Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with other Government Departments on (a) drawing up contingency plans and (b) identifying alternative suppliers to provide the public services previously provided by Carillion.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Our priority is to keep public services running. We have extensive contingency plans and are working hard to minimise any disruption.
We have worked closely across government with all affected departments and stakeholders to develop robust contingency plans that enable us to maintain the continuity and mitigate impacts to public services where possible.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to each contract that the Government currently has with Carillion and its subsidiary companies (a) when each such contract was awarded, (b) which Department or agency awarded the contract, (c) how much each contract is worth and (d) whether the contract is a joint venture.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Written Statement of 6 February 2017, HCWS458, whether his Department will publish a gender impact assessment of the cost savings from the Cabinet Office in the last financial year.
Answered by Ben Gummer
The Government, announced savings and benefits totalling £3.3 billion in 2015/16 on 3rd February 2017, building on total savings of £52billion during the last parliament. A detailed breakdown of these savings and benefits was published alongside a technical note, including the individual methodologies from each of the savings workstreams featured in this announcement. Independent analysis of the savings and benefits by the Government Internal Audit Agency is provided in the Savings Validation Report, also published at the same time as the announcement.
These savings and benefits were realised in government Departments, with support, expertise and assurance from Cabinet Office Functions; Commercial, Property, Digital, and Fraud, Error, Debt and Grants.
This announcement is part of the Government’s continued drive to embed greater efficiency in the way the government does business. The announcement includes £1.2billion of operational savings from commercial activities and optimising the government’s property portfolio.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Written Statement of 6 February 2017, HCWS458, whether his Department will publish a social economic distributional analysis of the cost savings from the Cabinet Office in the last financial year.
Answered by Ben Gummer
The Government, announced savings and benefits totalling £3.3 billion in 2015/16 on 3rd February 2017, building on total savings of £52billion during the last parliament. A detailed breakdown of these savings and benefits was published alongside a technical note, including the individual methodologies from each of the savings workstreams featured in this announcement. Independent analysis of the savings and benefits by the Government Internal Audit Agency is provided in the Savings Validation Report, also published at the same time as the announcement.
These savings and benefits were realised in government Departments, with support, expertise and assurance from Cabinet Office Functions; Commercial, Property, Digital, and Fraud, Error, Debt and Grants.
This announcement is part of the Government’s continued drive to embed greater efficiency in the way the government does business. The announcement includes £1.2billion of operational savings from commercial activities and optimising the government’s property portfolio.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what payroll deductions other than trades union subscriptions are made from Government department employees through the check-off system.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
It is a matter for each Government Department to decide which organisations can collect their subscriptions through the employers' payroll service.