Tag: Louise Haigh

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received from (a) universities, (b) healthcare professionals and (c) the Royal Colleges on replacing bursaries for nursing, midwifery and allied healthcare service tuition with student loans.

Ben Gummer

The Department has received a number of representations from organisations, including Royal Colleges, professional bodies and representatives of universities, about a number of issues relating to healthcare student education funding in England including a potential move from the current system of funding to student loans.

No decisions have been taken on any changes to the funding of health care education and training in England. The Department will consider all of its expenditure as part of the Spending Review. The Government will announce the outcome of the Spending Review on 25 November 2015.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value is of outstanding benefit overpayments due to be recovered by his Department.

Justin Tomlinson

The latest preliminary figures for 2014/15 estimate Fraud and Error levels as £3.2 billion, or 1.9% of benefit expenditure. The net figure after recoveries is £2.3bn, or 1.4%. This means that DWP Fraud and Error is at its lowest ever level.

The total value of outstanding benefit overpayments as of 1 October 2015 is £2.5 billion. This represents less than 1.5% of the total benefit expenditure of £168 billion for 2014 – 2015.

The Department recovered over £1.3 billion of debt in 2014-2015, including benefit debts.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the level of staff turnover was in (a) his Department and (b) his Department’s digital team in each of the last 12 months for which data is available.

Brandon Lewis

The turnover figures requested are as follows:

The overall turnover rates in the 2014-15 financial year were 12.8% and 11.1% respectively. The turnover figures include all staff leaving the organisation, including those who transferred to another Government Department but remained in Civil Service employment, including those that transferred as a result of machinery of government changes. The Department’s Digital team is only made up of 9 staff, therefore small numbers of leavers heavily skew the turnover figures.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value is of benefit overpayments which have been written off by his Department due to a failure to keep and maintain adequate records since 2010.

Justin Tomlinson

This information can only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

Mr Hugo Swire

I am aware of concerns about human rights violations on both sides of the Line of Control. We have consistently maintained that any allegations of human rights abuses should be investigated thoroughly, promptly and transparently.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what basis the membership of the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information was chosen; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the Commission is approaching the review in a fair, open and balanced manner.

Matthew Hancock

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Sheffield Central on 19 October 2015 to UIN: 10765.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the level of staff turnover was in (a) her Department and (b) her Department’s digital team in each of the last 12 months for which data is available.

Karen Bradley

In the year to 30 September 2015, the level of staff turnover was (a) 3.37% in the Department and (b) 5.80% in the Department’s digital team.

Note: turnover figures are based on the unmanaged exits of our permanent civil servants; managed exits such as end of contracts, dismissals, and release schemes as well as machinery of government changes have been excluded.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information to publish its report and recommendations.

Matthew Hancock

The independent Commission on Freedom of Information is expected to publish its findings in due course following the close of its Call for Evidence on 20 November.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-23.

To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, when the Commission plans to publish the list of Roll A Parliamentary Agents for the current Parliament.

Tom Brake

The current list of Roll A Parliamentary Agents as at May 2015 is available on the Parliamentary Internet at:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pbagents.htm

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of staff time saved as a result of bringing transactional services offered by the Government online in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.

Matthew Hancock

This information is not held centrally.

The Cabinet Office has helped government save £1.7billion overall through digital and technology transformation in 2014/15, an increase from £978m in 2013/14.