The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kennedy of Southwark on 2016-01-12.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the terms of appointment of the Chairman of the Environment Agency.
Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Determining the terms and conditions of any public appointment is routine and will be considered as part of the preparations for recruiting a new Chairman.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Woodcock on 2016-02-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military veterans live in each parliamentary constituency in Cumbria.
Mark Lancaster
The Ministry of Defence does not collect or hold information on all veterans, the majority of whom are of the World War II and National Service generations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-02-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the rate of pay is for cleaners in the Government Equalities Office.
Nick Gibb
The hourly rate of pay for cleaners working in buildings managed by the Department for Education is between £7.85 and £9.15 depending on location and duration of tenure.
The Government Equality Office is based within buildings managed by the Department for Education, and therefore the same rates apply.
From 1 April 2016, the rate of pay will be increased to the 2016 Living Wage Foundation rates.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Gethins on 2016-04-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is planned that officials of his Department will attend the trial of Egyptian non-governmental organisations scheduled for 20 April 2016 in Cairo.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Representatives of the Embassy attended the previous hearing on 24 March, and plan to attend the next hearing on 20 April. We are deeply concerned by growing restrictions on civil society in Egypt. I encourage the government of Egypt to work with civil society organisations to implement the rights guaranteed by the Egyptian constitution and allow non-government organisations to operate freely.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Durkan on 2016-05-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the reported raid of Nabil Adib’s office by Sudan’s national security and intelligence services and the alleged assault and arrest of people in that office.
James Duddridge
The International Federation for Human Rights, World Organisation Against Torture and African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies have all reported on the alleged raid on Nabil Adib’s office on 5 May. We have raised our concerns about this case directly with the Government of Sudan, most recently during the visit of the UK Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan on 11 to 12 May. We will continue to monitor this case closely.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2016-07-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Fitness for Work data his Department receives from GPs, collected under the Health and Social Care Information Centre (Statements of Fitness for Work) Directions 2015, is considered identifiable personal data by his Department.
Penny Mordaunt
The data collected under the Health and Social Care Information Centre (Statements of Fitness for Work) Directions 2015 will be non patient identifiable on extraction and anonymous on publication, and will not contain any personal information that can be used to identify individuals. Additional measures such as aggregation of disease codes and small number suppression will also be applied which means that, for published information, any number less than five will be replaced by a star.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-09-14.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to section A8.1 of the Benefits and Credits, Error and Fraud Adding Capacity 444 contract between SYNNEX-Concentrix UK Limited and HM Revenue and Customs, what the profiling techniques are that are used to identify non-compliance.
Jane Ellison
Information about the use of profiling techniques can be found within the Concentrix contract at Annex A10.2 and A22.1: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/85d1b730-5e4e-4be8-ae4c-3ac1f359afc7
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Owen Smith on 2015-11-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many war veterans have applied for personal independence payment.
Justin Tomlinson
Information on the number of claims to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) by war veterans is not available as details about current or previous occupations are not collected as part of the application or assessment process.
Service personnel and veterans who are entitled to a Guaranteed Income Payment of 50% or higher through the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme are eligible to apply for Armed Forces Independence Payment instead of PIP. There have been 873 applications for this payment to date.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Randerson on 2015-11-30.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many officials in the Department for Transport are expected to be working as part of the rail franchising team in 2016–17, 2017–18, and 2018–19.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The information is not held in the format requested. Staff working in franchising sit in Passenger Services, with other staff carrying out much wider roles.
The number of people (permanent and temporary) working in Passenger Services as at 31st March 2015 was 221.
The number as of 1st December 2015 is 235.
Our forecast requirements for future years are as follows:
2016/17 246.25 Full-Time Equivalents
2017/18 246.25 Full-Time Equivalents
2018/19 234.25 Full-Time Equivalents
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 2016-01-12.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they are ensuring that the Lead Provider Framework procurement process is not used to continue employing expensive management consultants.
Lord Prior of Brampton
Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) will make decisions about their requirements when procuring services from the Lead Provider Framework and evaluate responses in order to appoint to the provider that represents the highest quality and best value for money.
The Framework contains nine accredited lead providers that bring together a range of partners and specialist organisations in analytical and intelligence services, contracting and transformation to ensure CCGs can source a diverse range of skills and expertise on a more efficient basis than employing management consultants.
NHS England created the Lead Provider Framework to enable CCGs to access affordable commissioning support from at scale providers so they would not have to rely on expensive management consultants sometimes of variable quality.