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523382

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Freedom of Information requests have been refused by his Department in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	39724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>Statistics in relation to Freedom of information requests are publically available on gov.uk at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/06/2016 13:15:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

523383

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials of his Department have specific policy responsibility for deregulation.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	39723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 11 March 2016 to UIN: 29744.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/06/2016 13:17:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

523384

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to promote a whistleblowing culture in his Department.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	39720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>This Government has taken a number of steps to ensure effective whistleblowing practices are in place across Departments and to raise the profile and awareness of whilstleblowing. Updated and refreshed model whistleblowing policies are in place across all departments, providing information on sources of support available to whistleblowers, including access to employee assistance programmes, and advice on accessing legal support. In addition, we have improved support for Nominated Offices, and Departments have introduced dedicated whistleblowing hotlines and are publishing case studies on departmental intranet sites to build confidence that cases will be heard fairly and appropriately.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has developed a new data collection tool to enable HR Directors to collect information on whistleblowing cases including how cases have been resolved, identification of systemic issues, and lessons learned. Departments are using this tool to report to their Departmental Boards, and to the Cabinet Office, on a 6 monthly basis.</p><p>More details on action taken by specific Departments, including the first set of data collated by Departments, can be found in the Cabinet Office’s recent report to the Public Accounts Committee: <a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/public-accounts-committee/whistleblowing-recall/written/31692.html" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/public-accounts-committee/whistleblowing-recall/written/31692.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 39719 question first answered 14/06/2016 08:52:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

523385

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Ombudsman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on bringing forward proposals for a modern public services ombudsman in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	39718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is making good progress and will publish draft legislation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 15/06/2016 09:43:42 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

523386

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of people appointed to public bodies are women.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	39721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the diversity of public appointments and​ has an​ aspiration that 50% of new public appointees should be women. We are making ​good ​progress, with 44% of new appointments made to women in 2014-2015, up from 39% the previous year. For many years, the figure on appointments was between 32-36%, 44% is the highest figure since records began.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/06/2016 08:53:18 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

523387

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to promote a whistleblowing culture across the civil service.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	39719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>This Government has taken a number of steps to ensure effective whistleblowing practices are in place across Departments and to raise the profile and awareness of whilstleblowing. Updated and refreshed model whistleblowing policies are in place across all departments, providing information on sources of support available to whistleblowers, including access to employee assistance programmes, and advice on accessing legal support. In addition, we have improved support for Nominated Offices, and Departments have introduced dedicated whistleblowing hotlines and are publishing case studies on departmental intranet sites to build confidence that cases will be heard fairly and appropriately.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has developed a new data collection tool to enable HR Directors to collect information on whistleblowing cases including how cases have been resolved, identification of systemic issues, and lessons learned. Departments are using this tool to report to their Departmental Boards, and to the Cabinet Office, on a 6 monthly basis.</p><p>More details on action taken by specific Departments, including the first set of data collated by Departments, can be found in the Cabinet Office’s recent report to the Public Accounts Committee: <a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/public-accounts-committee/whistleblowing-recall/written/31692.html" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/public-accounts-committee/whistleblowing-recall/written/31692.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 39720 question first answered 14/06/2016 08:52:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

523388

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Anti-corruption Innovation Hub
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the terms of reference are for the new Anti-corruption Innovation Hub.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	39683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Anti-Corruption Innovation Hub is a virtual network which brings together government, civil society, law enforcement, technologists and the private sector to share cross-sector expertise and new ideas on how to tackle corruption.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/06/2016 08:59:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

523389

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Anti-corruption Innovation Hub
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of staff will be recruited to form the Anti-corruption Innovation Hub.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	39682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>There will be a full time member of staff with additional support as part of joint commitment between the Government and Omidyar Network.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/06/2016 09:00:39 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

523390

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Anti-corruption Innovation Hub
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government Minister will have responsibility for overseeing the implementation of the new anti-corruption strategy.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	39684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>Building on the UK's Anti Corruption Plan and the Prime Minister's successful summit, the UK has committed to develop a new national anti-corruption strategy which will provide a vision and framework for our domestic and international policy priorities. We are reviewing the governance arrangements for the strategy and will announce them in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/06/2016 08:59:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

523392

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department have applied for special leave to carry out work for non-governmental departments in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	39680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/06/2016 13:20:21 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest