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1466310

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	10 Downing Street
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the covid-secure bar in operation within Downing Street on 17 November 2020 as referred to in WhatsApp messages between Downing Street aides published in media reports on 25 May 2022, whether his Office holds information on the (a) opening times and (b) covid-secure measures that were in place.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	9981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the Second Permanent Secretary's report and its conclusions, alongside the Prime Minister's statement to the House of 25 May 2022.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 07/06/2022 14:54:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1400762

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Emergencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will confirm when the National Resilience Strategy will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Halifax
	tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
	uin	99351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>The Integrated Review, published in March 2021, set a goal to strengthen the UK’s national resilience. The Integrated Review also committed to the development of a new Resilience Strategy to set out a new vision and approach to support improvements to our national resilience. Following a successful Call for Evidence in the summer of last year, the government plans to publish the Strategy in spring 2022.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 100612 question first answered 12/01/2022 15:36:12 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

1466317

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Covid-19 Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that the scope of the Covid-19 Inquiry includes an assessment of the potential impact on people bereaved by covid-19 of the findings of the Cabinet Office report entitled Findings of Second Permanent Secretary's investigation into alleged gatherings on Government premises during covid restrictions.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	9919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>In March, the Prime Minister published the draft terms of reference for the public inquiry into COVID-19. The Prime Minister asked Baroness Hallett - the inquiry’s chair - to consult publicly on the draft and to make proposals for further refinements. Following that consultation, Baroness Hallett has now published her recommendations. In accordance with the terms of the Inquiries Act, the Government will now consider her proposals fully, consult the devolved administrations, and will publish the inquiry's final terms of reference in due course.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 9060 question first answered 06/06/2022 09:08:57 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1240426

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Homosexuality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions made by the Crown Prosecution Service involved domestic abuse between individuals in same-sex relationships, by (a) gender and (b) county in England and Wales, in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
	uin	99155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) collects finalised prosecutions data showing the sex of defendants for cases flagged as involving domestic abuse. Some, more limited, information is also available showing the identified relationship between defendant and complainant and whether the relationship is between people of the same or different sex.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of defendants prosecuted for domestic abuse where a relationship was identified as same sex (partner, ex-partner, spouse/civil partner or former spouse/civil partner), during each of the last ten years. It also highlights the number of defendants where the relationship has been recorded. This data is limited, which results in the number of defendants with an identified relationship being under-recorded.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Female Defendants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male Defendants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Relationships Recorded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>16.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>30.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>47.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>52.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>55.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>55.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>52.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>48.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>48.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>56.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>While the CPS does not collate prosecutions data by county, data is available showing the number of prosecutions in each of the regional Areas of the CPS. The tables below provide the same information as the table above, broken down for each CPS Area.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Female Defendants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames and Chiltern</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Male Defendants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames and Chiltern</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 99153 99154 question first answered 08/10/2020 14:07:56 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1240425

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Homosexuality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions made by the Crown Prosecution Service involved domestic abuse between individuals in a same-sex male relationship, in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
	uin	99154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) collects finalised prosecutions data showing the sex of defendants for cases flagged as involving domestic abuse. Some, more limited, information is also available showing the identified relationship between defendant and complainant and whether the relationship is between people of the same or different sex.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of defendants prosecuted for domestic abuse where a relationship was identified as same sex (partner, ex-partner, spouse/civil partner or former spouse/civil partner), during each of the last ten years. It also highlights the number of defendants where the relationship has been recorded. This data is limited, which results in the number of defendants with an identified relationship being under-recorded.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Female Defendants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male Defendants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Relationships Recorded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>16.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>30.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>47.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>52.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>55.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>55.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>52.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>48.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>48.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>56.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>While the CPS does not collate prosecutions data by county, data is available showing the number of prosecutions in each of the regional Areas of the CPS. The tables below provide the same information as the table above, broken down for each CPS Area.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Female Defendants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames and Chiltern</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Male Defendants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames and Chiltern</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 99153 99155 question first answered 08/10/2020 14:07:56 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

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	registered interest
	date	05/10/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Homosexuality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions made by the Crown Prosecution Service involved domestic abuse between individuals in a same-sex female relationship, in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
	uin	99153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) collects finalised prosecutions data showing the sex of defendants for cases flagged as involving domestic abuse. Some, more limited, information is also available showing the identified relationship between defendant and complainant and whether the relationship is between people of the same or different sex.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of defendants prosecuted for domestic abuse where a relationship was identified as same sex (partner, ex-partner, spouse/civil partner or former spouse/civil partner), during each of the last ten years. It also highlights the number of defendants where the relationship has been recorded. This data is limited, which results in the number of defendants with an identified relationship being under-recorded.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Female Defendants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male Defendants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Relationships Recorded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>16.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>30.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>47.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>52.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>55.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>55.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>52.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>48.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>48.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>56.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>While the CPS does not collate prosecutions data by county, data is available showing the number of prosecutions in each of the regional Areas of the CPS. The tables below provide the same information as the table above, broken down for each CPS Area.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Female Defendants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames and Chiltern</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Male Defendants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames and Chiltern</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 99154 99155 question first answered 08/10/2020 14:07:56 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1400539

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2022
	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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Civil Service Fast Stream: recruitment data 2019, 2020 and 2021, whether his Department has identified any barriers to Fast Stream employment for applicants from low socio-economic backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	99115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>Success rates for lower socio-economic applicants in Fast Stream have been increasing annually since 2017, with 2021 success rates approximately three times the 2016 figure.</p><p>73% of Fast Stream appointments in 2021 were outside London (against 69.5% in 2019). Regional appointments are achieved through the widest possible spread of school and college work experience opportunities, apprenticeships, internships and Fast Stream roles. Attraction activity for roles is delivered both country-wide and through online sites to deliver geographic diversity and meet our levelling up ambitions.</p><p>Steps to support both diverse socio-economic and ethnic minority applicants are broadly similar except that partners and the target audiences differ, according to these groups. Outreach, attraction and marketing is designed to encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds and locations via early stage schools, college and apprenticeship engagement, along with industrial placements. We have developed an inclusive website, and social media strategy, refreshed the target university list, and are undertaking outreach with diverse universities and engaging with diversity partners to support events. Activity also encompasses expanding the range of internships, undertaking cultural bias reviews of our selection processes, increasing assessor diversity, and continually improving our fair and inclusive selection processes, for example, incorporating more regional/virtual assessment.</p><p>Historical barriers to Fast Stream employment for applicants from lower socio-economic backgrounds were highlighted in the 2016 Bridge Group analysis, suggesting applications were more likely to come from less diverse universities and courses, and from higher socio-economic students, along with there being less awareness of Fast Stream amongst lower socio-economic graduates. There was also, amongst lower socio-economic students, a perception of a slow recruitment process, less geographic diversity in terms of selection and lower performance at selection stage. Significant improvements have been made against these areas, with socio-economic diversity improving consistently for appointments in the last 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 99112 99113 99114 question first answered 12/01/2022 17:59:18 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1400538

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2022
	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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Civil Service Fast Stream: recruitment data 2019, 2020 and 2021, what steps his Department took to ensure that the Fast Stream successful applicants were from diverse (a) socio-economic and (b) ethnic backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	99114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>Success rates for lower socio-economic applicants in Fast Stream have been increasing annually since 2017, with 2021 success rates approximately three times the 2016 figure.</p><p>73% of Fast Stream appointments in 2021 were outside London (against 69.5% in 2019). Regional appointments are achieved through the widest possible spread of school and college work experience opportunities, apprenticeships, internships and Fast Stream roles. Attraction activity for roles is delivered both country-wide and through online sites to deliver geographic diversity and meet our levelling up ambitions.</p><p>Steps to support both diverse socio-economic and ethnic minority applicants are broadly similar except that partners and the target audiences differ, according to these groups. Outreach, attraction and marketing is designed to encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds and locations via early stage schools, college and apprenticeship engagement, along with industrial placements. We have developed an inclusive website, and social media strategy, refreshed the target university list, and are undertaking outreach with diverse universities and engaging with diversity partners to support events. Activity also encompasses expanding the range of internships, undertaking cultural bias reviews of our selection processes, increasing assessor diversity, and continually improving our fair and inclusive selection processes, for example, incorporating more regional/virtual assessment.</p><p>Historical barriers to Fast Stream employment for applicants from lower socio-economic backgrounds were highlighted in the 2016 Bridge Group analysis, suggesting applications were more likely to come from less diverse universities and courses, and from higher socio-economic students, along with there being less awareness of Fast Stream amongst lower socio-economic graduates. There was also, amongst lower socio-economic students, a perception of a slow recruitment process, less geographic diversity in terms of selection and lower performance at selection stage. Significant improvements have been made against these areas, with socio-economic diversity improving consistently for appointments in the last 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 99112 99113 99115 question first answered 12/01/2022 17:59:18 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1400537

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2022
	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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Civil Service Fast Stream: recruitment data 2019, 2020 and 2021, what plans he has to increase the number of successful applicants from outside London.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	99113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>Success rates for lower socio-economic applicants in Fast Stream have been increasing annually since 2017, with 2021 success rates approximately three times the 2016 figure.</p><p>73% of Fast Stream appointments in 2021 were outside London (against 69.5% in 2019). Regional appointments are achieved through the widest possible spread of school and college work experience opportunities, apprenticeships, internships and Fast Stream roles. Attraction activity for roles is delivered both country-wide and through online sites to deliver geographic diversity and meet our levelling up ambitions.</p><p>Steps to support both diverse socio-economic and ethnic minority applicants are broadly similar except that partners and the target audiences differ, according to these groups. Outreach, attraction and marketing is designed to encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds and locations via early stage schools, college and apprenticeship engagement, along with industrial placements. We have developed an inclusive website, and social media strategy, refreshed the target university list, and are undertaking outreach with diverse universities and engaging with diversity partners to support events. Activity also encompasses expanding the range of internships, undertaking cultural bias reviews of our selection processes, increasing assessor diversity, and continually improving our fair and inclusive selection processes, for example, incorporating more regional/virtual assessment.</p><p>Historical barriers to Fast Stream employment for applicants from lower socio-economic backgrounds were highlighted in the 2016 Bridge Group analysis, suggesting applications were more likely to come from less diverse universities and courses, and from higher socio-economic students, along with there being less awareness of Fast Stream amongst lower socio-economic graduates. There was also, amongst lower socio-economic students, a perception of a slow recruitment process, less geographic diversity in terms of selection and lower performance at selection stage. Significant improvements have been made against these areas, with socio-economic diversity improving consistently for appointments in the last 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 99112 99114 99115 question first answered 12/01/2022 17:59:18 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1400536

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2022
	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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Civil Service Fast Stream: recruitment data 2019, 2020 and 2021, what assessment he has made of the socio-economic diversity of successful Civil Service Fast Stream applicants; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	99112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>Success rates for lower socio-economic applicants in Fast Stream have been increasing annually since 2017, with 2021 success rates approximately three times the 2016 figure.</p><p>73% of Fast Stream appointments in 2021 were outside London (against 69.5% in 2019). Regional appointments are achieved through the widest possible spread of school and college work experience opportunities, apprenticeships, internships and Fast Stream roles. Attraction activity for roles is delivered both country-wide and through online sites to deliver geographic diversity and meet our levelling up ambitions.</p><p>Steps to support both diverse socio-economic and ethnic minority applicants are broadly similar except that partners and the target audiences differ, according to these groups. Outreach, attraction and marketing is designed to encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds and locations via early stage schools, college and apprenticeship engagement, along with industrial placements. We have developed an inclusive website, and social media strategy, refreshed the target university list, and are undertaking outreach with diverse universities and engaging with diversity partners to support events. Activity also encompasses expanding the range of internships, undertaking cultural bias reviews of our selection processes, increasing assessor diversity, and continually improving our fair and inclusive selection processes, for example, incorporating more regional/virtual assessment.</p><p>Historical barriers to Fast Stream employment for applicants from lower socio-economic backgrounds were highlighted in the 2016 Bridge Group analysis, suggesting applications were more likely to come from less diverse universities and courses, and from higher socio-economic students, along with there being less awareness of Fast Stream amongst lower socio-economic graduates. There was also, amongst lower socio-economic students, a perception of a slow recruitment process, less geographic diversity in terms of selection and lower performance at selection stage. Significant improvements have been made against these areas, with socio-economic diversity improving consistently for appointments in the last 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 99113 99114 99115 question first answered 12/01/2022 17:59:18 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins