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1566408

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of (a) ordinary and (b) named-day written questions their Department answered on time in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	122086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>Our internal records show that for all cases due with Parliament between 01/01/2022 and 31/12/2022 to which Cabinet Office responded, 92% of ordinary written questions were answered on time and 83% of named-day written questions were answered on time.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/01/2023 11:06:10 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1566476

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Mandarin Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Cabinet Office officials have professional working proficiency in Mandarin.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	122197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>We do not currently hold a central record of Mandarin skills (or other languages) in the department.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 17/01/2023 17:57:46 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1566494

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Official Cars: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps (a) 10 Downing Street and (b) other Government departments have taken to ensure government cars do not contain preinstalled electronic devices that may threaten the security of both the occupants and HM Government.
tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
tabling member printed	Sir Iain Duncan Smith
uin	122029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, it is government policy not to comment on security procedures.</p><p>Government cars are subject to regular security checks and have robust protections in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 17/01/2023 17:56:26 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith

1566574

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Older People
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 number of (a) UK citizens who have returned from the EU to the UK and (b) EU citizens who have returned to EU countries who are over the age of 60 in the period since June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	122030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the Hon. Gentlemen’s Parliamentary Questions of 12 January is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 17/01/2023 17:36:29 question first ministerially corrected 30/01/2023 18:16:48 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ122030_122031.pdf title UKSA Full Response to 122030/122031 previous answer version 47754 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ122030_122031 HR (1).pdf title UKSA Response to 122030/122031
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1565868

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government Security Group’s recommendation to protect government’s systems, people and estate from Chinese surveillance technology companies applies to genetic surveillance companies, including Beijing Genomics Institute.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	121002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>On 24 November, the Government issued a Written Ministerial Statement on surveillance equipment. However, the instruction relates solely to visual surveillance systems on the government estate. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 16/01/2023 17:55:29 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1565870

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure the government’s new resilience framework focuses on the genomics industry in the context of the Government's strategic approach to economic and societal resilience and privacy, ethical and national security risks facing the industry, including from systemic competitors based in China.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	121004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>While the genomics industry is not designated as critical national infrastructure in the UK, the UK Government Resilience Framework sets out the Government’s ambition to work in partnership across sectors to ensure they are able to fully contribute to national resilience whilst strengthening their own.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 120065 question first answered 16/01/2023 17:44:50 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1565871

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Security: Genomics
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 impact of Genomic Surveillance on UK national security.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	121005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government believes that sharing biodata with all bona fide researchers focused on human health is essential to fostering innovation and enabling the rapid development of safe and effective medical countermeasures.</p><p>However, we recognise the dual-use potential of new and emerging technologies. This is why the Cabinet Office has conducted a thorough assessment of associated risks through the ongoing refresh of the biological security strategy. In implementing the strategy, we will engage with key organisations such as Genomics England to ensure the UK maintains effective policies which protect National Security while fostering innovation as science and technology evolve.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 16/01/2023 17:33:21 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1565872

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: DNA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is taking steps to protect genetic data of civil servants from potential security threats posed by surveillance technology companies.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	121006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>Genetic data of Civil Servants is very rarely held by Government. There are a range of measures in place to protect the personal data of Civil Servants in addition to the UK’s robust data protection laws.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 16/01/2023 14:54:29 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1565935

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many unique users there have been of the Contracts Finder service in each year since its founding.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	121028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>The data for the Contracts Finder service and the Find a Tender Service is listed below.</p><p>Contracts Finder unique users by year, based on cookies which store user information and preferences between website visits. Starting in 2020, users were able to opt out of cookies, meaning that it became a much less reliable indicator of uniques users - and led to a drop in the reported number of unique users recorded using this methodology.</p><p>Contracts Finder service unique users by year:</p><p>2017 - 650,003</p><p>2018 - 656,661</p><p>2019 - 780,951</p><p>2020 - 533,809 - users begin to be able to opt out of cookies</p><p>2021 - 187,905</p><p>2022 - 169,530</p><p> </p><p>Find a Tender Service unique users by year:</p><p>2021 - 90,503</p><p>2022 - 81,515</p><p> </p><p>No assessment of business awareness is available. And, although user research is continually conducted with public and private sector users of both Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, no specific data is available with regards to user satisfaction. The ongoing user research is used to identify areas of improvement for both systems to meet ongoing user needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 121029 121030 question first answered 19/01/2023 16:54:44 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1565936

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many unique users there have been of the Find a Tender service in each year since its founding.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	121029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>The data for the Contracts Finder service and the Find a Tender Service is listed below.</p><p>Contracts Finder unique users by year, based on cookies which store user information and preferences between website visits. Starting in 2020, users were able to opt out of cookies, meaning that it became a much less reliable indicator of uniques users - and led to a drop in the reported number of unique users recorded using this methodology.</p><p>Contracts Finder service unique users by year:</p><p>2017 - 650,003</p><p>2018 - 656,661</p><p>2019 - 780,951</p><p>2020 - 533,809 - users begin to be able to opt out of cookies</p><p>2021 - 187,905</p><p>2022 - 169,530</p><p> </p><p>Find a Tender Service unique users by year:</p><p>2021 - 90,503</p><p>2022 - 81,515</p><p> </p><p>No assessment of business awareness is available. And, although user research is continually conducted with public and private sector users of both Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, no specific data is available with regards to user satisfaction. The ongoing user research is used to identify areas of improvement for both systems to meet ongoing user needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 121028 121030 question first answered 19/01/2023 16:54:44 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra