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807159

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date	15/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Epilepsy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to table 8D of the Personal Independence Payment: DLA to PIP reassessment outcomes, October 2017, what steps his Department is taking to address the disproportionate number of people with epilepsy who have seen their awards refused or reduced during the transition to personal independence payments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	119807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>In line with our existing programme of continuous improvement we have recently made changes to the PIP Assessment Guide in relation to safety and supervision which may impact on those with conditions which affect consciousness such as epilepsy.</p><p> </p><p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is more modern, dynamic and fair than its predecessor, Disability Living Allowance (DLA), and focuses support on those experiencing the greatest barriers to living independently. As PIP is a different benefit to DLA with different assessment criteria, we would expect to see some variation between outcomes for different disabling conditions. Additionally, many DLA claimants have not undergone any kind of assessment of their needs for several years and their condition, treatment or therapy and needs arising from their condition may have changed substantially.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/12/2017 14:03:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

807165

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Corruption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Foreign Secretary on the active enforcement of the OECD Anti Bribery Convention.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	119813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK has been recognised as a country which actively enforces the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (the “OECD Anti-Bribery Convention”).</p><p>The UK Anti-Corruption Strategy was published on December 11 and contains a clear commitment to promote international implementation of the OECD Anti Bribery Convention, together with other international standards. The Joint Anti-Corruption Unit in the Home Office is working closely with the FCO, DFID, HMT and law enforcement agencies to this end.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 21/12/2017 16:36:31 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

807172

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	British Irish Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2017 to Question 117199, what reports the Prime Minister receives from the delegate who attends a British-Irish Council on behalf of the Government following each meeting.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	119820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Conclusions of the meetings are published on the British-Irish Council website.</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 21/12/2017 14:04:04 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

807173

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	British Irish Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2017 to Question 117199, if she will make it her policy to attend a meeting of the British-Irish Council when other heads of Government of the UK and the Republic of Ireland are in attendance.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	119821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 1 December 2017, UIN 115271.</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May grouped question UIN 119822 question first answered 21/12/2017 14:02:55 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

807174

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	British Irish Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2017 to Question 117199, for what reasons a Prime Minister has not attended a meeting of the British-Irish Council since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	119822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 1 December 2017, UIN 115271.</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May grouped question UIN 119821 question first answered 21/12/2017 14:02:55 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

807176

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	21st Century Fox: Sky
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of Disney's takeover of 21st Century Fox for the Competition and Markets Authority's investigation into the anticipated acquisition of Sky Plc by 21st Century Fox; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	119824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>On 14 December, Disney and the 21st Century Fox announced details of an agreement for the sale of 21st Century Fox to Disney. This includes its interests in two major UK Media companies Sky PLC and Endemol/Shine. 21st Century Fox currently remains as the bidder for Sky PLC and Disney and 21st Century Fox confirmed in their joint announcement that they want the 21st Century Fox bid for Sky - announced in December 2016 – to continue. The current Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) inquiry into the Fox/Sky merger will therefore continue.</p><p>The CMA are of course fully aware of the Disney bid and it is for them to consider how to account for this development in their inquiry. The CMA are due to publish their interim findings on the merger in mid-January and provide their final report by 6 March. I will then consider all the relevant information and make the final decision on the merger.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/12/2017 14:17:05 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

807182

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Disability: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to her oral contribution of 14 December 2017, Official Report, column 398, in what format she was briefed on the content of the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s oral evidence to the Treasury Committee of 6 December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	119830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>I have nothing further to add to the answer I gave the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 21/12/2017 14:02:06 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

807190

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy in the forthcoming cycle safety review to include the Dutch Reach within the driving test to help reduce the number of serious injuries and deaths from the car-dooring of cyclists.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	119836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Leaving a vehicle and checking for oncoming cyclists, pedestrians and other traffic before opening the door is already part of the DVSA's National Standards for driving. Rule 239 of the Highway Code states: ‘You MUST ensure you do not hit anyone when you open your door. Check for cyclists or other traffic’. It is safer for your passengers (especially children) to get out of the vehicle on the side next to the kerb’.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Cycle Safety Review announced in September, the Department will be considering a number of cycle safety issues, but for obvious reasons it would be inappropriate to pre-empt the outcome of the review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/12/2017 09:04:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

807200

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is embarked upon an ambitious transformation programme (Cirrus) for its technology. Cirrus covers the transition of up to 5,500 users from a variety of former departmental (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Department of Energy and Climate Change) systems to a common technology structure. Cirrus will see the design of a new operating model and the procurement and commissioning of replacement services. This involves exit from approximately 50 contracts and move to new arrangements with approximately 100 smaller contracts and some in-house provision by 31 May 2018.</p><p>The Government Commercial Function guidance paper arrived subsequent to the commencement of Cirrus planning, some of the principles contains within it are already well established in the Department.</p><p>a) Market engagement – supplier days are held routinely pre-procurement to help shape requirements, ensure they are attractive to the market and are deliverable;</p><p>b) Setting up disaggregation of work – lotting strategies are applied to disaggregate larger contracts and to open up opportunities to small businesses;</p><p>c) Risk assessment – the department continues to develop its understanding and management of commercial risks as measured against the Government Commercial Operating Standards. In the case of Cirrus these risks are mitigated through the early involvement of the GDS and Cabinet Office complex transactions team in the programme together with the formation of a commercial strategy working group;</p><p>d) Developing a programme plan through transition – The Cabinet Office complex transactions team has produced a plan for Cirrus which mapped the current contract landscape to the future state to support transition planning;</p><p>e) Identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future - The Cabinet Office complex transactions team also made recommendations on the contract management resources required to manage Cirrus contacts. Recruitment of this resource will commence in January;</p><p>f) Any other work related to that guidance – A new contract management strategy is currently being implemented in the department. The GCF guidance will be incorporated into this strategy for major IT contracts.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/12/2017 16:29:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

807213

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Exit arrangements from Major IT Contracts is limited across the Department as IT services are predominantly delivered through in-house IT teams and supplemented by a small number of services through commercial partners. The DVLA exit from the PACT contract is well documented within the guidance and is an example of best practice for exiting large IT contracts. The experience gained from PACT exit is being shared across the Department and the recently implemented IT Category approach provides forum network for IT commercial professionals to share best.</p><p> </p><p>Further work is being undertaken to collaborate across HMG with representation at the Digital Commercial forum and numerous CCS led initiatives.</p><p> </p><p>The exception within the Department is DVSA, as there are current programmes of work to disaggregate the two existing large IT contracts. The work being carried out is covered explicitly below;</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>(a) using market engagement, </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DVSA is well acquainted with the guiding principles within the GCF paper ‘Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments’ and routinely proactively engages with GDS and CO Commercial on exit from current major IT contracts which are with Atos and Capita. Exit from these contracts formed a core objective of 2015 DVSA Digital Services &amp; Technology strategy. Individual projects and procurements have already been launched for replacement services with market sounding as a routine step in the procurement process e.g. the new End User Computing contract. Digital Partners have been selected through the G Cloud framework for development of replacement services with significant market interest shown when the procurement exercise was launched 12 months ago. DVSA ensures it understands User Needs through a Discovery phase e.g. in developing new digital MOT service which fully replaced the old MOT PFI contract. In addition, DVSA makes use of technology analysists to understand developments in the market.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>(b) setting up disaggregation work, </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Projects for replacement services to exit from the two existing major IT contracts are launched and have governance processes that requires scrutiny and approval of full business cases and have a SRO identified.</p><p>Agile methodology is used within these projects with MVP and service backlogs identified and routinely tracked through burn down charts for each sprint. Project benefits are tracked through internal governance and include enabling benefits the exit of existing contracts. E.g., the Commercial Vehicle Services (CVS) project will enable the exit of a majority of the DVSA IS2003 contract with Atos during its remaining term. All other activities to enable contract exit are managed on a Common Technology Service backlog.</p><p> </p><p><strong>(c) risk assessment, </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DVSA has identified non exit within the remaining term of their two major IT contracts as a corporate risk and this is monitored by the DVSA Directing Board. Each project that facilitates contract exit is subject to normal project governance including monthly risk assessments. All contract end dates are routinely monitored through the DVSA Investment and Change Committee (ICC).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>(d) developing a programme plan through the transition, </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Planning for contract exit and introduction of replacement services are managed through project plans and transition is part of the deliverable for the projects. For exit of the two major IT contracts, an internal DVSA Oversight Board has been established to monitor risks to exit timescales. This updates the DVSA Investment and Change Committee which is chaired by a Director.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>(e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The need for futures skills and capabilities was recognised in the 2015 DVSA Digital Services &amp; Technology strategy. DVSA has already successfully run an apprentice programme and a graduate programme for developing digital capability. In addition, recruitment campaigns are being run to fill permanent posts in the organisation consistent with the Digital, Data and Technology (DDAT) professional requirements. DVSA Digital Services and Technology Directorate has measured itself against Government Commercial Function operating standards.</p><p> </p><p><strong>(f) any other work related to that guidance.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Incumbent suppliers are being proactively managed by DVSA to secure their cooperation for exit and transition. Formal partnership meetings are held with senior executives and a collaborative approach has been established. This is reinforced through DVSA engagement with the relevant Crown Representatives and Strategic Relationship Mangers at Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/12/2017 13:54:28 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett