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1469221

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Technology: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of pre-market engagement in the procurement of technology by the Government; and what plans they have to publish that assessment.
tabling member printed	Lord Vaizey of Didcot
uin	HL845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>Cabinet Office does not hold information on contracting authorities pre-market engagement activities or details of the percentage of contract awards that were preceded by pre-procurement market engagement processes.</p><p><br>Government already makes use of a range of commercial, off the shelf software solutions from vendors of all sizes. The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-technology-code-of-practice" target="_blank">Technology Code of Practice</a> and Government’s spend controls processes ensure that bespoke solutions are developed in an accessible, open and secure manner that can be shared and used across Government.</p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL846 HL847 question first answered 16/06/2022 11:43:35 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1469222

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of contract awards made by public sector buyers in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, and (3) 2021, were preceded by pre-procurement market engagement processes.
tabling member printed	Lord Vaizey of Didcot
uin	HL846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>Cabinet Office does not hold information on contracting authorities pre-market engagement activities or details of the percentage of contract awards that were preceded by pre-procurement market engagement processes.</p><p><br>Government already makes use of a range of commercial, off the shelf software solutions from vendors of all sizes. The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-technology-code-of-practice" target="_blank">Technology Code of Practice</a> and Government’s spend controls processes ensure that bespoke solutions are developed in an accessible, open and secure manner that can be shared and used across Government.</p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL845 HL847 question first answered 16/06/2022 11:43:35 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1469223

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential of using commercial off-the-shelf software solutions as opposed to bespoke software solutions in the public sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Vaizey of Didcot
uin	HL847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>Cabinet Office does not hold information on contracting authorities pre-market engagement activities or details of the percentage of contract awards that were preceded by pre-procurement market engagement processes.</p><p><br>Government already makes use of a range of commercial, off the shelf software solutions from vendors of all sizes. The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-technology-code-of-practice" target="_blank">Technology Code of Practice</a> and Government’s spend controls processes ensure that bespoke solutions are developed in an accessible, open and secure manner that can be shared and used across Government.</p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL845 HL846 question first answered 16/06/2022 11:43:35 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1469224

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Scooters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what regulations exist to protect electronic scooters from cyber threats.
tabling member printed	Lord Vaizey of Didcot
uin	HL848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department is currently developing technical standards for the construction of e-scooters. Protection against cyber threats, and its merits, will be considered as one of the requirements in these standards. Knowledge gained from the e-scooter trials as well as relevant evidence from other sources will be taken into account.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 23/06/2022 12:52:34 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1316463

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Infrastructure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the publication of the report from the Telecoms Diversification Task Force on 20 April, what plans they have (1) to incentivise, and (2) to encourage, UK Mobile Network Operators to invest in Open Radio Access Networks.
tabling member printed	Lord Vaizey of Didcot
uin	HL415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with mobile operators and suppliers to build an open, flexible, and diverse telecoms supply market, following the recommendations of the Diversification Taskforce, published on 20 April. The Taskforce recommendations are helping to guide our approach to delivering the Diversification strategy, including its core pillar of accelerating the development and deployment of interoperable solutions, such as Open RAN, into the UK’s 5G network.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Our engagement with both operators and suppliers continues to be constructive and we are delighted with moves made by industry so far that support our aims. The announcement of numerous Open RAN R&amp;D facilities in the UK is a positive sign that our direction of travel is the right one, and we are working at pace to develop targeted actions to ensure that interoperable technologies are ready to deploy in more resilient network infrastructure. The Government is designing a programme of targeted R&amp;D support, building on existing Open RAN trials, such as the SmartRAN Open Networks Interoperability Centre (SONIC), to level the playing field for smaller suppliers, and we continue to consider all options. This will need to support performance demonstration, such as with large-scale urban trials, as well as product development and testing.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL416 HL417 question first answered 27/05/2021 15:21:23 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1316464

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Infrastructure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to invest in large-scale urban Open Radio Access Network trials in 2022, in order to assess whether Open Radio Access Networks can be successfully deployed in a dense urban environment.
tabling member printed	Lord Vaizey of Didcot
uin	HL416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with mobile operators and suppliers to build an open, flexible, and diverse telecoms supply market, following the recommendations of the Diversification Taskforce, published on 20 April. The Taskforce recommendations are helping to guide our approach to delivering the Diversification strategy, including its core pillar of accelerating the development and deployment of interoperable solutions, such as Open RAN, into the UK’s 5G network.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Our engagement with both operators and suppliers continues to be constructive and we are delighted with moves made by industry so far that support our aims. The announcement of numerous Open RAN R&amp;D facilities in the UK is a positive sign that our direction of travel is the right one, and we are working at pace to develop targeted actions to ensure that interoperable technologies are ready to deploy in more resilient network infrastructure. The Government is designing a programme of targeted R&amp;D support, building on existing Open RAN trials, such as the SmartRAN Open Networks Interoperability Centre (SONIC), to level the playing field for smaller suppliers, and we continue to consider all options. This will need to support performance demonstration, such as with large-scale urban trials, as well as product development and testing.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL415 HL417 question first answered 27/05/2021 15:21:23 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1316465

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Infrastructure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to attract, and (2) to incentivise, Open Radio Access Network suppliers to establish an operational base within the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Vaizey of Didcot
uin	HL417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with mobile operators and suppliers to build an open, flexible, and diverse telecoms supply market, following the recommendations of the Diversification Taskforce, published on 20 April. The Taskforce recommendations are helping to guide our approach to delivering the Diversification strategy, including its core pillar of accelerating the development and deployment of interoperable solutions, such as Open RAN, into the UK’s 5G network.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Our engagement with both operators and suppliers continues to be constructive and we are delighted with moves made by industry so far that support our aims. The announcement of numerous Open RAN R&amp;D facilities in the UK is a positive sign that our direction of travel is the right one, and we are working at pace to develop targeted actions to ensure that interoperable technologies are ready to deploy in more resilient network infrastructure. The Government is designing a programme of targeted R&amp;D support, building on existing Open RAN trials, such as the SmartRAN Open Networks Interoperability Centre (SONIC), to level the playing field for smaller suppliers, and we continue to consider all options. This will need to support performance demonstration, such as with large-scale urban trials, as well as product development and testing.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL415 HL416 question first answered 27/05/2021 15:21:23 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1280862

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
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	Roads
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with local authorities and community groups about renaming roads after recipients of (1) the Victoria Cross, (2) the George Cross, and (3) other honours.
tabling member printed	Lord Vaizey of Didcot
uin	HL12624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>I agree with my noble Lord that is important we celebrate our country’s military heroes and are proud of their achievements. We want to see local authorities engaging with their local communities to name streets after local heroes. The department has had no discussions around this issue with local authorities as the naming of streets is the responsibility of local government.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 09/02/2021 17:32:21 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1279821

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	UK City of Culture
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the criteria for bids for the UK City of Culture 2025; when they expect (1) bidding cities to return expressions of interest, and (2) to announce the winning bid; and what plans they have to commit to having a UK City of Culture in 2029.
tabling member printed	Lord Vaizey of Didcot
uin	HL12572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>The UK City of Culture competition is a flagship DCMS programme and a proven model for using culture and creativity to regenerate and transform places. We want to continue to harness this power, especially as places across the UK plan for their recovery from Covid-19. We are currently in dialogue with the devolved administrations and expect to publish the criteria for bidders in the coming months. Subject to the launch date, we anticipate a timetable that will ask places to return expressions of interest towards the middle of this year, and to announce the winning bid at the end of Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture in May 2022. UK City of Culture has been a quadrennial process since 2013 and any announcements about future competitions will be made once the 2025 competition has been confirmed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 01/02/2021 12:23:06 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1156138

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that employers in the screen industry use more of the apprenticeship levy funding they receive.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	4963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>We are working closely with the screen industry so that it can benefit from apprenticeships.</p><p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Education are working with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education to support the development of apprenticeship standards. Currently there are 48 approved standards available for delivery in the creative and digital sectors.</p><p>From discussions with the screen sector, we recognise that it faces some challenges in spending available levy funds due to the dominance of project-based working in the sector. To overcome these challenges, we are working with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and ScreenSkills on an innovative Film and TV Apprenticeships pilot which will enable around 20 apprentices to benefit from hands-on experience on the sets of major films and TV shows. Launching in 2020, it will explore a new model for how high-quality apprenticeships can be used to deliver multiple placements on film and TV productions, as well as addressing skills shortages.</p><p>In addition, we have increased the transfer cap from 10% to 25% enabling levy-paying employers to transfer funds to smaller employers or charities in order to support the development of skills in their supply chains or respond to skills shortages in their sectors.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 30/10/2019 19:49:41 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot