Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has provided guidance for (a) civil servants and (b) other people who work for Government departments on the use of TikTok on devices issued by their employers.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
We continue to monitor potential threats to our systems and data and will not hesitate to take further action if necessary.
With regards to potential security risks, His Majesty’s Government does not comment on these matters.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the comparative level of productivity between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 3 February is attached.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of regional productivity rates in England.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 3 February is attached.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the comparative level of productivity between the UK and EU countries.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 3 February is attached.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of their Department’s employees work from home at least one day a week.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
I refer the Rt Hon Lady to the data on Civil Service headquarters occupancy which is published on Gov.UK. Although the data does not provide exact figures in response to the member’s question, data does provide the daily average staff working in the HQ building - 70 Whitehall as a percentage of staff in the office of current daily capacity.
In the Cabinet Office, we have organised our estate to make maximum use of our office space. This will mean that most people will spend time in the office each week allowing them to realise the benefits of face to face collaborative working. There will be a mix of working patterns across the department depending on business need and the job role, which means attendance at the office may be different each week.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using Artificial Intelligence in the delivery of public services.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
Safe and ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) offers opportunities for the Government to improve the delivery of public services. The Cabinet Office has published joint guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in the public sector. This explores how AI can benefit the delivery of public services. It is important to also consider ethics and safety in each use case. To this end, the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) has partnered with the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation to develop the UK algorithmic transparency data standard.
CDDO is also baselining the performance of public services and looking at opportunities for public service improvement that can be realised through digital, data and technology. AI is a possible route to realising some of these opportunities. The Government has committed to systematically identify and capture opportunities arising from emerging technologies, such as AI, by 2025.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of pubs that have closed in the last 12 months.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 19 October is attached.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many drug-related deaths were recorded in (a) England and (b) each police service area in each of the last three years.
Answered by Johnny Mercer - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Minister for Veterans' Affairs)
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the hon. Member’s Parliamentary Question of 18 July is attached.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths his Department has recorded where the death certificate stated related to covid in each month since 2020.
Answered by Heather Wheeler
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the hon. Member’s Parliamentary Question of 18 July is attached.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to abolish ministerial severance payments.
Answered by Heather Wheeler
The provision of severance payments for those who leave ministerial office is set out in the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991. The Government has no current plans to abolish ministerial severance payments.