The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2015-12-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions a special adviser in his Department accompanied a Minister on an overseas trip since May 2015.
Stephen Crabb
There are no instances in which a Wales Office Special Advisor has accompanied a Minister on an overseas trip since May 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2015-12-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions a special adviser in his Department accompanied a Minister on an overseas trip since May 2015.
Jane Ellison
A special adviser has accompanied a Minister on one overseas trip 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, how many meetings he has held with UK Trade and Investment trade envoys since May 2015.
Anna Soubry
My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills hosted a roundtable alongside my noble Friend Lord Maude of Horsham at the House of Lords for all Trade Envoys on 9th February 2016. To the best of our knowledge, my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State has not held individual meetings with any of the Trade Envoys.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-25.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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.
Matthew Hancock
The information requested is not held centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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.
Mr Philip Dunne
This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) publications, (b) consultation documents and (c) circulars her Department has issued since August 2012; and what the title was of each such publication, consultation document or circular.
George Eustice
This Department’s publications and consultations issued since August 2012 are available, indexed in date order, on the GOV.UK website. The indexes enable users to search by date and by type of publication. Approximately 2540 publications have been issued by, or jointly with, this Department since August 2012, including 210 consultations. We cannot identify any circulars published since August 2012.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has paid to staff in overtime in each of the last 24 months.
Karen Bradley
"Home Office overtime expenditure on overtime is published as part of the transparency data.
Figures for January 2014 to December 2015 (the latest available month) can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-2015
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-2014
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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.
Justin Tomlinson
No DWP Contracts let for the services of Consultants have been terminated earlier than the Contract end date.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of officials of his Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in each of the last five years; and what proportion of total sick leave that leave was in each such year.
Mike Penning
The tables below set out the information you have requested on sickness absence taken by officials in the Ministry of Justice relating to stress for each year in which figures are currently available. Data prior to 2011 is not available as this information is not held centrally.
|
|
Total Number of staff Sick with Stress |
Proportion of staff off with Stress |
|
2014-2015 |
2,593 |
3% |
|
2013-2014 |
2,344 |
3% |
|
2012-2013 |
2,043 |
3% |
|
2011-2012 |
2,221 |
3% |
|
Proportion of Sick Days due to Stress |
|
|
2014-2015 |
15% |
|
2013-2014 |
13% |
|
2012-2013 |
11% |
|
2011-2012 |
10% |
The information includes staff within Ministry of Justice Headquarters, National Offender Management Service, Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service, Office of the Public Guardian and Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority for all four years. Staff within Legal Aid Agency are included from 2013 and UK Supreme Court is in scope for 2011-2012.
As a department we are actively managing attendance in order to reduce the number of days lost due to sickness. A large proportion of staff absence is within the Prison Service and the challenges they face do not bear a direct comparison with the working conditions of most civil servants. They perform a difficult, physical and sometimes dangerous job.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-04-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of officials of his Department resigned in each of the last six years.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
In the past six years, 334 officials resigned from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. The breakdown is as follows:
|
Resignations |
Resignations as % |
|
|
2010/11 |
67 |
1.4% |
|
2011/12 |
83 |
1.8% |
|
2012/13 |
43 |
0.9% |
|
2013/14 |
46 |
1.0% |
|
2014/15 |
48 |
1.1% |
|
2015/16 |
47 |
1.1% |
The figures do not include staff recruited locally by our Missions overseas.