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1328431

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	What recent steps he has taken to help ensure value for money in public procurement.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	900590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>We are transforming the current procurement regime so that simpler procedures can drive increased competition and innovation, ultimately saving taxpayers’ money.</p><p>We have also recently published Version 3 of the Outsourcing Playbook, rebranded as the Sourcing Playbook, alongside our new Consultancy Playbook. This suite of guidance will help government and industry work better together to deliver quality public services and value for money.</p><p>The Government Consulting Hub was also formally launched last week; a new team at the centre of Government providing expertise on management consultancy and ensuring we maximise value.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 27/05/2021 15:31:16 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1328432

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will bring forward proposals to abolish the Electoral Commission.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	900591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to keeping our elections secure and fit for the modern age. We keep electoral law, and the role and powers of the Electoral Commission, under review to ensure the effective operation of, and public confidence in, an electoral system that is secure, fair, modern and transparent.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 900615 question first answered 27/05/2021 15:32:19 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

1328433

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	What recent assessment the Government has made of the (a) viability and (b) value for money of the Verify scheme.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	900593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>Verify continues to work well, supporting 19 services. More than 8 million Verify accounts have been created, with over 2.3 million added since the start of the pandemic as citizens accessed critical online services.</p><p>Building on the lessons and experiences of Verify, and as we announced in last year's Spending Review, the Government Digital Service is collaborating with other departments - including the Department for Work and Pensions, HMRC and Home Office - to develop a new login and identity assurance system that will make it easier for more people to use online services safely. While this new system is being developed, users and connected services will continue to rely on GOV.UK Verify. The Government has therefore decided to extend the current Verify service, enabling new users to sign up until April 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 27/05/2021 15:33:51 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1328434

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to improve democratic inclusion.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	900603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>We work with experts across sectors and provide funding to a number of initiatives to engage citizens in our democracy, make it more accessible and protect everyone's vote.</p><p>The introduction of online registration has resulted in record levels of people registering to vote and the Cabinet Office-chaired Accessibility of Elections Working Group works to enhance inclusiveness in our democracy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 27/05/2021 15:34:37 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1328435

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans the Government has to review the scope of electoral law.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	900615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to keeping our elections secure and fit for the modern age. We keep electoral law, and the role and powers of the Electoral Commission, under review to ensure the effective operation of, and public confidence in, an electoral system that is secure, fair, modern and transparent.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 900591 question first answered 27/05/2021 15:32:19 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1328051

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Females: New Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to support female entrepreneurs.
tabling member constituency	Broadland
tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
uin	900689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>Our Start Up Loans Company has a great track record, supporting female entrepreneurs with over 33,000 loans worth over £270.5 million since the scheme launched in 2012, to the end of April 2021. This represents 40% of the total amount lent. Over £4.5 million of these loans have been made since the start of April 2021. The scheme provides intensive support to new entrepreneurs, including low-cost government-backed loans and free mentoring.</p><p>In March, we announced an award of £50,000 each to the UK's top female innovators, as well as bespoke mentoring, to scale up and bring to market their innovations, and to help the UK recover from COVID-19 and tackle global challenges.</p><p>The Government has taken active measures, publishing the Investing in Women Code and working with industry through the actions agreed by the Rose Review. In response to the Rose Review recommendations, we set an ambition to increase the number of female entrepreneurs by half by 2030, equivalent to nearly 600,000 additional female entrepreneurs.</p><p>The government-backed British Business Bank is part of HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter, which asks financial services firms to commit to industry actions to prepare their female talent for leadership positions.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 900681 question first answered 26/05/2021 16:03:45 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1328052

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to tackle geographic inequality of opportunity.
tabling member constituency	Hastings and Rye
tabling member printed	Sally-Ann Hart
uin	900683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>Tackling geographic inequality and Levelling Up across the whole country is a key ambition of this government.</p><p>To support this, in December the Minister for Women and Equalities announced the Equality Data Programme, to ensure that geographic and socio-economic inequality is taken into account, alongside other factors, when identifying barriers to opportunity.</p><p>Sponsorship of the Social Mobility Commission has now moved across to the Equality Hub and will play a crucial role in tackling regional inequalities.</p><p>Additionally, as part of our commitment to spreading opportunity the Cabinet Office will relocate to Glasgow and York as part of the Places for Growth programme.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 26/05/2021 15:59:52 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4842 label Biography information for Sally-Ann Hart

1328053

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Females: New Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to support female entrepreneurs.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Theo Clarke
uin	900681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>Our Start Up Loans Company has a great track record, supporting female entrepreneurs with over 33,000 loans worth over £270.5 million since the scheme launched in 2012, to the end of April 2021. This represents 40% of the total amount lent. Over £4.5 million of these loans have been made since the start of April 2021. The scheme provides intensive support to new entrepreneurs, including low-cost government-backed loans and free mentoring.</p><p>In March, we announced an award of £50,000 each to the UK's top female innovators, as well as bespoke mentoring, to scale up and bring to market their innovations, and to help the UK recover from COVID-19 and tackle global challenges.</p><p>The Government has taken active measures, publishing the Investing in Women Code and working with industry through the actions agreed by the Rose Review. In response to the Rose Review recommendations, we set an ambition to increase the number of female entrepreneurs by half by 2030, equivalent to nearly 600,000 additional female entrepreneurs.</p><p>The government-backed British Business Bank is part of HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter, which asks financial services firms to commit to industry actions to prepare their female talent for leadership positions.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 900689 question first answered 26/05/2021 16:03:45 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4819 label Biography information for Theo Clarke

1328054

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on the timeframe for publication of the Violence Against Women and Girls strategy 2021 to 2024.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	900680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>We will publish the new cross-government Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy this year. We are currently analysing over 180,000 responses to the first-ever Violence Against Women and Girls Call for Evidence we ran, which will help inform the Strategy.</p><p>This was a significant response and we are working closely with all government departments to ensure the development of the Strategy takes into account those views.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 26/05/2021 16:10:16 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1328068

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Japan: Radioactive Waste
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Japanese counterpart on the disposal of radioactive waste in the Pacific.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2021 answer text <p>We respect and agree with the science behind releasing treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi site and believe that it will pose no material risk to people or the environment. We also welcome the continuing close cooperation between the Japanese Government and the International Atomic Energy Agency in this matter. The Foreign Secretary has not discussed this issue with his Japanese counterpart.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 11/06/2021 13:27:53 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon