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683452

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many former prisoners have been employed by his Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	62970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 08/02/2017 11:26:43 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

690479

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the (a) mean and (b) median pay was for staff in his Department who were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) white, (iv) from an ethnic minority background, (v) disabled and (vi) non-disabled in the most recent year for which information is available, broken down by (A) full-time and (B) part-time workers.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	64179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Wales Office does not employ staff directly. It is not possible to provide specific pay analysis broken down by representative groups. Some of the representative groups compromise fewer than 5 people, and individuals may become potentially identifiable.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics annually publish the highest and median salary for each Civil Service organisation, including the Wales Office, as part of the Civil Service Statistics. This information can be found on the Office for National Statistics website:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/medianpayannexb" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/medianpayannexb</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 27/02/2017 16:28:09 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

760170

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of his Department's staff had a pay increase (a) above one per cent, (b) at one per cent and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	10441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Wales Office staff employed by the Ministry of Justice who have received a pay increase above, at or less than, 1% in the last three years is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Percentage Salary Increase: Wales Office</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </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><strong>Less than 1%</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1%</strong></p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Greater than 1%</strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Excluded</strong></p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>~ </strong>Figure omitted to avoid disclosure of totals of 2 or fewer</p><p><strong>* </strong>Figure omitted to ensure other data cannot be derived</p><p> </p><p>Data is not available for Wales Office staff employed by organisations theory other than the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 09/10/2017 12:07:04 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

901368

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Official Cars
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2018 to Question 141014, on Official Cars, what the total number of civil servants who have been provided with a car to carry out duties is; and what the pay grade is of each of those civil servants.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	142818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>Around 240 Ministry of Defence civil servants have been allocated an official car to enable them to carry out essential duties including security, welfare, chaplaincy, safety, training and recruitment. Over 200 are security service engineers who provide security services to all of Government and the Royal palaces. The cars are held by the individual until the conclusion of their tenure in the role. Their grades are primarily bands D(EO), C2((HEO) and C1(SEO), and skill zone equivalents.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 17/05/2018 16:35:58 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

917443

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Official Cars
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2018 to Question 142818 on official cars, what the cost to the public purse of providing allocated cars to civil servants to carry out official duties was in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	149975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 13/06/2018 15:21:24 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1338498

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 December 2020, HCWS652, on Unconscious bias training, what steps he has taken to phase out unconscious bias training in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	19553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>Defence is continually looking at ways to build a fairer, more inclusive, and more effective workplace.</p><p>Last year, the Government Equalities Office commissioned a report into unconscious bias and diversity training. It concluded that the training was not achieving its intended aims and would be phased out. In response to this, the Ministry of Defence has phased out unconscious bias training within the Department.</p><p>To ensure we continue to build fairer and more effective workplaces the <em>Diversity and Inclusion 2020</em> course has been replaced by the <em>Inclusion in the Civil Service </em>course. The Inclusion in the Civil Service course comprises of four modules (Equality, diversity, and inclusion in the Civil Service; Our inclusive workplace; Our customers; the legal framework) and has had the unconscious bias training elements removed.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 28/06/2021 13:33:02 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1587665

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Global Disinformation Index
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided to the Global Disinformation Index in each of the last three years; for what reason his Department provides funding to that organisation; and how many times his Department has held discussions with that organisation in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	149420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme has funded the Global Disinformation Index since 2019, for activities outside the US, providing £1,999,026 between 2019 and 2022, with a further £600,797 during the current financial year. As a programme beneficiary there will have been frequent contact between the Programme Team and GDI as well as regular performance reports and reviews.</p><p>As graphically demonstrated around its illegal war in Ukraine, Russia has made disinformation central to its foreign and security policies and invested massively in systems to deny, obfuscate and distract from its actions. The Kremlin exploits any issue or system, including internet platforms and social media.</p><p>GDI uses technology to identify malign use of the internet and works with technology companies to respond appropriately.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 24/02/2023 14:37:38 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1599417

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Global Disinformation Index
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2023 to Question 149420 on Global Disinformation Index, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Global Disinformation Index funding is only spent on activities outside the US.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	153719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>Grant agreements between FCDO and the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) related to this project clearly specify the regions in which activities funded by FCDO will take place. I [Minister Docherty] can again confirm that FCDO did not fund GDI activity in the USA. GDI provide formal quarterly performance reports to FCDO and there are frequent informal contacts between GDI and our programme managers.</p><p>All FCDO programmes and projects comply with appropriate HMG programme management, commercial and financial rules and guidance, including monitoring and evaluation of project performance. I can confirm that the FCDO's GDI project complies with these rules.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 02/03/2023 17:03:48 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1606377

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Global Disinformation Index
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2023 to Question 153719 on Global Disinformation Index, whether that Global Disinformation Index funding is spent solely on activities outside the Commonwealth.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	171377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>Between 2020 and 2021, FCDO funded Global Disinformation Index (GDI) activity covering media markets in South Africa, Australia, Canada, Kenya and India, in addition to markets outside the Commonwealth. As with all GDI work of this kind, GDI operated in a transparent way, for example by informing media companies in advance that they would be included in surveys.</p><p>Sadly we have seen many examples over recent years of hostile state and non-state actors exploiting online and traditional media based across a wide range of countries for malign purposes. The work of organisations like GDI is critical in identifying and countering this malign use of the information space.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 29/03/2023 14:59:18 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1609120

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Global Disinformation Index
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2023 to Question 171377 on Global Disinformation Index, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of Global Disinformation Index activity in identifying and countering the potential use of advertising revenue of news publishing companies to support candidates in elections in Commonwealth countries.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	177733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The Global Disinformation Index (GDI) seeks to assess and identify disinformation online and provide information to assist technology and media organisations in deterring such activities and to disrupt revenues that emanate from them. The FCDO has made no assessment of GDI in relation to the use of advertising revenue of news publishing companies to support candidates in elections in Commonwealth countries.</p><p>As with all FCDO programmes and projects, our support for GDI complies with His Majesty's Government's programme management, commercial and financial rules and guidance. This includes quarterly performance reports and frequent informal contacts between GDI and our programme managers. An independent review of our project with GDI conducted in 2022 concluded that &quot;it is clear that GDI is making a real impact in countering disinformation&quot;.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 17/04/2023 16:45:17 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies