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806619

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the break down is by (a) Department and (b) grade for the Civil Service sickness absence data for Q1 2017 published on 14 December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Service recognises that good workforce health and well-being is fundamental to delivering brilliant public services. We support people so that they can remain at work where possible and to return as soon as they are ready following sickness absence.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service continues to review how it can proactively manage sickness absence and improve health and wellbeing at work even further, ensuring that it consistently delivers the high level of service that the public demand and expect.</p><p>Sickness absence in the Civil Service is measured using Average Working Days Lost (AWDL) per staff year. AWDL per staff year is the total number of working days lost across the year, divided by the total number of potential staff years.</p><p>The AWDL per staff year in the Civil Service was 7.0 days for year ending 31 March 2017, its lowest level since 2007. This demonstrates the significant progress that has been made in reducing sickness absence across the Civil Service.</p><p>Table 1: sets out the AWDL in the Civil Service by department for the year ending 31 March 2016 (Q1 2016) and the year ending 31 March 2017 (Q1 2017).</p><p>Table 2: sets out the AWDL in the Civil Service by grade for the year ending 31 March 2016 (Q1 2016) and the year ending 31 March 2017 (Q1 2017).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 119696 question first answered 19/12/2017 15:41:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes attachment 1 file name table 1 & 2.pdf title Table 1 & 2
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

806620

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the break down is by (a) Department and (b) grade for the Civil Service sickness absence data for 2016 published on 14 December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Service recognises that good workforce health and well-being is fundamental to delivering brilliant public services. We support people so that they can remain at work where possible and to return as soon as they are ready following sickness absence.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service continues to review how it can proactively manage sickness absence and improve health and wellbeing at work even further, ensuring that it consistently delivers the high level of service that the public demand and expect.</p><p>Sickness absence in the Civil Service is measured using Average Working Days Lost (AWDL) per staff year. AWDL per staff year is the total number of working days lost across the year, divided by the total number of potential staff years.</p><p>The AWDL per staff year in the Civil Service was 7.0 days for year ending 31 March 2017, its lowest level since 2007. This demonstrates the significant progress that has been made in reducing sickness absence across the Civil Service.</p><p>Table 1: sets out the AWDL in the Civil Service by department for the year ending 31 March 2016 (Q1 2016) and the year ending 31 March 2017 (Q1 2017).</p><p>Table 2: sets out the AWDL in the Civil Service by grade for the year ending 31 March 2016 (Q1 2016) and the year ending 31 March 2017 (Q1 2017).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 119695 question first answered 19/12/2017 15:41:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes attachment 1 file name table 1 & 2.pdf title Table 1 & 2
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1551403

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Special Advisers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many special advisers were appointed to assist ministers on (1) 1 January 1997, (2) 1 January 1998, (3) 1 January 2010, (4) 1 January 2011, (5) 1 January 2016, and (6) 1 December 2022.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	uin	HL4254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The data relating to 1997 and 1998 pre-dates the requirement of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (CRAG) for the Government to prepare an annual report on the numbers and costs of Special Advisers. Therefore, this information has been taken from data that is publicly available in Hansard [1]:</p><ul><li><p>In the year 1997/8, Hansard reports that there were 70 Special Advisers employed in Government.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>In the year 1998/9, Hansard reports that there were 72 Special Advisers employed in Government.</p></li></ul><p>Since 2010, as per the requirements of CRAG, the Cabinet Office has published an annual report on Special Adviser numbers and costs. Therefore, the information requested in relation to 2010 - 2022 has been taken from the relevant report on Gov.uk:</p><ul><li><p>In the Annual Report on Special Advisers published in 2010, there were 61 special advisers employed in Government as at 10 June 2010. [2]</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>In the Annual Report on Special Advisers published in 2011, there were 72 special advisers employed in Government as at 10 March 2011. [3]</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>In the Annual Report on Special Advisers published in 2016, there were 83 Special Advisers employed in Government as at 21 December 2016. [4]</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Following the centralisation of all Special Advisers onto the Cabinet Office payroll in 2019, internal data is also available as at the requested date for 2022. As at 1 December 2022, there were 102 special advisers employed in Government.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>[1] https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1999-11-11/debates/a5ac908d-ba91-443b-81ee-0b3a84b75393/SpecialAdvisers</p><p>[2] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/62377/special-advisers-in-post-June-2010.pdf</p><p>[3] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/62374/spads-in-post100311_0.pdf</p><p>[4] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579892/List_of_special_advisers_in_post_as_at_21_December_2016.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name special-advisers-in-post-June-2010.pdf title SpAds in post 2010 2 file name spads-in-post100311_0.pdf title SpAds in post 2011 3 file name List_of_special_advisers_in_post_as_at_21_December_2016.pdf title SpAds in post 2016 question first answered 20/12/2022 15:05:54 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

224121

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Charities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many inquiries into faith-based charities of each faith have been opened by the Charity Commission in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	225687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. I have asked the Chief Executive to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 03/03/2015 16:34:24 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name rchajrowley20150303104106HQ.PDF title Charity Commission Letter to Member
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

650399

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the announcement on 7 October that they intend to remove the 15-year rule on British citizens living overseas voting in parliamentary elections, where, and how, expatriate UK citizens would vote.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL3789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>Overseas electors will register in respect of their last UK address, and will cast their ballot in that constituency. They may choose to vote by postal ballot, in person (if they are in the UK on polling day) or by nominating a proxy to vote on their behalf (postal ballots are not available to overseas electors registered in Northern Ireland).</p><p>Full details are set out in the policy statement published on 7 October 2016 entitled ‘A democracy that works for everyone: British citizens overseas’ which can be found here:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-democracy-that-works-for-everyone-british-citizens-overseas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-democracy-that-works-for-everyone-british-citizens-overseas</a></p><p>The franchise for any future referendum would be determined by Parliament in the primary legislation which provides for that referendum.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 14/12/2016 13:11:54 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen attachment 1 file name overseas_electors_policy_statement.pdf title Overseas electors policy statement
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

100621

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Self-employed: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were (1) the average annual gross earnings, and (2) the average gross hourly rate of pay, in the United Kingdom, both in nominal terms and adjusted for inflation, of those who were self-employed for each year or part-year since 1997 for which data available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
	uin	HL2352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 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 printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 03/11/2014 17:31:14 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name lord sharkey HL2352 ONS letter.pdf title UK Statistics Authority Reply
	tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

114523

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	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 what is their assessment of the employment rate of Polish immigrants in the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL2694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 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 printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 11/11/2014 16:19:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name lord patten ONS letter.pdf title UK Statistics Authority Response
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

62194

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Pay: Bolton
	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 of people who are paid at a rate below the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation in Bolton North East constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	200967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 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 Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/06/2014 16:12:48 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name image2014-06-19-162648.pdf title ONS Letter to Member
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

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

165892

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Political Impartiality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 37 of the Government Communication Service Propriety Guidance, published in April 2014, what rules govern the use of government slogans by political parties.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	215869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Cabinet Secretary's letter of 10 July 2014 to the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215870 215871 question first answered 28/11/2014 12:55:14 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham attachment 1 file name document2014-07-10-171025 (1) (1).pdf title Letter to Member - Propriety Guidance
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant