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1670578

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date	16/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	International Monetary Fund and World Bank: Morocco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the outcome of his meeting with his Moroccan counterpart at the Annual Meeting of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund 2023.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	2325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2023 answer text <p>During the IMF Annual Meetings, the Chancellor met with Ms Nadia Fettah Alaoui, the Moroccan Minister of Finance.</p><p> </p><p>The UK works closely with Morocco to maximise cooperation in a number of areas, including in bilateral trade and investment. The UK Morocco Association Agreement, which entered into force in January 2021, facilitates this trading relationship. Under this agreement, bilateral trade between the United Kingdom and Morocco was worth £3.4 billion in the four quarters to the end of Q2 2023, up £661 million on the same period the previous year. The Government frequently engages with Morocco to promote and support green investment into Morocco, while the UK and Morocco are co-leads on the Power Breakthrough, which aims to make clean power the most affordable and reliable option for all countries by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 2326 question first answered 24/11/2023 14:52:49 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

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