Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to in Central Government Supply Estimates 2017-18, HC808, if he will itemise the £22 million reduction in his Department's Estimates.
Answered by Suella Braverman
The £22m figure is made of up of transfers to the National Archive, Cabinet Office, Foreign & Commonwealth Office and HM Treasury.
The specific details can be found on page 921 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2017-18, HC808, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supplementary-estimates-2017-18.
Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department operates a ban the box employment policy in respect of ex-offender job applicants with unspent convictions; and how many employees of his Department have unspent convictions.
Answered by David Jones
The Government is committed to improving diversity of opportunity and creating an inclusive working environment that attracts the best talent and makes the most of potential skills and productivity of ex-offenders in the community.
The Civil Service has committed to banning the box, following the former Prime Minister's commitment in February 2016. Business in the Community's Ban the Box campaign was formally launched across the Civil Service on the 17th October 2016.
A number of departments are already operating their recruitment process in line with the Ban the Box principles. This approach is now being formalised across the Civil Service and departments are working to implement this initiative quickly and effectively to ensure their roles attract the widest possible range of applicants. The Cabinet Office is responsible for the Ban the Box policy in the Civil Service.
Information requested relating to how many DExEU employees have unspent convictions could only be obtained at disproportionate cost in terms of time and resource.