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175820

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date	26/01/2015
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Employment Agencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many recruitment and employment agencies the Government Equalities Office has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	222086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of recruitment and employment agencies used</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-date</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>GEO joined DCMS from Home Office following a machinery of government change, no information is held prior to September 2012.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 03/02/2015 14:08:44 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

169914

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much the Government Equalities Office has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	218476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>With the exception of spending on taxis, and for travel before financial year 2013/14, the systems used by the Government Equalities Office did not routinely classify travel information in this way and producing it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>Expenditure on taxis fares is available for the past 3 years: Prior years were not held in the format requested -</p><p> </p><p>FY Expenditure</p><p>09/10 information not held</p><p>10/11 information not held</p><p>11/12 £1,172</p><p>12/13 £2,297</p><p>13/14 £452</p><p>The Government Equalities Office has only been able to recognise the class of travel from 01 April 2013 when it joined DCMS under a Machinery of Government transfer. Prior to this date, information was held by other parent Departments of GEO and extracting this data could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Records show that GEO incurred expenditure for one business class flight during 2013/14 at a cost of £2,218.59. This relates to an outward trip as the Minister was due to attend a meeting immediately upon landing. The minister returned economy class.</p><p><br>No expenditure is recorded for First Class train tickets.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 18/12/2014 16:28:14 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

91573

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test applied to all domestic policy, which policies of the Government Equalities Office have been so assessed to date.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	208853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>On 18 August 2014 the Prime Minister announced that the family test was being formalised as part of the impact assessment for all domestic policies. From October 2014, every new domestic policy will be examined for its impact on the family.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 13/10/2014 13:50:38 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell