Tag: Jonathan Ashworth

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

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

Mr Robert Goodwill

The information requested is in the table below.

The Department for Transport data relates to the central department and its agencies during the timeframe indicated, Highways England are therefore excluded from the 15/16 figures.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-05-03.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which of the UK’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies will be represented at the Anti-Corruption Summit on 12 May 2016.

Matthew Hancock

Representatives of Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies have been invited to attend the Summit.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-05-20.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of the people who attended the Tackling Corruption Together Conference on 11 May 2016.

Matthew Hancock

The Tackling Corruption Together conference on 11 May was organised by a consortium of civil society organisations, businesses and the Commonwealth Secretariat. The government was not responsible for the guest list.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-06-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2016 to Question 37744, on property: ownership, on what date (a) his Department will begin to consult on the detail of the policy and (b) that consultation will end.

Anna Soubry

My Department is currently developing the policy detail to be included within the consultation, which we plan to publish later this year. I am not able to commit to a specific date for the consultation at this point.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-07-18.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar has retained his role as the Government’s Anti-Corruption Champion.

Ben Gummer

The Prime Minister will consider all such appointments, including that of the anti-corruption champion, in due course.

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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