Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people who work in public sector mutuals.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
There are over 100 public service mutuals in operation across the country. Further information can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/public-service-mutuals-new-approaches-to-finance.
Cabinet Office does not collect its own figures on the number employed by such mutuals. However the July 2013 Boston Consultancy Group report Soft Finance, Hard Choices estimated that public service mutuals employed 35,000 staff and delivered £1.5bn worth of public services.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 2.2 of the report The Performance of the Cabinet Office 2013-14, published by the National Audit Office in November 2014, when he expects the reports commissioned by his Department on examining the barriers faced by people (a) who declare disabilities, (b) from minority ethnic backgrounds and (c) who are LGBT in the civil service to be published.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
All three reports will be published in the coming weeks.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 104 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, on how many occasions the National Information Infrastructure has been accessed; and what assessment he has made of the economic and social effects of making datasets more widely available by means of that infrastructure.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The National Information Infrastructure (NII) dataset has been viewed nearly 1,000 times.
This government has prioritised the release of open data for economic growth in the belief that people outside government are better placed to add value and build tools and services using this data. A report by Deloitte for the Department of Business Innovation and Skills from May 2013 calculated the value of public sector information to consumers, businesses and the public sector in 2011/12 was approximately £1.8 billion. However, the use and re-use of public sector information has much larger downstream impacts affecting all areas of society beyond the direct customer.
Adding this social value estimate to the calculated value of public sector information to consumers, businesses and the public sector, gives an aggregate estimate of between £6.2 billion and £7.2 billion in 2011/12 (2011 prices).
In 2012 we launched the Open Data Institute (ODI) to help incubate startup companies that use and/or produce open data. To date the ODI has worked with over 15 small businesses. Their first cohort of startups secured over £2m in contracts and investments.
We are currently working on a second iteration of the NII with a view to furthering its impact.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 23 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, what the 327 external applications using Government data published on data.gov.uk referred to in that report are.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
We publish a list of applications using open data on data.gov.uk but these are only those that developers choose to tell us about. We do not require people to do this so this is not an extensive list of all applications using government data.
There are currently 363 external applications using government data published on data.gov.uk. The list of applications can be viewed at http://data.gov.uk/apps
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the 10 (a) most frequently accessed and (b) least frequently accessed datasets published on data.gov.uk are.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
There are currently over 19,000 published datasets on DGU.
The site usage report on data.gov.uk lists the top twenty most frequently viewed datasets. The top 10 are:
We do not report on the least viewed datasets.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of hours lost (a) in his Department and (b) across all government departments due to ICT failure.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
Cabinet Office is modernising its internal ICT systems to deliver better services more efficiently.
Each Government Department is responsible for its own ICT. Information about hours lost and helpline calls is not held centrally.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many telephone calls have been made by (a) officials and (b) ministerial offices to the ICT helpline in (i) his Department and (ii) across all government departments due to ICT problems.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
Cabinet Office is modernising its internal ICT systems to deliver better services more efficiently.
Each Government Department is responsible for its own ICT. Information about hours lost and helpline calls is not held centrally.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which government departments' executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies are participating in the next generation Civil Service human resources programme; what the basis is for cost-sharing arrangements for set-up and running costs of that programme; and what human resources functions that programme undertakes.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The Next Generation HR programme started in 2010 and has delivered significant savings - in 2010 annual spend on HR in the Civil Service was £524million, in 2014 annual spend was £257.5 million.
Services provided cover the range of human resources activity, including learning, employee policy, recruitment and organisational design and Departments share the full cost of the core services provided. Those services that are volume related (such as bulk recruitment) are paid for on the basis of usage. More information is available onhttps://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/civil-service-human-resources-profession/about
The list below details those organisations who take services from the shared expert services created as part of the Next Generation HR Programme.
Attorney General's departments
Attorney General's Office
Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate
Treasury Solicitor
Crown Prosecution Service
Serious Fraud Office
Business, Innovation and Skills
Companies House
Insolvency Service
Land Registry
Met Office
National Measurement Office
Ordnance Survey
Skills Funding Agency
UK Intellectual Property Office
UK Space Agency
Capital for Enterprise
Technology Strategy Board
UK Commission for Employment and Skills
Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service
Office of Gas and Electricity Market
Cabinet Office
Government Procurement Service
Government in Parliament
Charity Commission
Department for Communities and Local Government
Planning Inspectorate
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
Homes and Community Agency
Leasehold Advisory Service
West Northamptonshire Development Corporation
Competition & Markets Authority
Department for Culture Media and Sport
Royal Parks
National Portrait Gallery
Sports Grounds Safety Authority
Ministry of Defence
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Defence Support Group
UK Hydrographic Office
Department for Education
Education Funding Agency
National College for Teaching and Leadership
Standards & Testing Agency
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Committee on Climate Change
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency
Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Food and Environment Research Agency
Rural Payments Agency
Veterinary Medicines Directorate
Consumer Council for Water
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Marine Management Organisation
National Forest Company
Natural England
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Gangmasters Licensing Authority
The Sea fish Industry Authority
The Water Services Regulation Authority (OFWAT)
Office of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales (Estyn)
Export Credits Guarantee Department
Food Standards Agency
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
FCO Services
Locally Engaged staff
Overseas Territories
Wilton Park Executive Agency
Great Britain in China (GBCC)
Department of Health
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
Public Health England
Human Tissue Authority
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
Health and Social Care Information Centre
HM Revenue and Customs
Valuation Office
HM Treasury
Office for Budget Responsibility
Chancellor's other departments
Debt Management Office
Government Actuary's Department
National Savings and Investments
Home Office
Identity & Passport Service
National Fraud Authority
Disclosure and Barring Service
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Office of Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC)
Department for International Development
Ministry of Justice
Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service
National Offender Management Service
Legal Aid Agency
The Office of the Public Guardian
Criminal Cases Review Commission
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
Family Justice Council
HM Inspectorate of Prisons
HM Inspectorate of Probation
Independent Advisory Council on Deaths in Custody
Independent Monitoring Boards
Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman
Commission for Judicial Appointments
Judicial Office of England and Wales
Lancashire Probation Trust
Law Commission
Legal Services Ombudsman
Legal Services Board
Legal Services Consumer Panel
Office for Judicial Complaints
Office for the Accountant General
Official Solicitor
Parole Board
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
The National Archive
Northern Ireland Office
Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED)
Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (OFQUAL)
Scotland Office (incl. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland)
Security Community
Department for Transport
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Driving Standards Agency
Highways Agency
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Vehicle Certification Agency
Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
British Transport Police Authority
High Speed 2 Ltd
Northern Lighthouse Board
Passenger Focus (Rail Passengers' Council)
Office of Rail Regulation (ORR)
UK Statistics Authority
UK Supreme Court
Wales Office
Department for Work and Pensions
Independent Living Fund
National Employment Savings Trust Corporation
Office of the Pensions Ombudsman
The Pensions Advisory Service Ltd
The Pensions Regulator
Health and Safety Executive
Scottish Government
Accountant in Bankruptcy
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal
Disclosure Scotland
Education Scotland
Registers of Scotland
Scottish Housing Regulator
Student Awards Agency
Transport Scotland
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Scottish Legal Complaints Commission
Scottish Public Pensions Agency
National Records of Scotland
Crofting Commission
Architecture and Design Scotland
The Scottish Funding Council for Further and Higher Education
Welsh Government
House of Lords Administration
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
National Assembly for Wales
National Audit Office
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each Department, agency and NDPB have attended the Commissioning Academy in each year since it was established; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such attendance on commercial skills in the civil service.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
Through its programme of Civil Service Reform, the Government is taking urgent action to address long-standing skills gaps in the Civil Service. Our pioneering Commissioning Academy is building commercial capability across the public sector, and improving how public services are delivered.
To date 392 individuals have attended the central Commissioning Academy programmes, including 121 from central government. In the last year there was a 50% increase in demand for places on the programme, and it will be expanded to deliver 1,500 places by March 2016.
Feedback from participants has been consistently positive. Independent research by the Local Government Information Unit on the impact of the Academy found that 71.9% of survey respondents felt their involvement in the programme was already having a tangible impact and they were confident it would lead to a positive outcome for citizens.
A number of other programmes sit alongside the central programme under the Commissioning Academy umbrella: 78 have attended local programmes, 8 a streamlined programme for Local Authority elected members, plus 49 junior officials from Cabinet Office, HM Treasury and the Crown Commercial Service.
Central Government | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | Total |
BIS | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
DCLG | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
DEFRA | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
DfE | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
DWP | 3 | 12 | 13 | 28 |
FCO | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Home Office | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
MoD | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
Cabinet Office | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
Public Services Transformation Network | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Home Office | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Northern Ireland Prison Service | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
HMRC | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
NAO | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Crown Prosecution Service | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
MoJ/NOMS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Local Authority | 27 | 98 | 81 | 206 |
Fire & Rescue | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Health | 3 | 9 | 16 | 28 |
Justice | 7 | 8 | 17 | 32 |
Total | 47 | 154 | 191 | 392 |
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many breaches of protected personal data by his Department have been reported to the Information Commissioner; and how many people were involved in each such breach in each year since 2010-11.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
Departments are obligated to publish such information in their Annual Report and Accounts. Copies of the Cabinet Office’s Annual Report and Accounts, up to and including 2013/2014, are available either from the Library or on-line.
The Cabinet Office takes any data losses very seriously and all such incidents are fully investigated.