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.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the cost of using external agencies for recruitment to Senior Civil Service posts in her Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Andrea Leadsom
The cost of SCS recruitment from 2010 to 2015 can be found in the table below. Data is taken from central finance records. Every effort has been made to exclude non SCS recruitment costs from the figures but where the grade recruited cannot be identified these figures have been included. Costs include charges provided by recruitment agencies and executive search agencies.
As part of its long-term economic plan, this Government has reduced the size of the Civil Service by 22%, adjusting for Machinery of Government changes that moved staff into and out of the Civil Service since the 2010 General Election, representing a significant increase in efficiency and productivity that helped save taxpayers £2.8 billion last year alone.
|
Year |
Cost £ |
|
2010-11 |
84,338.00 |
|
2011-12 |
267,268.90 |
|
2012-13 |
306,901.53 |
|
2013-14 |
365,847.87 |
|
2014-15 |
176,080.25 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulation of the quality of social care paid for through Direct Payments.
Alistair Burt
The Care Act 2014 places a duty on local authorities to meet an individual’s eligible needs for care and support. If a person is assessed as being eligible for care and support from their local authority, they must be provided with a care plan to help decide the best way to meet their needs. People may choose to take a direct payment with which to purchase their own care and support, or they may wish to receive services arranged by their local authority, or a combination of both.
It is important that people are enabled to be flexible to choose care and support from a diverse range of sources. This may include registered care providers but also “non-service” options, such as information and communication technologies and personal assistants. Providers of adult social care must register with the national regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which is responsible for regulating the quality and safety of services. However, non-care services, including personal assistance services, are not required to register with the CQC.
Statutory guidance issued under the Care Act makes it clear that local authorities should provide people with appropriate advice concerning their use of direct payments, including how they differ from traditional services and provide helpful information such as the difference between purchasing regulated and unregulated services, for example, personal assistants, to help people make fully informed decisions on how best to meet their needs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil servants in his Department are in the redeployment pool.
Mike Penning
As at 30 September 2015, 210 members of staff within the Department were listed on the redeployment pool. This includes Ministry of Justice HQ, Legal Aid Agency, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, Office of the Public Guardian and National Offender Management Service.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions Government departments have reported an information security breach since 2010.
Matthew Hancock
Information regarding information security breaches is held by individual departments.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-01-11.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which debt collection agencies are used by the Debt Market Integrator.
Matthew Hancock
The companies that bid to provide Debt Market Integrator services were as follows;
Single Bidders:
Consortia:
As of 12/01/ 2016 The debt collections agencies providing service for Indesser through the Debt Market Integrator contract are:
Walker Love
Rossendales
Akinika
Advantis
CCS Collect
Drydens
Apex
Bluestones
Freds
Rossendales
Walker Love
Moorcroft
Past Due
CCI Legal
The private sector partner owns 75% equity in Indesser.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-01-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 to include a requirement to stipulate the time of death.
James Brokenshire
There are no plans at present to amend the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 to include time of death at death registration.