The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-28.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of using external agencies for recruitment to the Senior Civil Service across all Government departments in each of the last three years.
Matthew Hancock
This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Peter Kyle on 2015-11-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the £1.5 billion for the Better Care Fund by 2019-20 announced in the Autumn Statement 2015 is in addition to existing NHS financial allocations for the next five years.
Alistair Burt
From 2017 the Government will make adult social care funding available to local government, to be included in an improved Better Care Fund, rising to £1.5 billion in 2019-20. This is in addition to the NHS’s mandated contribution to the Better Care Fund, which will continue in real terms over the Parliament.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Laurence Robertson on 2015-10-28.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many regulated Retail Financial Advisory firms there are; and how many have five or more financial advisers working for them.
Harriett Baldwin
This is an operational matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who are operationally independent from Government. The question has been passed on to the FCA. The FCA will reply to you directly by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-11-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library copies of the (a) labour and (b) materials data used to calculate the area cost adjustment factor element of the Sussex Police grant.
Mr Marcus Jones
The Area Cost Adjustment data referred to in the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2015/16 is that used for the 2013-14 Local Government Finance Settlement.
The main data used for the labour cost element are anonymised personal records from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Any release is governed by the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and is the responsibility of the Office for National Statistics.
The main sources of data used for the rates cost element come from Valuation Office Agency estimates for offices. This data is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/business-floorspace-experimental-statistics
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cat Smith on 2015-10-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to change how take-away food delivery drivers are regulated.
Mr Marcus Jones
This is not a matter for the Department for Communities and Local Government.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Farrelly on 2015-11-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which sections of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 have not yet been implemented.
Mike Penning
Most of the Act has been implemented, but the sections which have not been commenced are listed below.
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Provision Not in Force |
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s.26(1), (3)-(8) |
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s.40 ss. 41 & 42 (in so far as they are ancillary to section 40) |
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S.56 and Sch.22 (commenced in England and Wales only) |
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Sch. 8 (11) |
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Sch. 9 (62) (Repealed) |
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Sch. 13 Part 4 |
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s.44 (only to the extent it enacts the following provisions in Sch. 16) Sch. 16, Part 4 (11-21) |
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Sch. 19 (not commenced in Northern Ireland) |
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Sch. 20 (1-15) (not commenced in Scotland) |
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Sch.23 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Daniel Kawczynski on 2015-10-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to reform the Electronic Communications Code following the closure of the consultation on 30 April 2015.
Mr Edward Vaizey
The Government remains committed to delivering a reformed Electronic Communications Code that is clear, fit for purpose, and supports a UK network that provides consumers with a choice of high quality telecommunications services.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-11-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the decision was taken to transfer Newcastle Central Station to Virgin East Coast rather than to Network Rail.
Claire Perry
The East Coast Franchise Agreement provided for the potential transfer of Newcastle Station to Network Rail. The decision to continue with the existing management arrangements of the stations was taken in late August 2015 following a period of negotiation between Virgin Trains East Coast and Network Rail.
The Department concluded that the best value to the public purse and passengers was to continue with the existing arrangements already in place at Newcastle rather than transfer the station.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Chapman on 2015-10-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the command structure at RAF Waddington is; and what the total payroll costs for senior officers were in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
Mark Lancaster
The total payroll costs for senior officers (Regular and Reserve personnel at RAF Waddington, holding the rank of Squadron Leader and above) for the previous five financial years are as follows:
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2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
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Total Payroll Cost |
£6.125 million |
£6.161 million |
£6.404 million |
£6.127 million |
£5.840 million |
RAF Waddington’s command structure comprises Station Executives for each Wing and Squadron, who report directly to the Station Commander.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karen Buck on 2015-11-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases qualifying information on child maintenance non-compliance has been supplied to a credit reference agency, pursuant to section 40 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008, since the commencement of that provision.
Priti Patel
The Child Maintenance Group (CMG) has shared case information with credit reference agencies on cases where there has been child maintenance non-compliance. These cases were solely for sampling purposes as part of a pilot to test the potential gains from sharing such information and to assure our business processes. The information supplied to the credit reference agencies during the pilot was not recorded on any of their live systems and following the pilot was destroyed in accordance with DWP security procedures.
On 30 November 2015 CMG will begin to issue the 21 day written warning of intention to disclose non-compliance information on all cases where the debt accrued has been recognised and a Liability Order to support this granted in the Magistrates / Sheriffs court. Where payment is still not received, the intention is to commence supplying this information to credit reference agencies in early 2016 for their use.