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Written Question
Homelessness: Death
Thursday 27th June 2019

Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the 10 local authorities with the greatest number of recorded homeless deaths since 2010.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

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Written Question
Health: EU Countries
Monday 24th June 2019

Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of average wellbeing in the UK relative to other European countries.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.


Written Question
Prime Minister: Statistics
Monday 17th June 2019

Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions her office has received representations from the UK Statistics Authority on her office's presentation and use of statistics in each year since 2010..

Answered by Theresa May

The information is not held.


Written Question
Cabinet Office: Retirement
Thursday 16th May 2019

Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what support his Department provides to staff in his Department (a) in their transition to retirement and (b) to (i) maintain and (ii) increase the physical and mental wellbeing staff planning for retirement.

Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

The Cabinet Office has a retirement policy on how employees should prepare for
retirement. It also provides pensions awareness sessions, supported by a member help
centre which is run by MyCSP, and plans to run financial education sessions in November
2019

The Cabinet Office wellbeing action plan enables support for all staff, including those near
retirement. A number of key initiatives which support people transitioning to retirement
include: running leadership wellbeing training for all Senior Civil Servants, updating line
manager training to ensure wellbeing is included in all conversations, embedding wellbeing
into the Senior Civil Service leadership objective and including wellbeing in performance
management monthly conversation tools

There are a number of support services available in Cabinet Office that provide support or
advice to all employees, and would be of benefit to those nearing retirement. These
include the Cabinet Office alumni network, the Cabinet Office listening service and the
employee assistance programme

Civil Service Learning also offers learning opportunities for all Civil Servants planning for
retirement, including a day-long workshop on this subject.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 May 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

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Written Question
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Departmental Responsibilities
Monday 13th May 2019

Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, when she plans to appoint a new Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa.

Answered by Theresa May

My Honourable Friend the Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Andrew Murrison MP) has been appointed as a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development.


Written Question
Opiates: Death
Thursday 9th May 2019

Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many death certificates contained references to opioids in each year for which data is available.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.


Written Question
Employment: Disability
Thursday 9th May 2019

Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the percentage of employed individuals with long-term disablities who are employed in (a) higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations and (b) routine occupations.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.


Written Question
Children: Day Care
Thursday 9th May 2019

Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the number of childcare workers in receipt of (a) tax credits and (b) universal credit.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.