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Written Question
Government Departments: Fujitsu
Friday 1st March 2024

Asked by: Greg Knight (Conservative - East Yorkshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts are held to use Fujitsu software by each Government department; and whether he plans to review those contracts.

Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Details of central government contracts where the contract value is above £12,000 are published on Contracts Finder: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search

As with all contracts, we continue to keep Fujitsu's conduct and commercial performance under review.




Written Question
Coronavirus: Vaccination
Tuesday 23rd March 2021

Asked by: Greg Knight (Conservative - East Yorkshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish full details of his review of the potential role and scope of a UK covid-19 vaccine certification scheme; what organisations will be involved in that review; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons

As set out in the COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021, published on 22 February, the Government will review whether COVID-status certification could play a role in reopening our economy, reducing restrictions on social contact and improving safety. The Government will set out its conclusions ahead of Step 4 of the roadmap, which will happen no earlier than 21 June.

The Government has published the Terms of Reference for the review:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/969427/TORs_-_Certification_Review.pdf


Written Question
Local Press: Yorkshire and the Humber
Monday 22nd February 2021

Asked by: Greg Knight (Conservative - East Yorkshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that OmniGov support for local news outlets in Yorkshire is (a) equitable and (b) commensurate with the support provided to regional news outlets.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

I refer the Hon. Member to the answers given to PQ 33512 on 21 April 2020, PQ 40655 on 11 May 2020, PQ 45460 on 18 May 2020, and PQ 46692 on 29 May 2020.

OmniGOV is the appointed agency responsible for media buying across all Government campaigns. In performing this role, they are responsible for ensuring campaigns are delivered both effectively and cost-efficiently. Titles for this campaign are selected by OmniGOV based on their ability to communicate in a measurable and effective way with audiences at a national, regional and local level.

The press partnership is designed to support the printed media and to reach older audiences and audiences which consume less online media. The partnership has also been structured deliberately to favour smaller regional and local titles. We have not selected digital-only titles because we are already investing heavily in digital advertising. Every title is assessed by OmniGOV and by our media auditors.

Cabinet Office is continuously tracking and reviewing spending on cross-government campaigns, including Covid-19, to ensure our communications are efficient. Our Covid-19 messages have reached 95% of adults on average 17 times per week.


Written Question
Elections: Proof of Identity
Wednesday 25th November 2020

Asked by: Greg Knight (Conservative - East Yorkshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to introduce voter ID as a requirement in elections; what the planned timescale is for implementing that requirement; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Chloe Smith

Voter ID is part of a body of work this Government is delivering to strengthen the integrity of our electoral system and give the public confidence that our elections are modern, fair and secure.

We will bring forward legislation enabling the implementation of voter ID and wider electoral integrity measures when Parliamentary time allows.


Written Question
Public Health: Coronavirus
Monday 11th May 2020

Asked by: Greg Knight (Conservative - East Yorkshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ensure that the Government’s covid-19 public information campaign makes widespread use of local news outlets in addition to regional and national newspapers.

Answered by Chloe Smith

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to PQs 37724 and 37725 on 27 April 2020.


Written Question
Government Departments: Advertising
Wednesday 10th April 2019

Asked by: Greg Knight (Conservative - East Yorkshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2019 to Question 238278, what the figures are for Government spending in the last six months on (a) newspaper and magazine and (b) radio adverts on the potential effects of the UK leaving the EU.

Answered by David Lidington

To date the Cabinet Office have used a range of paid-for and no-cost channels to direct citizens and businesses to a dedicated area on GOV.UK at Gov.uk/euexit.

The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s regular data transparency releases.

In conjunction, Cabinet Office will disclose full costs regarding future advertising as part of these data sets in due course.


Written Question
Government Departments: Advertising
Tuesday 2nd April 2019

Asked by: Greg Knight (Conservative - East Yorkshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on (a) newspaper and magazine and (b) radio adverts advertising the potential effects of the UK leaving the EU; what assessment he has made of the value for money of such advertising; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by David Lidington

The Cabinet Office is leading and coordinating the cross-departmental Prepare for EU Exit public information campaign to help fulfil the Government’s duty to inform citizens and businesses about how leaving the EU might affect them, and to advise them on the steps they may need to take to prepare. To date we have used a range of paid-for and no-cost channels to direct citizens and businesses to a dedicated area on GOV.UK at Gov.uk/euexit.

The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s regular data transparency releases. For maximum economies of scale, media for all Government campaigns is bought centrally through a new Crown Commercial Service framework. The framework maximises value for UK taxpayers through robust pricing guarantees that are defined for the life of the contract and rates that are benchmarked against other public and private sector organisations.


Written Question
Infrastructure: Cybercrime
Tuesday 27th November 2018

Asked by: Greg Knight (Conservative - East Yorkshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the protection of the UK's critical infrastructure from cyberattack; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by David Lidington

I refer the Right Honourable Member to the answer given by Lord Young of Cookham to Lord Haskel on Wednesday 21 November, Official Report, HL column 238.


Written Question
Election Addresses: Internet
Friday 15th June 2018

Asked by: Greg Knight (Conservative - East Yorkshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will extend the requirement for political campaigning material to carry an appropriate imprint to inform readers of its promoter to include online material and social media.

Answered by Chloe Smith

I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to the Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood to PQ148915 on 7 June 2018.


Written Question
Electronic Voting
Tuesday 18th July 2017

Asked by: Greg Knight (Conservative - East Yorkshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will introduce a trial of electronic voting in a pilot area with a view to avoiding delays occurred by manual counting of ballot papers; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Chris Skidmore

There are no plans to trial electronic voting. The selection of elected representatives for Parliament is regarded as requiring the highest possible level of integrity and, at present, there are concerns that e-Voting, by any means, is not seen by many to be suitably rigorous and secure, and could be vulnerable to attack or fraud. The Government has stated in its manifesto that it will retain the traditional method of voting by pencil and paper, and tackle every aspect of electoral fraud.