The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Bryant on 2014-07-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials are currently working on the universal credit programme.
Mr Mark Harper
Current resource data shows a full time equivalent of 465 staff currently working on the Universal Credit Programme.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Watson on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
Jo Swinson
The Department does not maintain a central register but an analysis of the Departmental financial system and records identified that since 2010, the following duplicate payments were made and recoveries undertaken:
10/11 nil
11/12 nil
12/13 £726 of which all was recovered
13/14 £1835.40 of which all was recovered
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2014-07-15.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will lower tax duty on cigarettes.
Priti Patel
Budget 2014 announced that tobacco duty rates will continue to rise by 2% above RPI each year until the end of the next Parliament.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Wright on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions have taken place on the future of sites in Telford as part of the Building for the Future programme.
Penny Mordaunt
There have been no explicit discussions abut a ‘Building for the Future’ programme.
However as part of the recently announced Growth Deal with The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership my officials are in regular discussion with both the Partnership and Telford and Wrekin Council about the use of land assets in Telford managed by the Homes and Communities Agency and the joint stewardship arrangements.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department paid to (a) G4S, (b) Serco, (c) Sodexo, (d) GEOAmey, (e) Capita, (f) Atos, (g) Mitie, (h) Working Links, (i) A4E, (j) MTC Amey, (k) GEO Group and (l) Carillion in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
Mrs Helen Grant
|
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
|
|
Supplier |
||||
|
G4S |
0.00 |
0.00 |
320.40 |
0.00 |
|
Capita Health Solutions |
253.51 |
80.78 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Capita Resourcing Ltd |
0.00 |
116,214.73 |
2,859,479.69 |
4,312,004.26 |
|
Capita Learning & Development |
0.00 |
0.00 |
16,816.15 |
40,584.36 |
|
Capita Bisiness Travel |
40,650.77 |
80,513.95 |
94,356.64 |
0.00 |
|
Capita Symonds |
0.00 |
0.00 |
66,375.60 |
0.00 |
|
Capita Business Services (interim) |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
74,679.50 |
|
Atos |
4,154,276.48 |
4,487,340.49 |
5,958,713.10 |
4,707,570.47 |
|
Mitie Managed Services |
242,840.51 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Carillion Business Services Ltd |
121,567.48 |
1,100,852.66 |
2,301,879.07 |
656,254.50 |
|
Carillion Business Services Ltd |
848,636.47 |
282,432.48 |
892,106.50 |
0.00 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department paid to (a) G4S, (b) Serco, (c) Sodexo, (d) GEOAmey, (e) Capita, (f) Atos, (g) Mitie, (h) Working Links, (i) A4E, (j) MTC Amey, (k) GEO Group and (l) Carillion in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
Mr Philip Dunne
As part of the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) transparency programme, monthly spend over £25,000 is available on the Gov.uk website for financial years 2010-11 to 2013-14:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mod-finance-transparency-dataset.
This data represents payments made centrally by the MOD. It does not include payments made by the MOD’s Trading Funds, payments made for warlike stores, and payments that would be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information legislation (for example, for reasons of national security or commercial sensitivity).
No payments have been made over the period 2010-11 to 2013-14 to GEO Amey, Working Links, A4E, MTC Amey or GEO Group.
Since January 2011, all contracts over £10,000 in value are published on Contracts Finder:
http://www.contractsfinder.co.uk/
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Smith on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding Crawley constituency will receive through the pupil premium in the financial year 2014-15.
Mr David Laws
Schools and academies in Crawley constituency have been allocated £4.026 million through the pupil premium for financial year 2014-15.
This includes funding through the deprivation, service child and children adopted from care elements, but excludes the looked-after children element as this is not available at a parliamentary constituency level.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the total amount of Levy Control Framework budget spent on the Renewables Obligation in 2013-14; and what his forecast is for Renewables Obligation spend in 2014-15.
Matthew Hancock
Total expenditure on the Renewables Obligation (RO) in 2013/14 is estimated to be approximately £2.6 billion. This is calculated by multiplying the provisional obligation for the year, 61.5 million ROCs, by the buy-out price for that year, £42.02. The final obligation, and therefore overall spend, will not be confirmed until October 2014.
Forecast expenditure on the RO in 2014/15 is approximately £3.1 billion. This is based on the provisional obligation for the year, 72.3 million ROCs, multiplied by this year’s buy-out price, £43.30.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Huw Irranca-Davies on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government’s position is in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on food procurement rules and the ability of the Government to stipulate conditions on procurement which recognise local and regional food and the economic and other benefits of sourcing local and regional food for public procurement; and if she will make a statement.
George Eustice
Public sector procurers are required to seek value for money through fair and open competition. Through our membership of the European Union and as a signatory to international agreements, our contracting authorities are required to treat suppliers from Europe and various other countries on an equal footing with UK suppliers. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is expected to incorporate these longstanding principles of EU and WTO (World Trade Organisation) law. The Public Services (Social Value) Act (2012) requires contracting authorities to consider the full social, environmental and economic value of public services procurements at the pre-procurement stage.
The Government wants UK companies to be successful in public procurement. The most appropriate way to do this is for companies to offer the goods and services at the right quality levels and to provide good value for money. The Government is determined to make access to public sector contracts easier and is introducing a simpler, streamlined method for procuring food and catering services that sets out public sector’s requirements more clearly. This was launched on 21st July in, “A Plan for Public Procurement of Food and Catering Services”.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on steps to tackle Islamic extremism in Europe.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Countering violent extremism in Europe is an important issue on which the British Government maintains a regular, ongoing dialogue with our European partners. For example, we have engaged with the recent revision of the EU’s Strategy for Combating Radicalisation and Recruitment, and welcomed this as an opportunity to enhance the approach of Member States and the EU to countering radicalisation and further challenging extremism in Europe.