Tag: Louise Haigh

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of his Department’s (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.

Mr Robert Goodwill

89% of Senior Civil Servants in the Department for Transport are based in London.

Information on the profession of civil servants is not stored on the central system and therefore we are unable to confirm which civil servants who define themselves as a Policy professional are based in London.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 1.287 of Budget 2016, what estimate he has made of how many civil servants will be relocated in his Department as a result of the programme to create centres of expertise outside the capital.

Mike Penning

By the middle of this Parliament, MoJ will distribute more of its staff to locations around the country. We are currently developing options for how to do this, including the exact numbers that will be relocated to the regions.

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 at each location by UK Shared Business Service Ltd in the last year for which figures are available.

Joseph Johnson

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) employees are public servants and not civil servants.

UK SBS operates from three locations and the number of people employed at each location is:

Swindon 472

Newport 45

Billingham 27

In addition, 12 employees work remotely.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-04-15.

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

Joseph Johnson

The Research Councils do not employ any civil servants at any of their locations.

All people working in Research Councils are public servants and the numbers by location are shown on the attached table and represents the position as at 31 December 2015.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-04-26.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on the declaration and publication by civil servants of financial interests other than gifts and hospitality.

Matthew Hancock

There are no plans to publish such declarations which are personal information.

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of staff in his Department were (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.

Matthew Hancock

The published Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) contains both the proportion of staff in the Cabinet Office that are (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff and the associated spend. The ARA for each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15 are available on gov.uk.

The 2015-16 will be published in due course.

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

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

Andrea Leadsom

The Department is in the process of finalising its Annual Report and Accounts – the information will be available in public domain in due course.

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

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

Sir Desmond Swayne

DFID provides monthly workforce management information as part of its commitment to transparency. Information on staff numbers and costs is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-workforce-management-information-public-body.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-06-03.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of Civil Service Fast Stream employees based in London complete a placement outside London.

Matthew Hancock

The Civil Service Fast Stream is a rotational graduate development programme that lasts 4 years. Fast Streamers are employed on a national contract and undertake a number of roles across different Civil Service organisations and in different locations across the UK.

The number and proportion of Fast Streamers who will have undertaken a regional placement by the end of their programme will be available for the first cohort who joined in 2013, once they have completed the 4 year programme in October 2017.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on child sexual exploitation and the licensing of private hire vehicles.

Andrew Jones

The Department for Transport receives a wide variety of representations from a diverse range of stakeholders in relation to private hire vehicle licensing, including child sexual exploitation.

Alongside the Government’s commitment to eradicating child sexual abuse, these representations have assisted us in taking action such as introducing statutory Best Practice Guidance for taxi and private hire vehicle licensing in relation to safeguarding.