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1717998

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Minister without Portfolio: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on matters relating to common sense at the instruction of the Minister without portfolio within the Cabinet Office since her appointment.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	26193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Minister’s official role is the Minister without Portfolio, a role which has a large scope across government. The Minister supports the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to identify where our public sector delivery is inhibited by bureaucracy and inefficiencies. The Minister’s overarching aim is to ensure efficiency and value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p>Further information on the Minister without Portfolio’s role can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/people/esther-mcvey.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/05/2024 13:49:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1717999

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Minister without Portfolio: Departmental Responsibilities
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 working on matters relating to common sense at the instruction of the Minister without portfolio within the Cabinet Office.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	26194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The Minister’s official role is the Minister without Portfolio, a role which has a large scope across government. The Minister supports the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to identify where our public sector delivery is inhibited by bureaucracy and inefficiencies. The Minister’s overarching aim is to ensure efficiency and value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p>Further information on the Minister without Portfolio’s role can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/people/esther-mcvey.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/05/2024 16:36:36 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1685833

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Ministers' Private Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2024 to Question 11390 on Cabinet Office: Ministers' Private Offices, how much was spent on each of those refurbishments.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	12069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>The Ministerial Offices in 70 Whitehall, redecorated due to water damage in April 2023, cost a total of £19,956.50 exclusive of VAT.</p><p> </p><p>The redecoration of the Ministerial Waiting Room in 70 Whitehall with furniture alterations (partly necessary due to historic mould issues, and completed in November 2023) cost a total of £13,359.11 exclusive of VAT.</p><p> </p><p>The decoration of the Ministerial corridor (due to complete in March 2024) is taking place as part of planned building-wide programme of annual maintenance. As part of this programme, a number of corridors throughout the building are being repainted. Therefore it is not possible to distinguish the cost of the redecoration of the Ministerial corridor from the wider programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 02/02/2024 14:59:51 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1686052

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Ministerial Boxes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to his Department have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	12155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>The following table includes the number of lost or stolen ministerial red boxes from the Cabinet Office between 2021 and 2023.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lost </strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Stolen</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The departmental security unit records and investigates each reported loss from the Department. If appropriate, the police are invited to undertake further inquiries.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 02/02/2024 12:50:09 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1684895

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Ministers' Private Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any refurbishments have been made to ministerial offices in his Department in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	11390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>In September 2023, a Project was completed to create a Ministerial Meeting Room in the Cabinet Office’s 2nd Headquarters within Glasgow: 1 Atlantic Square. The room enables the conduct of Ministerial business in Glasgow, including hosting meetings.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Within London, 70 Whitehall</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>Two of the Ministerial offices were redecorated in April 2023 due to water damage.</p></li><li><p>A Ministerial Waiting Room was redecorated with furniture alterations in November 2023.</p></li><li><p>Further decoration of a Ministerial corridor is planned in March 2024, also due to water damage.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Each of these refurbishments strives to strike a balance between value for the taxpayer and ensuring that staff are able to do their job effectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 29/01/2024 17:33:48 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1679559

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Bullying and Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many settlement payments his Department issued following claims of (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) discrimination in the (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21, (iii) 2021-22 and (iv) 2022-23 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	8062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office follows the principles laid out in the Cabinet Office Guidance on Settlement Agreements, Special Severance Payments on Termination of Employment and Confidentiality Clauses which is published on the internet here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d2c7852ed915d2fe7abea6d/Cabinet-Office-guidance-on-settlement-agreements-special-severance-payments-on-termination-of-employment-and-confidentiality-clauses.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d2c7852ed915d2fe7abea6d/Cabinet-Office-guidance-on-settlement-agreements-special-severance-payments-on-termination-of-employment-and-confidentiality-clauses.pdf</a>, and the HM Treasury Guidance on Public Sector Exit payments, which is published on the internet here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60af4ab3d3bf7f737e058da9/SPECIAL_SEVERANCE_GUIDANCE_v3_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60af4ab3d3bf7f737e058da9/SPECIAL_SEVERANCE_GUIDANCE_v3_FINAL.pdf</a> when considering any settlement agreements.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Cabinet Office is unable to ascertain from the data available the specific settlement by individual claims of a) bullying, b) harassment and c) discrimination for the financial years provided. This is due to the interlinked nature of claims, which means that an individual could raise a case that covers several of these areas.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Cabinet Office takes all allegations of bullying, harassment and discrimination seriously. Staff are encouraged to raise any concerns through the departmental Dispute or Disciplinary policies to enable swift investigation into concerns raised.</p><p><strong><p><p><br></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/01/2024 16:35:51 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1679577

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Public Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on press and public relations in each financial year since 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	8080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Government departments rightly have an obligation to work with and support the media in their reporting.</p><p>Like any large organisation, they will employ staff to work with journalists, to help communicate their work and policies to the public.</p><p>This is primarily carried out by media relations staff employed by departments. Like all areas of government spending - costs are reviewed regularly to ensure value for money.</p><p>The Government Communications Service works with all central government organisations to ensure that, where taxpayers’ money is being spent on government communications, it is cost-effective and reflects best practices.</p><p>Cabinet Office spend on press and public relations since 2019-20 are below. These figures represent the departmental spend on the Cabinet Office press office (including pay and relevant contracts):</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>2019/20: £976,994.11</p></li><li><p>2020/21: £1,185,192.91</p></li><li><p>2021/22: £1,111,282.00</p></li><li><p>2022/23: £1,181,350.41</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 15/01/2024 17:57:48 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1678136

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Power Failures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there have been any power cuts on their Department's property in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	7087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2023 answer text <p>For the purposes of this answer, we are interpreting power cuts to mean unplanned loss of power to a building or floor of a building.</p><p>We can confirm from the information available, that there have been two incidents in the specified period:</p><ul><li><p>10 South Colonnade, London, where Cabinet Office is a tenant, 2023.</p></li><li><p>Cheylesmore House, Coventry, 2023.</p></li></ul><p>In both incidents, communication to affected users was swift and continuous thus keeping people fully informed of the status of the incident. Post events, lessons learnt sessions were held and where appropriate, mitigations and processes were created should future similar events take place, not just at those localities but nationally as well.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 22/12/2023 12:58:59 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1675263

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many security passes for his Department have been reported as (a) missing and (b) stolen in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	5121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government takes the protection of information extremely seriously. Departments are required to have robust controls in place to manage risk to their assets including data and mobile devices.</p><p>The departmental security unit records and considers whether an investigation is appropriate for each reported loss from the Department.</p><p>Any security pass reported as lost is immediately deactivated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 09/01/2024 10:45:45 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1669075

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data their Department holds on the (a) number and (b) total cost of replacing (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones, (iii) memory sticks and (iv) external hard drives that have been (A) lost and (B) stolen in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office provides laptops and mobile phones to over 10,000 users in 2023-24. The Cabinet Office supplies fully security encrypted mobiles and laptops. We do not issue memory sticks or external drives.</p><p> </p><p>There are occasional incidents where equipment is reported lost or stolen. Staff are required to report such incidents, and cases are investigated. Any loss is unfortunate and should be avoided, but invariably reflects that such devices may need to be taken out of a workplace environment.</p><p> </p><p>The following table includes the numbers and costs related to the lost/stolen devices.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Laptops</p></td><td><p>Mobile Phones</p></td><td><p>Memory Sticks</p></td><td><p>External Data Drives</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number Lost</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost of Lost Replacement</p></td><td><p>£23,911.20*</p></td><td><p>£40,280*</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number Stolen</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost of Stolen Replacement</p></td><td><p>£23,010.52*</p></td><td><p>£3,585*</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Some devices not approved for replacement</p><p> </p><p>Given steps taken to secure information, we do not believe there has been any data loss or compromise as a result of these losses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 17/11/2023 12:14:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney