Tag: Parliamentary Question

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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.

Mr Francis Maude

The Prime Minister’s Office and the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office are integral parts of the Cabinet Office.

Declaration of ethnicity for staff is voluntary and it is therefore not possible to provide the information requested.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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 Philip Dunne

The Ministry of Defence will consider the diversity policies and records of businesses or other organisations where they are relevant and proportionate to the subject matter of the contract, and seeking best value for money in procurement.

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 the Home Department, what targets her Department has for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.

Karen Bradley

Tables provided in Annex 1 for representation from March 2013 – March 2014

In conjunction with Cabinet Office, the Department has agreed specific targets
to improve representation rates. The position in the last year is as follows:

• Three female employees have been appointed at Director General level becoming
members of the Home Office Executive Management Board. The position generally
was that 34.39% of staff at Senior Civil Service (SCS) were female compared
with the target of 38%. At Grades 6 and 7 the position was that 43.93% of staff
were female compared with the target of 45%.

• 6.21% of staff with a disability were at SCS level compared to a target
of 3% and at Grades 6 and 7 the position was that 5.99 % staff had a
disability compared with the target of 6%.

• 10.56% of staff at Grades 6 and 7 were from a minority ethnic background
compared to a target of 10%. 4.52% of staff at SCS level were from a minority
ethnic background compared with the target of 6%.

• 5.66% of staff at SCS were lesbian, gay or bisexual compared to the target of
5.0%. At Grades 6 and 7 the position was that 3.4% of staff were lesbian, gay
or bisexual compared with the target of 5.0%.

The position is encouraging but the Department is committed to finding further
progress in all aspects of diversity.