Tag: Liz Kendall

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-01-12.

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

Mr Robert Goodwill

The table below provides headcount figures for permanent staff in the Department for Transport including its Executive Agencies at 31 December 2015:

DfT Organisation	Men	Women	Total
DfT Centre	1,248	774	2,022
DVLA	2,416	3,722	6,138
DVSA	3,172	1,300	4,472
MCA	681	347	1,028
VCA	112	43	155
TOTAL	7,629	6,186	13,815

Note that in 2009/10 58.7% of the total DfT staff were male compared to 55.2% as at 31 December 2015.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-01-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people of each gender work in his Department.

Joseph Johnson

The figures for BIS HQ (including UKTI), as at 31 December 2015 are:

Gender	Percentage (Number)
Female	49% (1501)
Male	51% (1563)

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-01-12.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many people of each gender have worked as special advisers in the Government Equalities Office since 2010.

Caroline Dinenage

Since May 2010, four female and two male special advisers working for successive Ministers for Women and Equalities have had responsibilities which have included women and equalities issues.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-01-05.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the highest salary is of a (a) woman and (b) man in the Government Equalities Office.

Caroline Dinenage

The highest salary for a woman in the Government Equalities Office (GEO) is between £90,000 and £94,999.

The highest salary for a man in GEO is between £75,000 and £79,999.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-04-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with a diagnosis of autism have been held on mental health wards in each of the last three years because they could not get a suitable living placement; and how many of those patients were (a) children and (b) adults.

Alistair Burt

The total number of adults with a diagnosis of autism who have been held on mental health wards was five in 2014 and 10 in 2015.

The table below provides average and longest length for adults with a diagnosis of autism who were held on mental health wards in each of the last two years because they could not get a suitable living placement.

	Longest length of stay (days)	Average length of stay (days)
2014 Adults (aged 18 and over)	435	236
2015 Adults (aged 18 and over)	249	71

Data for children for this same period cannot be provided as the total is fewer than five in each given year and cannot be made available in order to minimise disclosure risks associated with small numbers.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-01-05.

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

Caroline Dinenage

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

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-04-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average and (b) longest length of time was that patients with a diagnosis of autism who were (i) adults and (ii) children were held on mental health wards in each of the last three years because they could not get a suitable living placement.

Alistair Burt

The total number of adults with a diagnosis of autism who have been held on mental health wards was five in 2014 and 10 in 2015.

The table below provides average and longest length for adults with a diagnosis of autism who were held on mental health wards in each of the last two years because they could not get a suitable living placement.

	Longest length of stay (days)	Average length of stay (days)
2014 Adults (aged 18 and over)	435	236
2015 Adults (aged 18 and over)	249	71

Data for children for this same period cannot be provided as the total is fewer than five in each given year and cannot be made available in order to minimise disclosure risks associated with small numbers.

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

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people of each gender work in his Department.

Harriett Baldwin

Gender and Diversity information can also be found in the Annual Report and Accounts. Please see link below:-

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-04-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has provided support to developing countries to formulate regulations on mobile financial services.

Mr Nick Hurd

Work to support formulation and improvements to regulations on mobile financial services is a key part of DFID’s portfolio of financial sector programmes around mobile financial services across Africa and Asia. The UK is also an active advocate at the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI), including as co-chair of the key subgroup on regulation and standard-setting bodies.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people of each gender work in her Department.

George Eustice

Defra will publish the latest annual workforce monitoring report in January 2016. The report examines the diversity of Defra’s workforce and provides evidence of how we achieve our aim of offering real equality of opportunity to all our employees.

The data from this report has been used to create the table below to highlight gender breakdown by headcount. Table 1 shows staff in post as at 31 March 2015 in Defra and its Executive Agencies. Employees on maternity leave and secondment are included in this analysis if they are on the core or agency payroll.

Table 1

Headcount	Workforce monitoring report	Gender (male)	Gender (female)
Defra	2,086	1,064	1,022
APHA	2,359	991	1,368
Cefas	545	311	234
RPA	2,134	982	1,152
VMD	158	65	93
Defra and its Agencies	7,282	3,413	3,869

The report referred to can be found on the Gov.UK website here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/about/equality-and-diversity

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