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Written Question
Cabinet Office: Pay
Friday 25th January 2019

Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the rate of remuneration for (a) cleaners, (b) security guards and (c) catering staff in his Department in (i) Greater London and (ii) outside Greater London.

Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

The majority of facilities management services, which include cleaning, security, and catering, are outsourced to an independent provider with the exception of one central London location that manages their own cleaning and security.

All outsourced and self-delivered facilities management staff are paid the National Living Wage or above.


Written Question
Cabinet Office: Living Wage
Tuesday 9th October 2018

Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage.

Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

No staff in Cabinet Office, No.10 and its agencies that work inside Greater London are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage for London of £10.20 per hour.

No staff in Cabinet Office, No.10 and its agencies that work outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the National Real Living Wage of £8.75 per hour.


Written Question
Cabinet Office: Living Wage
Tuesday 9th October 2018

Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.

Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

No staff in Cabinet Office, No.10 and its agencies that work inside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage of £10.20 per hour.

A total of 85 staff in Cabinet Office, No.10 and its agencies that work outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage of £10.20 per hour. They are all paid above the National Real Living Wage.


Written Question
Cabinet Office: Working Hours
Tuesday 9th October 2018

Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the weekly contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in his Department.

Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

The weekly contracted hours for the highest paid member of staff in Cabinet Office, No.10 and its agencies is 41. However, people in senior roles will routinely work much longer hours than this.


Written Question
Cabinet Office: Staff
Monday 8th October 2018

Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff (a) are employed directly by, (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract to his Department.

Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Cabinet Office has the following numbers of staff:

a) The number of staff employed directly is published online at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-workforce-management-data-2018-to-2019.

b) 594 full time equivalent (FTE) people were on secondment in to Cabinet Office or on a loan from another government department. This is not published elsewhere and is dated at Quarter 1 (April – June 2018).

c) The number of contractors in Cabinet Office is published online at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-workforce-management-data-2018-to-2019.


Written Question
Crime: Staffordshire
Monday 11th December 2017

Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many crimes were recorded in Staffordshire in each year since 2010?

Answered by Chris Skidmore

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.


Written Question
General Election 2017: Election Offences
Wednesday 11th October 2017

Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many incidents of electoral fraud committed by students double voting were recorded during the 2017 General Election.

Answered by Chris Skidmore

Voting more than once in a national election is illegal and the Government takes all reports of electoral fraud very seriously. The National Police Chief Council have reported that a number of incidents are being investigated. However, it would be inappropriate to go into more detail whilst investigations are underway.