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1015116

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Interserve
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many summary risk assessments the Crown Representative to Interserve has produced in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	195479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text It is the responsibility of contracting authorities to carry out appropriate due diligence checks on potential suppliers when they are contracting out, to ensure that those suppliers are able to deliver the public services for which they are contracted. The Strategic Supplier Risk Management Policy is not of itself relevant to the conduct of procurement activities. If contracting authorities approach Cabinet Office to request advice on their procurements, however, Cabinet Office provides whatever assistance they are able to. answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 24/01/2019 17:51:22 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1015120

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Interserve
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether information provided in the summary risk assessments produced by Crown Representatives are made available to public sector bodies considering procuring with strategic suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	195480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text It is the responsibility of contracting authorities to carry out appropriate due diligence checks on potential suppliers when they are contracting out, to ensure that those suppliers are able to deliver the public services for which they are contracted. The Strategic Supplier Risk Management Policy is not of itself relevant to the conduct of procurement activities. If contracting authorities approach Cabinet Office to request advice on their procurements, however, Cabinet Office provides whatever assistance they are able to. answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 24/01/2019 17:50:44 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1122563

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What plans he has to move public sector jobs from London to Devon and Cornwall.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	910483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <strong>Our Places for Growth programme will relocate Civil Servants out of London, with at least 1,000 roles moved by 2022 and thousands more by 2030</strong>. The <strong>programme is engaged on an ongoing basis with stakeholders across all four nations of the UK, including in South West England. Location decisions will be made by departments in conjunction with the Cabinet Office, and will form an integral part of planning for the Spending Review.</strong> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 24/04/2019 15:15:30 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1104937

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government: Electronic Signatures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what relationship the Government plans to have with the eIDAS scheme after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	236556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>‘eIDAS’ refers to EU Regulation No 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust<br>services for electronic transactions in the internal market. The UK will continue to<br>comply with the eIDAS Regulation during any agreed transition period. Agreement<br>on the future relationship between the UK and EU is subject to negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/03/2019 17:12:58 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1064346

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the (a) total book value of the central Government estate in London and (b) rate payable on those properties.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	223820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>e-PIMS, the central database of properties and land, only holds asset values and rates payable in relation to specific programme requirements. We do not comprehensively record asset values as a matter of course and therefore are unable to provide the total book value. Rates payable information is only collected against individual properties for the benchmarked office estate. For the 149 benchmarked offices over 500m<sup>2</sup> in the central civil estate in the London region, net rates totalling £121.3 million were payable in 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 25/02/2019 17:33:09 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1104853

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people working on the ISSC2 are (a) contingent labour, (b) supplier resource and (c) civil servants.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	236320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>Within the Cabinet Office Government Shared Services team, approximately 22 civil servants and 2.6 contractors support the delivery of technological, commercial and service aspects of ISSC2. We do not collect data on supplier side resource.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 29/03/2019 14:11:39 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1126664

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria are used to evaluate whether Government-owned land and property should be made available for purchase.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	254145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Where a Government asset no longer serves a public purpose, or that purpose can be<br>more efficiently realised through its transfer to private or non-government hands, a<br>Government Department or Arm’s Length Body may choose to sell that asset</p><p>The disposal of individual sites is a matter for each Department or Body. It is the role of the<br>Accounting Officer to ensure this represents value for money and is achieved in line with the Green Book, Managing Public Money and the Guide for Disposal of Surplus Land.</p><p>Departments are expected to identify land as surplus where it is no longer required for operational<br>purposes. Managing Public Money states that Departments should dispose of surplus sites within 3<br>years. In 2017 the Office of Government Property published the Guide for the Disposal of Surplus<br>Land, providing detailed guidance on how to plan for and execute land disposals</p><p>As part of the Government Estate Strategy 2018, the Office of Government is leading on a<br>Government commitment to release £5 billion land and property in 2015 - 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 22/05/2019 15:13:29 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1028409

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Interserve
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with Interserve on the viability of its public sector contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	908305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>We monitor the financial health of all strategic suppliers, including Interserve, and have regular discussions with the company’s management. The funding arrangements of Interserve are a matter for the company. But we welcome moves to increase the financial robustness of a company which employs 45,000 people in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 19/12/2018 16:43:24 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1111146

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	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, what assessment he has made of the effect of the new Outsourcing Playbook on the quality Government outsourcing decisions; and will he make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	243500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>We launched the Outsourcing Playbook in February 2019 and introduced a package of<br>reforms to our approach to outsourcing designed to improve public service outcomes, value<br>for money and how we work in partnership with our suppliers</p><p>Measures include:<br>Guidance for departments to help assess whether services should be delivered, in-house by<br>the public sector or outsourced. This should support more informed decisions on when it is<br>best to deliver public services ourselves and when there is benefit to drawing on the capacity<br>and expertise of the private sector;<br>Introduction of a new presumption in favour of running a pilot where government is<br>outsourcing a service so we learn lessons before contracting for the long term; and<br>A new requirement for government to produce an assessment of how much a service<br>‘should cost’ to deliver when deciding whether to utilise the private sector. This helps to<br>provide a better understanding of the costs associated with the different service delivery<br>models so that we are in a better position to challenge unsustainable bids</p><p>We have put in place an implementation programme to ensure that our departments are<br>aware of these new requirements. Compliance with these reforms will be ensured through<br>the usual Cabinet Office controls process.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/04/2019 15:46:42 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1087716

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Location
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to move civil service jobs out of London in line with the Government's Industrial Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	909770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>We have established the Places for Growth Programme to relocate Civil Service roles into the regions and nations. This will see at least 1,000 roles moved by 2022 and thousands more by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The programme is reinforcing the Government’s commitment to driving economic growth across the UK through local industrial strategies, devolution deals and city deals.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 13/03/2019 15:28:52 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien