Tag: Chris Stephens

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Stephens on 2016-01-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2016 to Question 21433, how many employees of his Department will be affected by the reduction in the work allowance element of universal credit.

Priti Patel

The information requested is not available.

DWP does not require employees to identify themselves as Universal Credit claimants and therefore does not have a record of the numbers.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Stephens on 2016-02-08.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assurances the Government Digital Service seeks from its contractors and suppliers that they are fully compliant with their UK tax obligations.

Matthew Hancock

All contractors and suppliers are required to confirm that they are compliant with UK tax obligations in order to compete for contracts with the Cabinet Office.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Stephens on 2016-03-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his oral contribution of 21 March 2016, Official Report, column 1284, whether an impact assessment has been carried out on the effect of social security reform on employees in his Department.

Priti Patel

Ministers consider all of their statutory duties in considering new policies and impact assessments are published as is appropriate. A number of impact assessments have been published during the passage of the recent Welfare Reform Act. These use the whole population as a base but do not focus specifically on DWP employees.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Stephens on 2016-07-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what footprint and locations within Defence Business Services his Department is planning for inclusion in the corporate services integration and innovation provider contract.

Mark Lancaster

The Ministry of Defence is currently examining options for the future of Defence Business Services (DBS) as part of the Future DBS Programme. No final decisions have been taken on whether any elements of DBS’ current operations will be outsourced and therefore which locations might be affected.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Stephens on 2016-09-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of whether the level of tribunal fees acts as a disincentive to women pursuing a sex discrimination claim.

Sir Oliver Heald

We will publish the outcome of our review into Employment Tribunal Fees in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Stephens on 2015-11-23.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the expenditure of each Government department in the last 12 months has related to the payment of trades union officials for facility time; and if he will make a statement.

Matthew Hancock

The Cabinet Office publishes data relating to Civil Service facility time on a quarterly basis. The latest data is available

at:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-union-facility-time.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Stephens on 2016-01-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff employed by his Department (a) receive working tax credits and (b) work part-time; and what proportion of each such group are women.

Justin Tomlinson

The information requested in part (a) is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

On 31 December 2015 in the Department for Work and Pensions 35,834 employees work part-time and 88% of this group are women.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Stephens on 2016-02-08.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assurances HM Revenue and Customs seeks from its contractors and suppliers that they are fully compliant with their UK tax obligations.

Mr David Gauke

Prior to engagement, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) require a new contractor or supplier to provide their tax details, and to agree to HMRC performing revenue compliance checks throughout the procurement process, using information from its own records and taking appropriate action where required in line with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Contracts for such engagements include clauses requiring that at all times the contractor or supplier shall comply with all statutes and regulations relating to direct or indirect taxes, and that failure to comply may constitute a material breach of the contract.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Stephens on 2016-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to prevent the importation to the UK of illegally-mined gold and other mineral products from Brazil.

Anna Soubry

My Department does not have any restrictions in place on the import of alleged illegally-mined gold and mineral products from Brazil.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Stephens on 2016-09-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the suitability and adequacy of conduct of landlords engaged by Serco and its subcontractors to provide accommodation to refugees and asylum seekers under the COMPASS contract.

Mr Robert Goodwill

COMPASS accommodation providers, including Serco, are contractually required to provide safe, habitable, fit for purpose and correctly equipped accommodation to comply with the standards outlined in the relevant housing legislation and the Decent Homes Standard.

The Government expects the highest standards from our contractors and providers are monitored closely to ensure asylum accommodation providers meet these standards. Where a contractor is found to be falling short of these standards, we work with them to ensure issues are quickly addressed. When they are not we can and do impose sanctions.