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93751

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) men, (b) women, (c) people of an ethnic minority and (d) disabled candidates have been appointed to the boards of public bodies in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	210951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Commissioner for Public Appointments publishes statistics annually. The latest figures for 2013-14 can be found at <a href="http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk</a></p><p>Since 2013, the Government has published details on the gender of public appointments at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-in-public-appointments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-in-public-appointments</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 21/10/2014 15:38:47 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

93823

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the mortality rate from cancer has been in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the East Midlands in each of the last 15 years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	210947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 21/10/2014 15:32:03 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 210947 ONS 353.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Mortality Rate
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

93867

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what public appointments her Department has made in each of the last five years; and what payments each person so appointed is entitled to claim.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	210952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Public appointments made by the Government Equalities Office in the last five years have been to the Equality and Human Rights Commission:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EHRC public appointments</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the last five years EHRC Commissioners have received fees at a rate of £400 per day (except for the Chair and Deputy Chair who are salaried). Commissioners also receive expenses for travel and subsistence in the course of their EHRC duties. Payments made vary considerably depending on each Commissioner’s role and the amount of time that each contributes. The table shows the range of remuneration paid to Commissioners during the period:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range of EHRC Commissioner salary or fees paid</p></td><td><p>£2,366 to £124,000</p></td><td><p>£7,000 to £124,000</p></td><td><p>£10,808 to £147,000</p></td><td><p>£2,167 to £65,000</p></td><td><p>£10,000 to £55,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range of EHRC Commissioner expenses paid</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£2 to £1,574</p></td><td><p>£1 to £1,580</p></td><td><p>£1 to £1,260</p></td><td><p>0 to £1,718</p></td><td><p>0 to £7,679</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 21/10/2014 11:03:47 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

93869

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what information the Government Equalities Office holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing that Office who were not paid at or above the rate of the London Living Wage in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	210949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Government Equalities Office has not been serviced by any sub-contracted staff over the last five years. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 21/10/2014 11:04:31 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91592

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men have been unable to pay employment tribunal fees in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	209108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is unable to collect such data, since it cannot identify people who choose not to use the employment tribunals for whatever reason.</p><p> </p><p>A fee remission scheme is available for anyone without the means to pay a fee in the employment tribunals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 13/10/2014 12:41:07 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91593

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men have pursued discrimination cases against their employers in employment tribunals in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	209140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The number of discrimination cases received can be found in the latest official statistics release published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). Statistical data are published annually and quarterly, including volumes of jurisdictional discrimination complaints received and disposed of. That information is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2014.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below provide data on the number of jurisdictional complaints accepted for discrimination claims by gender for the last five financial years(1) and the number of jurisdictional complaints where no gender was recorded.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Table 1 – Number of jurisdictional complaints accepted by gender for discrimination claims</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>23,027</p></td><td><p>13,821</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>26,041</p></td><td><p>13,925</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>17,287</p></td><td><p>12,336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>22,414</p></td><td><p>13,682</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>15,288</p></td><td><p>8,699</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Table 2 – Number of jurisdictional complaints accepted for discrimination where no gender was recorded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>3,598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>258</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) These data have been taken from a live case management system so may differ from the previously published official statistics. These data have been extracted specifically to answer this question and are not subject to the same level of checking as the official statistics.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 13/10/2014 12:34:16 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91596

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers' Private Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many senior civil servants appointed to positions in his private office were previously (a) political appointees in the Cabinet Office and (b) employed by a political party since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	209109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>None</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 13/10/2014 16:21:39 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91655

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has given to the Child Maintenance Service and Child Support Agency about parents who repeatedly report changes in circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	209116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Where a person’s circumstances change, they are entitled to report them to the Child Suport Agency (CSA) or Child Maintenance Service (CMS). Where the reported change has substantive grounds for superseding an existing decision, the CSA / CMS will investigate that change applying the usual evidential requirements or supersession rules.</p><p>Case officers have access to online procedures that provide a comprehensive guide on all aspects of handling child maintenance applications including procedures, policies and legislative references.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 11:45:11 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91656

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the Child Maintenance Service and Child Support Agency of repeated changes of circumstances in child support maintenance by either parent in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	209117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 10:43:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91657

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what income the (a) Child Maintenance Service and (b) Child Support Agency received from telephone calls to its hotlines in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	209118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>No income has been received by either the Child Maintenance Service or the Child Support Agency from telephone calls to its hotlines since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 10:38:57 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero