Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what 10 Downing Street's wellness strategy is.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Cabinet Office takes the well-being of its employees seriously and provides a range of support, including the recent launch of the Cabinet Office Listening Service, resourced by staff who have been trained in active listening and emotional support. The service can provide upfront support to Cabinet Office staff dealing directly or indirectly with specific issues in their personal or working life or to help them to cope with mental health issues of any kind including depression, anxiety or stress. Listeners can also signpost individuals onto other relevant services such as the external Employee Assistant Programme which offers counselling, impartial advice and access to online health and wellness related resources.
The department has established an employee led WorkWell community to further develop and implement a strategy for wellness. Progress to date includes establishing resilience training for senior leaders and their teams, signing up to the Time to Change pledge on mental health, providing access to coaching and training in skills to improve wellbeing such as mindfulness. WorkWell are also seeking to increase awareness of opportunities to improve physical wellbeing at work including provision of on-site health checks.
Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, what the (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in 10 Downing Street.
Answered by Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton - Foreign Secretary
A list of special advisers, and their pay bands, is published on an annual basis.
Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in his Department.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Code of Conduct for Special Advisers sets out the role of special advisers and describes the range of activities they may undertake. Copies of the Code of Conduct are available in the Libraries of the House and on-line at
Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of (a) violent crime and (b) theft in Ealing, Southall constituency.
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: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in Ealing, Southall constituency have been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in the last five years; and how many such people have been referred to palliative care.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.