The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-06-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of hospital shifts that have not been filled as a result of the introduction of caps to the number of NHS agency staff since (a) November 2015, (b) February 2016 and (c) April 2016.
Alistair Burt
The information requested is not held centrally by the Department.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-09-15.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the TUPE transfer of Concentrix staff at the end of that company’s contract with HM Revenue and Customs.
Jane Ellison
The potential transfer of staff transfer under TUPE is governed by statute, as opposed to HM Revenue and Customs’ policy, and there is accordingly appropriate legal provision for this matter contained in the current agreement with Concentrix. With regard to detailing contractual provision and considerations in relation to TUPE as applicable to the contract with Concentrix, there are significant commercial sensitivites at this time which preclude such disclosure.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-28.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to revise the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) memorandum of understanding to permit the Government to request changes to OBR publications over and above factual comments on the presentation of analysis and forecasts; and if he will make a statement.
Harriett Baldwin
There are currently no plans to revise the memorandum of understanding (MoU) to permit the Government to request changes over and above factual comments on the presentation of analysis and forecasts. Were there to be any changes to the MoU these must be approved by all its signatories – HM Treasury, the Department for Work and Pensions, HM Revenue and Customs and the OBR.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-04.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what average time his Department took to respond to freedom of information requests in each year since 2005.
Matthew Hancock
The Government publishes statistics on the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 within central government, including on timeliness. These reports can be accessed at the following webpage: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average time his Department took to respond to freedom of information requests in each year since 2005.
Justin Tomlinson
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 2015-11-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to respond to the IPCC’s proposals on governance reform as set out in its Annual Report and statement of accounts 2014-15, HC 286.
Mike Penning
In August, the Home Secretary commissioned Sheila Drew Smith OBE of the Committee on Standards in Public Life to undertake an independent review of the governance proposals first set out in the IPCC’s response to the Home Office’s Triennial Report, which was published by the IPCC on 12 August 2015. The independent review will assess the fitness for purpose of the IPCC’s proposals, and will report to the Home Secretary before Christmas. After the conclusions of the independent review have been considered, the Government will announce the next steps.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-24.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish information on the socio-economic status of appointees to the Senior Civil Service in 2015.
Matthew Hancock
To govern modern Britain, the Civil Service needs to look and sound likemodern Britain. We need access to the broadest possible pool of talent, drawing on people from all backgrounds and all parts of the country.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-26.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Departmental Settlement within the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what proportion of his Department’s resource DEL is allocated to the Government Digital Service and related projects in each year to 2019-20.
Matthew Hancock
The Spending Review settlement has shown Government’s continued commitment to digital delivery of services to recast the relationship between the citizen and the state. £1.8 billion investment in digital technology was announced by the Government in the Spending Review, plus a £450m allocation for GDS.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civil servants in his Department are in the redeployment pool.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not have a redeployment pool.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-09.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment has been made of people’s attitudes towards public bodies using and sharing their data with other parts of the public sector as part of digitally transformed public services; and what plans the Government has to build trust and assurance among people on the Government’s use of their data as part of those public services.
Matthew Hancock
The Government is committed to improving the way in which data is used and shared between public bodies for the benefit of the citizen, including the use of digital technology to transform public services in a way that is efficient, cost-effective and safe. The Government Digital Service will continue to support public bodies in making the most appropriate use of data and in ensuring that robust safeguards are in place to protect the privacy of individuals. We will continue to encourage public bodies to make non-sensitive administrative and aggregate data available as Open Data, as part of our ongoing commitment to transparency. We have also developed a draft ethical framework(which can be accessed at: https://data.blog.gov.uk/2015/12/08/data-science-ethics/) for how the Government uses data and we are embarking on a public dialogue which will understand and explore public opinion on the opportunities presented by data science
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