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816689

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date	05/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of state for the Home Department, with reference to the Cabinet Office report on Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals published on 14 December 2017, what steps her Department is taking to implement the element of Sustainable Development Goal 5 on violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG), which supports the wider work to address gender inequality and support female empowerment. In March 2016 we published an updated Ending VAWG Strategy, and we have made much progress since the original Call to End Violence against Women and Girls in 2010.</p><p>The Government has committed increased funding of £100million to 2020 to continue to provide a bedrock of critical services for VAWG, and to support a transformation in local service delivery to enable local areas to build coherent pathways of support for victims at every stage. In addition, the Queen’s speech committed to publishing a draft domestic abuse bill to protect and support victims, recognise the life-long impact domestic abuse has on children and make sure agencies effectively respond to domestic abuse.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/01/2018 18:33:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816690

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the 100 metre residential impact figures for the proposed HS2 routes are for the number of properties affected at each location along the (a) M18 eastern route including the Blackwell spur, (b) 2013 consulted Meadowhall route, (c) full refined Meadowhall route from February 2016 and (d) two alternative M18 eastern route options detailed on page 82 of his Department's July 2017 publication entitled HS2 Phase 2b route refinements - advice to Government.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The HS2 Ltd July 2017 route refinement advice (“High Speed Two Phase 2b Crewe to Manchester West Midlands to Leeds Route Refinements: HS2 Ltd’s Advice to Government”), sets out a number of sustainability impacts along the M18/Eastern route, the 2013 consulted Meadowhall route and the refined Meadowhall Route. The advice provides (i) comparisons of the number of properties within 100m on the M18/Eastern route and the refined Meadowhall route, (ii) the number of potential demolitions associated with the M18/Eastern route, the 2013 consultation Meadowhall route and the refined Meadowhall route and (iii) an appraisal of the number of households that could experience a noticeable noise impact across each route. The information is set out at pages 69-71.</p><p> </p><p>The publication “High Speed Two Phase 2b Crewe to Manchester West Midlands to Leeds Route Refinements: HS2 Ltd’s Advice to Government”, July 2017 is a HS2 Ltd publication.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/01/2018 13:07:49 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816776

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's news story of 18 December 2017 about the 200 suppliers who sign up to the Contracts Finder service each week, how many of those suppliers are SMEs; and if he will provide a breakdown of those firms by region.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>In the period 1 September to 8 December 2017, the average number of supplier organisations that registered on Contracts Finder each week was 232, of which 78% were SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently not able to provide a breakdown of these by region.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2018 11:14:49 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816784

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has a policy on the use by civil servants of instant-messaging apps for the purpose of completing their work.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>There is no specific policy covering the use of instant-messaging applications, there is however policy that sets out the expected conduct of Civil Servants when making use of electronic communications across OFFICIAL and personal devices. There is also a policy on the use of social media. Whilst these policies do not specifically deal with instant messaging they are clear on what civil servants should be aware of when putting any information out in an official capacity.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2018 11:17:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816785

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Sick Leave
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 reasons why the average number of sick days taken by civil servants decreased in the past 12 months; and what assessment he has made of the effect of a potential culture of presenteeism on that trend.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Service recognises that good workforce health and wellbeing is fundamental to delivering brilliant public services. We support people so that they can remain at work where possible and to return as soon as they are ready following sickness absence.</p><p> </p><p>Cabinet Office statistics show that Civil Service annual Average Working Days Lost (AWDL) per staff year has reduced from 9.8 days in 2007 to 7.0 days for year ending 31 March 2017, its lowest recorded level. This demonstrates the significant progress made in reducing sickness absence across the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p>Departments continue to monitor their sickness absence data, in order to take continuing action to improve management of absences and prevention of absence, including through supporting workforce health and wellbeing. While no formal Civil Service wide assessment has been made of the reasons behind the reductions, this continuing attention and action is a key contributor.</p><p> </p><p>As for all employers, presenteeism is potentially an issue in the Civil Service. We have made no assessment of the effect of a potential culture of presenteeism on the long term trend in sickness absence. However we are exploring how to measure presenteeism using the Civil Service People Survey, and this might inform such an assessment in the future.</p><p>This is one example of how we are continuously improving our support to managers to help them manage health and wellbeing, including presenteeism, positively and effectively so that the Civil Service delivers the high level of service that the public demand and expect.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2018 11:22:33 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816788

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information the Government holds on the proportion of civil service sick days taken for reasons relating to (a) mental ill-health and (b) physical ill health.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Service recognises that good workforce health and wellbeing is fundamental to delivering brilliant public services. We support people so that they can remain at work where possible and to return as soon as they are ready following sickness absence.</p><p> </p><p>For the year ending March 2017, the percentage of absence that was reported as due to mental ill health was 25.8%. The percentage of absence that was reported against categories which relate to physical ill health was 64.9%. The remainder is attributed to cases recorded as unknown or with ill-defined symptoms and to pregnancy complications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service continues to review how it can proactively manage sickness absence and improve health and wellbeing at work even further, ensuring that it consistently delivers the high level of service that the public demand and expect.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2018 11:24:32 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816790

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have travelled abroad in relation to projects organised through the Government's Prosperity Fund since that fund was established.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>46 civil servants have travelled abroad in order to support the design and delivery of Prosperity Fund projects since the Fund was established in April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/01/2018 16:08:02 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816792

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average cost has been of each project organised through the Government's Prosperity Fund since that fund was established.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>For projects delivered in financial year 2016-17, the average spend was approximately £111,000. The Prosperity Fund’s recent Annual Report provides more detail on the first year of projects and how multi-year programmes are being established.</p><p> </p><p>The report can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prosperity-fund-annual-report-2016-to-2017</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/01/2018 16:10:22 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816794

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts were put out to tender for the purpose of completing projects organised by the Government's Prosperity Fund during 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The information required to answer this question is not held centrally by the Prosperity Fund Management Office and can only be collated accurately at a disproportionate cost. For the first year of projects (2017), commercial activity was devolved to a number of government departments and across the Foreign and Commonwealth Office network</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/01/2018 16:11:03 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816796

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prosperity Fund: Behavioural Insights Team
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many projects organised through the Government's Prosperity Fund have included a partnership with the Behavioural Insights Team since that fund was established.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Eight Prosperity Fund projects have involved a partnership with the Behavioural Insights Team.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/01/2018 16:11:33 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett