Tag: Pamela Nash

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2015-01-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last five years.

Amber Rudd

The majority of expenditure with recruitment agencies represents payment to the individuals employed. We are unable to separately identify the element retained by the recruitment agency as fees. This varies from case to case and the Department contracts on the basis of a total hourly or daily fee. The recruitment principles published by the Civil Service Commission specify the circumstances when appointments may be made otherwise. Further information about the work of the Civil Service Commissioners can be found at www.civilservicecommissioners.org

The Department made payment to an outplacement agency in 2014-15 only. Prior to using the outplacement agency, the Department used the Civil Service Transition Service to provide career counselling redeployment support with no associated costs to the Department.

Figures for 2009 -10 to 2013-14 for staff training are published in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2015-01-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last five years.

Jo Swinson

The majority of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) training budget is delegated to the individual business units. This enables them to target resources to their learning priorities. BIS does not centrally collate details of individual course attendances.

The spend on training in core BIS in the last five years is

Year	Spend £
2010/11	2,340,575
2011/12	2,662,967
2012/13	2,070,999
2013/14	1,840,850
2014/15 (figure as at end November 2014)	1,000,995

We are unable to provide details of spend in relation to parts (a) and (b). The information is not held against discrete finance headings and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2015-02-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been provided to the Rapid Response Service in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what the staffing level of that service was in each of those areas in those years.

Esther McVey

The overall funding for Rapid Response by DWP in the UK was:

· 2010-11 £7.100m

· 2011-12 £3.000m

· 2012-13 £4.037m

· 2013-14 £4.000m

This spend is captured at a National level and is unable to be split into Scotland and Wales data without a disproportionate cost to disaggregate. Northern Ireland is not within the jurisdiction of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Rapid response activities are part one of an advisor’s job so it is not possible to identify specific staff time utilised on Rapid Response.

Budget data can only be provided for the 4 years from 2010/ 11 to 2013/14 as historic changes in the accounting systems mean that 2009/10 information is not available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency cases there are in each revised order of case closure; and when the estimated closure time is for each grouping.

Steve Webb

The table below shows an estimate of when the 800,000 Child Support Agency cases with an ongoing child maintenance liability will close.

Segment and Description	Volume	Start	End
Segment 1 – No child maintenance is liable for payment	156,000	January 2015	February 2016
Segment 2 – Paying parent is currently not paying maintenance	89,000	August 2015	June 2016
Segment 3 – Cases that are currently being managed outside of the two legacy systems	46,000	November 2015	March 2016
Segment 4 – Remaining legacy cases with no enforcement action	380,000	November 2015	September 2017
Segment 5 – Enforcement action is under way	129,000	July 2017	May 2018

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2014-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much he allocated to the Illegal Money Lending Unit in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last four years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.

Jenny Willott

Since 1^st April 2012 the National Trading Standards Board (NTSB) has been responsible for the Illegal Money Lending Units in England and Wales, and Trading Standards Scotland (TSS) has been responsible for the Illegal Money Lending Unit in Scotland. The NTSB and TSS decide what proportion of their total grant funding (provided by BIS) should be allocated for delivery of these functions. Before April 2012 Government directly funded all three of the Illegal Money lending Teams.

Below are the budgets allocated to the Illegal Money Lending teams over the last four years.

	England	Wales	Scotland
2014/15	£3.60m	£0.63m	£0.4m
2013/14	£3.91m	£0.67m	£0.4m
2012/13	£4.13m	£0.59m	£0.38m
2011/12	£4.07m	£0.65m	£0.48m
2010/11	£4.07m	£0.65m	£0.48m

Trading Standards is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and so it is not possible to provide comparable data.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2014-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time and part-time staff were employed to work in the Illegal Money Lending Unit in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last four years up to the most recent period for which records are available.

Jenny Willott

The numbers of full-time and part-time staff that have been employed by the Illegal Money Lending Units in Scotland, England and Wales over the last four years are as follows:

	Full-Time		Part-Time (full time equivalents)
Financial Years	England	Wales	Scotland		Wales
2014/15	58	7	8		1.9
2013/14	63	7	8		1.9
2012/13	63	7	8		1.6
2011/12	50	6	8		0.8
2010/11	Unavailable	9	8		0.8

Trading Standards is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and so it is not possible to provide comparable data.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2014-06-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average time was taken between an application being made and benefit paid for (a) attendance allowance, (b) bereavement benefits, (c) carer’s allowance, (d) disability living allowance, (e) employment and support allowance, (f) jobseeker’s allowance, (g) maternity benefits, (h) housing benefit, (i) council tax benefit and (j) pension credit in (i) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (ii) England, (iii) Scotland, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each of the last four years including the most recent period for which figures are available.

Mike Penning

The information regarding when a benefit is paid is not available as this can vary from each claim depending on circumstances, payment type and frequency of payment.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2015-01-14.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised from taxes on dividend income in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each year from 2010.

Mr David Gauke

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes statistics on income tax liabilities on dividend income in Table 2.6 of the HMRC National Statistics series.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306833/Table_2.6.pdf

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2015-01-14.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enforcement actions in respect of IR35 legislation there have been in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each year since 2010.

Mr David Gauke

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) carries out IR35 status enquiries by way of compliance interventions. The table below shows the number of interventions up to 2013/14. Regional data is not produced by HMRC.

Year	Compliance interventions
2009/10	12
2010/11	23
2011/12	59
2012/13	256
2013/14	192

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2015-01-14.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax yield was from IR35 legislation in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Mr David Gauke

Yield from IR35 compliance interventions up to 2013/14 for the UK is shown in the table below. Regional data is not produced by HM Revenue and Customs.

Year Yield

2009/10 £155K

2010/11 £219K

2011/12 £1.2M

2012/13 £1.1M

2013/14 £430K

In addition to the tax voluntarily paid through IR35, and the compliance revenue the cost to the Exchequer of not having the IR35 legislation would be around £520 million a year.