Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Public Sector: FraudCabinet OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51917More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce fraud in the public sector.
Answer: Tackling public sector fraud is a priority for this government. That’s why the government introduced the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill in January as part of the biggest fraud crackdown in a generation. The measures in the Bill will g...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: ComputersCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40644More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the median age is of computers issued to officials in their Department.
Answer: The median age for currently deployed computers is 4.5 years for MacBook and 5 years for Windows devices.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40303More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to prevent the unauthorised disclosure of Cabinet discussions to the media.
Answer: As set out at chapter 5 of the ministerial code, the principle of collective responsibility requires that the privacy of ministerial discussions at Cabinet and its committees should be maintained. It is therefore a long established precedent that informat...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38101More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral statement by the Prime Minister of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, column 634, if he will initiate a review of maritime security to inform the new national s
Answer: There are no current plans to publish a separate national maritime security strategy. As announced by the Prime Minister, a new national security strategy will be published this summer.
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCybercrime: IranCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35742More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cyber attacks were conducted by (a) Iran and (b) Iranian-sponsored actors against (i) Government and (ii) Government-affiliated systems in the last 12 months.
Answer: The UK Government does not comment upon operational security matters.
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCybercrime: ChinaCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35741More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cyber attacks were conducted by (a) China and (b) Chinese-sponsored actors against (i) Government and (ii) Government-affiliated systems in the last 12 months.
Answer: The UK Government does not comment upon operational security matters.
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCybercrime: RussiaCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35362More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cyber attacks were conducted by (a) Russia and (b) Russian-sponsored actors against (i) Government and (ii) Government-affiliated systems in the last 12 months.
Answer: The UK Government does not comment upon operational security matters.
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: UnemploymentCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21661More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of public sector workers of working age who have become economically inactive in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon. Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 3 January is attached.
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSelect Committees: Parliamentary ScrutinyCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16968More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the First Report of Session 2023–24 of the Liaison Committee, Promoting national strategy: How select committee scrutiny can improve strategic thinking in Whitehall, HC 31, published on 29 May
Answer: The Government is considering the Liaison Committee's report and looks forward to discussing it with the incoming Chair once elected.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSelect Committees: Parliamentary ScrutinyCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16967More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of paragraph 29 of the First Report of Session 2023–24 of the Liaison Committee, Promoting national strategy: How select committee scr
Answer: The Government is considering the Liaison Committee's report and looks forward to discussing it with the incoming Chair once elected.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: PolicyCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16816More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how their Department defines strategy.
Answer: The definition is detailed in the Functional Standards Common Glossary, which is published on the gov.uk website.
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Data ProcessingCabinet OfficeTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12980More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps they are taking to use (a) artificial intelligence and (b) data to help increase their Department's productivity.
Answer: The Cabinet Office is committed to improving its productivity, including through artificial intelligence (AI) and effective use of data. The Cabinet Office Data Strategy promotes the use of high quality data and analytics to gain insights that drive decis...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
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