Tag: Lucy Powell

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2014-03-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of employees in his Department of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.

Dan Rogerson

Information for core Defra staff is as follows.

Grade	Gender	Compressed Hours	Term Time Working	Part Time
AA	Male Female	0% 0%	0% 0%	0% 60%
AO	Male Female	0% 0%	2% 1%	2% 14%
EO	Male Female	1% 2%	0% 1%	2% 18%
HEO	Male Female	1% 1%	0% 0%	4% 20%
SEO	Male Female	2% 4%	0% 1%	5% 21%
Grade 7	Male Female	2% 5%	0% 0%	5% 28%
Grade 6	Male Female	5% 5%	0% 0%	10% 21%
SCS	Male Female	2% 0%	0% 0%	5% 23%

Notes:

The term “reduced hours” has been interpreted as meaning part-time working.

Other information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only by incurring disproportionate costs.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many jobs have been transferred from the public to the private sector as a result of privatisations or outsourcing by his Department since May 2010.

Elizabeth Truss

The number of jobs transferred from the Department for Education to the private sector since May 2010 is set out in the table below:

2010-2011	2011-2012	2012-2013	2013-2014
0	0	12	0

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2014-03-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of employees in her Department of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.

Mrs Theresa Villiers

The figures for staff in my Department falling under these work patterns by grade and gender are as follows:

(i) Zero;

(ii) Flexi-time is granted under local arrangements between line managers and their staff and the details are not held centrally;

(iii) None of the staff in my Department work from home on a full time basis;

(iv) Band A 9% male;

(v) No one in my Department job shares;

(vi) Band B (SEO) 8% female;

(vii) Figures for part time working in my Department are given below:

	Male	Female
Band A	9%	–
Band B	14%	–
Band C	–	–
Band D	–	8%
Band E	–	33%
Band F	–	22%

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many jobs have been transferred from the public to the private sector as a result of privatisations or outsourcing by his Department since May 2010.

Gregory Barker

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has not transferred any jobs to the private sector as a result of privatisation or outsourcing since May 2010.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2014-03-26.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of employees in No. 10 Downing Street of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.

Mr Francis Maude

The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.

Some of the information requested is not held centrally. However, all of these options are available to employees subject to business needs.

Fewer than five employees are currently recorded as working (iii) from home in a formal arrangement.

The proportion of employees by Pay Grade who work part-time hours as at 28 February 2014 is shown in the table below:

CO Payband (CS Equivalent)	% Part Time
PERM SEC	0%
SCS3	14%
SCS2	5%
SCS1	8%
A/BAND A (Grade 6/7)	5%
B2/BAND B2 (HEO/SEO)	6%
B/Faststream	0%
B1/BAND B1 (EO)	9%
C/BAND C (AA/AO)	10%

The proportion of employees by gender who work part-time hours as at 28 February 2014 is shown in the table below:

Gender	% Part Time
Female	12%
Male	1%

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many jobs have been transferred from the public to the private sector as a result of privatisations or outsourcing by his Department since May 2010.

Dan Rogerson

Since May 2010, 202 core Defra staff have transferred to the private sector.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2014-03-18.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of parents of children whose nursery costs are (a) £2,000, (b) £1,800, (c) £1,600, (d) £1,400, (e) £1,200, (f) £1,000, (g) £800, (h) £600, (i) £400 and (j) £200 per year who will benefit from tax-free childcare.

Nicky Morgan

The information requested is not available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2014-03-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of employees in his Department of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.

David Mundell

A breakdown of the relevant data requested can be found below. No staff work term-time or are on a homeworking contract. All staff have the opportunity to work flexible working hours.

Grade	Gender	Reduced or Part Time hours	Compressed Hours	Job Share
SCS	Male	0	0	0
	Female	0	0	0
Grade 6/7	Male	0	0	0
	Female	0	0	3.3%
SEO	Male	0	3.3%	0
	Female	1.7%	0	0
HEO	Male	0	0	0
	Female	1.7%	0	0
EO	Male	0	0	0
	Female	0	0	0
Admin.	Male	1.7%	0	0
	Female	1.7%	0	0

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many jobs have been transferred from the public to the private sector as a result of privatisations or outsourcing by his Department since May 2010.

Hugh Robertson

Comprehensive information on all outsourcing activities and the number of jobs involved is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2014-03-18.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of families who will benefit from (a) £2,000, (b) £1,800, (c) £1,600, (d) £1,400, (e) £1,200, (f) £1,000, (g) £800, (h) £600, (i) £400 and (j) £200 per year of tax-free childcare support.

Nicky Morgan

Information on the number of families eligible for Tax-Free Childcare and the number of families who will benefit from the increase of the £6,000 cap on costs per child to £10,000 can be found in Annex B of Delivering Tax-Free Childcare: the Government’s response to the consultation on design and operation:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/293084/PU1607_Tax_free_Childcare_response.pdf

Further breakdowns of the number of families benefitting from the levels of support requested are not available.

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