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661605

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who the diversity champion is on his departmental board.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	58230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>Christine Hewitt, Director, People, Capability and Change is the Board Diversity Champion in the Department for Communities and Local Government. We also have senior Diversity Champions for BAME, Race, Disability, Women, LGBT and Social Mobility as well as our Departmental Diversity Champion who work closely with our Networks in embedding Diversity and Inclusion messages and in promoting opportunities. Our Permanent Secretary is the Gender Champion for the Civil Service and all of our Champions and Networks are aligned with Civil Service governance, Networks and wider communities.</p><p>The Government takes its commitments to Diversity and Inclusion very seriously, and as a result the action in the Talent Action Plan 2015 has been completed and is referenced in the 2016 Talent Action Plan “progress to date” section. All departments, including new departments Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) and Department for International Trade (DIT) have nominated overall diversity champions. They are responsible for providing an overall insight for all protected characteristics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 09/01/2017 16:23:53 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

542151

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to tackle hate crime through education in schools.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	43752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Our vision is to ensure that pupils develop the knowledge, skills and understanding to succeed academically; protect themselves from harm; and play a full and active part in society. Schools play an important role in preventing hate crime by empowering young people to question and tackle the underlying beliefs of prejudice and intolerance that can lead to hatred and bigotry.</p><p>Schools are required to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. This includes challenging prejudice and promoting tolerance. Schools are also subject to the Equality Act and to the Public Sector Equality Duty which require schools to have regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between communities. There are a variety of approaches that schools can adopt in meeting these duties and in raising issues relating to hate crime, including:</p><ul><li>using teaching materials which help pupils to understand and build knowledge of the diverse cultures and faiths in modern Britain.</li><li>encouraging classroom debate, and giving pupils the opportunity to discuss topical issues, to challenge each other and themselves, and to build the resilience and critical thinking skills they need to challenge views which are unacceptable.</li><li>teaching in Citizenship to include preparing pupils to take their place in society as responsible citizens.</li><li>ensuring pupils are taught about safeguarding through teaching and learning opportunities as part of a broad and balanced curriculum - this may include covering relevant issues through personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE).</li></ul><p> </p><p>In equipping pupils for life in modern, multi-cultural Britain, the Department wants to ensure that schools have access to good quality resources to support them. In January 2016, we launched the <em>Educate Against Hate</em>[1] website to provide practical advice to parents, teachers and school leaders on how to protect children from extremism and promote fundamental British values. The website includes resources to assist teachers to explore hatred and its consequences with their pupils and to develop their respect for diversity in their own cultural and religious traditions and in others. It also includes the Crown Prosecution Service’s resource packs for schools on hate crime.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://educateagainsthate.com/" target="_blank">http://educateagainsthate.com/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 05/09/2016 16:28:14 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

657849

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average hourly earnings are of (a) female, (b) male, (c) BAME and (d) non-BAME employees of her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	57542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the average hourly earnings of the Department for Education (DfE) staff, including the Government Equalities Office (GEO) staff, by a) female b) male c) BME and d) non-BME.</p><p>Average Earnings of DfE Staff (including GEO)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>£20.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>£21.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>£18.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-BME</p></td><td><p>£21.93</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the average hourly earnings of GEO staff by a) female and b) male.</p><p>Average earnings of GEO Staff</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>£24.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>£25.10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department and GEO records earnings as annual salaries. In order to convert the annual salaries to hourly rates the following calculation has been used: ((Gross Basic Salary*FTE)/52)/Weekly hours.</p><p>The pay gap is lower when analysed at grade level for men and women and BME and non-BME. The gaps can be largely attributed to the fact that is greater proportions of women and BME staff of the lower pay bands.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/12/2016 16:31:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

661660

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	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, who the diversity champion is on her departmental board.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	58233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The diversity champion on the Departmental Board is Juliet Chua.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/02/2017 17:51:17 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

661765

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	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, who the diversity champion is on her departmental board.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	58240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>Justin Russell (Director General for Prisons, Offender and Youth Justice Policy) is the Overall Diversity Champion for the Ministry of Justice. Justin took over this role on the 25 October 2016.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 25/01/2017 16:45:49 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

656990

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Appointments: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of public appointments were women from (a) 1 January to 12 July 2016 and (b) 13 July 2016 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	57245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>Statistics on public appointments are published annually by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.</p><p>Data published in July 2016 shows that for the financial year 2015/16 a 48.2% of new public appointments were made to women, higher than at any point in the last decade. Data for the financial year 2016/17 will be published by the Commissioner next summer.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/12/2016 11:07:48 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

656991

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which members of the Civil Service (a) Board and (b) Corporate Management Board were appointed after 12 July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	57261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>There has been one new appointment to the Civil Service Board since 12 July 2016. Tom Scholar joined the Board at the end of July after taking up his position as Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury. The full list of current Board members is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/civil-service/about/our-governance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/civil-service/about/our-governance</a></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 19/12/2016 09:22:19 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

656992

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Appointments: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of public appointments were of ethnic minority candidates in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	57262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Statistics on public appointments are published annually by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.</p><p>Statistics on Public Appointments are published annually by the Commissioner for Public Appointments and the data can be found at: <a href="http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/statistical-reports/" target="_blank">http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/statistical-reports/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/12/2016 15:08:18 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

659463

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Conservative Party
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many appointees to (a) executive non-departmental and (b) other public bodies declared political activity for the Conservative Party in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	57967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Political activity of all public appointments is collected and published by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The statistical methodology has changed since 2014-15, and the figures are not directly comparative over the last five years.</p><p><em>Political affiliation as percentage of total number of public appointments:</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Conservative</p></td><td><p>Labour</p></td><td><p>Lib Dem</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>10.2%</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Political affiliation as percentage of those who answered the question on political activity:</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Conservative</p></td><td><p>Labour</p></td><td><p>Lib Dem</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>6.2%</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sub>NB. These figures are not comparative with the previous table: the rise is due to the different methodology.</sub></p><p>Overall, 94% of appointees in 2015-16 declared no political activity. By contrast, the political activity declaration rates under the last Labour Government were 10.2% in 2008-09, 10.4% in 2007-08 and 15.8% in 2006-07.</p><p>Being involved in a political party is a healthy part of civic democracy, and those interested in politics are often the same people who will be interested in public service. Individuals are appointed on the basis of their skills and experience, not their party background.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/12/2016 09:14:50 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

659464

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the proportion of chairs who were (a) appointed and (b) re-appointed to public bodies who were (i) female, (ii) from an ethnic minority and (iii) disabled by (A) executive and (B) non-executive body in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	57968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Data on executive body chairs is not held centrally. Data on chairs of non-executive bodies which are public appointments is collected and published by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The data can be found on the Commissioner’s website at: <a href="http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/statistical-reports/" target="_blank">http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/statistical-reports/</a></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/12/2016 09:10:38 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff