The Prime Minister's Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office for both management and staffing purposes and is not a standalone department.<\/p>
The total of c15,000 includes the UK Statistics Authority which is a non-ministerial department and is a government department in its own right, accountable to parliament through its sponsoring ministers and therefore should not be included in the total Cabinet Office FTE.<\/p>
Since 2011 the role and remit of the Cabinet Office has expanded significantly. At that point in time, the Department\u2019s role was largely to support the Prime Minister and the operation of Government through the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, Ministers\u2019 Private Offices, Cabinet Secretariats and the Efficiency and Reform Group.<\/p>
By 2021, the role of the Cabinet Office in managing the Civil Service had grown significantly to incorporate a number of new major delivery responsibilities, including responsibility for UK border plans, UK Security Vetting (UKSV) functions, and functions formerly overseen by the now-closed Department for Exiting the European Union (DEXEU). The creation of the Government Commercial Organisation and the move of the Fast Stream Government Recruitment Service from HMRC also saw a combined c2000+ FTE join the Cabinet Office between 2017 and 2018.<\/p>
On 2 October 2023, the Chancellor announced an immediate\u202fcap on civil servant headcount, reducing the size of the Civil Service to pre-pandemic levels across Whitehall by stopping any further Civil Service expansion,\u202fincreasing efficiencies and boosting productivity.<\/p>
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The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.<\/p>
A response to the Hon. Member\u2019s parliamentary question of 30/04/24 is attached.<\/p>
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The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.<\/p>
A response to the Hon. Member\u2019s parliamentary question of 30/04/24 is attached.<\/p>
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Modern slavery has no place in public supply chains.<\/p>
We have taken action in the Procurement Act to strengthen the rules around excluding suppliers linked to modern slavery. The current rules require the supplier to have been convicted or there to have been a breach of international treaties banning forced labour, or evidence of grave professional misconduct.<\/p>
We recognise that modern slavery often occurs in countries which are not party to international treaties on forced labour and which are unlikely to prosecute the perpetrators. Our changes will allow authorities to exclude suppliers and disregard their bids where there is sufficient evidence of modern slavery. This will apply whether or not there has been a conviction or a breach of an international treaty.<\/p>
The Cabinet Office has also published a Procurement Policy Notice which sets out how UK Government departments must take action to ensure modern slavery risks are identified and managed in government supply chains.<\/p>
Individual procurements and their contract management of course remain the responsibility of government departments.<\/p>
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The Government published the final Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) on 29 August 2023. It outlines new policies and processes that importers, the border industry and wider stakeholders including EU exporters will need to go through in order to import goods. We are implementing the BTOM in stages throughout 2024 to help industry get accustomed to the changes.<\/p>
We have worked extensively with small and medium enterprises to help us define and help them adapt to new controls and requirements. Since publishing the final BTOM, Defra\u2019s ongoing engagement has included regularly contacting 30,000 importers with up-to-date information, delivering over 50 webinars to thousands of businesses, providing bespoke training and working with HMRC to issue communication to 150,000 businesses in the UK.<\/p>
The risk-based model outlined in the BTOM supports businesses of all sizes by minimising costs and burdens for traders and consumers. For example, low-risk products of animal origin will not require an Export Health Certificate or routine border checks and medium risk goods will undergo reduced intervention at the border. We are also piloting new Trusted Trader schemes that will support groupage loads, which is how SMEs often transport their goods.<\/p>
All businesses will benefit from using the Single Trade Window, saving time and cost for traders. When fully operational, it will make better use of data and remove duplication to make it easier to trade internationally. This can also limit the requirement to use intermediaries and helps to support small businesses through the user interface on the platform. As the Single Trade Window develops, more information will be provided as to how SMEs can be involved and utilise the service.<\/p>