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760622

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2017 to Question 8205, on Government Departments: buildings, what the total cost to the public purse is of the move to 10 South Colonade; and what estimate he has made of savings in property costs of that move in each of the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>10 South Colonnade enables government departments to exit a number of expensive<br>leaseholds in Whitehall. It brings staff from departments together in a single, modern, and<br>efficient building in an area with lower rents to facilitate a collaborative Civil Service</p><p><br>Once all government occupiers have relocated to HM Government 10 South Colonnade,<br>we expect to make savings of around £20 million per annum until the end of the lease in<br>2032.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/10/2017 14:59:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

760626

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Candidates: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward proposals to extend the option for candidates to restrict publication of their home address to all polls.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	105240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 18th October 2017 to PQ7722.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/10/2017 16:06:02 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

760627

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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 Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 7591, on civil servants: recruitment, whether any workers or firms from outside the Government have been involved in any of the work surrounding the pilots.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Service Workforce Plan 2016-2020 includes an action to pilot alternative to competency-based recruitment and promotion in the Civil Service. A number of departments are involved in piloting alternative approaches. In a small number of cases, external consultants have provided support for these alternative approaches, for example in developing specific assessment tests for use across the Civil Service. These have included IBM who were contracted to develop Verbal and Numerical reasoning tests; and CS judgement tests which were procured through Right Management (subcontracted to A&amp;DC) with payments also made to WCN, providers of the CS Jobs site. The Digital Accessibility Centre was also commissioned to carry out an accessibility audit.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/10/2017 16:04:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

760738

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal claimants in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency (a) paid fees and (b) have had fees refunded since 2013; what the total sum of fees still to be so refunded to claimants is; and when he intends that refund process to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	105112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>We do not collect centrally information on the number of claimants in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency who paid a fee in the Employment Tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>We confirmed, following the handing down of the Supreme Court’s judgment in the case of R (Unison) v the Lord Chancellor, that we would put in place arrangements to refund those people who had paid fees in the Employment Tribunals as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 27/11/2017 15:47:42 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

760739

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal claimants there were in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency in the year (a) before and (b) after the introduction of tribunal fees.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	105113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Personal data for Employment Tribunal cases are archived 12 months after a case is concluded. Constituency-level data are only available showing claims accepted from October 2016 to June 2017. This is consistent with the published statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of accepted claims in the East Falkirk and Linlithgow constituency from October 2016 to June 2017.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Accepted<sup>3 </sup>Claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Area</p></td><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Singles</p></td><td><p>Multiples</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Falkirk<sup>2 </sup>and Linlithgow<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>October 2016 – June 2017</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Claims accepted prior to the introduction of fees can be found in a regional breakdown, including Scotland, at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2017-and-2016-to-2017</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p><sup>1 </sup>Linlithgow Constituency taken as accepted claims submitted within the postcode area EH49</p><p><sup>2 </sup>East Falkirk Constituency taken as accepted claims submitted within the postcode area EH30, EH47 EH2</p><p><sup>3 </sup>Accepted claims by constituency are extracted from the live ETHOS databases. Cases from the live data bases are archived 12 months after they are concluded and as such personalised data (constituency) are no longer available. Anonymised data at venue level are exported to the Central Office of the Industrial Tribunal (COIT) database.</p><p><em>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available. </em>The data may differ slightly to that of the published stats as this data was run on a different date.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 23/11/2017 11:04:28 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

760795

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the Civil Service workforce required to administer a transitional period when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	105337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each department. The Civil Service constantly reviews its capabilities in order to deliver the Government's commitment to leave the EU and get the best deal for the UK. Civil Service HR is working with all departments across the Civil Service to better understand their capacity and capability requirements.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/11/2017 14:38:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

760796

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of sickness pay to staff in his Department was in each of the 10 years prior to June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	105338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The table below sets out the cost of sickness pay paid to staff in my Department each year from 1 April 2009 to 30<sup>th</sup> June 2016. Information about the cost of sickness pay paid to staff in my Department before April 2009 is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016**</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statutory Sick Pay</p></td><td><p>£269</p></td><td><p>£1,567</p></td><td><p>£5,163</p></td><td><p>£2,063</p></td><td><p>£4,903</p></td><td><p>£3,266</p></td><td><p>£6,628</p></td><td><p>£4,928</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Occupational Sick Pay</p></td><td><p>£139,535</p></td><td><p>£203,025</p></td><td><p>£528,810</p></td><td><p>£406,837</p></td><td><p>£405,908</p></td><td><p>£439,844</p></td><td><p>£465,716</p></td><td><p>£290,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£141,813</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£206,602</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£535,984</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£410,911</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£412,824</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£445,124</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£474,358</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£297,025</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><sub>* From 1 Apr 2009 </sub></strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><sub>**To 30 Jun 2016</sub></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Information about sickness absence in the Cabinet Office is published on the Cabinet Office website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-absence-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-absence-data</a></p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures show that for the year to 30 June 2017, the Cabinet Office has one of the lowest recorded sickness rates across the Civil Service at 2.9 average working days lost when compared to the latest Civil Service average of 7.0 .</p><p> </p><p>My Department is committed to reducing work related absence due to mental illness and has a number of services in place to support members of staff suffering from such conditions. Our Workwell community is staffed by volunteers who aim to make Cabinet Office a happy and healthy workplace through a number of interventions including a listening service for staff. We also offer a 24 hour counselling support helpline through our Employee Assistance Programme provider and advocate early referral to our occupational health service where appropriate, for advice on a number of conditions including mental health.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/11/2017 11:13:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes previous answer version 13900 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

760798

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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 Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 7591, on civil servants: recruitment, which Government Departments are included in the pilots; when those pilots are expected to be completed; and whether the outcomes of those pilots will be published.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Service Workforce Plan 2016-2020 includes an action to pilot alternative to<br>competency-based recruitment and promotion in the Civil Service. A number of<br>departments are involved in piloting alternative approaches. These are: Department for<br>Work and Pensions; HM Revenue and Customs; Office for National Statistics; Department<br>for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and Department for Transport. In addition,<br>alternatives to competency-based recruitment are being trialled in some Senior Leader<br>recruitment, some apprenticeships, the Civil Service Fast Stream and Fast Track schemes<br>and some talent schemes. These pilots are ongoing, and will be evaluated and, where<br>appropriate, rolled out across the Civil Service. The outcomes will not be published.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/10/2017 15:01:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

760799

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Communication Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to which countries the Knowledge and Capability Unit of the Government Communication Service has deployed (a) staff and (b) experts since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>Since its inception in September 2015, the GCS Knowledge &amp; Capability Unit has conducted deployments of (a) staff and (b) experts to Georgia, Ukraine, Tunisia, Montenegro, Belgium (NATO), Jordan and Afghanistan.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/11/2017 13:15:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

760800

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Communication Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 8718, on Government Communication Service, in which country the five projects were based; what the cost of each such project was; and what estimate he has made of the value of each project to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The cost of each completed project in Georgia, Ukraine, Tunisia, Montenegro and NATO was £42,225, £205,512, £993,500, £74,848 and £26,260 respectively. All projects directly support UK foreign policy objectives.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/11/2017 11:45:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett