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855391

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who in the ministerial team in the Cabinet Office was responsible for oversight of Her Majesty's Government’s Carillion contracts; whether proposals were presented by Ernst and Young to the Cabinet Office in December 2017; if so, what were those proposals; what assessment they made of the extent to which any such proposals might have saved public funds, protected employee pensions and avoided the company becoming bankrupt; whether they decided not to proceed with those proposals; and if so, at what level that decision was made.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL5997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Minister for Government Resilience and Efficiency (until 8 January 2018) and the Minister for Implementation (since 9 January) have had Ministerial responsibility for public procurement policy, including the strategic supplier risk management policy, but the responsibility for overseeing individual contracts with Carillion rests with individual contracting authorities.</p><p>In July 2017, Carillion engaged EY to assist with its restructuring plans. Government was not a party to this arrangement but we understand that EY’s recommendations were considered by Carillion’s board on 19 December.</p><p>The proposals from EY were put before the directors of Carillion, for their consideration and for them to act on accordingly, in line with their director duties. EY did not present this information to HMG. We were privy to the contents of the report after it had been presented to the Carillion Board, which enabled us to prepare for the various scenarios facing Carillion.</p><p>The decisions and conduct of the management of the company will be investigated by the Official Receiver.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 19/03/2018 12:31:20 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

855440

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Absent Voting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of postal votes issued in (1) England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales, and (4) Northern Ireland, for each general election from 2010 to 2017; and what were the comparative (a) percentages of the total poll in each of the four UK electoral areas, and (b) percentage increases in each region, at each general election.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL6046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this information. The data required is provided by each Returning Officer directly supplying information on postal votes to the Electoral Commission, which collates and publishes it.</p><p>The information can be found at <a href="https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/our-research/electoral-data/electoral-data-new" target="_blank">https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/our-research/electoral-data/electoral-data-new</a></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 15/03/2018 17:40:18 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

855534

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Employment: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) private sector and (b) public sector employees in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside and (iii) the North East.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	130841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/03/2018 12:38:17 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 130841 (1).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

855559

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Death: Weather
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 the rate of excess winter deaths in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	130866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/03/2018 12:35:21 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ130866 (1).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

855628

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of the staff employed in the Prime Minister's Office are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	130935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Civil Service apprenticeship strategy, the Civil Service has pledged to achieve 30,000 apprenticeship starts in England by 2020, annually delivering 2.3% of our workforce in England as apprenticeship starts.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 29/03/2018 09:51:24 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

855636

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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, when he plans to answer Question 123084 asked on 16 January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	130943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to PQ 123084 on 8<sup>th</sup> March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 09/03/2018 15:12:49 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

855681

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Apprentices
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 the proportion of staff currently employed by his Department who are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	130987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Civil Service apprenticeship strategy, the Civil Service has pledged to achieve 30,000 apprenticeship starts in England by 2020, annually delivering 2.3% of our workforce in England as apprenticeship starts.</p><p>Public sector organisations with 250 or more staff in England have an apprenticeships target of 2.3% of their headcount between April 2017 and March 2021. The target is for new apprenticeship starts, which includes new hires and existing staff that begin an apprenticeship.. The Civil Service is subject to the target and is treated as one organisation for this purpose. The target is assessed as an average over four years between April 2017 and March 2021, and is set annually by taking 2.3 per cent of headcount in England the day before the financial year begins.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 21/03/2018 14:39:16 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

855701

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Hewlett-Packard
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts Hewlett Packard Enterprise has with the Government; and what the value of each of those contracts is.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	131007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p> </p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 14/03/2018 14:16:06 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

855750

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff his Department has in Scotland; where those staff are located; and what the roles of those staff are.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	131056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p><strong>The Department does not itself publish information about the geographic distribution of its workforce. The ONS, however, publishes regional workforce statistics each year as part of the Annual CS Employment Survey. The latest publication titled Civil Service Statistics (at 31 March 2017) is available at <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/civilservicestatistics/2017/relateddata" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/civilservicestatistics/2017/relateddata</a> .</strong></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 14/03/2018 15:00:25 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

855785

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to promote voter registration.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	131090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The general election in June 2017 was held on the basis of the largest ever electoral register at just under 47m people.</p><p>In December 2017, the Democratic Engagement Plan was published, setting out the Government’s commitment to encourage further democratic participation among a wide range of different groups. The plan also sets out how the government will undertake further research into the barriers that could be preventing individuals from applying to register to vote. Our overall aim is to ensure that the next scheduled general election in 2022 is the most inclusive ever.</p><p>Democratic engagement is a particularly salient issue in 2018 given it is the Suffrage Centenary. The Government is supporting a range of related activity and is also hosting the first ever National Democracy Week in July. Both the Suffrage Centenary celebrations and National Democracy Week are expected to encourage people from all backgrounds to participate in our democracy, particularly focusing on under-registered groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/03/2018 11:48:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis