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1236506

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is aware that there are significant disparities in the financial and non-financial support available for people across the UK. The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, in her role as Paymaster General, is working with HM Treasury, the Department of Health and Social Care and health departments in the devolved administrations to take forward the actions necessary to address these disparities.</p><p> </p><p>Cabinet Office officials are in regular contact with colleagues in the devolved administrations on the progress of this work. In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of such discussions are not normally disclosed. However, the Paymaster General has committed to updating the House, the Inquiry, and those infected and affected as soon as these considerations have been concluded.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 22/09/2020 15:14:26 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

1170905

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2020
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	NHS: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Welsh Government's administration of the NHS in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	900138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>I am grateful for this opportunity to emphasise our commitment to the NHS. In Wales it is the responsibility of the Welsh Government to use their funding effectively. We are committed to working with the Welsh Government to ensure that a high standard of healthcare and access to services is available.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 15/01/2020 15:52:30 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1149235

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Appointments: Permanent Secretaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 31 of the 2013 report entitled Civil Service Reform Plan: One Year On, whether it remains Government policy to appoint all new permanent secretaries on fixed-term tenures; how the civil service implemented that policy; and if he will publish (a) all permanent secretary-level appointments, (b) whether those appointments are fixed-term and (c) when those tenures expire.
	tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
	tabling member printed	Nick Herbert
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Since 2014, permanent secretary appointments have been made on the basis of a five year <em>fixed tenure; </em>this is set out in contracts of employment. <em>Fixed term</em> contracts may be offered to external candidates, for example in the case of specialist roles where experts are brought into the Civil Service to undertake a specific role.</p><p>There is no automatic presumption in favour of renewal, but short renewals may be possible at the discretion of the Prime Minister in cases where performance has been strong and an extension is supported by the relevant Minister.</p><p>The table below sets out the tenure end dates of the current cadre of permanent secretaries:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Permanent Secretary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appointment to Current Post</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tenure End Date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>John Manzoni</p></td><td><p>Chief Exec CS and Cabinet Office</p></td><td><p>13/10/2014</p></td><td><p>31/12/2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jonathan Stephens</p></td><td><p>NIO</p></td><td><p>09/06/2014</p></td><td><p>31/12/2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Melanie Dawes</p></td><td><p>MHCLG</p></td><td><p>02/03/2015</p></td><td><p>01/03/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alex Younger</p></td><td><p>Secret Intelligence Service</p></td><td><p>27/10/2014</p></td><td><p>31/03/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andrew Parker</p></td><td><p>Security Service</p></td><td><p>22/04/2013</p></td><td><p>22/04/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leslie Evans</p></td><td><p>SG</p></td><td><p>01/07/2015</p></td><td><p>30/06/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richard Heaton</p></td><td><p>MOJ</p></td><td><p>29/08/2015</p></td><td><p>28/08/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simon McDonald</p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p>01/09/2015</p></td><td><p>31/08/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elizabeth Gardiner</p></td><td><p>First Parliamentary Counsel</p></td><td><p>24/11/2015</p></td><td><p>23/11/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lynne Owens</p></td><td><p>National Crime Agency</p></td><td><p>04/01/2016</p></td><td><p>03/01/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simon Bollom</p></td><td><p>Defence Equipment &amp; Support</p></td><td><p>21/05/2018</p></td><td><p>20/02/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stephen Lovegrove</p></td><td><p>MOD</p></td><td><p>25/04/2016</p></td><td><p>24/04/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jonathan Slater</p></td><td><p>DFE</p></td><td><p>03/05/2016</p></td><td><p>02/05/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Wormald<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></p></td><td><p>DHSC</p></td><td><p>03/05/2016</p></td><td><p>02/05/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tom Scholar</p></td><td><p>HMT</p></td><td><p>01/07/2016</p></td><td><p>30/06/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charles Roxburgh</p></td><td><p>HMT (2nd Perm Sec)</p></td><td><p>04/07/2016</p></td><td><p>03/07/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alex Chisholm</p></td><td><p>BEIS</p></td><td><p>14/07/2016</p></td><td><p>13/07/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ian Diamond<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup></p></td><td><p>UKSA/ ONS</p></td><td><p>20/06/2019</p></td><td><p>31/12/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shan Morgan</p></td><td><p>WG</p></td><td><p>06/02/2017</p></td><td><p>05/02/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jonathan Jones</p></td><td><p>Govt Legal Department</p></td><td><p>01/03/2014</p></td><td><p>28/02/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antonia Romeo</p></td><td><p>DIT</p></td><td><p>27/03/2017</p></td><td><p>26/03/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Philip Rutnam</p></td><td><p>HO</p></td><td><p>05/04/2017</p></td><td><p>04/04/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jeremy Fleming</p></td><td><p>GCHQ</p></td><td><p>10/04/2017</p></td><td><p>09/04/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bernadette Kelly</p></td><td><p>DFT</p></td><td><p>18/04/2017</p></td><td><p>17/04/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simon Gass</p></td><td><p>Joint Intelligence Committee</p></td><td><p>18/06/2019</p></td><td><p>17/06/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crawford Falconer</p></td><td><p>Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser</p></td><td><p>21/08/2017</p></td><td><p>20/08/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jim Harra</p></td><td><p>HMRC</p></td><td><p>02/01/2018</p></td><td><p>01/01/2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peter Schofield</p></td><td><p>DWP</p></td><td><p>16/01/2018</p></td><td><p>16/01/2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Matthew Rycroft</p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td><td><p>22/01/2018</p></td><td><p>22/01/2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patrick Vallance</p></td><td><p>Govt Chief Scientific Adviser</p></td><td><p>04/04/2018</p></td><td><p>03/04/2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shona Dunn</p></td><td><p>HO 2nd PS</p></td><td><p>08/10/2018</p></td><td><p>07/10/2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mark Sedwill</p></td><td><p>Cabinet Secretary</p></td><td><p>24/10/2018</p></td><td><p>23/10/2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Max Hill</p></td><td><p>Director of Public Prosecutions</p></td><td><p>01/11/2018</p></td><td><p>31/10/2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clare Moriarty</p></td><td><p>DExEU</p></td><td><p>01/04/2019</p></td><td><p>31/03/2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sarah Healey</p></td><td><p>DCMS</p></td><td><p>23/04/2019</p></td><td><p>22/04/2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tamara Finkelstein</p></td><td><p>DEFRA</p></td><td><p>19/06/2019</p></td><td><p>18/06/2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Whitty</p></td><td><p>Chief Medical Officer</p></td><td><p>01/10/2019</p></td><td><p>31/09/2024</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Not on a fixed tenure contract</p><p>[2] On a fixed term contract to cover delivery of the next census</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/10/2019 14:15:19 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	1479 label Biography information for Lord Herbert of South Downs

1146462

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how information and data in the Cabinet Office or Government Digital Service which is collected centrally or shared by Departments is held; what the security clearance required to access such data is; who has access to such data; and what measures are in place to ensure such data does not leave the Cabinet Office.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	291339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government Digital Service (GDS) and the wider Cabinet Office take their responsibilities in relation to the handling of data extremely seriously. We always take into account both the data protection regime and other guidance like the Government’s Data Ethics Framework.</p><p>Different types of data and information are stored in different ways in accordance with our information assurance policies. In relation to the specific project to join up performance analytics across the GOV.UK estate, GDS has created a separate account within its existing Google Analytics account to hold the anonymised performance data collected from GOV.UK services managed by other government departments. Data within the two accounts is not linked together.</p><p>Currently Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) cleared personnel working on the project have access to this anonymised data. BPSS is the minimum required security clearance, and access is granted on a case-by-case basis to further ensure that only appropriate people have access to the data. Data is stored in an encrypted format when it is in transit between service systems and the centralised Google Analytics account, and when stored in the account data store. These measures, together with GDS’s secure by default approach ensure that no data will leave the Cabinet Office by accident or malicious intent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 01/10/2019 16:24:25 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1146042

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Toilet Paper
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how long supplies of toilet paper will last in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	290909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government would prefer to leave the EU on 31 October with a deal. If this is not possible we will have to leave with no deal.</p><p><br>In the event of no deal the Government will prioritise the flow of goods at the border while continuing to take a risk-based approach to controls and checks on goods to minimise additional friction.</p><p>Extensive engagement activity continues with businesses, traders, ports and other stakeholders. The Government is also stepping up engagement with key Member States such as France. We will continue to work to make sure we have the best possible preparation to support the flow of goods.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 04/10/2019 13:03:52 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1147586

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of staff who applied for promotion within his Department from 1 September 2018 to 1 September 2019 and who identified as (a) BAME and (b) white were successful by each grade in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	292944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested not routinely collected, and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 04/10/2019 08:11:53 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1150080

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Temporary Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contingent workers have been hired through the Public Sector Resourcing framework since its creation.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>In total, 14,190 contingent workers have been placed across the public sector since the Public Sector Resourcing framework commenced on 16 January 2018.</p><p>4,698 are professional workers and 9,492 are categorised as administration and clerical workers.</p><p>This information is accurate as of 17 October 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/10/2019 14:08:16 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1151439

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Temporary Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contingent workers were hired through the Contingent Labour One framework in each year that the framework was in operation.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of contingent workers per year that were placed through the Contingent Labour One framework.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Number of workers placed through Contingent Labour ONE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Lot 1 (Capita - Interim Managers and Specialist Contractors)</p></td><td><p>Lot 2 (Brook Street - Administrative and Clerical Workers)</p></td><td><p>Lot 3 (Hays - Operational Workers)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1768</p></td><td><p>3394</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3513</p></td><td><p>5186</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4277</p></td><td><p>4578</p></td><td><p>478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>4568</p></td><td><p>5012</p></td><td><p>899</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>4860</p></td><td><p>1310</p></td><td><p>1046</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 (Year to Date)</p></td><td><p>364</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 28/10/2019 10:17:18 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1150348

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent civil servants worked on delivering the objectives of the Government Transformation Strategy in the most recent three years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government Transformation Strategy is a cross-government programme of work that touches on all aspects of digital transformation. We estimate that there are approximately 17,000 Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) professionals employed across government and directly supporting delivery of the strategy, in addition to a significant number of non-DDaT civil servants working on related activities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 22/10/2019 15:15:42 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1148996

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many known cases of incorrect identity verification on Gov.UK Verify there have been since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>We are not aware of any cases where an individual has been verified as being someone they are not, or as an identity that is fake or synthetic through GOV.UK Verify.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/10/2019 14:34:00 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt