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39428

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library all correspondence between his Department and other departments on the matter of union subscription check off.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	189004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2014 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions and correspondence are not usually disclosed.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

39429

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants in his Department who were on maternity leave in each of the last five years returned to work.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	189056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2014 answer text <p>Cabinet Office staff are entitled to take up to 52 weeks of maternity leave. </p><p>Staff who have been continuously employed by the Civil Service for 26 weeks prior to the 15th week before the expected date of childbirth are eligible for maternity pay.</p><p>Within the Cabinet Office maternity pay is equivalent to full pay for the initial 26 weeks (ordinary maternity leave). During the following 26 weeks (additional maternity leave) Statutory Maternity Pay is given for the first 13 weeks. The remaining 13 weeks are unpaid.</p><p>Individuals who resign and do not return to work following maternity leave are usually required to refund any contractual element of maternity pay they have received. </p><p>Cabinet Office systems do not hold specific information on staff who depart after periods of maternity leave. However, over the last 5 years, we estimate that 96% of staff who were on maternity leave returned to work. </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 189076 189116 question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

39430

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the standard level and duration is of contractual maternity pay paid to civil servants in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	189076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2014 answer text <p>Cabinet Office staff are entitled to take up to 52 weeks of maternity leave. </p><p>Staff who have been continuously employed by the Civil Service for 26 weeks prior to the 15th week before the expected date of childbirth are eligible for maternity pay.</p><p>Within the Cabinet Office maternity pay is equivalent to full pay for the initial 26 weeks (ordinary maternity leave). During the following 26 weeks (additional maternity leave) Statutory Maternity Pay is given for the first 13 weeks. The remaining 13 weeks are unpaid.</p><p>Individuals who resign and do not return to work following maternity leave are usually required to refund any contractual element of maternity pay they have received. </p><p>Cabinet Office systems do not hold specific information on staff who depart after periods of maternity leave. However, over the last 5 years, we estimate that 96% of staff who were on maternity leave returned to work. </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 189056 189116 question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

39431

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many workplace nurseries (a) directly operated by his Department and (b) operated by a third party on his Department's property there were at (a) 5 May 2010 and (b) 5 February 2014; and how many such nurseries are expected to cease operating in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	189096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2014 answer text <p>Cabinet Office employees have access to a subsidised workplace nursery which is run by a third party provider. There are no current plans to change its operation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

39432

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants in his Department who were promoted in each of the last five years were identified as (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic minority group.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	189156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2014 answer text <p>Promotion in the Cabinet Office is based on merit and suitability for the post in question.</p><p>The requested statistics on promotion are not readily available. However, we estimate that male staff constituted 51% of all those promoted since April 2011. This closely reflects the overall proportion currently working in my Department.</p><p>Figures for ethnicity and disability are not available. Cabinet Office does not compel staff to declare against workforce diversity indicators, including ethnicity and disability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 189136 189176 question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

39678

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants in his Department who had been on maternity leave were still employed in the Civil Service (a) six and (b) 12 months after their return to work in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	189116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2014 answer text <p>Cabinet Office staff are entitled to take up to 52 weeks of maternity leave. </p><p>Staff who have been continuously employed by the Civil Service for 26 weeks prior to the 15th week before the expected date of childbirth are eligible for maternity pay.</p><p>Within the Cabinet Office maternity pay is equivalent to full pay for the initial 26 weeks (ordinary maternity leave). During the following 26 weeks (additional maternity leave) Statutory Maternity Pay is given for the first 13 weeks. The remaining 13 weeks are unpaid.</p><p>Individuals who resign and do not return to work following maternity leave are usually required to refund any contractual element of maternity pay they have received. </p><p>Cabinet Office systems do not hold specific information on staff who depart after periods of maternity leave. However, over the last 5 years, we estimate that 96% of staff who were on maternity leave returned to work. </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 189056 189076 question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

39679

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants in his Department who were promoted in each of the last five years were identified as (a) disabled and (b) non-disabled.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	189176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2014 answer text <p>Promotion in the Cabinet Office is based on merit and suitability for the post in question.</p><p>The requested statistics on promotion are not readily available. However, we estimate that male staff constituted 51% of all those promoted since April 2011. This closely reflects the overall proportion currently working in my Department.</p><p>Figures for ethnicity and disability are not available. Cabinet Office does not compel staff to declare against workforce diversity indicators, including ethnicity and disability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 189136 189156 question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

39680

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants in his Department who were promoted in each of the last five years were (a) male and (b) female.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	189136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2014 answer text <p>Promotion in the Cabinet Office is based on merit and suitability for the post in question.</p><p>The requested statistics on promotion are not readily available. However, we estimate that male staff constituted 51% of all those promoted since April 2011. This closely reflects the overall proportion currently working in my Department.</p><p>Figures for ethnicity and disability are not available. Cabinet Office does not compel staff to declare against workforce diversity indicators, including ethnicity and disability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 189156 189176 question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

39768

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on the relocation of civil servants from London and the South-East of England to other regions of the country.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL5482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Relocation of Government staff outside of London and the South East continues to be considered, amongst other options, to deliver the savings set out at the Spending Review and increase the efficiency of the Government&rsquo;s estate. Reducing and rationalising the estate could result in relocations, although there is no centrally driven relocation target to this effect. Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each individual Department to determine.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL5483 HL5484 question first answered 10/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

39769

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants have been transferred from London and the South-East of England to other regions of the country since May 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL5483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Relocation of Government staff outside of London and the South East continues to be considered, amongst other options, to deliver the savings set out at the Spending Review and increase the efficiency of the Government&rsquo;s estate. Reducing and rationalising the estate could result in relocations, although there is no centrally driven relocation target to this effect. Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each individual Department to determine.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL5482 HL5484 question first answered 10/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath