The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to answer Written Questions 29167 and 29238, tabled on 1 March 2016 and Written Question 29372, tabled on 2 March 2016.
Joseph Johnson
I have replied to the hon Member.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-21.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to introduce a civil service wide socio-economic background census.
Matthew Hancock
On 24 March, we published our 2016 Talent Action Plan for the Civil Service. As well as providing a progress update, it sets out how we will increase social mobility in the Civil Service.
We are making a specific commitment that the Civil Service will lead the way, working with major employers and organisations promoting social mobility, to develop a national set of measures of socio-economic background for employers.
The Civil Service will use these to measure the socio-economic background of its workforce, starting with the Senior Civil Service, the Fast Stream, apprenticeship starts and applicants to our corporate talent programmes.
The 2016 Talent Action Plan is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/talent-action-plan-2016-removing-the-barriers-to-success
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-04-12.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 April 2016 to Question 32149, on what page in the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts the specific costs incurred by the Government’s Anti-Corruption Champion are set out.
Matthew Hancock
Overseas travel costs for the Anti-Corruption Champion will be included in the next Cabinet Office annual report and accounts, which will be published on GOV.UK in due course.
There were no costs incurred by the Cabinet Office for the Anti-Corruption Champion in the latest annual report and accounts published. Any costs covered by the Cabinet Office for the Anti-Corruption Champion will be included in the next report which will be published on GOV.UK in due course.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-04-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Written Statement of 16 July 2015, HCWS113, on Publication of Learning not Blaming and Review of NHS Leadership, what plans he has for a reporting mechanism to replace Local Supervising Authorities following the implementation of his plan to end statutory supervision of midwives.
Ben Gummer
In the ‘Learning not blaming: The government response to Freedom to Speak Up, the Public Administration Select Committee report on clinical incidents, and the Morecambe Bay Investigation’, the Government accepted the recommendation to remove the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) current responsibility and accountability for statutory supervision of midwives in the United Kingdom and committed to changing the law as speedily as possible.
The abolition of the statutory Midwifery Committee at the NMC is a consequence of the Law Commission review of professional regulators. The Midwifery Committee does not have a role in the statutory supervision of midwives. The NMC is considering how midwifery advice will be secured by the NMC if the Midwifery Committee is, after consultation, abolished. It has set up a Midwifery Panel of interested parties to do this.
The proposals for a new design of supervision for midwifery, incorporated setting up a task force in each country of the UK under the auspices of each UK Chief Nursing Officer. They are currently working through plans to create new mechanisms and considering what systems and processes will replace the Local Supervising Authorities.
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.
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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: