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10021

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/05/2013
	date	08/05/2013
	date tabled	08/05/2013
	ddp created	19/11/2013 13:03:48
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 21:47:35
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	154017
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/02/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential risk of losses to the public purse arising from applying the current accounting officer conventions in the period leading up to the referendum on Scottish independence in 2014.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Gregg McClymont
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 154017
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	154017
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Treasury.</p><p>The UK Government is not planning for independence as it believes that people in Scotland will vote to remain within the UK. As such, the Government has made no assessment of the risk of losses to the public purse, and has no plans to change accounting officers conventions</p> question first answered 25/02/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1535
	creator	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont

10022

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/05/2013
	date	08/05/2013
	date tabled	08/05/2013
	ddp created	19/11/2013 13:03:48
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 21:47:36
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	154018
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/02/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with officials in his Department on how the accounting officers' conventions would apply to investment in Scotland in advance of the referendum on Scottish independence in 2014.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Gregg McClymont
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 154018
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	154018
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Treasury.</p><p>The UK Government is not planning for independence as it believes that people in Scotland will vote to remain within the UK. As such, the Government has made no assessment of the risk of losses to the public purse, and has no plans to change accounting officers conventions</p> question first answered 25/02/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1535
	creator	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont

5741

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/05/2013
	date	08/05/2013
	date tabled	08/05/2013
	ddp created	19/11/2013 12:56:42
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 21:07:25
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	153902
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/02/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how his Department scrutinises the Fundraising Standards Board; when a review was last conducted; and what the outcome was of this review.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 153902
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	153902
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Lord Hodgson assessed the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) as part of his review of the Charities Act 2006 and concluded in his report &lsquo;Trusted and Independent: Giving charity back to charities&rsquo; that it had broadly met 10 of the 12 success criteria set out when it was established in 2006. The FRSB and Cabinet Office are members of the Steering Committee established in response to Lord Hodgson's recommendations to drive forward further progress in strengthening self-regulation.</p> question first answered 25/02/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561
	creator	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

7952

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/05/2013
	date	08/05/2013
	date tabled	08/05/2013
	ddp created	19/11/2013 13:00:31
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 21:28:24
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	154029
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/02/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed on zero-hours contracts in each government office region.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 154029
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	154029
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.</p> question first answered 25/02/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

11895

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/05/2013
	date	08/05/2013
	date tabled	08/05/2013
	ddp created	19/11/2013 13:06:23
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 22:05:38
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	153906
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/02/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to consult on eligibility for free school meals ahead of the introduction of universal credit.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 153906
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	153906
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We are working very closely with other departments, including the Cabinet Office and the Department for Work and Pensions, to simplify free school meals criteria under universal credit, while ensuring that free lunches continue to be available to the families who need them most. These discussions, which include consideration of a phased implementation timetable, are in recognition of the significant number and complexity of passported benefits across Government, most of which have different eligibility criteria.</p><p>We will allow good time to enable schools, local authorities and children's charities to comment on our proposals before we introduce new entitlement criteria for free school meals under universal credit.</p><p> </p> question first answered 26/02/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473
	creator	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

38191

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/02/2014
	date	11/02/2014
	date tabled	11/02/2014
	ddp created	11/02/2014 22:21:52
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 01:53:39
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	187970
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to make an announcement on the City Deal bid submitted by Milton Keynes Council.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 187970
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	187970
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Discussions with Milton Keynes Council and the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership are ongoing on both a City Deal and a Local Growth Deal.</p><p> </p> question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578
	creator	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

39428

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/02/2014
	date	24/02/2014
	date tabled	24/02/2014
	ddp created	25/02/2014 00:11:22
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:05:14
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	189004
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/03/2014 12:00:00
	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.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 189004
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189004
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions and correspondence are not usually disclosed.<strong> </strong></p> question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115
	creator	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

39429

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/02/2014
	date	24/02/2014
	date tabled	24/02/2014
	ddp created	25/02/2014 00:11:23
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:05:15
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	189056
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/03/2014 12:00:00
	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.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 189056
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189056
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115
	creator	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

39430

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/02/2014
	date	24/02/2014
	date tabled	24/02/2014
	ddp created	25/02/2014 00:11:23
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:05:16
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	189076
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/03/2014 12:00:00
	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.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 189076
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189076
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115
	creator	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

39431

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/02/2014
	date	24/02/2014
	date tabled	24/02/2014
	ddp created	25/02/2014 00:11:23
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:05:17
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	189096
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/03/2014 12:00:00
	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.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 189096
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189096
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115
	creator	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson