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156523

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what instructions and training notes they provide to officials preparing answers to parliamentary questions; and whether they will publish any such documents.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>Guidance on responding to written parliamentary questions is provided by the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons. This guidance is published on the Gov.uk website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-guidance</a>. A copy of the guidance is attached to this answer.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 01/12/2014 16:18:17 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name drafting-pq-responses.pdf title Drafting Answers Guidance
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

156544

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Honours
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 18 January 2012 (WA 140), 30 January 2012 (WA 298–300), 10 July (HL828) and 28 July (HL1115), whether they have reviewed the way in which honours lists reflect the distribution of people in the community deserving of a knighthood or damehood, in the light of 30 per cent of those receiving such honours in the last 10 lists being styled "Professor".
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL2967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>Every five years the Cabinet Office conducts a review to examine the allocation of honours. The Quinquennial Review is guided by the priorities set by the Prime Minister and any changes to the sizes of the workforces in each sector of the economy. The last review of the honours system took place in December 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 27/11/2014 16:37:35 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

156566

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Poland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 11 November (HL2694) concerning the employment of Polish immigrants in the United Kingdom, what is their assessment of the contribution to the economy made by the estimated 84 per cent of Polish nationals present in the United Kingdom aged between 16 to 64 who are in employment.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL2989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 01/12/2014 12:06:24 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name Lord Patten HL2989 ONS Letter.pdf title UK Statistics Authority Reply
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

156602

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Low Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate how many (a) men and (b) women in (i) full-time and (ii) part-time employment in each parliamentary constituency earned less than the rate defined by the Living Wage Foundation as a living wage in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
uin	215207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 410.xlsx title Excel Sheet for Member - Living Wage 2 file name PQ 215207 ONS 410.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Living Wage question first answered 27/11/2014 10:20:20 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

156612

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Low Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of (a) men and (b) women in (i) full-time and (ii) part-time work in each (A) local authority area and (B) parliamentary constituency earning less than the living wage.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	215175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 411.xlsx title Excel Sheet for Member - Living Wage 2 file name PQ 215175 ONS 411.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Living Wage question first answered 27/11/2014 10:26:01 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson previous answer version 30260 answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

156653

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Employment: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate of (a) employment and (b) unemployment is for people aged (i) 50, (ii) 51, (iii) 52, (iv) 53, (v) 54, (vi) 55, (vii) 56, (viii) 57, (ix) 58, (x) 59, (xi) 60, (xii) 61, (xiii) 62, (xiv) 63, (xv) 64 and (xvi) 65.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	215277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 25/11/2014 17:15:02 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 215277 ONS 412.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Employment previous answer version 29736 answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

156708

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate of cancer survival in hospitals is in (a) Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	215158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 24/11/2014 17:33:27 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 215158 ONS 415.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Cancer Rate
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

156724

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office and Deputy Prime Minister’s Office are an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>My Department supports measures to improve flexible working. Cabinet Office provides a number of flexible working options including but not exclusive to: part-time and compressed hours working; job-sharing; and working remotely or from home. All such arrangements must be agreed by line management.</p><p>Decisions on the availability of flexible working options are taken within each management unit as the local managers are best placed to judge the demands of the business and the contribution of the individual. It is business needs that determine what flexible working patterns can be accommodated. Details of flexible working applications and of the staff who work flexibly are not collated centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215182 215321 question first answered 26/11/2014 17:43:48 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156725

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men working in the Office of the Prime Minister have made a statutory application to request flexible working; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office and Deputy Prime Minister’s Office are an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>My Department supports measures to improve flexible working. Cabinet Office provides a number of flexible working options including but not exclusive to: part-time and compressed hours working; job-sharing; and working remotely or from home. All such arrangements must be agreed by line management.</p><p>Decisions on the availability of flexible working options are taken within each management unit as the local managers are best placed to judge the demands of the business and the contribution of the individual. It is business needs that determine what flexible working patterns can be accommodated. Details of flexible working applications and of the staff who work flexibly are not collated centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215178 215182 question first answered 26/11/2014 17:43:48 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156735

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Office; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office and Deputy Prime Minister’s Office are an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>My Department supports measures to improve flexible working. Cabinet Office provides a number of flexible working options including but not exclusive to: part-time and compressed hours working; job-sharing; and working remotely or from home. All such arrangements must be agreed by line management.</p><p>Decisions on the availability of flexible working options are taken within each management unit as the local managers are best placed to judge the demands of the business and the contribution of the individual. It is business needs that determine what flexible working patterns can be accommodated. Details of flexible working applications and of the staff who work flexibly are not collated centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215178 215321 question first answered 26/11/2014 17:43:48 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero