Tag: Louise Haigh

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what average time his Department took to respond to freedom of information requests in each year since 2005.

Mr David Lidington

The Government publishes statistics on the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 within central government, including on timeliness. These can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of using external agencies for recruitment to senior Civil Service posts in his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Jane Ellison

The Department uses external recruitment agencies to support appointments to the Senior Civil Service (SCS). The table below shows the costs of SCS appointments that have been made where a recruitment agency was involved, for each financial year since 2010/11.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost of using external agencies for recruitment to Senior Civil Service posts in her Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

George Eustice

In financial years 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 this data was not held centrally. Providing an estimate would be at a disproportionate cost. In 2013-14 Defra and its Executive Agencies spent £199,639 and in 2014-15 £103,977 on external agencies for recruitment to Senior Civil Service posts.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-25.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants in each Department are in the redeployment pool.

Matthew Hancock

Workforce planning and redeployment pools are the responsibility of each individual Department to determine and manage. The numbers in redeployment pools is under constant change and therefore this information is not held centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants in his Department are in the redeployment pool.

Mr Robert Goodwill

There are currently 14 people in the Departmental redeployment pool.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-14.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2015 to Question 15020, for what reason his Department’s outstanding spend data over £25,000 has not yet been published.

Matthew Hancock

The data is being compiled and will be published as soon as is practicable.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-01-11.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what stakes are held in the Debt Market Integrator by private sector partners.

Matthew Hancock

The companies that bid to provide Debt Market Integrator services were as follows;

Single Bidders:

• Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP
• CGI IT UK Ltd
• Capita Business Services Ltd
• HP Enterprise Services UK Ltd
• SYNNEX Concentrix UK Ltd
• TDX Group Ltd
• arvato AG

  Consortia:

• Equiniti Ltd/First Direct

  As of 12/01/ 2016 The debt collections agencies providing service for Indesser through the Debt Market Integrator contract are:

  Walker Love

  Rossendales

  Akinika

  Advantis

  CCS Collect

  Drydens

  Apex

  Bluestones

  Freds

  Rossendales

  Walker Love

  Moorcroft

  Past Due

  CCI Legal

  The private sector partner owns 75% equity in Indesser.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-01-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of employees in his Department has (a) taken the CESG Certified Cyber-Security Training Course and (b) received other relevant cyber-security training.

Brandon Lewis

Technical cyber-security services are provided to the Department by the Department for Education under a shared services agreement. All Information Asset Owners in the Department have undertaken the Information Asset Owner module of the cross government Responsible for Information Training, which includes cyber-security training.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-01-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish his Department’s business case on the closure of his Department’s office in Sheffield.

Joseph Johnson

Since summer 2015 the Department has been reviewing its business model. By 2020, we want to simplify our structure, become more digital, be cheaper for taxpayers and better for users. As part of this we anticipate reducing the number of our locations from more than 80 to approximately 7 centres plus a regional footprint. The intention to close the BIS Sheffield office in St Paul’s Place was formed in light of these plans.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish in full his Department’s report entitled, BIS 2020: What-why-when-how.

Joseph Johnson

“BIS 2020: What-why-when-how” (September 2015) was one of a series of internal briefings for BIS staff. Staff are briefed on our change programme on a regular basis. The briefings are not formal documents and, as such, we do not publish them.

The House was informed about the recent BIS 2020 announcements and their impact on BIS staff by my Rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise (Anna Soubry) on Friday 29 January.