Asked by: Nicholas Brown (Independent - Newcastle upon Tyne East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the vulnerability of the UK's critical infrastructure from cyber attack; and what investment his Department is making to improve the security of the UK's critical infrastructure from such attacks.
Answered by Matt Hancock
For security reasons we do not comment on details of our vulnerability to cyber attacks. The Government takes cyber security very seriously; since 2011 we have invested £860 million in a National Cyber Security Programme. As announced in the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, we plan to almost double investment in cyber security to £1.9bn over the next five years, which includes further investment in protecting the UK’s critical national infrastructure.
Asked by: Nicholas Brown (Independent - Newcastle upon Tyne East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics plans to include in quarterly migration figures the number of Syrian refugees resettled in the UK under the Government's relocation scheme.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Nicholas Brown (Independent - Newcastle upon Tyne East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) organisations in total and (b) trade unions receive income by means of a government check-off facility.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
This is matter that is delegated to individual Departments in the Civil Service.
This information is a matter for departments.
Asked by: Nicholas Brown (Independent - Newcastle upon Tyne East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average weekly earnings were for the (a) richest and (b) poorest five per cent of earners in each of the last five years (i) in real terms and (ii) as a proportion of all UK earnings.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Nicholas Brown (Independent - Newcastle upon Tyne East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government departments administer their own departmental civil service payrolls; and which Government departments' payrolls are administered by which other outside firms.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
Detail on the payroll service arrangements of all departments is not held centrally.
Asked by: Nicholas Brown (Independent - Newcastle upon Tyne East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which organisations collect subscriptions through the employers' payroll service in his Department and its agencies.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
In the last 12 months, the following organisations have collected subscriptions through my Department and its agencies payroll services:
Amicus
Beneden Healthcare Society
Charity for Civil Servants
Charities Aid Foundation
Charities Trust
Civil Service Club
Civil Service Sports Council
Forester Health
HAS Individual (Simply Health)
Leeds Hospital Fund
Medicash
PCS Union
Prospect Union
AXA Sun-Life