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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what targets his Department has for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.

Gregory Barker

The Department currently works towards meeting the diversity representation targets set by the Cabinet Office for Senior Civil Servants. Our current rates against those targets are:

• Females in SCS – 34% (Target 39%)
• Females at PB2 or above – 21% (Target 34%)
• Disability – 3% (Target 5%)
• Ethnicity – 1% (Target 5%)

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consideration his Department gives to the diversity policies and records of businesses or other organisations when considering their bid for commercial contracts or grants.

Gregory Barker

The Department of Energy and Climate Change considers diversity during the procurement or grant allocation process by including diversity within evaluation criteria when appropriate. Diversity is included when it is particularly relevant to the business requirements and circumstances of an individual procurement or grant. In addition the Department’s standard terms and conditions of contract include specific clauses that cover equality and non-discrimination. The Department also promotes non-discrimination through open procurement procedures and we have removed barriers to supplier entry as part of our efforts to improve engagement with small and medium-sized enterprises. Our Contractors are required to abide by the DECC Equality Scheme, details of which can be found through the link below.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/47894/359-decc-equality-diversity-strategy-condoc.pdf

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of staff within his Department who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.

Gregory Barker

From November 2010 a single team was established to control the process for all formal disciplinary proceedings being undertaken against Civil Servants in the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC). Therefore central records only exist from that date.

The proportion of Civil Servants in DECC, who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings since November 2010 to date and who are white British, is less than 1% of the total number of Civil Servants in each year.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of staff within his Department who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.

Dan Rogerson

The data in the table relates to staff in core Defra only.

Financial year	Percentage of staff who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings who have not declared their ethnicity	Percentage of staff who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings who have declared themselves to be white British
2009-10	No dismissals	No dismissals
2010-11	No dismissals	No dismissals
2011-12	100%	0%
2012-13	No dismissals	No dismissals
2013-14	No dismissals	No dismissals

Employees declare their ethnicity and national identity on a voluntary basis.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration his Department gives to the diversity policies and records of businesses or other organisations when considering their bid for commercial contracts or grants.

Dan Rogerson

Core Defra follows Cabinet Office advice in meeting its obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), which is part of the Equality Act 2010, when considering bids for commercial contracts or grants.

As part of our evaluation criteria we ask each bidder to provide evidence of their equality and diversity policy or an equivalent document which demonstrates their organisation’s commitment to equality and diversity and which is compliant with the relevant legislation.

We ask each bidder to describe the steps they have taken to:

· monitor equality and diversity performance;

· implement training programmes for raising awareness;

· ensure staff and sub-contractors working on the contract comply appropriately with the relevant legislation;

· address cases of discrimination and other breaches and set out measures for preventing recurrences; and

· give the Department full confidence in their organisation’s approach to equality and diversity.

A score is allocated to the bidder’s response to these questions which forms part of the overall technical evaluation of the bid.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of staff within his Department who have been subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.

Dan Rogerson

The data in the table relates to staff in core Defra only.

Financial Year	Percentage of staff subject to formal disciplinary proceedings who have not declared their ethnicity	Percentage of staff subject to formal disciplinary proceedings who have declared themselves to be white British
2009-10	33%	67%
2010-11	75%	25%
2011-12	33%	67%
2012-13	17%	67%
2013-14	25%	67%

Employees declare their ethnicity and national identity on a voluntary basis.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of staff within his Department who have been subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.

Hugh Robertson

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr Maude), on 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 433W.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what targets his Department has for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.

Hugh Robertson

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr Maude), on 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 434W.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration his Department gives to the diversity policies and records of businesses or other organisations when considering their bid for commercial contracts or grants.

Mr David Lidington

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr Maude), on 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 434W.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of staff within his Department who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.

Hugh Robertson

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr Maude), on 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 433W.