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1503815

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date	02/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance has been issued to (a) Ministers and (b) officials on the retention of (i) social media and (ii) other content on phones provided to them for official use.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	45574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>Departments set guidance on the retention and disposal of information, for both their ministers and officials, based on the requirements of the Public Records Act 1958.</p><p>In order to support Departments, the Cabinet Office has previously published Guidance on the Management of Private Office Papers and Guidance to departments on use of private emails. In addition, a revised Code of Practice on Records Management, issued under Section 46 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, was laid on 15 July 2021 by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 06/09/2022 11:22:10 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1503938

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it his policy that there will be public consultations on the replacement of retained EU law with new legislative proposals.
tabling member constituency	Dundee East
tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
uin	45595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of Government Departments to consult on policy or legislative change.</p> answering member constituency North East Somerset answering member printed Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg question first answered 06/09/2022 09:32:57 answering member 4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

1491489

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has plans to make interim compensation payments to infected blood support scheme beneficiaries before a compensation scheme is established; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	42184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>On 16 August 2022, I wrote to Sir Brian Langstaff, Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry, confirming that the Government accepts his recommendation in full. These interim payments are the first step in addressing this historic wrong and recognise the urgent need of infected and affected people.</p><p>I have also made a Written Ministerial Statement (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-09-05/hcws279" target="_blank">HCWS279</a>) that was released on Monday, 5th September on this matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 06/09/2022 09:19:56 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1491125

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Statistics Authority: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the UK Statistics Authority has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on which they were consulted.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	40939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the hon. Member’s Parliamentary Question of 20th July is attached and below.</p><p><strong>Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician</strong></p><p>Kenny MacAskill MP<br>House of Commons<br>London<br>SW1A 0AA</p><p>12 August 2022</p><p>Dear Mr MacAskill,</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking how much the UK Statistics Authority has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if we will publish a breakdown of the (a) amountpaid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on which they were consulted (40939).</p><p>Table 1 provides the spend on externally contracted consultancy services for the UK Statistics Authority in each of the last five years.</p><p>Table 1: Spend on externally contracted consultancy services for the UK Statistics Authority in each of the last five years</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2021/21</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£6,065,000</p></td><td><p>£11,207,000</p></td><td><p>£12,028,000</p></td><td><p>£6,259,000</p></td><td><p>£924,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder[<a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">1</a>]. Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used. Government departments, their individual agencies and Arm’s Length Bodies are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on GOV.UK[<a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">2</a>].</p><p>All Government Departments and their individual ALBs and agencies are required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding contracts.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p><p>Footnotes:</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency North East Somerset answering member printed Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg question first answered 06/09/2022 09:32:15 answering member 4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQ40939 (1) (1).pdf title UKSA letter response to PQ40939
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill