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1459964

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total gross value added to the UK economy was from agriculture, forestry and fishing industries during the financial year (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	158885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the Rt hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 158882 158883 158884 question first answered 28/04/2022 11:17:13 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1459963

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in the UK were employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing industries at the end of the financial year (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	158884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the Rt hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 158882 158883 158885 question first answered 28/04/2022 11:17:13 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1423226

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Air Pollution: Death
	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 death records listed air pollution as a cause of death in (a) Plymouth, (b) the South West and (c) England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	125491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A response to the hon. Member’s Parliamentary Question of 18 February is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 28/02/2022 17:44:32 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name UKSA's Response to PQ125491.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1438674

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which business units of his Department are based in Downing Street.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	135521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is located across the United Kingdom including presence across many of its growth locations such as Glasgow, York and the devolved administrations as part of the Government’s plan to further strengthen the Union.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are a number of Cabinet Office business units which are currently based in Downing Street. Due to the potential security risks, the Cabinet Office is unable to provide a list of business units which are based in Downing Street.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 135518 question first answered 10/03/2022 17:53:36 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1456565

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the public sector apprenticeships target, how many apprentices were employed in his Department in the financial year 2021-22; and what proportion of the total workforce in his Department in 2021-2022 were apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	151139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>Cabinet Office is currently collating and quality assuring data on apprenticeships for 2021/22; final figures are not yet available. Based on indicative figures, Cabinet Office employed 224 apprentices in 2021/22, which is equivalent to 2.34% of the 2021/22 target headcount.</p><p>As at 1 April 2022, the number of Cabinet Office apprentices actively completing a programme (regardless of which financial year they started) equates to 3.23% of the total workforce.</p><p>The Cabinet Office, on behalf of the Civil Service, will be publishing a full breakdown of departmental performance on apprenticeships in the Autumn in line with previous years.</p><p>Data for all departments between 2017 and 2021 is available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-public-sector-apprenticeship-return-2020-2021-and-departmental-summary-for-2017-2021" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 151071 151076 question first answered 19/04/2022 12:34:07 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1433760

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Coronavirus
	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, if he will make it his policy to mandate individual risk assessments for all employees in his Department before they return to the workplace following the easing of covid-19 restrictions; and how many individual risk assessments for people returning to work in those circumstances have been conducted by the Department as of 21 February 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	126707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Cabinet Office has followed Government guidance on ensuring safety in the workplace, particularly the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19/offices-factories-and-labs" target="_blank">Working Safely during Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance</a> - recognising the different approaches taken by the devolved administrations. This includes undertaking appropriate premises risk assessments and implementing mitigation measures.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to workplace risk assessments, we encourage managers to complete individual risk assessments with staff who come into the workplace. Any data acquired through use of the CIRI is confidential and will only be used to ensure any risks are identified and actions taken to respond to any issues relating to a return to the workplace. We do not store this information centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/02/2022 17:09:52 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1435593

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Coronavirus
	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 that his Department and its agencies remove all internal covid-19 related policies, restrictions and mask mandates.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	129778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, all Civil Service employers have followed government guidance in setting out their internal COVID-19 related policies. This includes complying with the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19" target="_blank"> Working Safely during Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance</a> which sets out the key actions organisations should take to protect employees and customers in order to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading in workplaces, along with carrying out<a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/risk-assessment.htm" target="_blank"> health and safety risk assessments</a> that include the ongoing risk from COVID-19.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>On 21 February 2022, the Government published their<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-response-living-with-covid-19" target="_blank"> COVID-19 Response: Living with COVID-19</a>. This document sets out how and when the remaining restrictions will be lifted in England. Government guidance was subsequently amended, including the Working Safely guidance.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government’s Working Safely guidance continues to require organisations to carry out a risk assessment which includes the risk from COVID-19. It also sets out additional actions organisations can take to protect employees and customers in the workplace, such as ensuring adequate ventilation, frequent cleaning, asking people to wash their hands frequently and asking people with COVID-19 to stay away. The guidance advises that people continue to wear face coverings in crowded and enclosed settings where they come into contact with people they do not normally meet, when rates of transmission are high. Civil Service employers will continue to follow this guidance and align their policies accordingly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 07/03/2022 17:52:02 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1419101

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Discrimination
	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 Employment Tribunal claims of (a) race and (b) disability discrimination have been lodged against the Cabinet Office in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	116976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>Under the GDPR, the Cabinet Office is unable to provide specific data broken down year-on-year for the number of employment tribunal claims of a) race and b) disability that have been lodged. However, in total for the five year period from 01/01/2017 - 01/01/2022 there have been a total of 27 race, disability or race and disability discrimination cases lodged. Some claims are not defined for singular reasons; a claim may have multiple aspects.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 23/03/2022 17:50:16 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1419103

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Discrimination
	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 Employment Tribunal claims of (a) race and (b) disability discrimination have been settled before a hearing in each of the last five years; and what the total cost was of those settlements.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	116977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>Under the GDPR, the Cabinet Office is unable to provide specific data broken down year-on-year for the number of Employment Tribunal claims of a) race and b) disability that have been settled before a hearing. However, in total for the five year period from 01/01/2017 - 01/01/2022 there have been a total of 9 race, disability or race and disability discrimination cases that have been settled before a hearing.</p><p> </p><p>The total cost of settlement provided by our third party provider for all disability and race discrimination cases for the Cabinet Office in the five year period is £280,085.15. This figure captures settlement only - not associated costs. Any settlements made during the ACAS Early Conciliation process are not included here as by definition they have not progressed to an employment tribunal claim.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 23/03/2022 17:51:57 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1465882

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Grievance Procedures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many official grievances have been lodged by Cabinet Office staff each year over the last ten years; and how many of those complaints were (a) entirely or (b) partially upheld.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	9174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>Employment tribunal decisions are published on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/employment-tribunal-decisions" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>. To ascertain which protected characteristic an employment tribunal was related to would lead to disproportionate costs.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of official grievances lodged by Cabinet Office staff and how many of those complaints were entirely or partially upheld is not centrally held. The Cabinet Office is therefore not able to respond due to the disproportionate cost of gathering this data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 9173 question first answered 08/06/2022 11:11:29 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper