Tag: Jonathan Ashworth

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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.

Nick Gibb

Since August 2012 the Department for Education has issued: 997 publications[1] and 121 consultation exercises. Since 2012 a digital-by-default policy has applied to departmental publications and consultations. These are available on GOV.UK.

The department no longer uses the term circulars as a publication type. The department issues emails to schools and local authorities periodically to draw their attention to information and guidance that has been published on GOV.UK. 321 such email newsletters were issued in the period in question. These are referenced by the date issued and audience, and so there is no list of titles available.

• Attachment A shows the titles of DfE publications since August 2012.

• Attachment B shows the titles of DfE consultations carried out since August 2012.

[1] This information has been sourced from GOV.UK. It is possible that some records may be incomplete for the period prior to the migration to GOV.UK (August 2012 to August 2013).

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 has paid to staff in overtime in each of the last 24 months.

Jane Ellison

The amounts paid to staff in overtime in each of the last 24 months are contained in the attached document.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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.

Mike Penning

We publish consultations and other publications on GOV.UK. The list of pages published is available through a filtered search. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&publication_filter_option=all&topics[]=all&departments[]=ministry-of-justice&official_document_status=all&world_locations[]=all&from_date=01%2F08%2F2012&to_date=

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, the former hon. Member for Twickenham, held individual meetings with trade envoys in each year between September 2012 and May 2015.

Anna Soubry

It is an established convention that Minsters of one Administration cannot see the documents of a previous Administration. I am therefore unable to provide the information requested by the hon Member.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-03-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 86 of the Budget 2016, how many people in each (a) region and constituent part of the UK and (b) parliamentary constituency will be affected by changes to personal independence payments: aids and appliances.

Justin Tomlinson

As confirmed by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State in his statement to the House on 21 March, the proposed changes to PIP will not be going ahead.

We spend around £50bn every year on benefits alone to support people with disabilities or health conditions, with spending on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) having increased by more than £3 billion since 2010. The government is committed to talking to disabled people, their representatives, healthcare professionals and employers to help the welfare system work better with the health and social care systems and provide help and support to those who need it most.

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

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

Mike Penning

The table below sets out a) the number of and b) proportion of Ministry of Justice staff who have resigned over the past six years.

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. Scotland Office and Wales Office staff are in scope for the years 2010-2011, UK Supreme Court staff are in scope for the years 2011-2012 and staff within the Legal Aid Agency are included from 2013.

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to seek agreement on country-by-country reporting on multinational companies at the Anti-Corruption Summit on 12 May 2016.

Matthew Hancock

At the Anti Corruption Summit we will be seeking commitments on a number of measures to increase tax transparency, and reduce tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance. The UK has called for a multilateral agreement on public country by country reporting of tax information by businesses. We welcome the recent European Commission initiative on public country by country reporting for large multinational enterprises within the EU and will work to support this.

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 Anti-Corruption Summit on 12 May 2016.

Matthew Hancock

A list of attendees at the Anti-Corruption Summit has now been published on gov.uk and laid in the library of the House.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-06-07.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has met with Mr Mark Samworth in the last six months.

Harriett Baldwin

Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-07-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has responsibility for the public register of beneficial ownership of UK companies.

Margot James

The register of people with significant control will be held at Companies House, which is an agency of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.