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882546

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what his Department's implementation plan is for banning the box on job applications.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	135608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2018 answer text <p>The application process for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Government Legal Department (GLD), Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and HMCPSI does not include a declaration box for candidates to declare a criminal record.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 31/05/2018 08:57:45 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 55028 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882724

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Travellers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, and pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2018 to Question 134113, on Travellers: Equality, what meetings he has had since 2016 with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on using the 2011 census classifications that differentiate Gypsies and Travellers.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	135786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Race Disparity Audit website displays data where possible using the Census 2011 ethnic categories, which includes Gypsy or Irish Traveller.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Race Disparity Unit work closely together to further progress the harmonisation of ethnicity data across the Government Statistical Service (GSS) and to improve the coverage of ethnic groups including Gypsy, Roma and Travellers.</p><p> </p><p>The Race Disparity Audit Inter Ministerial Group chaired by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster discusses matters pertaining to the progress of the Race Disparity Audit, including on the collection of ethnicity data.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 30/04/2018 15:58:00 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

882725

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Travellers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what progress his Department has made in using the 2011 census classifications that differentiate Gypsies and Travellers.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	135787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Race Disparity Audit website displays data where possible using the Census 2011 ethnic categories, which includes Gypsy or Irish Traveller.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Race Disparity Unit work closely together to further progress the harmonisation of ethnicity data across the Government Statistical Service (GSS) and to improve the coverage of ethnic groups including Gypsy, Roma and Travellers.</p><p> </p><p>The Race Disparity Audit Inter Ministerial Group chaired by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster discusses matters pertaining to the progress of the Race Disparity Audit, including on the collection of ethnicity data.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 30/04/2018 15:57:42 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

882617

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) direct employees, (b) agency staff and (c) outsourced staff working for (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department are paid less than the living wage, as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	135679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not directly employ anyone whose salary is less than the rate defined by the Living Wage Foundation.</p><p>All CPS contracts, including those for agency staff and outsourced services, require suppliers to adhere to applicable legislation, including National Minimum Wage Regulations. The CPS does not stipulate that suppliers and agencies must pay the living wage rate as calculated by the Living Wage Foundation.</p><p>Suppliers of outsourced services and agencies are responsible for setting rates of pay and actual rates of pay are dependent on location and market rates. The CPS does not hold information on individual rates of pay for contractor staff and therefore it is unable to provide or estimate the number of contractor staff paid less than the national living wage as defined be the Living Wage Foundation.</p><p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO), the Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) pay all direct employees, agency staff and outsourced staff more than the living wage, as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.</p><p>Currently fewer than five employees of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) are paid less than the London Living Wage. No agency staff employed by the SFO are paid less than the London Living Wage. The SFO is not responsible for the pay rates of staff engaged by service providers, and does not hold complete information on their remuneration.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 30/04/2018 07:36:27 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

882504

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of job roles advertised within his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	135566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>No Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Attorney General’s Office (AGO), or Government Legal Department (GLD) advertised job roles in 2016 and 2017 included a declaration box for candidates to declare a criminal record.</p><p>HMCPSI had one new recruitment in each of these years. The tick box was included in the campaign in 2016, but was removed in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 30/04/2018 07:07:13 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882594

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Codes of Practice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will respond to EDM 925, Professionalism and value of the British Civil Service.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	135656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that the four key values outlined in the Civil Service Code - integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality - enable the UK Civil Service to carry out its responsibility to provide objective advice to Ministers without fear or favour. The Code requires all Civil Servants to put the obligations of public service above their own personal interests; be truthful and open; base advice and decisions on rigorous analysis of evidence; and act solely according to the merits of the case, serving equally well governments of different political persuasions.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 03/05/2018 14:04:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden previous answer version 52530 answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

882760

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	National Fraud Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the costs of running the National Fraud Initiative have been in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	135822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The information relating to fee income and operating costs will be published in the NFI 2016/17 report, scheduled for summer 2018.</p><p>Information on fees levied on individual participating organisations is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-fraud-initiative</p><p>As at 31 March 2018 there were eight permanently funded civil servant posts.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 135821 135823 question first answered 10/05/2018 11:01:02 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 52529 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

882759

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	National Fraud Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been taken in fees to the National Fraud Initiative from (a) the public sector, b) the private sector and (c) mandatory reporting bodies in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	135821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The information relating to fee income and operating costs will be published in the NFI 2016/17 report, scheduled for summer 2018.</p><p>Information on fees levied on individual participating organisations is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-fraud-initiative</p><p>As at 31 March 2018 there were eight permanently funded civil servant posts.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 135822 135823 question first answered 10/05/2018 11:01:02 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 52526 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

882233

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is assessing measures to increase the efficiency of public sector procurement; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	135223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Carillion’s insolvency has made it clear that government should think about whether there is a need to make changes which will safeguard against an event of this scale happening again. To that end, we are currently undertaking an internal lessons learned exercise and will be considering a range of inputs before deciding what changes, if any, need to be made to public outsourcing policies and procedures.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/06/2018 11:55:50 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

882761

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	National Fraud Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants work on the National Fraud Initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	135823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The information relating to fee income and operating costs will be published in the NFI 2016/17 report, scheduled for summer 2018.</p><p>Information on fees levied on individual participating organisations is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-fraud-initiative</p><p>As at 31 March 2018 there were eight permanently funded civil servant posts.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 135821 135822 question first answered 10/05/2018 11:01:02 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett