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582449

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to update the guidance issued to Government departments on drafting answers to parliamentary questions.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	46275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Ministers are responsible for the answers they give to Parliamentary questions. The practice of providing links or references to published material is long standing. There are currently no plans to update the Guidance to Departments on drafting answers to Parliamentary questions given it was previously updated in the last Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 46277 question first answered 19/09/2016 15:24:39 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

582450

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff have been seconded into his Department from outside the Civil Service in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	46276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>In the last 12 months, 15 individuals have been seconded into my Department from outside the Civil Service.</p><p>Secondments bring in external expertise and a fresh perspective across the department's responsibilities, and include secondees from the private, public and voluntary sector.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 16/09/2016 08:05:10 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

582452

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Written Questions
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 that parliamentary questions are answered in full where the requested information is already available.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	46277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Ministers are responsible for the answers they give to Parliamentary questions. The practice of providing links or references to published material is long standing. There are currently no plans to update the Guidance to Departments on drafting answers to Parliamentary questions given it was previously updated in the last Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 46275 question first answered 19/09/2016 15:24:39 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

582453

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Open Public Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current work priorities are of the Open Public Services group.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	46273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>The Open Public Services team in the Cabinet Office existed to deliver the Coalition Government's Open Public Services White Paper, published in 2011. The team's work came to a natural end with the end of that government in 2015. The most recent account of the team's work is contained at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-public-services-2014-progress-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-public-services-2014-progress-report</a></p><p>All Government Departments work to deliver public services which respond to individual choices and people’s real life complex needs, whilst relentlessly focusing on improvements in quality.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/09/2016 13:21:11 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

582454

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Infrastructure and Projects Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current work priorities are of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	46274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The IPA was formed on 01 January 2016, merging the existing Cabinet Office Major Projects Authority and HM Treasury’s Infrastructure UK. The IPA reports jointly to HMT and the Cabinet Office - and brings together the strengths of both departments - increasing co-operation and alignment in the centre of government on infrastructure and major projects.</p><p>The Authority’s 6 key priorities are;</p><ol><li>To set the right policy environment for projects to succeed</li><li>To give the market confidence to deliver</li><li>To ensue projects and programmes are set up for success from the outset</li><li>To ensure projects and programmes deliver their intended benefits</li><li>To promote the right operating environment for project delivery</li><li>To developing world-class project delivery &amp; project finance capabilities across government</li></ol> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 16/09/2016 07:57:51 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

581936

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Honours: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made by the Cabinet Secretary on his inquiry into the recent leak of information concerning honours and peerages.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	46066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The investigation into the leak of the Prime Minister’s Resignation Honours List is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/09/2016 06:30:24 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

581937

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministerial Boxes
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 ministerial red boxes in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	46069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has not spent any money on ministerial red boxes in the last 12 months.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/09/2016 07:53:38 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

581938

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many ministerial visits the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has made since 14 July 2016.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	46070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>Further to the question asked by the Hon Member of 7 September 2016, Official Report, Column 321, I would add that my Rt Hon Friend, the Member for Derbyshire Dales, is a Minister of the Crown and a member of the Cabinet. He will attend a number of Cabinet Committees, which will be published in due course, and has duties directly related to the Duchy of Lancaster. The List of Ministerial Responsibilities will also be published in due course. He does not receive a Ministerial salary from public funds. Details of Private Office staff will be accounted for as part of the regular transparency data on gov.uk. The Government publishes on a quarterly basis details of Ministerial visits overseas. All Ministers have access to the Government Car Service for official travel.</p><p>My Rt Hon Friend also serves as the Party Chairman of the Conservative Party. Such arrangements are no different from the likes of Charles Clarke, Ian McCartney and Hazel Blears, all of whom held the posts of Minister Without Portfolio and Labour Party Chair under the last Labour Government.</p><p>I would also observe that under the Thatcher and Major Governments, senior figures such as Norman Tebbit, Kenneth Baker and Chris Patten served as both Chairman of the Conservative Party and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 45759 45760 45882 question first answered 15/09/2016 15:01:48 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

581939

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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 his plans are for the future of the Government Digital Service; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	45969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government Digital Service is responsible for the digital transformation of government and this will remain the case. GDS continue to run <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>and are responsible for the Technology Code of Practice which seeks to make government data easier to use.</p><p>GDS also lead the delivery of three programmes funded at Spending Review 2015. These programmes: Government as a Platform, <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify and Common Technology Services, make it possible to accelerate the digital transformation of government. GDS now have over 500 staff supporting the delivery of this work and it continues to grow at pace.</p><p>I have no plans to make a statement.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/09/2016 08:02:31 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

581941

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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 5 September 2016 to Question 43473, when he plans to publish Ministerial responsibilities held by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	45882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>Further to the question asked by the Hon Member of 7 September 2016, Official Report, Column 321, I would add that my Rt Hon Friend, the Member for Derbyshire Dales, is a Minister of the Crown and a member of the Cabinet. He will attend a number of Cabinet Committees, which will be published in due course, and has duties directly related to the Duchy of Lancaster. The List of Ministerial Responsibilities will also be published in due course. He does not receive a Ministerial salary from public funds. Details of Private Office staff will be accounted for as part of the regular transparency data on gov.uk. The Government publishes on a quarterly basis details of Ministerial visits overseas. All Ministers have access to the Government Car Service for official travel.</p><p>My Rt Hon Friend also serves as the Party Chairman of the Conservative Party. Such arrangements are no different from the likes of Charles Clarke, Ian McCartney and Hazel Blears, all of whom held the posts of Minister Without Portfolio and Labour Party Chair under the last Labour Government.</p><p>I would also observe that under the Thatcher and Major Governments, senior figures such as Norman Tebbit, Kenneth Baker and Chris Patten served as both Chairman of the Conservative Party and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 45759 45760 46070 question first answered 15/09/2016 15:01:48 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest