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1003884

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what framework is used by Government when deciding whether digital projects should be completed in-house or contracted out.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	189825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <blockquote>There is no specific framework that government uses to decide whether a digital project should be completed in-house or contracted out.</blockquote><blockquote> </blockquote><blockquote>Government uses the principles of the HMT Green Book guidance, supplementary guidance (such as the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-green-book-appraisal-and-evaluation-in-central-governent/agile-digital-and-it-projects-clarification-of-business-case-guidance" target="_blank">Agile digital and IT projects</a>), and the 5 case model to scrutinise the costs and benefits of different options to deliver a particular project, including management, commercial and financial aspects. When relevant, some of these options may refer to in-house provision whereas others may refer to outsourcing.</blockquote><blockquote> </blockquote><blockquote>The preferred option will be selected on the basis of value for money and capacity to meet the project objectives.</blockquote> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/11/2018 14:28:44 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1139423

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Software
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 275828, what the timeframe is for the full withdrawal of the Windows XP operating system from across the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	277855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>0.16% of National Health Service machines are currently using Windows XP.</p><p>It is not possible to set a timeframe for complete removal of Windows XP from all NHS machines. This is because removal is not always possible, particularly where Windows XP is embedded in medical devices.</p><p>All NHS organisations have been given guidance on how to mitigate the risks if they cannot completely remove Windows XP from their estate, for example, they can segregate the affected machines from the network. They can also contact NHS Digital for further bespoke advice and support to mitigate risks.</p><p>All NHS organisations must report through the mandatory Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) whether or not they continue to run unsupported systems. Through the DSPT organisations must provide assurance that they are managing, monitoring and mitigating the risk. NHS Digital and NHSX then follow up with NHS trusts if that assurance is unsatisfactory.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 22/07/2019 16:07:07 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

964636

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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 Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many government services currently use Gov.UK verify.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	169872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>17 government services are connected to GOV.UK Verify. One of these services is connected to GOV.UK Verify but not currently available to the public. The full list of services accessible through GOV.UK Verify is published on the GOV.UK website and is regularly updated.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 10/09/2018 14:29:41 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1132120

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Huawei: 5G
	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 13 June 2019 to Question 261279 on Huawei: 5G, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of assessing 5G equipment for resilience and reliability prior to deployment.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	264461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>5G standards are still being ratified and the hardware and software that implements them is still being updated often during early commercial service. As a result, there are limited benefits in testing 5G equipment pre-deployment due to those changes and updates. The National Cyber Security Centre is focusing on those deployments and software releases in the UK which are most important.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 19/06/2019 09:20:55 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1005903

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Cryptography
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 51 of the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016 to 2021, what recent estimate he has made of the cost per annum to Government of procuring private sector cryptography skills and technologies.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	190571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p><em>Due to national security reasons we cannot comment on the cost of procuring cryptography skills and technology to Government.</em></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/11/2018 10:40:07 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

992693

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cyber specialists there are working in each Government Department.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	182240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>I refer the honourable member to my answer on 23/10/2018 to PQ 181649.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 25/10/2018 09:09:42 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1003867

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Chief Data Officer job in his Department has been filled; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	189820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>No. There is close co-operation between DCMS, GDS and ONS on data policy and governance, while strategic oversight for the collection and use of data held by government departments is currently provided by the cross-government Data Advisory Board, chaired by the Chief Executive of the Civil Service.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/11/2018 11:52:21 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

971662

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Digital Service: Staff
	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 10 September 2018 to Question 169867 on Government Digital Service: Staff, what the gender balance of the staff that work for the Government Digital Service.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	173616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government Digital Service is an integral part of the Cabinet Office and is included in this reply.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the diversity of the Cabinet Office workforce (and other Civil Service Departments) including gender is published annually by the Office for National Statistics in their Civil Service Statistics bulletin. The latest bulletin (at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2018) can be downloaded at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics</a> .</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/10/2018 13:14:50 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1144413

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of train operating companies’ workforce that is employed by outsourced companies.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	286376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Office of Rail and Road publish information on the total number of employees for each train operating company in Great Britain. The Department does not publish any official statistics on Train operating companies’ workforce.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Total number of employees, 2018-19</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Train Operating Company </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Employees</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c2c</p></td><td><p>690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caledonian Sleeper</p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chiltern</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CrossCountry</p></td><td><p>1,915</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands Trains</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Govia Thameslink Railway</p></td><td><p>7,276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Central</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Western Railway</p></td><td><p>6,343</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Anglia</p></td><td><p>3,103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull Trains</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North Eastern Railway</p></td><td><p>3,012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Overground</p></td><td><p>1,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyrail</p></td><td><p>1,206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern</p></td><td><p>6,183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ScotRail</p></td><td><p>5,168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southeastern</p></td><td><p>4,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Western Railway</p></td><td><p>5,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TfL Rail</p></td><td><p>1,401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TfW Rail</p></td><td><p>2,293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transpennine Express</p></td><td><p>1,258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Trains West Coast</p></td><td><p>3,724</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Trains</p></td><td><p>2,834</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Additional years are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/compendia/toc-key-statistics/" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/compendia/toc-key-statistics/</a></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 16:14:05 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

989618

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2018
	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 Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 October 2018, GOV.UK Verify programme, HCWS 978, whether it remains the Government's target to achieve 25 million Verify users by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	180849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will continue to enable individuals to prove their identity online and to access government services securely and safely. We expect to see continued progress towards 25 million people having a GOV.UK Verify account by 2020. The Written Statement on the GOV.UK Verify programme confirms that contracts have been signed with a number of private sector identity providers. These contracts incentivise those organisations to accelerate the creation of an interoperable standards based digital identity market.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 22/10/2018 17:14:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt