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1401398

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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, when the National Resilience Strategy will be published.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	100612
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 99351 question first answered 12/01/2022 15:36:13 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

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

1400490

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	Honours: Newport West
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, how many people in Newport West constituency received an award in the Birthday Honours or New Years Honours in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019 and (f) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	99066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government publishes honours transparency data broken down by both town/city and county. Data is collected using the county the recipient gives as their correspondence address. This is usually their home address rather than their place of origin. This data relates only to the main Prime Minister’s List and does not include data from the Defence List or the Overseas and International List, neither of which are administered by the Cabinet Office. The transparency data for the New Year Honours and Birthday Honours Lists between 2008 and 2022 can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/honours-reform-and-operation#honours-lists" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/honours-reform-and-operation#honours-lists</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government does not collate data against political administrative areas and, therefore, we cannot provide information regarding honours awarded in Newport West or any other individual constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 10/01/2022 09:12:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

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

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

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

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

1399907

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Sick Leave: Coronavirus
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, whether his Department plans to publish contingency plans made to deal with workplace absences as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	98489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has tasked ministers to work closely with their respective sectors to test preparations and contingency planning so that disruption caused by increased COVID-19 infection is minimised in public services and supply chains.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Public and private sector leaders are best placed to manage their workforces. The Government is working with sector leaders to ensure that robust plans are in place and any disruption to services is minimised, as far as possible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has already deployed a number of interventions and will continue to monitor developments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 98492 question first answered 10/01/2022 09:11:22 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1399915

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Ethnic Groups
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, how many Black Senior Cabinet Secretaries are employed by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	98490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>Biographical information about the Cabinet Secretary and departmental Permanent Secretaries can be found on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 10/01/2022 17:04:34 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1399916

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants: Ethnic Groups
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, what plans he has to increase the number of black permanent secretaries within the civil service.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	98491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The Declaration on Government Reform commits the Government to drawing on talent from all backgrounds. There are a number of initiatives aimed at supporting Senior Civil Service ethnic minority talent including the Future Leaders Scheme, Senior Leaders Scheme and Accelerate. The latter programme brings together high performing ethnic minority Directors with aspirations to become future Permanent Secretaries.</p><p> </p><p>The Declaration also emphasises the importance of drawing on talent from different sectors and encouraging movement in and out of the Civil Service. Our Public Leaders Programme is open to CEOs from across the public sector and brings together high performing deputy CEO-level public sector leaders from an ethnic minority background with aspirations to reach the highest levels of public service.</p><p> </p><p>Representation of civil servants from an ethnic minority background is at an all-time high, having increased from 13.2% in 2020 to 14.3% in 2021. This is higher than the proportion of those aged 16-64 in the economically active population who are from an ethnic minority background (13.6%). Representation in our SCS is also at an all-time high at 10.6%. However, we know there is still more to do. For example, representation of ethnic minority colleagues at Director level is 6%, Directors General level is 5% and we currently have no Permanent Secretaries from an ethnic minority background. To build on the progress made over recent years and target where improvement is still needed, the Government will take a holistic approach to SCS recruitment to identify and remove barriers to underrepresented groups entering and progressing in the SCS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 10/01/2022 17:03:06 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi