Asked by: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of job vacancies in the intelligence services that have remained unfilled for over three months in each year since 2010.
Answered by David Lidington
As has been the policy of successive governments, the government does not comment on matters relating to the intelligence agencies. The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament scrutinises the policies, expenditure, administration and operations of the intelligence agencies on behalf of Parliament.
Asked by: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) males and (b) females working for GCHQ in each year since 2010.
Answered by David Lidington
As at 31 March 2018, the GCHQ headcount is made up of 35% Women and 65% Men. These figures have remained constant since 2010. Further detail can be found in the recently published document “GCHQ Gender Pay Gap Report 2018”.
Asked by: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of civil service staff that have been paid an annual salary of (a) less than and (b) more than £30,000 in each year since 2010.
Answered by David Lidington
The numbers of Civil Servants for each year from 2010-2018 earning below £30,000; and above £30,000 are:
Year Below 30K Above 30K
2010 403,700 117,850
2011 367,620 125,250
2012 339,370 118,090
2013 322,560 120,810
2014 304,280 129,210
2015 297,600 135,400
2016 277,710 139,910
2017 276,300 142,570
2018 273,380 154,890
Data on salary is missing for a small number of Civil Servants, who are not counted in these figures.
Asked by: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
What steps the Government is taking to protect the UK electoral system from overseas interference.
Answered by Chloe Smith
We have not seen evidence of successful interference in UK democratic processes. However, we are not complacent, as the Prime Minister said: we will do what is necessary to protect ourselves, and work with our allies to do likewise. Cabinet Office coordinates cross-Government work to protect our democracy.
Asked by: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the rate of unemployment for adults with learning difficulties since 2010.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the regulations on political lobbying of members of the Government.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The Government is confident that the Transparency of Lobbying Act, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 is working well in requiring consultant lobbyists to declare on whose behalf they are lobbying. The Act complements existing transparency mechanisms including the quarterly publication of Ministerial meetings with external organisations and industry-led regulation such as subscription to industry codes of conduct.
The Ministerial Code is clear that Ministers must not accept invitations to act as patrons or otherwise offer support to pressure groups and Ministers must ensure that they do not place themselves, or appear to place themselves under an obligation to such groups. The Code also requires Minister to ensure that no conflict arises or could reasonably be perceived to arise between their public duties and their private interest, financial or otherwise.
Asked by: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of incidents of domestic violence in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the socio-economic background of civil servants employed in each Government Department; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Cabinet Office holds data on socio-economic background (SEB) in the following ways: from applications to the Fast Stream graduate programme and the centrally run accelerated development schemes, including the Future Leaders’ Scheme (FLS), the High Potential Development Scheme (HPDS) and the Senior Leaders’ Scheme (SLS) and is piloting other ways of gaining data, on a voluntary and anonymous basis, including from the annual People Survey, in future years.
The SEB measures are questions which the Civil Service developed over two years to assess socio-economic background.
The Civil Service Fast Stream has been recording socioeconomic background data of its applicants since 2011.
The Civil Service Future Leaders Scheme (FLS) and Senior Leaders Scheme (SLS) have been recording SEB data from its applicants since 2016. The Civil Service High Potential Development Scheme have been recording SEB data from its applicants since 2017.
Individual departments may have undertaken surveys of the socio-economic background of their employees, but this is not held by the Cabinet Office.
Asked by: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of young people moving from small towns and villages to large towns and cities; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that movement on the long-term sustainability of small towns and villages.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of (a) men and (b) women in employment who do not receive the national minimum wage.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.