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Written Question
Department for Work and Pensions: Senior Civil Servants
Friday 16th October 2020

Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many BAME civil servants there are at the Department for Work and Pensions at (1) SCS1, (2) SCS2, (3) SCS3, and (4) SCS4, grade.

Answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott - Opposition Whip (Lords)

All of our employees are positively encouraged to record their diversity status, although any such declaration is on a voluntary basis. Therefore, we do not hold an exhaustive record of all Departmental employee ethnic origin.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 24 Jul 2018
Pensions: Online Dashboard

"My Lords, can the Minister address this feet-dragging? George Osborne announced that this project would go ahead in 2016, it was meant to be up and running next year, and Guy Opperman, in his role, constantly says that he is actively supporting it. The industry is—to put it mildly—cross, having …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 Nov 2017
Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [HL]

"My Lords, as well as congratulating the Minister on bringing the language of “vulnerable circumstances” to the Bill, I want to congratulate the others who have made this issue so clear during our very positive and engaged debates; namely, the noble Baronesses, Lady Coussins, Lady Finlay and Lady Hollins. When …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 Nov 2017
Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [HL]

"My Lords, my noble friend Lord Sharkey is unable to be with us at the moment because he is at the Economic Affairs Committee. I suspect that, by the time that committee finishes and he can come down and join us, we will have moved to the conclusion of Third …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 Nov 2017
Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I apologise, as when I last spoke, I attributed to the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, a very eloquent speech that was made on cold calling and the way it targets vulnerable people, when it was the noble Viscount, Lord Brookeborough, who made that speech. I apologise to both …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 Nov 2017
Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [HL]

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 31 Oct 2017
Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond, on sticking with this issue, because it is fundamental. I say to the Government that a duty of care is so important and should be so central to every piece of our financial services industry that we should not …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 24 Oct 2017
Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [HL]

"My Lords, perhaps I can be helpful on a couple of the points just raised by the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard. These amendments ban solicitations in real time, as he will have noticed. That obviously excludes letters. It means that you can send information through the post; no one would …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 24 Oct 2017
Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [HL]

"I thought that we could only speak once on Report, but I hope that the House will excuse me if I get to my feet again. Fundamentally, I disagree with the noble Lord. Consumer objectives are merely bringing to the face the underlying discussion and the ethos which sits entirely …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 24 Oct 2017
Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [HL]

"I think the Minister distinctly said that she was considering a ban being introduced in the Commons on cold calling for claims management but not for pensions. So the timetable she has described becomes rather complicated compared with the alternative for which she has not given a timetable...."
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