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1491718

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date following the publication in September 2015 of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation briefing entitled Search for a Central London site did their Department become aware of the plan to site the memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	41918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Responsibility for delivering the Government’s manifesto commitment to construct the UK Holocaust Memorial rests with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/09/2022 11:11:24 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1491007

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is taking steps to require Government departments to (a) undertake equality impact assessments in relation to proposals to reduce staff and possibly services as part of the plan to reduce the Civil Service by 91,000 posts and (b) consult unions as part the process of drafting those assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	40766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Departments have been asked to consider the key equalities impacts when setting out their initial scenario plans for workforce reductions, which will include departments completing equality impact assessments, should proposals be agreed following a robust assessment. Civil Service bodies in developing their plans were also reminded that early and continuing trade union engagement should be taking place. Alongside that, Civil Service HR will continue to update unions at the national level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/09/2022 11:08:43 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1490111

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths his Department has recorded where the death certificate stated related to covid in each month since 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	38631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the hon. Member’s Parliamentary Question of 18 July is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/07/2022 14:57:11 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQ38631.pdf title Letter from UKSA response to PQ38631
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1490310

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Special Advisers: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers appointed by the Cabinet Office to assist his predecessor are entitled to severance payments in financial year 2022-23 under the terms set out in Paragraph 14c of the model contract for special advisers; and what total costs will be incurred by his Department as a result.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	38569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>Special advisers are employed by the department to which they were appointed to assist their minister, as such the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s special advisers are employed by HM Treasury; the administration of special advisers is however overseen by the Cabinet Office.</p><p>Under paragraph 14b of the Model Contract for Special Advisers, a special adviser’s employment is automatically terminated when their appointing minister ceases to hold the ministerial office to which they were appointed to assist them. Paragraph 14c of the Model Contract details the conditions that apply should a special adviser’s employment end, including eligibility for any severance payments. Paragraph 14c of the Model Contract also sets out that special advisers who are later re-appointed to government must repay their severance pay, less the amount of salary they would have been paid had they been employed during the period between their termination and their re-appointment.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These arrangements have been in place under successive administrations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Pursuant to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 and as part of the government’s policy on open data and transparency, the Cabinet Office routinely publishes an annual report on the numbers and costs of special advisers. The total cost of exit packages, including severance payments, for special advisers are published annually.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 22/07/2022 10:37:37 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1490314

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Mortality Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales: week ending 1 July 2022 published by the Office for National Statistics on 13 July 2022, what steps his Department is taking to investigate the higher than expected rate of deaths of 12.2 per cent above the five-year average.
	tabling member constituency	Tatton
	tabling member printed	Esther McVey
	uin	38654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 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 Rt hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 18 July is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 21/07/2022 15:54:39 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQ36854 (1).pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1490382

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many job vacancies there are in each Government (a) department and (b) agency.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	38775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>As at 8am on 19 July, there are 3,349 adverts for 10,409 total postings advertised on the Civil Service Jobs website. The below table shows vacancies and posts by department.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Department</p></td><td><p>Agency (if applicable)</p></td><td><p>Adverts Live</p></td><td><p>Total Posts Live</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Defence</p></td><td><p>Ministry of Defence</p></td><td><p>597</p></td><td><p>1,199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Prison &amp; Probation Service</p></td><td><p>HM Prison &amp; Probation Service</p></td><td><p>519</p></td><td><p>3,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Revenue and Customs</p></td><td><p>HM Revenue and Customs</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>504</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office (Internal)</p></td><td><p>Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office (Internal)</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Health Security Agency</p></td><td><p>UK Health Security Agency</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office</p></td><td><p>Home Office</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy</p></td><td><p>Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Justice</p></td><td><p>Ministry of Justice</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Work and Pensions</p></td><td><p>Department for Work and Pensions</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cabinet Office</p></td><td><p>Cabinet Office</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for International Trade</p></td><td><p>Department for International Trade</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department of Health and Social Care</p></td><td><p>Department of Health and Social Care</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for National Statistics</p></td><td><p>Office for National Statistics</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Education</p></td><td><p>Department for Education</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Science and Technology Laboratory</p></td><td><p>Defence Science and Technology Laboratory</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Prosecution Service</p></td><td><p>Crown Prosecution Service</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health and Safety Executive</p></td><td><p>Health and Safety Executive</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service</p></td><td><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OFGEM</p></td><td><p>OFGEM</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Natural England</p></td><td><p>Natural England</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Government</p></td><td><p>Scottish Government</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Transport</p></td><td><p>Department for Transport</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forestry Commission</p></td><td><p>Forestry Commission</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Treasury</p></td><td><p>HM Treasury</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency</p></td><td><p>Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>House of Commons</p></td><td><p>House of Commons</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Security Scotland</p></td><td><p>Social Security Scotland</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Digital Service</p></td><td><p>Government Digital Service</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Insolvency Service</p></td><td><p>Insolvency Service</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homes England</p></td><td><p>Homes England</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Legal Department</p></td><td><p>Government Legal Department</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEFRA</p></td><td><p>Food Standards Agency</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Commercial Function</p></td><td><p>Government Commercial Function</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forestry Commission - Forest Research</p></td><td><p>Forestry Commission - Forest Research</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities</p></td><td><p>Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport</p></td><td><p>Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>College of Policing</p></td><td><p>College of Policing</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Hydrographic Office</p></td><td><p>UK Hydrographic Office</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pensions Regulator</p></td><td><p>Pensions Regulator</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Met Office</p></td><td><p>Met Office</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welsh Government</p></td><td><p>Welsh Government</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Crime Agency</p></td><td><p>National Crime Agency</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Money and Pensions Service</p></td><td><p>The Money and Pensions Service</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td><td><p>Government Property Agency</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEFRA</p></td><td><p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal Aid Agency</p></td><td><p>Legal Aid Agency</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Historic Environment Scotland</p></td><td><p>Historic Environment Scotland</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Land Registry</p></td><td><p>HM Land Registry</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information Commissioner's Office</p></td><td><p>Information Commissioner's Office</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FCDO Services</p></td><td><p>FCDO Services</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Commercial Service</p></td><td><p>Crown Commercial Service</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Students</p></td><td><p>Office for Students</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills</p></td><td><p>Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disclosure &amp; Barring Service</p></td><td><p>Disclosure &amp; Barring Service</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Export Finance</p></td><td><p>UK Export Finance</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Transport</p></td><td><p>Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Botanic Gardens Kew</p></td><td><p>Royal Botanic Gardens Kew</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>House of Lords</p></td><td><p>House of Lords</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation</p></td><td><p>Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Companies House</p></td><td><p>Companies House</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marine Management Organisation</p></td><td><p>Marine Management Organisation</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Office for Science</p></td><td><p>Government Office for Science</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GCHQ</p></td><td><p>GCHQ</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Space Agency</p></td><td><p>UK Space Agency</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Joint Nature Conservation Committee</p></td><td><p>Joint Nature Conservation Committee</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Student Loans Company</p></td><td><p>Student Loans Company</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Transport</p></td><td><p>Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Transport</p></td><td><p>Maritime and Coastguard Agency</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious Fraud Office</p></td><td><p>Serious Fraud Office</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of the Public Guardian</p></td><td><p>Office of the Public Guardian</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trade Remedies Authority</p></td><td><p>Trade Remedies Authority</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Planning Inspectorate</p></td><td><p>Planning Inspectorate</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cross Departmental Opportunities</p></td><td><p>Cross Departmental Opportunities</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Statistics Authority</p></td><td><p>UK Statistics Authority</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service</p></td><td><p>Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEFRA</p></td><td><p>Rural Payments Agency</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland Office</p></td><td><p>Northern Ireland Office</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forestry and Land Scotland</p></td><td><p>Forestry and Land Scotland</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intellectual Property Office</p></td><td><p>Intellectual Property Office</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consumer Scotland</p></td><td><p>Consumer Scotland</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education</p></td><td><p>Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of Rail and Road</p></td><td><p>Office of Rail and Road</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Statistical Service</p></td><td><p>Government Statistical Service</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre</p></td><td><p>Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charity Commission</p></td><td><p>Charity Commission</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Office for Police Conduct</p></td><td><p>Independent Office for Police Conduct</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Monitoring Authority</p></td><td><p>Independent Monitoring Authority</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Research and Innovation</p></td><td><p>UK Research and Innovation</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Internal Audit Agency</p></td><td><p>Government Internal Audit Agency</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office</p></td><td><p>Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority</p></td><td><p>Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The National Lottery Community Fund</p></td><td><p>The National Lottery Community Fund</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEFRA</p></td><td><p>Animal and Plant Health Agency</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Electronics &amp; Components Agency</p></td><td><p>Defence Electronics &amp; Components Agency</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service</p></td><td><p>Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambling Commission</p></td><td><p>Gambling Commission</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Registers of Scotland</p></td><td><p>Registers of Scotland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Competition &amp; Markets Authority</p></td><td><p>Competition &amp; Markets Authority</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Savings and Investments</p></td><td><p>National Savings and Investments</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman</p></td><td><p>Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Housing Ombudsman Service</p></td><td><p>Housing Ombudsman Service</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MI5</p></td><td><p>MI5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEFRA</p></td><td><p>Veterinary Medicines Directorate</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Nuclear Regulation</p></td><td><p>Office for Nuclear Regulation</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ofwat (Water Services Regulation Authority)</p></td><td><p>Ofwat (Water Services Regulation Authority)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council</p></td><td><p>Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Security Industry Authority</p></td><td><p>Security Industry Authority</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Environmental Protection</p></td><td><p>Office for Environmental Protection</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Equality and Human Rights Commission</p></td><td><p>Equality and Human Rights Commission</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office</p></td><td><p>Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The National Archives</p></td><td><p>The National Archives</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Valuation Tribunal Service</p></td><td><p>Valuation Tribunal Service</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEFRA</p></td><td><p>Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MI6 - Secret Intelligence Service</p></td><td><p>MI6 - Secret Intelligence Service</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Actuary's Department</p></td><td><p>Government Actuary's Department</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Environmental Standards Scotland</p></td><td><p>Environmental Standards Scotland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Forestry</p></td><td><p>Scottish Forestry</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Fertilisation &amp; Embryology Authority</p></td><td><p>Human Fertilisation &amp; Embryology Authority</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Debt Management Office</p></td><td><p>UK Debt Management Office</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parole Board</p></td><td><p>Parole Board</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Cases Review Commission</p></td><td><p>Criminal Cases Review Commission</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Youth Justice Board</p></td><td><p>Youth Justice Board</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Building Digital UK (BDUK)</p></td><td><p>Building Digital UK (BDUK)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health and Care Excellence</p></td><td><p>National Institute for Health and Care Excellence</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>3,349</p></td><td><p>10,409</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 21/07/2022 14:47:53 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1490420

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost of Ministerial salaries to the Exchequer was in (a) July 2021, (b) August 2021, (c) September 2021, (d) October 2021, (e) November 2021, (f) December 2021, (g) January 2022, (h) February 2022, (i) March 2022, (j) April 2022, (k) May 2022, (l) June 2022 and (m) July 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	38644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Limits on the number of salaries that can be paid and at what level are imposed by the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975. Government departments are responsible for paying ministerial salaries and publish relevant information in their annual reports and accounts, which can be found on gov.uk. Salary information for 2021-22 will be included in departments’ 2021-22 annual reports and accounts currently being published.</p><p>The Government also publishes information about the salary entitlements and salaries claimed at different ministerial ranks. This information can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1027301/Salaries_of_Members_of_Her_Majestys_Government_-_Financial_Year_2021-22_-_Publication.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1027301/Salaries_of_Members_of_Her_Majestys_Government_-_Financial_Year_2021-22_-_Publication.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/09/2022 11:05:22 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1488743

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Census: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Census 2021 results published by the Office for National Statistics on 28 June 2022, what adjustments the Government will make to population estimates for 2021 and 2022 to reflect the changes in London’s population since that census was undertaken.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	36121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 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 13 July is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 18/07/2022 16:06:43 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name Authority_Response_to_PQ36121 (1).pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1488816

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Service: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have met with the (i) PCS, (ii) Prospect and (iii) First Division Association civil service trades unions since the publication of the Civil Service Pay Remit guidance 2022 to 2023 on 31 March 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Beth Winter
	uin	36128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>There have been numerous meetings between officials and national representatives of PCS, Prospect, FDA and other Trade Unions on a wide range of Civil Service wide workforce matters, including pay and the proposed reductions, since that date.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Specific dates where meetings have taken place are:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>7th April</p><p>11th April</p><p>12th April</p><p>17th April</p><p>20th April</p><p>25th April</p><p>28th April</p><p>12th May</p><p>17th May</p><p>31st May</p><p>16th June</p><p>27th June</p><p>30th June</p><p>14th July</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 21/07/2022 14:28:07 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1488818

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Service: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have met with the (i) PCS, (ii) Prospect and (iii) First Division Association civil service trades unions to formally consult those trade unions on the proposal to reduce civil service jobs by 91,000 over three years.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Beth Winter
	uin	36129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>There have been numerous meetings between officials and national representatives of PCS, Prospect, FDA and other Trade Unions on a wide range of Civil Service wide workforce matters, including pay and the proposed reductions, since that date.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Specific dates where meetings have taken place are:</p><p> </p><p>7th April</p><p>11th April</p><p>12th April</p><p>17th April</p><p>20th April</p><p>25th April</p><p>28th April</p><p>12th May</p><p>17th May</p><p>31st May</p><p>16th June</p><p>27th June</p><p>30th June</p><p>14th July</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/07/2022 10:44:54 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1488480

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Efficiencies and Value for Money Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee has met.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	35074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 35077 question first answered 15/07/2022 13:42:01 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1488481

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Efficiencies and Value for Money Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who chairs the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee as of 12 July 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	35075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer chairs the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The standing members of the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee, as of 12 July 2022, are as follows:</p><ul><li><p>Chancellor of the Exchequer (Chair)</p></li><li><p>Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</p></li><li><p>Chief Secretary to the Treasury (co-Deputy Chair)</p></li><li><p>Minister of State (Brexit Opportunities &amp; Government Efficiency) (co-Deputy Chair)</p></li><li><p>Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General</p></li><li><p>Minister without Portfolio</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 35076 35078 question first answered 15/07/2022 13:44:10 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1488482

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Efficiencies and Value for Money Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who the members of the Efficiency and Value for Money Cabinet Committee are as of 12 July 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	35076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer chairs the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The standing members of the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee, as of 12 July 2022, are as follows:</p><ul><li><p>Chancellor of the Exchequer (Chair)</p></li><li><p>Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</p></li><li><p>Chief Secretary to the Treasury (co-Deputy Chair)</p></li><li><p>Minister of State (Brexit Opportunities &amp; Government Efficiency) (co-Deputy Chair)</p></li><li><p>Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General</p></li><li><p>Minister without Portfolio</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 35075 35078 question first answered 15/07/2022 13:44:10 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1488483

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Efficiencies and Value for Money Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee is taking to ensure (a) Government efficiency and (b) value for money.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	35077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 35074 question first answered 15/07/2022 13:42:01 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1488484

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Efficiencies and Value for Money Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he chairs the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	35078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer chairs the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The standing members of the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee, as of 12 July 2022, are as follows:</p><ul><li><p>Chancellor of the Exchequer (Chair)</p></li><li><p>Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</p></li><li><p>Chief Secretary to the Treasury (co-Deputy Chair)</p></li><li><p>Minister of State (Brexit Opportunities &amp; Government Efficiency) (co-Deputy Chair)</p></li><li><p>Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General</p></li><li><p>Minister without Portfolio</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 35075 35076 question first answered 15/07/2022 13:44:10 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1488517

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July to Question 29976, for what reason his Department made payments of (a) £600 to the Active Bystander Training Company on 11 April 2022 and (b) £1,140 to the Plain English Campaign on 19 April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	34854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>Purchases questioned were made using the Department’s Electronic Purchasing Card Solution (ePCS), which is our preferred method for low value expenditure.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The requested items were purchased for:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ol><li><p>Training for 40 staff on how to challenge unacceptable behaviour, with the aim of improving gender equality.</p></li><li><p>Training for new team members on how to draft high quality responses to public and ministerial correspondence.</p></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/07/2022 08:25:45 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1487812

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people receiving the Civil Service Pension who had a reduction in their pension then received (a) an increased pension and (b) a lump sum payment following a further adjustment to their Guaranteed Minimum Pension since 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
	uin	33927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The requested information is not available. The outcome of the Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) exercise was a single adjustment to a member’s pension. In a small number of cases a member’s pension may have been adjusted for other reasons and then subsequently changed again as a result of the GMP exercise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/07/2022 13:50:34 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1487992

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many former Ministers will be entitled to severance pay since 6 June 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	33926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>Under the provisions of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, a former eligible minister only becomes entitled to a severance payment in the event that they are not appointed to another relevant office within three weeks of stepping down. Currently, no minister who has left office since 6 June 2022 is entitled to a severance payment.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/07/2022 14:28:38 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1487996

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to abolish ministerial severance payments.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	33763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The provision of severance payments for those who leave ministerial office is set out in the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991. The Government has no current plans to abolish ministerial severance payments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/07/2022 13:52:26 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1487645

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Service and Equiniti: Guaranteed Minimum Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pensioners with (a) Civil Service Pension and (b) Equiniti had their pensions reduced following the Guaranteed Minimum Pension reconciliation exercise undertaken between 2016 and 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
	uin	33005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Cabinet Office is not responsible for the pension arrangements of Equiniti. 26,715 of around 700,000 pensioner members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme were affected following the Civil Service Pension Scheme Guaranteed Minimum Pension reconciliation and rectification exercise.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Civil Service Pension Scheme members were provided with detailed information about the change to their pension, along with any lump sum underpayment due to the member. In cases where pensions had been overpaid the overpayment was written-off and future pension payments adjusted to the correct level. Members requesting a complete breakdown of the calculations supporting these figures, following receipt of the detailed information about the change to their pension, were provided with the complete breakdown.</p><p>The reconciliation exercise compares member data held by the scheme with records held by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Where there is a discrepancy between the data sources the reason is investigated in order to reconcile the scheme data with the HMRC data which may result in changes to pensions in payment. Consideration of notional or payable Additional State Pension is not relevant to the reconciliation exercise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 33006 33007 question first answered 13/07/2022 16:34:55 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1487646

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Service: Guaranteed Minimum Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has provided Civil Service Pensions with all the necessary information relating to Guaranteed Minimum Pension for all pension holders.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
	uin	33006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Cabinet Office is not responsible for the pension arrangements of Equiniti. 26,715 of around 700,000 pensioner members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme were affected following the Civil Service Pension Scheme Guaranteed Minimum Pension reconciliation and rectification exercise.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Civil Service Pension Scheme members were provided with detailed information about the change to their pension, along with any lump sum underpayment due to the member. In cases where pensions had been overpaid the overpayment was written-off and future pension payments adjusted to the correct level. Members requesting a complete breakdown of the calculations supporting these figures, following receipt of the detailed information about the change to their pension, were provided with the complete breakdown.</p><p>The reconciliation exercise compares member data held by the scheme with records held by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Where there is a discrepancy between the data sources the reason is investigated in order to reconcile the scheme data with the HMRC data which may result in changes to pensions in payment. Consideration of notional or payable Additional State Pension is not relevant to the reconciliation exercise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 33005 33007 question first answered 13/07/2022 16:34:55 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1487647

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Service: Guaranteed Minimum Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Guaranteed Minimum Pension review in 2016, whether (a) notional or (b) payable additional State Pension was compared to Guaranteed Minimum Pension before the adjustments were made to civil service pensions.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
	uin	33007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Cabinet Office is not responsible for the pension arrangements of Equiniti. 26,715 of around 700,000 pensioner members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme were affected following the Civil Service Pension Scheme Guaranteed Minimum Pension reconciliation and rectification exercise.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Civil Service Pension Scheme members were provided with detailed information about the change to their pension, along with any lump sum underpayment due to the member. In cases where pensions had been overpaid the overpayment was written-off and future pension payments adjusted to the correct level. Members requesting a complete breakdown of the calculations supporting these figures, following receipt of the detailed information about the change to their pension, were provided with the complete breakdown.</p><p>The reconciliation exercise compares member data held by the scheme with records held by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Where there is a discrepancy between the data sources the reason is investigated in order to reconcile the scheme data with the HMRC data which may result in changes to pensions in payment. Consideration of notional or payable Additional State Pension is not relevant to the reconciliation exercise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 33005 33006 question first answered 13/07/2022 16:34:55 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1487306

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Redundancy Pay
	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 total cost to the public purse of exit payments to resigning government ministers since 5 July 2022; and if he will provide a breakdown of those payments.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	32609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 sets out the detail and circumstances under which former Ministers are eligible for a severance payment. Any Minister, regardless of the length of time they have served in post, who is below the age of 65 and who has not been otherwise reappointed to a Ministerial position within 3 weeks of their last day of service, is eligible for a severance payment of 25% of their annual claimed salary at the time at which they ceased to hold office.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The above position will apply to the former Secretary of State for Education as it would for any other Minister that has left office. Departments routinely publish the details of any loss of office payments made to former Ministers within their Annual Report &amp; Accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 12/07/2022 14:46:56 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1487322

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Resignations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Secretary of State for Education who served from 5 to 7 July 2022 will be awarded the statutory resignation pay award of three months’ salary for her time served as Secretary of State.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	32530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 sets out the detail and circumstances under which former Ministers are eligible for a severance payment. Any Minister, regardless of the length of time they have served in post, who is below the age of 65 and who has not been otherwise reappointed to a Ministerial position within 3 weeks of their last day of service, is eligible for a severance payment of 25% of their annual claimed salary at the time at which they ceased to hold office.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The above position will apply to the former Secretary of State for Education as it would for any other Minister that has left office. Departments routinely publish the details of any loss of office payments made to former Ministers within their Annual Report &amp; Accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 14/07/2022 10:21:49 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1486461

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people directly employed by the Government who are based in London are paid less than £11.05 per hour.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	31127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2021 there were an estimated 1,440 civil servants based in London earning less than £11.05 an hour.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As at 31 March 2021 there were an estimated 29,100 civil servants based outside London (including overseas) earning less than £9.90 an hour.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Pay for civil servants below the senior civil service is delegated to individual departments to determine. In April 2022, the National Living Wage increased to £9.50 an hour, however at the reference point for these figures (31st March 2021) it was £8.72 an hour.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has committed that the National Living Wage will reach 66% of median UK earnings by 2024. Departments must ensure that they apply the legislative increase to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These figures are estimates based on full-time equivalent gross salary earnings, working hours, and location information collected as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey as at 31st March 2021. A small proportion of civil servants do not have a reported location or salary in this centrally held data, and have not been included in these figures. Information on earnings of the broader public sector and all those indirectly employed by the Government is not held centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These estimates may differ from those calculated by aggregating figures directly requested from individual departments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 31128 31129 31130 question first answered 13/07/2022 16:34:49 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1486462

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people indirectly employed the Government who are based in London are paid less than £11.05 per hour.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	31128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2021 there were an estimated 1,440 civil servants based in London earning less than £11.05 an hour.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As at 31 March 2021 there were an estimated 29,100 civil servants based outside London (including overseas) earning less than £9.90 an hour.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Pay for civil servants below the senior civil service is delegated to individual departments to determine. In April 2022, the National Living Wage increased to £9.50 an hour, however at the reference point for these figures (31st March 2021) it was £8.72 an hour.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has committed that the National Living Wage will reach 66% of median UK earnings by 2024. Departments must ensure that they apply the legislative increase to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These figures are estimates based on full-time equivalent gross salary earnings, working hours, and location information collected as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey as at 31st March 2021. A small proportion of civil servants do not have a reported location or salary in this centrally held data, and have not been included in these figures. Information on earnings of the broader public sector and all those indirectly employed by the Government is not held centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These estimates may differ from those calculated by aggregating figures directly requested from individual departments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 31127 31129 31130 question first answered 13/07/2022 16:34:49 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1486463

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people directly employed by the Government who are based outside London are paid less than £9.90 per hour.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	31129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2021 there were an estimated 1,440 civil servants based in London earning less than £11.05 an hour.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As at 31 March 2021 there were an estimated 29,100 civil servants based outside London (including overseas) earning less than £9.90 an hour.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Pay for civil servants below the senior civil service is delegated to individual departments to determine. In April 2022, the National Living Wage increased to £9.50 an hour, however at the reference point for these figures (31st March 2021) it was £8.72 an hour.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has committed that the National Living Wage will reach 66% of median UK earnings by 2024. Departments must ensure that they apply the legislative increase to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These figures are estimates based on full-time equivalent gross salary earnings, working hours, and location information collected as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey as at 31st March 2021. A small proportion of civil servants do not have a reported location or salary in this centrally held data, and have not been included in these figures. Information on earnings of the broader public sector and all those indirectly employed by the Government is not held centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These estimates may differ from those calculated by aggregating figures directly requested from individual departments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 31127 31128 31130 question first answered 13/07/2022 16:34:49 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1486464

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many indirectly employed by the Government who are based outside London are paid less than £9.90 per hour.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	31130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2021 there were an estimated 1,440 civil servants based in London earning less than £11.05 an hour.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As at 31 March 2021 there were an estimated 29,100 civil servants based outside London (including overseas) earning less than £9.90 an hour.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Pay for civil servants below the senior civil service is delegated to individual departments to determine. In April 2022, the National Living Wage increased to £9.50 an hour, however at the reference point for these figures (31st March 2021) it was £8.72 an hour.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has committed that the National Living Wage will reach 66% of median UK earnings by 2024. Departments must ensure that they apply the legislative increase to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These figures are estimates based on full-time equivalent gross salary earnings, working hours, and location information collected as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey as at 31st March 2021. A small proportion of civil servants do not have a reported location or salary in this centrally held data, and have not been included in these figures. Information on earnings of the broader public sector and all those indirectly employed by the Government is not held centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These estimates may differ from those calculated by aggregating figures directly requested from individual departments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 31127 31128 31129 question first answered 13/07/2022 16:34:49 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1486494

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Living Wage
	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 (a) direct employees, (b) contractors and (c) agency workers in his Department and relevant agencies and public bodies who receive a wage below the (i) UK real living wage outside of Greater London and (ii) London living wage inside of Greater London as determined by the Living Wage Foundation.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	uin	31235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>In April 2022, the statutory National Living Wage was increased to £9.50 per hour. By 2024, the Government have committed that the National Living Wage will reach 66% of median UK earnings.</p><p>As of 07/07/2022, the total number of direct employees in the Cabinet Office earning below the Real Living Wage rate of £9.90 per hour was 0 and for the London Living Wage rate of £11.05 per hour was 0.</p><p>We are unable to provide details on Contractors and Agency workers' pay as they are not employees of the departments in which they work, nor of the Civil Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/07/2022 16:25:58 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1486100

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Travellers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the rates of economic inactivity within Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	29961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 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 Rt hon. Member's Parliamentary Questions of 4 July is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 29967 question first answered 12/07/2022 14:43:38 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name UKSA_response_to_PQs_29961_29967 (1).pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1486107

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Travellers: Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the rates of economic inactivity within Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	29967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 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 Rt hon. Member's Parliamentary Questions of 4 July is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 29961 question first answered 12/07/2022 14:43:38 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name UKSA_response_to_PQs_29961_29967 (1).pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1486136

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of (a) his Department's and (b) 10 Downing Street staff have received training from the (i) Active Bystander Training Company and (ii) Plain English Campaign in the 12 months up to the end of June 2022; and what grades those staff were at the time of receiving that training.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	29976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p>Cabinet Office has a comprehensive corporate learning and development offer designed to give staff the knowledge and skills required for a modern civil service. Courses offered by the (a) Active Bystander Training Company and (b) Plain English Campaign are not part of the formal corporate learning and development offer provided by Cabinet Office. Over the past 12 months Business Units within the department may have independently procured these training offers.</p><p>I can however confirm that neither of these training offers have been run in 10 Downing Street over the past 12 months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 12/07/2022 09:57:18 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1486190

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Service: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to increase apprenticeship opportunities in the Civil Service.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	30202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Departments are working towards having 5% of headcount being apprentices by 2025 as set out by the CS apprenticeship strategy. Apprenticeships will be integrated into skills and capability plans and other people strategies. We will provide entry and progression routes within a range of careers and professions for new and existing staff.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 12/07/2022 09:58:49 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1486217

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Travellers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the rates of economic inactivity within Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
	uin	30044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 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 4 July is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 12/07/2022 14:41:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name UKSA_response_to_PQ30044 (1).pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1486306

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Surveys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure that changes to the methodology of the Covid-19 infection survey will not impact the (a) validity and (b) scope of the results.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	29957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 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 Questions of 4 July is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 29958 29959 29960 question first answered 12/07/2022 10:02:45 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name UKSA_response_to_PQs_29957_29958_29959_29960 (1).pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1486307

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Surveys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the Covid-19 infection survey is ending door-to-door testing.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	29958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 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 Questions of 4 July is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 29957 29959 29960 question first answered 12/07/2022 10:02:45 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name UKSA_response_to_PQs_29957_29958_29959_29960 (1).pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1486309

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Surveys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the digitisation of the Covid-19 Infection Survey on the level of responses.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	29959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 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 Questions of 4 July is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 29957 29958 29960 question first answered 12/07/2022 10:02:45 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name UKSA_response_to_PQs_29957_29958_29959_29960 (1).pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1486310

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Surveys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to help mitigate potential bias in the Covid-19 infection survey following its digitisation.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	29960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 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 Questions of 4 July is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 29957 29958 29959 question first answered 12/07/2022 10:02:45 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name UKSA_response_to_PQs_29957_29958_29959_29960 (1).pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1485123

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the wage ratio was between the highest paid member of staff in his Department and the lowest in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	28388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2022 answer text <p>Please find below information regarding the highest remuneration amounts in CO, the median remuneration amounts in CO and the remuneration ratio.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highest remuneration (£000)</p></td><td><p>255-260</p></td><td><p>250-255</p></td><td><p>Not yet published</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Median remuneration (£)</p></td><td><p>38,435</p></td><td><p>39,520</p></td><td><p>Not yet published</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Remuneration ratio</p></td><td><p>6.70</p></td><td><p>6.40</p></td><td><p>Not yet published</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The total remuneration includes salary, non-consolidated performance related pay and benefits in kind. It does not include severance payments, employer pension contributions and the cash equivalent transfer value of pensions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 08/07/2022 12:18:37 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1484881

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Mortality Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of (a) underlying health conditions, (b) age or another protected characteristic and (c) vaccination status on mortality rates of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	27665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2022 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 29 June is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 08/07/2022 12:14:36 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQ27665 (1) (1).pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1484380

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
	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 workers on zero hour contracts in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	26701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 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 Questions of 28 June is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 26702 question first answered 04/07/2022 15:58:37 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQ26701_PQ26702 (1).pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1484381

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts: Yorkshire and Humberside
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of workers who are on zero-hours contracts in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) the Wakefield district.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	26702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 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 Questions of 28 June is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 26701 question first answered 04/07/2022 15:58:37 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQ26701_PQ26702 (1).pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1483416

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Service Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Network
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has plans to make (a) leadership and (b) administrative roles in the Civil Service Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Network paid positions.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	25784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Leadership (chair, co-chair, deputy chair of committee member) and administrative roles of the Civil Service Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Network are voluntary roles as part of an employee's corporate contribution and are not paid positions. There are currently no plans to make these roles paid positions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 04/07/2022 15:50:23 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1483514

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Government has made of the impact of its plans to pause civil service fast-stream recruitment on (a) organisational effectiveness and (b) diversity in recruitment.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	26030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Fast Stream is a talent pipeline for government departments and professions. It is only right we pause bringing in candidates as departments set out how they might achieve the Prime Minister’s commitment to return the Civil Service to the size it was in 2016.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Whilst we pause the Fast Stream for the 2023 intake, we will take the opportunity to further improve the Fast Stream offer. This reform will ensure that when the scheme reopens, it is focused on driving up specialist skills in the Civil Service, as well as improving the regional representation of the Fast Stream. In this sense, both organisational effectiveness and diversity recruitment can be enhanced.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will also seek to maintain other approaches towards diversity and inclusion in recruitment - such as continuous improvement of our assessment and selection approaches. The Declaration on Government Reform set out our commitment to a skilled and capable Civil Service, our united Campus for government training and Curriculum framework will enable all Civil Servants to access quality, relevant training.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 04/07/2022 15:55:52 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1472588

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2022 to Question 19595 on Civil Servants: Recruitment, when the last meeting between the Civil Service Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Network and (a) the Civil Service Disability Network and (b) other cross-Government Diversity Networks took place; and (i) when and (ii) in what format the Government has consulted with the Civil Service Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Network in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	23240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Declaration on Government Reform and the recent Civil Service Diversity Strategy, the civil service is committed to setting a new standard for inclusive workplaces. The Cabinet Office values the importance of ensuring our workplaces are inclusive for colleagues with dyslexia and we engage with relevant Networks where appropriate.</p><p>The Civil Service Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Network are a sub-network of the Civil Service Disability Network. As a sub-network of the Civil Service Disability Network, the chairs of the sub networks meet every two months, a representative of the Civil Service Inclusive Practice Team attends these meetings, the most recent meeting was on 19 May 2022.</p><p>Additionally the team will engage with individual Networks on an ad hoc basis when requested or helpful to test HR policy which impacts specific groups. Individual HR policy teams, such as those on recruitment, organise and meet separately with stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 29/06/2022 10:45:26 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1471354

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Cross Border Cooperation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Audit Office report published in April 2022, Managing cross-border travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, if he will take steps to help avoid unnecessary expenditure by Government Departments on official cross-border travel in the context of potential further travel restrictions being introduced due to the emergence of new variants of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	20317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to introduce new travel restrictions at this time.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It is the responsibility of each individual department to ensure the proper and efficient use and spending of taxpayers money. All Cabinet Office employees that undertake cross-border travel must seek relevant approvals to do so and must book this travel through approved contractors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 27/06/2022 15:31:04 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1471158

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Service Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Network
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to (a) assist the growth of the Civil Service Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Network and (b) ensure it is accessible to staff in all civil service departments.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	19594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Declaration on Government Reform and the recent Civil Service Diversity Strategy, the civil service is committed to setting a new standard for inclusive workplaces. The Cabinet Office values the importance of ensuring our workplaces are inclusive for colleagues with dyslexia and we engage with relevant Networks where appropriate.</p><p>We engage with Civil Service Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Network, via the Civil Service Disability Network and with other cross-Government Diversity Networks to update on key initiatives and share best practice. The network also features on the Diversity Networks webpage on GOV.UK and the Chairs are able to collaborate with other networks using our Diversity and Inclusion hub.</p><p>Across the civil service we provide support via a range of individualised workplace adjustments to remove workplace barriers to enable dyslexic colleagues to thrive at work. Our Civil Service Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Network is a great support to improving the working environment for Civil Servants impacted by dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia across civil service departments. The development of the Toolkit has been widely shared with colleagues in Diversity and Inclusion.</p><p>Our recruitment processes are reviewed regularly to ensure they remain as inclusive as they can be, with involvement from occupational psychologists to ensure they meet the requirements of as many people with disabilities as we reasonably can.</p><p>An equality analysis was carried out in 2016 to demonstrate due and proper regard to our equality obligations. We used the analysis to assess the impact the introduction of online tests in recruitment was likely to have. This included reviews of the literature and involved a range of stakeholder and user consultations. External neurodiversity experts are also providing ongoing independent advice to GRS about how to improve the inclusive experience of neurodiverse test takers. The Civil Service publishes <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/reasonable-adjustments-for-online-tests-a-candidate-guide" target="_blank">written</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olval3YPF9U" target="_blank">video</a> guidance on the alternatives that exist for disabled test takers through the reasonable adjustment process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 23/06/2022 08:47:40 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1471160

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to make the civil service recruitment process more dyslexia-friendly.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	19595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Declaration on Government Reform and the recent Civil Service Diversity Strategy, the civil service is committed to setting a new standard for inclusive workplaces. The Cabinet Office values the importance of ensuring our workplaces are inclusive for colleagues with dyslexia and we engage with relevant Networks where appropriate.</p><p>We engage with Civil Service Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Network, via the Civil Service Disability Network and with other cross-Government Diversity Networks to update on key initiatives and share best practice. The network also features on the Diversity Networks webpage on GOV.UK and the Chairs are able to collaborate with other networks using our Diversity and Inclusion hub.</p><p>Across the civil service we provide support via a range of individualised workplace adjustments to remove workplace barriers to enable dyslexic colleagues to thrive at work. Our Civil Service Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Network is a great support to improving the working environment for Civil Servants impacted by dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia across civil service departments. The development of the Toolkit has been widely shared with colleagues in Diversity and Inclusion.</p><p>Our recruitment processes are reviewed regularly to ensure they remain as inclusive as they can be, with involvement from occupational psychologists to ensure they meet the requirements of as many people with disabilities as we reasonably can.</p><p>An equality analysis was carried out in 2016 to demonstrate due and proper regard to our equality obligations. We used the analysis to assess the impact the introduction of online tests in recruitment was likely to have. This included reviews of the literature and involved a range of stakeholder and user consultations. External neurodiversity experts are also providing ongoing independent advice to GRS about how to improve the inclusive experience of neurodiverse test takers.The Civil Service publishes <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/reasonable-adjustments-for-online-tests-a-candidate-guide" target="_blank">written</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olval3YPF9U" target="_blank">video</a> guidance on the alternatives that exist for disabled test takers through the reasonable adjustment process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 21/06/2022 16:18:13 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1470678

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Digital Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2022 to Question 8010 on Government Digital Service, what the purpose of the data and user insights work referenced in that Answer was.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	18921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>The data and insights work referenced in the previous answer included data science, user research, performance analysis and data engineering. The purpose is to guide the development of our products, to ensure that they meet the needs of the user, whether that user be a civil servant or a citizen. This includes: GOV.UK, the One Login for Government programme, GOV.UK Pay, GOV.UK Notify, and the GOV.UK Design System.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 20/06/2022 15:28:12 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1470814

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 30 July 2021 to Question 35830 on Coronavirus: Death, if he will publish figures on the proportion of NHS staff who have died from covid-19 since March 2020 in each ethnic group for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	18889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the hon. Member’s Parliamentary Question of 15 June is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 22/06/2022 14:23:06 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQ18889.pdf title UKSA Letter
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield