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  • Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sheila Gilmore on 2014-02-27.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pagers have been provided to staff by his Department since May 2010; and what the cost to the Department was of providing those pagers.

    Mr Nick Hurd

    As was the case prior to the last General Election various officials are provided with pagers when there is a business case to do so. We do not hold details centrally of when pagers were purchased but currently spend £360 a month on the services.

  • Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sheila Gilmore on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2014, Official Report, columns 170-1W, on employment and support allowance, how many decisions on eligibility for employment and support allowance have been made in each month since May 2010.

    Mike Penning

    We have interpreted the question to be for Employment and Support Allowance Work Capability Assessments decision outcomes. This information is published in table 1a for initial functional assessments and table 1b for repeat functional assessments at:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-june-2014

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  • Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sheila Gilmore on 2014-03-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.

    Dan Rogerson

    The 20 highest and 20 lowest value contracts awarded by Defra for the respective financial years are set out in the table attached.

    We are unable to provide data for 2009/10 as we did not have a central contracts management system in place prior to April 2010.

    The lowest value for contracts shown here is £10,000. Any purchasing below that level is made under standard purchase order terms and conditions rather than through a specific contract. These are not recorded on our central system.

    The data does not included contracts for research and development which are not held centrally and could only be included at disproportionate cost.

  • Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sheila Gilmore on 2014-06-05.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to his Department has been of implementing and evaluating the Help and Support for Separated Families Co-ordinated Telephone Network to date; and what estimate he has made of the future costs of that initiative.

    Steve Webb

    The Help and Support for Separated Families telephone network began full operation in March 2014 and the participating organisations are:

    Family Lives;

    Relate;

    Wikivorce; and

    The National Youth Advocacy Service.

    £344k of awards have been made for the co-ordinated telephony network. £344k is the maximum amount payable under the terms of the grant for the period to 31st May 2014. This covers both actual invoices paid to date and amounts not yet billed by suppliers. The evaluation of the telephony network will be carried out in-house.

  • Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Wales Office

    Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Wales Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sheila Gilmore on 2014-06-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what visits each of the Ministers in his Department have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.

    Mr David Jones

    The information requested is enclosed in the following table.

  • Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sheila Gilmore on 2014-03-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by her Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.

    James Brokenshire

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt. Hon. Friend, Minister for the Cabinet Office (Francis Maude) on 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 721W.

  • Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sheila Gilmore on 2014-06-05.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding has been paid from the Help and Support for Separated Families (HSSF) Innovation Fund to each of the HSSF projects which signed contracts for delivery in April 2013.

    Steve Webb

    All Innovation Fund projects deliver different services and have different timescales. Their agreed payment schedules are considered commercially sensitive and cannot be shared at this time.

  • Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Women and Equalities

    Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Women and Equalities

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sheila Gilmore on 2014-06-12.

    To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what visits each of the Ministers in the Government Equalities Office have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.

    Mrs Helen Grant

    Details of Ministers’ visits overseas are published quarterly and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-meetings-and-hospitality-data-october-to-december-2013

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  • Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sheila Gilmore on 2014-03-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by her Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.

    Lynne Featherstone

    I refer the Hon. Member to the reply given to her by my Rt. Hon Friend, the Member for Horsham (Francis Maude) on 2 Apr 2014, Official Report (Col. 721W).

  • Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sheila Gilmore on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West of 21 March 2012, Official Report, column 705W on Atos Healthcare, on how many occasions a Jobcentre Plus decision-maker did not follow the advice of an Atos-approved healthcare professional when making a decision on the eligibility for employment and support allowance in each month since May 2010.

    Mike Penning

    The information requested is shown in the table below.

    The number of occasions where the JCP decision maker’s final decision was different to the advice given by the Atos healthcare professional – May 2010 to June 2013

    Month JCP decision differs from Atos recommendation

    May-10 900

    Jun-10 900

    Jul-10 1,100

    Aug-10 1,200

    Sep-10 1,200

    Oct-10 1,900

    Nov-10 2,600

    Dec-10 2,300

    Jan-11 2,700

    Feb-11 3,100

    Mar-11 3,700

    Apr-11 2,800

    May-11 3,100

    Jun-11 2,800

    Jul-11 2,100

    Aug-11 1,900

    Sep-11 1,600

    Oct-11 1,400

    Nov-11 1,500

    Dec-11 1,200

    Jan-12 1,800

    Feb-12 2,300

    Mar-12 2,700

    Apr-12 2,300

    May-12 2,600

    Jun-12 2,700

    Jul-12 3,200

    Aug-12 3,200

    Sep-12 3,800

    Oct-12 4,600

    Nov-12 4,700

    Dec-12 3,700

    Jan-13 4,800

    Feb-13 4,400

    Mar-13 4,000

    Apr-13 4,100

    May-13 4,900

    Jun-13 5,300

    Data sources:

    DWP’s benefit administration datasets covering new claims (starting from 27 October 2008); Atos Healthcare’s face to face assessment, ESA85 data and limited capability for work questionnaire, ESA50 data; and HMCTS’s appeals caseload data.

    Notes:

    1. These figures do not include work capability assessments completed on incapacity benefit (IB) reassessment claims.

    2. The table includes initial assessments only and the figures are rounded to the nearest hundred.