Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
If he will take steps to help ensure that Ministers make themselves available for select committee evidence sessions.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Government is absolutely committed to Parliamentary scrutiny, and recognises the important role played by Select Committees.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to combat phishing scams in relation to gov.uk services; and what discussions he has had with search engine providers on screening those scams out of search results.
Answered by Chloe Smith
GOV.UK is the government's website and online brand. We take steps to ensure this is protected so that people can rely on it as a trusted source for information and do not fall victim to phishing scams.
We ensure that government information and services are correctly listed and rank highly in search engine results so that they are easy for people to find and identify as government information and services. When we identify misleading or scam websites, we immediately report them to the search provider as part of our established process on misleading and scam websites.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many single parent households there are in the UK.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to broaden the diversity of people considered for public appointments.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Public appointments must be drawn from the broadest possible pool of talent.
We’ve set up the Centre for Public Appointments to attract the widest possible range of candidates. The proportion of women appointed to public roles is increasing, but there is more to do.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people from Commonwealth countries who remained longer than a year entered the country in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women under the age of 25 have contracted cervical cancer in each of the last five years.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the workforce was paid at least the living wage in (a) Huddersfield, (b) Kirklees, (c) Yorkshire, (d) London, (e) England and (f) the UK in each of the last five years.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the workforce was paid no more than the minimum wage in (a) Huddersfield, (b) Kirklees, (c) Yorkshire, (d) London, (e) England and (f) the UK in each of the last five years.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of polygamous marriages in (a) England and (b) Wales.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of couples who have polygamous marriages in (a) England and (b) Wales where one partner is married to another in a legal ceremony and where at least one partner is simultaneously also married to a third party in an unregistered religious ceremony.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.