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227910

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which news applications staff in her Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	227828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Home Office information technology policy precludes the downloading of unauthorised applications to Home Office-issued equipment and in most cases, such equipment is modified to prevent the downloading of any applications at all. A limited number of approved communications staff (such as press office) have access to social media or news sites via downloaded applications on mobile devices and while this is subject to standard rules governing appropriate use of Home Office technology, there are no restrictions on which news sites may be accessed in this manner.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 19/03/2015 15:54:51 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227745

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	227820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>News applications currently available to DCMS users are BBC News, Sky News, The Daily Mail, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Mirror, The Spectator, The Sun, The Telegraph and The Times.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 24/03/2015 11:17:45 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227754

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	227821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The vast majority of Ministry of Defence (MOD) mobile phones are supplied via the central Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS). For standard issue phones, the downloading of external applications is not enabled.</p><p>There are a number of trials of Android devices (including tablets and smart phones) underway in the MOD. Users with devices supplied via the DFTS trial can download most applications as required, although security considerations prevent them from downloading some applications. Users with tablets supplied via the central Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) trial can download only a limited set of applications from an internal applications store.</p><p>Outside the provisions of the DFTS and DII arrangements, some MOD business areas have purchased devices (mobile phones and tablets) and associated applications independently. However, there is no business requirement to record details centrally; as a result, collated information related to these is not held.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/03/2015 16:00:46 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227801

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which news applications staff in her Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	227825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Core Defra staff are not authorised to download and use any news applications on their work-provided phones and tablets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/03/2015 15:25:14 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227719

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	227834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The answer to this question is none. Staff are not permitted to run executables and download applications to their HM Treasury provided device.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/03/2015 16:43:54 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227814

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	227826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) provides many of its staff with Blackberrys, but for security reasons the ability to download apps has been disabled. Only one FCO-provided smart phone has authorised news apps downloaded to it. These are the Gorkana press-cuttings and BBC news apps. The apps have been downloaded as part of a pilot to test the viability of smart phone devices for work purposes.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 24/03/2015 14:56:54 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227841

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	227827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Staff in the Department are not allowed to download any news applications onto their work-provided phones.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The relatively small number of mostly senior staff who use tablets provided by the Department can download news applications, subject to conformance with the Department’s Acceptable Use of ICT Policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/03/2015 16:02:10 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227932

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	227832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Scotland Office uses an information technology system (SCOTS) operated by the Scottish Government. The Scottish Government is responsible for all hardware/software procurement, administration, support, maintenance and security of the system. Under its IT policy the downloading of ‘apps’ is prohibited, all functions that would allow the user to do so are blocked and therefore no ‘apps’ can be added to work-provided phones or tablets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 25/03/2015 10:54:40 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227915

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which news applications staff in her Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	227829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>For all devices connected to the DFID network, access to news applications is restricted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 23/03/2015 15:51:29 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227930

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which news applications staff in her Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	227831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office has issued 6 smart phones and 5 tablets to staff that are capable of downloading news applications. These devices do not have any restriction to limit which news applications that can be downloaded, provided they are free of charge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 23/03/2015 16:15:11 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies