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1124561

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
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 2 May 2019 to Question 248768, whether his Department has any plans to allow Document Checking Service access to non-GOV.UK Verify identity providers.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	250495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>At this stage, the Document Checking Service is only available to GOV.UK Verify identity providers. However, we are aware there is demand to open up access to government data and are exploring opportunities in this area.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 13/05/2019 09:08:43 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1124583

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2019 to Question 245992, Public Sector: Procurement, whether his Department routinely monitor the proportion of public sector buyers that utilise the Digital Marketplace.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	250503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>All information concerning buyers that have used the Digital Marketplace is in the public domain. This can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digital-marketplace-sales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digital-marketplace-sales</a></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 13/05/2019 09:06:32 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1124610

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Security Council: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the metropolitan police require a referral from the Cabinet Office in order to launch a criminal investigation into the unauthorised disclosure of information relating to Huawei from a meeting of the National Security Council.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	250480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The policy of Government is as set out in Paragraph 21 ‘Official information: standards of conduct and procedures’ and states, &quot;The police are entirely operationally independent of Government and have the right and duty to investigate criminal activity wherever it occurs. No part of Government is above the law. In respect of unauthorised disclosure of official information under, for example, the Official Secrets Act, if the police find evidence of a suspected breach of the criminal law, it is entirely within the powers of the police to begin an investigation under their own auspices, whether or not the Government has raised the incident with them.&quot;</p><p> </p><p>A copy is in the Library of the House and is available at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228774/7863.pdf</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/05/2019 09:45:51 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1124615

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the percentage of employed individuals with long-term disablities who are employed in (a) higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations and (b) routine occupations.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	250448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 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 Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 09/05/2019 09:46:40 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ 250448 (1).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1124616

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the number of childcare workers in receipt of (a) tax credits and (b) universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	250449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 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 Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 09/05/2019 09:46:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ250449 (1).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1124201

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Pakistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Government’s Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative in Pakistan on the number of people who have been sentenced to death in those courts.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	249948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) takes its responsibility to do no harm very seriously. All CSSF programmes comply with the UK’s domestic and international human rights obligations and have robust measures in place to protect the human rights of beneficiaries.</p><p> </p><p>In order for programme teams to be able to assess the risks of UK activity that could affect human rights, all security and justice assistance is subject to Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJAs). The OSJA is a risk management system used across Government to assess risk and consider what mitigation might be appropriate. The OSJA Guidance specifies at what point Ministerial approval is required.</p><p> </p><p>In order to determine the effectiveness of project activity, all CSSF programmes are subject to Annual Reviews, which score how effectively programmes have delivered their outputs and outcomes. In making an assessment the Annual Review considers how programme teams manage commercial partnerships, risk and budgets, adapt to changing contexts, , as well as assessing value for money. The Joint Funds Unit (JFU) plans to publish the Rule of Law 2017/18 Annual Review summary before the end of this Parliamentary session.</p><p> </p><p>Minister Field, the FCO Minister responsible for South Asia, receives regular updates on the risks associated with the Rule of Law programme’s activities. In addition, I reviewed all the relevant programme documentation, ahead of it being shared with the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, who have taken an interest in this programme and requested further, sensitive documents on it.</p><p> </p><p>The OSJA covering the Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative was fully reviewed in December 2018. Completed OSJA checklists are sensitive internal documents providing an assessment of the human rights situation in a country at a given time and are regularly updated. These are not published. The Information Commissioner has previously reviewed and agreed with a Government decision not to disclose an OSJA on Pakistan.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the JFU commissioned an independent OSJA audit, in order to get a better understanding of how they are used across the CSSF. The audit itself contains a number of sensitive in-depth samples of OSJAs and therefore there are no plans to publish the audit.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 13/05/2019 09:02:53 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1124202

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Pakistan: Rule of Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the most recent Annual Review which was conducted for the Rule of Law Programme in Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	249949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) takes its responsibility to do no harm very seriously. All CSSF programmes comply with the UK’s domestic and international human rights obligations and have robust measures in place to protect the human rights of beneficiaries.</p><p> </p><p>In order for programme teams to be able to assess the risks of UK activity that could affect human rights, all security and justice assistance is subject to Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJAs). The OSJA is a risk management system used across Government to assess risk and consider what mitigation might be appropriate. The OSJA Guidance specifies at what point Ministerial approval is required.</p><p> </p><p>In order to determine the effectiveness of project activity, all CSSF programmes are subject to Annual Reviews, which score how effectively programmes have delivered their outputs and outcomes. In making an assessment the Annual Review considers how programme teams manage commercial partnerships, risk and budgets, adapt to changing contexts, , as well as assessing value for money. The Joint Funds Unit (JFU) plans to publish the Rule of Law 2017/18 Annual Review summary before the end of this Parliamentary session.</p><p> </p><p>Minister Field, the FCO Minister responsible for South Asia, receives regular updates on the risks associated with the Rule of Law programme’s activities. In addition, I reviewed all the relevant programme documentation ahead of it being shared with the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, who have taken an interest in this programme and requested further, sensitive documents on it.</p><p> </p><p>The OSJA covering the Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative was fully reviewed in December 2018. Completed OSJA checklists are sensitive internal documents providing an assessment of the human rights situation in a country at a given time and are regularly updated. These are not published. The Information Commissioner has previously reviewed and agreed with a Government decision not to disclose an OSJA on Pakistan.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the JFU commissioned an independent OSJA audit, in order to get a better understanding of how they are used across the CSSF. The audit itself contains a number of sensitive in-depth samples of OSJAs and therefore there are no plans to publish the audit.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 13/05/2019 09:05:14 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1124203

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Pakistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it her policy to commission a review of the effectiveness of UK’s Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative in Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	249950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) takes its responsibility to do no harm very seriously. All CSSF programmes comply with the UK’s domestic and international human rights obligations and have robust measures in place to protect the human rights of beneficiaries.</p><p> </p><p>In order for programme teams to be able to assess the risks of UK activity that could affect human rights, all security and justice assistance is subject to Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJAs). The OSJA is a risk management system used across Government to assess risk and consider what mitigation might be appropriate. The OSJA Guidance specifies at what point Ministerial approval is required.</p><p> </p><p>In order to determine the effectiveness of project activity, all CSSF programmes are subject to Annual Reviews, which score how effectively programmes have delivered their outputs and outcomes. In making an assessment the Annual Review considers how programme teams manage commercial partnerships, risk and budgets, adapt to changing contexts, , as well as assessing value for money. The Joint Funds Unit (JFU) plans to publish the Rule of Law 2017/18 Annual Review summary before the end of this Parliamentary session.</p><p> </p><p>Minister Field, the FCO Minister responsible for South Asia, receives regular updates on the risks associated with the Rule of Law programme’s activities. In addition, I reviewed all the relevant programme documentation ahead of it being shared with the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, who have taken an interest in this programme and requested further, sensitive documents on it.</p><p> </p><p>The OSJA covering the Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative was fully reviewed in December 2018. Completed OSJA checklists are sensitive internal documents providing an assessment of the human rights situation in a country at a given time and are regularly updated. These are not published. The Information Commissioner has previously reviewed and agreed with a Government decision not to disclose an OSJA on Pakistan.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the JFU commissioned an independent OSJA audit, in order to get a better understanding of how they are used across the CSSF. The audit itself contains a number of sensitive in-depth samples of OSJAs and therefore there are no plans to publish the audit.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 13/05/2019 09:05:04 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1124204

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Pakistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative in Pakistan on conviction rates in the Pakistani anti-terror courts in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	249951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) takes its responsibility to do no harm very seriously. All CSSF programmes comply with the UK’s domestic and international human rights obligations and have robust measures in place to protect the human rights of beneficiaries.</p><p> </p><p>In order for programme teams to be able to assess the risks of UK activity that could affect human rights, all security and justice assistance is subject to Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJAs). The OSJA is a risk management system used across Government to assess risk and consider what mitigation might be appropriate. The OSJA Guidance specifies at what point Ministerial approval is required.</p><p> </p><p>In order to determine the effectiveness of project activity, all CSSF programmes are subject to Annual Reviews, which score how effectively programmes have delivered their outputs and outcomes. In making an assessment the Annual Review considers how programme teams manage commercial partnerships, risk and budgets, adapt to changing contexts, , as well as assessing value for money. The Joint Funds Unit (JFU) plans to publish the Rule of Law 2017/18 Annual Review summary before the end of this Parliamentary session.</p><p> </p><p>Minister Field, the FCO Minister responsible for South Asia, receives regular updates on the risks associated with the Rule of Law programme’s activities. In addition, I reviewed all the relevant programme documentation, ahead of it being shared with the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, who have taken an interest in this programme and requested further, sensitive documents on it.</p><p> </p><p>The OSJA covering the Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative was fully reviewed in December 2018. Completed OSJA checklists are sensitive internal documents providing an assessment of the human rights situation in a country at a given time and are regularly updated. These are not published. The Information Commissioner has previously reviewed and agreed with a Government decision not to disclose an OSJA on Pakistan.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the JFU commissioned an independent OSJA audit, in order to get a better understanding of how they are used across the CSSF. The audit itself contains a number of sensitive in-depth samples of OSJAs and therefore there are no plans to publish the audit.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 13/05/2019 09:03:06 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1124205

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Pakistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the human rights risk assessments undertaken for the Government’s Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative in Pakistan in relation to the Government’s policy on Overseas Security and Justice Assistance.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	249952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) takes its responsibility to do no harm very seriously. All CSSF programmes comply with the UK’s domestic and international human rights obligations and have robust measures in place to protect the human rights of beneficiaries.</p><p> </p><p>In order for programme teams to be able to assess the risks of UK activity that could affect human rights, all security and justice assistance is subject to Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJAs). The OSJA is a risk management system used across Government to assess risk and consider what mitigation might be appropriate. The OSJA Guidance specifies at what point Ministerial approval is required.</p><p> </p><p>In order to determine the effectiveness of project activity, all CSSF programmes are subject to Annual Reviews, which score how effectively programmes have delivered their outputs and outcomes. In making an assessment the Annual Review considers how programme teams manage commercial partnerships, risk and budgets, adapt to changing contexts, , as well as assessing value for money. The Joint Funds Unit (JFU) plans to publish the Rule of Law 2017/18 Annual Review summary before the end of this Parliamentary session.</p><p> </p><p>Minister Field, the FCO Minister responsible for South Asia, receives regular updates on the risks associated with the Rule of Law programme’s activities. In addition, I reviewed all the relevant programme documentation ahead of it being shared with the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, who have taken an interest in this programme and requested further, sensitive documents on it.</p><p> </p><p>The OSJA covering the Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative was fully reviewed in December 2018. Completed OSJA checklists are sensitive internal documents providing an assessment of the human rights situation in a country at a given time and are regularly updated. These are not published. The Information Commissioner has previously reviewed and agreed with a Government decision not to disclose an OSJA on Pakistan.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the JFU commissioned an independent OSJA audit, in order to get a better understanding of how they are used across the CSSF. The audit itself contains a number of sensitive in-depth samples of OSJAs and therefore there are no plans to publish the audit.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 13/05/2019 09:04:25 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry