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date	19/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to collect socio-economic information on the (a) Future Leaders' Scheme, (b) Senior Leaders' Scheme, (c) High Potential Development Scheme for Directors and (d) other internal talent management schemes.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	12401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>Collecting socio-economic information for participants on the Future Leaders Scheme, the Senior Leaders Scheme and the High Potential Development Scheme has been defined as a priority action in the Government publication “Improving Social Mobility in the Civil Service” (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-actions-to-improve-social-mobility-in-the-civil-service" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-actions-to-improve-social-mobility-in-the-civil-service</a>).</p><p>For the 2015 intake of the Future Leaders Scheme and Senior Leaders Scheme, the Cabinet Office has collected socio-economic information on all candidates from the point of their nomination. For the Individual Development Programme and High Potential Development Scheme, this information will be collected from successful candidates from December. We commit to collecting this information through selection for our talent programmes on an annual basis and expanding it from 2016 onwards.</p><p>The socio-economic information currently collected is based on the Social Mobility Toolkit (<a href="http://www.professionsforgood.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/SocialMobilityToolkit-2014-low-res.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.professionsforgood.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/SocialMobilityToolkit-2014-low-res.pdf</a>). However, there is an ongoing review into the most effective and appropriate definition for social mobility, which we will align with in future years. This work is being led by The Bridge Group, a charitable policy association promoting social mobility, as part of research they are undertaking on social mobility in the Civil Service Fast Stream.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/10/2015 15:03:39 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 25322 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

422166

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will take steps to ensure that graduates from a working class background are recruited onto the Civil Service Fast Stream.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	12402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>To govern modern Britain, the Civil Service needs to look and sound likemodern Britain. We need access to the broadest possible pool of talent, drawing on peoplefrom all backgrounds and all parts of the country.</p><p>The Civil Service is implementing a number of initiatives to recruit individuals from lower socio-economic backgrounds onto the Fast Stream and Fast Track Apprenticeship schemes, including internship programmes, schools and colleges mentoring and discovery days, work experience programmes and engagement with universities with a high representation of lower socio-economic students.</p><p>Information on the socio-economic status of recent appointees to the SCS was published in 2014,and the socio-economic status of Fast-Stream applicants has been published since 2011.</p><p>In 2015 16.8% of new joiners to the Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme were from lower socio-economic backgrounds, up from 8.5% in 2013/14. From 2015 this data will be published as part of the Fast Stream applicants publication.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 12399 12400 question first answered 26/10/2015 14:03:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 25327 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

422167

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure improved working class representation in the civil service.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	12403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>Diversity and Inclusion is one of the Civil Service's top priorities.</p><p>We have published a Talent Action Plan (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-refreshed-talent-action-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-refreshed-talent-action-plan</a>)which sets out our ambitions to aide the recruitment and progression of under-represented groups, including those from less well off socio-economic backgrounds within the Civil Service. We also published ‘Priority Actions for Improving Social Mobility in the Civil Service:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418138/Social_mobility_in_the_Civil_Service.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418138/Social_mobility_in_the_Civil_Service.pdf</a></p><p>In line with one of the commitments in ‘priority Actions’, there is an ongoing review into the most effective and appropriate definition for social mobility which we will align with in future years. This work is being led by The Bridge Group, a charitable policy association promoting social mobility, as part of research they are undertaking on social mobility in the Fast Stream. The Outcome of this review will inform further work to increase representation of people from less well off backgrounds at all levels within the civil service.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/10/2015 14:03:11 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 25324 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

422169

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people from a working class background were recruited onto the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme in each year since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	12399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>To govern modern Britain, the Civil Service needs to look and sound likemodern Britain. We need access to the broadest possible pool of talent, drawing on peoplefrom all backgrounds and all parts of the country.</p><p>The Civil Service is implementing a number of initiatives to recruit individuals from lower socio-economic backgrounds onto the Fast Stream and Fast Track Apprenticeship schemes, including internship programmes, schools and colleges mentoring and discovery days, work experience programmes and engagement with universities with a high representation of lower socio-economic students.</p><p>Information on the socio-economic status of recent appointees to the SCS was published in 2014,and the socio-economic status of Fast-Stream applicants has been published since 2011.</p><p>In 2015 16.8% of new joiners to the Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme were from lower socio-economic backgrounds, up from 8.5% in 2013/14. From 2015 this data will be published as part of the Fast Stream applicants publication.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 12400 12402 question first answered 26/10/2015 14:03:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 25321 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

422170

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to publish the socio-economic status of entrants to the Senior Civil Service, Fast Stream and Fast Track Apprentice Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	12400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>To govern modern Britain, the Civil Service needs to look and sound likemodern Britain. We need access to the broadest possible pool of talent, drawing on peoplefrom all backgrounds and all parts of the country.</p><p>The Civil Service is implementing a number of initiatives to recruit individuals from lower socio-economic backgrounds onto the Fast Stream and Fast Track Apprenticeship schemes, including internship programmes, schools and colleges mentoring and discovery days, work experience programmes and engagement with universities with a high representation of lower socio-economic students.</p><p>Information on the socio-economic status of recent appointees to the SCS was published in 2014,and the socio-economic status of Fast-Stream applicants has been published since 2011.</p><p>In 2015 16.8% of new joiners to the Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme were from lower socio-economic backgrounds, up from 8.5% in 2013/14. From 2015 this data will be published as part of the Fast Stream applicants publication.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 12399 12402 question first answered 26/10/2015 14:03:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 25325 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh