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843535

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure the National Security Capability Review prioritises the capability of the UK's defence; and if he will a statement.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	127876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The National Security Council (NSC) has agreed the high-level findings of the National Security Capability Review (NSCR). Ministers have agreed that we should finalise the NSCR with a view to publishing a report in late spring.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The NSCR considered threats and opportunities facing the UK. It integrates domestic, international and online security to tackle the increasingly interrelated and complex threats we face. It identified how we can use our national security capabilities more effectively and efficiently to achieve our three national security objectives: Protect our people; Project our global influence; and Promote our prosperity.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The conclusions of the NSCR will be published in late spring. Defence played its full part in the review. As a result of high-level findings from the NSCR, the NSC commissioned a programme of work to modernise defence building on the National Security Strategy and the SDSR15. The aim of the Modernising Defence Programme (MDP) is to make sure that defence is sustainable and affordable and is configured to address the threats we face. The MDP will report to the Prime Minister, Chancellor and Defence Secretary.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 14/03/2018 14:59:20 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

843562

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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, what plans he has to move responsibility for data policy and governance from the Government Digital Services.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	127903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have been looking at how to bring together and further strengthen their work on the use and management of data across government. An announcement will follow in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 26/02/2018 17:14:21 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

843582

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Parking: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what legislation regulates the operation of private car parks.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
uin	127923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 banned the clamping of vehicles by private parking companies and introduced the principle of vehicle keeper liability. Currently, the private parking industry operates under a system of self-regulation.</p><p>Sir Greg Knight has introduced a Private Members’ Bill that seeks to create an independent code of practice for private parking companies. The Government fully supports Sir Greg’s Bill, which will seek to get the fairest deal for motorists and will help tackle rogue private parking operators.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 22/02/2018 14:08:13 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara

843584

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 123998 on asylum: housing, how many proposals for additionally funded service provision have been received; what the total financial value of those proposals is; whether those proposals and funds were used for any purposes deemed appropriate by the provider; and whether they adhered to the stipulations outlined in the Written Statement of 8 December 2016, HCWS335 on asylum accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	127925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Asylum Accommodation Providers have submitted proposals under the terms of the contract for additionally funded service provision in each of the 6 contract regions. The Home Office has assessed proposals and provided additional funding in 5 of the contract regions. The level of funding is commercially sensitive; however, as part of the Governments transparency agenda the Home Office publishes spend data with all providers on the GOV.UK website where the spend is over £25,000.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/02/2018 17:13:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

843588

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to require open book accounting clauses in respect of outsourced contracts; if she will publish any such clauses in contracts held by her Department; and how many of her Department's outsourced contracts contained such clauses in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18 by (i) Home Office policy area and (ii) contract value.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	127929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office follows the Cabinet Office and Crown Commercial Service procurement policy that assists in enabling open book contract management to be used in a fair way depending on the risk level and complexity of the contract. This ensures it is used on those contracts where the additional cost is justified by the level of benefits and risk. Standard clauses are published as part of the government’s Model Services Contract. Details may be found on the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0516-open-book-contact-management" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0516-open-book-contact-management</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/model-services-contract" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/model-services-contract</a></p><p> </p><p>Details of clauses within individual contracts are published via Contracts Finder <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/02/2018 14:57:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

843589

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to require in respect of her Department's outsourced public contracts (a) to publish the profit margin or (b) the permissible profit margin range that is agreed with the companies for such contracts.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	127930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not plan to require the profit margin or permissible (if any) profit margin range to be published for outsourced public contracts as this information is commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/02/2018 11:35:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

843599

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network: Argyll And Bute
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) number and (b) location of new mobile sites under the Emergency Services Network contract which will be located in Argyll and Bute constituency are; how many sites in that same area have gained planning approval; how many sites in that same area have entered the build phase; how many sites in that same area were live as of 1 January 2018; how many sites in that same area are being built with the capacity for multi-occupancy; and how many sites in that same area have a confirmed second tenant.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	127940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm there will be c.75 new EE sites and 17 Extended Area Service (EAS) sites located in the constituency of Argyll and Bute.</p><p> </p><p>All new EE sites are being built and delivered to agreed Home Office timeframes and where possible will go live earlier to support commercial coverage. Of the 75 sites, 59 have planning permission. 7 of the new sites are commercially available.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of EAS sites I can confirm that there are currently 17 sites proposed in Islay, Jura, Mull and the Kintyre Peninsula and 3 have planning permission approved (or 3 HoTs signed – as none have yet entered the build phase).</p><p> </p><p>Of the c.500 new sites EE is building, 291 will transfer over to the Home Office at the end of the contract term. EE is making available details of all shareable new sites to other mobile network operators proactively both directly and through an existing website used by the industry to arrange site sharing. EE has made available the details of 350 sites. EE is confident that the 291 sites will transfer to the Home Office will be selected from this portfolio, and the Home Office and EE have now agreed 104 of these sites (and are working on confirming on which of the remainder will make up the rest of the 291). These will be shareable in accordance with the terms of the EC Decision in relation to State aid for this Programme.</p><p> </p><p>Separately the Home Office, through the EAS project are delivering circa 292 individual sites. I would also like to reassure you that the Home Office has been proactive in seeking to build masts that support multi-operator use where practicable.</p><p> </p><p>Finally I thought it helpful to remind you that the Emergency Services Network is designed to, first and foremost, deliver a ‘blue-light’ communications service.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 127944 question first answered 27/02/2018 11:59:07 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

843600

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electricity Generation: Public Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment her Department has made of the merits of distributed energy solutions in reducing the long-term energy costs of the Government and public bodies estates.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	127941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The latest State of the Estate Report 2015-2016 references both the Greening Government Commitments and fulfils the reporting requirements under the Climate Change Act 2008. It reports on energy efficiency performance against government commitments.</p><p>The next Government Estates Strategy due to be published shortly will continue to ensure the government estate plays its full part in reducing the government's environmental impact as required by the Climate Change Act 2008.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 127942 question first answered 27/02/2018 17:35:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

843601

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has deployed distributed energy solutions across its estate and that of its public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	127942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The latest State of the Estate Report 2015-2016 references both the Greening Government Commitments and fulfils the reporting requirements under the Climate Change Act 2008. It reports on energy efficiency performance against government commitments.</p><p>The next Government Estates Strategy due to be published shortly will continue to ensure the government estate plays its full part in reducing the government's environmental impact as required by the Climate Change Act 2008.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 127941 question first answered 27/02/2018 17:35:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

843619

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of prosecutions for female genital mutilation.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	127960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has made the prosecution of female genital mutilation (FGM) a priority and has introduced a series of measures to further improve its handling of these cases. Every FGM case reported to the police is eligible for early investigative advice from the CPS, and training on FGM has been delivered to investigators and prosecutors across the country.</p><p>The CPS has also appointed lead FGM prosecutors for each CPS area and agreed investigation and prosecution protocols with local police forces.</p><p>Where FGM is not charged, other offences will be considered, and the CPS has developed an <em>aide memoire</em> for prosecutors and police identifying other offences which may be considered in the event that evidence does not support an offence under the FGM Act 2003.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 27/02/2018 10:41:58 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield