Tag: Louise Haigh

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on salaries for (a) senior Civil Servants and (b) all other grades at (i) St Paul’s Place, Sheffield and (ii) 1 Victoria Street, London in (A) 2014-15 and (B) 2015-16 to date.

Joseph Johnson

The following tables show the basic salaries and allowances paid to Senior Civil Servants in:

1. 2014-15

(i) St Paul’s Place, Sheffield	(ii) 1 Victoria Street, London
£587,842	£15,087,650

1. 2015-16 to date

(i) St Paul’s Place, Sheffield	(ii) 1 Victoria Street, London
£436,059	£15,548,049

The following tables show the basic salaries and allowances paid to all other grades in:

1. 2014-15

Grade	(i) St Paul’s Place, Sheffield	(ii) 1 Victoria Street, London
Grade 6	£861,385	£16,330,679
Grade 7	£3,448,242	£28,394,098
SEO	£2,134,433	£9,445,839
Faststream	The numbers in this grade and location would make it possible to identify personal information of individual employees. These costs have therefore not been included	£2,653,996
HEO	£1,823,162	£11,031,962
EO	£699,586	£6,365,262
AO	The numbers in this grade and location would make it possible to identify personal information of individual employees. These costs have therefore not been included	£2,045,520
AA	There are no AA grade staff based in St Paul’s Place	£197,447

1. 2015-16 to date

Grade	(i) St Paul’s Place, Sheffield	(ii) 1 Victoria Street, London
Grade 6	£1,161,328	£16,419,099
Grade 7	£3,448,283	£28,186,571
SEO	£2,372,398	£9,529,413
Faststream	The numbers in this grade and location would make it possible to identify personal information of individual employees. These costs have therefore not been included	£2,538,015
HEO	£1,747,746	£11,194,382
EO	£769,613	£6,237,211
AO	The numbers in this grade and location would make it possible to identify personal information of individual employees. These costs have therefore not been included	£1,973,589
AA	There are no AA grade staff based in St Paul’s Place	The numbers in this grade and location would make it possible to identify personal information of individual employees. These costs have therefore not been included

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the status is of the McKinsey report which informed the BIS 2020 departmental restructuring strategy.

Joseph Johnson

The McKinsey team validated the early work undertaken by the BIS senior team, providing a perspective on the scale of the opportunity for operating cost savings and advising on deliverability, risks and any additional benefits.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-22.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2016 to Question 31068, how many meetings the Government’s Anti-Corruption Champion had with (a) Ministers and officials of other government departments and (b) representatives from civil society and business between July 2015 and the end of February 2016.

Matthew Hancock

All Cabinet Office costs are published in its annual report and accounts available on the GOV.UK website.

The Anti-Corruption Champion has had a range of meetings with Ministers and officials from other government departments, as well as representatives from civil society and business, both in the United Kingdom (UK) and overseas.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-04-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, where he plans to locate the Institute for Apprenticeships.

Nick Boles

The location of the Institute for Apprenticeships will be determined in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-04-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether it is planned that the BIS 2020 programme will make greater savings than the savings required under the Spending Review 2015 set by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Joseph Johnson

The Department has committed to reduce total operating spending by £350m a year by 2020, which is consistent with Spending Review 2015 outcomes. The BIS2020 programme aims to achieve the agreed savings by focusing on maximising efficiency so as to prioritise front line activity.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-04-25.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many prosecutions have been brought under Section 70 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in each year since the coming into force of that Act.

Matthew Hancock

Section 70 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 does not contain an offence. It amends the Data Protection Act 1998 to exempt data falling within section 1(1)(e) of that Act from some of its provisions, including the offence under section 55 of that Act.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-06-06.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil servants in his Department are paid through limited companies.

Harriett Baldwin

As part of the government’s transparency agenda, the department publishes on a monthly basis, information on payroll and non-payroll staff. The link for the requested years can be found below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workforce-management–2?1

There are no civil servants contracted to the department who are paid through public limited companies.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-06-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of staff in her Department were (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.

George Eustice

Core Defra publishes Workforce Management Information on a monthly basis. This sets out the number of staff who are a) on payroll and b) off payroll and the published data covers financial years 2010-11 to 2015-16. It can be found at the following link: https://data.gov.uk/dataset/workforce-management-information-defra.

No civil servants within Core Defra are paid through limited companies.

The figure for spend on non-payroll staff in 2015-16 will be published in the 2015-16 Annual Report and Accounts.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-06-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff in his Department were (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.

Mike Penning

The proportion of staff on (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff for each of the financial years requested is included in the table below. Due to changes in the structure of the department in each year, comparisons cannot be reliably drawn between years.

	2010/2011	2011/2012	2012/2013	2013/2014	2014/2015	2015/2016
Proportion of Payroll FTE	98%	98%	98%	97%	95%	95%
Proportion of Non Payroll FTE	2%	2%	2%	3%	5%	5%

The data in the table includes staff from MoJ Headquarters, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, National Offender Management Service, Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, Office of the Public Guardian and the Legal Aid Agency (who are included from the 2013/2014 financial year onwards). The Scotland Office and Wales Office are included in the 2010/2011 financial year and Supreme Court included 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 financial year.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-06-09.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the socio-demographic characteristics of users visiting the gov.uk website.

Matthew Hancock

GOV.UK does not collect socio-demographic data of users.