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767395

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average broadband download speed is across the Government estate (a) in and (b) outside London.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	106516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/10/2017 14:40:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

720221

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is enrolled on any trusted flagger programmes with social media companies.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	70273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is not enrolled on any trusted flagger programme.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 25/04/2017 15:04:22 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

714978

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have received training from the Digital Academy in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	69826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The Digital Academy has trained 1,533 civil servants on digital and agile courses between October 2016 and March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/04/2017 12:39:10 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

714464

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government: Databases
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 potential benefits to the digital economy of releasing government data sets.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	69491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>Open data is already delivering enormous value across the economy and society. The UK is a world leader in open data and we have released over 41,000 non-personal datasets, powering over 400 apps and enabling transformational change in sectors as diverse as transport, agriculture and housing. The UK is committed to being the world’s most open and transparent government and the UK’s third Open Government National Action plan sets out an ambitious agenda to achieve this.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/04/2017 10:29:12 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

714060

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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, what steps he plans to take to support UK digital technology companies to access public sector procurement contracts.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	69277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government Transformation Strategy and the UK Digital Strategy set out how this Government will lead a step-change in procurement, making it easier than ever for digital technology companies of all sizes to access public sector procurement contacts through the Digital Marketplace.</p><p>As part of this, we will be heavily promoting the use of the Digital Marketplace by local and wider public sector bodies to lower barriers for all digital and technology suppliers. The Government’s aim is that the public sector should spend at least £750 million a year with SMEs by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 05/04/2017 08:19:06 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

582449

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to update the guidance issued to Government departments on drafting answers to parliamentary questions.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	46275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Ministers are responsible for the answers they give to Parliamentary questions. The practice of providing links or references to published material is long standing. There are currently no plans to update the Guidance to Departments on drafting answers to Parliamentary questions given it was previously updated in the last Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 46277 question first answered 19/09/2016 15:24:39 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

582450

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff have been seconded into his Department from outside the Civil Service in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	46276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>In the last 12 months, 15 individuals have been seconded into my Department from outside the Civil Service.</p><p>Secondments bring in external expertise and a fresh perspective across the department's responsibilities, and include secondees from the private, public and voluntary sector.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 16/09/2016 08:05:10 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

582452

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that parliamentary questions are answered in full where the requested information is already available.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	46277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Ministers are responsible for the answers they give to Parliamentary questions. The practice of providing links or references to published material is long standing. There are currently no plans to update the Guidance to Departments on drafting answers to Parliamentary questions given it was previously updated in the last Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 46275 question first answered 19/09/2016 15:24:39 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

582453

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Open Public Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current work priorities are of the Open Public Services group.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	46273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>The Open Public Services team in the Cabinet Office existed to deliver the Coalition Government's Open Public Services White Paper, published in 2011. The team's work came to a natural end with the end of that government in 2015. The most recent account of the team's work is contained at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-public-services-2014-progress-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-public-services-2014-progress-report</a></p><p>All Government Departments work to deliver public services which respond to individual choices and people’s real life complex needs, whilst relentlessly focusing on improvements in quality.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/09/2016 13:21:11 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

582454

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Infrastructure and Projects Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current work priorities are of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	46274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The IPA was formed on 01 January 2016, merging the existing Cabinet Office Major Projects Authority and HM Treasury’s Infrastructure UK. The IPA reports jointly to HMT and the Cabinet Office - and brings together the strengths of both departments - increasing co-operation and alignment in the centre of government on infrastructure and major projects.</p><p>The Authority’s 6 key priorities are;</p><ol><li>To set the right policy environment for projects to succeed</li><li>To give the market confidence to deliver</li><li>To ensue projects and programmes are set up for success from the outset</li><li>To ensure projects and programmes deliver their intended benefits</li><li>To promote the right operating environment for project delivery</li><li>To developing world-class project delivery &amp; project finance capabilities across government</li></ol> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 16/09/2016 07:57:51 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest