Tag: Jonathan Ashworth

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2015-11-17.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) the amount of any underspend expected against departmental expenditure limits in the current fiscal year and (b) his Department’s latest forecast of total annually managed expenditure spend for this year is; and what the forecasts were for those sums at the time of the Summer Budget 2015 and March Budget 2015.

Matthew Hancock

The Cabinet Office is not forecasting any underspend against departmental expenditure limits in the current fiscal year. There was no underspend forecast at the time of the Summer Budget 2015 or the March Budget 2015 either.

The Department’s latest forecast of total annually managed expenditure is £5 million, in line with the budget for 2015-16.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2015-12-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions a special adviser in his Department accompanied a Minister on an overseas trip since May 2015.

Brandon Lewis

Special Advisers have not undertaken any overseas trips with Ministers since May 2015.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost of the trade envoy programme has been since its launch in September 2012.

Anna Soubry

To fulfil their overseas and UK travel commitments, there is a dedicated budget for the Trade Envoys.

Total cost of the programme to date has been £424,529

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent from the public purse on industrial tribunals in the last 12 months.

Joseph Johnson

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 2 March 2016 by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice to Question 28629.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent from the public purse on industrial tribunals in the last 12 months.

Brandon Lewis

The cost of Employment Tribunals can be found within the HM Courts & Tribunals Service annual accounts published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/433948/hmcts-annual-report-accounts-2014-15.pdf

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many consultants’ contracts were terminated early in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and what the cost of each such termination was in each of those years.

Andrea Leadsom

This information is not readily available, and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent from the public purse on industrial tribunals in the last 12 months.

Jane Ellison

In the Department, legal spend is captured as part of a budget line which includes other expenditure. It would incur disproportionate costs to establish the exact amount of the relevant expenditure on employment tribunals alone.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil law suits have been brought against his Department based either wholly or partially on grounds provided by the Human Rights Act 1998; how many such suits were settled out of court before a court judgment was delivered; and how much such settlements have cost the public purse since 2010.

Dominic Raab

It is not possible to provide the information requested. Litigants in civil cases can rely on arguments based wholly or partly on the Human Rights Act 1998. In some cases, the Act is relied on in addition to other claims. When the Human Rights Act came into force, no specific arrangements were put in place by the then government to record cases in the way requested. As a result, there are not currently data published which distinguish between cases where the Human Rights Act was or was not invoked.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-29.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date his Council of Economic Advisers last met in full; and how many times it met in full in the last 12 months.

Harriett Baldwin

Members of the Government’s Council of Economic Advisers meet daily with Ministers, officials and others to discuss the design and formation of government policy.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-04-11.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of officials of his Department resigned in each of the last six years.

Matthew Hancock

The table below sets out how many and what proportion of permanent officials in my Department resigned in each of the last six years.

Year Headcount % of Workforce

10/11 43 2.6%

11/12 32 1.8%

12/13 48 2.5%

13/14 56 2.6%

14/15 48 2.1%

15/16 76 3.5%