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850272

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Labour Market: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date he plans to publish the next statistical update on the labour market status of disabled people.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	129840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 01/03/2018 14:46:02 question first ministerially corrected 02/03/2018 10:45:45 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ129840.pdf title UKSA Response previous answer version 44102 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

846136

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money was spent from the public purse on (a) hotels and (b) other expenses for prison officers on detached duty in each month from January to June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	128831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Prison officers do a challenging and vital job to help protect the public and we are committed to making sure we have enough staff to deliver safe regimes in our prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Detached duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to cover resourcing pressures and ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons as well as being able to respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 the former Secretary of State announced HMPPS would be recruiting an additional 2,500 prison officers by December 2018. Good progress is being made to hit this target, with 1,970 additional officers recruited by 31<sup>st</sup> December 2017. These new staff will reduce the need for Detached Duty.</p><p> </p><p>When there is a need to accommodate staff in hotels, we work hard to ensure the best possible value for money for the taxpayer and have controls in place to help keep costs to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>Where possible, bookings are for specifically timed trains and always in standard class to help keep costs to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>We are able to provide data on hotels and rail bookings made through Redfern Travel Ltd <strong>only</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>Please see table attached for data from 2013 – 2017.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 01/03/2018 17:36:01 question first ministerially corrected 05/03/2018 19:13:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Table PQ 128831-128837.press cleared (002).xlsx title Table previous answer version 44279 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

846137

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money was spent from the public purse on (a) hotels and (b) other expenses for prison officers on detached duty in each month from July to December 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	128832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Prison officers do a challenging and vital job to help protect the public and we are committed to making sure we have enough staff to deliver safe regimes in our prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Detached duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to cover resourcing pressures and ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons as well as being able to respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 the former Secretary of State announced HMPPS would be recruiting an additional 2,500 prison officers by December 2018. Good progress is being made to hit this target, with 1,970 additional officers recruited by 31<sup>st</sup> December 2017. These new staff will reduce the need for Detached Duty.</p><p> </p><p>When there is a need to accommodate staff in hotels, we work hard to ensure the best possible value for money for the taxpayer and have controls in place to help keep costs to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>Where possible, bookings are for specifically timed trains and always in standard class to help keep costs to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>We are able to provide data on hotels and rail bookings made through Redfern Travel Ltd <strong>only</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>Please see table attached for data from 2013 – 2017.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 01/03/2018 17:36:01 question first ministerially corrected 05/03/2018 19:13:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Table PQ 128831-128837.press cleared (002).xlsx title Table previous answer version 44280 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

846138

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money was spent from the public purse on (a) hotels and (b) other expenses for prison officers on detached duty in each month from January to June 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	128833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Prison officers do a challenging and vital job to help protect the public and we are committed to making sure we have enough staff to deliver safe regimes in our prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Detached duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to cover resourcing pressures and ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons as well as being able to respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 the former Secretary of State announced HMPPS would be recruiting an additional 2,500 prison officers by December 2018. Good progress is being made to hit this target, with 1,970 additional officers recruited by 31<sup>st</sup> December 2017. These new staff will reduce the need for Detached Duty.</p><p> </p><p>When there is a need to accommodate staff in hotels, we work hard to ensure the best possible value for money for the taxpayer and have controls in place to help keep costs to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>Where possible, bookings are for specifically timed trains and always in standard class to help keep costs to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>We are able to provide data on hotels and rail bookings made through Redfern Travel Ltd <strong>only</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>Please see table attached for data from 2013 – 2017.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 01/03/2018 17:36:01 question first ministerially corrected 05/03/2018 19:13:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Table PQ 128831-128837.press cleared (002).xlsx title Table previous answer version 44281 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

846139

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money was spent from the public purse on (a) hotels and (b) other expenses for prison officers on detached duty in each month from July to December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	128834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Prison officers do a challenging and vital job to help protect the public and we are committed to making sure we have enough staff to deliver safe regimes in our prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Detached duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to cover resourcing pressures and ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons as well as being able to respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 the former Secretary of State announced HMPPS would be recruiting an additional 2,500 prison officers by December 2018. Good progress is being made to hit this target, with 1,970 additional officers recruited by 31<sup>st</sup> December 2017. These new staff will reduce the need for Detached Duty.</p><p> </p><p>When there is a need to accommodate staff in hotels, we work hard to ensure the best possible value for money for the taxpayer and have controls in place to help keep costs to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>Where possible, bookings are for specifically timed trains and always in standard class to help keep costs to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>We are able to provide data on hotels and rail bookings made through Redfern Travel Ltd <strong>only</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>Please see table attached for data from 2013 – 2017.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 01/03/2018 17:36:01 question first ministerially corrected 05/03/2018 19:12:40 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Table PQ 128831-128837.press cleared (002).xlsx title Table previous answer version 44282 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

846140

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money was spent from the public purse on (a) hotels and (b) other expenses for prison officers on detached duty in each month from January to June 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	128835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Prison officers do a challenging and vital job to help protect the public and we are committed to making sure we have enough staff to deliver safe regimes in our prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Detached duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to cover resourcing pressures and ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons as well as being able to respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 the former Secretary of State announced HMPPS would be recruiting an additional 2,500 prison officers by December 2018. Good progress is being made to hit this target, with 1,970 additional officers recruited by 31<sup>st</sup> December 2017. These new staff will reduce the need for Detached Duty.</p><p> </p><p>When there is a need to accommodate staff in hotels, we work hard to ensure the best possible value for money for the taxpayer and have controls in place to help keep costs to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>Where possible, bookings are for specifically timed trains and always in standard class to help keep costs to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>We are able to provide data on hotels and rail bookings made through Redfern Travel Ltd <strong>only</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>Please see table attached for data from 2013 – 2017.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 01/03/2018 17:36:01 question first ministerially corrected 05/03/2018 19:12:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Table PQ 128831-128837.press cleared (002).xlsx title Table previous answer version 44283 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

845551

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Mothers: Employment
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 mothers in England with a child aged under five are in full-time work.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	128523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 26/02/2018 10:37:09 question first ministerially corrected 02/03/2018 10:45:19 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ128523_ 128524 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Response previous answer version 42809 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ128523_ 128524 holding.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

843889

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Sexual Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what policies her Department has in place for its staff to report sexual harrassment and other non-consensual sexual behaviour; how many of her Department's staff have been reported for sexual harrassment and other non-consensual sexual activity in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017; in how many cases such reports have led to the suspension, demotion or sacking of the staff in question; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	128163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">All DFID staff are bound by both the Civil Service Code and DFID’s Code of Conduct, which set clear standards of conduct to protect all staff and anyone the organisation has contact with. These codes are well publicised to staff and cover any form of sexual exploitation and abuse, bullying, or harassment of staff, partners or beneficiaries and make clear that staff should not do anything in their private conduct which might discredit the department. DFID has mechanisms to allow staff raising concerns with management along with a distinct whistleblowing hotline which staff can use anonymously to report cases. A breach of any of the standards set out in our Code of Conduct can lead to formal disciplinary action and potential dismissal for gross misconduct.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As previously announced by the Secretary of State, DFID is currently reviewing any locally reported allegations of sexual misconduct involving its own staff. This will complete shortly and therefore we are not currently in a position to share the detail of any cases.</ins></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">DFID’s Dignity at Work policy confirms that DFID is committed to achieving equality of opportunity for our staff and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, bullying or victimisation of employees, this includes sexual harassment and other non-consensual sexual activity. The policy applies to all staff and includes personal responsibilities to create and sustain a working environment free of bullying and harassment where individuals are treated with fairness, dignity and respect. The policy also makes clear how staff should report any concerns.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">DFID’s standards of conduct set out the ethical behaviours and controls required in our day to day work to incorporate the key principles based on the UN’s code on sexual exploitation and abuse in Humanitarian crises. DFID’s Public Interest Disclosure Policy (Whistleblowing) also allows staff and others to raise concerns anonymously to a confidential Email address.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The number of staff formally reported for sexual harassment in the last three years is:</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">2015 - nil</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">2016 - nil</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">2017 - under five.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The key policy documents referred to above have been placed in the House of Commons Library.</del></p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/02/2018 12:20:54 question first ministerially corrected 26/02/2018 18:27:23 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin previous answer version 42848 answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

843908

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	One Public Estate Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet, how many people are in the One Public Estate programme's Pool of Experts; from which parent teams in the Civil Service those people have come; and for each such team which of its members of the Pool of Experts have (a) master planning, (b) feasibility studies, (c) options appraisals, (d) surveyors, (e) design and (f) procurement expertise.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	128314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The One Public Estate (OPE) programme is establishing a Pool of Experts to support local OPE partnerships to deliver property-based projects. At present, 23 experts have been accepted into the Pool, as set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Specialism</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Experts</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Masterplanning</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Feasibility and Options Appraisals</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Surveying</ins> <ins class="ministerial"><em>(Building)</em></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><em>(Chartered)</em></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><em>(Quantity) </em></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10</ins> <ins class="ministerial"><em>(8)</em></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><em>(2)</em></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><em>(0)</em></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Project Management</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Design</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Procurement</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total (to date)</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>23</strong></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The programme’s selection process is still underway. In addition to the 23 appointed, a further 35 are going through the application process. Recruitment has been marketed externally and no experts are currently Civil Servants.</ins></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 27/02/2018 17:39:32 question first ministerially corrected 28/02/2018 10:39:17 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden previous answer version 43708 answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

843953

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Aortic Aneurysm: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women in South Tees died from a ruptured aortic abdominal aneurysm in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	128068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ128068 &128070 .pdf title UKSA Response 2 file name PQ128068_128070 FINAL (1).pdf title UKSA Response question first answered 22/02/2018 14:39:34 question first ministerially corrected 26/02/2018 12:38:24 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 42387 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ128068 &128070 .pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald