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60874

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date	10/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Equal Opportunities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what targets the Law Officers' Departments have for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	199919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to her by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 16th June (Official Report, Col 434W).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 17/06/2014 12:55:15 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60875

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Equal Opportunities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what consideration the Law Officers' Departments' give to the diversity policies and records of businesses or other organisations when considering their bid for commercial contracts or grants.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	199940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to her by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 16th June (Official Report, Col 434W).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 17/06/2014 12:53:07 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60893

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equal Opportunities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what targets his Department has for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	199937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p><strong>In common with other government departments the Treasury has diversity targets for its workforce (gender, ethnicity and disability), monitors progress and implements diversity initiatives where appropriate. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>HM Treasury diversity targets for its Senior Civil Service (SCS) </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Group</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Target</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Women</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>42 %</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>BME</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5% </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Disability</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5% </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>HM Treasury's diversity targets for its employees below the SCS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Group</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Target</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Women Range E</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50% </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Women Range D</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50% </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>BME Range E</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>BME Range D</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Disability Range E</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Disability Range D</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>On progress against the targets the Treasury publishes information on the proportion of its employees by gender, ethnicity and disability by each Civil Service pay scale. The most recent information, March 2013, is in HM Treasury's <em>Annual Report and Accounts 2012-13</em>, page 43, available on the Treasury's external website. </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>The March 2014 data will be published in the <em>Annual Report and Accounts</em> 2014 in due course</strong></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 17/06/2014 15:05:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60896

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Equal Opportunities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consideration his Department gives to the diversity policies and records of businesses or other organisations when considering their bid for commercial contracts or grants.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	199942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This Government procures on the basis of value for money. Departments and the Crown Commercial Service will ensure that social, economic and sustainability issues are considered in procurement projects and that specifications, terms and conditions and evaluation criteria are developed to ensure that the relevant issues are addressed as appropriate for the subject matter of the requirements.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the Written Ministerial Statement of 6 September 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 33WS, on the Government response to the public sector equality duty review, there is clear evidence of equality and diversity policies going too far in the other direction, by imposing unreasonable and expensive burdens on organisations bidding for public sector contracts. The Government has committed to reducing procurement gold-plating by the public sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/06/2014 15:54:44 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60918

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Equal Opportunities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what targets his Department has for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	199926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department currently works towards meeting the diversity representation targets set by the Cabinet Office for Senior Civil Servants. Our current rates against those targets are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Females in SCS – 34% (Target 39%)</li><li>Females at PB2 or above – 21% (Target 34%)</li><li>Disability – 3% (Target 5%)</li><li>Ethnicity – 1% (Target 5%)</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 16/06/2014 11:57:52 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson