The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of his Department’s (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.
Justin Tomlinson
Within the Department for Work and Pensions – 112 (51%) of Senior Civil Servants and 627 (68%) of core policy civil servants are based in London. 84,761 staff were in post within the department on 29 February 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of civil service apprentices in his Department are (a) over the age of 25 and (b) paid at the rate of the national living wage.
Joseph Johnson
The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills HQ has (a) 45% of its apprentices who are over the age of 25 and (b) all of its apprentices are paid at a rate which exceeds the National Living Wage.
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 in each location at the Skills Funding Agency in the last year for which figures are available.
Nick Boles
The number of civil servants employed by the Skills Funding Agency is shown in the attached table and represents the position as at 31 December 2015.
|
Location |
Total |
|
SFA Birmingham |
53 |
|
SFA Bristol |
18 |
|
SFA Cambridge |
24 |
|
SFA Chatham |
20 |
|
SFA Coventry |
381 |
|
SFA Fareham |
23 |
|
SFA Gateshead |
51 |
|
SFA Home |
7 |
|
SFA Leeds |
61 |
|
SFA Liverpool |
16 |
|
SFA London |
114 |
|
SFA Manchester |
50 |
|
SFA Nottingham |
17 |
|
SFA Plymouth |
16 |
|
SFA Reading |
30 |
|
SFA Sheffield |
13 |
|
Grand Total |
894 |
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 National Measurement and Regulation Office in the last year for which figures are available.
Joseph Johnson
The number of civil servants employed by the National Measurement and Regulation Office is shown in the attached table and represents the position as at 31 December 2015. The Department does not hold centrally any location data for its agencies prior to this date.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-04-26.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people working for central government departments have been paid through a limited company in the last year for which figures are available.
Matthew Hancock
The information requested is not held centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-06-06.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on non-payroll staff in his Department in 2015-16.
Harriett Baldwin
As part of the government’s transparency agenda, the department publishes on a monthly basis, information on payroll and non-payroll staff. The link for the requested years can be found below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workforce-management–2?1
There are no civil servants contracted to the department who are paid through public limited companies.
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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 many civil servants in her Department are paid through limited companies.
Andrea Leadsom
All Civil Servants employed by the Department of Energy and Climate Change are paid through the departmental payroll system and none 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 Justice, how much was spent on non-payroll staff in his Department in 2015-16.
Mike Penning
The MoJ spent £182,428,000 on non-payroll staff in 2015-16. Successive administrations have recruited non-payroll staff to fill short-term business critical roles where the permanent workforce does not have the required skills. These roles are mainly linked to major reform programmes. Agency workers are also recruited into administrative roles where it is value for money to have a flexible workforce due to peaks and troughs in demand. However as part of this Government’s MOJ Transformation programme the department is looking to reduce expenditure on non-payroll staff.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-06-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of officials of his Department working on decentralisation and growth are based in London.
Mr Mark Francois
Decentralisation and growth are cross-governmental issues, supported by officials in all relevant departments.
The Cities and Local Growth Unit is a joint BIS-DCLG team that supports areas in developing and agreeing devolution deals with the Government. It currently has approximately 140 officials working on a range of devolution and growth agendas, with just over 60 of these officials in six local teams based across the country.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-09-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many child sexual exploitation issues prosecutions have been brought in relation to private hire vehicles in each year since 2000.
Andrew Jones
The Department for Transport does not hold data on the number of child sexual exploitation prosecutions related to private hire vehicles. Such information should be sought from the Police.