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647051

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of blockbuster funding for the Serious Fraud Office and the effect of the funding model on the body's staffing and resources.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	55015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) blockbuster funding model allows the SFO the flexibility to take on the complex and high value cases for which it was established. SFO officials meet regularly with my staff and with Treasury officials to review the financial position and we will continue to work closely with Treasury colleagues to ensure that the SFO has an effective and sustainable funding model.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 02/12/2016 10:50:12 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

647052

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many contract and temporary staff the Serious Fraud Office employed annually from 2010 to the most recent period for which figures are available; and what the cost was of that employment for each such year.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	55016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The average number of temporary contract staff employed annually by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) since 2010 and the cost of that employment is detailed in the table below. The figure for 2016-17 is the actual number of temporary contract staff engaged by the SFO as at 31 October.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temporary Staff Cost</p></td><td><p>£3.693m</p></td><td><p>£2.296m</p></td><td><p>£2.672m</p></td><td><p>£3.926m</p></td><td><p>£4.646m</p></td><td><p>£6.991m</p></td><td><p>£3.735m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temporary Staff FTE</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office operates a flexible resourcing model due to the demand-led nature of its casework and to take account of the mix of core and blockbuster funding. The majority of temporary staff are assigned to work on blockbuster cases and the number of such cases has increased since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to April 2014 the SFO did not maintain a centralised record of temporary staffing and the figures prior to that date are estimates.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 02/12/2016 11:16:47 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

647053

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Barristers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, in how many cases the Crown Prosecution Service instructed QCs when the defence case was not presented by a QC in each year since 2010; and what proportion of the total number of cases brought to court that figure represented.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	55171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of whether the defendant was represented by junior or senior counsel. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 02/12/2016 10:42:07 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

647054

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government takes to ensure that it does not place publicly-funded advertisements in publications that promote hate speech.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	55181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government buys advertising space via a single media buying agency, Carat.</p><p>The media buying agency have been instructed to ensure that Government advertising only appears in reputable media, including publications.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 55152 question first answered 01/12/2016 09:57:03 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

647055

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria determine the eligibility of publications to be destinations for publicly-funded advertisements.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	55152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government buys advertising space via a single media buying agency, Carat.</p><p>The media buying agency have been instructed to ensure that Government advertising only appears in reputable media, including publications.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 55181 question first answered 01/12/2016 09:57:03 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

647056

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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 Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the (a) public appointments and (b) periods of service of Deep Sagar.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	55225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>Individual departments are responsible for making public appointments to the boards of their arms length bodies.</p><p>There is no central list of public appointees, however all appointments made by Ministers are made public on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 05/12/2016 09:45:40 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

647057

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	e-Petitions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what steps his Department is taking to assess potential changes to the system for e-petitions to ensure petitions submitted have evidential basis.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	55276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The Parliamentary e-petitions site is jointly owned by the Government and the House of Commons, therefore any assessment of potential changes to the system would have to be agreed between the Government and the House.</p><p>I have not had any discussions to assess such changes to the e-petitions system, however the hon. Member may find it reassuring to know that all petitions submitted are moderated by the staff of the Petitions Committee before being published and opened for signing by the public. The Committee staff ensure that all petitions adhere to the agreed standards which are clearly displayed on petition.parliament.uk. The final decision on the admissibility of an e-petition rests with the Petitions Committee itself.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 05/12/2016 14:23:14 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

647058

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cyber-security breaches government departments recorded that involved Ransomware viruses in the last 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	55021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>For security reasons the Government does not comment on specific details of cyber security attacks. We are continuously monitoring and managing the security risks to all HMG systems.</p><p>Sixty-eight cyber incidents from all types of organisations were voluntarily reported to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in its first month of operation (1-31 October 2016). These incidents vary in scale, nature and target. Seven of these were reported ransomware incidents.</p><p>In November, the Government published its new National Cyber Security Strategy. This Strategy is supported by £1.9billion of transformational investment. The Strategy sets out ambitious policies to protect the UK in cyber space. The strategy will deliver policies and capabilities, building on three core pillars to: defend our people, businesses and assets across the public and private sectors; deter and disrupt our adversaries- states, criminals and hacktivists; develop critical capabilities to build skills, support growth and stimulate science and technology.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 05/12/2016 09:49:00 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

647059

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Office for National Statistics on (a) its decision to delay the launch of its consultation on proposed national indicators for the sustainable development goals and (b) setting a new date for the launch of that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	55004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>I have had no discussions with the Office for National Statistics on these matters. The decision to delay the consultation was taken by the ONS itself on its own authority.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 01/12/2016 09:57:49 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

647060

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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, if he will make it his policy to prioritise domestically-produced vehicles in public sector procurement after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	55031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government car fleet does include vehicles manufactured in the UK, such as the Jaguar XJ. However, public sector procurers are required to seek value for money through fair and open competition and in line with our current international obligations.</p><p> </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.</p><p> </p><p>The longer-term options for our procurement regulations are being considered carefully.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 05/12/2016 09:51:21 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders