Tag: Louise Haigh

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

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cancellations of tax credits by Concentrix have been reversed since that company’s contract with his Department commenced.

Mr David Gauke

Up to the end of January 2016, Concentrix have changed around 4800 out of around 419,000 decisions that they have taken since the start of the contract. These changed decisions are often as a result of new information provided by the claimant that had not been provided at the time of the original decision. The 4800 changed decisions includes some awards that were cancelled and others that were amended.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-02-23.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department provides to senior civil servants on speaking at public events.

Matthew Hancock

All civil servants are subject to the requirements of the Civil Service Code and Civil Service Management Code. Further guidance on attendance at external events including those organised by political parties can be found in the Directory of Civil Service Guidance (vol 2).

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to bring forward legislative proposals to enable the construction of the Eastern Leg of High Speed 2.

Mr Robert Goodwill

In November 2015, the Secretary of State for Transport provided an update to Parliament on our progress to deliver HS2. He reconfirmed the Government’s commitment to completing the full Y-shaped network by 2033. The Government will make a decision on the remainder of the Phase Two route, including the Eastern Leg, in autumn 2016, with a view to introducing a third hybrid Bill before the end of this Parliament.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the impact assessment carried out by his Department’s board on the closure of St Paul’s Place, Sheffield; and what account his Department took of the diversity implications of that closure.

Joseph Johnson

The Department will shortly be publishing an Equality Impact Assessment on the proposal to close the office at St Paul’s Place, Sheffield, which will include an assessment of the diversity implications.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-07.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of Senior Civil Servants in each department in each year since 2010.

Matthew Hancock

The number of Senior Civil Servants serving in each department in each year from 2010 to date, is set out in the table below:

Centrally Managed SCS by Main Department (2010-2015)

Department	Q1 2010	Q1 2011	Q1 2012	Q1 2013	Q1 2014	Q1 2015	Q3 2015
BIS	217	267	254	263	273	265	255
CO	213	233	208	214	238	281	284
DCLG	122	120	99	84	84	90	88
DCMS	41	36	35	24	34	44	46
DECC	66	86	100	105	121	109	111
DEFRA	174	161	145	143	143	133	127
DfE	120	121	168	155	139	139	147
DfID	95	79	79	83	80	81	80
DfT	227	185	173	174	198	174	174
DH	392	370	312	383	393	406	396
DWP	381	325	275	296	258	259	266
FCO	59	54	56	58	67	78	77
HMRC	391	362	360	319	313	325	342
HMT	159	106	105	97	94	94	106
Home Office	237	208	198	199	196	224	220
MoD	275	266	227	227	219	236	248
MoJ	290	241	200	200	199	198	213
SG	270	238	215	225	227	230	222
WG	147	125	118	137	155	155	152
Other	477	329	289	309	370	456	463
Total	4353	3912	3616	3695	3801	3977	4017

Source: SCS Database

Notes: FCO does not include the Diplomatic Service as they are not part of the Centrally Managed Senior Civil Service

Figures also do not include a number of health professionals and military personnel that work at a senior level that are not part of the Centrally Managed Senior Civil Service

Caution is advised when interpreting changes at a departmental level due to the following Machinery of Government changes over the period that have moved into and out of departments:

Office of Government Commerce moved from HMT to Cabinet Office in June 2010

Government Equalities Office moved into Home Office in April 2011 and to DCMS in Q1 2013

Directgov transferred from DWP to Cabinet Office in June 2010

Buying Solutions moved from HMT to Cabinet Office in June 2010

Postcomm (BIS) were abolished in October 2011

The Better Regulation Delivery Office moved from the wider public sector into BIS in Q2 2012

Ordnance Survey moved from DCLG to BIS in July 2011 and left the Civil Service in April 2015

Land Registry moved from MoJ to BIS in July 2011

Met Office moved from MoD to BIS in July 2011

Fire Service College (DCLG) was abolished in February 2013

Standards and Testing Agency (DfE) was created in October 2011

Education Funding Agency and the National College and Teaching Agency (DfE) were created in April 2012

A number of Probation Trusts staff moved from the wider public sector to MoJ in June 2014

Public Health England (DH) was created in April 2013

Legal Aid Agency (MoJ) was created in April 2013

National Crime Agency was created in October 2013

Criminal Records Bureau (Home Office) left the Civil Service in December 2012

The Asset Protection Agency (HMT) was abolished in October 2012

Competition Commission moved from the wider public sector into the Office of Fair Trading in April 2014 to become Competition and Markets Authority

Part of the Defence Support Group (MoD) was privatised and left the Civil Service in April 2015

The Food and Environment Research Agency (DEFRA) left the Civil Service in April 2015

Government Internal Audit Agency (HMT) was established in April 2015

Highways Agency (DfT) left the Civil Service in April 2015

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many civil service apprentices have been appointed by his Department to date.

Joseph Johnson

Since 2010 BIS has appointed a total of 89 apprentices, of which 44 were new appointments and 45 were existing civil servants taking up an apprenticeship.

BIS is committed to meet the apprenticeship target of 2.3% of the workforce.

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 the Student Loans Company in the last year for which figures are available.

Joseph Johnson

Employees of the Student Loans Company are not classed as civil servants. The table below confirms the number of Student Loans Company employees based at each of the Company’s locations at 31 March 2016.

Location	No. of employees (Headcount)
Darlington	1,413
Glasgow City Centre	1,302
Glasgow Hillington	75
Home based	5
Llandudno Junction	125
Total	2,920

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-04-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which consultants other than McKinsey bid for the tender to consider his Department’s BIS 2020 programme.

Joseph Johnson

Proposals to consider the Department’s BIS 2020 programme were received from McKinsey & Company and The Boston Consulting Group.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-04-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish his Department’s senior officials’ business expenses and hospitality data for 2015.

Mr Robert Goodwill

We plan to publish the department’s senior officials’ business expenses for the calendar year 2015 by the end of June 2016 and the senior officials’ hospitality data by the end of July 2016.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-06-06.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of staff in his Department were (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.

Harriett Baldwin

As part of the government’s transparency agenda, the department publishes on a monthly basis, information on payroll and non-payroll staff. The link for the requested years can be found below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workforce-management–2?1

There are no civil servants contracted to the department who are paid through public limited companies.

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