Cabinet Office: Ministers

(asked on 24th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the transparency data entitled Cabinet Office ministerial meetings January to March 2019, published on 21 June 2019, if he will publish the (a) organisations and (b) individuals that attended (i) Roundtable discussion on Digital Transformation in Government on 12 February 2019; (ii) Roundtable on digital innovation in government on 17 January 2019; (iii) Discussion on Strategic Approach to Public Appointments on 21 January 2019; (iv) Roundtable on digital innovation in government, 24 January 2019; (v) Discussion of ongoing Civil Service Compensation scheme negotiations on 28 January 2019; (vi) Discussion on Strategic Approach to Public Appointments on 28 January 2019; (vii) Discussion of ongoing Civil Service Compensation scheme negotiations on 6 February 2019; (viii) Discussion on Public Appointments Events on 6 February 2019; (ix) Roundtable discussion on Workforce issues across the Public Sector on 12 February 2019; (x) Discussion on government outsourcing and innovation on 12 February 2019; (xi) Discussion on the work of the Government Digital Service on 19 February 2019; (xii) Discussion on Digital Accessibility on 19 February 2019; and (xiii) Discussion on Govtech and digital innovation in government on 26 February 2019.


Answered by
Oliver Dowden Portrait
Oliver Dowden
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
This question was answered on 2nd July 2019

Ministers regularly meet with a large number of external stakeholders as part of their normal duties.

The information on attendees at meetings as set out in the transparency data publication of 21 June 2019 is proportionate to the nature and depth of the engagement. In line with this approach we do not always publish lists of every attendee at larger roundtables and instead provide a general description of who was present and the names of the host organisation(s) where applicable.

Meetings (i), (ii), (iv) and (xiii) fall into this category. Meetings (i) and (xiii) were roundtables organised and hosted by third party organisations to which I was invited and actively contributed as a guest. Meetings (ii) and (iv) were roundtables organised by the Government Digital Service with the support of host organisations. A more detailed overview of the attendees at these roundtables is now set out below based upon records of who was invited; this may differ slightly from who attended on the day.

For meetings (iii), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi) and (xii), the published data already provides the name of every organisation(s) or individual(s) who attended the meetings.

Meeting (i) - Roundtable discussion on Digital Transformation in Government on 12 February 2019

  • The Spectator
  • TechUK
  • Global Sourcing Association UK
  • Amazon Web Services
  • PUBLIC
  • Transport for London
  • Bob Blackman MP
  • Alan Mak MP
  • Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG
  • Lord O'Shaughnessy
  • Matt Warman MP

Meeting (ii) - Roundtable on digital innovation in government on 17 January 2019

  • Cisco
  • CBI
  • Capita plc
  • Dentons
  • Oracle
  • HP
  • Atos
  • Capgemini
  • Atkins Global
  • BT
  • Upside Projects
  • CGI
  • Mastercard
  • Fluxx
  • Costain
  • Amey
  • Eaton
  • Blue Prism
  • IBM
  • Sodexo
  • Redbull
  • Accenture

Meeting (iv) - Roundtable on digital innovation in government, 24 January 2019

  • University of Edinburgh
  • City of Edinburgh Council
  • Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce
  • East Lothian Council
  • West Lothian Council
  • Codebase
  • Young Scot
  • The Data Lab
  • Scotland IS

Meeting (xiii) - Discussion on Govtech and digital innovation in government on 26 February 2019

  • Microsoft
  • Sensyne Health
  • Adzuna
  • Onward
  • Salesforce
  • Epsilon Partners
  • Mustard Seed
  • M&G Prudential
  • TechUK
  • Balderton Capital
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