Tag: Jonathan Ashworth

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Inter-Ministerial Group on Anti-Corruption will continue to exist.

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.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2015-12-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions a special adviser in her Department accompanied a Minister on an overseas trip since May 2015.

Mrs Theresa Villiers

My Special Adviser has accompanied me on four overseas visits since May 2015; three official visits to Dublin and one official visit to the USA.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2015-12-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions a special adviser in her Department accompanied a Minister on an overseas trip since May 2015.

Andrea Leadsom

My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has been accompanied by special advisers on three overseas trips since May 2015.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-23.

To ask the Prime Minister, how many meetings he has had with UK Trade and Investment trade envoys since May 2015.

Mr David Cameron

I have to-date appointed 24 Trade Envoys who are MPs and Peers from across the political spectrum to represent the UK in 50 countries. They are parliamentarians from a range of backgrounds and I receive regular feedback from them on their work in promoting the UK in trade and investment matters. Further details of the Trade Envoy programme can be found on the gov.uk website.

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

Joseph Johnson

The table below provides a breakdown of overtime paid and the number of claimants for each month in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) HQ, in the last 24 months from February 2014 to January 2016.

The relevant budget holder must give approval before overtime can be worked or overtime pay claimed. Overtime pay is non-pensionable and can only be paid to staff below the Senior Civil Service. Approximately 0.3% of the annual BIS paybill is paid in overtime.

Month	Overtime Payments – BIS HQ	Number of BIS HQ Staff Making Claims
February 2014	£55,032.15	98
March 2014	£73,754.92	102
April 2014	£61,699.33	97
May 2014	£38,664.16	75
June 2014	£64,135.44	91
July 2014	£79,053.18	106
August 2014	£45,977.38	75
September 2014	£38,306.55	69
October 2014	£33,276.09	85
November 2014	£44,786.28	68
December 2014	£47,025.85	80
January 2015	£45,380.49	64
February 2015	£58,541.14	95
March 2015	£68,139.08	99
April 2015	£52,546.46	98
May 2015	£34,257.16	69
June 2015	£44,667.14	87
July 2015	£55,187.86	81
August 2015	£47,242.28	71
September 2015	£27,737.41	61
October 2015	£44,006.48	72
November 2015	£52,376.22	74
December 2015	£48,453.85	71
January 2016	£52,221.58	69

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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 Edward Vaizey

We do not have any information on civil law suits have been brought against the Department based either wholly or partially on grounds provided by the Human Rights Act 1998.

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

George Eustice

The table below shows the amount of overtime paid to staff in core-Defra in each of the last 24 months.

Month	Amount	Month	Amount
January 2016	£33,554	January 2015	£35,948
December 2015	£27,057	December 2014	£28,661
November 2015	£22,909	November 2014	£16,501
October 2015	£16,567	October 2014	£13,301
September 2015	£15,046	September 2014	£17,162
August 2015	£24,904	August 2014	£36,683
July 2015	£20,092	July 2014	£22,531
June 2015	£14,361	June 2014	£10,520
May 2015	£7,956	May 2014	£18,307
April 2015	£25,870	April 2014	£29,799
March 2015	£18,566	March 2014	£45,721
February 2015	£23,534	February 2014	£34,667

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 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.

Karen Bradley

The Home Office has issued 3,218 publications, 93 consultations and 79 circulars since August 2012. All are published on Gov.UK.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent from the public purse on industrial tribunals in the last 12 months.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The cost of Employment Tribunals can be found within the HMCTS 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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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-03-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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.

Justin Tomlinson

DWP has succeeded in reducing sickness absence from an annual average of 11.1 days per employee in 2007 to 6.18 days per employee currently. This is one of the lowest rates across the public sector.

Our Attendance Management policy is supportive and we are committed to helping our people maintain good health. DWP is committed to improving mental ill health, including stress.

We support employees through access to comprehensive stress risk assessments, Occupational Health services, and our Employee Assistance Programme. DWP is currently introducing Mental Health First Aid to further add to the support available.

The number of employees with a sickness absence reason of ‘stress’ over the last 5 years is shown below:

Year	Number of employees with sickness absence recorded as ‘Stress’	Number of employees with sickness absence reason recorded as ‘stress’ as % of end of year headcount*	Number of working days lost recorded as ‘stress’ as % of all working days lost due to sickness absence
Jan-Dec 15	2,581	3.01%	10.57%
Jan-Dec 14	2,886	3.15%	11.06%
Jan-Dec 13	3,401	3.38%	11.15%
Jan-Dec 12	3,313	3.07%	9.63%
Jan-Dec 11	3,288	3.20%	9.26%