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1029513

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date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 21 of the Cross-Government Fraud Landscape Annual Report 2018, to what incident or incidents the £111.2 million for detected error refers.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The total figure almost entirely refers to a planned payment of £110.5 million being made by the Core Department to Network Rail, which was processed in error by Arvato, the Department for Transport’s Shared Services provider. A bank account number was incorrectly transposed on the payment request and as the bank account number did not exist, the payment was put into a holding account. The error was detected promptly by the Department: appropriate action was taken to secure funds and the payment was then correctly made to Network Rail on the same day with no financial loss to the Department. As a result of the error, both the Core Department and Arvato have reviewed and tightened its payment process to avoid similar errors in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The remaining £0.7 million of errors relate to miscellaneous items in the Driver &amp; Vehicle Licensing Agency and Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency. Again, no losses were incurred.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/01/2019 17:43:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1029515

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 21 of the Cross-Government Fraud Landscape Annual Report 2018, to what incident or incidents the £88.2 million for detected fraud in his Department refers.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) takes the risk of fraud, bribery and corruption seriously and is fully committed to delivering a robust counter-fraud and corruption capability. MOD is the only Department that has fully met all the functional standards set by the Cabinet Office for Government, followed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs which has met them for internal fraud only.</p><p>To better understand the value of fraud allegations being reported to MOD, a review of values attributed to new allegations received was undertaken. MOD has developed a Nominal Offence Value framework based on historic values of fraud experienced. The Nominal Offence Value is used when no valuation is available at the time of reporting. This approach has been reviewed and approved by the Cabinet Office Prevention Panel (an independent panel of cross Government experts).</p><p>The £88.2 million refers to 861 separately reported incidents. It includes cases with an estimated value based upon the MOD's Nominal Offence Value framework.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/01/2019 16:27:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1029521

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the subject of imprints for digital electoral material was discussed in meetings the Minister for the Consitution had with Facebook and Google on electoral reform in September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>On 29 July 2018, the Cabinet Office launched an open consultation entitled ‘<em>Protecting the Debate: Intimidating, Influence and Information</em>’, which seeks views on proposed changes to electoral law, including the inclusion of imprints on digital campaign materials. The consultation closed on 28 October 2018 and is available at GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering the contributions of all interested parties and will publish a response to the feedback received. Facebook and Google, along with other relevant organisations, were encouraged to submit responses.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/01/2019 12:41:03 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1029527

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Institute of Economic Affairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists plans to publish all documents relating to its concluded investigation into the Institute of Economic Affairs.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists operates independently of Government. It is for the Registrar to determine whether to publish information obtained as part of investigations to determine whether the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 has been breached.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/01/2019 13:13:01 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1029528

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Pilot Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any of the Voter ID Pilot authorities present at the meeting with the Minister for the Constitution in August 2018 raised objection to the pilots.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The British public deserves to have confidence in our democracy.</p><p> </p><p>The success of the voter ID pilots in May 2018 proves that voter ID is a reasonable and proportionate measure and voters were fully aware of the changes on polling day.</p><p> </p><p>That view was shared by the voter ID pilot authorities who attended a meeting in July. All pilot local authorities are volunteers. No pilot authority has raised an objection and the Government continues to work closely and collaboratively with pilot authorities from 2018 and those who have volunteered to pilot voter ID at this year’s May elections.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/01/2019 12:37:17 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1029529

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether staff at the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists are instructed to cross-reference information from published ministerial meetings data with that provided by companies on the register in their returns.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 requires the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists to maintain and update the register of which requires consultant lobbyists to declare on whose behalf they are lobbying.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/01/2019 16:23:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1029530

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the change in the number of invoices his Department paid within 30 days in the 2017-18 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The move to a new shared service platform in May 2017 presented a number of operational issues. These issues included the migration of data relating to purchase orders and invoicing, staff knowledge of the new system and technical issues with a new chart of accounts.</p><p> </p><p>We have been working hard to rectify the underlying issues and have implemented a number of improvements as part of a coordinated programme of work to ensure we pay our suppliers as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/01/2019 10:17:51 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1029533

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the report entitled DCMS gender pay gap 2017/18, published on gov.uk on 19 December 2018, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the rise in the median measure for the difference in hourly rate between male and female civil servants between 2016-2017 and 2017-2018.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Machinery of Government change in July 2017, through which we took on responsibility for digital policy, marked the start of a period of significant growth for the Department. The changes to workforce structure that resulted from this growth have caused our median gender pay gap to increase, although our individual mean and median gaps for grades D - A (see attached table) indicate that DCMS employees are paid equally for work of equal responsibility. We are committed to reducing our gender pay gap and are taking action to target the causes of our increased median gap.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/01/2019 16:06:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James attachment 1 file name Pay.pdf title Pay DCMS
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1029535

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
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 November 2018 to Question 185519, whether the move to the new shared service platform resulted in any payment delays in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The move to a new shared service platform in May 2017 presented a number of operational issues. These issues included the migration of data relating to purchase orders and invoicing, staff knowledge of the new system and technical issues with a new chart of accounts.</p><p>We have been working hard to rectify the underlying issues and have implemented a number of improvements as part of a coordinated programme of work to ensure we pay our suppliers as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/01/2019 10:18:01 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett