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1167347

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether each Department has set a target for the elimination of the gender pay gap in their workforce; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	7686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>In 2017, the Government introduced world-leading legislation that made it statutory for organisations with 250 or more employees to report annually on their gender pay gap. Government departments are covered by the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017 which came into force on 31 March 2017. These regulations underpin the Public Sector Equality Duty and require the relevant organisations to publish their gender pay gap data by 30 March annually.</p><p>Each year, in addition to reporting the figures required by the legislation each department publishes a stand alone report outlining the reasons that contribute to their gender pay gap and the action plans aimed at reducing it. At present there is no set date by which gender pay gaps will be eliminated and it is acknowledged that it will take many years.</p><p>Individual departmental gender pay gap reports are available on gov.uk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 04/11/2019 10:27:05 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1167355

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, who is responsible for digitisation in his Department; and what mechanisms the person with responsibility for digitisation uses to champion digitisation.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	7656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The Government Digital Service leads the Government’s Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) function, helping departments build and run services that are digital by default and focused on the needs of citizens.</p><p>GDS does this in a number of ways. It works with departments to set the government's strategy for digital transformation, including the Government Transformation Strategy. It runs the GDS Academy, which has upskilled over 10,000 civil servants in the skills that are essential to building public services in the 21st century, and deploys specialist DDaT teams across government to accelerate the delivery of priority projects. GDS establishes, and assures projects against, clear best practice standards to help departments deliver world-class digital services that are designed around user needs. It also helps departments to build these services by providing advice and developing solutions to common problems and making them available for reuse across government’s digital estate; removing duplication and freeing up resources for departments to focus on solving the hard problems that are unique to them.</p><p>Within government we have a strong focus on the concept of “digital maturity” which encapsulates not only delivery of excellent digital services, but improving government’s processes, tools, and infrastructure, developing digital, data and technology (DDaT) capability, and upskilling decision makers to ensure we build on these foundations to deliver digital transformation at scale.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 04/11/2019 10:27:47 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1167051

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2019 to Question 3548 on Cabinet Office: Temporary Employment, how many of those staff in each category worked in each Government Department.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	7063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The requested information below is for Central Government departments only, which are the majority of customers for the Public Sector Resourcing framework.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Contracting Authority</p></td><td><p>£200 or less</p></td><td><p>£201 to £500</p></td><td><p>£501 to £1000</p></td><td><p>£1001 to £2000</p></td><td><p>more than £2000</p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attorney General's Office</p></td><td><p>354</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>522</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cabinet Office</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>254</p></td><td><p>285</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy</p></td><td><p>327</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>662</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Education</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p></td><td><p>2857</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3084</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Health and Social Care (including NHS England)</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Transport</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>589</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Work and Pensions (including BDPTS)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>625</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMRC</p></td><td><p>861</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HOME OFFICE</p></td><td><p>1122</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Defence</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>473</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Justice</p></td><td><p>3059</p></td><td><p>527</p></td><td><p>355</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3942</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>10260</p></td><td><p>3141</p></td><td><p>2493</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>15954</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note that the grand total of workers placed has increased since the previous question. This is predominantly due to the integration of different systems not being complete since question 888 was asked.</p><p>Other bodies (e.g. Devolved Administrations, Arms Length Bodies, Police, Health) are eligible to use this framework agreement but this information is not included in the above response. Neither the Department for International Trade or the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have used this framework agreement at the time this question was asked. The Department for Exiting the European Union are not eligible to use this framework agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 04/11/2019 10:26:12 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1166629

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2019 to Question 1565, how many civil servants co-ordinate the work of the approximately 17,000 Digital, Data and Technology professionals employed across government and directly supporting delivery of the Digital Transformation Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	6212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>50 FTE in GDS act as central support and coordination for developing the Digital, Data and Technology profession across government. However, each department has their own DDaT professionals who also support the delivery of the digital transformation agenda.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 31/10/2019 15:47:24 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1166630

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2019 to Question 1565, how many of those 17,000 Digital, Data and Technology professionals are (a) directly employed civil servants and (b) contingent workers.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	6213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>Of the 15,508 DDaT professionals we have validated, so far, as part of the recent DDaT workforce commission (July 2019), there are approximately 9,955 civil servants, 3,469 contingent workers and 2,084 professionals with an unreported resource type.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 31/10/2019 15:42:42 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1166800

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2019 to Question 2834 on Cabinet Office: Living Wage, what the evidential basis is for the estimate that 46,000 civil servants earn below the Living Wage Foundation’s living wage or London living wage; and how many of those 46,000 civil servants were based in (a) London and (b) outside London.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	6468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>Pay for civil servants below the senior civil service is delegated to individual departments to determine. The 46,000 civil servants that earn below the voluntary living wage rates is an estimate using a range of data sources, as not all the required information is held centrally. This includes the 2019 Civil Service Statistics data, estimates from individual departments, and estimates of contracted working hours in each department.</p><p>On this basis, as of 31 March 2019 the overall number of civil servants based in London earning below the London Living wage (£10.55) stood at approximately 1,500. The number based outside London and earning below the voluntary living wage outside London (£9.00), stood at approximately 44,000.</p><p>Detailed information on the Civil Service Statistics and its data collection can be found here:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2019" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2019</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 31/10/2019 15:44:05 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1156169

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date funding for gov.verify stops.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	5083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>In October 2018, the Cabinet Office announced that government funding would stop in March 2020. GOV.UK Verify provides secure access to 21 government services and has over 5.2 million accounts. The government is committed to ensuring that services are able to access the identity services they need beyond April 2020 and has set out plans for how it will support the creation of a thriving digital ID market.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 29/10/2019 16:36:29 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1156219

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Property Agency: Public and Commercial Services Union
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Government Property Agency has to recognise the PCS union for its facility management contracts.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	5022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Recognition of Trade Union bodies is a matter for the relevant employers to determine. The Government Property Agency works with its Facilities Management providers to ensure effective engagement of both parties in cases where recognition has not yet been achieved.</p><p>Contracts also set out agreement that the Principles of Good Employment Practice (as published by the Cabinet Office) will apply in regarding the employee engagement. A key principle of this is:</p><p>“Government recognises the premise that engagement between employee, employer and a recognised trade union where appropriate can be a key to unlocking productivity and creating a motivated workforce that feels respected, involved, heard, is well led and valued by those they work for and with.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 29/10/2019 16:39:19 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1156252

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Property Agency: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government Property Agency's Total Facilities Management Contract requires (a) staff to be paid the Living Wage set by the Living Wage Foundation and (b) London-based staff to be paid the London Living Wage set by the Greater London Authority.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	5077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government Property Agency's Total Facilities Management is carried out by Interserve FM Ltd and I refer the Hon member to the answers provided in PQ 214493 answered on 4th Feb 2019.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 29/10/2019 16:40:38 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1151713

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to move public sector jobs outside London.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
uin	900092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to ensure that more civil service roles and public bodies should be located in the regions and nations of the United Kingdom.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is co-ordinating this activity through the Places for Growth programme. The Programme has identified over three thousand roles for relocation over a phased timetable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 23/10/2019 15:06:05 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham