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1146022

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	General Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has recently conducted a risk assessment of its own capabilities to support a snap election.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	290655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office regularly reviews its capabilities to support national elections. The Cabinet Office is fully prepared to undertake all of the necessary activity that is required of it and to work with the Electoral Commission and other organisations which participate in ensuring effective elections should an early general election be called.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/09/2019 08:58:55 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1146026

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of staff will be allocated to work for the Office for Veterans' Affairs.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	290656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>At the 2019 Spending Round £5million was committed for the Office for Veterans' Affairs in 2020/2021. The staffing requirements for the Office for Veterans’ Affairs remain under consideration and will be confirmed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 01/10/2019 09:10:41 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1146028

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason parts of Operation Yellowhammer: HMG Reasonable Worst Case Planning Assumptions, published on 11 September 2019 are redacted; and whether he plans to publish those redacted parts.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	290657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the letter by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to the Chair of the EU Exit Committee. This was sent to all members in response to the Humble Address motion of 9 September, and set out the reasons for redaction.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/09/2019 16:49:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1146030

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Chief Digital Information Officer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the newly created role of Chief Digital Information Officer will replace the unfilled role of Chief Data Officer.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	290658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Chief Digital Information Officer will not replace the role of Chief Data Officer. The Government intends to appoint a Chief Data Officer by 2020 as we committed to in the Government Transformation Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 30/09/2019 16:28:31 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1146031

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Civil Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the armed forces will be used to police civil unrest in the event that the scenarios outlined in Operation Yellowhammer: HMG Reasonable Worst Case Planning Assumptions occur.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	290659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has been working across Government, including with the Home Office and the National Police Chiefs' Council, to ensure that Government is adequately prepared for the range of YELLOWHAMMER Planning Assumptions. The maintenance of public order is the responsibility of the police. There are no plans to utilise military personnel in the event of civil unrest in the event of a no-deal Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 30/09/2019 15:05:37 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1146034

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Rapid Response Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Rapid Response Unit is involved in the Get ready for Brexit campaign.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	290660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Rapid Response Unit was established in 2018 to identify and rebut disinformation and misinformation, as well as increasing the visibility of government information so it is more accessible to the public. This includes all government communications on core policy areas, including Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/10/2019 12:19:36 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1141649

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Sopra Steria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the (a) quality and (b) value for money of services provided by Sopra Steria for HM Passports Office; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	281609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The contract with Sopra Steria for the provision of BPO services contains clauses and performance measures (KPIs) designed to ensure the timeliness and quality of service provision. HMPO has a rigorous contract compliance regime in place supported by a dedicated Supplier Management Team with responsibility for ensuring the provider delivers to the required performance standards set out in the contract.</p><p>The contract also requires Sopra Steria to maintain an “Open Book” policy. This provides HMPO with transparency of costs and allows HMPO to closely monitor costs and to ensure value for money.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 03/09/2019 16:12:43 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1141650

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the potential savings to the public purse of producing an in-house bid for HM Passport Office work.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	281610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department considered a range of options before launching the ongoing procurement for Scanning Validation and Storage services, which included assessing bringing these services in house.</p><p>It was determined that the specialist technology required to efficiently and accurately validate and scan documents submitted to Her Majesty’s Passport Office was more cost effectively accessed via an outsourced contract than by the Department procuring and supporting this technology directly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 03/09/2019 16:10:53 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1141651

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the options analysis for HM Passports Office produced by his Department assessed the merits of returning outsourced work to in-house.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	281611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department considered a range of options before launching the ongoing procurement for Scanning Validation and Storage services, which included assessing bringing these services in house.</p><p>It was determined that the specialist technology required to efficiently and accurately validate and scan documents submitted to Her Majesty’s Passport Office was more cost effectively accessed via an outsourced contract than by the Department procuring and supporting this technology directly.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 03/09/2019 16:22:39 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

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