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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

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

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

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