Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have been paid bonuses in each of the last five years.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
As part of the Government’s commitment to transparency, departments have published aggregated annual information on their bonus spend on their own websites since 2011. This promotes scrutiny of how taxpayers’ money is spent. The latest data, which covers the 2021/22 performance year, was published on Government Departments’ websites on 31 March 2023. This data includes information on total bonus spend, the number of civil servants receiving bonuses, and the size of payments.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether materials used in civil service diversity, equity, and inclusion training make reference to white privilege.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The cross Civil Service diversity, equity and inclusion training designed for the Civil Service does not make reference to white privilege. We cannot comment on content not designed for the Civil Service or training designed for departments and professions to meet specific needs or that which is purchased outside of the centrally managed contracts.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which external (a) speakers and (b) organisations have spoken in Civil Service diversity, equity, and inclusion training since 2020.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
In the Autumn Statement last year, the Chancellor set out that the Government is considering introducing a presumption against external EDI spending and increasing ministerial scrutiny of EDI spending whilst streamlining EDI training and HR processes with a view to getting value for the taxpayer.
The Civil Service offers limited diversity and inclusion specific training through the cross Civil Service learning offer. The Civil Service work with a range of external suppliers to design and deliver these courses, a full list of which is provided here. Speakers are not part of the training provided in the learning offer.
Civil Service Expectations - e-learning course
Collaborating effectively in cross-cultural teams - MindGym
Creating an Inclusive Culture - Berkshire Consultancy Ltd
Creating Inclusive Virtual Teams - Bailey & French
Creating Team Inclusivity - Capital Training Ltd
Cultivating your Cultural Intelligence - Berkshire Consultancy Ltd
Dealing with Everyday Racism - Berkshire Consultancy Ltd
Disability inclusive management - KPMG Specialist Faculty
Ignite inclusion - MindGym
Inclusive leadership - KPMG Specialist Faculty
Leading inclusive teams - KPMG Specialist Faculty
Managing Inclusion - Korn Ferry
Modern Leadership – skills for managing a diverse workforce - Berkshire Consultancy Ltd
Neurodiversity in the workplace - Berkshire Consultancy Ltd
Power of choice - Korn Ferry
Respect Training - Berkshire Consultancy Ltd
Sexual Harassment - Red Snapper
Understanding multiple perspectives - Berkshire Consultancy Ltd
Working with different cultures – a Managers Toolkit - Berkshire Consultancy Ltd
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any materials used in Civil Service diversity, equity, and inclusion training make reference to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The only cross Civil Service course provided by the Cabinet Office on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is Civil Service Expectations, which does not have any reference to the Black Lives Matters movement.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on the public bodies that have provided grants to Stonewall since 1 January 2019.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Cabinet Office does not centrally hold information on grants or other funding issued by public bodies to third party organisations.
The Government is currently undertaking a review into Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) expenditure and activity across the Civil Service, to ensure value for taxpayers’ money.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on how many civil servants have taken early retirement since 2020.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
From 1 January 2020 to 31 January 2024, there have been 12,313 Civil Servants who have taken early retirement.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which civil service training programmes include the spotting of microaggressions.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
There was a specific course on Microaggressions which was withdrawn from the prospectus in November 2022.
There are not any other courses that include microaggressions as part of the course outline available as part of the cross Civil Service training catalogue. We do not hold details of any local procurement or bespoke commissions of courses, the relevant department would need to be contacted to confirm.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department holds data on the number of public buildings in England that require asbestos removal as of 24 January 2024.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Cabinet Office does not collect or hold data centrally on asbestos in public buildings. Individual building owners and managers are responsible for maintaining asbestos registers in accordance with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. These regulations also require duty holders to share information regarding the location, condition, and type of asbestos in buildings, in digital or paper form, with anyone liable to disturb it (e.g. workers, contractors and the emergency services).
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on what the cost to the public purse was for the use of translators in the Civil Service since 2013.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Cabinet Office does not hold the cost and spend for using translators across the Civil Service centrally. Such professional services are procured by individual departments.
The Cabinet Office does use translation services on occasion where necessary but we do not record the cost of these services separately from the provision of other professional services. Therefore, a detailed review of invoices from the Cabinet Office would be required to estimate the amount spent since 2013 which would incur a disproportionate cost to the department.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Ministers have represented the UK at the World Economic Forum in Davos in each year since 2015.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Ministers from the following departments have attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting with officials since 2018: Her Majesty’s Treasury (2020, 2019 and 2018); Cabinet Office (2022); and the Departments for International Trade (2023, 2022, 2019 and 2018); Health and Social Care (2019); Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2023, 2019 and 2018); Culture, Media and Sport (2019 and 2018); and International Development (2019). The then Prime Minister also attended in 2018.
The Cabinet Office does not hold centralised records of ministerial attendance at the WEF Annual Meeting prior to 2018.