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1130452

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Distributed Ledger Technology
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 merits of using distributed ledger technology across the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	261182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government Digital Service undertook a landscape review of technology innovation, including distributed ledger technology across government in August 2018. Additionally the recently launched Government Technology Innovation Strategy provides recent examples of distributed ledger technology within government and will provide a building block for departments to harness the opportunity presented by emerging technologies.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 13/06/2019 13:04:46 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

864267

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the efficiency savings that better use of technology has enabled for departmental spending since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	132752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>In total, benefits of £3.56 billion were achieved in the last spending review period as a result of digital and technology transformation across government (April 2012 - March 2015). GDS delivered over £339 million benefits in 2015/16, improving the quality of services through assuring digital and technology projects.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 29/03/2018 09:53:38 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

864268

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Blockchain
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 of using blockchain in the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	132753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>Government is researching potential use cases, and engaging with suppliers about the best use of blockchain technologies with a view of how it might drive efficiencies and support transformation. This research is led by individual departments in line with their specific needs.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/03/2018 11:45:11 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

864269

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve transparency in government.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	132754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010 the Government has been at the forefront of opening up data to allow the public and Parliament to hold public bodies to account. The Government remains committed to continuing to look at how the range of information it publishes can be expanded and made as useful as possible to the public, business, the voluntary sector and government itself.</p><p>We recently launched a new webpage that clarifies the core transparency data published by Government and provides guidance on ensuring this data is accessible, timely and easy to find: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/how-to-publish-central-government-transparency-data</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/03/2018 12:04:49 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

850775

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Public Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure robust cyber security in the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	130009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes public sector cyber security very seriously. We support the sector in improving their resilience to cyber attacks and encourage all organisations to implement the advice developed by National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and published on their website (<a href="http://www.ncsc.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.ncsc.gov.uk</a>).</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the NCSC’s Active Cyber Defence (ACD) programme continues to be rolled out alongside the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government led <em>Think Cyber Think Resilience</em> initiative which helps councils improve their security and wider cyber resilience awareness.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/03/2018 13:47:42 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

850776

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to make improve the use of digital technology in the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	130010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is a recognised world leader in public sector digital innovation. The Government Digital Service (GDS) leads on the digital transformation in government, providing common solutions to problems that government service teams have to tackle repeatedly.</p><p>GDS provides standards, guidance and best practice to help government to build services that work for everyone. GDS works with departments to provide the right technology to help the public sector deliver great services, through technology that meets user needs; makes cross-government collaboration easier; costs less; and will help civil servants to work more flexibly and efficiently.</p><p>The Government Transformation Strategy was published in February 2017. It sets out a vision for transforming the way government operates and delivers services in the digital age and GDS’ role in driving this change. It was developed in conjunction with other government departments and its objectives include business transformation; increasing skills and capability across government; developing better tools, processes and governance; data; and developing more shared platforms such as GOV.UK Notify.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 07/03/2018 11:52:00 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

599328

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Distributed Ledger Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using blockchain and distributed ledger technologies in the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	47976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) and blockchain are exciting new developments. The Government is open minded about their potential, along with other emerging technologies, to help better meet user needs. At this stage more research is needed in order to determine their potential uses and whether the technologies are appropriate as a vehicle for public service delivery. The Government will be guided by the Chief Scientific Adviser’s 2016 report on the topic available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/distributed-ledger-technology-beyond-block-chain" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/distributed-ledger-technology-beyond-block-chain</a></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 18/10/2016 09:12:39 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

529207

registered interest
date	28/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the amount lost to cyber fraud in the public sector in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	41391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>We are unable to provide an estimate of the loss to cyber fraud in the public sector each year since 2010. We have considered the information available to us and do not have any data available to help inform such an estimate.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 05/07/2016 07:53:41 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

77517

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Non-governmental Organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations were abolished in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	205499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>In 2010 the Coalition pledged to reduce the number and cost of public bodies. Our Public Bodies Reform Programme is the largest restructuring of public bodies in a generation. It will make the landscape smaller, more accountable, and will offer better value for money to the public.</p><p>By April 2011 the reforms brought about by the programme had reduced the number of public bodies by 46. During 2011-2012 the numbers reduced by a further 56. To date over 185 public bodies have been abolished and more than 165 have been merged into fewer than 70.</p><p>The total number of public bodies has reduced by over 285.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 21/07/2014 13:52:09 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

65985

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Business: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of savings to businesses in (a) the UK, (b) the Thames Valley and (c) Windsor constituency as a result of the Red Tape Challenge.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	204115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>ThePrime Minister announced in January 2014 that that this would be the first government in modern history to reduce overall domestic regulation for business while in office. As part of this, he announced that the Red Tape Challenge programme had identified over 3,000 regulations to scrap or improve, delivering estimated savings to UK businesses of over £850m per year by the end of the Parliament. Analysis of the impact of the deregulatory reforms on a geographical basis has not been developed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/07/2014 16:08:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie