Tag: Louise Haigh

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-01-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the current advertisement on the Morgan Hunt website for a post of stakeholder engagement consultant, in which department the successful candidate will work; who that person will report to; and who will approve that appointment.

Andrea Leadsom

The advertisement is for an appointment for a limited period within the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The appointee will be approved by and report to an official at Grade 6 level within the Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil and will provide support to the team in its communications activities, which will include the production of core engagement materials for use with a range of different audiences in order to explain complex information in an easily digestible format. Once a suitable candidate has been identified, final approval will be sought from DECC HR.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-01-29.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether hon. Members can raise issues relating to Concentrix when using the hotline to HM Revenue and Customs for hon. Members.

Mr David Gauke

I refer the honorable lady to the answer I provided on 23 November to question 17151. http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-11-23/17151/

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-02-05.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what cyber-security training civil servants are required to undertake (a) as part of their induction and (b) during their employment.

Matthew Hancock

All civil servants undertake information security training; including the e-learning course, "Responsible for Information" as part of their induction and as a yearly refresher, plus further training as necessary.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-02-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the comment by Peter Wilkinson, Director of Rail Passenger Services at his Department, of 22 February 2016, about future industrial relations between his Department and transport unions is accurate.

Claire Perry

The Department for Transport is committed to continuing to work constructively with the Transport Unions in the coming years to deliver the best possible transport services for all passengers, users and taxpayers.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-02-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many representations he has received on the exploitation of unpaid trials in the (a) service, (b) print and (c) retail sector.

Nick Boles

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, BIS Ministers and officials are in frequent contact with a wide range of stakeholders on labour market issues, including issues around internships. The Low Pay Commission also consults on a range of issues, including internships, and submits its findings to Government each year to inform its recommendations on the National Minimum Wage. We are not aware of any recent, formal representations relating only to exploitation of unpaid interns in the specified sectors.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Ministers of the devolved administrations on proposals to end the statutory supervision of midwives.

Ben Gummer

Ministers in the devolved administrations have been briefed by their Chief Nursing Officers who have been closely involved in the discussions on the changes to statutory supervision of midwives.

The Department will soon be launching a full public consultation on a Section 60 Order (of the Health Act 1999) on midwifery regulation which includes a proposal to remove statutory midwifery supervision from the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s governing legislation.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of his Department’s (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.

Mr Robert Goodwill

89% of Senior Civil Servants in the Department for Transport are based in London.

Information on the profession of civil servants is not stored on the central system and therefore we are unable to confirm which civil servants who define themselves as a Policy professional are based in London.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 1.287 of Budget 2016, what estimate he has made of how many civil servants will be relocated in his Department as a result of the programme to create centres of expertise outside the capital.

Mike Penning

By the middle of this Parliament, MoJ will distribute more of its staff to locations around the country. We are currently developing options for how to do this, including the exact numbers that will be relocated to the regions.

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 by UK Shared Business Service Ltd in the last year for which figures are available.

Joseph Johnson

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) employees are public servants and not civil servants.

UK SBS operates from three locations and the number of people employed at each location is:

Swindon 472

Newport 45

Billingham 27

In addition, 12 employees work remotely.

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 Research Council in the last year for which figures are available.

Joseph Johnson

The Research Councils do not employ any civil servants at any of their locations.

All people working in Research Councils are public servants and the numbers by location are shown on the attached table and represents the position as at 31 December 2015.