The Cabinet Office has not publicly consulted on Civil Service pay levels in the last 12 months.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4048", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Caroline Nokes"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Romsey and Southampton North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Nokes"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-09-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-09-05T13:42:33.903Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-07-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Civil Servants: Pay"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has received the results of any consultation on Civil Service pay levels in the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4657", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anneliese Dodds"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Oxford East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Anneliese Dodds"} ], "uin" : "6449"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/754482", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/754482/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
I refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith on 18 July 2017 to UIN: 4273.<\/p>
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The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of people in Jarrow constituency worked in the public sector in each year for which data is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/754503/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government published its response to consultation on the Green Paper on Corporate Governance Reform <\/em>on 29th August.<\/p> The response sets out the Government\u2019s plans to introduce secondary legislation to require quoted companies to report annually the ratio of CEO pay to the average pay of their UK workforce along with a narrative explaining changes to that ratio from year to year and setting the ratio in the context of pay and conditions across the wider workforce.<\/p> Companies already face a binding vote on their executive remuneration policy at least once every three years, and must win a binding shareholder vote for any executive pay proposals that deviate from that policy. Most listed companies secure strong backing from their shareholders for their executive pay arrangements and are sensitive to shareholder concerns.<\/p> A minority, however, do not respond adequately to shareholder concerns. The Government has therefore invited the Financial Reporting Council to revise the UK Corporate Governance Code to be more specific about the steps that premium listed companies should take to understand and address shareholder concerns when they encounter significant opposition to their executive pay policies and awards.<\/p> The Government has also invited the Investment Association to implement a proposal made in its response to the Green Paper to maintain a public register of listed companies encountering shareholder opposition to pay awards of 20% or more. This will be accompanied by a record of what these companies have said they are doing to address shareholder concerns. The Government will monitor the impact of these measures.<\/p>