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1139677

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contractors employed by the Cabinet Office have been paid more than £750 per day in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	278363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>From July 2019, Ministers have introduced an enhanced approvals process where all business cases with rates of £750 per day and above will require ministerial approval.</p><p>The information regarding the number of contractors employed by the Cabinet Office in the last two years with a day rate of more than £750 is not held centrally and could not be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 25/07/2019 10:39:24 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1139742

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much time off in lieu has been taken by staff in his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	278364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office offers a flexi time policy to support time off in lieu on an individual basis. Flexi time is individually agreed with line managers to maintain working hours in line with the Working Time Regulations 1998. As there is no central record of working hours, the Attorney General’s Office has no accurate way to estimate the amount of time off in lieu taken by staff in each of the last five years without disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/07/2019 12:30:33 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1138896

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Temporary Employment: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons the rate of pay which requires approval for temporary staff was set at £750 per day in his Departments announcement of 4 July.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	277113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Ministerial approval has been set at £750 per day as a control mechanism to consistently achieve value for money, provide greater transparency and to ensure that all other resourcing options have been considered.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/07/2019 09:22:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1138903

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: 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 names of the firms his Department has hired contractors from in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	277114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The information for 2016/17 is not held centrally and could not be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>Cabinet Office hired contractors from the following firms in 2017/18 and 2018/19:</p><p><strong>2017/18</strong><br>Allen Lane Ltd<br>Brook Street UK Ltd<br>Capita<br>Capita Business Services Ltd<br>Capita Resourcing Ltd<br>CDG Ltd<br>Cedar Recruitment Ltd<br>Certes Computing Ltd<br>CGI IT UK Ltd<br>Cloud Technology Solutions<br>Code iT Recruitment<br>Computer Network Defence Ltd<br>Costain Ltd<br>DF Press Ltd<br>DLA Piper UK LLP<br>DMSG Ltd<br>E Synergy Solutions Ltd<br>EP90group Ltd<br>Ergon Ltd<br>Experian Ltd<br>Experienced Management Consultants Limited<br>Green Park Interim And Executive Ltd<br>Harris Management Consultancy Ltd<br>Hays<br>Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd<br>Hydrogen International Ltd<br>Informed Solutions<br>Ixydo Ltd<br>J Squared Business Consulting Ltd<br>Kainos Software Ltd<br>KPMG LLP<br>LA International<br>LA International Computer Consultants Ltd<br>Law Morgan Limited<br>Layer 7 IT Security<br>M4 Managed Services International Ltd<br>Medway Consulting<br>Mercator IT Solutions Ltd<br>Methods Business &amp; Digital Technology Ltd<br>Methods Digital Ltd<br>Michael Page UK Ltd<br>Morgan Law<br>Mott Macdonald<br>NCC Services Ltd<br>North Highland Ltd<br>Office Angels Ltd<br>Optimum Fleet Ltd<br>PA Consulting Services Ltd<br>Parasol Ltd<br>Parity Professionals Ltd<br>Parity Resources Ltd<br>Parity Solutions Ltd<br>Pertemps<br>Project Workout Ltd<br>Reed<br>Reed Specialist Recruitment<br>Rethink Recruitment Solutions Ltd<br>Robertson Bell Ltd<br>Sanderson Government &amp; Defence Ltd<br>Smart Sourcing Plc<br>Softwire Technology Ltd<br>Sopra Steria Recruitment Ltd<br>The ID Crowd Ltd<br>The Light Machine<br>Thoughtworks Ltd<br>Triad Group Plc<br>Trustmarque Solutions Ltd<br>Turner &amp; Townsend Project Management<br>Two &amp; A Half Bears Ltd<br>Venn Group Ltd<br>VMA Global Resourcing Group<br>Yes And</p><p><strong>2018/19</strong><br>Airbus Defence &amp; Space Ltd<br>Alesto Ltd<br>Alexander Mann Solutions Ltd<br>Allen Lane Ltd<br>Badenoch &amp; Clark Ltd<br>Bindmans LLP<br>Bishop Lloyd &amp; Jackson Solicitors<br>Brook Street UK Ltd<br>Capita<br>Capita Business Services Ltd<br>Cedar Recruitment Ltd<br>Certes Computing Ltd<br>Chillmark Consulting Ltd<br>Cloud Technology Solutions<br>Code iT Recruitment<br>Company X Consulting Ltd<br>Computer Network Defence Ltd<br>Convivio Team Ltd<br>Costain Ltd<br>Cragg Ross Dawson Ltd<br>Deep Digital Ltd<br>Deighton Pierce Glynn<br>Deloitte LLP<br>DF Press Ltd<br>DMSG Ltd<br>E Synergy Solutions Ltd<br>Edinburgh Innovations Ltd<br>EP90group Ltd<br>Ergon Ltd<br>Ernst &amp; Young LLP<br>Experian Ltd<br>Experienced Management Consultants Limited<br>Fuel Recruitment<br>Goodman Masson Ltd<br>Green Park Interim &amp; Executive Ltd<br>Hardwicke<br>Harris Management Consultancy Ltd<br>Harvey Nash Plc<br>Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd<br>Hodge Jones &amp; Allen LLP<br>I C Consultants Ltd<br>Improvement &amp; Development Agency<br>Infosec<br>Inquisito Ltd<br>Integral Commercial Services Ltd<br>Interserve Facilities Management Ltd<br>ITN Solicitors<br>Ixydo Ltd<br>Janes Solicitors<br>Jobvite Inc</p><p>Kainos Software Ltd<br>LA International<br>LA International Computer Consultants Ltd<br>Layer 7 IT Security<br>Lucid Support Services Ltd<br>M4 Managed Services International Ltd<br>Methods Business And Digital Technology Ltd<br>Methods Digital Ltd<br>Michael Page UK Ltd<br>Michael Standing<br>Montagu Evans LLP<br>Morgan Law<br>Mott Macdonald<br>MyCSP Ltd<br>Neil Hudgell Ltd<br>Optimum Fleet Ltd<br>Parity Professionals Ltd<br>Parity Resources Ltd<br>Parity Solutions Ltd<br>Pepperscape Consulting<br>Pertemps<br>Quo Imus Ltd<br>Reed<br>Robertson Bell<br>Robertson Bell Ltd<br>Rsm Risk Assurance Service LLP<br>Sanderson Government &amp; Defence Ltd<br>Shared Services Connected Ltd<br>Smart Sourcing Plc<br>Softwire Technology Ltd<br>Sopra Steria Recruitment Ltd<br>Steve Mullins Consulting<br>Sutherland Global Services Uk Ltd<br>Talent International UK Ltd<br>The ID Crowd Ltd<br>The Light Machine<br>Thoughtworks Ltd<br>Torero Abecassis Empis &amp; Cowlard Ltd<br>Triad Group Plc<br>Value Dynamics 2007 Ltd<br>Waldegrave House Ltd T/A Mandala Leaders</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/07/2019 14:29:07 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1138615

registered interest
date	12/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of freedom of information requests received by HS2 Limited were resolvable requests withheld in full for (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) the first quarter of 2019.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	276515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>From 2015 up to the end of first quarter of 2019, HS2 Ltd received 1,224 Freedom of Information (FOI) and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) requests. Where an exemption (FOI) or an exception (EIR) applied, all of the requested information was withheld on 239 occasions. The proportion of resolvable requests withheld in full for each period is as follows: (a) 2015, 12% (b) 2016, 19% (c) 2017, 25% (d) 2018, 19% and (e) first quarter of 2019, 24%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 17/07/2019 13:18:11 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1138468

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of freedom of information requests received by HS2 Limited were fulfilled within the 20-day deadline in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) the first quarter of 2019.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	276157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>From 2015 up to the end of first quarter of 2019, HS2 Ltd responded to 79 per cent of the Freedom of Information (FOI) and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) requests it received within the 20 working day deadline.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of requests</p></td><td><p>% of FOI received fulfilled within the 20-day deadline</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>354</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the first quarter of 2019 HS2 Ltd has received 141 FOI request with 40% fulfilled within the 20-day deadline. This is an increase of 83 per cent in the number of requests received, coupled with an increase in complexity, this has led to a number of requests taking longer to process. HS2 Ltd recognises that its performance needs to improve. It is implementing a number of measures, including increasing resources, to alleviate the issue.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 276158 question first answered 16/07/2019 15:21:45 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1138469

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many freedom of information requests were received by HS2 Limited in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) the first quarter of 2019.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	276158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>From 2015 up to the end of first quarter of 2019, HS2 Ltd responded to 79 per cent of the Freedom of Information (FOI) and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) requests it received within the 20 working day deadline.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of requests</p></td><td><p>% of FOI received fulfilled within the 20-day deadline</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>354</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the first quarter of 2019 HS2 Ltd has received 141 FOI request with 40% fulfilled within the 20-day deadline. This is an increase of 83 per cent in the number of requests received, coupled with an increase in complexity, this has led to a number of requests taking longer to process. HS2 Ltd recognises that its performance needs to improve. It is implementing a number of measures, including increasing resources, to alleviate the issue.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 276157 question first answered 16/07/2019 15:21:44 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1138474

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
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: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons 31.2 per cent of freedom of information requests received by his Department were not fulfilled within the 20-day deadline in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	276159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) the 20 working day deadline for response to requests for information may be extended in order to consider the balance of public interest regarding disclosure of held information.</p><p>In 2018, 82% of requests received by the Department were answered within the statutory 20-day deadline or with a permitted extension. In the first quarter of 2019, 68% of requests were answered within the 20-day deadline or with a permitted extension.</p><p>The complexity and diverse nature of the Department means that individual requests may require the involvement of more than one area of the Department and/or consultation with key stakeholders. Regrettably this can sometimes lead to delays in the Department’s ability to providing a timely response.</p><p>The Department remains committed to improving the number of requests answered within the statutory deadline and is working closely with officials across the Department.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 276160 question first answered 16/07/2019 14:42:41 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1138475

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
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: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason only 55.4 per cent of FOI requests received by his Department in the first quarter of 2019 were met within the 20-day deadline.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	276160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) the 20 working day deadline for response to requests for information may be extended in order to consider the balance of public interest regarding disclosure of held information.</p><p>In 2018, 82% of requests received by the Department were answered within the statutory 20-day deadline or with a permitted extension. In the first quarter of 2019, 68% of requests were answered within the 20-day deadline or with a permitted extension.</p><p>The complexity and diverse nature of the Department means that individual requests may require the involvement of more than one area of the Department and/or consultation with key stakeholders. Regrettably this can sometimes lead to delays in the Department’s ability to providing a timely response.</p><p>The Department remains committed to improving the number of requests answered within the statutory deadline and is working closely with officials across the Department.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 276159 question first answered 16/07/2019 14:42:41 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1136928

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Overtime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the amount of unpaid overtime worked by staff in his Department in the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	273326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland encourages flexible working and uses flexible working policies to enable staff to have working patterns that suit both individual and business needs. Arrangements are in place for monitoring hours worked; line mangers are responsible for ensuring that employees are not working excessive hours and are compliant with the Work Time Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The office is committed to the wellbeing of staff and regularly updates staff about ways to optimise their physical and mental health and wellbeing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 12/07/2019 09:49:54 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett