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1017210

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has in place for his work stream on electoral reform in preparation for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	197377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government will continue to keep the electoral system under review and where appropriate will consider what changes, if any, may be necessary in preparation for and as a consequence of the UK leaving the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>As the UK will cease to be a member of the European Union on 29th March 2019, we will not be taking part in future European Parliamentary elections, including those which are currently scheduled to be held from 23rd to 26th May 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 repeals the underlying pieces of legislation providing for the holding of European Parliamentary elections in the UK, and we have made a Statutory Instrument under powers in the Act that repeals all associated legislation.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/12/2018 15:28:36 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1017213

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff from each Government Department are employed in Scotland; and what the office locations are for those staff.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	197380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2018 there were 43,120 Civil Servants employed in locations in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown by Government department is available in Table 12 ‘Civil Service employment; regional distribution by government department’ as part of the annual National Statistics publication ’Civil Service Statistics’, at the following link: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the location of Civil Servants is also available through the ONS query tool, nomis, available at this link: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/</a>. Using nomis we have produced a table of Civil Service Headcount by Department at NUTS3 (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics Level 3 i.e. council areas) for the above staff. A copy of this table has been placed in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/12/2018 16:04:54 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1017241

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are employed in the Public Procurement Review Service.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	197332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>There are 5 civil servants employed in the Public Procurement Review Service. We continue to keep resourcing under review to ensure the service meets customer needs.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/12/2018 16:11:38 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1017242

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Public Procurement Review Service's spot checks on procurement documents apply to the contracting authority only.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	197333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The spot checks on procurement documents only apply to contracting authorities within the public sector.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/12/2018 11:35:19 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1017243

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many spot checks on procurement documents have been carried out by the Public Procurement Review Service in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	197334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>There have been 278 spot checks completed in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 06/12/2018 16:37:02 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1017244

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of the spot checks on procurement documents carried out by the Public Procurement Review Service in the last 12 months revealed non-compliance with public procurement regulations.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	197335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Spot checks undertaken in the last 12 months have been targeted where we were aware that a contracting authority had previously not complied with a part of public procurement regulations, and where contracting authorities are not advertising tender opportunities on Contracts Finder appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>We had 100% compliance when following up with the contracting authority applying a recommendation we had previously made from our investigation. We had a 82.25% success rate following intervention with a contracting authority which was not advertising tender opportunities on all the correct portals.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/12/2018 11:41:13 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1017245

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of the the spot checks on procurement documents carried out by the Public Procurement Review Service in the last 12 months resulted in the Crown Commercial Service providing guidance to the relevant contracting authority.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	197336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Spot checks undertaken in the last 12 months have been targeted where we were aware that a contracting authority had previously not complied with a part of public procurement regulations, and where contracting authorities are not advertising tender opportunities on Contracts Finder appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore the majority of spot checks undertaken in the last 12 months have resulted in the Public Procurement Review Service providing guidance to the relevant contracting authority at some point. We did not provide guidance on the spot checks that were classed as following up recommendations from our investigations, these contract authorities had already received the guidance in the form of a recommendation.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/12/2018 11:39:20 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1017246

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Public Contract Regulations 2015, how many times the Crown Crown Commercial Service identified in the last 12 months that contracting authorities failed to include in contracts provisions that any payment due from the contracting authority to the contractor is to be made no later than the end of a period of 30 days from the date on which the relevant invoice is regarded as valid and undisputed.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	197337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Public Procurement Review Service have not identified any cases that do not have the standard 30-day payment terms in public sector contracts.</p><p>Through the Public Contract Regulations 2015, it is required that these payment terms are passed down the supply chain. Public sector buyers must also publish annually on their payment performance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 12/12/2018 17:19:01 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1017247

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release of 29 November 2018 entitled Crack down on suppliers who don’t pay on time, whether identification of late payment by public sector contractors will include payment information from Crown Commercial Service investigations.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	197338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Large suppliers are already required by law to publish their payment records every 6 months on Gov.uk. Departments will be able to use these records as part of the assessment to ensure the criteria is met. These are published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/check-when-businesses-pay-invoices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/check-when-businesses-pay-invoices</a></p><p> </p><p>If a business is unable to demonstrate that they are meeting the core standard of paying 95% of invoices within 60 days over the previous two six month periods and cannot explain why or show evidence of significant remedial action taking place, then they may be excluded from the process and not be able to win that opportunity. Decisions will be taken on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>Companies are also required to demonstrate they have procedures for resolving disputed invoices promptly, and that systems are in place to ensure those in supply chains are paid within agreed contractual terms.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/12/2018 11:37:07 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1017272

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Belfast Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he will publish the legal advice on the effect of the proposed Withdrawal Agreement on the Belfast Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	197357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>On 5 December, the Government published the Attorney General’s advice to Cabinet on the Withdrawal Agreement and the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, which can be found here:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exiting-the-eu-publication-of-legal-advice" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exiting-the-eu-publication-of-legal-advice</a>.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/05/2019 17:40:18 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon