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Written Question
List of Ministerial Responsibilities: Coronavirus
Monday 29th June 2020

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2020 to Question 27615, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing an updated List of Ministerial Responsibilities on gov.uk to reflect new responsibilities during the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by Chloe Smith

I refer the Hon. member to the answer given to PQs 57314, 57315, 57316 and 57317 on 15 June 2020.


Written Question
Marriage: Coronavirus
Tuesday 2nd June 2020

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to release updated guidance on marriages during the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons

As stated in 'Our Plan To Rebuild', the Government's COVID-19 Recovery Strategy, the Government is examining how to enable people to gather in slightly larger groups to better facilitate small weddings.


Written Question
List of Ministerial Responsibilities
Friday 13th March 2020

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2020 to Question 25034, how many times Ministerial responsibilities have changed since 11 October 2019 when the last updated List of Ministerial Responsibilities was published on gov.uk.

Answered by Chloe Smith

Ministerial responsibilities change for a variety of reasons, including following changes in appointments. Details of ministerial responsibilities can be found on the GOV.UK website.

Updates to the List of Ministerial Responsibilities document are made periodically to reflect the Government as it stands on the day of publication. An update will be published in due course.


Written Question
List of Ministerial Responsibilities
Friday 13th March 2020

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2020 to Question 25033, what criteria the Government uses to determine when to publish an updated List of Ministerial Responsibilities on gov.uk.

Answered by Chloe Smith

Ministerial responsibilities change for a variety of reasons, including following changes in appointments. Details of ministerial responsibilities can be found on the GOV.UK website.

Updates to the List of Ministerial Responsibilities document are made periodically to reflect the Government as it stands on the day of publication. An update will be published in due course.


Written Question
Civil Servants: Recruitment
Friday 13th March 2020

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Civil Service Fast Stream entrants graduated less than a year before starting the programme in each of the last five years.

Answered by Chloe Smith

We do not cross-tabulate information relating to the year of graduation for candidates recommended for appointment. This could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The Civil Service does not have post-programme tracking by grade for completed Fast Streamers.

The next Civil Service Fast Stream Annual Report will be published in due course. This report will include indicators.

Further information can be found in previous reports.


Written Question
Civil Servants: Recruitment
Friday 13th March 2020

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants at each grade are graduates of the Civil Service Fast Stream programme.

Answered by Chloe Smith

We do not cross-tabulate information relating to the year of graduation for candidates recommended for appointment. This could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The Civil Service does not have post-programme tracking by grade for completed Fast Streamers.

The next Civil Service Fast Stream Annual Report will be published in due course. This report will include indicators.

Further information can be found in previous reports.


Written Question
Civil Service: Recruitment
Friday 13th March 2020

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to publish the next Civil Service Fast Stream Annual Report.

Answered by Chloe Smith

We do not cross-tabulate information relating to the year of graduation for candidates recommended for appointment. This could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The Civil Service does not have post-programme tracking by grade for completed Fast Streamers.

The next Civil Service Fast Stream Annual Report will be published in due course. This report will include indicators.

Further information can be found in previous reports.


Written Question
Civil Service: Recruitment
Friday 13th March 2020

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what indicators are used to measure the effectiveness of the Civil Service Fast Stream programme.

Answered by Chloe Smith

We do not cross-tabulate information relating to the year of graduation for candidates recommended for appointment. This could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The Civil Service does not have post-programme tracking by grade for completed Fast Streamers.

The next Civil Service Fast Stream Annual Report will be published in due course. This report will include indicators.

Further information can be found in previous reports.


Written Question
List of Ministerial Responsibilities
Monday 9th March 2020

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2020 to Question 21909, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of setting targets for the publication of the List of Ministerial Responsibilities; and if he will take steps to publish an updated List of Ministerial Responsibilities on GOV.UK within two weeks of any change to ministerial responsibilities.

Answered by Chloe Smith

Further to my answer of 3rd March 2020 to PQ21909, the Government has no plans to introduce a specific publication target.


Written Question
List of Ministerial Responsibilities
Monday 9th March 2020

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2020 to Question 21909, how many times ministerial responsibilities have changed since 11 October 2019 when the last updated List of Ministerial Responsibilities was published on GOV.UK.

Answered by Chloe Smith

Ministerial responsibilities change for a variety of reasons, including following changes in appointments. An updated List of Ministerial Responsibilities will be published in due course.