Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2019 to Question 266866 on Cabinet Office: Public Appointments, for what reason that Answer does include information on plans to appoint a Chief Data Officer.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
I refer the Honourable Member to my answer given to Question 255390 on 21 May 2019.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings each Minister in his Department has had with Amazon Web Services in each month in the last two years.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
Details of external meetings by Ministers are published quarterly and are available on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) the purpose was of and (b) matters were discussed at the lunch meeting between Amazon Web Services and the Minister for Implementation held on 12 February 2019.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
The event on 12 February 2019 was a roundtable discussion, jointly hosted by the Spectator and Amazon Web Services. The purpose of the event was to have a broad discussion on digital transformation in government and the role of the private sector in supporting this.
It was attended by stakeholders from industry, the media and the public sector. Ministers regularly meet with external stakeholders in a range of forums as part of their normal duties.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2019 to Question 263239 on Huawei: 5G and with reference to the blog post of 22 February 2019 written by the technical director of the National Cyber Security Centre, how many companies do not actively use Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre advice and guidance.
Answered by David Lidington
Significant and impactful commercial networks in the UK have access to the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre. The remaining, mostly smaller operators are able to refer to the annual report from the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre Oversight Board. It is the responsibility of operators to ensure the security and resilience of their networks.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to appoint a chief data officer.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
I refer the Honourable Member to my answer given to Question 255390 on 21 May 2019.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department will work with the Home Office to include proposals for identity verification for the sale of alcohol as part of the proposed Digital Identity Unit.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
The government announced the creation of a new Digital Identity Unit, a collaboration between the Cabinet Office and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) on 11 June. The Digital Identity Unit will work closely with other government departments. We will set out the remit of the unit in more detail in the coming weeks. The Home Office will take decisions on areas on which that Department has policy responsibility.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2019 to Question 255390, Cabinet Office: Public Appointments, when he expects to appoint a Chief Data Officer.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
I refer the Honourable Member to my given to Question 255390 on 21 May.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2019 to Question 261279 on Huawei: 5G, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of assessing 5G equipment for resilience and reliability prior to deployment.
Answered by David Lidington
5G standards are still being ratified and the hardware and software that implements them is still being updated often during early commercial service. As a result, there are limited benefits in testing 5G equipment pre-deployment due to those changes and updates. The National Cyber Security Centre is focusing on those deployments and software releases in the UK which are most important.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, whether she has discussed with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport the delay in the publication of the supply chain review.
Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead
The decision will be announced in due course.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2019 to Question 260726 on Huawei: 5G, how many operators has the National Cyber Security Centre identified as (a) using and (b) do not using Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre advice and guidance.
Answered by David Lidington
The National Cyber Security Centre engage with every operator who uses the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) to manage cyber security risks within their networks. All of the significant commercial networks in the UK who use Huawei have access to and work with the HCSEC.