Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of the staff employed in the Prime Minister's Office are apprentices.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
As set out in the Civil Service apprenticeship strategy, the Civil Service has pledged to achieve 30,000 apprenticeship starts in England by 2020, annually delivering 2.3% of our workforce in England as apprenticeship starts.
Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what childcare facilities 10 Downing Street makes available for its staff; how much 10 Downing Street spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those facilities in the last 12 months; and how many of 10 Downing Street's staff use those facilities.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
No10 do support the provision of childcare facilities for employees. If staff are based in London, they can apply for a place on the Westminster Holiday Playscheme which is provided by a third party. Children aged 4 years 9 months to 12 years are eligible to attend the playscheme, which runs during school holidays. If staff are based outside London and use a playscheme close to their home, the department will help with the cost of using the playscheme as long as the supplier is registered to provide childcare services. The cost of the playscheme is shared between the department and the parent.
Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what childcare facilities his Department makes available for staff; how much his Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those childcare facilities in the last year; and how many staff members use those childcare facilities.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Cabinet Office do support the provision of childcare facilities for employees. If staff are based in London, they can apply for a place on the Westminster Holiday Playscheme which is provided by a third party. Children aged 4 years 9 months to 12 years are eligible to attend the playscheme, which runs during school holidays. If staff are based outside London and use a playscheme close to their home, the department will help with the cost of using the playscheme as long as the supplier is registered to provide childcare services. The cost of the playscheme is shared between the department and the parent.
Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the childcare implementation taskforce has met since its establishment; what were the dates on which it met; and who attended each meeting.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The Childcare ITF is chaired by the Education Secretary and was established to drive delivery of a coherent and effective government-wide childcare offer to support parents in work. To protect the integrity of the policy making process, we do not not publish details of when Implementation Taskforces met or what they discussed.
Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the estimated cost to the public purse of the 2018 boundary review will be.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The estimated cost of the current boundary review, comprising expenditure from 2015-7 and projected expenditure from 2017-19, is approximately £8 million. This includes the usual costs such as staffing and accommodation, and other activities necessary for the boundary review for the boundary commissions for Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.