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843908

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	One Public Estate Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet, how many people are in the One Public Estate programme's Pool of Experts; from which parent teams in the Civil Service those people have come; and for each such team which of its members of the Pool of Experts have (a) master planning, (b) feasibility studies, (c) options appraisals, (d) surveyors, (e) design and (f) procurement expertise.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	128314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The One Public Estate (OPE) programme is establishing a Pool of Experts to support local OPE partnerships to deliver property-based projects. At present, 23 experts have been accepted into the Pool, as set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Specialism</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Experts</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Masterplanning</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Feasibility and Options Appraisals</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Surveying</ins> <ins class="ministerial"><em>(Building)</em></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><em>(Chartered)</em></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><em>(Quantity) </em></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10</ins> <ins class="ministerial"><em>(8)</em></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><em>(2)</em></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><em>(0)</em></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Project Management</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Design</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Procurement</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total (to date)</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>23</strong></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The programme’s selection process is still underway. In addition to the 23 appointed, a further 35 are going through the application process. Recruitment has been marketed externally and no experts are currently Civil Servants.</ins></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 27/02/2018 17:39:32 question first ministerially corrected 28/02/2018 10:39:17 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden previous answer version 43708 answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

851615

	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	One Public Estate Programme
	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 128318, on One Public Estate Programme, if he will provide that same data by whether those bids were successful.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	130378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>Further to the response provided for Question 128318, a breakdown of successful and unsuccessful applications to the One Public Estate programme is set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Sole Authority Applications</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>No. of Applications</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>No. of Successful Applications</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>No. of Unsuccessful Applications</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">28</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">18</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015/16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016/17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">23</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2017/18</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">19</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>88</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>61</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>27</strong></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Joint Applications</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>No. of Applications</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>No. of Successful Applications</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>No. of Unsuccessful Applications</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015/16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">23</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">18</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016/17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">53</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">52</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2017/18</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">42</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">42</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>122</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>115</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>7</strong></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">It is important to note that ‘successful applications’ denotes those partnerships receiving full or partial funding, and ‘unsuccessful applications’ denotes those that did not receive funding.</ins></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 06/03/2018 14:00:09 question first ministerially corrected 06/03/2018 15:52:07 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden previous answer version 45134 answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1003681

	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: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of contracts issued by his Department and contractors include provisions to impose, as between parties to the subcontract, that any payment due from the contractor to a subcontractor under the contract is to be made no later than the end of a period of 30 days from the date on which the relevant invoice is regarded as valid and undisputed, as required by the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	189563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Through the Public Contract Regulations 2015, all public sector buyers must include 30-day payment terms in new public sector contracts; and require that this payment term be passed down the supply chain. Public sector buyers must also publish annually on their payment performance.</p><p> </p><p>Government strongly encourages businesses to report poor payment practice and instances of late payment, including late payment through the supply chain, in public sector contracts to its Mystery Shopper service. Mystery Shopper will then investigate</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/11/2018 09:46:50 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

808829

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	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, with reference to Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, what information his Department plans to collect to monitor Departments’ take up of that guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>There will be no specific information collected from departments to monitor departments’ take up, as this is a guidance document and has been drafted with the aim of departments learning from each other’s experiences when exiting their major IT contracts by providing case studies and making reference to other useful material, including policy.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 07/03/2018 10:34:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816776

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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, with reference to his Department's news story of 18 December 2017 about the 200 suppliers who sign up to the Contracts Finder service each week, how many of those suppliers are SMEs; and if he will provide a breakdown of those firms by region.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>In the period 1 September to 8 December 2017, the average number of supplier organisations that registered on Contracts Finder each week was 232, of which 78% were SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently not able to provide a breakdown of these by region.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2018 11:14:49 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816784

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has a policy on the use by civil servants of instant-messaging apps for the purpose of completing their work.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>There is no specific policy covering the use of instant-messaging applications, there is however policy that sets out the expected conduct of Civil Servants when making use of electronic communications across OFFICIAL and personal devices. There is also a policy on the use of social media. Whilst these policies do not specifically deal with instant messaging they are clear on what civil servants should be aware of when putting any information out in an official capacity.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2018 11:17:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816785

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Sick Leave
	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 reasons why the average number of sick days taken by civil servants decreased in the past 12 months; and what assessment he has made of the effect of a potential culture of presenteeism on that trend.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Service recognises that good workforce health and wellbeing is fundamental to delivering brilliant public services. We support people so that they can remain at work where possible and to return as soon as they are ready following sickness absence.</p><p> </p><p>Cabinet Office statistics show that Civil Service annual Average Working Days Lost (AWDL) per staff year has reduced from 9.8 days in 2007 to 7.0 days for year ending 31 March 2017, its lowest recorded level. This demonstrates the significant progress made in reducing sickness absence across the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p>Departments continue to monitor their sickness absence data, in order to take continuing action to improve management of absences and prevention of absence, including through supporting workforce health and wellbeing. While no formal Civil Service wide assessment has been made of the reasons behind the reductions, this continuing attention and action is a key contributor.</p><p> </p><p>As for all employers, presenteeism is potentially an issue in the Civil Service. We have made no assessment of the effect of a potential culture of presenteeism on the long term trend in sickness absence. However we are exploring how to measure presenteeism using the Civil Service People Survey, and this might inform such an assessment in the future.</p><p>This is one example of how we are continuously improving our support to managers to help them manage health and wellbeing, including presenteeism, positively and effectively so that the Civil Service delivers the high level of service that the public demand and expect.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2018 11:22:33 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816788

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information the Government holds on the proportion of civil service sick days taken for reasons relating to (a) mental ill-health and (b) physical ill health.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Service recognises that good workforce health and wellbeing is fundamental to delivering brilliant public services. We support people so that they can remain at work where possible and to return as soon as they are ready following sickness absence.</p><p> </p><p>For the year ending March 2017, the percentage of absence that was reported as due to mental ill health was 25.8%. The percentage of absence that was reported against categories which relate to physical ill health was 64.9%. The remainder is attributed to cases recorded as unknown or with ill-defined symptoms and to pregnancy complications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service continues to review how it can proactively manage sickness absence and improve health and wellbeing at work even further, ensuring that it consistently delivers the high level of service that the public demand and expect.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2018 11:24:32 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816823

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Personal Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts that involve processing personal data will be affected by Procurement Policy Note 03/17.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Procurement Policy Note 03/17 applies to all public sector contracts that involve processing personal data and that will be in place after 25 May 2018. Information on the number of such contracts is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2018 11:19:13 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett