To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how each new grade on which new entrants to the Coastguard Service are employed compares with the mainstream, non-maritime Civil Service equivalents.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how each new grade on which new entrants to the Coastguard Service are employed compares with the mainstream, non-maritime Civil Service equivalents.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the employment grades are of (a) coastguards who have left the service since the Coastguard Reform programme began and (b) new entrants to the Coastguard service in that same period at the time of their first employment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the employment grades are of (a) coastguards who have left the service since the Coastguard Reform programme began and (b) new entrants to the Coastguard service in that same period at the time of their first employment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus staff were promoted to a higher grade in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus staff were promoted to a higher grade in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14.

May we have a debate on waste and bureaucracy in local authorities? When I worked for Asda, there were something like eight or nine levels between the most junior role and the chief executive. I have just found out from a freedom of information request to Bradford council that it...

May we have a debate on waste and bureaucracy in local authorities? When I worked for Asda, there were something like eight or nine levels between the most junior role and the chief executive. I have just found out from a freedom of information request to Bradford council that it...

My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. There have been many efficiency savings in many local authorities over the past four years. Indeed, in the best-run local authorities, layers of management have been taken out and there have been huge administrative savings, but that has not been uniform across the...

My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. There have been many efficiency savings in many local authorities over the past four years. Indeed, in the best-run local authorities, layers of management have been taken out and there have been huge administrative savings, but that has not been uniform across the...

To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities how often Section 159 of the Equality Act 2010 has been used by employers in relation to recruitment or promotion of an individual with protected characteristics in each year since 2011.

To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities how often Section 159 of the Equality Act 2010 has been used by employers in relation to recruitment or promotion of an individual with protected characteristics in each year since 2011.