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455206

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what shared platforms the Government is building or has commissioned to improve the delivery of Government services.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	28532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The following platforms have been commissioned or built to improve the delivery of Government services:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Departments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Name</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMRC Home Office</p></td><td><p><strong>One Government at the Border</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Justice Home Office</p></td><td><p><strong>Digital Justice</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GDS</p></td><td><p><strong>GOV.UK Verify</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GDS</p></td><td><p><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"><strong>GOV.UK</strong></a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GDS</p></td><td><p><strong>GOV.UK Pay</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GDS</p></td><td><p><strong>GOV.UK Notify</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GDS</p></td><td><p><strong>PaaS / Hosting for digital services</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DWP HMRC</p></td><td><p><strong>Check your state pension</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/03/2016 13:03:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

455207

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how he plans to reduce the cost per participant of the National Citizen Service.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	28527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Consecutive, independent evaluations have demonstrated that National Citizen Service (NCS) delivers value for money and that the cost per participant has fallen since NCS began. In 2013, the NCS Trust, an independent social enterprise, was established to manage NCS and deliver the programme. Cabinet Office is working closely with the NCS Trust to develop their plans to extend NCS to 360,000 young people per year by 2020, whilst ensuring value for money for the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 01/03/2016 11:09:08 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

455208

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to improve Black and minority ethnic representation in the Senior Civil Service his Department.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	28482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office promotes a number of cross Government talent schemes to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and disabled staff, to accelerate their promotion to Senior Civil Service roles. This includes Civil Service wide talent schemes such the Future Leaders Scheme (aimed at G6&amp;7 staff) and the Senior Leaders Scheme (aimed at SCS Pay Band 1). Additionally, it promotes development schemes aimed specifically at BAME and disabled staff including the Accelerate talent programme (for SCS) and the Positive Action Pathway (for staff below SCS).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 28477 question first answered 02/03/2016 10:56:07 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 48401 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

455209

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers' Private Offices: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in the private offices group are employed on temporary contracts.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	28483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>At 31 January 2016, the Private Office Group in my department employed no officials on temporary contracts.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/03/2016 10:56:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 48400 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

455211

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what investment his Department has made in software components in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	28515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office routinely purchases software components to facilitate business operations and has purchased a number of software components, such as desktop software, document management systems, business applications and software as service components. Details of transactions are listed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-spend-data</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/03/2016 13:51:42 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

455212

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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 are responsible for coordinating and developing international policy across Government.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	28516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Promoting diversity in the Senior Civil Service is a ministerial responsibility of the Minister for the Cabinet Office. I have had frequent such meetings, and details of Ministers' meetings with external organisations are published routinely and can be found on www. Gov.UK.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As part of this Government’s transparency agenda, twice a year all Departments are required to publish an organogram and structure charts that contain information about the roles performed by staff. The latest Cabinet Office organogram is available at <a href="https://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office</a> and the latest structure charts may be downloaded at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-structure-charts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-structure-charts</a>.</ins></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/03/2016 13:50:32 question first ministerially corrected 07/03/2016 16:23:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 49154 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest