Departments set guidance on the retention and disposal of information, for both their ministers and officials, based on the requirements of the Public Records Act 1958.<\/p>
In order to support Departments, the Cabinet Office has previously published Guidance on the Management of Private Office Papers and Guidance to departments on use of private emails. In addition, a revised Code of Practice on Records Management, issued under Section 46 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, was laid on 15 July 2021 by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.<\/p>
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It is the responsibility of Government Departments to consult on policy or legislative change.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4099", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Somerset"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-09-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-09-06T09:32:57.117Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-09-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "EU Law"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it his policy that there will be public consultations on the replacement of retained EU law with new legislative proposals.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1514", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stewart Hosie"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Dundee East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stewart Hosie"} ], "uin" : "45595"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491489", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491489/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
On 16 August 2022, I wrote to Sir Brian Langstaff, Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry, confirming that the Government accepts his recommendation in full. These interim payments are the first step in addressing this historic wrong and recognise the urgent need of infected and affected people.<\/p>
I have also made a Written Ministerial Statement (HCWS279<\/a>) that was released on Monday, 5th September on this matter.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491125/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.<\/p> A response to the hon. Member\u2019s Parliamentary Question of 20th July is attached and below.<\/p> Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician<\/strong><\/p> Kenny MacAskill MP 12 August 2022<\/p> Dear Mr MacAskill,<\/p> As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking how much the UK Statistics Authority has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if we will publish a breakdown of the (a) amountpaid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on which they were consulted (40939).<\/p> Table 1 provides the spend on externally contracted consultancy services for the UK Statistics Authority in each of the last five years.<\/p> Table 1: Spend on externally contracted consultancy services for the UK Statistics Authority in each of the last five years<\/p> 2021/21<\/p><\/td> 2019/20<\/p><\/td> 2018/19<\/p><\/td> 2017/18<\/p><\/td> 2016/17<\/p><\/td><\/tr> £6,065,000<\/p><\/td> £11,207,000<\/p><\/td> £12,028,000<\/p><\/td> £6,259,000<\/p><\/td> £924,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder[1<\/a>]. Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used. Government departments, their individual agencies and Arm\u2019s Length Bodies are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on GOV.UK[2<\/a>].<\/p> All Government Departments and their individual ALBs and agencies are required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding contracts.<\/p> Yours sincerely,<\/p> Professor Sir Ian Diamond<\/p> <\/p> Footnotes:<\/p>
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