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48432

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what support the Emergency Planning College has provided to the planning and preparation for the Giro D'Italia Big Start in Northern Ireland in May 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	196661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The Emergency Planning College (EPC) has had no requests for direct support of the planning and preparation for the Giro D'Italia Big Start in Northern Ireland in May 2014. The EPC has however delivered a variety of civil protection and resilience planning courses in Northern Ireland for various organisations, including Sports NI.</p><p>The Emergency Planning College (EPC) has provided 79 courses on emergency planning and crises management courses to 1170 attendees delivered in Northern Ireland since 2006. In addition to the training provided for customer organisations in NI, the EPC has trained 358 practitioners from NI attending residential training courses at the EPC since 2006</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin grouped question UIN 196574 question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

48433

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many training courses the Emergency Planning College has provided in Northern Ireland in each year since the college was established; and how many people from Northern Ireland have completed such training courses.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	196574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The Emergency Planning College (EPC) has had no requests for direct support of the planning and preparation for the Giro D'Italia Big Start in Northern Ireland in May 2014. The EPC has however delivered a variety of civil protection and resilience planning courses in Northern Ireland for various organisations, including Sports NI.</p><p>The Emergency Planning College (EPC) has provided 79 courses on emergency planning and crises management courses to 1170 attendees delivered in Northern Ireland since 2006. In addition to the training provided for customer organisations in NI, the EPC has trained 358 practitioners from NI attending residential training courses at the EPC since 2006</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin grouped question UIN 196661 question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

63175

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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 the Civil Service Fast Stream programme is promoted to students in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	201730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Civil Service Fast Stream marketing team use the careers site, advertising campaigns, on-campus promotions and events and social media to promote the Civil Service's graduate development programme across the UK. The Northern Ireland Civil Service is a separate organisation from the Home Civil Service and therefore employs graduates separately through the Northern Ireland Fast Stream.</p><p>In 2013 the Fast Stream marketing team used the free vacancy advertising service offered by the University of Ulster and Queen's University Belfast to promote Fast Stream Opportunities.. The Fast Stream programmes are also advertised on graduate recruitment websites with databases of over 700,000 students across the UK. Last October, Fast Stream representatives attended the Business and Finance Fair at Queen's University Belfast to generate awareness and attract talented students to the Civil Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 30/06/2014 16:31:21 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

64651

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	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 new graduate Fast Streamers were allocated places in each department in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	203195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The pilot cohort of 100 Fast Track Apprentices began their apprenticeships in September 2013. Eight Government Departments across England participated in the pilot cohort:</p><p>· Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p><p>· Cabinet Office</p><p>· Crown Prosecution Service</p><p>· Department for Education</p><p>· Department for Work and Pensions</p><p>· HM Revenue &amp; Customs</p><p>· Ministry of Defence</p><p>· Ministry of Justice</p><p>Cohort 2 will begin in September 2014 and will place 200 apprentices across Departments and Agencies across England, including:</p><p>· Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p><p>· Cabinet Office</p><p>· Crown Prosecution Service</p><p>· Department for Education</p><p>· Department for Work and Pensions</p><p>· HM Revenue &amp; Customs</p><p>· Ministry of Defence</p><p>· Ministry of Justice</p><p>· Civil Service Employee Policy</p><p>· Civil Service Resourcing</p><p>· Civil Service Learning</p><p>· Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p><p>· Department for Transport</p><p>· Department for Culture, Media and Sport</p><p>· Department for Communities and Local Government</p><p>· UK Trade &amp; Investment, part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p><p>· Treasury Solicitor's Department</p><p>· Insolvency Service</p><p>· Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary</p><p>· Crown Commercial Service</p><p>The government plans to continue to grow this programme and expand it to other departments.</p><p>Annual Reports published by the Cabinet Office indicating the number of candidates recommended for appointment to the Graduate (now Generalist) Fast Stream are available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>A table showing the numbers recommended for appointment to the scheme for the period 2010-2012, distributed by department, has been placed in the library of the House. Data for 2013 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 203063 203137 question first answered 07/07/2014 16:26:18 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

64652

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	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 places are available annually on the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	203137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The pilot cohort of 100 Fast Track Apprentices began their apprenticeships in September 2013. Eight Government Departments across England participated in the pilot cohort:</p><p>· Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p><p>· Cabinet Office</p><p>· Crown Prosecution Service</p><p>· Department for Education</p><p>· Department for Work and Pensions</p><p>· HM Revenue &amp; Customs</p><p>· Ministry of Defence</p><p>· Ministry of Justice</p><p>Cohort 2 will begin in September 2014 and will place 200 apprentices across Departments and Agencies across England, including:</p><p>· Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p><p>· Cabinet Office</p><p>· Crown Prosecution Service</p><p>· Department for Education</p><p>· Department for Work and Pensions</p><p>· HM Revenue &amp; Customs</p><p>· Ministry of Defence</p><p>· Ministry of Justice</p><p>· Civil Service Employee Policy</p><p>· Civil Service Resourcing</p><p>· Civil Service Learning</p><p>· Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p><p>· Department for Transport</p><p>· Department for Culture, Media and Sport</p><p>· Department for Communities and Local Government</p><p>· UK Trade &amp; Investment, part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p><p>· Treasury Solicitor's Department</p><p>· Insolvency Service</p><p>· Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary</p><p>· Crown Commercial Service</p><p>The government plans to continue to grow this programme and expand it to other departments.</p><p>Annual Reports published by the Cabinet Office indicating the number of candidates recommended for appointment to the Graduate (now Generalist) Fast Stream are available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>A table showing the numbers recommended for appointment to the scheme for the period 2010-2012, distributed by department, has been placed in the library of the House. Data for 2013 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 203063 203195 question first answered 07/07/2014 16:26:18 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

64654

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	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, which Government departments do not participate in the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	203063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The pilot cohort of 100 Fast Track Apprentices began their apprenticeships in September 2013. Eight Government Departments across England participated in the pilot cohort:</p><p>· Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p><p>· Cabinet Office</p><p>· Crown Prosecution Service</p><p>· Department for Education</p><p>· Department for Work and Pensions</p><p>· HM Revenue &amp; Customs</p><p>· Ministry of Defence</p><p>· Ministry of Justice</p><p>Cohort 2 will begin in September 2014 and will place 200 apprentices across Departments and Agencies across England, including:</p><p>· Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p><p>· Cabinet Office</p><p>· Crown Prosecution Service</p><p>· Department for Education</p><p>· Department for Work and Pensions</p><p>· HM Revenue &amp; Customs</p><p>· Ministry of Defence</p><p>· Ministry of Justice</p><p>· Civil Service Employee Policy</p><p>· Civil Service Resourcing</p><p>· Civil Service Learning</p><p>· Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p><p>· Department for Transport</p><p>· Department for Culture, Media and Sport</p><p>· Department for Communities and Local Government</p><p>· UK Trade &amp; Investment, part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p><p>· Treasury Solicitor's Department</p><p>· Insolvency Service</p><p>· Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary</p><p>· Crown Commercial Service</p><p>The government plans to continue to grow this programme and expand it to other departments.</p><p>Annual Reports published by the Cabinet Office indicating the number of candidates recommended for appointment to the Graduate (now Generalist) Fast Stream are available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>A table showing the numbers recommended for appointment to the scheme for the period 2010-2012, distributed by department, has been placed in the library of the House. Data for 2013 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 203137 203195 question first answered 07/07/2014 16:26:18 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

445859

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of civil service redundancies in the last 12 months on the effectiveness of departments' work.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	23139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>To remain the best in the world, the Civil Service needs to respond to both the challenges and opportunities of our times.The Civil Service continues to require new and different skills to respond to the fiscal environment, global competition and changes in technology, whilst at the same time delivering better services more efficiently: in short, doing more for less.</p><p>The size of the Civil Service has already reduced by 20% since March 2010 and has helped save taxpayers £2.8bn over the last Parliament. Despite this reduction in numbers, employee engagement rates were higher in 2015 than in 2010 and departments have successfully maintained delivery of our public services.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/01/2016 13:29:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

65982

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Recruitment: Northern Ireland Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions officials from his Department have held with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Office about that Department accepting placements from the Civil Service fast stream programme.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	204147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>As was the case under previous administrations details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 10/07/2014 16:07:17 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

65399

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Security: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department provides to officials in the Northern Ireland Executive on personal security.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	203620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Cabinet Office provides security guidance to all departments</p><p>As was the case under successive administrations, we do not comment on the specifics of that advice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 09/07/2014 14:17:43 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis