The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Attorney General, what targets the Law Officers’ Departments have for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.
Oliver Heald
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to her by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 16th June (Official Report, Col 434W).
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 subject to 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 Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of staff within his Office who have been subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.
Mr Nick Clegg
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by My Rt Hon Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office today.
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 hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of staff within the House of Commons Commission who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.
John Thurso
The breakdown of staff who classed themselves as white British and who were dismissed following formal disciplinary procedures addressing poor performance, unsatisfactory attendance or misconduct is as follows:
2009/10 – 0%
2010/11 – 100%
2011/12 – 80%
2012/13 – 0%
2013/14 – 25%
Over the five years as a whole there were 15 such dismissals of which eight described themselves as White and British. In a further four cases the ethnic background was unknown or not stated and the nationality was unknown or not stated in three cases.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the average waiting time for claimants of the personal independence payment who require a home consultation in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the UK.
Mike Penning
The information you have requested is not currently available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness King of Bow on 2014-06-17.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to tackle employment discrimination amongst transgender people.
Baroness Northover
The Government is strongly committed to advancing equality for transgender people and ending discrimination in the workplace. The Equality Act 2010 provides protection from discrimination because of gender reassignment in employment.
In March 2011 the Government published Working for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality: Moving Forward; and in December 2011 Advancing transgender equality: a plan for action both of which set out the actions to be taken across Government to enhance equality for transgendered individuals. Actions included the Department for Work and Pensions and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs improving the experiences of transgender people seeking work. These include providing employers with help on employing transgender people and ensuring training is available to Jobcentre Plus staff on the specific challenges faced by transgender people.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2014-06-17.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to allow colleges to provide free meals transactions on individual student smart cards.
Lord Nash
We published guidance for further education funded institutions, including colleges, on 16 April setting out full details of the requirement on institutions to provide free meals to their disadvantaged 16- to 18-year-old students from September 2014.
Exactly how those requirements are met is for individual institutions to determine, and will depend on current practices and systems already in place. Institutions have the flexibility to be able to provide either a meal or a voucher or credit for the student to exchange for a meal. Smart cards would be an ideal way to make such provision.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 2014-06-16.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the proportion of accident and emergency attendances caused by accidents in the home.
Earl Howe
This information is not available centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Lord Bishop of St Albans on 2014-06-16.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress was made towards improving the security and affordability of off-grid fuel supply at the third ministerial roundtable meeting on heating oil and liquid petroleum gas supply on 21 May.
Baroness Verma
My rt. hon. Friend the Minister of State for Energy chaired the third Ministerial Roundtable meeting on heating oil and LPG supply on 21 May. My rt. hon Friend the Minister of State for Climate Change joined the roundtable discussion on off gas grid fuel poor households and support for off gas grid consumers. This continued the useful discussions government has had at the previous two Roundtables with representatives from industry, consumer groups, oil buying groups and others on how to improve heating oil and LPG supply to UK consumers.
Issues covered at the third roundtable included the promotion of the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers’ Customer Charter, the messaging to consumers on buying oil early ahead of the winter and an update on the action government is taking more broadly to help fuel poor off-grid households. Full details of the meeting can be found in the minutes of the meeting which has been placed in the Library of the House.