Asked by: Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people applied for the four new Non-Executive Board positions and what the criteria was for selecting the successful candidates.
Answered by Chloe Smith
Details of remuneration for Cabinet Office’s Non-Executive Board Members is available in the Annual Report and Accounts, the latest edition of which can be found here. The register of interests for the new Board Members will be published shortly. The roles were advertised publicly with the job description posted on the HM Government Public Appointments and on GOV.UK. 163 candidates applied for these positions.
Asked by: Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any of the Non-Executive Board members have current contracts with any (a) Government Departments, (b) universities, (c) local authorities and (d) publicly funded NHS organisations in the UK; and if he will publish an annually updated register of interests for all Non-Executive Board members.
Answered by Chloe Smith
Details of remuneration for Cabinet Office’s Non-Executive Board Members is available in the Annual Report and Accounts, the latest edition of which can be found here. The register of interests for the new Board Members will be published shortly. The roles were advertised publicly with the job description posted on the HM Government Public Appointments and on GOV.UK. 163 candidates applied for these positions.
Asked by: Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding the Government has allocated to consultancy firms to support preparations for the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Simon Hart - Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
The Government allocates funds to departments and programmes to deliver their individual policies. It is for departments to decide how their funds are spent.
However, the Cabinet Office operates arrangements to help Departments access consultancy support for critical work on preparations for Brexit.
The arrangements deliver value for money through significant procurement and contract management savings, clarifying customer requirements and proposed solutions, and by reducing procurement lead times. Departments are able to engage consultants outside these arrangements but this information is not collated centrally.
Records of central Government contracts above £10,000 and information on how they are awarded are published on Contracts Finder: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search