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156724

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office and Deputy Prime Minister’s Office are an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>My Department supports measures to improve flexible working. Cabinet Office provides a number of flexible working options including but not exclusive to: part-time and compressed hours working; job-sharing; and working remotely or from home. All such arrangements must be agreed by line management.</p><p>Decisions on the availability of flexible working options are taken within each management unit as the local managers are best placed to judge the demands of the business and the contribution of the individual. It is business needs that determine what flexible working patterns can be accommodated. Details of flexible working applications and of the staff who work flexibly are not collated centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215182 215321 question first answered 26/11/2014 17:43:48 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156725

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men working in the Office of the Prime Minister have made a statutory application to request flexible working; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office and Deputy Prime Minister’s Office are an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>My Department supports measures to improve flexible working. Cabinet Office provides a number of flexible working options including but not exclusive to: part-time and compressed hours working; job-sharing; and working remotely or from home. All such arrangements must be agreed by line management.</p><p>Decisions on the availability of flexible working options are taken within each management unit as the local managers are best placed to judge the demands of the business and the contribution of the individual. It is business needs that determine what flexible working patterns can be accommodated. Details of flexible working applications and of the staff who work flexibly are not collated centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215178 215182 question first answered 26/11/2014 17:43:48 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156726

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in the Law Officers' Departments; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>Permanent staff in the Law Officers’ Departments have been entitled to apply for flexible working for a number of years. However, complete records of the number of employees who may have applied for flexible working are not maintained. The information that is available is detailed below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) only keeps records of flexible working patterns that impact directly on pay and annual leave, and no separate record is held of applications made under a statutory right. The current position, as at 31/10/2014, in respect of compressed hours and part-time working is detailed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>TSol</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pattern</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Compressed Hours</p></td><td><p>32 (4.8%*)</p></td><td><p>56 (5.4%**)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Part Time</p></td><td><p>49 (7.4%*)</p></td><td><p>354 (34.0%**)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>*percentage of total male / **percentage of total female</em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Note:</em></strong><em> TSol data also includes the Attorney General’s Office and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table contains details on the applications made to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for flexible working between 23/06/2008 and 06/10/2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>CPS</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Application for Flexible Working Granted YES/NO</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Gender</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>332</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Note: </strong><em>The source data has been extracted from the CPS Pay and Benefits working database on 20/11/2014. The CPS does not capture data for statutory applications separately or any applications that may have been refused and not forwarded to the CPS National Pay and Benefits Team.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office does not retain any central record of applications to work flexibly. However, currently 19.6% of men and 26% of women have some form of flexible working arrangement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 26/11/2014 16:30:29 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156727

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills operates a flexible working policy that enables employees to work flexibly wherever possible and where this meets the needs of the business. We have been offering our employees the opportunity to work flexibly since April 2012.</p><p>Decisions on how this operates for an individual employee, and consideration of statutory applications to request flexible working, are managed by line managers at a local level.</p><p>We do not hold central records on this and there would therefore be a disproportionate cost incurred in collecting this information from our line managers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 24/11/2014 15:09:37 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156730

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>All posts are advertised on a flexible basis. This approach significantly reduces the need for employees to make a statutory application for flexible working and we have no record of any such request having been made.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 26/11/2014 16:43:27 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156732

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in her Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on requests received and granted for flexible working in core Defra is not held centrally and could be provided only by incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 25/11/2014 16:06:14 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156733

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in her Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information centrally on the proportion of (a) women and (b) men that have made a statutory application to request flexible working, or how many of those applications have been granted to date.</p><p> </p><p>All employees are entitled to apply for flexible working. Such requests are agreed locally with line managers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 24/11/2014 15:40:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156735

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Office; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office and Deputy Prime Minister’s Office are an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>My Department supports measures to improve flexible working. Cabinet Office provides a number of flexible working options including but not exclusive to: part-time and compressed hours working; job-sharing; and working remotely or from home. All such arrangements must be agreed by line management.</p><p>Decisions on the availability of flexible working options are taken within each management unit as the local managers are best placed to judge the demands of the business and the contribution of the individual. It is business needs that determine what flexible working patterns can be accommodated. Details of flexible working applications and of the staff who work flexibly are not collated centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215178 215321 question first answered 26/11/2014 17:43:48 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156736

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not hold centrally the records of individual requests for flexible working. To identify the number of applications would involve contacting every line manager within the department and would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 25/11/2014 16:41:49 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156737

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) supports flexible working for all its employees and all FCO staff can ask to work flexibly on an ad hoc basis or submit a formal application for a regular change to their working pattern subject to business needs. Staff are able to appeal if a formal request to work flexibly is refused. The FCO does not centrally record requests for flexible working and therefore does not hold data on number of applications made.</p><p>Line managers are responsible for recording and monitoring working patterns for their teams. In 2013 we also introduced a new form into our Management Information system in which we encourage staff to voluntarily record details so that we can provide more accurate management information on flexible working patterns. Based on information recorded on our HR database on 31 October 2014, including the voluntary declarations that have been made, the gender breakdown of the different types of current flexible working are as follows:</p><p><br>Flexible Working Type Female Male Total<br>Compressed Hours 20 9 29<br>Flexi-time 22 19 41<br>Job share 17 1 18<br>Part time/reduced hours 154 15 169<br>Remote Working 87 63 150<br>Total 300 107 407<br>Total as a % of Workforce 15% 4% 9%</p><p>(These figures include all FCO civil servants based in the UK and overseas, They do not include staff from FCO Services, (an Executive Agency and Trading Fund of the FCO) or locally engaged staff employed overseas).</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/11/2014 14:02:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero