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694187

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date	24/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of senior civil servants of the Law Officers' Departments are (a) men, (b) women, (c) disabled, (d) from working-class backgrounds and (e) from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	65549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>The details below are in respect of members of the senior civil service in the Law Officer’s Departments that are (a) men, (b) women, (c) disabled, (d) from working-class backgrounds and (e) from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>AGO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GLD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HMCPSI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CPS</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SFO</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Men</strong></p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>53.9%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>61.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Women</strong></p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>56.1%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>38.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Disabled*</strong></p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>9.2%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Working class background</strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Information not held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>BAME*</strong></p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>8.5%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Disability and BAME is declared by all staff on a voluntary basis and this data has been calculated using such declared information so these figures might not be wholly accurate.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 07/03/2017 09:48:16 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

694216

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of senior civil servants of her Department are (a) men, (b) women, (c) disabled, (d) from working-class backgrounds and (e) from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	65552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>Of the 42 members of the SCS in DCMS, the percentage in the categories set out below, as of 1<sup>st</sup> February 2017, is:</p><p> </p><p>a) Male: 43%</p><p>b) Female: 57%</p><p>c) Disabled: -*</p><p>d) From a working class background: this information is not recorded</p><p>e) BAME: -*</p><p> </p><p>* This percentage is suppressed as it represents a group of fewer than 5 employees. Ethnicity and disability data is collected on a self declaratory basis.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/03/2017 11:26:42 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

694223

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve child protection for families where there are allegations of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	65513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to delivering long term, sustainable improvements to the children’s social care system. <em>Putting Children First: Delivering our vision for excellent children’s social care </em>(July 2016) sets out the government’s reform programme for children’s social care in England for the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises the life changing impact domestic abuse can have on the lives of children. That is why we have expanded the Troubled Families Programme until 2020 to work with an additional 400,000 families, including those affected by domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s <em>Violence Against Women Strategy</em> (April 2016), stresses the importance of taking an integrated whole-family approach to addressing and stopping violence and abuse. The government has provided £2m in funding to support new models developed by Safelives and Women’s Aid to identify and support victims and their families at an earlier stage and provide effective wrap-around support.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education is funding four grants, totalling around £900,000, from 2016 to March 2018 to Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations working on issues concerning domestic abuse. Further details of the VCS grants can be found here; https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-backs-projects-to-help-safeguard-vulnerable-children</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 07/03/2017 16:02:44 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

694248

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Rape
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of whether there will be a change in the number of rape victims who will come forward to report rape crimes as a result of the forthcoming introduction of the non-consensual sex exemption clause for claiming child tax credits for a third child.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	65455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>It will not be necessary for victims of rape to report a crime in order to qualify for the exemption. As the Government outlined in the response on 20 January 2017 those entitled to claim the exception will be able to disclose their non-consensual intercourse to a third party.</p><p>The list of third parties used for the non-consensual sex exception will include health care professionals, social workers and relevant specialist charities. The model is not attempting to pre-empt the criminal justice system and therefore does not include police in the third party model.</p><p>When a report has already been made, the exception will also apply where there is a successful conviction or award of compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority for rape occurring at a time when the child’s conception might have resulted</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 07/03/2017 17:50:25 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss