Tag: Louise Haigh

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts Government departments hold with Interserve PLC and Developments.

Matthew Hancock

Since January 2011, as part of the Government’s transparency programme, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Since 1 April 2015, wider public sector bodies, including local authorities, have also been required to publish details of contracts above the value of £25,000 on Contracts Finder.

Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive

Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) academies, (b) free schools and (c) maintained schools which do not include design and technology on the school curriculum.

Nick Gibb

The Department for Education does not hold information on the number of schools which do not include design and technology on the school curriculum.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) forced and (b) voluntary former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children returnees were not accepted by Afghanistan and sent back to the UK in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015 to date.

James Brokenshire

The information that has been requested is not recorded by the Department.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of reducing bursaries for post-graduate primary teacher training on teacher recruitment.

Nick Gibb

We want to attract the best and brightest graduates into the profession. Teaching remains a hugely popular career with more teachers in England’s classrooms than ever before and record levels of top graduates entering the profession.

Bursaries are designed to incentivise applications in subjects where it is difficult to recruit. We review annually the recruitment performance and demand in all subjects to inform bursary levels. In 2015/16 primary initial teacher training recruitment is set to surpass our target.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of senior civil servants from his Department are from a lower socio-economic background.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Information on the socio-economic background of all our staff is not centrally held and to compile it would incur disproportionate cost.

The FCO takes part in a number of schemes to encourage applicants from a lower socio-economic background.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many case workers in her Department received Keeping Children Safe Tier 3 training in 2014.

Karen Bradley

In 2014, 1,329 officials from Borders and Immigration casework and operational roles received Keeping Children Safe Tier 3 training.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when it was decided to reduce the bursary for post-graduate primary teacher training; and what steps she has taken to communicate that decision to potential applicants for such training.

Nick Gibb

Bursary incentives are reviewed every year in response to recruitment performance and the need for new teachers in the coming years.

This year the new bursary rates were announced on 1^st October 2015, and publicised subsequently through the “Get into Teaching” website and advertised on social media.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of senior civil servants from her Department are from a lower socio-economic background.

Karen Bradley

In September 2014, the Government published data on the socio-economic status of recent entrants to the SCS:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/359079/socialmobility_revised.pdf

There is an ongoing review into the most effective and appropriate definition for social mobility which we will align with in future years. This work is being led by The Bridge Group, a charitable policy association promoting social mobility, as part of research they are undertaking on social mobility in the Fast Stream. The Outcome of this review will also inform future data collection on socio-economic status more widely and assist us in our further efforts to increase representation of people from less well-off backgrounds at all levels within the civil service.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 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.

Joseph Johnson

The turnover rate for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), including UKTI for each of the 12 months from September 2014 – August 2015, is set out in the table below.

Month	Turnover rate
Sep-14	14.3%
Oct-14	15.1%
Nov-14	15.6%
Dec-14	15.6%
Jan-15	15.1%
Feb-15	14.9%
Mar-15	15.0%
Apr-15	15.0%
May-15	15.1%
Jun-15	14.7%
Jul-15	14.8%
Aug-15	14.8%

The digital capability within BIS is not limited to a single team and is not recorded separately.