Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Reform UK - Great Yarmouth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the total cost to the public purse for the provision of diversity, equality and inclusion courses for staff in her Department in 2024.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The total cost to the public purse for the provision of diversity, equality and inclusion courses for staff in Cabinet Office in 2024 was £0.
Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Reform UK - Great Yarmouth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse for supporting the a:gender network in each of the last five years.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Data from the Equality, Diversity and Expenditure Review will be published in due course.
Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Reform UK - Great Yarmouth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the proposed increase in employer National Insurance contributions for financial year 2025-26.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Government will provide support for departments and other public sector employers for additional Employer National Insurance Contributions costs only. This funding will be allocated to departments in the usual way, in line with the approach taken under the previous Government’s Health and Social Care Levy.
Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Reform UK - Great Yarmouth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of civil service job opportunities restricted applications through positive action schemes based on (a) race and (b) sex or gender in the last financial year.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Cabinet Office recruitment policy and practice is conducted in accordance with UK law, including the Equality Act 2010, as well as the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles and the Civil Service Nationality rules (available on GOV.UK).
Non-Ministerial departments and Executive Agencies are responsible for managing their own recruitment processes and ensuring they are also compliant with UK law.
Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Reform UK - Great Yarmouth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a work experience scheme for Ministers relating to their Department's areas of responsibility.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
All ministers receive tailored inductions upon appointment to support them in their ministerial duties.
The Government does not have plans to introduce a work experience scheme for ministers in addition to the inductions already provided.
Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Reform UK - Great Yarmouth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was for all non-departmental bodies in the last financial year.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
We are currently collecting financial data from arms lengths bodies, which includes non-departmental public bodies, for 2023/24 and will publish it in due course.
Financial data for arm’s length bodies, including non-departmental public bodies, in 2022/23 is published on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Reform UK - Great Yarmouth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's contract entitled Travel, Transport, Accommodation & Venue Solutions, reference RM6342 TTA&VS, published on 9 October 2024, how much and what proportion of the contract value relates to the provision of services for (a) asylum seekers, (b) refugees and (c) migrants.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Travel, Transport, Accommodation & Venue Solutions (RM6342) is not a contract but a commercial agreement. There is no guaranteed spend associated with this agreement, as it is designed to provide a solution for potential procurement needs. As such, there is no specific spend or proportion of the agreement value allocated to the provision of services for asylum seekers, refugees, or migrants.
Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Reform UK - Great Yarmouth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of civil service pensions in each of the last ten years.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The answer to the question raised is available in the public domain and can be found in the Civil Superannuation accounts on the UK Government website and the resources section of the Civil Service Pension website.
Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Reform UK - Great Yarmouth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much each Department has spent on recruitment agencies in each of the last five years.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The information is not centrally held centrally. Each department is responsible for its own recruitment expenditure, which includes any agency spend.
Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Reform UK - Great Yarmouth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants receive private healthcare through work schemes by Department.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Civil Service does not offer or subsidise private healthcare provision or insurance.