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1415716

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Legislation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many post legislative reviews (a) their Department or (b) their predecessor Department has undertaken on (i) primary and (ii) secondary legislation in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	110381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The number of post legislative reviews the Department has undertaken on primary and secondary legislation in each of the last ten years is not held within the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 110398 question first answered 31/01/2022 17:49:32 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1415734

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Legislation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of the (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by (i) their Department or (ii) their predecessor Department has undergone a post legislative review in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	110398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The number of post legislative reviews the Department has undertaken on primary and secondary legislation in each of the last ten years is not held within the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 110381 question first answered 31/01/2022 17:49:33 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1415760

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Dyson: Public Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what products Dyson supplies to the UK public sector; and which Departments and services that includes.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	110648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 27/01/2022 17:41:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1415761

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronics Watch: Government Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Departments are affiliated to the labour rights monitoring organisation Electronics Watch.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	110488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has previously held a contract with Electronics Watch, which expired in June 2021. CCS are currently reviewing the service to assess whether it is the best source of data for labour rights monitoring and how this data can be shared more widely.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 27/01/2022 17:38:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1415803

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Take-away Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a Government procurement card was used by staff of his Office to order deliveries of pizza with a value lower than £500 on the night of 16 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	110292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 27/01/2022 17:39:30 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1415804

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any vehicles were ordered on his Office's mini-cab account to take Downing Street staff to their homes or other locations between 8pm and 4am on the night of 16 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	110293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 27/01/2022 17:38:45 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1415857

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to promote diversity in the Civil Service Fast Stream.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	110490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>The proportion of ethnic minority groups overall being appointed to the Civil Service Fast Stream in 2021 was 23.3%, this aligns with the 2019/20 Higher Education Statistics Agency graduate population level of 23.7% for ethnicity.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Steps to ensure that students from black and minority ethnic backgrounds are successful in their application to the Civil Service Fast Stream start with outreach, attraction and marketing activity, which is designed to encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds and locations. This is undertaken via early stage schools, college and apprenticeship engagement, along with industrial and internship placements. We have developed an inclusive website, social media strategy, and refreshed the target university list for outreach.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further to this, the Cabinet Office is:</p><ul><li><p>expanding the range of internships we offer,</p></li><li><p>undertaking cultural bias reviews of our selection processes,</p></li><li><p>increasing assessor diversity, and</p></li><li><p>improving our fair and inclusive selection processes by incorporating more regional/virtual assessment.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 27/01/2022 17:37:29 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1415858

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of black applicants in the Civil Service Fast Stream.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	110491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>The proportion of ethnic minority groups overall being appointed to the Civil Service Fast Stream in 2021 was 23.3%, this aligns with the 2019/20 Higher Education Statistics Agency graduate population level of 23.7% for ethnicity.</p><p>Steps to ensure that students from black and minority ethnic backgrounds are successful in their application to the Civil Service Fast Stream start with outreach, attraction and marketing activity, which is designed to encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds and locations. This is undertaken via early stage schools, college and apprenticeship engagement, along with industrial and internship placements. We have developed an inclusive website, social media strategy, and refreshed the target university list for outreach.</p><p>Further to this, the Cabinet Office is:</p><ul><li><p>expanding the range of internships we offer,</p></li><li><p>undertaking cultural bias reviews of our selection processes,</p></li><li><p>increasing assessor diversity, and</p></li><li><p>improving our fair and inclusive selection processes by incorporating more regional/virtual assessment.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 110492 question first answered 27/01/2022 18:00:34 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1415859

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of applications to the Civil Service Fast Stream from poorer and disadvantaged backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	110492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>The proportion of ethnic minority groups overall being appointed to the Civil Service Fast Stream in 2021 was 23.3%, this aligns with the 2019/20 Higher Education Statistics Agency graduate population level of 23.7% for ethnicity.</p><p>Steps to ensure that students from black and minority ethnic backgrounds are successful in their application to the Civil Service Fast Stream start with outreach, attraction and marketing activity, which is designed to encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds and locations. This is undertaken via early stage schools, college and apprenticeship engagement, along with industrial and internship placements. We have developed an inclusive website, social media strategy, and refreshed the target university list for outreach.</p><p>Further to this, the Cabinet Office is:</p><ul><li><p>expanding the range of internships we offer,</p></li><li><p>undertaking cultural bias reviews of our selection processes,</p></li><li><p>increasing assessor diversity, and</p></li><li><p>improving our fair and inclusive selection processes by incorporating more regional/virtual assessment.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 110491 question first answered 27/01/2022 18:00:34 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1415877

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Veterans: Leicestershire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that the views of veterans in (a) Leicestershire and (b) Bosworth are taken into account in the (a) execution of the Veterans Action Plan and (b) work of the Veterans Commissioner for England.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	110604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>Understanding our veteran community is one of the three key areas of action set out in the 2022-2024 Veterans Strategy Action Plan.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The plan contains a range of commitments aiming to improve our insights on veterans’ needs and experiences to inform how we deliver the Strategy for our Veterans. As well as commitments including continued engagement with Local Authorities and analysis of data collected during the 2021 Census in England and Wales, I will introduce a Veterans Survey. The Survey will provide an opportunity for veterans, including those in Leicestershire and Bosworth, to give us their views and inform policy delivery and development. The Independent Veterans Advisor will continue to draw on his extensive network, across the entirety of the UK, to shape delivery of the Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 01/02/2022 17:40:32 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans