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758038

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Behavioural Insights Team
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments paid to the Behavioural Insights Team in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The CPS has met the Behavioural Insights Team as part of a project to encourage higher rates of defendant engagement with the CJS but have made no payment to the team.</p><p>Otherwise, the Law Officers’ Departments have not received services from the Behavioural Insights Team.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/09/2017 15:40:26 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758039

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Behavioural Insights Team
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department paid to the Behavioural Insights Team in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p> </p><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>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><p> </p><p>BIT was made into a social purpose company in 2014 and is part owned by the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>BIT’s Articles of Association restricts the type of work that the organisation can undertake to that which promotes the public good. The Articles of Association can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792" target="_blank">https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792</a></p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has a representative Board member on BIT’s Board, which meets regularly (on average once per month) and is provided with detailed information on BIT’s clients via the monthly Board pack.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service Behavioural Insights Consulting and Research Framework Agreement contains a conflicts of interest provision. This can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742" target="_blank">https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742</a></p><p> </p><p>We are not in a position to provide information about staff or organisational decisions of Behavioural Insights Team Limited, due to commercial confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 9193 9199 9200 9201 9202 9204 9674 question first answered 14/09/2017 13:22:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758040

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the merits of including housing associations in the list of bodies subject to freedom of information requests in response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	9122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Housing Associations do not meet the conditions for inclusion within Schedule 1 of the FOI Act. However the Government keeps the scope of the Act under constant review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/09/2017 13:25:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

758041

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Constituencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what model the Boundary Commission will employ in its new review of constituency boundaries.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	9109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The rules for boundary Reviews are set out in the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, as amended by the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The rules stipulate that the number of constituencies is 600 and that all constituencies, subject to a limited number of exceptions, must be between 95% and 105% of the United Kingdom electoral quota, which is the average number of electors per constituency. Reviews are to be conducted every five years.</p><p>The rules are designed to ensure that there is fairness in the setting of parliamentary constituencies and having seats of an equal size will ensure everyone’s vote will carry equal weight.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 9111 question first answered 12/09/2017 09:30:37 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

758042

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Constituencies: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what model the Boundary Commission will employ in its new review of constituency boundaries in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	9111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The rules for boundary Reviews are set out in the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, as amended by the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The rules stipulate that the number of constituencies is 600 and that all constituencies, subject to a limited number of exceptions, must be between 95% and 105% of the United Kingdom electoral quota, which is the average number of electors per constituency. Reviews are to be conducted every five years.</p><p>The rules are designed to ensure that there is fairness in the setting of parliamentary constituencies and having seats of an equal size will ensure everyone’s vote will carry equal weight.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 9109 question first answered 12/09/2017 09:30:37 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

758043

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Joint Ministerial Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his oral contribution of 5 September 2016, Official Report, column 65, when the Joint Ministerial Committee will next meet.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	9054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>It is my intention to reconvene the Joint Ministerial Committee (EU Negotiations) in the autumn and we are working with the devolved administrations to secure a date in October. The UK Government is committed to consultation with the devolved administrations, both within the formal structures of the Joint Ministerial Committee and also through bilateral discussions.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 11/09/2017 14:28:52 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

758044

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Joint Ministerial Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his oral contribution of 5 September 2016, Official Report, column 65, what mechanisms are being considered as an alternative to the Joint Ministerial Committee; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	9055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>It is my intention to reconvene the Joint Ministerial Committee (EU Negotiations) in the autumn and we are working with the devolved administrations to secure a date in October. The UK Government is committed to consultation with the devolved administrations, both within the formal structures of the Joint Ministerial Committee and also through bilateral discussions.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 11/09/2017 14:28:16 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

758045

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Behavioural Insights Team: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost was of the privatisation of the Behavioural Insights Team.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p> </p><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>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><p> </p><p>BIT was made into a social purpose company in 2014 and is part owned by the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>BIT’s Articles of Association restricts the type of work that the organisation can undertake to that which promotes the public good. The Articles of Association can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792" target="_blank">https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792</a></p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has a representative Board member on BIT’s Board, which meets regularly (on average once per month) and is provided with detailed information on BIT’s clients via the monthly Board pack.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service Behavioural Insights Consulting and Research Framework Agreement contains a conflicts of interest provision. This can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742" target="_blank">https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742</a></p><p> </p><p>We are not in a position to provide information about staff or organisational decisions of Behavioural Insights Team Limited, due to commercial confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 9181 9193 9200 9201 9202 9204 9674 question first answered 14/09/2017 13:22:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758046

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Behavioural Insights Team: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to his Department was of (a) legal advice and (b) consultants with regard the privatisation of the Behavioural Insights Team.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p> </p><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>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><p> </p><p>BIT was made into a social purpose company in 2014 and is part owned by the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>BIT’s Articles of Association restricts the type of work that the organisation can undertake to that which promotes the public good. The Articles of Association can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792" target="_blank">https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792</a></p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has a representative Board member on BIT’s Board, which meets regularly (on average once per month) and is provided with detailed information on BIT’s clients via the monthly Board pack.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service Behavioural Insights Consulting and Research Framework Agreement contains a conflicts of interest provision. This can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742" target="_blank">https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742</a></p><p> </p><p>We are not in a position to provide information about staff or organisational decisions of Behavioural Insights Team Limited, due to commercial confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 9181 9193 9199 9201 9202 9204 9674 question first answered 14/09/2017 13:22:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758047

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Behavioural Insights Team: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff external to the Civil Service have been seconded into the Behavioural Insights Team and from which firms in each year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p> </p><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>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><p> </p><p>BIT was made into a social purpose company in 2014 and is part owned by the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>BIT’s Articles of Association restricts the type of work that the organisation can undertake to that which promotes the public good. The Articles of Association can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792" target="_blank">https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792</a></p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has a representative Board member on BIT’s Board, which meets regularly (on average once per month) and is provided with detailed information on BIT’s clients via the monthly Board pack.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service Behavioural Insights Consulting and Research Framework Agreement contains a conflicts of interest provision. This can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742" target="_blank">https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742</a></p><p> </p><p>We are not in a position to provide information about staff or organisational decisions of Behavioural Insights Team Limited, due to commercial confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 9181 9193 9199 9200 9202 9204 9674 question first answered 14/09/2017 13:22:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett