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437070

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date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Mckinsey and Company
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost to the public purse was of the internal review commissioned by his Department from McKinsey.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	19649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The cost of the review conducted by McKinsey was disclosed on 9 November 2015 and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-contract-with-mckinsey" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-contract-with-mckinsey</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/12/2015 16:58:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

437080

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the population can the Verify identity assurance system assure the identity of.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	19576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify is currently in public beta and is constantly being improved and expanded based on user feedback. Currently, 80% of the overall UK adult population can be assured. Other methods are available to ensure services are universally available.</p><p><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify uses certified companies to check users. Each certified company performs checks before verifying your identity to <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> to meet assurance standards set by the Government. It is possible to verify your identity using a wide range of identity evidence, including any passport, any EU identity document, and any bank account or payment card.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 19584 question first answered 15/12/2015 15:35:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

437081

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what credentials individuals are required to have in order to register for GOV.UK Verify.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	19584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify is currently in public beta and is constantly being improved and expanded based on user feedback. Currently, 80% of the overall UK adult population can be assured. Other methods are available to ensure services are universally available.</p><p><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify uses certified companies to check users. Each certified company performs checks before verifying your identity to <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> to meet assurance standards set by the Government. It is possible to verify your identity using a wide range of identity evidence, including any passport, any EU identity document, and any bank account or payment card.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 19576 question first answered 15/12/2015 15:35:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

437144

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Environmental Stewardship Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of farmers who received payments under the Environment Stewardship Scheme in October rather than August 2015 as a result of the withdrawal of online applications for such payments.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	19575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>Environmental Stewardship (ES) claims are administered by Natural England. Historically, about 60% of advance payments have previously been paid in August.</p><br /><p>All ES and Basic Payment Scheme claims have to be cross-checked before payment can be made in line with European regulatory requirements. This year, due mainly to the extension of the claims deadline, it was necessary to delay ES advance payments until they could be cross-checked. From 2018, new European rules will prevent any payments from being made before 16 October each year.</p><br /><p>Natural England had paid 28,523 (60.24%) of advance payments by the end of October. Ninety-two percent of ES advance payments have now been made, and Natural England aims to pay the remainder of advance claims by the end of December.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/12/2015 13:21:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

437145

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost of disallowance penalties relating to the Common Agricultural Policy as a result of the return to paper-assisted digital applications in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	19642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The new Common Agricultural Policy has been widely recognised as being more complex for farmers to understand and harder for Member States to administer. The new schemes have not yet been audited by the European Commission so it is too early to say what the level of any disallowance will be, but complexity tends to increase disallowance risk.</p><br /><p>For the Basic Payment Scheme 2015 the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) sent pre-populated claim forms to farmers and land owners to allow them to submit their applications before the deadline. The RPA provided an unprecedented level of support to farmers and land owners through the Rural Payments Helpline and 50 Drop In Centres that allowed some 88,000 applications to be received within the deadline. ‘Paper-assisted’ means that forms were completed on paper but then entered on to a digital system by RPA staff.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 19643 question first answered 15/12/2015 12:46:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

437146

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the definition of paper-assisted digital applications is for the Common Agricultural Policy Delivery Programme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	19643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The new Common Agricultural Policy has been widely recognised as being more complex for farmers to understand and harder for Member States to administer. The new schemes have not yet been audited by the European Commission so it is too early to say what the level of any disallowance will be, but complexity tends to increase disallowance risk.</p><br /><p>For the Basic Payment Scheme 2015 the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) sent pre-populated claim forms to farmers and land owners to allow them to submit their applications before the deadline. The RPA provided an unprecedented level of support to farmers and land owners through the Rural Payments Helpline and 50 Drop In Centres that allowed some 88,000 applications to be received within the deadline. ‘Paper-assisted’ means that forms were completed on paper but then entered on to a digital system by RPA staff.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 19642 question first answered 15/12/2015 12:46:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

437250

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how agreement was sought on how to amend the investment regulations as recommended in the report by the Law Commission, Fiduciary Duties of Investment Intermediaries, published in June 2014.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	19619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>Between February and April 2015, the Government consulted on amending the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations in line with the Law Commission’s recommendations. 47 responses were received, from a variety of organisations. While these responses demonstrated some support for changing the regulations, having considered the range of responses the Government concluded that there was not a compelling case to amend these regulations.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/12/2015 12:22:45 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

436650

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Government has to raise the level of skills and technical capability in the civil service to support the Government's digital transformation programme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	19397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government Digital Servicehavesupported departments to recruit nearly 200 senior digital and technology experts. Through those appointments, we have helped to establish senior leadership across government that is able to deliver digital and technology transformation.</p><p>They have established strong knowledge and expertise within government to support us to make better technology choices, supported by networks of digital and technology leaders. More broadly, improving the digital skills of the Civil Service is an important and ongoing task.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/12/2015 10:34:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

436652

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what technology platforms and services the Government plans to develop as part of the (a) Government as a Platform and (b) Common Technology Services strategy to support the digital transformation of public services; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	19398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government Digital Service will continue to act as the digital centre for government, supporting departments as they conduct their business transformation.They have already created platforms to solve common problems faced across government such as <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>, the Digital Marketplace and <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>Verify. In addition they are doing this by establishing Common Technology Services for civil servants - this will deliver new, flexible, common technology, opening up government contracts to more suppliers - saving time and money.</p><p>They are also creatinga payments platform for people to pay government the same way and a platform for digital communications making it easier to be able to message government, track the status of their registrations and applications and receive notifications.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 19402 question first answered 21/12/2015 10:35:31 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

436654

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on the GOV.UK Verify programme; and what plans the Government has to develop it further in the future.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	19399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>Verify is currently in public beta and is constantly being improved and expanded based on user feedback. The current demographic coverage is 80%.</p><p>It is now possible to verify your identity using a wide range of evidence, including any passport, any EU identity document, and any bank account or payment card.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/12/2015 10:32:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh