Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1173855

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	General Elections: Armed Forces
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 turnout among (a) members of the armed forces serving abroad and (b) their family members living with them abroad, in the recent General Election.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	9157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>Members of the armed forces serving abroad, or away from home in the UK, can vote with a postal vote or by proxy or in person if they are in their constituency on polling day.</p><p>Data that segments voters into categories of profession or other demographics is not collected as this could impact the secrecy of the ballot. In any event many armed forces personnel will have registered as ordinary electors and not in any manner that would identify them as service personnel at the time of voting.</p><p>We will continue to work with stakeholders to support the voting process for overseas electors, including armed forces serving abroad.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/02/2020 17:51:24 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1173856

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	General Elections: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take to assist members of the armed forces serving abroad to take part in future elections.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	9158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>Members of the armed forces serving abroad, or away from home in the UK, can vote with a postal vote or by proxy or in person if they are in their constituency on polling day. We work with the British Forces Post Office to ensure that mail specifically for service personnel, sent to forces post office addresses, is delivered as quickly as possible. We also work Royal Mail on overseas deliveries, through a specific provision to expedite dispatch of mail to overseas addresses.</p><p>We will continue to work with these stakeholders and others to support the voting process for overseas electors, including armed forces serving abroad.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/02/2020 17:51:14 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1173865

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments: Standards
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 the adequacy of the due diligence process for public appointments following the resignation of Benita Mehra from her role as a panel member on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	8952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Ms Mehra's appointment was not a public appointment. She was appointed to the panel of a statutory public inquiry in line with the Inquiries Act 2005.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 03/02/2020 17:24:07 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1173908

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Census
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 15 January 2020 to Question 1394, on Census, on what date the ONS provided the draft Census Order to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	9107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the response which I gave to question 1394 on 15 January 2020.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 03/02/2020 18:01:28 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1173912

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to improve Freedom of Information disclosure rates across Departments.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	8956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office works with Departments across Government to make sure that all requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act are considered on a case-by-case basis, and exemptions are applied to withhold sensitive information where appropriate. The Government continues to lead the way on transparency, and routinely publishes data beyond its obligations under the FOI Act.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 03/02/2020 15:11:07 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1173920

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
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 ensure that the introduction of voter identification cards does not affect an individual's civil rights.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	8950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Voter ID is part of a body of work this Government is delivering to strengthen the integrity of our electoral system and give the public confidence that our elections are secure and fit for the 21st century.</p><p>Electors will be required to show an approved form of photographic ID before casting their vote in a polling station across Great Britain at national UK-wide elections, and at local elections in England.</p><p>The list of approved photographic ID will not be limited to passports and driving licences, a broad range of documents already in use will be accepted, including, for example, concessionary travel passes, PASS scheme cards, Ministry of Defence identity cards and photocard parking permits issued as part of the Blue Badge scheme.</p><p>Any voter who does not have an approved form of ID will be able to apply, free of charge, for a local elector ID from their local authority.</p><p>The provision of local elector ID will be the exception rather than the norm, evidenced by the published evaluations of the pilots:</p><p><a href="https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/our-views-and-research/our-research/voter-identification-pilots/may-2019-voter-identification-pilot-schemes/our-findings" target="_blank">https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/our-views-and-research/our-research/voter-identification-pilots/may-2019-voter-identification-pilot-schemes/our-findings </a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/819404/2019_Voter_ID_Pilots_Evaluation.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/819404/2019_Voter_ID_Pilots_Evaluation.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/02/2020 17:40:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1173931

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the gender split is at each civil service grade in each Government department.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	8939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>In the 2017 <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/658488/Strategy_v10_FINAL_WEB6_TEST_021117.pdf" target="_blank">Civil Service Diversity &amp; Inclusion (D&amp;I) Strategy</a> we committed to increasing transparency around our workforce composition by creating a D&amp;I dashboard on GOV.UK, through which we publish quarterly updates on gender in the Civil Service.</p><p>The dashboard shows that overall, 53.9% of the Civil Service were women in 2019. This varies by grade from 45.0% in the Senior Civil Service (SCS), to 45.3% at G6, 47.5% at G7, 50% at HEO/SEO, 56.1% at EO and 57.2% at AA/AO level. The overall percentage of female civil servants has remained fairly stable since 2010 but for the SCS, the percentage of women has increased each year.</p><p>We currently publish individual department’s gender data on the D&amp;I dashboard but this does not currently include a breakdown by Civil Service grade.</p><p>Our data shows that we continue to make steady and positive progress on representation of women across the grades, therefore we have not set Civil Service-wide targets on gender.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 8940 8941 8942 question first answered 04/02/2020 14:09:58 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1173932

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what targets the Government has set for gender representation in the civil service.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	8940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>In the 2017 <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/658488/Strategy_v10_FINAL_WEB6_TEST_021117.pdf" target="_blank">Civil Service Diversity &amp; Inclusion (D&amp;I) Strategy</a> we committed to increasing transparency around our workforce composition by creating a D&amp;I dashboard on GOV.UK, through which we publish quarterly updates on gender in the Civil Service.</p><p>The dashboard shows that overall, 53.9% of the Civil Service were women in 2019. This varies by grade from 45.0% in the Senior Civil Service (SCS), to 45.3% at G6, 47.5% at G7, 50% at HEO/SEO, 56.1% at EO and 57.2% at AA/AO level. The overall percentage of female civil servants has remained fairly stable since 2010 but for the SCS, the percentage of women has increased each year.</p><p>We currently publish individual department’s gender data on the D&amp;I dashboard but this does not currently include a breakdown by Civil Service grade.</p><p>Our data shows that we continue to make steady and positive progress on representation of women across the grades, therefore we have not set Civil Service-wide targets on gender.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 8939 8941 8942 question first answered 04/02/2020 14:09:58 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1173933

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what targets the Government has for the number of women employed at each level in the civil service; and what the deadline is for each target.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	8941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>In the 2017 <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/658488/Strategy_v10_FINAL_WEB6_TEST_021117.pdf" target="_blank">Civil Service Diversity &amp; Inclusion (D&amp;I) Strategy</a> we committed to increasing transparency around our workforce composition by creating a D&amp;I dashboard on GOV.UK, through which we publish quarterly updates on gender in the Civil Service.</p><p>The dashboard shows that overall, 53.9% of the Civil Service were women in 2019. This varies by grade from 45.0% in the Senior Civil Service (SCS), to 45.3% at G6, 47.5% at G7, 50% at HEO/SEO, 56.1% at EO and 57.2% at AA/AO level. The overall percentage of female civil servants has remained fairly stable since 2010 but for the SCS, the percentage of women has increased each year.</p><p>We currently publish individual department’s gender data on the D&amp;I dashboard but this does not currently include a breakdown by Civil Service grade.</p><p>Our data shows that we continue to make steady and positive progress on representation of women across the grades, therefore we have not set Civil Service-wide targets on gender.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 8939 8940 8942 question first answered 04/02/2020 14:09:58 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1173934

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress each Government department has made on reaching its targets on gender split within the civil service.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	8942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>In the 2017 <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/658488/Strategy_v10_FINAL_WEB6_TEST_021117.pdf" target="_blank">Civil Service Diversity &amp; Inclusion (D&amp;I) Strategy</a> we committed to increasing transparency around our workforce composition by creating a D&amp;I dashboard on GOV.UK, through which we publish quarterly updates on gender in the Civil Service.</p><p>The dashboard shows that overall, 53.9% of the Civil Service were women in 2019. This varies by grade from 45.0% in the Senior Civil Service (SCS), to 45.3% at G6, 47.5% at G7, 50% at HEO/SEO, 56.1% at EO and 57.2% at AA/AO level. The overall percentage of female civil servants has remained fairly stable since 2010 but for the SCS, the percentage of women has increased each year.</p><p>We currently publish individual department’s gender data on the D&amp;I dashboard but this does not currently include a breakdown by Civil Service grade.</p><p>Our data shows that we continue to make steady and positive progress on representation of women across the grades, therefore we have not set Civil Service-wide targets on gender.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 8939 8940 8941 question first answered 04/02/2020 14:09:58 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh