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760621

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to facilitate whistleblowing in his Department and its arm-length bodies.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Over the last year a great deal of work has been undertaken in Cabinet Office to ensure all<br />staff are confident in raising whistleblowing concerns and assured that action will be taken<br />as a result. This includes:</p><ul><li>A new whistleblowing and raising concerns policy was introduced in July 2016, bringing the department in line with cross government best practice. This policy gives a clear outline of how to raise a whistleblowing concern in the department.</li><li>6 Nominated Officers have been trained over the last year and are currently in post to support staff and managers with raising whistleblowing concerns as an independent person. 3 additional Nominated Officers are to be trained in the next two months to ensure coverage in larger units as well as those units that may need to approach someone with higher security clearance.</li><li>A DG whistleblowing champion was put in place in October <del class="ministerial">2017</del><ins class="ministerial">2016</ins>.</li><li>Cabinet Office’s bespoke line manager training course includes a section that covers whistleblowing and how to deal with a whistleblowing concern as a line manager.</li><li>Cabinet Office took part in the cross government whistleblowing awareness week in October 2016 and whistleblowing awareness day in September 2017.</li><li>A new ‘Speak Up’ campaign was launched in April 2017 aimed at encouraging staff to raise all types of concerns. This campaign was refreshed in September 2017.</li><li>The Civil Service Commission attended a recent all staff diversity event to raise awareness of their part in hearing whistleblowing concerns under the Civil Service code.</li><li>Data is regularly collected and reviewed on numbers and types of concerns raised to inform continuous action and communications.</li><li>Further communications are planned throughout the year to ensure on-going awareness of the ways individuals can raise whistleblowing concerns.</li></ul> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2017 12:00:41 question first ministerially corrected 23/10/2017 09:33:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes previous answer version 16130 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

760622

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Buildings
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 4 September 2017 to Question 8205, on Government Departments: buildings, what the total cost to the public purse is of the move to 10 South Colonade; and what estimate he has made of savings in property costs of that move in each of the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>10 South Colonnade enables government departments to exit a number of expensive<br>leaseholds in Whitehall. It brings staff from departments together in a single, modern, and<br>efficient building in an area with lower rents to facilitate a collaborative Civil Service</p><p><br>Once all government occupiers have relocated to HM Government 10 South Colonnade,<br>we expect to make savings of around £20 million per annum until the end of the lease in<br>2032.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/10/2017 14:59:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

760623

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Data Protection
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 effect on UK data privacy legislation of not incorporating into UK law, Article 8 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	105171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK has a long history of protecting the rights of its citizens, and we intend to continue<br>to protect those rights through our domestic legislation. The Data Protection Bill will set<br>high standards for protecting personal data in accordance with the GDPR. We​ ​will​<br>​continue​ ​to​ ​provide​ ​a​ ​world-class standard​ ​of​ ​data​ ​protection​ ​after we leave the European<br>Union</p><p>The removal of the Charter from UK law should not affect the substantive rights that<br>individuals already benefit from in the UK when their data are processed. The Charter is<br>not the source of rights contained within it, it was intended only to catalogue rights that<br>already existed in EU law. The Government has committed to implementing the GDPR,<br>which affords individuals judicial redress in the event of a data breach.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2017 12:27:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

760624

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Government Chief Scientific Adviser
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings he has had with the Government Chief Scientific Adviser in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	105176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The First Secretary has not had meetings with the Government Chief Scientific Adviser in<br>the last three months.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 20/10/2017 13:38:06 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

760625

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward proposals to provide for the appointment of sub-agents at any future national referendum.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	105239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Referendums held under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000<br>(PPERA) have not previously allowed for sub-agents to be appointed by referendum<br>agents. We will consider this matter further with the Electoral Commission and the<br>Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA).</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/10/2017 10:49:10 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

760626

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Candidates: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward proposals to extend the option for candidates to restrict publication of their home address to all polls.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	105240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 18th October 2017 to PQ7722.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/10/2017 16:06:02 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

760627

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 7591, on civil servants: recruitment, whether any workers or firms from outside the Government have been involved in any of the work surrounding the pilots.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Service Workforce Plan 2016-2020 includes an action to pilot alternative to competency-based recruitment and promotion in the Civil Service. A number of departments are involved in piloting alternative approaches. In a small number of cases, external consultants have provided support for these alternative approaches, for example in developing specific assessment tests for use across the Civil Service. These have included IBM who were contracted to develop Verbal and Numerical reasoning tests; and CS judgement tests which were procured through Right Management (subcontracted to A&amp;DC) with payments also made to WCN, providers of the CS Jobs site. The Digital Accessibility Centre was also commissioned to carry out an accessibility audit.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/10/2017 16:04:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

760661

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to review the Government's redactions of the Intelligence and Security Committee's April 2017 UK Lethal Drone Strikes in Syria report; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	105094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government made redactions to the UK Lethal Drone Strikes in Syria report as permitted by<br>the Justice and Security Act 2013 and the terms set out in the Memorandum of Understanding,<br>which was agreed with the Intelligence and Security Committee under that Act. There are no plans<br>to review redactions to the report.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 12/10/2017 10:20:37 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

760795

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit
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 Civil Service workforce required to administer a transitional period when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	105337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each department. The Civil Service constantly reviews its capabilities in order to deliver the Government's commitment to leave the EU and get the best deal for the UK. Civil Service HR is working with all departments across the Civil Service to better understand their capacity and capability requirements.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/11/2017 14:38:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

760796

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of sickness pay to staff in his Department was in each of the 10 years prior to June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	105338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The table below sets out the cost of sickness pay paid to staff in my Department each year from 1 April 2009 to 30<sup>th</sup> June 2016. Information about the cost of sickness pay paid to staff in my Department before April 2009 is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016**</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statutory Sick Pay</p></td><td><p>£269</p></td><td><p>£1,567</p></td><td><p>£5,163</p></td><td><p>£2,063</p></td><td><p>£4,903</p></td><td><p>£3,266</p></td><td><p>£6,628</p></td><td><p>£4,928</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Occupational Sick Pay</p></td><td><p>£139,535</p></td><td><p>£203,025</p></td><td><p>£528,810</p></td><td><p>£406,837</p></td><td><p>£405,908</p></td><td><p>£439,844</p></td><td><p>£465,716</p></td><td><p>£290,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£141,813</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£206,602</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£535,984</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£410,911</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£412,824</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£445,124</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£474,358</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£297,025</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><sub>* From 1 Apr 2009 </sub></strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><sub>**To 30 Jun 2016</sub></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Information about sickness absence in the Cabinet Office is published on the Cabinet Office website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-absence-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-absence-data</a></p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures show that for the year to 30 June 2017, the Cabinet Office has one of the lowest recorded sickness rates across the Civil Service at 2.9 average working days lost when compared to the latest Civil Service average of 7.0 .</p><p> </p><p>My Department is committed to reducing work related absence due to mental illness and has a number of services in place to support members of staff suffering from such conditions. Our Workwell community is staffed by volunteers who aim to make Cabinet Office a happy and healthy workplace through a number of interventions including a listening service for staff. We also offer a 24 hour counselling support helpline through our Employee Assistance Programme provider and advocate early referral to our occupational health service where appropriate, for advice on a number of conditions including mental health.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/11/2017 11:13:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes previous answer version 13900 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard