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972270

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to review the effectiveness of the civil service.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	906839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to continually strengthening the Civil Service. We use a range of internal and external work to inform our understanding of current effectiveness and to shape work to continue making improvements. Recent examples include the Barber Review, the PACAC Inquiry into Whitehall effectiveness, and the International Civil Service Effectiveness Index.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/09/2018 15:02:23 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

933824

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who sits on the steering group for the Civil Service Alumni Network.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	159510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Service Alumni Steering Group was established in April 2017. The role of the Civil Service Alumni Steering Group (the “Alumni Steering Group”) is to provide advice and guidance on the effective running of the Civil Service Alumni network.</p><p> </p><p>Membership of the Alumni Steering Group comprises of existing civil servants and members of the Alumni Network.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 09/07/2018 15:48:59 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

457711

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve (a) productivity across the Civil Service and (b) efficient use of office space.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	29859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>Improving the efficiency and productivity of the public sector is central to the work of the Cabinet Office. By 2014/15 the Government had saved £18.6 billion through efficiency and reform, and tackling fraud, error and uncollected debt (against a 2009/10 baseline).</p><p>The Government Hubs programme will reduce the government office estate from around 800 buildings to around 200 by 2023 and generate savings of over £2bn over ten years.</p><p>This is being supported by a smart working revolution to transform how and where civil servants work. In line with what many private sector organisations have achieved, we expect this to increase productivity, reduce costs, improve wellbeing, and contribute to wider objectives such as localism, sustainability, and reducing pressure on the transport system.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/03/2016 15:29:55 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

455219

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of in which areas of the Civil Service there is a deficit in capabilities.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	28479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>We have completed a skills review process across different government departments in the last 3 years considering leading and managing change, programme management, digital, and commercial skills and this has given a high level indication of the areas where we need to increase capability. Our approach to learning and development includes specific focus on these areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/03/2016 13:52:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

64459

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to reduce the number of grades in the Civil Service.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Arrangements for setting grades below the Senior Civil Service (SCS) are delegated to departments and not held centrally. For the SCS, grading arrangements are determined centrally by the Cabinet Office. There are four main grades in the SCS.<br> <br> To deliver a flatter structure in the Civil Service, departments are, as set out in the Civil Service Reform Plan, reviewing their structures as part of ongoing change programmes and departmental improvement plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 202819 question first answered 02/07/2014 13:34:04 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

64275

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many grades there are in the Civil Service.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Arrangements for setting grades below the Senior Civil Service (SCS) are delegated to departments and not held centrally. For the SCS, grading arrangements are determined centrally by the Cabinet Office. There are four main grades in the SCS.<br> <br> To deliver a flatter structure in the Civil Service, departments are, as set out in the Civil Service Reform Plan, reviewing their structures as part of ongoing change programmes and departmental improvement plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 202923 question first answered 02/07/2014 13:34:04 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies