Tag: Lucy Powell

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department last visited a private, voluntary or independent sector childcare setting in an official capacity.

Elizabeth Truss

Records show that the most recent visits undertaken to PVI provision by Ministers in the Department for Education are as follows.

I visited Little Rainbows Day Nursery on 20 March 2014. My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, visited Norwood Kennedy Leigh Family Centre in November 2013.

It should be noted that we do not keep records of the specific business model of every nursery or childcare setting Ministers visit. Therefore, it is possible that other visits have been undertaken, details of which are not held centrally.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, 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.

Brandon Lewis

The Department has not transferred any departmental jobs from the public to the private sector as a result of privatisations or outsourcing since May 2010.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of employees in his Department of each (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.

Gregory Barker

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has a Flexible Working policy which allows its staff to apply to work through a range of flexible working options. These include part time working, job sharing, compressed hours, as well as working from home on an occasional or more regular basis or as part of a formal arrangements where staff are officially based at home. DECC does not hold central records of those staff who have made a statutory application for flexible working.

Information relating to staff who work part time is recorded centrally and the proportion of those by (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender is set out in the tables below.

Civil Service pay grade

	Full Time	Part Time
AO	89%	11%
EO	93%	7%
HEO	96%	4%
FASTSTREAM	100%	0%
SEO	95%	5%
G7	91%	9%
G6	86%	14%
SCS	91%	9%
Grand Total	92%	8%

Gender

	Full Time	Part Time
Female	86%	14%
Male	98%	2%
Grand Total	92%	8%

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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.

Mr Philip Dunne

Transfer of work from the public to the private sector continues to be considered, among other options, as a way to deliver the savings set out at the Spending Review and to increase the efficiency of Government. The Department ensures that the staff involved in such transfers are treated fairly and consistently and that their terms and conditions are protected through Transfer of Undertakings (TUPE) arrangements.

A full breakdown of civilian outflow from the MOD, including through privatisation of function, is provided in the MOD Quarterly Civilian Personnel Reports. The latest version (as at 1 January 2014, published on 6 February 2014) can be found at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284487/civilian-personnel-report-1_january_2014.pdf

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%