Gloria De Piero Portrait

Gloria De Piero

Labour - Former Member for Ashfield

First elected: 6th May 2010

Left House: 6th November 2019 (Standing Down)


Gloria De Piero is not a member of any APPGs
1 Former APPG membership
Mental Health
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
12th Sep 2017 - 6th Nov 2019
Shadow Minister (Justice)
3rd Jul 2017 - 19th Jul 2019
Shadow Minister (Young People and Voter Registration)
14th Sep 2015 - 26th Jun 2016
Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Women and Equalities)
7th Oct 2013 - 14th Sep 2015
Shadow Minister (Home Affairs)
7th Oct 2011 - 7th Oct 2013
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport)
8th Oct 2010 - 7th Oct 2011


Division Voting information

Gloria De Piero has voted in 1506 divisions, and 3 times against the majority of their Party.

22 Oct 2019 - European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill - View Vote Context
Gloria De Piero voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 19 Labour Aye votes vs 217 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 329 Noes - 299
8 Feb 2017 - Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada - View Vote Context
Gloria De Piero voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 68 Labour No votes vs 85 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 409 Noes - 126
2 Dec 2015 - ISIL in Syria - View Vote Context
Gloria De Piero voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 65 Labour Aye votes vs 153 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 397 Noes - 223
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All Debates

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Department Debates
Ministry of Justice
(100 debate contributions)
HM Treasury
(42 debate contributions)
Department for Education
(35 debate contributions)
Home Office
(33 debate contributions)
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Latest EDMs signed by Gloria De Piero

16th October 2019
Gloria De Piero signed this EDM on Thursday 24th October 2019

ASDA contract 6

Tabled by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
That this House notes with concern the decision by ASDA to proceed with proposals to put all hourly paid employees on flexible contracts (Contract 6) despite considerable concern about the proposed changes to employee terms and conditions; further notes that the flexibility clause in Contract 6 will force employees to …
48 signatures
(Most recent: 16 Dec 2019)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 32
Scottish National Party: 9
Democratic Unionist Party: 3
Independent: 2
Conservative: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
16th October 2019
Gloria De Piero signed this EDM on Monday 21st October 2019

Voter ID requirements at polling stations

Tabled by: Faisal Rashid (Labour - Warrington South)
That this House expresses deep concern at the Government’s announced plans to prevent people from voting unless they can provide photographic identification at the next election; notes that of the 44.6 million votes cast in 2017, there were just 28 allegations of in-person voter fraud and one conviction; recognises that …
71 signatures
(Most recent: 4 Nov 2019)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 51
Scottish National Party: 10
Liberal Democrat: 4
Independent: 3
Plaid Cymru: 2
Green Party: 1
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Commons initiatives

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Gloria De Piero has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Gloria De Piero has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

Gloria De Piero has not introduced any legislation before Parliament

1 Bill co-sponsored by Gloria De Piero

Unauthorised Overdrafts (Cost of Credit) Bill 2016-17
Sponsor - Rachel Reeves (Lab)


Latest 50 Written Questions

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50 Other Department Questions
19th Nov 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what equality impact assessment the Government has undertaken on the implications of the planned abolition of maintenance grants.

An Equality Analysis has been carried out and will be published alongside the regulations.

19th Nov 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed abolition of maintenance grants on the Government's target of doubling the proportion of people from disadvantaged backgrounds entering higher education between 2009 and 2020.

An Equality Analysis has been carried out and will be published alongside the regulations.

19th Nov 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small businesses have taken up the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers in each year that it has operated; and how many young apprentices have been taken on by businesses taking up that grant.

The number of workplaces and the number of apprenticeship starts on the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE) scheme are provided in Table 1 and Table 2 respectively. The eligibility for the scheme has changed over time, and it is not possible to identify “small” employers separately from all employers eligible for the scheme.


Starts on AGE 16 to 24 are also published as part of a Statistical First Release: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held


Table 1: Number of workplaces on the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers Scheme (2011/12 to 2014/15)








Academic Year

Number of workplaces






2011/12

6,670






2012/13

34,020






2013/14

46,620






2014/15

47,790






Total

135,100






Notes:







1) AGE 16 to 24 was launched in February 2012.

2) Between 1st February 2012 and 31st July 2012, employers with up to 250 employees were eligible for AGE. Between 1st August 2012 and 31st January 2014, employers with up to 1000 employees were eligible for AGE. From 1st February 2015, employers with up to 50 employees are eligible for AGE.

3) AGE 16 to 24 starts are defined through the Learning Delivery Funding and Monitoring Codes with values of 132 or 133 as per the ILR specification (http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140108104635/http://www.theia.org.uk/ilr/ilrdocuments/201112_ilrdetail.htm). These are validated by the Skills Funding Agency.

4) Volumes are rounded to the nearest ten except totals which are rounded to the nearest hundred.


Table 2: Starts on the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers Scheme (AGE 16 to 24)







Academic Year

Age

Payments Made

Pipeline Starts



2011/12

Under 19

4,900

0




19-24

2,950

0




Total

7,900

0



2012/13

Under 19

26,520

0




19-24

16,010

0




Total

42,500

0



2013/14

Under 19

37,390

0




19-24

23,510

0




Total

60,900

0



2014/15

Under 19

32,960

5,500




19-24

18,300

3,180




Total

51,300

8,700



Notes:






1) AGE 16 to 24 was launched in February 2012. Payments are drawn down once the new Apprentice has been in post for 13 weeks, therefore Apprenticeships starting after 30 April 2015 are not included in the Payments Made column because they had not yet triggered a payment.

2) Pipeline Starts show those starting between May 2015 and July 2015 who have not yet qualified for a payment, but the payment would be made once the Apprentice has been in post for 13 weeks.

3) AGE 16 to 24 starts are defined through the Learning Delivery Funding and Monitoring Codes with values of 132 or 133 as per the ILR specification (http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140108104635/http://www.theia.org.uk/ilr/ilrdocuments/201112_ilrdetail.htm). These are validated by the Skills Funding Agency.

4) Starts in this table include learners aged 19-24 on application but aged 25 when learning started.

5) Volumes are rounded to the nearest ten except totals which are rounded to the nearest hundred.


19th Nov 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on the RAB charge of the planned replacement of maintenance grants with means-tested loans.

The current estimate of the RAB charge is published on the Gov.uk website (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplified-student-loan-repayment-model).

This estimate will be updated in Summer 2016, alongside publication of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills accounts.

8th Sep 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Members for Ashfield and Streatham dated 15 June 2015 regarding women executives on company boards.

My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has replied to the hon Members.

8th Sep 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new and expectant mothers were (a) dismissed, (b) made compulsorily redundant where others in their workplace were not and (c) treated so poorly they felt they had to leave their job over the last five years.

In 2014 the Government commissioned an extensive research project into perceived pregnancy and maternity discrimination in Great Britain. The research was jointly managed and funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, supported by the Government Equalities Office.

This is the largest ever study of pregnancy and maternity-related discrimination conducted in Great Britain. Interim findings were published in July 2015 and can be found at: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/publication/pregnancy-and-maternity-related-discrimination-and-disadvantage-first-findings-surveys-employers-and-0.

Final results, including how experiences vary by employer size, are due to be published later this year. These figures represent a one-year period. We do not have results spanning the last five years.

The results of the final report will inform any potential Government action.

17th Jul 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will estimate the average annual energy bill for a typical family in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.

Estimates of average energy bills by region can be derived from data in tables 2.2.4 and 2.3.4 of DECC’s publication Quarterly Energy Prices (QEP) https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics .


Estimates for Ashfield constituency are not available but the table below shows the average annual bill per household for the East Midlands from 2010. These estimates are based on the combined average standard electricity and gas annual bills based on fixed consumptions of 3,800kWh/year for electricity and 15,000 kWh/year for gas. The bills provided are averaged across all methods of payment and expressed in cash terms.

Year

Average annual bill (£)

2010

1,017

2011

1,114

2012

1,206

2013

1,277

2014

1,305


As set out in the 2014 Prices and Bills report[1] increases in wholesale energy costs, which make up around half of a household energy bill, have been the biggest factor behind rising energy bills over recent years.

We are supporting consumers by taking measures to increase competition in the market, make it quicker and easier to switch and by providing support for vulnerable consumers. Changes to social and environmental levies and a government-funded rebate, also cut £50 off the average household energy bill in 2014.

[1] Available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014

17th Jul 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students (a) were in receipt of a full, (b) were in receipt of a partial and (c) did not receive a maintenance grant in each of the last 10 years.

Statistics showing the number of English domiciled applicants awarded Maintenance Grants for study at UK providers are published annually by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘Student Support for Higher Education in England’.

http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/full-catalogue-of-official-statistics/student-support-for-higher-education-in-england.aspx

The distribution of maintenance support grants awarded to English applicants at UK providers over the last ten years has been provided in the attached table. Complete data for the academic year 2014/15 will be published by the SLC in November 2015.

7th Jul 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much and what proportion of the total fund each Local Enterprise Partnership has been allocated from the Growing Places Fund in each year since the introduction of that scheme.

The £730 million Growing Places Fund (GPF) was distributed to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP) in England as a one-off payment. The payments were made in February and March 2012 under a section 31 grant. Details of the proportion of the fund paid out to each LEP is available on the Department for Communities and Local Government website.

7th Jul 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much and what proportion of the Enterprise Zone Fund each Local Enterprise Partnership has been allocated in each year of the Fund's operation.

Enterprise Zones do not receive an annual funding allocation. Firms moving onto Enterprise Zones receive business rates discounts. Increases in business rates payments to local authorities from the zone are retained locally and spent to support local economic growth initiatives.

7th Jul 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much and what proportion of the total fund each Local Enterprise Partnership will be allocated from the Local Growth Fund for the period 2015 to 2021.

Details about awards made to date are available on the GOV.UK website. Arrangements for future awards will be announced in due course.

30th Jun 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, (a) how many projects were selected, (b) how much has been committed to and (c) how much was spent in each parliamentary constituency in England through the Regional Growth Fund in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013, (v) 2014 and (vi) 2015 to date.

We do not hold the data in the format requested; the projects by constituency, the amount committed and paid can be found in the attached table.

30th Jun 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the investment each Local Enterprise Partnership has secured in each of the last five years.

Local Enterprise Partnerships are leveraging investment from a wide range of sources alongside funding from government. This includes significant private sector investment. The government’s investments in LEP areas over the last five years have included £2 billion Local Growth Fund, £730 million Growing Places Fund, £440 million Regional Growth Fund, £120 million in Enterprise Zones, and £90.7 million Coastal Communities Fund.

The government does not collect information about all investments secured by LEPs. As bottom-up, self-defined and voluntary partnerships LEPs have autonomy to manage their own resources and so drive economic growth in their local areas without burdensome reporting requirements or restrictive central controls.

17th Jun 2015
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the value and efficacy of equality impact assessments by public authorities in addressing the effects of policies on groups with protected characteristics.

It has never been a legal requirement in England to produce an equality impact assessment (EIA). The public sector equality duty and its supporting regulations require public bodies to have due regard to equality considerations when shaping policy and services, but it is up to individual public bodies to decide the best way to record how they have taken equality into account. The independent Steering Group which conducted a review of the PSED and reported in 2013 reported that some public bodies found EIAs helpful and that when carried out well they could highlight examples of good practice.

15th Jun 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many children living in households that are classed as being in fuel poverty in (a) England, (b) East Midlands, (c) Nottingham and (d) Ashfield constituency in each year since 2010.

Detailed data on the age of household occupants is not available at the sub-regional level.

The table below shows the number of fuel poor households which contain at least one child under the age of 16 in (a) England and (b) East Midlands, in each year since 2010.

Number and proportion of fuel poor households with at least one child under 16

England

East Midlands

(000s)

%

(000s)

%

2013

1,064

45

90

45

2012

1,101

47

101

41

2011

1,029

42

90

35

2010

988

40

97

37

11th Jun 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) women and (b) men aged 24 and over, were enrolled in further education courses at level 3 or above in each academic year since 2010.

Table 1 shows the number of learners aged 24+ participating in further education courses at Level 3 or above from 2009/10 to 2013/14.

Table 1: FE and Skills participation at Level 3+ and ages 24+, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Male

161,200

136,200

128,000

139,300

100,900

Female

286,200

238,600

247,600

285,100

207,700

Total Learners (24+)

447,400

374,900

375,600

424,400

308,600

Notes:
1) The source is the Individualised Learner Record.
2) This tables includes Apprenticeships, Workplace Learning, Community Learning and Education and Training provision (including the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service) taken at General Further Education Colleges (including Tertiary), Sixth Form Colleges, Special Colleges (Agricultural and Horticultural Colleges and Art and Design Colleges), Specialist Colleges and External Institutions.
3) Volumes are rounded to the nearest hundred.
4) Age and gender are based upon self-declaration by the learner.

11th Jun 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many parents have applied for shared parental leave since its introduction.

We do not hold information on the number of employees that have applied for Shared Parental Leave. We will evaluate Shared Parental Leave and Pay by 2018 when the new entitlements have had time to bed in.

8th Jun 2015
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to section 147 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, when she plans to (a) publish a consultation and (b) set a timetable for bringing forward legislative proposals on pay transparency.

The Government will deliver its manifesto commitment to require companies with at least 250 employees to publish gender pay information at the earliest opportunity. A consultation will be published in the Summer with a view to making regulations in early 2016.

20th Mar 2015
Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average hourly pay is of employees in his Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.

In the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the average hourly rate of pay for White or White British employees is £23.53. For BIS employees that are Black, Asian or other minority ethnic groups (including mixed race), the hourly rate is £20.07.

Please note that the above figures reflect the different levels of seniority of the employees that have provided their ethnicity information. This information is declared on a voluntary basis.

19th Mar 2015
Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average hourly pay is of employees at each grade within his Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.

Civil servants, in the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC), are based either in London or Scotland and its annual salary ranges are calculated on that basis. The number of hours worked by civil servants in each location varies as new civil service conditions of service are introduced. Therefore an hourly pay rate is not possible to calculate without incurring disproportionate costs. The annual salary rates for each pay grade in London and Scotland, by ethnic group, is shown in the tables below.

Ethnicity - White

Grade

London

Scotland

AO

25,224

19,028

EO

26,465

22,393

HEO

31,621

31,066

FAST STREAM

28,640

-

SEO

37,448

35,806

G7

49,338

49,821

G6

59,777

*

SCS PB1

70,377

*

SCS PB2

95,873

-

SCS PB3

*

-

PERM SEC

165,000-170,000

-

Ethnicity – Black, Asian or other minority

Grade

London

AO

23,470

EO

27,971

HEO

31,341

FAST STREAM

*

SEO

38,818

G7

47,552

G6

59,772

SCS PB1

*

SCS PB2

-

SCS PB3

-

PERM SEC

-

The average annual salaries of (a) Faststreamers and SCS PB1 based in London who have identified their ethnicity as Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group, (b) SCS PB3 based in London who have identified their ethnicity as White or White British and (c) Grade 6 and SCS PB1 based in Scotland who have identified their ethnicity as White or White British, have not been disclosed as the numbers in each grouping is less than 5 and could lead to the identification of individuals (see *).

The annual salary of the Permanent Secretary is shown as a salary band as disclosed in the Annual Resource Account.

A total of 1,133 civil servants working in the department have identified their ethnic status. A further 432 have not identified an ethnicity status. The average salaries shown above are based solely on those who have identified their ethnic group.

17th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.

Table 1 gives the proportion of staff in each ethnic group in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. These proportions are statistical estimates derived from the 2014 Civil Service People Survey.

Table 1: Ethnicity of staff in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Ethnicity

Estimated Proportion

White or White British

77%

Asian or Asian British

5%

Black or Black British

5%

Mixed or multiple ethnic group

2%

Any Other Ethnicity

0%

Undeclared Ethnicity

10%

Source: Civil Service People Survey 2014

17th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.

As at 28 February 2015, the number and proportion of civil servants working for Department of Energy & Climate Change had made diversity declarations as set out below:

(a) White or White British – 971 (62%);

(b) Asian or Asian British – 80 (5%);

(c) Black or Black British – 47 (3%);

(d) Mixed or multiple ethnic group – 28 (2%);

(e) Another ethnicity – less than 10 (less than 1%);

(f) People who prefer not to say or have made no declaration – 432 (27%).

20th Feb 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people aged 16 to 24 of each ethnic group applied for an apprenticeship in each employment sector in each of the last five years.

As the requested table is large, I have attached a document detailing the number of apprenticeship applications made through the apprenticeship vacancy online system by ethnicity and Sector Subject Area for the 16-24 age group.

The table shows the number of applications made, not the number of individuals who have applied. An individual can make multiple applications.

Sector Subject Area breakdowns have been provided as information specific to the employment sector is not collected. Additionally, information on applications by the industry sector of the employer is available online:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeship-vacancies

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/400304/SECTOR_SUBJECT_AREAFeb15.xls

20th Feb 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people aged between 18 and 24 accessed the National Careers Service through each method of interaction in each of the last three years service user; and what the (a) gender and (b) home region was of each such applicant.

The attached tables give the number of contacts with people aged 18 to 24 who have accessed the face to face and adult telephone helpline of the National Careers Service over the past 3 years. As this is a record of contacts, if young people have accessed either service multiple times they will have been counted more than once. We are unable to provide a breakdown into gender for the young people’s helpline.

Face to face service

Gender

Apr12-Mar13

Apr13-Mar14

Apr14-Sep14

Female

79,274

83,434

36,676

Male

121,207

119,137

49,059

Not known/not provided

584

564

290

Prefer not to say

189

176

144

Grand Total

201,524

203,311

86,169

Region

Apr12-Mar13

Apr13-Mar14

Apr14-Sep14

East Midlands

18,932

18,907

8,961

East of England

22,165

24,105

10,309

London

28,798

26,296

10,862

North East

12,444

11,709

5,285

North West

28,292

29,364

11,811

South East

27,448

28,055

10,755

South West

18,707

17,308

6,556

Unknown Region

2,053

1,782

431

West Midlands

19,802

21,431

9,481

Yorkshire and The Humber

22,613

24,354

11,718

Grand Total

201,254

203,311

86,169

Adult Telephone helpline / Online

Gender

Apr12-Mar13

Apr13-Mar14

Apr14-Sep14

Female

19,385

21,090

12,052

Male

16,099

17,080

9,090

Not known/not provided

11

9

6

Prefer not to say

82

109

58

Grand Total

35,577

38,288

21,206

Region

Adult Telephone helpline / Online

Apr12-Mar13

Apr13-Mar14

Apr14-Sep14

East Midlands

2,514

2,678

1,501

East of England

3,145

3,470

1,889

London

7,260

7,789

4,425

North East

1,424

1,486

851

North West

4,920

5,251

2,843

South East

4,769

5,030

2,849

South West

2,811

3,204

1,618

Unknown Region

1,947

2,130

1,275

West Midlands

4,069

4,186

2,238

Yorkshire and The Humber

2,718

3,064

1,717

Grand Total

35,577

38,288

21,206

20th Feb 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people aged 16 to 24 of each ethnic group started an apprenticeship in each of the last five years; and in what sector subject area each of those starts were for each of those ethnic groups.

As the requested table is large, I have attached a document detailing the number of apprenticeship starts for the under 25 age group by ethnicity and sector subject area.

20th Feb 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women aged 16 to 24 started an apprenticeship in each sector subject area in each of the last five years.

As the requested table is large, I have attached an additional document detailing apprenticeship starts for those aged under 25 by gender and sector subject area.

12th Jan 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many equality impact assessments his Department produced in each year since 2006.

Equality is at the heart of all policy and decision making by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

To help comply with the Equality Act 2010, analysis conducted of the impact on equality of its key policies and decisions are regularly published by the department and available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?commit=Refresh+results&departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&from_date=&keywords=&official_document_status=all&page=2&publication_filter_option=impact-assessments&to_date=&topics%5B%5D=all&world_locations%5B%5D=all.

19th Nov 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills operates a flexible working policy that enables employees to work flexibly wherever possible and where this meets the needs of the business. We have been offering our employees the opportunity to work flexibly since April 2012.

Decisions on how this operates for an individual employee, and consideration of statutory applications to request flexible working, are managed by line managers at a local level.

We do not hold central records on this and there would therefore be a disproportionate cost incurred in collecting this information from our line managers.

19th Nov 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not hold centrally the records of individual requests for flexible working. To identify the number of applications would involve contacting every line manager within the department and would incur disproportionate costs.

19th Nov 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been (a) committed to and (b) spent in each parliamentary constituency in England through the Regional Growth Fund in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014 to date.

The data is not held in the format requested. A breakdown of Regional Growth Fund committed and paid in each constituency to date for projects only is provided. The amount paid by programmes which have regional or nationwide coverage is included for completeness. Where there is a difference in the amount committed and the amount paid this reflects the payment schedules agreed with each beneficiary. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10,000 and are correct as at the 1 December.

Constituency

RGF Committed

RGF Paid to date*

Aldershot

5,000,000

-

Altrincham and Sale West

1,900,000

1,420,000

Ashton-under-Lyne

1,150,000

1,150,000

Barnsley East

130,000

130,000

Bassetlaw

1,330,000

1,330,000

Batley and Spen

220,000

110,000

Beverley and Holderness

2,870,000

-

Birmingham, Ladywood

1,860,000

-

Birmingham, Perry Barr

2,030,000

920,000

Birmingham, Selly Oak

2,100,000

-

Birmingham, Yardley

1,430,000

310,000

Bishop Auckland

130,000

130,000

Blackburn

1,460,000

1,460,000

Blackley and Broughton

1,190,000

1,050,000

Blaydon

2,250,000

1,030,000

Blyth Valley

1,010,000

800,000

Bootle

36,010,000

15,540,000

Bosworth

19,670,000

18,800,000

Bradford East

2,040,000

1,850,000

Bradford South

2,330,000

1,020,000

Bradford West

17,600,000

4,380,000

Bristol West

4,850,000

4,170,000

Burnley

8,810,000

8,800,000

Burton

4,500,000

4,500,000

Calder Valley

800,000

720,000

Carlisle

2,000,000

2,000,000

Charnwood

4,170,000

4,170,000

Cheadle

2,000,000

1,410,000

Chelmsford

12,910,000

10,900,000

City of Chester

1,350,000

820,000

Cleethorpes

1,500,000

1,500,000

Colne Valley

1,910,000

960,000

Congleton

4,100,000

100,000

Coventry North West

12,150,000

260,000

Coventry South

137,200,000

16,490,000

Crewe and Nantwich

12,360,000

10,290,000

Dagenham and Rainham

9,300,000

-

Doncaster Central

18,000,000

13,690,000

Doncaster North

1,280,000

1,280,000

Dudley North

700,000

700,000

Easington

12,420,000

6,930,000

East Devon

2,000,000

-

East Worthing and Shoreham

3,230,000

3,220,000

Eastleigh

3,130,000

980,000

Ellesmere Port and Neston

4,060,000

-

Faversham and Mid Kent

1,000,000

-

Forest of Dean

1,120,000

-

Garston and Halewood

22,220,000

6,910,000

Gateshead

1,300,000

1,240,000

Gosport

4,490,000

2,840,000

Halesowen and Rowley Regis

970,000

760,000

Halton

16,360,000

14,180,000

Hartlepool

11,130,000

1,420,000

Hemsworth

5,960,000

2,960,000

Hexham

160,000

160,000

Heywood and Middleton

480,000

500,000

Houghton and Sunderland South

4,600,000

2,030,000

Huddersfield

5,890,000

2,660,000

Hyndburn

1,000,000

-

Jarrow

3,180,000

2,230,000

Kenilworth and Southam

9,270,000

4,890,000

Kingston upon Hull East

6,800,000

-

Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle

8,000,000

8,000,000

Kingswood

1,000,000

-

Knowsley

11,190,000

5,970,000

Leeds Central

9,920,000

6,070,000

Leicester South

1,070,000

660,000

Lichfield

2,470,000

1,500,000

Lincoln

5,580,000

1,000,000

Liverpool, Riverside

6,730,000

2,040,000

Luton South

35,180,000

25,600,000

Maidstone and The Weald

4,560,000

-

Makerfield

6,520,000

-

Manchester Central

13,120,000

9,970,000

Manchester, Withington

140,000

140,000

Meriden

15,700,000

15,700,000

Mid Bedfordshire

1,950,000

-

Middlesbrough

8,640,000

5,610,000

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

4,900,000

-

Newcastle upon Tyne Central

10,950,000

10,460,000

Newcastle upon Tyne East

6,600,000

6,600,000

Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford

13,900,000

10,010,000

North Devon

1,480,000

-

North Durham

870,000

870,000

North Tyneside

8,610,000

8,610,000

North West Durham

1,440,000

1,170,000

North Wiltshire

10,100,000

3,740,000

Nottingham North

1,600,000

1,600,000

Nottingham South

8,180,000

2,150,000

Oldham East and Saddleworth

1,760,000

800,000

Oxford East

1,560,000

1,560,000

Plymouth, Moor View

5,010,000

340,000

Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport

4,490,000

4,490,000

Portsmouth North

2,250,000

1,910,000

Portsmouth South

1,470,000

790,000

Redcar

11,790,000

8,780,000

Richmond (Yorks)

140,000

100,000

Rochdale

1,600,000

1,600,000

Rossendale and Darwen

2,150,000

1,510,000

Rother Valley

8,240,000

6,320,000

Rotherham

15,870,000

14,850,000

Salford and Eccles

4,880,000

2,030,000

Sedgefield

9,750,000

5,630,000

Sherwood

500,000

380,000

South Cambridgeshire

18,650,000

10,490,000

South Derbyshire

4,340,000

-

South Norfolk

10,440,000

10,020,000

South Northamptonshire

1,300,000

100,000

South West Devon

3,100,000

1,780,000

South West Wiltshire

2,990,000

2,990,000

Southampton, Itchen

10,900,000

8,720,000

Spelthorne

1,030,000

930,000

St Helens North

1,100,000

1,100,000

St Helens South and Whiston

5,000,000

5,000,000

St Ives

6,500,000

4,390,000

Stafford

4,000,000

4,000,000

Stalybridge and Hyde

2,100,000

2,100,000

Stockton North

12,410,000

6,600,000

Stockton South

9,380,000

6,270,000

Stoke-on-Trent Central

6,420,000

3,310,000

Stoke-on-Trent North

3,980,000

3,960,000

Stoke-on-Trent South

5,050,000

1,320,000

Stratford-on-Avon

1,200,000

1,200,000

Stretford and Urmston

15,000,000

15,000,000

Sunderland Central

7,750,000

2,270,000

Tatton

2,200,000

650,000

Tewkesbury

1,250,000

1,170,000

The Cotswolds

120,000

70,000

Torbay

1,200,000

-

Totnes

1,200,000

1,200,000

Tynemouth

370,000

280,000

Wakefield

9,410,000

9,410,000

Wansbeck

470,000

350,000

Wantage

1,250,000

500,000

Warley

500,000

500,000

Washington and Sunderland West

19,080,000

19,080,000

Wells

2,500,000

2,500,000

Wentworth and Dearne

1,260,000

670,000

West Bromwich West

1,880,000

1,770,000

West Lancashire

1,250,000

570,000

West Worcestershire

3,000,000

2,910,000

Westmorland and Lonsdale

3,370,000

2,430,000

Wigan

1,150,000

900,000

Wirral South

12,770,000

6,260,000

Woking

120,000

120,000

Wolverhampton South East

650,000

650,000

Wolverhampton South West

100,000

70,000

Worcester

1,010,000

1,010,000

Yeovil

37,260,000

12,130,000

No Constituency assigned

44,460,000

16,550,000

National Programmes

1,605,070,000

991,200,000

Grand Total

2,621,730,000

1,531,130,000

* A drawdown schedule is agreed with each organisation when they sign their grant offer letter but matches the beneficiary’s own investment schedule. For the recently contracted Round 5 awards, payments are scheduled through to March 2017.

23rd Oct 2014
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many (a) men and (b) women her Department has publicly appointed in each of the last five years; and how much has been paid to each (i) man and (ii) woman.

The Government Equalities Office made the following public appointments to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in each of the last five years:

Year

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Male

4

0

0

0

2

Female*

8

1

1

2

5

* includes two reappointments

The EHRC Chair and Deputy Chair posts are salaried and the salaries over the period are shown below. The significant reduction in the remuneration is a result of the reduction in terms and conditions following the Government’s comprehensive review of the EHRC:

Year

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Chair (male)

£124,000

£124,000

£147,000

£65,000

Chair (female)

£55,838

Deputy Chair (both female)

£59,533

£65,800

£65,800

£85,000 (including period as interim Chair)

£23,400

Commissioners receive £400 a day plus expenses. In addition, two male Disability Commissioners were required to carry out additional work during the period, therefore additional payments were made as shown:

Year

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Chair of the Inquiry into disability related harassment

£8,875

£11,750

£2,375

Lead on Disability Committee Review

£18,800

The total of fees and expenses paid each year to each Commissioner is available in the relevant EHRC annual report and accounts.

23rd Oct 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in each parliamentary constituency in the East Midlands received disabled students' allowance in each of the last five years.

Information on students awarded and paid Disabled Students’ Allowance is published annually by Student Loans Company (SLC) ’. The latest statistics are available at the following link:

http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf

The number of students who received disabled students’ allowance in each parliamentary constituency in the East Midlands in each of the last three years is provided in the table. Comparable data for earlier years is not readily available.

16th Oct 2014
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what public appointments her Department has made in each of the last five years; and what payments each person so appointed is entitled to claim.

Public appointments made by the Government Equalities Office in the last five years have been to the Equality and Human Rights Commission:

Year

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

EHRC public appointments

12

1

1

2

7

For the last five years EHRC Commissioners have received fees at a rate of £400 per day (except for the Chair and Deputy Chair who are salaried). Commissioners also receive expenses for travel and subsistence in the course of their EHRC duties. Payments made vary considerably depending on each Commissioner’s role and the amount of time that each contributes. The table shows the range of remuneration paid to Commissioners during the period:

Year

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Range of EHRC Commissioner salary or fees paid

£2,366 to £124,000

£7,000 to £124,000

£10,808 to £147,000

£2,167 to £65,000

£10,000 to £55,838

Range of EHRC Commissioner expenses paid

£2 to £1,574

£1 to £1,580

£1 to £1,260

0 to £1,718

0 to £7,679

16th Oct 2014
Pay
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what information the Government Equalities Office holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing that Office who were not paid at or above the rate of the London Living Wage in each of the last five years.

The Government Equalities Office has not been serviced by any sub-contracted staff over the last five years.

9th Sep 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of pupils from each ethnic group were admitted to (a) the University of Oxford, (b) the University of Cambridge and (c) other Russell Group universities in the last six years for which figures are available.

Recent data for years since the tuition fee reforms and access agreements is not yet available, but the latest data from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) shows that entry rates to higher education for all ethnic groups in 2013 had increased and overall, there was a much higher representation of black and minority ethnic groups in university than in the overall population of England.

The table below shows the figures before these changes.


Estimated percentage of maintained school pupils aged 15 in each ethnic group who progressed to Oxford, Cambridge or Russell Group institutions by age 19

Progression by age 19 in

2008/09

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

Asian/Asian British

Oxford

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

Cambridge

0.3%

0.3%

0.3%

0.3%

Russell Group

11.4%

11.5%

10.6%

10.7%

Black/Black British

Oxford

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

Cambridge

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

Russell Group

4.6%

4.2%

4.4%

4.1%

Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups

Oxford

0.3%

0.4%

0.3%

0.3%

Cambridge

0.2%

0.4%

0.3%

0.3%

Russell Group

8.5%

8.4%

7.8%

7.5%

White

Oxford

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

Cambridge

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

Russell Group

7.2%

7.1%

6.9%

7.5%

Other Ethnic Group

Oxford

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

Cambridge

0.3%

0.4%

0.3%

0.2%

Russell Group

10.8%

10.1%

9.6%

7.0%

All Ethnic Groups

Oxford

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

Cambridge

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

Russell Group

7.4%

7.3%

7.1%

7.2%

Source: Matched data from the DfE National Pupil Database, the HESA Student Record and the SFA ILR

Figures are not available for earlier age cohorts.

9th Sep 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of students from each ethnic group were (a) working, (b) studying and (c) unemployed six months after leaving higher education.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes data on leavers from UK Higher Education Institutions. Statistics on the proportion of full-time first degree leavers from each ethnic group who were working, studying and unemployed six months after graduation can be found in the table. Employment has risen and unemployment has fallen for graduates of all ethnic groups in 2011/12 and 2012/13.

Information on leavers at UK Higher Education Institutions in the academic year 2013/14 will become available from Higher Education Statistics Agency in June 2015.

However the most recent Labour Force Survey from August 2014 confirms that employment for recent graduates has continued to rise sharply and unemployment continued to fall over the last year.

Destination of UK domiciled (1) full-time first degree leavers six months after graduation

UK Higher Education Institutions

Academic Year 2010/11(2) to 2012/13

Work

White

Black

Asian

Other (including mixed)

Not Known

Total Known

10/11

65%

56%

56%

59%

57%

64%

11/12

69%

60%

60%

62%

61%

67%

12/13

71%

66%

64%

67%

64%

70%

Work and further study

White

Black

Asian

Other (including mixed)

Not Known

Total Known

10/11

8%

7%

9%

7%

8%

8%

11/12

6%

5%

6%

5%

5%

6%

12/13

5%

4%

5%

5%

6%

5%

Further study

White

Black

Asian

Other (including mixed)

Not Known

Total Known

10/11

14%

15%

17%

17%

18%

14%

11/12

13%

13%

16%

16%

16%

14%

12/13

13%

12%

15%

14%

16%

13%

Unemployed

White

Black

Asian

Other (including mixed)

Not Known

Total Known

10/11

11%

20%

16%

16%

15%

13%

11/12

8%

17%

14%

12%

13%

9%

12/13

7%

13%

12%

9%

9%

8%

Other (e.g. taking time out to travel)

White

Black

Asian

Other (including mixed)

Not Known

Total Known

10/11

1%

2%

1%

2%

1%

1%

11/12

5%

5%

4%

5%

5%

5%

12/13

4%

4%

4%

5%

5%

4%

Source: Destination of Leavers in Higher Education in the UK

Notes:

1. Domicile refers to the student’s postcode or permanent address prior to entering their course.

2. The way employment activity was recorded changed in 2011/12 therefore figures for 2010/11 are not on the same basis as 2011/12 and 2012/13

3. Percentages have been rounded, therefore the sum of components may not add up to the total.

8th Sep 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices there were in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.

Information on the number of apprenticeship starts by parliamentary constituency is published in a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324021/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls

8th Sep 2014
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what discussions the Government Equalities Office has had with hate crime prevention groups in the last 12 months.

The Government Equalities Office has not met hate crime prevention groups specifically, but meets regularly with stakeholders – such as Stonewall, the End Violence Against Women Coalition, and the Lesbian and Gay Foundation – to discuss a broad range of issues including hate crime. In addition, Government Equalities Office officials attend the Hate Crime Strategy Board, a cross-Government working group led by the Home Office and Ministry of Justice which considers policy and service improvements to prevent and reduce all forms of hate crime, and improve the criminal justice system’s response to such incidents.

17th Jul 2014
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how much the Government Equalities Office has spent on (a) outside catering and refreshments, (b) artwork and (c) televisions in each year since 2010.

The Government Equalities Office has not spent any money on plants, televisions or artwork over the past 5 years.

The available information is in the table.

Expenditure on Catering and Refreshments

Financial Year

Expenditure

2013/14

£3,666

2014/15

£3,328

Notes:

1. GEO’s transfers between Departments mean that the data is only accessible through a number of different legacy systems. Further detail could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

2. Expenditure on wine is included in the figures above; it is not recorded separately.

17th Jul 2014
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how much the Government Equalities Office has spent on (a) plants and (b) wine in each of the last five years.

The Government Equalities Office has not spent any money on plants, televisions or artwork over the past 5 years.

The available information is in the table.

Expenditure on Catering and Refreshments

Financial Year

Expenditure

2013/14

£3,666

2014/15

£3,328

Notes:

1. GEO’s transfers between Departments mean that the data is only accessible through a number of different legacy systems. Further detail could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

2. Expenditure on wine is included in the figures above; it is not recorded separately.

14th Jul 2014
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many non-permanent staff of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission are paid a daily sum of (a) £1,000 or more, (b) between £750 and £1,000, (c) between £500 and £750 and (d) between £250 and £500 inclusive of VAT for their work with that body.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an independent body and is responsible for its own staff management, including non-permanent staff salaries. I have therefore asked the Chief Executive of the Commission to write to the honourable member with the information requested.

10th Jul 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many low income households have received home insulation support in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.

The Department publishes the number of measures that have been installed in each parliamentary constituency through the Affordable Warmth obligation of the Energy Company Obligation in Table 1.11b of its quarterly Official Statistics release:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-deal-energy-company-obligation-eco-and-insulation-levels-in-great-britain-quarterly-report-to-march-2014.

Affordable Warmth figures include heating measures such as new boilers, as well as insulation.

Additional low income households are likely to be among the beneficiaries of the 518 insulation measures delivered in Ashfield in the same period under aspects of the Energy Company Obligation other than Affordable Warmth, but this figure cannot be broken down by income.

Figures for Warm Front are published on the Government website, and show that there were 884 households helped in 2009/10, 380 helped in 2010/11, 90 helped in 2011/12 and 106 helped in 2012/13 in the Ashfield constituency:

https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/helping-households-to-cut-their-energy-bills/supporting-pages/warm-front-scheme

Figures for the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target and Community Energy Savings Programme are not available at constituency level.

10th Jul 2014
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what the average salary was of (a) male and (b) female employees of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (i) of each ethnicity and (ii) at each grade for the latest period for which figures are available.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an independent body and is responsible for its own staff management, including staff salaries. I have therefore asked the Chief Executive of the Commission to write to the honourable member with the information requested.

10th Jul 2014
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what recent meetings she has had with ministerial colleagues on the gender pay gap.

The Government's Women and the Economy action plan sets out a clear programme of work to maximise women's contribution to economic growth and address the gender pay gap. I have oversight of this, as well as being the minister responsible for key elements of it, such as extending flexible working, introducing shared parental leave, and increasing the number of women on company boards. I regularly meet with ministerial colleagues and others to discuss these issues, and the Ministers for Women gave a joint presentation to Cabinet in April on these issues.

10th Jul 2014
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what steps she has taken to encourage flexible working in the Government Equalities Office.

The Government Equalities Office (GEO) embraces flexible working. All posts are advertised on a flexible basis and GEO employees have always had the opportunity to request temporary or permanent changes to their working patterns at any time. This approach significantly reduces the need for GEO employees to make a statutory application for flexible working and we have no record of any such request having been made.

10th Jul 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of how many low income households in each constituency in Nottinghamshire will not have home insulation in 2015.

The Department does not have projections for the numbers of households with and without insulation by constituency.

10th Jul 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many wind turbines are planned for development in each constituency in Nottinghamshire.

A register of renewable projects in the planning system is maintained in the publicly-accessible Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD); it records projects by district rather than by constituency. The wind turbines planned for development in Nottinghamshire, by district, as recorded in REPD in May 2014, is as follows:

Number

District

Submitted for approval

Awaiting construction

Under construction

Ashfield District

1

0

0

Bassetlaw District

10

1

0

Gedding District

0

4

0

Newark and Sherwood District

15

6

0

Rushcliffe District

2

0

0

28

11

0

10th Jul 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of those who accepted a university place to study (a) engineering, (b) technology, (c) mathematics and computer science, (d) architecture and (e) physical science were female in each of the last five years.

The information is shown in the table.

Percentage of accepted applicants to full-time undergraduate courses in the UK who were female, for selected subjects, 2009 to 2013

Year of entry

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Engineering

12

12

12

13

13

Technologies

22

18

18

16

20

Mathematics and computer science

22

22

22

21

20

Architecture, building and planning

30

30

32

34

34

Physical sciences

40

40

40

39

39

Source: UCAS annual pivot tables.

10th Jul 2014
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many women have made a statutory application to request flexible working in the Government Equalities Office; and how many of those applications have been granted.

The Government Equalities Office (GEO) embraces flexible working. All posts are advertised on a flexible basis and GEO employees have always had the opportunity to request temporary or permanent changes to their working patterns at any time. This approach significantly reduces the need for GEO employees to make a statutory application for flexible working and we have no record of any such request having been made.