10 426 1 0 2 53 Cabinet Office 2016-12-02 HL3790 false Viscount Waverley To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the announcement on 7 October that they intend to remove the 15-year rule on British citizens living overseas voting in parliamentary elections, whether expatriate UK citizens would also be entitled to participate in any future referendums. Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad Biography information for Viscount Waverley Cabinet Office Cabinet Office House of Lords 2017-01-24T15:54:22.227Z Lord Young of Cookham false 2017-01-24 Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham <p>The franchise for any future referendum would be determined by Parliament in the primary legislation which provides for that referendum.</p> 2 Cabinet Office 53 Viscount Waverley false Cabinet Office 2017-04-03T16:14:28.13Z Lord Young of Cookham false 2017-04-03 <p>All central government departments are responsible for their own procurement.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) provides a range of commercial services to the public sector to enable departments to achieve best value for money from their procurement.</p> HL6390 2017-03-28 Government Departments: Procurement Cabinet Office To ask Her Majesty’s Government which government departments are responsible for their own procurement. Cabinet Office 2017-03-28 Cabinet Office 53 Cabinet Office Government Departments: Procurement Viscount Waverley To ask Her Majesty’s Government from which professional bodies the civil service seeks support to discharge procurement responsibilities, broken down by department. false 2017-04-03T16:14:06.987Z Lord Young of Cookham false 2017-04-03 <p>HM Government works with a number of professional bodies to discharge its procurement and commercial activities, principally the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) and the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM).</p><p> </p><p>A detailed breakdown of departments’ dealings with these organisations is not held centrally.</p> 2 HL6391 Agriculture: Subsidies 2017-07-05 HL541 53 false Cabinet Office Cabinet Office Cabinet Office 2017-07-13T12:06:41.713Z Lord Young of Cookham false 2017-07-13 <p>The driving principle underpinning the delivery of public services is – and will remain – the best value for money for the public purse. As part of this, we are committed to opening up government procurement and to identifying opportunities for private and voluntary sector involvement in service delivery where these can offer benefits to the taxpayer.</p> Viscount Waverley 2 Her Majesty's Government whether they have a strategy for the outsourcing of services; and, if so, whether they plan to alter this strategy as a result of Brexit. Non-native Species Viscount Waverley 53 Her Majesty's Government which companies are currently contracted to provide outsourced services by each Government department and to state, for each company listed, (1) the country in which the company, or any relevant parent company, is registered and, (2) the renewal date for any contract through which they are engaged. Cabinet Office Cabinet Office 2017-07-18T15:43:17.06Z Lord Young of Cookham false 2017-07-18 <p>Full information on which companies are currently contracted to provide outsourced services to each Government department is not held centrally.</p><p>However, a list of those suppliers that departments may engage through the Crown Commercial Service’s range of frameworks can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/suppliers" target="_blank">http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/suppliers</a></p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> Cabinet Office 2 HL542 2017-07-05 false 2017-07-13T12:06:00.773Z Lord Young of Cookham false 2017-07-13 <p>Full information on which companies are currently contracted to provide outsourced services to each Government department is not held centrally.</p><p>However, a list of those suppliers that departments may engage through the Crown Commercial Service’s range of frameworks can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/suppliers" target="_blank">http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/suppliers</a></p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> HL543 Foreign Exchange Cabinet Office Cabinet Office Viscount Waverley 2017-07-05 Cabinet Office 2 Her Majesty's Government which companies are currently contracted to provide outsourced consultancy services by each Government department and to state, for each company listed, (1) the country in which the company, or any relevant parent company, is registered and, (2) the renewal date for any contract through which they are engaged. 53 false 2 To ask Her Majesty's Government how many non-UK citizens work in central government; and what estimate they have made of how many non-UK citizens work in local government. Cabinet Office HL9319 Viscount Waverley Government: Migrant Workers 2018-07-18T11:05:11.017Z Lord Young of Cookham false 2018-07-18 <p>All Civil Service organisations must comply with the<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/536143/annexa_nationality_rules.pdf" target="_blank"> Civil Service Nationality Rules</a> which govern the eligibility of individuals to be employed in the Civil Service on the grounds of nationality. The Civil Service does not collate or hold central information on the nationality of civil servants.</p> 2018-07-05 Cabinet Office Cabinet Office false 53 Cabinet Office The Marquess of Lothian To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to consider changes to the gender identity question in the 2021 Census. Cabinet Office HL2124 2 Cabinet Office 2017-10-17 53 false Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian Census 2017-10-26T15:05:40.247Z PQHL2124 Final Response.pdf UKSA response Lord Young of Cookham false 2017-10-26 <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Winchester To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the financial contribution of overseas students to the UK economy. false 2016-12-14T16:49:04.437Z Lord Young of Cookham false 2016-12-14 <p>The Government estimated in 2013 that overseas students (EU and non-EU) in higher education in the UK contributed £9.7 billion to the UK economy in 2011, through tuition fees and living expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education will publish a new estimate of the total value of education exports to the UK economy shortly, based on data from 2014. This will include updated estimates on the financial contribution of overseas students.</p> Treasury CaTreasury The Lord Bishop of Winchester Overseas Students HL3840 HM Treasury 2 14 2016-12-05 HL2898 2017-11-20T17:05:24.063Z Lord Young of Cookham false 2017-11-20 <p>The Kickstart Fund is designed to support preparatory work ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting next April. The Commonwealth Summit Unit received one bid on Freedom of Religion and Belief which was not successful.</p><p>The Unit is currently considering programmes for the UK's Commonwealth Chair-in-Office period, the two years following the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April 2018. While funding through the Kickstart Fund for a programme of events on Freedom of Religion and Belief has not been specifically allocated ahead of the summit, agreement has been reached that the Government will support the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in hosting a forum. This will bring parliamentarians from around the Commonwealth together for important discussions across the key challenges facing the Commonwealth, including upholding the Commonwealth Charter. The Commonwealth Summit Unit has also provided £20,000 to the Royal Commonwealth Society to support its interfaith service, which will take place in Westminster Abbey on Commonwealth Day in March 2018.</p><p>The Government remains firmly committed to the promotion and protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief in all countries. The Prime Minister has announced the four themes for the summit: prosperity, security, sustainability and fairness. The summit will encourage all Commonwealth members to uphold the values set out in the Commonwealth Charter, including religious freedom.</p> 2017-11-06 The Lord Bishop of Coventry 2 false To ask Her Majesty's Government how many funding proposals on freedom of religion or belief have been received by the Cabinet Office’s Commonwealth Summit Unit’s Kickstart programme; how many of those proposals were successful; and what was the value of the successful proposals. Cabinet Office Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Coventry Religious Freedom: Commonwealth Cabinet Office Cabinet Office 53