Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many and what proportion of his Department’s cloud hosting contracts have been awarded to (a) hyperscale cloud providers and (b) UK SMEs; and what the value was of those contracts in each of the last three years.
Answered by Steve Baker
The Department for Exiting the European Union uses information technology services provided by the Cabinet Office. Therefore, I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question 129786.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the volume of UK citizens’ data held by companies (a) supplying cloud services to his Department and (b) contracted to deliver cloud services on behalf of his Department that is subject to information requests from US Government bodies.
Answered by Steve Baker
The Department for Exiting the European Union uses information technology systems and information management expertise provided by the Cabinet Office. Therefore, I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question 128071.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what security measures his Department has in place relating to the receipt by his Department of incoming post and parcels; and what discussions he has had with the British Forces Postal Office on providing such services.
Answered by Steve Baker
This information cannot be disclosed as it may jeopardise the Department’s Protective Security stance.
However, as Department Exiting the European Union is a tenant in other government department’s buildings, it abides by the rules and regulations that they stipulate for the delivery and management of mail and parcels.
All secure mail is handled as part of the Government Secure Mail Service, which may include the use of the British Forces Postal Office, but the Department has not had any direct communications with the BFPO about providing these services.