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1093492

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which projects within the Government Major Project Portfolio are categorised as ICT projects.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	235741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Data on projects within the Government Major Project Portfolio (GMPP) is published annually, most recently in July 2018. GMPP projects are categorised as ICT based on the main element of the project but there will be other projects with an ICT component. As of July 2018 the 29 projects within the GMPP categorised as ICT projects are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>IT Infrastructure Sourcing Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS e-Referral Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Echo 2 Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital Services at the Border</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future Beyond Line Of Sight</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Style of Information Technology (Base)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CJS Common Platform</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Land Charges (LLC) Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government as a Platform</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gov UK Verify</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEFRA UNITY PROGRAMME</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health &amp; Social Care Network</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CUSTOMS DECLARATION SERVICES (CDS) Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Making Tax Digital for Business</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Technology Platforms for Tomorrow</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metis Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immigration Platform Technologies (IPT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Law Enforcement Data Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice System Exchange Re-provisioning</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future IT Sourcing Programme (FITS)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IT Transformation Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foxhound Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHSmail 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Data Services Development Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Technology Overhaul</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Columbus (formerly Aspire Replacement Programme)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communications Capabilities Development Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office Biometrics Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shared Services (ISSC2) Evolve</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/03/2019 14:54:21 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1003884

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what framework is used by Government when deciding whether digital projects should be completed in-house or contracted out.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	189825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <blockquote>There is no specific framework that government uses to decide whether a digital project should be completed in-house or contracted out.</blockquote><blockquote> </blockquote><blockquote>Government uses the principles of the HMT Green Book guidance, supplementary guidance (such as the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-green-book-appraisal-and-evaluation-in-central-governent/agile-digital-and-it-projects-clarification-of-business-case-guidance" target="_blank">Agile digital and IT projects</a>), and the 5 case model to scrutinise the costs and benefits of different options to deliver a particular project, including management, commercial and financial aspects. When relevant, some of these options may refer to in-house provision whereas others may refer to outsourcing.</blockquote><blockquote> </blockquote><blockquote>The preferred option will be selected on the basis of value for money and capacity to meet the project objectives.</blockquote> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/11/2018 14:28:44 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1000224

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) timetable, (b) cost and (c) estimated savings are for the Foxhound IT programme.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	187356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>FOXHOUND is a Cabinet Office-led, cross-government IT programme to develop and deploy a new secure capability for managing sensitive information, including that which is classified up to and at SECRET. The aim is to bear down on the growing information and cyber risk, whilst improving scope for collaboration across the National Security community. The single platform this capability offers will enable some security related savings to be made and an outline Programme timetable and costs are published in Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) annual reports on Major Projects (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/721978/IPA_Annual_Report_2018__2_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/721978/IPA_Annual_Report_2018__2_.pdf</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infrastructure-and-projects-authority-annual-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infrastructure-and-projects-authority-annual-report-2018</a>)</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/11/2018 09:57:43 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

997229

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts the Government holds with cloud based providers to store data; and what the total cost of these contracts to the public purse is.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	185114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 01/11/2018 15:51:20 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

994167

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed across all government departments to build or maintain IT systems.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	183248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold data relating to the number of cross government IT specialists employed specifically to build or maintain IT systems. This information may be held at a departmental level.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 29/10/2018 13:48:02 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

984386

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of cyber specialists vacancies in Government.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	177383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold figures on the number of vacancies across HMG. Departments are responsible for ensuring adequate staffing levels are met. As part of the National Cyber Security Strategy we have established a central team to develop the security profession, supporting departments in managing their cyber skills gaps and building career pathways for specialists.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/10/2018 10:23:03 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

838985

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the additional cost to the public purse was of delays of more than three months in the completion of Government IT projects in each Department since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	127546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer my Hon. Friend to the answer given to PQ127332 on 26<sup>th</sup> February.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 127545 question first answered 21/03/2018 11:36:51 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali