The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Prime Minister, which hon. Members have security clearance for access to 10 Downing Street.
Mr David Cameron
It has been the practice of successive Governments not to comment on security issues.
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 many (a) publications, (b) consultation documents and (c) circulars his Department has issued since August 2012; and what the title was of each such publication, consultation document or circular.
Joseph Johnson
My Department does not hold a central list of publications, consultations or circulars.
All publications, consultations, press releases and statistics are published on the GOV.UK website and can be found listed there:
Publications: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills
Press releases: https://www.gov.uk/government/announcements?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills
Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills
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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 has paid to staff in overtime in each of the last 24 months.
Brandon Lewis
The Department already publishes spend on overtime on a monthly basis as part of wider transparency publications. The Department’s workforce management publications can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workforce-management
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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 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:
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Year/period |
Number of officials |
Proportion of staff |
Proportion of total sick leave of the department |
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October 2014 to September 2015 |
38 |
3.1% |
26% |
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April 2014 to March 2015 |
36 |
3.2% |
25% |
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April 2013 to March 2014 |
33 |
3.0% |
25% |
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April 2012 to March 2013 |
32 |
2.8% |
19% |
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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.
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April 10 to March 11 |
April 11 to March 12 |
April 12 to March 13 |
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Resignations |
92 |
104 |
82 |
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Proportion of Officials (%) |
6.9% |
9.0% |
7.2% |
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April 13 to March 14 |
April 14 to March 15 |
April 15 to March 16 |
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|
Resignations |
83 |
101 |
79 |
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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.