Tag: Louise Haigh

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to announce the full implementation plan for his Department’s BIS 2020 strategy.

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.

BIS2020 is a rolling programme that will be delivered through a number of different strands of the Department’s work.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-02-19.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long HM Revenue and Customs is required to keep records on individual tax credit cases.

Mr David Gauke

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) retains records of tax credit claims for the tax year of the claim plus five years.

The length of time HMRC is required to retain other tax credit records is depends on the type of record retained. Retention periods for individual documents can be found at:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/tcmanual/tcm0322580.htm

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-02-23.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what checks his Department has in place to ensure that credit reference firms do not sell-on electoral roll data.

John Penrose

Under the Regulation 115 of the Representation of the People (England and Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2002, anyone who is supplied with the full register is not permitted to sell a copy to any person, disclose any information contained in it, or use it for anything apart from the specified purpose for which the full register has been supplied. In contravening this provision, a person would be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, which currently stands at £5000.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-02-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department are based in London.

Brandon Lewis

97.6% of the Department’s senior civil servants are based in London.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many former, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children were removed to Vietnam in each year between 2007 and 2015.

James Brokenshire

Home Office records indicate that the number of former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children removed to Vietnam between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2015, is as shown in the following table:

Note: This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics. Number of removals to Vietnam have been rounded to the nearest ten.

Removal of former unaccompanied asylum seeking children will only take place after their asylum claim has been finally determined, including any appeal hearing, and it has been established that there is no risk of persecution, or of a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights, upon return to their Home Country. After a former unaccompanied asylum seeking child is over eighteen years of age, and found not to be at risk upon return to their home country, their removal will be managed in line with our usual arrangements for the safe and secure return of failed asylum seekers who do not leave the UK voluntarily.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-17.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what wage the Government plans to pay civil servant apprentices.

Matthew Hancock

Pay below the Senior Civil Service is delegated to Departments and agencies, including for apprenticeships. There is also no single apprenticeship grade. Apprentices on the Civil Service Fast Track are paid at least £19,500 (£22,000 in London).

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many civil servants were employed by each agency of his Department in each location in the last year for which figures are available.

Joseph Johnson

The number of civil servants employed by each agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is shown in the attached table and represents the position as at 31 December 2015. The Department does not hold centrally any location data for its agencies prior to this date.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-04-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) full-time equivalent civil servants work in his Department and (b) civil servants work full-time on the Northern Powerhouse agenda.

Mr Mark Francois

There are currently 1651 full time equivalent civil servants working in the Department for Communities and Local Government.

The Northern Powerhouse is a key ambition of this Government which requires input from officials across DCLG and other Government Departments, across a wide range of policy areas. This enables bottom-up ownership of the Northern Powerhouse agenda by Northern areas to ensure the North can influence, direct and benefit from the Northern Powerhouse, including through Devolution Deals.

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 at (a) Business, Innovation and Skills Core, (b) the Office for Fair Access, (c) the Higher Education Funding Council for England, (d) the Financial Reporting Council, (e) the Green Investment Bank, (f) the UK Commission on Employment and Skills and (g) the British Business Bank in the last year for which figures are available.

Joseph Johnson

The number of civil servants that were employed by the (a) Department Business, Innovation and Skills at each location as at 31 December 2015 are shown on the attached table.

There are no civil servants employed by (b) the Office for Fair Access, (c) the Higher Education Funding Council for England, (d) the Financial Reporting Council, (e) the Green Investment Bank, (f) the UK Commission on Employment and Skills or (g) the British Business Bank. All people employed by those organisations are public servants. The number of those and their locations is also shown on the attached table.

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 many civil servants in his Department are paid through limited companies.

Joseph Johnson

All employees of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) are paid via the BIS payroll.