Tag: Louise Haigh

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-05-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact assessment has been conducted on the change in the method of payment of Disability Living Allowance to being solely into a bank account.

Justin Tomlinson

There has been no change to the method of payment policy in relation to benefit and pension payments.

DWP is committed to battling financial exclusion and helping more people to move towards, and benefit from, mainstream banking. Direct Payment into a bank, building society or credit union account is the most efficient, secure and reliable way of making payments and is the preferred way to make benefit payments. Government paying departments would like all of their customers to benefit from the advantages of a mainstream account.

Although the majority of benefit and pension payments are paid into a bank account we do recognise that some customers remain unable to access such services. Arrangements are in place to ensure those customers can access their money.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department are paid through limited companies.

Mark Lancaster

No civil servants employed by the Ministry of Defence are paid through limited companies.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on non-payroll staff in her Department in 2015-16.

James Brokenshire

The Home Office publishes monthly spending data for non-payroll staff. This information is available online, and can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-2016

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was spent on non-payroll staff in his Department in 2015-16.

Guto Bebb

The Wales Office spent £56,561 on non-payroll staff in 2015-16.

In 2015-16, the Department used non-payroll (agency) staff to cover for staff on maternity leave and for vacant posts.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-07-06.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants he plans to employ in the new EU Unit once that unit is at full capacity.

Mr Oliver Letwin

The new Europe Unit will bring together officials and policy expertise from across Whitehall. Structures and staffing are being determined.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-09-14.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many amendments to tax credit awards Concentrix have made due to error on behalf of (a) Concentrix and (b) since the beginning of the contract between Concentrix and HM Revenue and Customs.

Jane Ellison

This information is not held in the form requested. An amended award could be due to a number or reasons and without retrospectively looking at each award individually, HM Revenue and Customs would not be able to identify how many amendments were made in error. Undertaking an assurance exercise of this size could only be done at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-29.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what attacks have been made against the Government Gateway system to date.

Matthew Hancock

For security reasons we do not comment on specific details of unsuccessful cyber security attacks.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to amend the Investment Regulations for Occupational Pensions Funds to require them to set out within their Statement of Investment Principles their approach to considering environmental, social and governance risks and to stewardship.

Justin Tomlinson

Earlier this year the Government consulted on whether to amend the reference to social, environmental, or ethical considerations ,in the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 2005, and whether to require trustees to state their approach to the Stewardship Code. The Government plans to respond to this consultation shortly.

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

“

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.