The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department’s (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.
Mr Desmond Swayne
DFID has 88 Senior Civil Servants (SCS) of which 45 (51%) are based in London. DFID has 225 roles designated as having a policy element of which 139 (62%) are based in London.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-17.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many permanent secretaries are from a lower socio-economic background.
Matthew Hancock
Data on the socio-economic background of Permanent Secretaries is not available. We are introducing a metric of social mobility as part of our 2016 Talent Action Plan and this is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/talent-action-plan-2016-removing-the-barriers-to-success.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-04-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what occasions officials of his Department have received hospitality from the government of China in the last three years.
Anna Soubry
BIS officials have engaged with counterparts in China over the past three years to support the growing UK-China relationship and advance UK interests. During the course of those engagements they received at different times the standard hospitality associated with Government to Government exchanges. In 2010, Cabinet Office issued guidance on Civil Servant receiving gifts and hospitality, which can be found on the GOV.UK website. The guidance states that civil servants are not required to record hospitality from other civil servants in government, the Devolved Administrations, the Palace, non-departmental public bodies or overseas government.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-04-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff at (a) St Paul’s Place, Sheffield and (b) 1 Victoria Street, London work on steel policy.
Anna Soubry
There are currently over 80 BIS members of staff working on steel policy. Around 75 are based in 1 Victoria Street, London and 3 at St Paul’s Place, Sheffield. A number of other staff are involved to a greater or lesser extent dependent on need.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-04-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many civil servants were employed at each location by Innovate UK in the last year for which figures are available.
Joseph Johnson
There no civil servants employed by Innovate UK.
People employed in Innovate UK are public servants and as at 31 December 2015 they were located as shown in the table below.
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Location |
Region |
Innovate UK |
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Swindon |
South West |
180 |
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Other (inc. Work from home, Field work, Mobile, etc.) |
Mobile |
126 |
|
Total |
Total |
306 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was spent on non-payroll staff in his Department in 2015-16.
Joseph Johnson
In 2015-16, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) spent £7.3m on non-payroll staff, which represents 4.7% of the total paybill. This includes agency staff, specialist contractors, Interim Managers, consultants and consultancy costs.
BIS has a clear strategy to reduce our costs for agency and contractor spend by at least 20% over the current Spending Review period.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil servants in her Department are paid through limited companies.
Nick Gibb
No civil servants at the Department for Education are employed through limited companies.
We award contracts to individuals or organisations through their limited companies but the number of those could only be provided at disproportionate costs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, 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.
Sir Desmond Swayne
DFID provides monthly workforce management information as part of its commitment to transparency. Information on staff numbers and costs is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-workforce-management-information-public-body.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants in his Department are paid through limited companies.
Justin Tomlinson
No Civil Servants in the Department for Work and Pensions are paid through limited companies.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-09-02.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of each risk type completed by SYNNEX-Concentrix under its contract with HM Revenue and Customs relating to error and fraud.
Mr David Gauke
Since mid-October 2015 there has been 120 instances where Concentrix has not fully met the performance standards set out in the contract out of a total of 1625.
The estimate of commission paid for the HM Revenue and Customs’ contract with SYNNEX-Concentrix relating to error and fraud is £15.8m since the start of the contract to date.
SYNNEX-Concentrix under its contract with HM Revenue and Customs have completed around 308,718 undeclared partner cases, 198,422 work and hours cases and 152,771 child care cases.