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1126490

	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	Grenfell Tower Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timeframe is for a report on phase one of the Grenfell Tower inquiry led by Sir Martin Moore-Bick will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	254138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The timing and handling of the Inquiry is a matter for the independent Inquiry and the Government hopes that the report for phase 1 will be published soon.</p><p>The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has already begun Phase 2 with the ongoing disclosure of thousands of documents to core participants. Phase 2 of the Inquiry will address the design and modification of the building; the fire and safety measures within it; the management, governance and inspection of the tower; and the steps taken in the days immediately following the fire to support those whose homes had been destroyed. The Inquiry expects the Phase 2 hearings to begin in early 2020.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 17/06/2019 11:47:31 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1128268

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
	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 21 May 2019 to Question 255390, Cabinet Office: Public Appointments, when he expects to appoint a Chief Data Officer.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	257531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my given to Question 255390 on 21 May.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 19/06/2019 09:22:17 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1128805

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
	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 number of EU citizens living in the UK unable to register and vote in the 2019 European elections.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	259473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>Data on the registration and voting rates of EU citizens in the 2019 European elections is not collected centrally. In line with their statutory duty, the Electoral Commission will be publishing a report into the administration of the polls later this year.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2019 12:38:28 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1129105

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil service jobs are in the North West region.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	259456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>This information is published at the following link: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/</p><p>datasets/civilservicestatistics</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/06/2019 11:20:40 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1129106

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the Government Estate is in the North West region.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	259457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The total floor area for the North West as at March 2018 was 983,403 sq.m, c.12.7% of the total size of the central estate.</p><p><br>For the purposes of comparison, the proportion of the general UK population in the North West is approximately 11%, whilst the proportion of Civil Servants based in the North West is 12.27%.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 17/06/2019 09:31:44 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1129230

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Post Office: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts to provide services Government departments have with Post Office Ltd; and when each of those contracts expires; and what plans the Government has to (a) renew and (b) extend those contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	259290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>This information is not centrally held as each department is responsible for its own procurement.</p><p> </p><p>Records of Government contracts above £10,000 in central government and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/06/2019 11:23:45 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1129231

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Post Office: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts Departments have had with the Post Office Ltd that (a) expired permanently and (b) expired and were awarded to a different bidder in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	259291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>This information is not centrally held as each department is responsible for its own procurement.</p><p> </p><p>Records of Government contracts above £10,000 in central government and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/06/2019 11:23:59 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1129278

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Prime Minister: Staff
	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 proportion of staff working at 10 Downing Street who attended a state school.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	259283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office and is included in this<br>answer</p><p>Information about schools attended by staff in my Department is not held centrally and<br>could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/06/2019 14:33:54 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1129347

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Civil Service Fast Stream entrants were privately educated in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	259209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong>Fast Stream and Early Talent are committed to removing barriers to the success of diverse talent at the entry stage and beyond. The programmes are crucial pipelines for leadership roles, and our aim is to expand representation to match the relevant eligible populations and ensure we deliver on making Civil Service leadership reflective of the society it serves.</p><p>Below is the information we hold from the years 2013-2018 on the proportion of Civil Service Fast Stream entrants that were privately educated.</p><p> </p><p>This data shows the proportion of successful candidates who were privately educated where the data is available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Independently educated, UK</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23.50%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>25.20%</p></td><td><p>28.60%</p></td><td><p>n/a*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Independently educated, UK and overseas</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30.4%**</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Data from 2017 is missing due to information being stored on two different systems in that year which we cannot access.</p><p>** In 2018 school type was classified differently with overseas figures included.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/06/2019 11:28:02 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1129397

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made a recent assessment of the merits of (a) life-cycle costing and (b) best price-quality ratio in relation to public procurement.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	259078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>UK public procurement policy is to award contracts on the basis of value for money, which means the optimal combination of cost and quality over the lifetime of the project. Public sector procurers are required to assess value for money from the perspective of the contracting authority, using criteria linked to the subject matter of the contract, including compliance with the published specification</p><p><br>Decisions on whether to outsource any particular service are made on a case by case basis according to Treasury guidance and the Outsourcing Playbook. This guidance aims to ensure government makes well evidenced assessments when deciding whether to outsource a public service and helps government and industry work better together to deliver high quality public services.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/06/2019 11:18:29 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish