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 guidelines his Department issues on continued payment of housing benefit when a person remains in hospital for longer than 52 weeks.

Justin Tomlinson

Guidance for local authority staff about temporary absence from home is contained in the Housing Benefit Manuals on GOV.UK. The guidance for absences of up to 52 weeks is covered in paragraphs 3.530 – 3.534 of Chapter A3.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/236950/hbgm-a3-liability-to-make-payments.pdf

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

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

Mark Lancaster

The amount spent on non-payroll staff in 2015-16 is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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

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

Jane Ellison

Data for 2015-16 will not be available until this year’s Annual Report and Accounts has been published.

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

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

Mr Robert Goodwill

The final figure will be published in the Department’s 2015/16 Annual Report and Accounts in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-06-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2016 to Question 39850, what the (a) location and (b) number at each location is of the 60 officials based in six local teams across the country.

Mr Mark Francois

The current numbers and location of Cities and Local Growth Unit officials based in the six local teams are set out in the attached table.

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

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of each risk type relating to error and fraud completed by SYNNEX-Concentrix under its contract with HM Revenue and Customs between May 2014 and October 2015.

Jane Ellison

Between the commencement of the contract in November 2014 and the end of October 2015, the number of cases completed by Concentrix by risk type were as follows:

• 107,677 childcare risk;
• 84,154 undeclared partner risk;
• 114,146 work and hours risk.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of senior civil servants from her Department are from a lower socio-economic background.

Nick Gibb

The Department for Education does not collect or hold socio-economic data about members of its Senior Civil Service.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the greenhouse gas reporting regulation.

Rory Stewart

Defra has made no assessment of the effectiveness of the implementation of the greenhouse gas reporting regulation.

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

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

Mark Lancaster

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 Business, Innovation and Skills, 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.

Joseph Johnson

The estimated cost for using external agencies for recruitment to Senior Civil Service posts in 2014/15 was £155,000.

Information for previous years is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.