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 establishment of an Anti-Corruption Innovation Hub is still planned to proceed.

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 2015-11-17.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what value of projects received investment through the Infrastructure Investment Forum (a) in 2015 and (b) since the Forum’s launch.

Greg Hands

The Insurers’ Infrastructure Investment Forum was set up the to give members of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) a direct communication link to Government, exploring ways to maximise opportunities for insurance fund managers to invest in UK infrastructure debt instruments via the capital markets.

In 2013 a group of 6 insurers agreed to aim to invest £25bn in UK infrastructure over the next 5 years. They have already invested over £5bn and are on track to meet their target.

In 2015 InfraRed Capital Partners and Prudential have each taken 45% stakes in the £1bn Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project.

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

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

Michael Fallon

On nine occasions.

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

Consultations: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&publication_filter_option=consultations

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:

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%