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105820

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Instant Rewards of what value were given to his Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>An element of the Department’s overall pay bill for staff below the Senior Civil Service (SCS) is allocated to payments related directly to performance. There are two types of award:</p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Annual performance awards, that reward staff based on their annual performance rating.</li><li>In-year awards that recognise strong performance in particularly demanding tasks or situations. These can be in the form of cash payments or vouchers.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These non-consolidated, non-pensionable one-off payments are used to drive high performance in the department and do not add to future pay bills.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the number and cost of in-year awards in 2013, and until the end of September in 2014 are contained in table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Cash Awards</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of Cash Awards</strong></p><p><strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Vouchers</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of Vouchers</strong></p><p><strong>(£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,489</p></td><td><p>434,743</p></td><td><p>803</p></td><td><p>32,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014*</p></td><td><p>1,145</p></td><td><p>353,200</p></td><td><p>788</p></td><td><p>41,525</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Jan – Sept 2014</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 10/11/2014 15:48:11 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105821

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions his Department has had requests for appointments by exception to the Senior Civil Service turned down by the Civil Service Commission since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Civil Service Commission publish details of appointments made by exception and approved by them in their annual reports and on their website. These reports are available in the Library of the House. It would not be appropriate to publish details of the requests turned down by the Commission as the numbers involved are so small.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 10/11/2014 15:49:40 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105822

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Statistics on the Freedom of Information performance of Government Departments since January 2010 are published by the Ministry of Justice. They are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics#2010-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics#2010-2012</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The published statistics include the numbers of requests received by each Department, the numbers answered in full and where information was partly or fully withheld.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 10/11/2014 14:37:50 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105824

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on iPhones in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>In 2012, the Department (including our UKTI organisation), purchased 13 iPhones at £360 each, through our framework contract with Vodafone. The call costs for each of those phones would have been absorbed into the standard mobile telephony running cost budget and so aren't identified individually.</p><p>Our corporate Smart Phone service is not predicated on iPhone technology and so no further purchases have been made to date.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 10/11/2014 16:03:50 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105825

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on iPhones in each year since 2010; and how much was spent on iPhones by 10 Downing Street in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>This Government is determined to provide staff with technology that allows them to do their job effectively and efficiently. As was the case under the previous administration, staff can be provided with such equipment when there is an appropriate business need.</p><p>The total expenditure in each year since 2010 is;</p><p>● 2010 £0</p><p>● 2011 £0</p><p>● 2012 £24,320</p><p>● 2013 £24,320</p><p>● 2014 £34,050</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 10/11/2014 14:59:37 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105826

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Military Decorations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will establish a Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals to consider representations from those who support the creation of a (a) National Defence Medal and (b) Nuclear Test Veterans Medal.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	213143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Committee for the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (HD Committee) has recently, as part of the Independent Military Medals Review, considered the proposals to institute a National Defence Medal and a Nuclear Test Veterans Medal. HD Committee considered the merits of both medals but in respect of the latter concluded that this was not the sort of operational duty that would normally be recognised by the award of a medal; and that a strong enough case could not be made at this time for a National Defence Medal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 10/11/2014 14:56:49 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

105827

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions his Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>Cabinet Office makes appointments on merit on the basis of fair and open competition in compliance with the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles.</p><p>Other appointments are made using permitted exceptions to the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles to support Apprenticeship and Graduate Internship schemes, commercial interchange, short term projects and other specific business needs.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014- 31/10/14</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In line with the practice of the previous administration the names of individuals have not been provided to protect their identities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 213033 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:42:36 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105828

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. Information on departments’ handling of FOI requests is published on a quarterly basis by the Ministry of Justice and is available at GOV.UK under the series Government FOI Statistics.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave on 10 July 2014 to UIN: PQ204306-PQ20470.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 213093 213101 213114 question first answered 07/11/2014 11:47:51 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105831

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions his Department has had requests for appointments by exception to the Senior Civil Service turned down by the Civil Service Commission since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>The Civil Service Commission publish details of appointments made by exception and approved by them in their annual reports and on their website. These reports are available in the Library of the House. It would not be appropriate to publish, by Department, details of the requests turned down by the Commission as the numbers involved are so small.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 213053 question first answered 10/11/2014 14:52:51 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105833

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. Information on departments’ handling of FOI requests is published on a quarterly basis by the Ministry of Justice and is available at GOV.UK under the series Government FOI Statistics.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave on 10 July 2014 to UIN: PQ204306-PQ20470.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 213080 213093 213114 question first answered 07/11/2014 11:47:52 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney