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1060614

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: 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 each of the 19 public bodies and agencies that work (a) in and (b) with the Cabinet Office.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	220788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office, Office of the Leader of the House of Commons, Office of the Leader of the House of Lords, Boundary Commission for England, Infrastructure and Projects Authority, Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists, and Privy Council Office are business units within the Cabinet Office. At 31<sup>st</sup> January 2019, 354 civil servants were employed in these areas.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service, Government Property Agency, Civil Service Commission,</p><p>Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, House of Lords Appointments Commission, Commissioner for Public Appointments, Boundary Commission for Wales, Committee on Standards in Public Life, Security Vetting Appeals Panel, Senior Salaries Review Body, and Government Estates Management are separate organisations that have connections to the Cabinet Office. At 31<sup>st</sup> January 2019, 758 civil servants were employed in and/or providing support to these organisations.</p><p> </p><p>Of the above organisations, Civil Service support to:</p><p> </p><ul><li>the Security Vetting Appeals Panel is provided staff employed by the Cabinet Office</li><li>the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, House of Lords Appointments Commission, and the Commissioner for Public Appointments is provided by staff employed by the Civil Service Commission</li></ul><p>the Senior Salaries Review Body is provided by staff employed in BEIS</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/02/2019 15:39:31 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1059763

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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, how many civil servants have been transferred from direct employment by government departments to employment with government contractors in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	220086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/02/2019 14:27:58 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1059770

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pensions
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 change the premium deduction in the (a) widows, (b) widowers and (c) civil partners pension provisions of the 1972 Section of the Civil Service pension arrangement so that when a member remains (i) unmarried or (ii) not in a civil partnership their surviving children receive the premium deduction refund.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	220281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The premium deduction is there to protect the Civil Service Pension Scheme against the specific risk of a member marrying or entering a civil partnership after retiring and then pre-deceasing their spouse/civil partner. The amount of the premium is set at a level that takes account of the likelihood of this happening.</p><p> </p><p>If the premium were to be repaid to the member’s estate should they subsequently die without marrying or entering a civil partnership, the amount of the premium would need to be significantly higher as it would only be retained by the scheme in circumstances where a spouse/civil partner’s pension was payable.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not consider that a change to the current arrangements is justified.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/02/2019 14:23:33 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1058853

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Consultants
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 6 February 2019 to Question 215097, what the top five consultancy firms were by spend for each of the financial years and figures provided in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	219297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The requested information is below, based on unaudited total reported spend.</p><p> </p><p>2013/14</p><p>PA Consulting Group Ltd</p><p>Deloitte LLP</p><p>PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</p><p>McKinsey &amp; Company</p><p>KPMG LLP</p><p> </p><p>2014/15</p><p>PA Consulting Group Ltd</p><p>Deloitte LLP</p><p>McKinsey &amp; Company</p><p>AWE Plc</p><p>PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</p><p> </p><p>2015/16</p><p>PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</p><p>McKinsey &amp; Company</p><p>Deloitte LLP</p><p>Qinetiq Group Plc</p><p>Adam Smith International Ltd</p><p> </p><p>2016/17</p><p>Leidos Holdings Inc</p><p>BAE Systems Plc</p><p>Adam Smith International Ltd</p><p>McKinsey &amp; Company</p><p>PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</p><p> </p><p>2017/18</p><p>Leidos Holdings Inc</p><p>BAE Systems Plc</p><p>Landmarc Support Services Ltd</p><p>Qinetiq Group Plc</p><p>CH2M Hill</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally, departments publish spend over £25,000 on a monthly basis as part of its transparency data routine publication, which includes named supplier details.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 14/02/2019 16:35:05 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1058857

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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 officials in his Department were present at the financial rescue talks between Interserve and its lenders.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	219298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is a customer of Interserve, not a director or shareholder of the company. This is a matter to be resolved between Interserve and its lenders. No officials were present at the financial rescue talks between Interserve and its lenders.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 14/02/2019 16:36:04 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1058896

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Baroness Brady
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what official Government posts Baroness Brady holds.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	219308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Baroness Brady does not hold any offical government posts.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 14/02/2019 16:33:59 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1055727

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department has taken to prepare for the UK's voluntary national review of the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	909036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>We are actively supporting preparations for the UK voluntary national review.</p><p>Cabinet Office officials are working with DFID and other departments across government to ensure that the review fully demonstrates the UK’s domestic and international activity.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 06/02/2019 15:05:32 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1055253

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Crown Representatives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government press release New expert brought in to boost government’s relationship with small businesses, published in February 2019, for how many hours per week the Small Business Crown Representative is employed by the Government; and what the salary of that position is.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	217151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Small Business Crown Representative will be working two days a week and will be paid £500 per day, the standard rate for all Crown Representative working for the Government.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/02/2019 13:51:01 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1054770

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Old Admiralty Building
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what use is planned for the Old Admiralty buildings subsequent to their refurbishment.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	216414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Old Admiralty Building will remain in the Government property portfolio. Refurbishment work is continuing as planned and we are still consulting on the building's future use.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 07/02/2019 16:31:20 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1052212

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the estimated increase is in the total cost of projects in the Government Major Projects Portfolio that is attributed to pressures on Departments from preparations for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	215094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/02/2019 16:48:46 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett