The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-28.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of using external agencies for recruitment to the Senior Civil Service across all Government departments in each of the last three years.
Matthew Hancock
This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-29.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of how many low and middle income earners save and invest in a save-as-you-earn employee share plan.
Mr David Gauke
The tax-advantaged Save As You Earn (SAYE) and Share Incentive Plan (SIP) limits were significantly increased from April 2014. The increases the Government have made are reasonable, given the average monthly SAYE savings and the value of awards currently made to employees under SIP, and they represent the best use of resources. The Government will continue to keep the SAYE and SIP limits under review.
In addition to increasing the SAYE and SIP limits, the rules of the schemes were substantially reviewed and simplified following the recommendations made by the Office of Tax Simplification in March 2012. Last year, the requirement that these schemes must be approved by HM Revenue and Customs to qualify for favourable tax treatment was replaced by self-certification. Coupled with other changes to simplify some technical aspects of the rules, this will make these schemes more attractive to businesses and employees.
No data is collected and no estimates are made of the income levels of the participants in SAYE schemes.
Permitting private equity backed companies to offer all-employee tax advantaged schemes would be likely to involve significant changes to the rules of the schemes, and there would be a number of other factors to consider carefully, including the increased cost and complexity of any extension.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what average time his Department took to respond to freedom of information requests in each year since 2005.
Jane Ellison
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.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-05.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish details of his Department’s expenditure over £25,000 from September 2014 to date.
Matthew Hancock
The Cabinet Office fully committed to transparency, and I am taking steps to publish the Department’s outstanding spend data, including details of any spend of £25,000 and above, as soon as possible.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints about day centres for adults with learning disabilities his Department has received since the establishment of the Care Quality Commission.
Alistair Burt
The Department does not collect information about the number of complaints received or the number of adults with learning disabilities using day centres. Day centres are not regulated by the Care Quality Commission.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to publish responses to the Government’s consultation entitled, Changes to the Investment Regulations following the Law Commission’s report, Fiduciary Duties of Investment Intermediaries, published on 26 February 2015.
Justin Tomlinson
The Government plans to publish these responses shortly. They will be available on the Gov.Uk website.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants in his Department are in the redeployment pool.
Brandon Lewis
A redeployment pool is one of the steps DCLG would take if staff were at the risk of redundancy. DCLG is currently not in a redundancy situation, therefore, we do not have a redeployment pool or staff in it.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) redundancy and (b) voluntary exit schemes for civil servants are currently in operation in his Department.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The Central department has two voluntary exit schemes. These are both small, targeted schemes aimed at specific groups of people who we have not been able to redeploy or who do not have the skills and capabilities we need.
There are also 2 schemes in DVLA which have received Cabinet Office approval and are underway. There are
The Driver Vehicle and Standards Agency has no redundancy and one voluntary exit scheme currently in place. The voluntary exit scheme is to enable staff who have been identified as surplus to be released if needed as a result of the agency restructuring. It is not open for general applications.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many reassessments have been carried out for personal independent payments since the introduction of that payment.
Justin Tomlinson
Information on the number of individuals on Disability Living Allowance that have been reassessed for Personal Independence Payment is available using Stat-Xplore: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore is available here: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-01-11.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2015 to Question 18409, whether the organogram on his Department’s website is now up to date.
Matthew Hancock
The latest organogram for the Cabinet Office as at 30 September 2015 is available athttps://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office.
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