Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1669192

registered interest
date	10/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Databases
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 estimate of the potential (a) environmental and (b) economic impact of the use by Government departments of data storage contracts signed since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	1341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The Central Digital and Data Office, in the Cabinet Office, does not hold a specific estimate of the environmental and economic impact of data storage contracts.</p><p>Improving sustainability is a commitment within the Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, and a requirement within the Technology Code of Practice, which is a set of criteria to help government design, build and buy technology.</p><p>Data storage requirements across departments will not solely be met through specific contracts for these services; they will be met through capital purchase of hardware and through agreements for broader services, such as the provision of cloud platforms, or of software-as-a-service solutions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 20/11/2023 12:49:26 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1669094

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of cross-departmental implementation of the Government Cloud First policy.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	1121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), in the Cabinet Office, is responsible for the Government’s Cloud strategy and for advising government departments on Cloud.</p><p>CDDO has a quarterly data commissioning process that collects metrics across a number of strategic areas including cloud adoption. Central government organisations report their estimated percentage of technology assets hosted on cloud. Further to this, CDDO operates the Quarterly Business Review, a joint Cabinet Office-HM Treasury assurance review of departmental delivery that allows CDDO to query departmental progress on implementing cloud first adoption.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 17/11/2023 12:10:25 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1669097

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Crown Hosting Data Centres
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 estimate of the impact of the establishment of Crown Hosting Data Centres on the cost of data centre services for the Government in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	1122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>Commercial benefit, as assessed by the Crown Commercial Service using third party market intelligence, shows that existing Government organisations save 51% by using Crown Hosting Data Centres.</p><p>On relocation of their back-office IT infrastructure to Crown Hosting, Government organisations typically save 75% of their costs, when comparing before and after relocation. Savings are made through a combination of energy efficiency and economy of scale of Crown Hosting.</p><p>Using data reported by the EU Resource Efficiency Coordination Action (EURECA) 2018 study, Crown Hosting reduces electricity consumption by approximately 300% compared to the average public sector data centre.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 1123 question first answered 17/11/2023 14:34:15 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1669099

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Crown Hosting Data Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the changes to energy usage by the Government as a result of the use of Crown Hosting Data Centres.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	1123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>Commercial benefit, as assessed by the Crown Commercial Service using third party market intelligence, shows that existing Government organisations save 51% by using Crown Hosting Data Centres.</p><p>On relocation of their back-office IT infrastructure to Crown Hosting, Government organisations typically save 75% of their costs, when comparing before and after relocation. Savings are made through a combination of energy efficiency and economy of scale of Crown Hosting.</p><p>Using data reported by the EU Resource Efficiency Coordination Action (EURECA) 2018 study, Crown Hosting reduces electricity consumption by approximately 300% compared to the average public sector data centre.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 1122 question first answered 17/11/2023 14:34:15 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1667926

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential financial impact of proposed changes to the Work Capability Assessment on disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The consultation closed on Monday 30 October. Over 1300 individuals and organisations submitted a response and 14 public consultation events were held, both face-to-face across Great Britain, and virtually.</p><p> </p><p>The department has developed estimates of the number of claimants impacted across the range of options that were considered in the Work Capability Assessment consultation.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to refine these estimates as responses are considered following the end of the consultation period.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/11/2023 15:49:54 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1663453

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make police officer body-worn camera footage available to people who have been recorded using those systems when that is requested.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	201307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>Decisions on whether to disclose body-worn video footage are matters the police, in line with Human Rights and Data Protection law.</p><p>The NPCC has published clear guidance on the standards police forces in England and Wales should follow when operating body-worn video devices and information management processes. The NPCC guidance is available here: <a href="https://www.npcc.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/publications/publications-log/2022/body-worn-video-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.npcc.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/publications/publications-log/2022/body-worn-video-guidance.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) provides guidance for people on the right of access and how to obtain personal data held by organisations, including police forces and the wider criminal justice system. The ICO guidance is available here: <a href="https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/crime/" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/crime/</a></p><p>The Home Office has no plans to make any changes relating to the management by police forces of body-worn camera footage.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/10/2023 13:46:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1660524

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leasehold and Rented Housing: Pets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to give tenants the right to keep pets in (a) rented accommodation and (b) leasehold properties.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	199368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises that pets can bring joy and comfort to their owners, as well as supporting their mental and physical wellbeing.</p><p>The Renters (Reform) Bill will ensure that private landlords cannot unreasonably refuse a request from their tenant to keep a pet. The Bill provides added flexibility where they need to obtain consent of a superior landlord when considering a request. We know that some landlords are concerned about the potential damage caused by pets, so we will also allow landlords to require insurance covering pet damage.</p><p>The ability of a leaseholder to keep a pet will depend on the terms of individual leases. We are due to bring forward further leasehold reforms later in this Parliament. Where leases restrict the keeping of pets however, this would be a matter for individual leaseholders to raise with their landlord.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 18/09/2023 15:59:36 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1658010

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Neurodiversity: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children were (a) on a waiting list for an assessment and (b) waiting for a diagnosis for (i) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and (ii) Autism spectrum disorder on 1 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	197652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>Data on the number of children on a waiting list for an assessment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments and waiting for a diagnosis is not held centrally but may be held locally by individual National Health Service trusts. The Department is investigating options for improving data collection and reporting on waiting times for ADHD assessments and diagnoses, to help improve access to ADHD assessments in a timely way and in line with the NICE guideline on ADHD.</p><p>With respect to autism, NHS England publishes data on how many people are waiting for an autism diagnosis and for how long, which provides useful information nationally and locally to support local areas to improve their performance and to reduce assessment and diagnosis waiting times.</p><p>The statistics published on 8 June 2023 provide data up to 31 March 2023. Of the total 157,579 patients with an open referral for suspected autism (diagnosis not yet complete) in March 2023, 92,622 were aged zero to 17 years. 6,940 of this age group with an open referral received a first contact appointment within 13 weeks. Data on children and young people in this dataset is expected to be an underestimate. The next data release will be published on 14 September.</p><p>The current reported autism data comes from the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) only. Several providers of MHSDS data were affected by a cyber incident which impacted the data for August 2022 onwards. Data presented for August 2022 onwards are imputed estimates based on data from providers not impacted by the cyber incident. The trends and activity reported by these providers are, for the most part, reflective of the providers who were impacted by the cyber incident. However, caution should be used when interpreting these statistics.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 08/09/2023 13:36:26 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 91975 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1602030

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Economic Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of all recorded crime was classed as an economic crime in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	160270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>Fraud, money laundering and bribery related offences, typically considered to be economic crime, made up 16% of all police recorded crime in the year to September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 160272 question first answered 13/03/2023 17:22:28 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1602031

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Economic Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is providing to small businesses and local health services to protect them from economic crime.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	160271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>We have strengthened our fight against economic crime through the publication of the landmark Economic Crime Plan in July 2019, which brought together government, law enforcement and the private sector in cooperation to deliver a whole system response to economic crime.</p><p>The total Spending Review 2021 settlement and the Economic Crime Levy represent an overall package of circa £400 million to tackle economic crime over the next three years, including fraud. This is in addition to the funding that the Home Office commits each year to the National Economic Crime Centre in the NCA, and police forces.</p><p>Tackling fraud requires a unified and co-ordinated response from government, law enforcement and the private sector to better protect the public and businesses of all sizes, reduce the impact on victims, and increase the disruption and prosecution of fraudsters. This is why the Home Office will shortly be publishing a new strategy to address the threat of fraud.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 13/03/2023 15:30:39 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland