Tag: Louise Haigh

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-09-02.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many performance failures have been incurred by contractors under the HM Revenue and Customs Benefits and Credits, Error and Fraud Adding Capacity 444 contract between SYNNEX-Concentrix UK Limited and HM Revenue and Customs.

Mr David Gauke

Since mid-October 2015 there has been 120 instances where Concentrix has not fully met the performance standards set out in the contract out of a total of 1625.

The estimate of commission paid for the HM Revenue and Customs’ contract with SYNNEX-Concentrix relating to error and fraud is £15.8m since the start of the contract to date.

SYNNEX-Concentrix under its contract with HM Revenue and Customs have completed around 308,718 undeclared partner cases, 198,422 work and hours cases and 152,771 child care cases.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-09-14.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 44656, how many (a) amber, (b) amber green, (c) red and (d) black performance failures there were between May 2014 and October 2015 in respect of benefits and credits error and fraud.

Jane Ellison

The process to measure performance as described in the question was introduced as part of the contract variation signed on 13 October 2015. The information is therefore not available for the period requested.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason people with indefinite leave to remain have been granted certificates of travel with validity of less than five years.

James Brokenshire

Certificates of travel (COT) are normally issued for 5 years to individuals with indefinite leave to remain. COTs may be issued for a shorter duration where

• There are Security or criminality reasons to do so

• The applicant has lost or abused previous documents

• The COT is being issued solely to facilitate the applicant travelling to their country of nationality to obtain a national passport.

• There is an urgent short term need to travel, and the applicant’s embassy cannot process a passport application fast enough.

The table below shows the number of COT valid for 12 months or less where the applicant has ILR for each year since 2010.

This data only counts people who have submitted applications for ILR in country. It excludes people who have ILR on Asylum grounds. The data also excludes any people with an ILR grant which pre dates the Case Information Database.

Year Number of Cases

2010 50

2011 50

2012 15

2013 15

2014 35

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-29.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the potential sale of information stolen during the cyber-security breach of the Government Gateway system.

Matthew Hancock

To date the security reports on the Government Gateway system do not show a cyber-security breach.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what average time his Department took to respond to freedom of information requests in each year since 2005.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The Government publishes statistics on the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 within central government, including on timeliness. Information on the Department for Culture Media & Sport statistics and can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average time her Department took to respond to freedom of information requests in each year since 2005.

Karen Bradley

The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The available statistics on the timeliness of FOI requests received by the Home Office up to the second quarter of 2015 are published on the Ministry of Justice website at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost of using external agencies for recruitment of Senior Civil posts in his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

The cost to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of using external agencies for the recruitment of Senior Civil Service posts in the last 5 financial years is set out in the table below:

Financial Year	Cost
2010-11	£161,706
2011-12	£32,028
2012-13	£102,390
2013-14	£70,347
2014-15	£20,300
Total	£386,771

We predominantly use external recruitment firms for specialist roles where the necessary experience and expertise does not exist elsewhere in the Civil Service

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2015 to Question 10866, when she next plans to publish the job titles and pay grades of appointments to extended ministerial offices.

George Eustice

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, Matthew Hancock, to PQ UIN 17505 answered on 30 November 2015.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many civil servants in his Department are in the redeployment pool.

Joseph Johnson

The Department does not operate a redeployment pool.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants in his Department are in the redeployment pool.

Justin Tomlinson

DWP does not have a redeployment pool. Currently there are 40 individuals within the Department who are seeking redeployment.