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422445

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Iraq Committee of Inquiry
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 Bridges of Headley on 21 September (HL2088), what part of the total remuneration paid to members of the Chilcot Inquiry has been paid to Sir John Chilcot in both attendance allowances and expenses.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL2770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>The Inquiry will account for its costs after the completion of its report.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 03/11/2015 17:38:29 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

422514

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to promote local procurement targets for public projects; and what guidance he has issued to promote the adoption of the BES 6001 BRE standard in procurement decisions to ensure responsible sourcing of materials.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	12561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>Following the steel summit held on 16 October, we have set up a working group which I chair to look specifically at the public procurement related issues facing the steel industry, and to drive forward solutions.</p><p>This group has representation from government and industry, andamongst the topics for discussion will behow steel standards could be integrated into procurement processes.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/10/2015 10:38:29 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

422525

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department will make available the first draft of the Cabinet Office's Welsh Language Scheme as required by the Welsh Language Act 1993.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	12690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The Welsh Language Act does not require government departments to prepare Welsh Language Schemes.</p><p>The Government Digital Service works closely with the Wales Office to ensure that that the Welsh language content on GOV.UK is underpinned by high quality user research that provides a simpler, clearer and faster service for users. It also gives government departments and other organisations which publish material on GOV.UK the ability to publish Welsh-language content in line with the requirements of their individual Welsh Language Schemes.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/10/2015 10:35:05 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 25444 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

422526

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Interserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts Government departments hold with Interserve PLC and Developments.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	12701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>Since January 2011, as part of the Government’s transparency programme, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Since 1 April 2015, wider public sector bodies, including local authorities, have also been required to publish details of contracts above the value of £25,000 on Contracts Finder.</p><p>Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/10/2015 10:36:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 25443 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

422527

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Contract Cleaning
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 issue guidance that staff employed by contract cleaning companies in government departments should not be disciplined for seeking a living wage; and if he will include this in future contracts.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	12665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>We are the first Government ever to deliver a National Living Wage. From April 2016, every employer in the country will pay the National Living Wage, including all Government contractors, for workers aged 25 and above.</p><p /> <p>Consequently, we have no plans to issue the specified guidance.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/10/2015 10:36:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

422678

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Suicide: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have taken their own life in (a) Lewisham, Deptford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Lewisham and (c) Greater London in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	12579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 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 22/10/2015 15:54:36 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 12579 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Taking their own lives
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

422164

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	Government Departments: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what provision his Department's procurement guidance makes to ensure contractors to Government departments pay the living wage.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	12343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government awards contracts on the basis of the best value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p>We are the first Government ever to deliver a National Living Wage. Every employer in the country will pay the National Living Wage, including all Government contractors, from April 2016.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/10/2015 16:48:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

422165

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: 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