Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with key infrastructure providers on the steps they are taking to protect themselves from cyber-attack.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Government Departments and the National Cyber Security Centre have regular discussions with key infrastructure providers on their management of cyber risk.
Ensuring the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure is secure and resilient against cyber attack is a priority for the Government as set out in the National Cyber Security Strategy. This is supported by a significant programme of work to provide advice, guidance and support to infrastructure providers and develop effective regulatory frameworks.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to Answer of 21 March 2018 to Question 132229 on Wales Office: Buildings, what the cost to his Department was of the rented accommodation in each of the last three years.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The cost to the Department of the rented accommodation in Cardiff over the last three years is shown below:
Financial Year | Cost (£) |
2014-15* | 81,134 |
2015-16 | 194,566 |
2016-17 | 194,235 |
The costs include rental costs, service charges, rates and facilities management.
*The costs were lower in 2014-15 due to the Wales Office being in a rent free period between the 1 January 2014 to 31 March 2015.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of his Department's estate is (a) rented, (b) owned and (c) occupied through any other type of agreement.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Wales Office is a Government Department with offices in London and Cardiff. We own our London office and rent space for our Cardiff office.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Applications by former Ministers are considered by the independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments directly.
For applications from former Civil Servants, departmental Audit and Risk Committees, which are chaired by departmental Non-Executive Directors, monitor compliance issues relating to the Business Appointment Rules at regular intervals.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many ministerial directions were issued to his Department in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
Answered by Alun Cairns
None.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many times his Department's Senior Information Risk Officer role has been vacant for a week or longer since 2012.
Answered by Guto Bebb
None.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many data incidents his Department (a) recorded and (b) reported to the Information Commissioner's Office in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.
Answered by Guto Bebb
The Department recorded one data incident in 2015-16 and one in 2016-17. These incidents are disclosed in the Department’s 2015-16 and 2016-17 Annual Reports and Accounts. There have been no incidents reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union to the House of Lords European Union Committee on 31 October, how many civil servants his Department has (a) recruited and (b) expects to recruit to work on the UK's leaving the EU.
Answered by Guto Bebb
EU Exit is an all-of-government operation. The Department for Exiting the European Union is doing detailed work with departments to prepare for the upcoming negotiations by understanding the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU and coordinating planning.
Staff in the Office’s constitution and policy teams lead on providing advice to Ministers on EU Exit and exit-related issues. Members of staff across the department also provide advice and analysis on EU Exit issues as required.
Given the interactions between EU exit work and the Office’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate figure.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department holds a central list of the IT and digital assets of its arm's-length bodies.
Answered by Guto Bebb
The Wales Office does not have any arm's-length bodies.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many civil servants in his Department are part of the Government Commercial Function; and how many of those civil servants have been seconded (a) outside the Government and (b) in from outside the Government in each year since 2012.
Answered by Guto Bebb
There are no staff at the Wales Office who are part of the Government Commercial Function.
The Wales Office obtains any commercial expertise required from the Ministry of Justice or Crown Commercial Services.