Tag: Pamela Nash

  • Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    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.

  • Pamela Nash – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Pamela Nash – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    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.

  • Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    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

  • Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    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 1st 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.

  • Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2013, Official Report, column 93W, on conditions of employment, how many people in his Department were employed on zero hours contracts in each of the last two years up to the most recent period for which records are available.

    Jeremy Wright

    Information on the number of staff employed on zero-hour contracts in the Ministry of Justice is set out in the table below. The figures refer to staff in Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunal Service and National Offender Management Service as these are the only parts of the Ministry where zero hours contracts have been used.

    Period

    Headcount

    01/04/10 – 31/03/11

    238

    (HMCTS)

    01/04/11 – 31/03/12

    218

    (HMCTS)

    01/04/12 – 31/03/13

    172

    (HMCTS)

    01/04/13 – 31/03/14

    153

    [146 HMCTS + 7 NOMS]

    The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is undertaking a review of zero hours policy and practice and in the light of this work Cabinet Office will ascertain whether any changes need to be made to UK procurement policy.

  • Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in his Department have been employed on zero-hour contracts in each of the last two years up to the most recent period for which records are available.

    Stephen Hammond

    The number of direct employees of the Department and its 6 Executive agencies who are on zero hours contracts is 9. All are qualified engineers.

    There are no direct employees on zero-hour contracts in the Department’s arms length bodies.

  • Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many decision makers within the jobseeker’s allowance framework in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) North Lanarkshire and (d) Airdrie and Shotts constituency had a complaint issued against them in each of the last four years; and how many of those complaints led to disciplinary action.

    Mike Penning

    The information sought is contained in individual personnel records. DWP cannot provide this information as it could only be collated at a disproportionate cost to the department.

  • Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have received a benefit sanction have appealed this decision and won sanction in (a) Scotland, (b) Airdrie and Shotts constituency and (c) North Lanarkshire in each of the last four years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.

    Esther McVey

    The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

  • Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2014-05-02.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) North Lanarkshire and (d) Airdrie and Shotts constituency applied to the jobseeker’s allowance hardship regime and were (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful in each of the last four years for which figures are available.

    Esther McVey

    This data is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

  • Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2014-05-02.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, column 785W, on conditions of employment, what estimate he has made of the number of indirect employees of his Department who are on zero-hour contracts.

    Stephen Hammond

    My Department employs no individuals via contingent labour contracts on a zero hour basis.