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1006781

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Age
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on public sector pensions of the ability of prison officers aged over 60 to meet the physical requirements of the job.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	907582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The normal age of 65 for prison officer retirement was first introduced by the last Labour government in 2007. Lord Hutton’s pensions review in 2015 considered the issue and did not recommend any special exemptions for prison officers. We are satisfied that this continues to be the case.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 14/11/2018 17:43:37 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1006783

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Innovation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to encourage technological innovation in tackling social challenges and delivering public services.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	907585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>I am determined that government harnesses the power of technology to deliver better public services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>That’s why we are developing an Innovation Strategy for public services to be published next Spring and why I spoke at the GovTech Summit in Paris earlier this week.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>And in October, the latest round of the GovTech innovation fund opened. Ten challenges have already been selected for funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 14/11/2018 17:47:33 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1006894

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	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 Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of payments to Gov.uk Verify identity providers in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Member to the answer provided for PQ 186439, which states that details of payments to the identity providers is commercially sensitive information and cannot be released. Any information that may lead to a breach of commercial sensitivity with our private sector suppliers would have a negative impact on the relationship between Government and its partners.</p><p> </p><p>We accept there is a general public interest in disclosure of information and we recognise that openness in government may increase public trust in and engagement with the government.</p><p> </p><p>These public interests have to be weighed against a strong public interest that policy-making and its implementation are of the highest quality and informed by a full consideration of all the options. It is important that government can work with partners to deliver a high quality service and maintain a high level of trust.</p><p> </p><p>Any information that may lead to a breach of commercial sensitivity would have a negative impact on the relationship between government and the identity providers. Taking into account all the circumstances of this case, we have concluded that the balance of the public interest favours withholding the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 19/11/2018 16:56:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1007184

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people from the private sector are seconded to work in the civil service in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>This data is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/11/2018 11:46:49 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1008458

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Surveys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the results of the Civil Service People Survey 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Three Civil Service People Survey 2018 results products will be published shortly. These are: the Civil Service Benchmark Scores; Whitehall 18 Trends; and All Organisation Scores for the engagement index, engagement drivers, and 62 attitudinal questions.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/11/2018 14:20:02 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1012323

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the socio-economic background of civil servants employed in each Government Department; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office holds data on socio-economic background (SEB) in the following ways: from applications to the Fast Stream graduate programme and the centrally run accelerated development schemes, including the Future Leaders’ Scheme (FLS), the High Potential Development Scheme (HPDS) and the Senior Leaders’ Scheme (SLS) and is piloting other ways of gaining data, on a voluntary and anonymous basis, including from the annual People Survey, in future years.</p><p> </p><p>The SEB measures are questions which the Civil Service developed over two years to assess socio-economic background.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Fast Stream has been recording socioeconomic background data of its applicants since 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Future Leaders Scheme (FLS) and Senior Leaders Scheme (SLS) have been recording SEB data from its applicants since 2016. The Civil Service High Potential Development Scheme have been recording SEB data from its applicants since 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Individual departments may have undertaken surveys of the socio-economic background of their employees, but this is not held by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 27/11/2018 11:22:33 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1015094

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Interserve
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Crown Commercial Service is involved in the discussions on Interserve's proposed deleveraging plan, set to be announced in early 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	195474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government continually monitors the financial health of its strategic suppliers and has appropriate plans in place in relation to the risk of those companies. These plans are commercially sensitive and confidential. We do not believe that any strategic supplier is in a similar situation to Carillion.</p><p> </p><p>The company’s current intentions are a matter for the company itself.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 195475 question first answered 29/11/2018 16:56:42 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1015096

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Interserve
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Crown Commercial Service has made an assessment of the potential cost to the public purse of the collapse of Interserve.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	195475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government continually monitors the financial health of its strategic suppliers and has appropriate plans in place in relation to the risk of those companies. These plans are commercially sensitive and confidential. We do not believe that any strategic supplier is in a similar situation to Carillion.</p><p> </p><p>The company’s current intentions are a matter for the company itself.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 195474 question first answered 29/11/2018 16:56:42 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1015098

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Interserve
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings the Crown Commercial Service have had with Interserve in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	195476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Crown Commercial Service holds quarterly meetings with the company as part of a regular governance process for framework suppliers. In addition to regular CCS and departmental (or contract authority) meetings, the Cabinet Office Markets and Suppliers team meets regularly with all the strategic suppliers as part of their supplier relationship management programme.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 29/11/2018 16:57:44 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1015101

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Interserve
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current risk designation is Interserve; and whether that designation has changed in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	195477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Strategic Supplier Risk Management Policy, supplier risk ratings are not published by Government.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 29/11/2018 17:20:18 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett