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823057

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total value of goods and services procured from companies in Swindon by (a) all Government departments, and (b) all public bodies was in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	122740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Information on public sector suppliers within a specific constituency is not held centrally<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 16:12:15 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

792757

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	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, how many Grenfell Tower fire survivors and families have received legal representation funded by the Government; and how much has been set aside to fund the legal representation of those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	114684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Funding for legal representation for those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire is a matter for the independent Grenfell Tower Inquiry, to be decided in line with the Inquiries Act 2005, the Inquiry Rules 2006, the Inquiry’s costs protocol (‘Protocol Relating to Legal Representation at Public Expense’) and the Prime Minister’s determination on funding.</p><p>Paragraph 6 of the Inquiry’s costs protocol confirms that the Prime Minister has determined that the survivors and their families, the bereaved families and local residents affected by the tragic events at Grenfell Tower will automatically meet the requirements of the Inquiry Rules in respect of financial resources. A copy of the protocol can be found on the Inquiry’s website.</p><p>The Inquiry will publish details of its expenditure after the end of the financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 16:40:49 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden attachment 1 file name Grenfell Inquiry Legal Funding Protocol.pdf title Grenfell Inquiry Legal Funding Protocol
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

851600

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 128095, on Government Departments: Procurement, whether any payment was made to that third party.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	130363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>We have no record of any payment being made to the third party whose services were available for departments to use in assessing contract portfolios.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 11:55:14 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

851601

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 128092, whether it is his policy that contracts would be assessed to be of sufficient risk that Open Book Contract Management would be used in cases where the supplier of such contracts is a strategic supplier who has triggered one of the high risk criteria in the Strategic Suppliers Risk Management Policy.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	130364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The extent of the application of Open Book Contract Management (OBCM) to each contract is dependent on the risk and complexity of that contract, as set out in the OBCM guidance published with PPN 05/16.</p><p> </p><p>It is for individual Contracting Authorities to determine in which tenders it would be appropriate to use OBCM procedures.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 11:53:22 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

849956

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Departmental Coordination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of departmental variations in finance, human resources and procurement processes on the development of shared services across government; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	129524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Standardisation and convergence of processes enables the successful delivery of shared services. The Shared Services Strategy for Government, published January 2018, establishes the intention for process and data convergence across government; with departments adopting modern technology platforms for their back office, and to 'cluster' around these platforms for increasingly convergent shared service provision.</p><p>Adoption of these technologies, particularly with increased automation, will facilitate greater standardisation of processes, data and ways of working between organisations, while allowing a small degree of flexibility according to necessary organisational and operational context.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 15:51:39 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

849946

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many incidents of malware being used to illegally mine cryptocurrency have been reported by the Government since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	129514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Two incidents of malware being used to illegally mine cryptocurrency have been reported by the National Cyber Security Centre since its formation in October 2016.</p><p>The NCSC was established to simplify existing structures, bringing together the cyber security operations and information assurance arms of GCHQ, Computer Emergency Response Team UK (CERT-UK), the cyber elements of the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) and the Centre for Cyber Assessment. Prior to the NCSC’s formation, cyber incidents were recorded via differing means and to a variety of thresholds, and as such, figures prior to October 2016 are not available for comparison.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 15:27:18 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

822983

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Construction: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the financial viability of those construction companies that have won public procurement projects with a contract value of more than £5m in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	122666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 require public procurers to award contracts through fair and open competition, in line with principles of equal treatment, transparency and non-discrimination.</p><p>Suppliers have to meet certain criteria to be able to bid for public contracts, including a minimum level of financial and economic standing as determined by the public body running the procurement. This may be proven through turnover, audited accounts or other financial measures.</p><p>These financial checks are carried out by the Contracting Authority who conduct their own risk assessments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 16:23:37 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

824648

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he carried out any assessment of the effect of Carillion's liquidation on the viability of the small businesses in its supply chain in the UK prior to deciding not to support that company through the bail-out negotiations.
	tabling member constituency	Gateshead
	tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
	uin	123449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>We are doing everything we can to support Carillion’s subcontractors and suppliers impacted by this collapse, but taxpayers should not, and will not, bail out a private sector company for private sector losses or allow rewards for failure.</p><p>We have also set up a taskforce to advise on the impact on small businesses and employees affected by Carillion’s insolvency. It will act as a means for government to communicate to those affected by Carillion’s liquidation, assess wider economic impacts and consider how to ensure that employees are provided with the right support to maximise rapid re-employment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 15:54:30 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

824732

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts his Department holds with government strategic suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	123533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <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> </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> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 16:17:51 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

807201

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has a small number of Large Expiring IT Contracts. The large majority of Large Expiring IT Contracts that fall within the Government Commercial Function’s guidance are in other government departments.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has been providing support, using expertise from Complex Transactions (GCO), Infrastructure and Projects Authority and Government Digital Service. This Strategic Support Team, known as “SST”, has been assisting central government departments to align their Large Expiring Contracts with this guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 15:34:39 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett