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1000224

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date	02/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) timetable, (b) cost and (c) estimated savings are for the Foxhound IT programme.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	187356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>FOXHOUND is a Cabinet Office-led, cross-government IT programme to develop and deploy a new secure capability for managing sensitive information, including that which is classified up to and at SECRET. The aim is to bear down on the growing information and cyber risk, whilst improving scope for collaboration across the National Security community. The single platform this capability offers will enable some security related savings to be made and an outline Programme timetable and costs are published in Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) annual reports on Major Projects (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/721978/IPA_Annual_Report_2018__2_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/721978/IPA_Annual_Report_2018__2_.pdf</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infrastructure-and-projects-authority-annual-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infrastructure-and-projects-authority-annual-report-2018</a>)</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/11/2018 09:57:43 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1000225

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of the Public Services Network; and what estimate he has made of the savings to be accrued to the public purse of that Network.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	187357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Each government department or organisation connected to the PSN is responsible for procuring its own connectivity services separately from a group of approved providers. Since almost 700 public sector organisations across central government, local government and other public agencies and bodies use the PSN, it is not possible for Cabinet Office to report on the total cost to the public purse.</p><p>The National Audit Office 2016 “Protecting information across government” report reported that the project saved £406 million across government over the 4 years between 2011/12 and 2014/15.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/11/2018 09:49:38 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1000229

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many data breaches were reported by each Government department to the Government Security Group in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	187361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Cabinet Office does not require central reporting of data breaches by government departments.</p><p> </p><p>The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-minimum-cyber-security-standard" target="_blank">minimum cyber security standard</a> outlines the communications required by a department when there is a security incident that impacts on sensitive information or key operational services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Security Group would be involved in the response to a category one or two</p><p>cyber security incident impacting a central government department(s), however to date an incident of this type has not occurred.</p><p> </p><p>The <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/annual-review-2018" target="_blank">National Cyber Security Centre’s Annual Report (2018)</a> provides the total number of incidents it has dealt with over the past year.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 12/11/2018 09:37:31 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

999269

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
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 30 October 2018 to Question 183994 on Electronic Government: Proof of Identity, for what reason that Answer did not provide an average cost per user to verify identity across those private sector identity providers.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	186439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>Our understanding is that this is a request to know the cost of creating digital identities that are used to verify an individual. Users do not pay to verify their identity. It is the private sector that creates digital identity accounts that are then consumed by government services. The costs incurred by these private sector companies, that vary depending on the type of digital identity being created, is information that is held by the relevant commercial organisations</p><p><br> We hope that we have interpreted the Members question correctly. If the Member is asking how much the Government pays to the different private sector companies for the identities they create, this is commercially sensitive information and cannot be released. Any information that may lead to a breach of commercial sensitivity with our private sector suppliers would have a negative impact on the relationship between Government and its partners.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 13/11/2018 17:41:39 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

997167

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what has been the cost to the public purse of the common technology services programme; and what progress has been made on the implementation of that programme since it began.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	185092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Common Technology Services programme has spent £28.4m to the end of September 2018. <br> <br> Over the last 3 years, the programme has: supported government departments in obtaining cheaper alternatives to large technological contracts; has delivered a technology template to implement shared technology in multi-tenancy buildings, successfully completing its implementation in the first of the Government Property</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/11/2018 09:46:16 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

997215

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many data breaches were recorded by each government department in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	185107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not require central Government Departments to report their personal data breaches and so does not hold this information centrally.</p><p> </p><p>In June of 2018 the Minimum Cyber Security Standards were published requiring each department to have a plan to reporting data breaches. It states that</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Departments shall have communication plans in the event of an incident which includes notifying (for example) the relevant supervisory body, senior accountable individuals, the Departmental press office, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Government Security Group (Cabinet Office), the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) or law enforcement as applicable (not exhaustive).</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 01/11/2018 12:16:49 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

997216

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Protection
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 number of separate teams or organisations throughout government tasked with protecting information or monitoring data breaches.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	185108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not record centrally the number of separate teams or organisations tasked with protecting information or monitoring data breaches. However, the Government Chief Security Officer (GSCO) is ensuring that each department has a Senior Security Advisor responsible for advising their boards on security risks and appropriate steps to mitigate them.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 01/11/2018 15:38:42 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

997229

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts the Government holds with cloud based providers to store data; and what the total cost of these contracts to the public purse is.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	185114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder at the following link:</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 01/11/2018 15:51:20 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

997230

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Chief Security Officer: Public Appointments
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 6 September 2018 to Question 169860 on Government Chief Security Officer: Public Appointments, when his Department plans to recruit the Government Chief Security Officer.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	185115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The original recruitment campaign for the role of Government Chief Security Officer, was unsuccessful. The Cabinet Office is now seeking a 2 year fixed term candidate for this role and this recruitment exercise is underway. Following this, a full recruitment exercise will be undertaken to fill this post permanently.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 01/11/2018 15:51:57 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

995564

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Digital Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government Digital Service projects have been funded by the public purse but have not been completed in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	184421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>In the 2015 Government Spending Review, the Government Digital Service (GDS) was tasked with delivering three cross-government programmes to improve public services and deliver efficiencies. These were:</p><p> </p><ul><li>A Common Technology Services programme to allow the Civil Service to purchase consistent, flexible and modern IT, driving savings and improving performance.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>A new way of delivering digital services, Government as a Platform, to provide a common set of core systems that enable government departments to share digital services, technology and processes.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The development of the <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify programme to enable individuals to prove their identity online and to access government services securely and safely.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These programmes continue to deliver against their objectives.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 31/10/2018 11:46:52 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt