Speeches

Lucy Powell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2014-03-26.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of employees in No. 10 Downing Street of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.

Mr Francis Maude

The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.

Some of the information requested is not held centrally. However, all of these options are available to employees subject to business needs.

Fewer than five employees are currently recorded as working (iii) from home in a formal arrangement.

The proportion of employees by Pay Grade who work part-time hours as at 28 February 2014 is shown in the table below:

CO Payband (CS Equivalent)

% Part Time

PERM SEC

0%

SCS3

14%

SCS2

5%

SCS1

8%

A/BAND A (Grade 6/7)

5%

B2/BAND B2 (HEO/SEO)

6%

B/Faststream

0%

B1/BAND B1 (EO)

9%

C/BAND C (AA/AO)

10%

The proportion of employees by gender who work part-time hours as at 28 February 2014 is shown in the table below:

Gender

% Part Time

Female

12%

Male

1%