Tag: Jonathan Ashworth

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 civil law suits have been brought against her 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.

Andrea Leadsom

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.

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. Neither Government Legal Department (GLD) records nor the County and High Courts case management systems distinguish between cases where the Act is invoked and cases where it is not. 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 2016-02-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, 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.

Alistair Burt

This Information is not held centrally by the Department.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The information requested is not available without disproportionate cost, as separate records for cases based wholly or partially on the Human Rights Act 1998 are not maintained.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-03-01.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials of his Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in each of the last five years; and what proportion of (a) his Department’s staff and (b) total sick leave the sick leave of such officials represented in each such year.

Harriett Baldwin

The Treasury’s sickness absence data for ‘Mental and Behavioural Disorders’ includes stress related conditions.

Details relating to Mental and Behavioural Disorders for the four financial years to March 2015 and the most current information to September 2015 is as follows:

Year/period	Number of officials	Proportion of staff	Proportion of total sick leave of the department
October 2014 to September 2015	38	3.1%	26%
April 2014 to March 2015	36	3.2%	25%
April 2013 to March 2014	33	3.0%	25%
April 2012 to March 2013	32	2.8%	19%
April 2011 to March 2012	28	2.4%	18%

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

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of officials of his Department resigned in each of the last six years.

Harriett Baldwin

A report was generated from the department’s data management system for the financial years requested. I can confirm that a total of 541 officials have resigned in the last six financial years. The proportion of resignations for each of those six years can be viewed in the table below.

	April 10 to March 11	April 11 to March 12	April 12 to March 13
Resignations	92	104	82
Proportion of Officials (%)	6.9%	9.0%	7.2%

	April 13 to March 14	April 14 to March 15	April 15 to March 16
Resignations	83	101	79
Proportion of Officials (%)	7.5%	9.1%	6.3%

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-04-27.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many families of deceased civil servants received death in service benefits in each of the last six years.

Matthew Hancock

Civil servants are eligible to be a member of either the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) or the Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pension Scheme (CSOPS) subject to when they joined the Civil Service. Depending on which scheme they are in, a lump sum death benefit of either two or three times the civil servant’s final pay is payable on their death in service, plus a pension to a surviving spouse or civil partner and any eligible children. Details of the benefits payable are in the rules of the schemes which are available at http://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/about-us/scheme-rules

The lump sum payable on death in service is payable to whoever the scheme member has nominated to receive it (this can be an individual or a corporate body such as a charity). The number of death benefit lump sums paid in each of the last 6 years is as follows:

Scheme Year Number of death in service cases

2010/2011 1195

2011/2012 1119

2012/2013 1007

2013/2014 904

2014/2015 664

2015/2016 447

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the budget is for the Anti-Corruption Summit on 12 May 2016.

Matthew Hancock

The final costs of the Summit are still to be confirmed.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the press release, PM holds major summit as part of global drive to expose, punish and drive out corruption, published on 12 May 2016, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals requiring foreign companies that own property in the UK to declare their real owners.

Anna Soubry

At the International Anti-Corruption Summit in London on 12 May, my Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister announced that we will require foreign companies that own or purchase UK properties or bid on UK Government procurement contracts to provide details of their beneficial owners to a public central register. This will be the first register of its kind in the world.

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills will consult with experts to develop the policy throughout the year and consult formally on the detail of the policy in due course. Implementation of the new register requirements is expected to require both primary and secondary legislation, which we intend to introduce when Parliamentary time allows.

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Anti-Corruption Champion is paid a salary for that role.

Matthew Hancock

The Anti-Corruption Champion is not paid a salary for that role.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-07-20.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans that the new Anti-Corruption Strategy announced by the Government earlier this year will still be completed by the end of 2016.

Ben Gummer

Departments are working to progress the anti-corruption agenda, including work that was set out at the London Anti-Corruption Summit on May 12. However, the new government will wish to consider its approach to specific anti corruption policies, and the governance structures that will oversee this work.