. To date 39 ministers have attended one or more sessions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/12/2023 17:36:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1673629

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Science and Statistics
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 increase levels of (a) scientific and (b) statistical literacy among ministers.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	4272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The Declaration on Government Reform committed to investing in training for ministers, and a ministerial training programme has been developed which includes two half-day induction sessions for new-to-government ministers, and a rolling programme of eight masterclasses open to all ministers. Specifically, the programme includes a masterclass on working with scientific advice led by the Government Chief Scientific Advisor and a masterclass on data led by the Government Chief Statistician.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 06/12/2023 16:42:52 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1611394

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
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, what steps he is taking to increase access to public procurement contracts for UK-based SMEs.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	181022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the UK economy. That is why we are making sure the power of Government spending supports this vital sector.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are increasing opportunities for SMEs - from transparently publishing contract pipelines to simplifying bidding processes and strengthening prompt payment measures.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I am proud that this Conservative Government is bringing in the new public procurement regime will create a simpler and significantly more transparent system that will further open up public procurement to SMEs so that they can compete for and win more public contracts. SMEs will benefit from a new duty on contracting authorities to have regard to reducing and removing barriers to SME participation. This will include making bidding timescales realistic and prohibiting contracting authorities from requiring audited accounts and insurances to be in place prior to contract award - helping new entrants to the market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 24/04/2023 16:50:15 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy