Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered question first ministerially corrected answering member label attachment file name title previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

757330

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charities: Freedom of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to making it possible for citizens to make freedom of information requests to UK-based registered charities.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>A small number of public authorities subject to the FOI Act are also registered as charities. Other charitable bodies do not meet the conditions for inclusion within Schedule 1 of the FOI Act. However, the Government keeps the scope of the Act under constant review.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 14/09/2017 15:50:34 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

757349

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Carillion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current financial situation of Carillion; and what consideration they have given to mandating the use of bank accounts in England for public infrastructure projects in order to protect smaller sub-contractors on such projects.
tabling member printed	Lord Stunell
uin	HL1334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office tracks the financial status of all of HMG’s Strategic Suppliers and manages risks accordingly. Carillion plc is a Strategic Supplier to Her Majesty’s Government, publicly listed company and is required to comply with all rules and regulations of the London Stock Exchange. We are expecting the company to be publishing its half-year results on the 29th September.</p><p>The Government Construction Strategy, as set out by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), does not mandate the use of Project Bank Accounts (PBAs) in England for public infrastructure projects. However, the policy states they are recognised as an effective mechanism for facilitating fair payment to the construction supply chain and that departments have committed to use them unless there are compelling reasons not to do so. The use of PBA’s can be found in the Government Construction Strategy, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-construction-strategy-2016-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-construction-strategy-2016-2020</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 14/09/2017 15:58:20 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name Government_Construction_Strategy_2016-20 (1).pdf title Government Construction Strategy
tabling member	445 label Biography information for Lord Stunell

757379

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Property Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Government Property Unit has applied conditions to its agreements for Departments to extend or renew their lets in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	8508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Since 1 April 2016, 126 applications have been received and of these 13 are recorded with conditions attached to the approval.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/09/2017 14:31:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

757380

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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 success rate is of verified user identities from the Government Verify system being accepted by the departmental service being accessed by that person.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	8509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>‘Success’ in this context is measured as the percentage of people with a verified identity who are then ‘matched’ with the departmental service they are attempting to access. Matching ensures that the user is shown the correct record within the service. Between January and August 2017, the matching success rate was 88%.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/09/2017 14:22:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

757381

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Training
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 trained by the Government Digital Service in their digital academy since September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	8518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The GDS academy has trained 2837 public sector workers since 1 September 2016.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/09/2017 13:43:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

757382

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Digital Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of staff of the Government Digital Service have come from the civil service fast stream.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	8512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department does not centrally hold records extending back to the date specified; gathering this data could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We do not keep records of the number of GDS staff who have ever been on the civil service fast stream; however, there are currently 16 fast streamers working at GDS.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong></strong></ins><br /><br /></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/09/2017 10:32:25 question first ministerially corrected 13/09/2017 08:46:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes previous answer version 10242 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

757383

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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, whether the Government is on track to meet the target of 25 million people using the Verify service by April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	8513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>To date, 1.5m people have used GOV.UK Verify to perform 3.7m secure transactions. HMG has committed to rollout Verify across departmental services. To facilitate this, we continue to innovate and improve the GOV.UK Verify service in order to support departments’ transformation plans and the migration of citizen-facing services from Government Gateway.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition to continuing with the rollout of GOV.UK Verify across central government, we also continue to explore the wider applications for <a href="http://gov.uk" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify for secure citizen identity verification in both the wider public and private sectors.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We remain confident that this planned activity enables us to work towards 25m users by 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/09/2017 14:26:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

757384

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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, which departmental services have connected to the Government Verify service.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	8514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are currently 14 departmental services accessible through GOV.UK Verify. They are:</p><ul><li><p>Vehicle Operator Licensing (DVLA)</p></li><li><p>Digital mortgaging service (HM Land Registry)</p></li><li><p>Personal Tax Account (HMRC)</p></li><li><p>Check your income tax (HMRC)</p></li><li><p>Report a medical condition that affects your driving (DVLA)</p></li><li><p>Renew your short term medical driving licence (DVLA)</p></li><li><p>Check your State Pension (DWP)</p></li><li><p>Universal Credit Digital Service (DWP)</p></li><li><p>View or share your driving licence information (DVLA)</p></li><li><p>Claim for redundancy payment (Insolvency Service)</p></li><li><p>Help your friends or family with their tax (HMRC)</p></li><li><p>Self Assessment (HMRC)</p></li><li><p>Rural Payments (DEFRA)</p></li><li><p>PAYE for employees: company car tax (HMRC)</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The following services have also connected to GOV.UK Verify, but are not currently available to the public:</p><ul><li><p>Tax credits service (HMRC)</p></li><li><p>Claim a tax refund (HMRC)</p></li><li><p>Marriage Allowance (HMRC)</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/09/2017 14:18:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

757385

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Digital Service: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value is of savings from the Governmental Digital Service's spending controls in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	8515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Total savings from digital and technology spend controls, which are operated by Government Digital Service on behalf of HM Treasury, are set out below. These have been audited by GIAA on behalf of NAO.</p><ul><li><p>2012/13: £365m*</p></li><li><p>2013/14: £91m</p></li><li><p>2014/15: £391m</p></li><li><p>2015/16: £339m</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>* this figure also includes transformation savings</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/09/2017 13:04:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

757386

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Digital Service: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to make any changes to the spending controls issued by the Government Digital Service.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	8516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office continues to keep all its spending controls under review to ensure they remain fit for purpose.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/09/2017 13:07:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett