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1696164

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people (a) received and (b) repaid a refugee integration loans since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	18800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>Refugee Integration Loans were introduced in 2007 following a public consultation and are intended to help people with the costs of integrating into UK society. They are funded by the Home Office, who make the initial decisions on applications. They are then administered and recouped by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).</p><p>Refugee integration loans are interest-free loans with favourable repayment terms for individuals who are over 18 and meet the following eligibility criteria:</p><ul><li>a refugee;</li><li>you have humanitarian protection;</li><li>a dependant of a refugee or someone with humanitarian protection.</li></ul><p>Individuals are currently able to borrow between £100 and £500. Between £100 to £780 can be borrowed if submitting a joint application with a partner.</p><p>The specific data requested cannot be provided as it comes from live operational databases that have not been quality assured.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/03/2024 12:09:25 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1695887

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people work in her Department's (a) Human Resources and Transformation Directorate and (b) Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) team; and whether the PSED team is part of the Human Resources and Transformation Directorate.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	18601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>Every department across government has a responsibility for equalities. Under the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), all public authorities, including government departments, are required by law to ensure that they have due regard to certain equality considerations when carrying out their functions. The government is auditing the cost-effectiveness of all equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) activities, through the review of EDI spending announced last June, to ensure value for money for taxpayers.</p><p>The Minister for the Cabinet Office will be outlining the final proposals in response to the review in due course. As at the end of February 2024 there were 156 people working in the department’s Human Resources and Transformation Directorate. The PSED team is not part of the department’s Human Resources and Transformation Directorate.</p><p>The ‘general duty’ of the PSED is in Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 and requires public authorities in England, Scotland and Wales to give due regard to certain equality considerations when carrying out their functions.The department's PSED team sits within the department's central Strategy Group and ensures that the department is compliant with Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. The PSED team is resourced by 0.8 FTE. In addition, the department, through the PSED team, has a model of maintaining dispersed capacity across the department to comply with its duties.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/03/2024 16:51:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1695144

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many research projects have started work in the HMRC datalab in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	18011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>HMRC Datalab have provided 106 projects access to de-identified HMRC data for research purposes, since 2012.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 15/03/2024 12:34:31 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1694678

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people work in his Department's equality, diversity and well-being team.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	17707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>There are 29 members of staff working in the central Equality, Diversity and Wellbeing Team based on headcount, this represents 0.06% of the total staff working for the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 12/03/2024 15:25:33 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1693641

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2024 to Question 15471 on Ministry of Justice: Equality, how many staff in his Department, excluding its public bodies, have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	17002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) confirms that seven job titles including the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race exist in the department (excluding public bodies). As of end of September 2023, the published headcount number for MoJ HQ is 7,263, though these staff provide strategic advice to the nearly 100,000 people employed by the MoJ and its public bodies.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 07/03/2024 14:24:47 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1693645

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what units in her Department have responsibility for equalities.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	17006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>All teams have a duty to consider equality in their own policy areas. The Human Resources directorate is responsible for departmental equality considerations and for providing advice and guidance to the Department on equalities-related issues, including the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED).</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 07/03/2024 13:43:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1693662

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which unit in her Department is responsible for equalities.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	17023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>Every department across government has a responsibility for equalities. The Human Resources and Transformation Directorate is responsible for equalities in the Department for Education. The department also has a Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) team who can provide colleagues with advice on equalities-related issues. Under the PSED, all public authorities, including government departments, are required by law to ensure that they have due regard to certain equality considerations when carrying out their functions.</p><p> </p><p>The government is auditing the cost-effectiveness of all equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) activities, through the review of EDI spending announced last June, to ensure value for money for taxpayers. The Minister for Cabinet Office will be outlining the final proposals in response to the review in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/03/2024 11:36:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1693663

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which unit in his Department is responsible for equalities.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	17024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>Every Department across Government has a responsibility for equalities.</p><p> </p><p>Under Public Sector Equality Legislation every person working for the Department has a personal responsibility for implementing and promoting commitment to equality in their day-to-day dealings with everyone – including members of the public, other colleagues, employers and partners.</p><p> </p><p>The Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing team are responsible for providing advice on Equality Analysis where activity is colleague facing.</p><p> </p><p>For customer focussed work, the responsibility sits across multiple teams in Policy and Service Delivery.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has a specialist equalities team who can provide their colleagues with advice on equalities-related issues, including the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED). Under the PSED, all public authorities, including Government departments, are required by law to ensure that they have due regard to certain equality considerations when carrying out their functions.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is auditing the cost-effectiveness of all equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) activities, through the review of EDI spending announced last June, to ensure value for money for taxpayers. The Minister for Cabinet Office will be outlining the final proposals in response to the review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 07/03/2024 14:46:01 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1693664

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which unit in his Department is responsible for equalities.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	17025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>Within the Home Office, internal people-related Equality, Diversity and Inclusion activity sits within the responsibilities of the Home Office Equality, Diversity and Wellbeing Team.</p><p>A separate team within our Home Office Analysis and Insight Unit provides expert input to the department on our responsibilities under the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) requirements, under the Equality Act.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/03/2024 14:48:46 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1692717

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
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 his oral statement of 4 December 2023 entitled Legal Migration, Official Report, column 41, for what reason the review of the graduate visa route has not been started.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	16416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of reviewing the Graduate route, in line with the Home Secretary’s commitment of 4 December 2023.</p><p>We will commission the Migration Advisory Committee to undertake this review at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 06/03/2024 09:45:35 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien