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1716845

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing a statement of principle that all services should be provided in-person where possible.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	25465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone has affordable access to public services, whether online or offline.</p><p>Departments are required by the Government's Service Standard to provide support via alternative channels for all their online services to all users, including disabled people, people with other legally protected characteristics, people who do not have access to the internet and/or lack the skills and/or confidence to use it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 17/05/2024 13:39:45 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1609126

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that civil service recruitment processes comply with provisions in the Equality Act 2010 on discrimination against people according to their (a) socio-economic status and (b) other protected characteristics.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	177752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office operates a policy requiring all employment opportunities to be made readily available to all.</p><p>The current selection process is designed to be fair and objectively identify the best candidates.</p><p>There are a number of safeguards built in to the process:</p><ul><li><p>Applications are anonymised until after the sift stage.</p></li><li><p>All sifters are expected to act in accordance with the Civil Service Code.</p></li><li><p>We would also expect an independent presence during any sift exercise. Each panel should include at least one member from outside of the line of business to provide an independent view.</p></li></ul><p>We are committed to providing services and developing policies which promote equality of opportunity and eliminate unlawful discrimination. We are an equal opportunities employer and will not unlawfully discriminate in any aspect of employment, including how employees are selected or how employees are treated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/04/2023 08:09:47 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1609259

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what schemes the Government run to encourage people from lower socio-economic backgrounds into the civil service.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	177813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>We have a range of schemes to encourage people from lower all backgrounds to join the civil service including:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>Apprenticeships, a new strategy was launched in April 2022 and included a target for lower-socio economic backgrounds.</p></li><li><p>Accelerated development schemes like the Fast Stream. (Representation from lower socio-economic backgrounds in the Fast Stream has increased annually since 2016.)</p></li><li><p>Civil Service Commission’s Going Forward into Employment Scheme: Life Chances scheme, uses innovative approaches to recruit people from a wide range of backgrounds into the Civil Service with targeted recruitment of care leavers, prison leavers and veterans.</p></li><li><p>Internships such as the Summer Diversity Internship Programme, the scope of which has been broadened to include lower-socio economic backgrounds.</p></li><li><p>Mentoring and sponsorship such as the Ministry of Justice Graduate Aspiration programme.</p></li><li><p>Outreach is carried out by many of our departments within Schools, Colleges and Universities to raise awareness of the broad range of Civil Service careers available.</p></li><li><p>Work experience placements such as Movement to Work which supports employers to provide work placements that combine employability skills training with on-the-job experience.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/04/2023 08:04:31 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1607924

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Bolton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the level of foreign direct investment into Bolton in the period since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	174258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon Lady’s Parliamentary Question of 27 March is <del class="ministerial">attached.</del><ins class="ministerial">attached and the completed answer will be deposited in the House of Commons Library.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 30/03/2023 14:42:29 question first ministerially corrected 17/05/2023 15:11:02 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ174258HR (1).pdf title UKSA Response previous answer version 66499 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ174258HR (1).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1535371

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Queen Elizabeth II: Public Statues
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the proposal to place a statue of Queen Elizabeth II on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	69573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is grateful for the many suggestions received to commemorate the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II. We will carefully consider these suggestions, including those that relate to Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth, as part of thinking about how we remember Her extraordinary legacy.</p><p>Following the passing of the Deregulation Act 2015, consent from the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is no longer required to erect statues in London.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 27/10/2022 16:49:19 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1277745

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
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 progress the Government has made on implementing a framework for compensation for the victims of the contaminated blood scandal.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	138913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>Work is currently underway and I will update Parliament as soon as possible on this.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/01/2021 16:42:55 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1224423

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ethnic Groups: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Racial Disparity Unit's explain or change communications strategy was announced; what the cost to the public purse was of that strategy; and what assessment he has made of that strategy's efficiency in promoting change.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	73772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answers to <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-06-16/59728/" target="_blank">PQ 59728</a> on 16 June 2020 and <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-06-22/62369/" target="_blank">PQ 62369</a> on 24 June 2020.</p><p>The details of expenditure are published regularly on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/07/2020 17:20:51 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1224424

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ethnic Groups: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Explain or change campaign continues to inform the work of the Racial Disparity Unit.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	73773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answers to <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-06-16/59728/" target="_blank">PQ 59728</a> on 16 June 2020 and <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-06-22/62369/" target="_blank">PQ 62369</a> on 24 June 2020.</p><p>The details of expenditure are published regularly on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/07/2020 17:31:57 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1216059

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ethnic Groups: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Race Disparity Audit, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment of the explain or change approach adopted by the Race Disparity Unit when working with the Department for Health and Social Care; and what changes to that Department's policies has the unit recommended as a result of data it has gathered since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	62369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The ‘Explain or Change’ communications campaign concluded in June last year, and the Race Disparity Unit (RDU) continues to work with other Government departments to address disparities. This includes working with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Department for Education (DfE). This work includes, for example, considering recommendations from an independent review of the Mental Health Act, acting on the recommendations of the Lammy Review and taking forward recommendations from the Timpson Review into school exclusions. As has been the case under successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 62370 62371 62372 62373 question first answered 25/06/2020 13:56:21 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1216060

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ethnic Groups: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Race Disparity Audit, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment of the explain or change approach adopted by the Race Disparity Unit when working with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; and what changes to that Department's policies has the unit recommended as a result of data it has gathered since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	62370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The ‘Explain or Change’ communications campaign concluded in June last year, and the Race Disparity Unit (RDU) continues to work with other Government departments to address disparities. This includes working with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Department for Education (DfE). This work includes, for example, considering recommendations from an independent review of the Mental Health Act, acting on the recommendations of the Lammy Review and taking forward recommendations from the Timpson Review into school exclusions. As has been the case under successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 62369 62371 62372 62373 question first answered 25/06/2020 13:56:22 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi