Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of women earned less than two-thirds of the median hourly pay, excluding overtime, of all full and part-time female employees in each year since 2010.
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: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil service jobs is advertised as offering flexible working.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The Government's Talent Action Plan (available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/351194/Talent_Action_Plan.pdf) noted that "many civil servants already take advantage of measures such as flexible working. Where flexible working is managed in line with business need, it can help unlock employees’ full potential and challenge traditional ways of working".
Recruitment outside of the senior civil service is a matter for departments but we do know that a majority of vacancy adverts include the reference that "This/these jobs are available for full-time, part-time or flexible working arrangements (including job share arrangements)".
Information on numbers employed under specific flexible working arrangements is not held centrally.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants is employed on flexible working arrangements.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The Government's Talent Action Plan (available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/351194/Talent_Action_Plan.pdf) noted that "many civil servants already take advantage of measures such as flexible working. Where flexible working is managed in line with business need, it can help unlock employees’ full potential and challenge traditional ways of working".
Recruitment outside of the senior civil service is a matter for departments but we do know that a majority of vacancy adverts include the reference that "This/these jobs are available for full-time, part-time or flexible working arrangements (including job share arrangements)".
Information on numbers employed under specific flexible working arrangements is not held centrally.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The Prime Minister’s Office and Deputy Prime Minister’s Office are an integral part of the Cabinet Office.
My Department supports measures to improve flexible working. Cabinet Office provides a number of flexible working options including but not exclusive to: part-time and compressed hours working; job-sharing; and working remotely or from home. All such arrangements must be agreed by line management.
Decisions on the availability of flexible working options are taken within each management unit as the local managers are best placed to judge the demands of the business and the contribution of the individual. It is business needs that determine what flexible working patterns can be accommodated. Details of flexible working applications and of the staff who work flexibly are not collated centrally.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Office; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The Prime Minister’s Office and Deputy Prime Minister’s Office are an integral part of the Cabinet Office.
My Department supports measures to improve flexible working. Cabinet Office provides a number of flexible working options including but not exclusive to: part-time and compressed hours working; job-sharing; and working remotely or from home. All such arrangements must be agreed by line management.
Decisions on the availability of flexible working options are taken within each management unit as the local managers are best placed to judge the demands of the business and the contribution of the individual. It is business needs that determine what flexible working patterns can be accommodated. Details of flexible working applications and of the staff who work flexibly are not collated centrally.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men working in the Office of the Prime Minister have made a statutory application to request flexible working; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The Prime Minister’s Office and Deputy Prime Minister’s Office are an integral part of the Cabinet Office.
My Department supports measures to improve flexible working. Cabinet Office provides a number of flexible working options including but not exclusive to: part-time and compressed hours working; job-sharing; and working remotely or from home. All such arrangements must be agreed by line management.
Decisions on the availability of flexible working options are taken within each management unit as the local managers are best placed to judge the demands of the business and the contribution of the individual. It is business needs that determine what flexible working patterns can be accommodated. Details of flexible working applications and of the staff who work flexibly are not collated centrally.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) men, (b) women, (c) people of an ethnic minority and (d) disabled candidates have been appointed to the boards of public bodies in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The Commissioner for Public Appointments publishes statistics annually. The latest figures for 2013-14 can be found at http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk
Since 2013, the Government has published details on the gender of public appointments at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-in-public-appointments
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the mortality rate from cancer has been in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the East Midlands in each of the last 15 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: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many senior civil servants appointed to positions in his private office were previously (a) political appointees in the Cabinet Office and (b) employed by a political party since 2010.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
None
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were self-employed in Ashfield constituency in each year since 2010.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.