Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance for employers published on 17 April 2023.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson
The Government Legal Department [GLD] is currently considering the best way to approach Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting in the Civil Service and is working with Civil Service HR colleagues and other government departments through the details of the reporting guidance published on 17 April 2023.
The Civil Service is looking to develop Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting in line with current Gender Pay Gap Reporting. The outcomes of this development work will inform whether we are able to publish a report for 2023/2024.
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, when the Serious Fraud Office investigation into G4S and Serco launched in 2014 into allegations of fraud on the tagging contract will be published.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
The SFO criminal investigation into G4S and Serco electronic monitoring contracts is still ongoing and it would not be appropriate to publish any further details at this stage as this could compromise the investigation. SFO cases are by their very nature complex, lengthy and resource intensive and it is not unusual for them to take a considerable time to be concluded. However, the SFO will publish information about this case on its website when it is appropriate to do so.