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226553

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	227294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt Hon Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 17 March 2015 to UIN:227295</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 18/03/2015 14:28:01 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

226554

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of fibre-optic broadband to businesses in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) the South East.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	227285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Current superfast broadband coverage is almost 80% of UK premises and the Government remains committed to providing 95% coverage to homes and businesses by 2017.</p><p>As of June 2014, Surrey had 89% superfast broadband coverage (speeds of 24Mbps+) as stated in the Ofcom Infrastructure Report 2014. By the end of the current Superfast Surrey broadband project at the end of March 2015 there will be over 97% superfast coverage to businesses and homes in Surrey. Superfast broadband roll-out is managed at local authority level rather than regional level.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/03/2015 12:34:32 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

226558

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Commerce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value of (a) exports and (b) imports of digitally-traded goods and services was in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	227231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 18/03/2015 16:36:00 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 227231 ONS 100.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Import of digital goods
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

226562

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	227293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 17<sup>th</sup> March 2015 by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Francis Maude) to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-03-11/227295/" target="_blank">227295</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 18/03/2015 10:58:56 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

226565

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Surveys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	227146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>In the 2014 People Survey, 15% of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) respondents declaring a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months.</p><p>5% of BIS respondents declaring that they did not have a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months.</p><p>Overall, the BIS scores for bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months are better than the Civil Service benchmark. 7% of all BIS respondents reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months. This is 3 points lower than the Civil Service benchmark (10%).</p><p><strong>Actions to improve results include:</strong></p><ul><li>Delivering the Civil Service Talent Action Plan and the BIS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&amp;I) Strategy to continue to build an increasingly inclusive Department where everyone is treated fairly. This includes actions relating to disability, which is identified as a priority demographic within the Department. Examples of deliverables under the Plan and Strategy include:</li></ul><p> </p><ol><li>The appointment of disability, race and gender champions at Director level to work with our Board level ED&amp;I Champion and the Diversity Networks to support and highlight barriers so they can be addressed at an early stage.</li><li>Professor Binna Kandola ran 3 unconscious bias sessions for managers last autumn to raise greater diversity awareness and address issues across BIS.</li><li>Mandated unconscious bias e-learning for all line managers to ensure that we attain a baseline of awareness across all BIS managers.</li><li>Piloting non-executive board members’ providing coaching and mentoring to under-represented SCS staff.</li><li>Launched a Reverse Mentoring programme where 2 Directors General and 6 Directors receive mentoring from a junior BME and/or disabled member of staff. The programme aims to lead to more inclusive decision making and a better understanding of perceptions and behaviour.</li></ol><p> </p><ul><li>Providing further guidance and information to staff and managers on our approach to performance management to mitigate against a more robust system potentially being misinterpreted as unfair treatment, bullying or harassment.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Engaging staff in groups through e.g. surveys and conversations, to identify particular areas of concern, causes, and potential actions to take forward locally.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Points to note: </strong></p><p>The Civil Service People Survey asks the question “Do you have any long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability?” The survey does not include a question that specifically identifies disability status.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 18/03/2015 09:25:29 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

226566

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships commenced in each sector in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	227197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of government-funded apprenticeship starts in the latest full year, by Sector Subject Area, Parliamentary Constituency and Local Education Authority is published in a Supplementary Table to a Statistical First Release (SFR).</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/400024/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/400024/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/03/2015 16:06:20 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

226567

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment: North West
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 people in (a) Pendle constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West who had jobs which primarily required working (i) during the day and (ii) at night in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	227196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 18/03/2015 17:12:21 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 227196 ONS 93.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Working Day and Night
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

226568

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Consultants
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 10 March 2015 to Question 226194, how much the Government has spent on consultants in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Before the last General Election, there were no effective cross-Governmental controls over spend on consultancy and temporary labour.</p><p>Now Ministers, supported by Cabinet Office officials, closely scrutinise what we spend on consultants and temporary labour. Last year, departments saved over £1.4 billion from consultants and temporary labour compared to the spending levels in the final year of the last administration, 2009-10 - a 57% reduction. This helped us save taxpayers £14.3 billion through efficiency and reform in 2013-14 against a 2009-10 baseline. Central Government spending on general consultancy alone was £316 million in 2013-14: around a quarter of the 2009-10 figure of £1,234 million. Such expenditure was £363m in 2010-11, £209m in 2011-12 and £212m in 2012-13.</p><p>We will spend money on consultants and temporary labour when there is an appropriate business need to do so. Indeed in some cases engaging temporary labour is more flexible and cheaper for the taxpayer than taking on new staff. But we are also ensuring that the Civil Service has the skills needed. Our Capabilities Plan is designed to address long-standing gaps in four particular areas: digital skills, project management skills, commercial skills, and the leadership and management of change.</p><p>We publish all spend data over £25,000 and central government contracts over £10,000 on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">Gov.uk</a> and Contracts Finder”.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 18/03/2015 17:42:16 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

226571

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time was for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to allocate an assessor to a health case in (a) February 2015, (b) August 2014, (c) February 2014 and (d) 2010.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
uin	227140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman is independent of Government, accountable directly to Parliament. The Department does not, therefore, hold this information. However, we understand that the Ombudsman will be writing directly to the hon. Member with further detail on the question raised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 18/03/2015 17:31:04 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

226572

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Surveys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	227147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 17 March 2015 to UIN: 226959</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 18/03/2015 17:40:57 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck