Women comprise over a third of the Senior Civil Service.<\/p>
Work commissioned through the Contestable Policy Fund begins in March and will identify and help to remove the blockages faced by women when applying for senior posts.<\/p>
<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1816", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Wallace of Saltaire"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-03-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-03-03T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-02-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage women to apply for senior posts in the Civil Service.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4298", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Suttie"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Suttie"} ], "uin" : "HL5590"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/39768", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/39768/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
<\/p>
Relocation of Government staff outside of London and the South East continues to be considered, amongst other options, to deliver the savings set out at the Spending Review and increase the efficiency of the Government’s estate. Reducing and rationalising the estate could result in relocations, although there is no centrally driven relocation target to this effect. Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each individual Department to determine.<\/p>
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<\/p>
Relocation of Government staff outside of London and the South East continues to be considered, amongst other options, to deliver the savings set out at the Spending Review and increase the efficiency of the Government’s estate. Reducing and rationalising the estate could result in relocations, although there is no centrally driven relocation target to this effect. Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each individual Department to determine.<\/p>
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<\/p>
Relocation of Government staff outside of London and the South East continues to be considered, amongst other options, to deliver the savings set out at the Spending Review and increase the efficiency of the Government’s estate. Reducing and rationalising the estate could result in relocations, although there is no centrally driven relocation target to this effect. Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each individual Department to determine.<\/p>
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<\/p>
The terms under which the Chilcot Inquiry is operatingare set out in the Protocol between the Inquiry and Her Majesty’s Government regarding documents and other written and electronic communication. They have not changed since the Inquiry’s inception in June 2009. A copy of the Protocol is available on the Inquiry’s website:<\/p>
2011-12<\/p><\/td> | 2012-13<\/p><\/td> | 2013-14<\/p><\/td> | 2014-15<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Actual:<\/p> £2,369,719<\/p><\/td> | Actual:<\/p> £5,074,446<\/p><\/td> | Budget:<\/p> £26,148,664<\/p><\/td> | Budget:<\/p> £65,478,868<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> For financial year 2015/16, £148 million has been set aside for the costs of Individual Electoral Registration, the General Election and the 2015/16 Boundary Commission; specific budgets for each of these areas are yet to be allocated.<\/p> <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1816", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Wallace of Saltaire"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-03-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-03-10T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-01-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, of the £108 million allocated in the 2010 Spending Review to cover the costs of introducing individual electoral registration, how much was spent in (1) 2010\u201311, (2) 2011\u201312, and (3) 2012\u201313; and how much is planned to be spent in (1) 2013\u201314, and (2) 2014\u201315.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/260", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Wills"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Wills"} ], "uin" : "HL4953"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/26106", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/26106/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> <\/p> I undertook to write to you when the information had been received.<\/p> <\/p> The table contained within Annex A details the live contracts that the Department holds with Capita, G4S, Serco, GeoAmey, Sodexo and MITIE. The table provides you with details on the start and end dates of these contracts, the estimated value of the contract as advertised when the procurement process was initiated, extension options and whether there is a break clause. Where information pertaining to any of these questions is already in the public domain, you will find for ease of reference links to the Hansard extracts.<\/p> <\/p> There are no contracts between the Department and A4E.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The table within Annex A provides details on financial penalties where this information is already available in the public domain. To obtain this information for all the contracts listed would incur disproportionate costs.<\/p> <\/p> The details for the legacy Electronic Monitoring contracts between the Department and G4S and Serco have not been provided to you due to the ongoing criminal investigation into issues relating to these contracts.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1560", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kenilworth and Southam"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jeremy Wright"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/26106/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "177489.XLS"} , "title" : "Table 1"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-04-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-04-28T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "date" : {"_value" : "2013-11-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which contracts his Department holds with (a) Capita, (b) A4E, (c) G4S, (d) Serco, (e) GeoAMEY, (f) Sodexo and (g) Mitie; when each contract started; how much each contract is expect to cost over its lifetime; when each contract is due to end; whether there are any options in the contract for extension; whether any financial penalties have been incurred by each contractor to date; and whether each such contract has a break clause.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1577", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sadiq Khan"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Tooting"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sadiq Khan"} ], "uin" : "177489"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/25299", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/25299/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> Role of the Department<\/em><\/p> Reflecting our responsibilities for local government, housing, planning and communities across England, the work of the Department involves staff travelling to different parts of the country.<\/p> Improved procurement has reduced our average domestic hotel rate in the UK by 8% between 2009-10 and 2012-13. Moreover, domestic flights for longer journeys can avoid the need for paying for staff to stay in a hotel overnight.<\/p> Since 2011-12, the Department accepted responsibility for some new functions outside of London, including residual functions following the closure of the Government Offices for the Regions and then oversight of the European Regional Development Fund following the abolition of the Regional Development Agencies. As these business functions relate to work in areas outside of London and to the European Commission, this has therefore increased our travel spend compared to the base of 2010-11. However, this is far more than offset by the very significant savings to taxpayers of the abolition of these regional bodies.<\/p> Based on current estimates (which reflect accounting consequences from machinery of government changes) the DCLG Group is reducing its annual running costs by around 40% in real terms between 2010-11 and 2014-15. This equates to net savings of at least £532 million over this spending review period and includes savings of around £420 million from the closure of the Government Offices for the Regions.<\/p> In addition to this, I note that the Regional Development Agencies were spending in the region of £246 million a year on administration (as cited in 11 March 2009, Official Report<\/em>, Column 592W).<\/p> Spending data<\/em><\/p> The tables below list spending on travel by financial year. Figures for 2009-10 are from July 2009, as this is when the department's current approved travel agent contract commenced; those figures are therefore only for three-quarters of the financial year, and the full year is likely to be proportionately higher.<\/p> <\/p> Overseas Travel<\/em><\/p><\/td> Overseas Accommodation<\/em><\/p><\/td> Overseas Subsistence<\/em><\/p><\/td> Total<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead> July 2009 - March 10<\/p><\/td> £408,621<\/p><\/td> £19,847<\/p><\/td> £79,574<\/p><\/td> £508,042 (part-year)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010-11<\/p><\/td> £56,304<\/p><\/td> £21,759<\/p><\/td> £27,798<\/p><\/td> £105,861<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011-12<\/p><\/td> £69,463<\/p><\/td> £21,204<\/p><\/td> £19,946<\/p><\/td> £110,613<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012-13<\/p><\/td> £78,474<\/p><\/td> £29,224<\/p><\/td> £21,911<\/p><\/td> £129,609<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> UK Travel<\/em><\/p><\/td> UK Accommodation<\/em><\/p><\/td> UK Subsistence<\/em><\/p><\/td> Total<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead> July 2009 - March 10<\/p><\/td> £621,028<\/p><\/td> £309,260<\/p><\/td> £174,888<\/p><\/td> £1,105,176 (part-year)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010-11<\/p><\/td> £434,467<\/p><\/td> £199,563<\/p><\/td> £81,315<\/p><\/td> £715,345<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011-12<\/p><\/td> £980,307<\/p><\/td> £162,544<\/p><\/td> £71,913<\/p><\/td> £1,214,764<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012-13<\/p><\/td> £1,030,710<\/p><\/td> £166,149<\/p><\/td> £74,424<\/p><\/td> £1,271,283<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Explanatory notes:<\/p> - Overseas subsistence costs can include accommodation, meals and travel tickets purchased locally.<\/p> - The costs of internal travel abroad are not routinely recorded in the form requested and this information could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.<\/p> - Data on cost per trip is not centrally held in the form requested.<\/p> - For car hire, the data from our finance systems do not separate out expenditure for domestic and international car hire and this could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p> - For helicopter hire, our records show that the Department has incurred no expenditure on this since 2010-11.<\/p> - Figures contained in this answer may differ from previous answers to Parliamentary Questions, as the data extracts have been re-run and reflect ongoing accruals and data. Delays in billing or crediting transactions can sometimes have an effect on the spend data between the financial years.<\/p> Taken in the whole, we have reduced overall travel spending compared to the last Administration, and delivered substantive savings for taxpayers' from the abolition of regional government in England.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost of travel within the UK was for his Department in each year since 2010; and how much of this was spent on (a) hire cars, (b) helicopter hire, (c) hotel accommodation and (d) subsistence.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/19992/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> Role of the Department<\/em><\/p> Reflecting our responsibilities for local government, housing, planning and communities across England, the work of the Department involves staff travelling to different parts of the country.<\/p> Improved procurement has reduced our average domestic hotel rate in the UK by 8% between 2009-10 and 2012-13. Moreover, domestic flights for longer journeys can avoid the need for paying for staff to stay in a hotel overnight.<\/p> Since 2011-12, the Department accepted responsibility for some new functions outside of London, including residual functions following the closure of the Government Offices for the Regions and then oversight of the European Regional Development Fund following the abolition of the Regional Development Agencies. As these business functions relate to work in areas outside of London and to the European Commission, this has therefore increased our travel spend compared to the base of 2010-11. However, this is far more than offset by the very significant savings to taxpayers of the abolition of these regional bodies.<\/p> Based on current estimates (which reflect accounting consequences from machinery of government changes) the DCLG Group is reducing its annual running costs by around 40% in real terms between 2010-11 and 2014-15. This equates to net savings of at least £532 million over this spending review period and includes savings of around £420 million from the closure of the Government Offices for the Regions.<\/p> In addition to this, I note that the Regional Development Agencies were spending in the region of £246 million a year on administration (as cited in 11 March 2009, Official Report<\/em>, Column 592W).<\/p> Spending data<\/em><\/p> The tables below list spending on travel by financial year. Figures for 2009-10 are from July 2009, as this is when the department's current approved travel agent contract commenced; those figures are therefore only for three-quarters of the financial year, and the full year is likely to be proportionately higher.<\/p> <\/p> Overseas Travel<\/em><\/p><\/td> Overseas Accommodation<\/em><\/p><\/td> Overseas Subsistence<\/em><\/p><\/td> Total<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead> July 2009 - March 10<\/p><\/td> £408,621<\/p><\/td> £19,847<\/p><\/td> £79,574<\/p><\/td> £508,042 (part-year)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010-11<\/p><\/td> £56,304<\/p><\/td> £21,759<\/p><\/td> £27,798<\/p><\/td> £105,861<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011-12<\/p><\/td> £69,463<\/p><\/td> £21,204<\/p><\/td> £19,946<\/p><\/td> £110,613<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012-13<\/p><\/td> £78,474<\/p><\/td> £29,224<\/p><\/td> £21,911<\/p><\/td> £129,609<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> UK Travel<\/em><\/p><\/td> UK Accommodation<\/em><\/p><\/td> UK Subsistence<\/em><\/p><\/td> Total<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead> July 2009 - March 10<\/p><\/td> £621,028<\/p><\/td> £309,260<\/p><\/td> £174,888<\/p><\/td> £1,105,176 (part-year)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010-11<\/p><\/td> £434,467<\/p><\/td> £199,563<\/p><\/td> £81,315<\/p><\/td> £715,345<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011-12<\/p><\/td> £980,307<\/p><\/td> £162,544<\/p><\/td> £71,913<\/p><\/td> £1,214,764<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012-13<\/p><\/td> £1,030,710<\/p><\/td> £166,149<\/p><\/td> £74,424<\/p><\/td> £1,271,283<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Explanatory notes:<\/p> - Overseas subsistence costs can include accommodation, meals and travel tickets purchased locally.<\/p> - The costs of internal travel abroad are not routinely recorded in the form requested and this information could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.<\/p> - Data on cost per trip is not centrally held in the form requested.<\/p> - For car hire, the data from our finance systems do not separate out expenditure for domestic and international car hire and this could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p> - For helicopter hire, our records show that the Department has incurred no expenditure on this since 2010-11.<\/p> - Figures contained in this answer may differ from previous answers to Parliamentary Questions, as the data extracts have been re-run and reflect ongoing accruals and data. Delays in billing or crediting transactions can sometimes have an effect on the spend data between the financial years.<\/p> Taken in the whole, we have reduced overall travel spending compared to the last Administration, and delivered substantive savings for taxpayers' from the abolition of regional government in England.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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