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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

1399924

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	Government Departments: Procurement
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 (a) Government departments, (b) executive agencies and (c) other arm’s length bodies have allocated contracts using emergency procurement regulations in the (i) first, (ii) second, (iii) third and (iv) fourth quarter of 2021.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	98495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>Individual departments are responsible for their own commercial decisions including the award of contracts.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 98496 98497 98498 98499 question first answered 12/01/2022 11:17:48 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1399926

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	Government Departments: Procurement
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 publish the (a) Government departments, (b) executive agencies and (c) other arm’s length bodies that have allocated contracts using emergency procurement regulations in the (i) first, (ii) second, (iii) third and (iv) fourth quarter of 2021.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	98496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>Individual departments are responsible for their own commercial decisions including the award of contracts.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 98495 98497 98498 98499 question first answered 12/01/2022 11:17:48 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1399927

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	Government Departments: Procurement
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 contracts were allocated using emergency procurement regulations in the (a) first, (b) second, (c) third and (d) fourth quarter of 2021.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	98497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>Individual departments are responsible for their own commercial decisions including the award of contracts.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 98495 98496 98498 98499 question first answered 12/01/2022 11:17:48 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1399929

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	Government Departments: Procurement
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 publish the value of contracts allocated by (a) Government departments, (b) executive agencies and (c) other arm’s length bodies’ using emergency procurement regulations in the (i) first, (ii) second, (iii) third and (iv) fourth quarter of 2021.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	98498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>Individual departments are responsible for their own commercial decisions including the award of contracts.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 98495 98496 98497 98499 question first answered 12/01/2022 11:17:49 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1399930

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	Government Departments: Procurement
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 current Government contracts are in the process of being allocated using emergency procurement regulations.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	98499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>Individual departments are responsible for their own commercial decisions including the award of contracts.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 98495 98496 98497 98498 question first answered 12/01/2022 11:17:49 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1386381

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Criminal Investigation
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 Prime Minister's Oral Answers of 8 December 2021 to the Rt hon. Member for Holborn and St Pancras, whether the Cabinet Secretary will be provided access to (a) CCTV, (b) electronic entry, (c) email, (d) phone, (e) diary, (f) invitation and (g) WhatsApp records for purposes of his investigation into alleged events within Government properties during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	89700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2021 answer text <p>The Terms of Reference for the Cabinet Office’s investigations into staff gatherings have been published on GOV.UK and deposited in the libraries of both Houses.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment on the specifics of an ongoing process. The Government has committed that the findings of the investigations will be made public in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 89588 89589 89591 90507 90509 question first answered 23/12/2021 13:45:54 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1386382

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	10 Downing Street
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 events took place within 10 Downing Street on (a) 18 December 2020, (b) 27 November 2020 and (b) 13 November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	89701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>Official receptions in Downing Street are published each quarter as part of the Government’s transparency returns.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 05/01/2022 14:29:02 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1386383

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Catering
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 catering or hospitality services are available for social events in 10 Downing Street; and what the total cost to the public purse was of catering and hospitality for events in 10 Downing Street during December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	89702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2021 answer text <p>Cabinet Office transparency spending data by month can be found on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/12/2021 13:33:05 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1344203

registered interest
date	06/07/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Places for Growth Programme: Equality
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 recent assessment he has made of the effect of the Places for Growth programme on (a) civil servants with protected characteristics and (b) non-departmental public body staff with protected characteristics.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	28376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government has committed to relocating 22,000 roles from London across the UK, ensuring the Civil Service is representative of the communities it serves, bringing more diversity of thought into policy-making. The Places for Growth portfolio is at the heart of delivering this agenda.</p><p>Places for Growth has adopted an approach that is aimed to capture the broadest view of diversity and inclusion, whilst considering the characteristics protected under law. The portfolio is committed to ensuring that the focus of the portfolio and departments is much wider and remains committed to greater socioeconomic diversity, greater regional diversity and to create clusters and critical mass where we can effectively harness cognitive diversity to enable decision making.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 28377 28378 28379 question first answered 12/07/2021 17:00:45 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins