Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants received voluntary redundancy under the 2016 terms of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme before those terms were quashed by judicial review and the 2010 terms were reinstated.
Answered by David Lidington
350 individuals received and accepted an offer of Voluntary Redundancy under the 2016 Civil Service Compensation Scheme terms.
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2018 to Question 158812 on Civil Servants: Redundancy, what obligations the Government has to those people that left on a payment under the 2016 Civil Service Compensation Scheme terms.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Shadow Deputy Prime Minister
The Government has reviewed all exits under the 2016 Civil Service Compensation Scheme and where appropriate has made additional payments so that the same total amount has been paid as would have been under the 2010 Civil Service Compensation Scheme terms.
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to provide a fair and appropriate remedy for those civil servants who received voluntary redundancy under the 2016 terms of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme as set out in the letter of March 2018 from the Minister for Implementation to the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Shadow Deputy Prime Minister
The Government has given careful consideration to ensure it meets its obligations to provide fair and appropriate remedy for individuals that left on a payment under the 2016 Civil Service Compensation Scheme terms.
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings with Ministers Keith Cochrane attended in his role on the Government Network of non-Executive directors.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Shadow Deputy Prime Minister
As a routine, departments publish quarterly details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations on GOV.UK, including those with representatives from companies such as Carillion. Cabinet Office returns can be viewed using the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions she has had with the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party on (a) the advancement of equal marriage rights for same-sex couples living in Northern Ireland and (b) the recognition in Northern Ireland of the relationship status of same-sex couples married elsewhere in the UK.
Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead
My position on this issue is clear and well known. I voted in support of equal marriage in England and Wales and hope this can be extended to Northern Ireland in the future. However, the fundamental position remains that equal marriage is an entirely devolved issue in Northern Ireland and one that should be resolved by a restored Assembly.