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807175

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date	15/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Amazon Web Services: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the contract between the Government and Amazon Web Services covering Platform as a service.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p> </p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</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 Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/12/2017 16:12:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

807200

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is embarked upon an ambitious transformation programme (Cirrus) for its technology. Cirrus covers the transition of up to 5,500 users from a variety of former departmental (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Department of Energy and Climate Change) systems to a common technology structure. Cirrus will see the design of a new operating model and the procurement and commissioning of replacement services. This involves exit from approximately 50 contracts and move to new arrangements with approximately 100 smaller contracts and some in-house provision by 31 May 2018.</p><p>The Government Commercial Function guidance paper arrived subsequent to the commencement of Cirrus planning, some of the principles contains within it are already well established in the Department.</p><p>a) Market engagement – supplier days are held routinely pre-procurement to help shape requirements, ensure they are attractive to the market and are deliverable;</p><p>b) Setting up disaggregation of work – lotting strategies are applied to disaggregate larger contracts and to open up opportunities to small businesses;</p><p>c) Risk assessment – the department continues to develop its understanding and management of commercial risks as measured against the Government Commercial Operating Standards. In the case of Cirrus these risks are mitigated through the early involvement of the GDS and Cabinet Office complex transactions team in the programme together with the formation of a commercial strategy working group;</p><p>d) Developing a programme plan through transition – The Cabinet Office complex transactions team has produced a plan for Cirrus which mapped the current contract landscape to the future state to support transition planning;</p><p>e) Identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future - The Cabinet Office complex transactions team also made recommendations on the contract management resources required to manage Cirrus contacts. Recruitment of this resource will commence in January;</p><p>f) Any other work related to that guidance – A new contract management strategy is currently being implemented in the department. The GCF guidance will be incorporated into this strategy for major IT contracts.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/12/2017 16:29:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

807211

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>DFID does not have any major IT contracts, as defined by the guidance.</p><p>DFID follows best practice guidance and principles where they are applicable to DFID, in line with high government standards set by the Cabinet Office to ensure effective and consistent commercial delivery and drive continuous improvement.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/12/2017 15:46:11 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

807213

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Exit arrangements from Major IT Contracts is limited across the Department as IT services are predominantly delivered through in-house IT teams and supplemented by a small number of services through commercial partners. The DVLA exit from the PACT contract is well documented within the guidance and is an example of best practice for exiting large IT contracts. The experience gained from PACT exit is being shared across the Department and the recently implemented IT Category approach provides forum network for IT commercial professionals to share best.</p><p> </p><p>Further work is being undertaken to collaborate across HMG with representation at the Digital Commercial forum and numerous CCS led initiatives.</p><p> </p><p>The exception within the Department is DVSA, as there are current programmes of work to disaggregate the two existing large IT contracts. The work being carried out is covered explicitly below;</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>(a) using market engagement, </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DVSA is well acquainted with the guiding principles within the GCF paper ‘Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments’ and routinely proactively engages with GDS and CO Commercial on exit from current major IT contracts which are with Atos and Capita. Exit from these contracts formed a core objective of 2015 DVSA Digital Services &amp; Technology strategy. Individual projects and procurements have already been launched for replacement services with market sounding as a routine step in the procurement process e.g. the new End User Computing contract. Digital Partners have been selected through the G Cloud framework for development of replacement services with significant market interest shown when the procurement exercise was launched 12 months ago. DVSA ensures it understands User Needs through a Discovery phase e.g. in developing new digital MOT service which fully replaced the old MOT PFI contract. In addition, DVSA makes use of technology analysists to understand developments in the market.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>(b) setting up disaggregation work, </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Projects for replacement services to exit from the two existing major IT contracts are launched and have governance processes that requires scrutiny and approval of full business cases and have a SRO identified.</p><p>Agile methodology is used within these projects with MVP and service backlogs identified and routinely tracked through burn down charts for each sprint. Project benefits are tracked through internal governance and include enabling benefits the exit of existing contracts. E.g., the Commercial Vehicle Services (CVS) project will enable the exit of a majority of the DVSA IS2003 contract with Atos during its remaining term. All other activities to enable contract exit are managed on a Common Technology Service backlog.</p><p> </p><p><strong>(c) risk assessment, </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DVSA has identified non exit within the remaining term of their two major IT contracts as a corporate risk and this is monitored by the DVSA Directing Board. Each project that facilitates contract exit is subject to normal project governance including monthly risk assessments. All contract end dates are routinely monitored through the DVSA Investment and Change Committee (ICC).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>(d) developing a programme plan through the transition, </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Planning for contract exit and introduction of replacement services are managed through project plans and transition is part of the deliverable for the projects. For exit of the two major IT contracts, an internal DVSA Oversight Board has been established to monitor risks to exit timescales. This updates the DVSA Investment and Change Committee which is chaired by a Director.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>(e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The need for futures skills and capabilities was recognised in the 2015 DVSA Digital Services &amp; Technology strategy. DVSA has already successfully run an apprentice programme and a graduate programme for developing digital capability. In addition, recruitment campaigns are being run to fill permanent posts in the organisation consistent with the Digital, Data and Technology (DDAT) professional requirements. DVSA Digital Services and Technology Directorate has measured itself against Government Commercial Function operating standards.</p><p> </p><p><strong>(f) any other work related to that guidance.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Incumbent suppliers are being proactively managed by DVSA to secure their cooperation for exit and transition. Formal partnership meetings are held with senior executives and a collaborative approach has been established. This is reinforced through DVSA engagement with the relevant Crown Representatives and Strategic Relationship Mangers at Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/12/2017 13:54:28 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

807214

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>DWP is delivering a number of major IT contract exit programmes, and has followed the guidance detailed in the paper titles Large Expiring Contracts, Exit and Disaggregation: guidance for departments which precedes the paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, which is currently being reviewed by DWP, prior to implementation.</p><p> </p><p>DWP engages with Cabinet Office Complex Transactions Team from the outset, when exiting major IT contracts to utilise their knowledge and experience in defining, and implementing commercial strategies.</p><p> </p><p>These commercial strategies include all the points in a) to f) above and some recent examples are as follows;</p><p> </p><p>a) DWP utilises Crown Commercial Service Frameworks when sourcing disaggregated IT services. The market is engaged to establish supplier capacity, capability and alignment to DWPs key business objectives.</p><p>b) DWP has disaggregated a number of IT supply contracts in recent years, is currently in the process of disaggregating the complex services of the DWP Hosting contract and will exit and disaggregate its remaining Application Deployment &amp; Desktop contracts at an appropriate time.</p><p>c) Risk Assessment forms part of DWPs Contract Management Framework toolset and is assessed for all major contracts on a regular basis.</p><p>d) Detailed plans are produced and managed by Programme Leads for the exiting of all major IT contracts.</p><p>e) In conjunction with the work DWP is completing to disaggregate its historic contracts, DWP is further developing its supplier and contract management capabilities to equip the Department for the future; enhancing its major IT project delivery and contract exit commercial skills.</p><p>f) DWP utilises multi-disciplinary teams including Digital Group, Finance, HR, Legal and Commercial. Good programme governance is also followed both within DWP and through close working with HM Treasury and Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>DWP will continue to follow the guiding principles and critical tasks set out in this latest publication.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/12/2017 14:49:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

807215

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps I) his Department and ii) HMRC is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury currently has no IT contracts that fall within the threshold(s) set out in the “Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments” paper.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has already implemented much of the guidance set out in the recent publication through the successful conclusion of the Columbus programme (which will reduce IT run costs by c£200m pa by 2020-21), which saw the disaggregation of legacy IT contracts by breaking them into a series of smaller, more flexible contracts with new and existing suppliers. HMRC has already started detailed work on the next phase which covers current IT contracts ending in June 2020.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/12/2017 13:26:57 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

807216

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office is in the process of disaggregating its major IT contracts, and its work in this area provided a major contribution to the Government Commercial Function paper cited. Through disaggregation, we will be able to break up large, costly and cumbersome contracts and move to a more dynamic environment in which we procure standardised service components from the market while focusing on building strategic internal capabilities, such as around strategy, and architecture, and system design and integration. This will allow us to better manage our risk and control costs, also allows us to better use the pre-existing commercial frameworks and hence shorten our time to market and subsequent mobilisation, and allows us to more easily access the SME market.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/12/2017 16:21:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

806619

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the break down is by (a) Department and (b) grade for the Civil Service sickness absence data for Q1 2017 published on 14 December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Service recognises that good workforce health and well-being is fundamental to delivering brilliant public services. We support people so that they can remain at work where possible and to return as soon as they are ready following sickness absence.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service continues to review how it can proactively manage sickness absence and improve health and wellbeing at work even further, ensuring that it consistently delivers the high level of service that the public demand and expect.</p><p>Sickness absence in the Civil Service is measured using Average Working Days Lost (AWDL) per staff year. AWDL per staff year is the total number of working days lost across the year, divided by the total number of potential staff years.</p><p>The AWDL per staff year in the Civil Service was 7.0 days for year ending 31 March 2017, its lowest level since 2007. This demonstrates the significant progress that has been made in reducing sickness absence across the Civil Service.</p><p>Table 1: sets out the AWDL in the Civil Service by department for the year ending 31 March 2016 (Q1 2016) and the year ending 31 March 2017 (Q1 2017).</p><p>Table 2: sets out the AWDL in the Civil Service by grade for the year ending 31 March 2016 (Q1 2016) and the year ending 31 March 2017 (Q1 2017).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 119696 question first answered 19/12/2017 15:41:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes attachment 1 file name table 1 & 2.pdf title Table 1 & 2
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

806620

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the break down is by (a) Department and (b) grade for the Civil Service sickness absence data for 2016 published on 14 December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Service recognises that good workforce health and well-being is fundamental to delivering brilliant public services. We support people so that they can remain at work where possible and to return as soon as they are ready following sickness absence.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service continues to review how it can proactively manage sickness absence and improve health and wellbeing at work even further, ensuring that it consistently delivers the high level of service that the public demand and expect.</p><p>Sickness absence in the Civil Service is measured using Average Working Days Lost (AWDL) per staff year. AWDL per staff year is the total number of working days lost across the year, divided by the total number of potential staff years.</p><p>The AWDL per staff year in the Civil Service was 7.0 days for year ending 31 March 2017, its lowest level since 2007. This demonstrates the significant progress that has been made in reducing sickness absence across the Civil Service.</p><p>Table 1: sets out the AWDL in the Civil Service by department for the year ending 31 March 2016 (Q1 2016) and the year ending 31 March 2017 (Q1 2017).</p><p>Table 2: sets out the AWDL in the Civil Service by grade for the year ending 31 March 2016 (Q1 2016) and the year ending 31 March 2017 (Q1 2017).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 119695 question first answered 19/12/2017 15:41:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes attachment 1 file name table 1 & 2.pdf title Table 1 & 2
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

805981

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) evidential basis and (b) method of calculation was for his Department's Common Technology Services team establishing the figure of 40 per cent savings from disaggregating large IT contracts; and if he will publish his Department's joint report with McKinsey & Co on that subject.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The figure refers to the estimated annual run cost <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cabinet-office-unveils-technology-transformation" target="_blank">savings</a> from the delivery of the Cabinet Office Technology Transformation Programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The business case supporting this programme estimated 38% savings on the per-user annual run costs for Cabinet Office, compared to the “do minimum” option of retaining the outsourced service provision.</p><p><br> The Government draws on a wide range of advice to ensure we deliver the best possible service for users and value for taxpayers. Details of specific contracts awarded are published regularly on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">Contracts Finder</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/12/2017 15:47:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett