The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-05.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with whom he consulted on recent changes to the ministerial code.
Matthew Hancock
The Ministerial Code is the Prime Minister’s guidance to his Ministers. It is normally updated and reissued following a General Election. The Code is not subject to external consultation. This has been the practice under successive Administrations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 9 January 2015 to Question 219449, what progress has been made in improving wheelchair services following the NHS England review.
Alistair Burt
Following the conclusion of its review NHS England has set up an improvement support programme working with 11 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to improve services for wheelchair users. The 11 CCGs are:
– North Yorkshire (NHS Harrogate and Rural District;
– NHS Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby;
– NHS Scarborough and Ryedale;
– NHS Vale of York CCG;
– North West London (NHS West London);
– NHS Hounslow;
– NHS Ealing;
– NHS Central London;
– NHS Hammersmith and Fulham;
– NHS Barnet; and
– NHS Brent.
NHS Improving Quality is supporting the programme which will run from September 2015 to March 2016 and include creating guidance, evidence and material to share with other organisations and communities.
NHS England has also introduced a new national wheelchair dataset with the aim of providing information centrally on the volume, expenditure, access to, and patient experience about wheelchair services to enable transparency and benchmarking. From July 2015, data are being collected quarterly from CCGs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of using external agencies for recruitment to Senior Civil Service posts in his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Mike Penning
From July 2014, recruitment for SCS posts have been managed centrally by Civil Service Resourcing. Data prior to that date is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
As part of its long-term economic plan, this Government has reduced the size of the Civil Service by 22%, adjusting for Machinery of Government changes that moved staff into and out of the Civil Service since the 2010 General Election, representing a significant increase in efficiency and productivity that helped save taxpayers £2.8 billion last year alone.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-01.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to update information online on civil servants earning an annual salary of over £150,000.
Matthew Hancock
As part of its transparency agenda, the Government is committed to publishing an annual list of senior officials in departments, agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies with pay rates of £150,000 and above. The 2015 list will be published on the Cabinet Office website shortly.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-30.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) redundancy and (b) voluntary exit programmes for civil servants are currently in operation in each department.
Matthew Hancock
This information on the number of exit schemes currently in operation is not collated centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-14.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of employees in his Department have (a) taken the CESG Certified Cyber-Security Training Course and (b) received other cyber-security training.
Harriett Baldwin
One current HM Treasury employee has attended courses which are part of the CESG Certified Training (CCT) scheme, while three have attended other external training courses devoted entirely to Cyber Security. All HM Treasury’s employees periodically undertake online information assurance training which contains some cyber security related content, and are also provided with cyber security related guidance/advice on the Department’s intranet. All new employees have to attend induction training which contains some basic pointers on Cyber Security.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-01-11.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what bids were received for the Debt Market Integrator contract.
Matthew Hancock
The companies that bid to provide Debt Market Integrator services were as follows;
Single Bidders:
Consortia:
As of 12/01/ 2016 The debt collections agencies providing service for Indesser through the Debt Market Integrator contract are:
Walker Love
Rossendales
Akinika
Advantis
CCS Collect
Drydens
Apex
Bluestones
Freds
Rossendales
Walker Love
Moorcroft
Past Due
CCI Legal
The private sector partner owns 75% equity in Indesser.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-01-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees in her Department have (a) taken the CESG Certified Cyber-Security Training Course and (b) received other relevant cyber-security training.
Mr John Hayes
A revised set of CESG Certified Cyber-Security Training packages was launched in 2015.
We do not collate statistics on its use. The Home Office encourages all its staff to develop their information assurance skills which includes cyber security. This includes the Responsible for Information training package which covers core elements of cyber security.
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.