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Written Question
Civil Servants
Wednesday 1st July 2020

Asked by: Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat - Kingston and Surbiton)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants (a) in each ethnic group and (b) of each gender have been employed by each Government Department in each of the last five years.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The data requested for 2015-2018 is published here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics

The data for 2019 is published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2019

Note in all cases the data depends on self-declaration and a significant proportion of civil servants will choose not to do so.


Written Question
Civil Service: Recruitment
Wednesday 1st July 2020

Asked by: Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat - Kingston and Surbiton)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been recruited into the Civil Service in each Government Department in each of the last five years, by (a) ethnicity and (b) gender.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The data requested for 2015-2018 is published here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics

The data for 2019 is published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2019

Note in all cases the data depends on self-declaration and a significant proportion of civil servants will choose not to do so.


Written Question
Civil Servants: LGBT People
Wednesday 1st July 2020

Asked by: Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat - Kingston and Surbiton)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many LGBTQ+ people were employed as civil servants in each Government Department in each of the last five years.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The data requested for 2015-2018 is published here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics

The data for 2019 is published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2019

Note in all cases the data depends on self-declaration and a significant proportion of civil servants will choose not to do so.


Written Question
Civil Servants: Disability
Wednesday 1st July 2020

Asked by: Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat - Kingston and Surbiton)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants employed by each Department were disabled in each of the last five years.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The data requested for 2015-2018 is published here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics

The data for 2019 is published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2019

Note in all cases the data depends on self-declaration and a significant proportion of civil servants will choose not to do so.


Written Question
Cabinet Office: Renewable Energy
Friday 26th June 2020

Asked by: Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat - Kingston and Surbiton)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) solar panels and (b) wind turbines his Department's buildings (a) have in 2020 and (b) had in each of the last five years.

Answered by Chloe Smith

There are no solar panels or wind turbines on buildings occupied by the Cabinet Office, nor have there been in any of the last five years.

Energy suppliers to the Cabinet Office are actively seeking to decarbonise their supply chains. The Cabinet Office electricity provider is one of the UK’s leading renewable energy companies, owning 35 wind farms – including two offshore wind farms – and one of the largest operational battery storage units in Europe.

The Cabinet Office is also committed to achieving the Government’s net zero by 2050 target and is actively working with the Government Property Agency to increase the use of renewable energy, particularly in the place of gas appliances.


Written Question
Government Departments: Carers
Wednesday 24th June 2020

Asked by: Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat - Kingston and Surbiton)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants in each Government Department have used the Civil Service's Carers Passport in each of the last five years.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The Civil Service Carer’s Passport was launched in June 2018. We do not currently collect information centrally about civil servants completing a carer’s passport but are already looking to capture this data better in future.


Written Question
Prime Minister: Energy
Monday 22nd June 2020

Asked by: Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat - Kingston and Surbiton)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much energy the Prime Minister's departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The information requested is published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts, the latest edition of which is available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/819251/CO-ARA-2018-19-Final.pdf


Written Question
Cabinet Office: Energy
Monday 22nd June 2020

Asked by: Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat - Kingston and Surbiton)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The information requested is published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts, the latest edition of which is available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/819251/CO-ARA-2018-19-Final.pdf


Written Question
Official Residences: Energy Performance Certificates
Monday 22nd June 2020

Asked by: Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat - Kingston and Surbiton)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Energy Performance Certificate rating was in each official Ministerial residence, in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019 and (f) 2020.

Answered by Chloe Smith

This information is available on the website of the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and, https://www.ndepcregister.com/reportSearchAddressSelectAddress.html?id=196809993823dc3ff0591fb2f90d96fd and, https://www.ndepcregister.com/reportSearchAddressListAddresses.html?id=db2f9613e6cf3d07ab140dd8a34870ef.


Written Question
Cabinet Office: Carers
Wednesday 17th June 2020

Asked by: Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat - Kingston and Surbiton)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department had caring responsibilities in each of the last five years.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The information requested is not held centrally.