Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many suppliers have been excluded from bidding for contracts due to their not meeting the criteria specified in Procurement Policy Note 03/14 in each Department in each year since 2014.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
This information is not held centrally.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with insurance providers on advising clients provided with legal advice funded by that insurer about when to pursue or decline a whistle blowing case.
Answered by David Lidington
The insurance industry does not come under the remit of the Cabinet Office so no discussions have been held.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse for legal defence of public sector institutions for whistle blowing cases broken down by Department.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
The cost of legal defence of whistleblowing cases is not collected or held centrally either at a Civil Service level or broken down by Civil Service department.
The data may be held at a departmental level. Information could potentially be obtained centrally, however this would incur a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the reported comments of Syed Kamall MEP, on 24 October 2018, what representations she has made to her counterpart in the European Parliament on this matter.
Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead
Syed Kamall MEP has apologised for his reported comments
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 118845, tabled by the hon. Member for Oxford East on 12 December 2017.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to PQ118845 on 7th March 2018.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of assurance mechanisms operated by government bodies on the employment practices of contracted-out staff.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
Where civil servants are working for a non civil service organisation, this is done under a secondment agreement and not as contracting out.
In such situations, a secondment agreement is normally put in place between the two organisations setting out the responsibilities of both towards the secondee during the period of the secondment. Through this, the employing department is able to satisfy itself that the host organisation is aware of and able to discharge the relevant employment responsibilities.
As set out in section 10.3 of the Civil Service Management Code, civil servants who are on secondment remain subject to their normal terms and conditions, including in relation to conduct, discipline and disclosure of information. Where a secondee has any concerns about the practices in the host organisation, they can raise that with their employing department, who is able to take action and, if necessary, end the secondment.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to answer Question 109638, tabled on 25 October 2017.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to Question 109638 on 27 November 2017.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what research his Department has commissioned from Korn Ferry Hay Group in the last two years.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
None.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has received the results of any consultation on Civil Service pay levels in the last 12 months.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Cabinet Office has not publicly consulted on Civil Service pay levels in the last 12 months.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what research his Department has commissioned from The Hay Group; and of what value those contracts are.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:
https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive
Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search