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1148747

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Energy Supply
	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, with reference to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 290324, which other Departments have plans to switch to a green energy provider within the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally by Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/10/2019 14:32:03 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1148996

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
	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 known cases of incorrect identity verification on Gov.UK Verify there have been since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>We are not aware of any cases where an individual has been verified as being someone they are not, or as an identity that is fake or synthetic through GOV.UK Verify.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/10/2019 14:34:00 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1148999

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
	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, which 46 Government services were originally intended to be accessible through GOV.UK Verify by March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Not all the services originally considering using <a href="http://gov.uk" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify are still in service, completed their digital transformation, or had well-evidenced need for digital identity. 21 services currently use <a href="http://gov.uk" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/10/2019 13:48:24 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1149002

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government: Correspondence
	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, what recent correspondence he has received from each Gov.UK Verify provider on their continued participation in that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office, including ministers, is in regular contact with all GOV.UK Verify identity providers. For example, we held a roundtable in July 2019. Details of ministerial meetings are published as part of routine government transparency on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/10/2019 13:49:40 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1149045

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Visual Impairment
	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, what steps he has taken to replace tactile voting since it was found to be unlawful.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	60
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the Accessibility of Elections Working Group to make an informed assessment of the most suitable options to take forward. Officials are due to hold a meeting on this topic with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) very soon</p><p>Work has been undertaken to revise guidance to electoral administrators and, with input from RNIB, to research technical solutions which will be further discussed at a dedicated sub-group.</p><p>We are also starting to bring forward measures following the Government’s response to the 2018 Call for Evidence on Access to Elections. Proposals were announced during the Queen’s Speech. This will include increasing the range of support available to voters with disabilities in polling stations and allowing a wider range of people (such as carers) to assist disabled voters in polling stations if needed.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 1137 1138 question first answered 21/10/2019 14:06:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1149196

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministerial Policy Advisers: Security
	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, what processes the Government has in place to ensure that special advisers continue to comply with requirements of the national security Vetting Decision Framework subsequent to having previously declared that they have not been involved in actions intended to overthrow or undermine Parliamentary democracy by political, industrial or violent means.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The National Security Vetting process does not differentiate between special advisers and civil servants. Once a candidate is cleared and commences tenure, there are a series of processes to provide assurance and periodic review, as appropriate. For security reasons, these activities are not in the public domain.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 21/10/2019 12:58:49 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149202

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Energy Supply
	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, which provider supplies energy to his Department; how much CO2 was emitted through his Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria his Department uses to select an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Energy is supplied by EDF Energy and British Gas (electricity) and Corona Energy (gas).</p><p>The amount of CO2 emitted is published in the department's annual report and accounts and can be found using the link below on page 21/22. <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/819251/CO-ARA-2018-19-Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/819251/CO-ARA-2018-19-Final.pdf</a></p><p>The Cabinet Office does not purchase its own energy and uses the Crown Commercial Services energy frameworks for supply of utilities.</p><p>Recent steps taken to reduce CO2 emissions is published in the department's annual report and accounts and can be found using the link below on page 21/22. <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/819251/CO-ARA-2018-19-Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/819251/CO-ARA-2018-19-Final.pdf</a></p><p>The department always considers energy saving and sustainable options when considering the undertaking of work on the estate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/10/2019 16:06:05 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149235

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Appointments: Permanent Secretaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 31 of the 2013 report entitled Civil Service Reform Plan: One Year On, whether it remains Government policy to appoint all new permanent secretaries on fixed-term tenures; how the civil service implemented that policy; and if he will publish (a) all permanent secretary-level appointments, (b) whether those appointments are fixed-term and (c) when those tenures expire.
	tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
	tabling member printed	Nick Herbert
	uin	463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Since 2014, permanent secretary appointments have been made on the basis of a five year <em>fixed tenure; </em>this is set out in contracts of employment. <em>Fixed term</em> contracts may be offered to external candidates, for example in the case of specialist roles where experts are brought into the Civil Service to undertake a specific role.</p><p>There is no automatic presumption in favour of renewal, but short renewals may be possible at the discretion of the Prime Minister in cases where performance has been strong and an extension is supported by the relevant Minister.</p><p>The table below sets out the tenure end dates of the current cadre of permanent secretaries:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Permanent Secretary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appointment to Current Post</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tenure End Date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>John Manzoni</p></td><td><p>Chief Exec CS and Cabinet Office</p></td><td><p>13/10/2014</p></td><td><p>31/12/2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jonathan Stephens</p></td><td><p>NIO</p></td><td><p>09/06/2014</p></td><td><p>31/12/2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Melanie Dawes</p></td><td><p>MHCLG</p></td><td><p>02/03/2015</p></td><td><p>01/03/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alex Younger</p></td><td><p>Secret Intelligence Service</p></td><td><p>27/10/2014</p></td><td><p>31/03/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andrew Parker</p></td><td><p>Security Service</p></td><td><p>22/04/2013</p></td><td><p>22/04/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leslie Evans</p></td><td><p>SG</p></td><td><p>01/07/2015</p></td><td><p>30/06/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richard Heaton</p></td><td><p>MOJ</p></td><td><p>29/08/2015</p></td><td><p>28/08/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simon McDonald</p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p>01/09/2015</p></td><td><p>31/08/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elizabeth Gardiner</p></td><td><p>First Parliamentary Counsel</p></td><td><p>24/11/2015</p></td><td><p>23/11/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lynne Owens</p></td><td><p>National Crime Agency</p></td><td><p>04/01/2016</p></td><td><p>03/01/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simon Bollom</p></td><td><p>Defence Equipment &amp; Support</p></td><td><p>21/05/2018</p></td><td><p>20/02/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stephen Lovegrove</p></td><td><p>MOD</p></td><td><p>25/04/2016</p></td><td><p>24/04/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jonathan Slater</p></td><td><p>DFE</p></td><td><p>03/05/2016</p></td><td><p>02/05/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Wormald<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></p></td><td><p>DHSC</p></td><td><p>03/05/2016</p></td><td><p>02/05/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tom Scholar</p></td><td><p>HMT</p></td><td><p>01/07/2016</p></td><td><p>30/06/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charles Roxburgh</p></td><td><p>HMT (2nd Perm Sec)</p></td><td><p>04/07/2016</p></td><td><p>03/07/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alex Chisholm</p></td><td><p>BEIS</p></td><td><p>14/07/2016</p></td><td><p>13/07/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ian Diamond<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup></p></td><td><p>UKSA/ ONS</p></td><td><p>20/06/2019</p></td><td><p>31/12/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shan Morgan</p></td><td><p>WG</p></td><td><p>06/02/2017</p></td><td><p>05/02/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jonathan Jones</p></td><td><p>Govt Legal Department</p></td><td><p>01/03/2014</p></td><td><p>28/02/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antonia Romeo</p></td><td><p>DIT</p></td><td><p>27/03/2017</p></td><td><p>26/03/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Philip Rutnam</p></td><td><p>HO</p></td><td><p>05/04/2017</p></td><td><p>04/04/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jeremy Fleming</p></td><td><p>GCHQ</p></td><td><p>10/04/2017</p></td><td><p>09/04/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bernadette Kelly</p></td><td><p>DFT</p></td><td><p>18/04/2017</p></td><td><p>17/04/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simon Gass</p></td><td><p>Joint Intelligence Committee</p></td><td><p>18/06/2019</p></td><td><p>17/06/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crawford Falconer</p></td><td><p>Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser</p></td><td><p>21/08/2017</p></td><td><p>20/08/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jim Harra</p></td><td><p>HMRC</p></td><td><p>02/01/2018</p></td><td><p>01/01/2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peter Schofield</p></td><td><p>DWP</p></td><td><p>16/01/2018</p></td><td><p>16/01/2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Matthew Rycroft</p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td><td><p>22/01/2018</p></td><td><p>22/01/2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patrick Vallance</p></td><td><p>Govt Chief Scientific Adviser</p></td><td><p>04/04/2018</p></td><td><p>03/04/2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shona Dunn</p></td><td><p>HO 2nd PS</p></td><td><p>08/10/2018</p></td><td><p>07/10/2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mark Sedwill</p></td><td><p>Cabinet Secretary</p></td><td><p>24/10/2018</p></td><td><p>23/10/2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Max Hill</p></td><td><p>Director of Public Prosecutions</p></td><td><p>01/11/2018</p></td><td><p>31/10/2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clare Moriarty</p></td><td><p>DExEU</p></td><td><p>01/04/2019</p></td><td><p>31/03/2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sarah Healey</p></td><td><p>DCMS</p></td><td><p>23/04/2019</p></td><td><p>22/04/2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tamara Finkelstein</p></td><td><p>DEFRA</p></td><td><p>19/06/2019</p></td><td><p>18/06/2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Whitty</p></td><td><p>Chief Medical Officer</p></td><td><p>01/10/2019</p></td><td><p>31/09/2024</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Not on a fixed tenure contract</p><p>[2] On a fixed term contract to cover delivery of the next census</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/10/2019 14:15:19 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	1479 label Biography information for Lord Herbert of South Downs

1149283

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Homelessness: Death
	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, if he will place in the Library data on the number of homeless people (a) in receipt and (b) not in receipt of benefits that have died in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/10/2019 13:54:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ 426.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1149296

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Consultants
	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, with reference to the Answer of 6 February 2019 to Question 215097 on Government Departments: Consultants, how much money has been spent from the public purse on consultancy fees as recorded by the Cabinet Office Spend Analytic Database by each Department since 1 January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Spend figures are reported annually. As such spend for the financial year 19/20 will not be available until summer 2020.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/10/2019 14:09:38 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett