Tag: Louise Haigh

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication Decentralisation: An account of progress, published in December 2012, what progress his Department has made on proposals to deliver on annual decentralisation statement.

James Wharton

Since December 2012 considerable progress has been made on the decentralisation of powers to cities and regions, including the evolving work of negotiating City Deals, Growth Deals and now Devolution Deals with places across the country. The Cities and Local Government Devolution Act sets out in legislation the requirement for the Government to produce an Annual Report on devolution; the first such report is currently being drafted and will be laid before both Houses of Parliament later this year pursuant to the legislation.

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 of the Insolvency Service in the last year for which figures are available.

Anna Soubry

As at 31 March 2016, the numbers of civil servants employed at each Insolvency Service location were as follows:

These figures do not include 15 civil servants who were on unpaid sickness absence, career break, special leave without pay or on loan to other government departments and, therefore, were not on the Insolvency Service’s payroll on 31 March 2016.

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 in each location at the UK Space Agency in the last year for which figures are available.

Joseph Johnson

The number of civil servants employed by the UK Space Agency 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 2016-04-21.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes in personnel there have been on the Civil Service Board since May 2010.

Matthew Hancock

The composition of the most senior collective leadership body (now Civil Service Board) has changed markedly since 2010 and its membership is reviewed on an ongoing basis. The Board has existed in its current guise, under the Chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary, since September 2014. During the past year six new Board members have been appointed, replacing those who have left the Civil Service. The current membership can be found here (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/civil-service/about/our-governance).

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent on non-payroll staff in his Department in 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 Education, how much was spent on non-payroll staff in her Department in 2015-16.

Nick Gibb

The total spent on non-payroll Contingent Labour staff (ie, Agency Staff (Clerical and Admin); Interim Managers; and Specialist Contractors) in the Department for Education and its Executive Agencies is published by the Department for Education on a monthly basis at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-monthly-workforce-management-information which also includes Non Departmental Public Bodies (Equality & Human Rights Commission and Office of the Children’s Commissioner).

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

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil servants in her Department are paid through limited companies.

Sir Desmond Swayne

DFID does not pay any civil servants through limited companies.

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

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

Justin Tomlinson

The spend on non-payroll staff in Department for Work and Pensions in 15-16 will be published in the Departments Annual Report and Accounts on 30^th June 2016 following completion of the audit and Permanent Secretary and Comptroller and Auditor General sign-off.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-09-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what (a) meetings and (b) discussions he has had with Didier Seeuws, Head of the Brexit Taskforce at the European Council.

Mr Robin Walker

The Prime Minister has been clear we will not give a running commentary on Brexit negotiations. We will ensure that we engage closely with all relevant interlocutors.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the contractual agreement between her Department and G4S Care and Justice Services (UK) Limited at HM Prison (a) Birmingham and (b) Oakwood for what reason financial remedies have been levied in (i) failure to comply with procedures, (ii) incidents and (iii) failure to comply with prison regime in each year from 2012-13 to date.

Mr Sam Gyimah

Privately Managed prison contracts contain provisions which allow financial remedies to be applied for non-performance.

Performance points are awarded according to the severity of failure. If the total number of points exceeds the agreed baseline for the performance quarter or year, financial remedies are applied against the Contractor in accordance with the Contract.

As financial remedies are only applied if baseline targets are exceeded it is not, possible to link individual incidents to the value of remedies that have been applied due to this cumulative effect.