Written questions
4,009 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Departmental Coordination
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of departmental variations in finance, human resources and procurement processes on the development of shared services across government; and if he will make a statement
26 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Codes of Practice
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to revise the Civil Service Management Code; and if he will take steps to strengthen references in that code to real or perceived conflicts of interest.
26 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Business Interests
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether consultants and temporary workers are subject to the business appointment rules regulated by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.
26 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Senior Civil Servants: Business Interests
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will require the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments to collate and publish advice collected by Departments which is given to SCS1 and SCS2 civil servants on appointments after public service.
26 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Robert Hannigan
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has taken to monitor compliance by Robert Hannigan of conditions it gave with regard to his commissions under the independent consultancy announced in O
26 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Avanton
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has taken to monitor compliance by the right hon. Member for Sevenoaks of conditions it gave with regard to his appointment at Avanton Ltd.
26 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Electronic Government: Hacking
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information the Government holds on the amount of personal data which was stolen from government websites in the recent BrowseAloud hack.
26 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Cryptocurrencies
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many incidents of malware being used to illegally mine cryptocurrency have been reported by the Government since 2015.
26 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Carillion
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2018 to Question 123234, whether the certificates of past performance for the HS2 contracts awarded to Carillion in July 2017, the HESTIA contracts awarded to Carillion in Ju
23 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Commercial Secrets: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government will take steps to ensure that the damages applicable to employees and former employees under the laws resulting from the transposition of the Trade Secrets
23 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Commercial Secrets: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether as part of the transposition of the Trade Secrets Directive into UK law, the Government plans to transpose Article 5 of that legislation which is excluded from the consult
19 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Crown Commercial Service: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how long the recruitment of a replacement chief executive of the Crown Commercial Service is planned to take; where that position will be advertised; and for how long those advertisements will run.
19 Feb 2018 · HM Treasury
Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government plans to take as a result of the findings of the Barber Review, published in November 2017; and if he will make a statement.
19 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to undertake a review of the effectiveness of Procurement Policy Note 01/16, Ensuring compliance with wider international obligations when letting public contracts.
19 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 10 of the procurement policy note, Publication of payment performance statistics published by the Crown Commercial Service in March 2015, how many Mystery Shopper spot checks have bee
19 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 13 of the information note Open Book Contract Management, published by the Crown Commercial Service in May 2016, who provided the services of the 3rd party provider; and how much was
19 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 10 of the information note Open Book Contract Management published by the Crown Commercial Service in May 2016, what steps he has taken to increase the understanding of Open Book.
19 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the information note Open Book Contract Management, published by the Crown Commercial Service in May 2016, whether timely payment of subcontractors and the assumed profit margins of those subco
19 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the information note Open Book Contract Management published by the Crown Commercial Service in May 2016, whether Open Book Contract Management is used for strategic suppliers that have trigger
19 Feb 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Cybersecurity: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish a cyber security research plan.
19 Feb 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
National Cyber Security Centre: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 17 of the Interim Cyber Security Science and Technology Strategy, how frequently the National Cyber Security Centre will publish advice on emerging technologies; w
19 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Smart Devices
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has estimated the number of devices in Government buildings that are connected to the Internet of Things.
19 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Cybersecurity
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how his Department's cyber-security awareness campaigns take account of behavioural and social sciences; and whether his Department has worked with the Behavioural Insights Team on cyber-security awareness.
19 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport
Transport: Statistics
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish its big data scoping study; and whether any external bodies were consulted on the creation of the big data scoping study.
19 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport
Urban Areas: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish a Smart City narrative and action plan.
19 Feb 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to publish a Cyber Security Skills Strategy.
19 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Equality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to support the embedding of diversity and inclusion in single departmental plans.
19 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Government Communication Service
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many agencies applied to be included in the Campaign Solutions Framework for GCS; and when he plans to reopen the framework for new agencies.
19 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reviews of his Department's single source contract regulations have occurred since their introduction; and if he will make a statement.
19 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Arms Length Bodies
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 32 of his Department's document Public Bodies 2017, published in November 2018, what progress he has made on the review of arrangements for arms length bodies with advisory functions; and
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