Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration her Department gives to the diversity policies and records of businesses or other organisations when considering their bid for commercial contracts or grants.
Answered by Karen Bradley
As part of procurement tender exercises for commercial contracts, the Home Department asks for evidence of bidders Equality and/or Equality and Diversity Statement or Policy. Statements or policies are evaluated to ensure that organisations have satisfactory procedures in place that comply and provide evidence of their commitment.
When considering a bid for a Grant, it is not currently part of the Home Department's process to consider the diversity policies and records of businesses.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets her Department has for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.
Answered by Karen Bradley
Tables provided in Annex 1 for representation from March 2013 – March 2014
In conjunction with Cabinet Office, the Department has agreed specific targets
to improve representation rates. The position in the last year is as follows:
• Three female employees have been appointed at Director General level becoming
members of the Home Office Executive Management Board. The position generally
was that 34.39% of staff at Senior Civil Service (SCS) were female compared
with the target of 38%. At Grades 6 and 7 the position was that 43.93% of staff
were female compared with the target of 45%.
• 6.21% of staff with a disability were at SCS level compared to a target
of 3% and at Grades 6 and 7 the position was that 5.99 % staff had a
disability compared with the target of 6%.
• 10.56% of staff at Grades 6 and 7 were from a minority ethnic background
compared to a target of 10%. 4.52% of staff at SCS level were from a minority
ethnic background compared with the target of 6%.
• 5.66% of staff at SCS were lesbian, gay or bisexual compared to the target of
5.0%. At Grades 6 and 7 the position was that 3.4% of staff were lesbian, gay
or bisexual compared with the target of 5.0%.
The position is encouraging but the Department is committed to finding further
progress in all aspects of diversity.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of staff within her Department who have been subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.
Answered by Karen Bradley
Table 1 provides information on the proportion of staff within the Home
Department who have been subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of
the last 4 financial years (2009-10 to 2012-13) and who were white. It is
planned that information for 2013-14 will be published in January 2015.
It has not been possible to provide information further broken down as white
British staff as historical data is not collated in this way and could only be
provided at disproportionate cost.
Individuals can be dismissed for a variety of reasons (such as conduct,
performance, or attendance). It is not possible to identify those dismissed
following disciplinary proceedings without incurring disproportionate costs.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of staff within her Department who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.
Answered by Karen Bradley
Table 1 provides information on the proportion of staff within the Home
Department who have been subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of
the last 4 financial years (2009-10 to 2012-13) and who were white. It is
planned that information for 2013-14 will be published in January 2015.
It has not been possible to provide information further broken down as white
British staff as historical data is not collated in this way and could only be
provided at disproportionate cost.
Individuals can be dismissed for a variety of reasons (such as conduct,
performance, or attendance). It is not possible to identify those dismissed
following disciplinary proceedings without incurring disproportionate costs.