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
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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.
|
Year |
Spend |
|
1 April 2010 – 31 March 2011 |
£45,673 |
|
1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012 |
£160,404 |
|
1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013 |
£49,275 |
|
1 April 2013 – 31 March 2014 |
£76,973 |
|
1 April 2014 – 31 March 2015 |
£68,906 |
|
1 April 2015 – November 2015 |
£7,450 |
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:
Consortia:
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.