Asked by: Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken since the judgment issued by Mr Justice Swift in May 2019 that the tactile voting device for blind people was unlawful.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Government continues to work with the Cabinet Office chaired Accessibility of Elections Working Group to make an informed assessment of the most suitable options to take forward. We are due to hold a dedicated meeting on this topic with the Royal National Institute of Blind People shortly.
Asked by: Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is a fully accessible voting option for blind voters, following the judgment in May 2019 by Mr Justice Swift that the tactile voting device was unlawful.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Government continues to work with the Cabinet Office chaired Accessibility of Elections Working Group to make an informed assessment of the most suitable options to take forward. We are due to hold a dedicated meeting on this topic with the Royal National Institute of Blind People shortly.
Asked by: Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will implement those parts of the 2014 EU Procurement Directives that would introduce reserved contracts for mutuals.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
In its recent consultation document, the Government proposed to implement those parts of the 2014 EU Public Procurement Directives that allow certain contracts to be reserved for organisations such as mutuals:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transposing-the-2014-eu-procurement-directives
As part of my Department’s transparency programme, details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on the Cabinet Office website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications.
The Government is currently analysing responses to its consultation on implementing the 2014 EU Procurement Directives, including comments from the GMB union:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transposing-the-2014-eu-procurement-directives
Transposition of the EU Procurement Directives was discussed at a meeting of the Public Services Forum, a group comprising representatives of the CBI, trade unions and public sector employers.
Asked by: Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will meet with the GMB trade union to discuss the implementation of the 2014 EU Procurement Directives.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
In its recent consultation document, the Government proposed to implement those parts of the 2014 EU Public Procurement Directives that allow certain contracts to be reserved for organisations such as mutuals:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transposing-the-2014-eu-procurement-directives
As part of my Department’s transparency programme, details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on the Cabinet Office website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications.
The Government is currently analysing responses to its consultation on implementing the 2014 EU Procurement Directives, including comments from the GMB union:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transposing-the-2014-eu-procurement-directives
Transposition of the EU Procurement Directives was discussed at a meeting of the Public Services Forum, a group comprising representatives of the CBI, trade unions and public sector employers.
Asked by: Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to consult trade unions on the implementation of the 2014 EU Procurement Directives.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
In its recent consultation document, the Government proposed to implement those parts of the 2014 EU Public Procurement Directives that allow certain contracts to be reserved for organisations such as mutuals:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transposing-the-2014-eu-procurement-directives
As part of my Department’s transparency programme, details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on the Cabinet Office website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications.
The Government is currently analysing responses to its consultation on implementing the 2014 EU Procurement Directives, including comments from the GMB union:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transposing-the-2014-eu-procurement-directives
Transposition of the EU Procurement Directives was discussed at a meeting of the Public Services Forum, a group comprising representatives of the CBI, trade unions and public sector employers.
Asked by: Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures he has taken to publicise the Government's consultation on implementing the 2014 EU Procurement Directives.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The Government’s consultation on implementing the 2014 EU Procurement Directives was published on the GOV.UK web site between 19 September and 17 October 2014:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transposing-the-2014-eu-procurement-directives
An e-mail alert was issued to our large stakeholder community, and the consultation was also publicised in specialist journals such as Supply Management.
Asked by: Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of people on (a) temporary and (b) fixed-term contracts in each of the last four years.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.