Asked by: Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to protect public services from the risk of hostile cyber threats.
Answered by Michael Ellis
Our National Cyber Strategy sets out how we will ensure that the UK remains a leading democratic cyber power, one that is more resilient to and is able to counter cyber threats.
Our Government Cyber Security Strategy (GCSS) will ensure that all government organisations across the whole public sector are resilient to cyber attack.
Both of these strategies are supported by £2.6 billion of taxpayer’s money over the next three years.
Asked by: Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to (a) make information on covid-19 published on Government websites accessible to people for whom English is not their first language and (b) broadcast information on covid-19 on the (i) Punjab Akaal Channel and (ii) other alternative language channels.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to PQ 144853 on 1 February 2021.
Asked by: Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what levels of apprenticeships are offered by his Department; and how many apprenticeship starts there were at each level in each of the last three years.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Apprenticeships in Cabinet Office can be started at levels intermediate, advanced, higher and degree.
Overall apprenticeship starts in the Cabinet Office in England were as follows in each of the last three years.
| Total | Intermediate | Advanced | Higher | Degree | % of workforce |
April 2015 – March 2016 | 55 | Data not available | 2.5% | |||
April 2016 – March 2017 | 53 | 0 | 25 | 28 | 0 | 1.98% |
April 2017 – December 2017 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0.52% |
Please note that we are awaiting finalised data for the period January-March 2018.
Note that apprentice starts outside England were
With the introduction of the apprenticeship levy in May 2017 our trajectory assumes slower growth at the beginning with starts increasing over time. This allows the necessary infrastructure to be put in place to ensure high quality apprenticeships are offered. The Cabinet Office contributes to the Civil Service commitment to deliver 30,000 new apprenticeship starts by 2020 with over 10,000 starts already achieved.
The Cabinet Office recognises that apprenticeships are an effective means of employers developing their own talent and are a vital part of the Government’s plans to build a sustainable, balanced economy designed to extend opportunity to more young people. We are also contributing to the wider Government aims of tackling youth unemployment and inspiring young and ethnically-diverse people to see the Cabinet Office, and Civil Service, as an employer of choice.
Cabinet Office is working to the Civil Service Apprenticeship Strategy and is offering apprenticeship opportunities where possible at all levels. This will be via new recruitment and the conversion of existing staff.
Asked by: Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much land (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies owns in (i) England and (ii) the South West; and how much of that land has been identified as being surplus to requirements.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The current Government Estate Strategy sets out the Government's vision to create an efficient, fit-for-purpose and sustainable estate whose performance matches the best of the private sector. As a Government we are delivering this vision, ensuring that the estate is fit for purpose, is frequently reviewed and aligned to the Estate Strategy, and is managed in an efficient and effective way.
The current landholdings of the Cabinet Office are shown in the table below. This does not include land previously identified as surplus that has now been disposed. The information is correct at time of publication.
Land in Sq m | England | South West |
Cabinet Office – Estates Cabinet Office – Residual Estate | 16,405 45,444 | 0 0 |
Crown Commercial Service | 0 | 0 |
Non-departmental public bodies | 0 | 0 |
Total |
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Of the total land the Cabinet Office holds in England, 24,609 sq m is currently declared as surplus. These figures include agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
Note: We have interpreted this question to refer to freehold property only and “land” refers to building area as the Cabinet Office does not hold any land which is not occupied by an office building; measurements are therefore in square meters rather than hectares.