Tag: Liz Kendall

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-01-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people of each gender work in his Department.

Jane Ellison

As at 31 December 2015, of the civil servants employed by the Department 1,180 were women and 838 were men. Their full-time equivalent numbers were 1,110 and 822 respectively.

The Office for National Statistics produce annual and quarterly statistics for the whole of the Civil Service. The published figures include a gender distribution and a number of other demographics, for each Government Department and Executive Agency. These can be found at:

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pse/civil-service-statistics/index.html

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-05-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are currently on the waiting list for a carers’ assessment.

Alistair Burt

There is no central collection of data on the average and longest wait for a carer’s assessment after an initial request was made since the introduction of the Carers Act 2014. Nor is data collected centrally on the number of people currently on the waiting list for a carer’s assessment.

Data on the number of carers assessed during the financial year 2014-15 by local authority is attached. It should be noted that these figures include both joint and separate assessments from the cared for person. The source for this data is Short and Long Term Support (SALT), England 2014-15. This return is collected and published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.

Link to SALT:

http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB18663

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2015-11-25.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many people of each gender work as special advisers in the Government Equalities Office.

Caroline Dinenage

There are currently two special advisers, one male and one female, who work for the Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, whose responsibilities include women’s and equalities issues.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-01-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people of each gender work in his Department.

Stephen Crabb

There are currently 23 women and 23 men working at the Wales Office.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-05-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received a carers’ assessment since the introduction of the Carers Act 2014.

Alistair Burt

There is no central collection of data on the average and longest wait for a carer’s assessment after an initial request was made since the introduction of the Carers Act 2014. Nor is data collected centrally on the number of people currently on the waiting list for a carer’s assessment.

Data on the number of carers assessed during the financial year 2014-15 by local authority is attached. It should be noted that these figures include both joint and separate assessments from the cared for person. The source for this data is Short and Long Term Support (SALT), England 2014-15. This return is collected and published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.

Link to SALT:

http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB18663

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2015-11-25.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many people of each gender work in the Government Equalities Office.

Caroline Dinenage

There are currently 35 female and 20 male members of staff in the Government Equalities Office.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-01-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people of each gender work in his Department.

Mr Edward Vaizey

Information relating to gender distribution in government departments is collated by the Office for National Statistics and published under the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey each year. The number of each gender working in DCMS is:

Gender	Headcount	%
Male	220	46
Female	260	54
Total	480

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-05-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average and (b) longest wait was for a carers’ assessment after an initial request was made since the introduction of the Carers Act 2014.

Alistair Burt

There is no central collection of data on the average and longest wait for a carer’s assessment after an initial request was made since the introduction of the Carers Act 2014. Nor is data collected centrally on the number of people currently on the waiting list for a carer’s assessment.

Data on the number of carers assessed during the financial year 2014-15 by local authority is attached. It should be noted that these figures include both joint and separate assessments from the cared for person. The source for this data is Short and Long Term Support (SALT), England 2014-15. This return is collected and published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.

Link to SALT:

http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB18663

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2015-11-25.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many people of each gender have worked as special advisers in the Government Equalities Office in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.

Edward Timpson

The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-01-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people of each gender work in his Department.

Mark Lancaster

The requested information, as at 1 October 2015, is provided below:

	Male	Female
UK Regular Armed Forces	136,750	15,400
Future Reserves 2020 Volunteer Reserve	28,740	4,540
Ministry of Defence core civilian personnel	22,140	14,970

Full analyses of UK Armed Forces and Ministry of Defence civilian diversity statistics are published on a regular basis and can be found at the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-2015

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-civilian-personnel-quarterly-report-2015

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