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1124610

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Security Council: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the metropolitan police require a referral from the Cabinet Office in order to launch a criminal investigation into the unauthorised disclosure of information relating to Huawei from a meeting of the National Security Council.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	250480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The policy of Government is as set out in Paragraph 21 ‘Official information: standards of conduct and procedures’ and states, &quot;The police are entirely operationally independent of Government and have the right and duty to investigate criminal activity wherever it occurs. No part of Government is above the law. In respect of unauthorised disclosure of official information under, for example, the Official Secrets Act, if the police find evidence of a suspected breach of the criminal law, it is entirely within the powers of the police to begin an investigation under their own auspices, whether or not the Government has raised the incident with them.&quot;</p><p> </p><p>A copy is in the Library of the House and is available at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228774/7863.pdf</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/05/2019 09:45:51 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

984810

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Subversion: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any unsuccessful attempts have been made by Russia to interfere in the UK's democratic processes in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	177631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has said previously that we have not seen evidence of successful foreign</p><p>interference in UK elections and we take any allegations of interference in UK democratic</p><p>processes by a foreign government extremely seriously. That remains the case. We know</p><p>that certain states routinely use disinformation and other means as a foreign policy tool,</p><p>and have seen evidence of this happening elsewhere. It should therefore not surprise us</p><p>that they might try to influence democratic processes in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 177632 question first answered 22/10/2018 09:28:41 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

984812

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Subversion: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Cabinet Office, whether any indirect attempts have been made by Russia to interfere in the UK's democratic processes in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	177632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has said previously that we have not seen evidence of successful foreign</p><p>interference in UK elections and we take any allegations of interference in UK democratic</p><p>processes by a foreign government extremely seriously. That remains the case. We know</p><p>that certain states routinely use disinformation and other means as a foreign policy tool,</p><p>and have seen evidence of this happening elsewhere. It should therefore not surprise us</p><p>that they might try to influence democratic processes in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 177631 question first answered 22/10/2018 09:28:41 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

918391

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Vote Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister's office has received an advance copy of the Electoral Commission's report into electoral fraud in the Vote Leave campaign; and what information he holds on the publication date of that report.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	150605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission is accountable to Parliament, via the Speaker’s Committee, and does not report directly to Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>In that context, the Government has not received advance copy of such a report, and would not normally expect to receive advance reports on its casework decisions.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 18/06/2018 14:39:15 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

722418

registered interest
date	19/04/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Average Earnings: West Bromwich East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people working in West Bromwich East constituency earn less than £10 per hour.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	71249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 27/04/2017 09:46:21 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 45687 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

714464

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits to the digital economy of releasing government data sets.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	69491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>Open data is already delivering enormous value across the economy and society. The UK is a world leader in open data and we have released over 41,000 non-personal datasets, powering over 400 apps and enabling transformational change in sectors as diverse as transport, agriculture and housing. The UK is committed to being the world’s most open and transparent government and the UK’s third Open Government National Action plan sets out an ambitious agenda to achieve this.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/04/2017 10:29:12 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

714060

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take to support UK digital technology companies to access public sector procurement contracts.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	69277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government Transformation Strategy and the UK Digital Strategy set out how this Government will lead a step-change in procurement, making it easier than ever for digital technology companies of all sizes to access public sector procurement contacts through the Digital Marketplace.</p><p>As part of this, we will be heavily promoting the use of the Digital Marketplace by local and wider public sector bodies to lower barriers for all digital and technology suppliers. The Government’s aim is that the public sector should spend at least £750 million a year with SMEs by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 05/04/2017 08:19:06 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

712362

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	George Osborne
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether future meetings between Ministers and the right hon. Member for Tatton will be required to be published in the Departments' transparency data concerning meetings with proprietors, editors and media executives after his appointment as editor of the London Evening Standard; and whether any such meetings will be exempt from declaration in such transparency data.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	68588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>All meetings between Ministers and newspapers and other media proprietors, editors and senior executives held in an official, social and political capacity are (and will continue to be) published on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 24/03/2017 12:16:36 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 41970 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

712507

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	George Osborne
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 prevent the right hon. Member for Tatton from accessing copies of Government, Cabinet or Cabinet Committee papers relating to the period when he was in the Government while he is the Editor of the London Evening Standard.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	68598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>It is a longstanding convention that former Ministers are allowed reasonable access to the papers that were issued to them when in office. However, such access is at the Government's discretion and is conditional on potential authors undertaking to comply with the Radcliffe principles. The detail of the Radcliffe principles can be found in the Directory of Civil Service (volume 2), which is available on G<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">ov.uk</a>. I believe that the continued application of these provisions will provide the suitable reassurance that the Hon. Member is seeking.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 24/03/2017 12:17:26 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 41971 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

584015

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take to improve the clarity of advice to government departments on protecting data.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	46601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/security-policy-framework/hmg-security-policy-framework" target="_blank">Security Policy Framework</a> has clear requirements on Information Assurance which are mandatory for departments. They include a range of measures including the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications" target="_blank">Classification Policy</a> which set out expectations of how government will protect the wide variety of information that it generates, collects, processes, stores and exchanges appropriately and effectively. As the NAO report acknowledges, the UK government is acknowledged as a world leader in this area.</p><p>However, we are conscious that these policies and structures have grown organically over time and need to keep pace with Government’s digital transformation plans. So the Cabinet Office conducted its own review of Government security in early 2016 and many of the findings are consistent with the NAO report. We are already starting to implement the recommendations in the review.</p><p>For example, we are already well underway in strengthening oversight of information security by bringing together nine separate central teams into just two. We have also appointed the Government’s first ever Chief Security Officer to bring together all disciplines of government security under central leadership. As part of this work Cabinet Office is working with GCHQ and the Government Digital Service to rationalise and clarify the guidance to departments on information security and protecting data. The National Cyber Security Centre which is due to stand up in the autumn will also play a lead role in advising departments on cyber security.</p><p>But we can and will do more and we will respond fully to this report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 46669 question first answered 10/10/2016 09:18:45 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest