Andrew Griffith MP: written questions 2024
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Crawford FalconerCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13639More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will set out the (a) terms of reference and (b) duration of the appointment of Crawford Falconer KCMG to his Department as Second Permanent Secretary and Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser.
Answer: In accordance with the Civil Service policy for Permanent Secretary roles, the DBT Second Permanent Secretary was appointed for a period of five years (August 2017 - August 2022). The period of appointment was subsequently extended to December 2024.
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Federation of Small BusinessesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what meetings he has had with representatives of the Federation of Small Businesses since 30 October 2024 on the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on small businesses.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) engaged with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) as part of a budget briefing call with retail, hospitality and small business representatives held on 4 November. Topics raised included measures to improve ...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: UKHospitalityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what meetings he has had with representatives from UK Hospitality since 30 October 2024 on the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on the hospitality industry.
Answer: DBT engaged with UK Hospitality as part of a budget briefing call with retail, hospitality and small business representatives held on 4th November. The department also engages very regularly with UK Hospitality, through the Hospitality Sector Council, add...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: RecruitmentTreasuryTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11058More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department takes to verify the professional experience set out in the applications of newly hired officials.
Answer: HM Treasury recruitment campaigns use Success Profiles which is the recruitment framework used within the Civil Service. HM Treasury consider what skills a candidate will need to demonstrate in order to be successful and advertise vacancies with a clear p...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: RecruitmentTreasuryTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11057More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department takes to verify the qualifications of newly hired officials.
Answer: HM Treasury recruitment campaigns use Success Profiles which is the recruitment framework used within the Civil Service. HM Treasury consider what skills a candidate will need to demonstrate in order to be successful and advertise vacancies with a clear p...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordICT: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his Department's budget for technical support services is for this financial year.
Answer: We have interpreted this as Digital technical support services, which are in the order of £0.8m for DSIT.
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordICT: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to his Department’s Commercial Pipeline for October 2024, published on 22 October 2024, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate technical support during the life of th
Answer: The re-procurement of the Service Desk has been included in the Department’s Commercial Pipeline as potential activity. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology makes no commitment that the requirement will be procured. Activity to assess val...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordICT: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to his Department’s Commercial Pipeline for October 2024, published on 22 October 2024, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of providing the Service Des
Answer: The re-procurement of the Service Desk has been included in the Department’s Commercial Pipeline as potential activity. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology makes no commitment that the requirement will be procured. Activity to assess val...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordICT: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to his Department’s Commercial Pipeline for October 2024, published on 22 October 2024, what assessment he has made of the value for money of the contract for re-procurem
Answer: The re-procurement of the Service Desk has been included in the Department’s Commercial Pipeline as potential activity. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology makes no commitment that the requirement will be procured. Activity to assess val...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Departmental ResponsibilitiesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms's ministerial portfolio is supported by other Ministers in his Department.
Answer: All ministers in the department work as a team and support one another because we achieve far more by our common endeavour than we do by going it alone.
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: TelecommunicationsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the implementation of AI technology for Government telecoms data.
Answer: Artificial Intelligence is at the heart of the UK Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country. The Secretary of State for the Departme...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament record5G: Emergency ServicesHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on the potential merits of the adoption of standalone 5G for the emergency services.
Answer: DSIT and the Home Office work closely on the technical requirements for commercial mobile coverage. ESN will operate over a commercial mobile network based on technology designed to evolve and improve alongside consumer technologies.Currently 4G offers be...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament record4G: AerialsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many 4G masts funded by his Department have been constructed since 5 July 2024.
Answer: As part of the publicly funded element of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) we can confirm that 11 masts have been built or upgraded for the programme since 5 July 2024. These masts have already been activated and are delivering reliable 4G coverage, enablin...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBroadbandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will publish a breakdown of (a) average download speeds in megabits per second, (b) the level of availability of superfast broadband and (c) the level of availability of gigabit-c
Answer: Information on connectivity on a constituency-by-constituency basis across the UK is available from the local broadband tracker on ThinkBroadband: https://labs.thinkbroadband.com
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Space Agency: ScotlandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will visit the UK Space Agency’s office in Scotland.
Answer: The Secretary of State for the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology will consider visiting the UK Space Agency’s Scotland office as and when his diary allows, and is committed to supporting the growth of the Scottish space sector. My Ministeri...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9966More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he issues to the Civil Service Commission on considering the Northcote-Trevelyan principles when assessing applications for appointment made by exception.
Answer: The statutory basis for the management of the Civil Service is set out in the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. The Act requires the Civil Service Commission, which is independent of Government, to publish a set of principles to be applied fo...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: TelecommunicationsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the use of ISDN phone lines across Government.
Answer: No.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: DisadvantagedDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to continue the inter-ministerial group on tackling digital exclusion.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave to question 8498.
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordData Protection and Digital Information BillDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2024WithdrawnUIN 8501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has met with his counterparts in the European Union to discuss the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordData Protection and Digital Information BillDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has met his counterparts in the EU to discuss the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.
Answer: The Secretary of State met with the European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders on 16 September and 15 October to discuss a new Data Bill and the importance of efficient and safe personal data sharing between our two jurisdictions.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordInformation CommissionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with the Information Commissioner’s Office on the future development of an Information Commission.
Answer: The Secretary of State for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has been in contact with the Information Commissioner regarding the future development of the Information Commission. They met on 30 July and discussed the Digital Inf...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: DisadvantagedDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to continue the inter-ministerial group on tackling digital exclusion.
Answer: Promoting Digital Inclusion is a priority for me and for Government, which is why we believe it was a disgrace that the previous government did not introduce a new digital exclusion strategy for ten years. Digital inclusion is essential to our Missions, p...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpace Technology: ScotlandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had meetings with the UK Space Agency to discuss the growth of Scotland’s space ecosystem.
Answer: The Secretary of State for the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology is in regular discussion with the UK Space Agency, our key delivery partner, about Scotland's growing space sector as we recognise its crucial role in delivering our national ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordQuantum Technology: RegulationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 41 of the Information Commissioner’s Office report on Quantum Technologies published on 9 October 2024, what assessment he has made of the potential implications
Answer: The government recognises the need to act to both unlock the opportunities of quantum computing and also address the potential risks of this technology.DSIT works closely with the National Cyber Security Centre to identify the mitigations that are require...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Departmental ResponsibilitiesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what proportion of his time the Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms dedicates to his ministerial role within his Department.
Answer: Half.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
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