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1627619

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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, how many and what proportion of public procurement contracts have an annual value above £5 million excluding VAT.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	184914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>In June 2021, the Government published Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 06/21 - Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts - requiring suppliers bidding for contracts above £5 million per annum to commit to the Government’s 2050 Net Zero target and publish a Carbon Reduction Plan.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Suppliers who fail to make such a commitment and publish their Carbon Reduction Plan risk being excluded from the procurement process.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In FY 2020/21, 5% (578) of all procurements awarded were above £5m per annum. These accounted for over 90% of the total value of procurements in the same period. Over 2,500 suppliers have submitted compliant Carbon Reduction Plans in response to PPN 06/21, and 40 bids have been rejected for failing to provide a compliant Carbon Reduction Plan since the policy was launched. We do not hold centrally the number of contracts terminated as a result of failure to comply with PPN 06/21.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Individual departments are responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of Carbon Reduction Plans submitted by suppliers as part of their commercial activity. We do not hold this data centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 184915 184916 184917 question first answered 18/05/2023 17:04:19 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1627620

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Procurement: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Procurement Policy Note 06/21, entitled Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts, how many and what proportion of public suppliers have a Carbon Reduction Plan.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	184915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>In June 2021, the Government published Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 06/21 - Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts - requiring suppliers bidding for contracts above £5 million per annum to commit to the Government’s 2050 Net Zero target and publish a Carbon Reduction Plan.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Suppliers who fail to make such a commitment and publish their Carbon Reduction Plan risk being excluded from the procurement process.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In FY 2020/21, 5% (578) of all procurements awarded were above £5m per annum. These accounted for over 90% of the total value of procurements in the same period. Over 2,500 suppliers have submitted compliant Carbon Reduction Plans in response to PPN 06/21, and 40 bids have been rejected for failing to provide a compliant Carbon Reduction Plan since the policy was launched. We do not hold centrally the number of contracts terminated as a result of failure to comply with PPN 06/21.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Individual departments are responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of Carbon Reduction Plans submitted by suppliers as part of their commercial activity. We do not hold this data centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 184914 184916 184917 question first answered 18/05/2023 17:04:19 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1627621

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Procurement: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) bids have been rejected and (b) contracts have been terminated for failure to comply with Procurement Policy Note 06/21 as of 15 May 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	184916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>In June 2021, the Government published Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 06/21 - Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts - requiring suppliers bidding for contracts above £5 million per annum to commit to the Government’s 2050 Net Zero target and publish a Carbon Reduction Plan.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Suppliers who fail to make such a commitment and publish their Carbon Reduction Plan risk being excluded from the procurement process.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In FY 2020/21, 5% (578) of all procurements awarded were above £5m per annum. These accounted for over 90% of the total value of procurements in the same period. Over 2,500 suppliers have submitted compliant Carbon Reduction Plans in response to PPN 06/21, and 40 bids have been rejected for failing to provide a compliant Carbon Reduction Plan since the policy was launched. We do not hold centrally the number of contracts terminated as a result of failure to comply with PPN 06/21.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Individual departments are responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of Carbon Reduction Plans submitted by suppliers as part of their commercial activity. We do not hold this data centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 184914 184915 184917 question first answered 18/05/2023 17:04:19 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1627622

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Procurement: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) his Department, (b) other Government Departments and (c) other relevant organisations take steps to assess the effectiveness and impact of Carbon Reduction Plans in the context of Procurement Policy Note 06/21.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	184917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>In June 2021, the Government published Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 06/21 - Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts - requiring suppliers bidding for contracts above £5 million per annum to commit to the Government’s 2050 Net Zero target and publish a Carbon Reduction Plan.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Suppliers who fail to make such a commitment and publish their Carbon Reduction Plan risk being excluded from the procurement process.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In FY 2020/21, 5% (578) of all procurements awarded were above £5m per annum. These accounted for over 90% of the total value of procurements in the same period. Over 2,500 suppliers have submitted compliant Carbon Reduction Plans in response to PPN 06/21, and 40 bids have been rejected for failing to provide a compliant Carbon Reduction Plan since the policy was launched. We do not hold centrally the number of contracts terminated as a result of failure to comply with PPN 06/21.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Individual departments are responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of Carbon Reduction Plans submitted by suppliers as part of their commercial activity. We do not hold this data centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 184914 184915 184916 question first answered 18/05/2023 17:04:19 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1627648

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Flags
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the county flag of Middlesex will be flown from 10 Downing Street on Middlesex day; and whether he plans to fly the respective county flags from 10 Downing Street on county days.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	184911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>I am happy to confirm to my Hon. Friend that the Middlesex Flag flew from 10 Downing Street on 16 May. This reflects the fact Downing Street is within the county of Middlesex, and Middlesex is its ‘local’ flag.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is continuing to support the flying of all county flags within Westminster on the annual county flag week in Parliament Square.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/05/2023 15:05:28 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1627665

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Communication
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government Communications Service has conducted a formal systemic review into the public communications of all Government Departments during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	184867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>Communications was a critical lever for the government to deploy during the crisis. Government Communication Service professionals have used best practice from across the industry, public, private and third sectors to deliver COVID-19 Communications.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Communications during the pandemic response were regularly reviewed and we adopted an agile approach to keep up with the evolving scientific understanding of the virus and the unpredictable nature of the spread. This iterative approach ensured that our communications were regularly evaluated and always relevant to the pandemic.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Lessons learned have been shared across all of our subsequent communication campaigns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 18/05/2023 17:04:23 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

1627668

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants work in the Office for Veterans' Affairs as of 15 May 2023; and at what grades.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	184899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs is located in the Cabinet Office and works with all UK Government departments and a large range of other private, charity and public sector organisations who collectively deliver support and services to veterans.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs is headed by a Director and has approximately 23 staff, in addition to receiving support from colleagues in the Cabinet Office communications and external affairs team, as well as the Minister’s private office.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As announced in the Chancellor’s Spring Budget 2023, the Government is providing an additional £33 million to the Office for Veterans’ affairs over the next three years. This will allow for a significant expansion of the team in order to increase the service provided to veterans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 18/05/2023 13:41:25 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1627669

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs: Photography and Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much from the public purse the Office for Veterans' Affairs has spent on (a) photography, (b) videography and (c) social media promotion in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	184900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>We are in a digital age, where social media and digital communications are an essential part of government. Photographers are a cross-government resource, supporting departments and Ministers, and play a critical role in the support of the Government’s digital communications activity and in progressing key policy areas.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 18/05/2023 16:25:32 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1627702

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Freedom of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 11 May (HL7431), what assessment they have made of the impact of the cost limit for responding to freedom of information requests remaining at £600 since 2004 on (1) any curtailment of the time that may be spent in dealing with freedom of information requests, and (2) any increase in the number of refusals of requests as a result of that curtailment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL7827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>There has been no curtailment, so no assessment has been made of any increase in the number of refusals as a result of the &quot;curtailment&quot;'. The cost limit is a calculation based on officials’ time and has remained at a flat rate of £25 per hour since 2004.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/05/2023 13:25:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1627755

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Teesworks: Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates which Ministers visited Teesworks since the 2019 General Election.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	185060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The location of all Government Ministerial visits since 2019 is not centrally held.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 23/05/2023 09:22:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones