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	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/02/2014
	date	12/02/2014
	date tabled	12/02/2014
	ddp created	12/02/2014 23:00:48
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 01:56:22
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	188327
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 188327
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188327
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I can confirm that Ministers have a total of 256.08 sq m of office space currently assigned to them.</p><p> </p><p>In total, there are 35staff working in ministerial offices, compared to 38 members of staff in 2009. This is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Range B: 6</p><p>Range C: 8</p><p>Range D: 13</p><p>Range E: 5</p><p>Range E2: 2</p><p>SCS: 1</p><p> </p><p>These figures are based on the latest data available for staffing numbers for HMT Treasury as of May 2014.</p><p> </p> question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

44354

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	registered interest
	answer date	24/03/2014
	date	20/03/2014
	date tabled	20/03/2014
	ddp created	20/03/2014 21:12:02
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:54:04
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	identifier	193063
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that the contracts for the Building Schools for the Future programme include provisions to ensure prompt payment to small and medium-sized businesses.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 193063
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	193063
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme is coming to a close, with the final schemes moving in to construction. The Government's main programme to address the condition needs of the school estate is the Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP) and the majority of work will be procured using the Education Funding Agency's (EFA) Contractors' Framework, which commenced in November 2013.</p><p>All PSBP procurements carried out by the EFA through this Framework will require the use of project bank accounts (PBAs)</p><p>PBAs differ from traditional construction industry payment arrangements whereby the procuring party under the building contract makes payment to the main contractor, who in turn makes payment down his supply chain. This can lead to delay and cashflow problems for small and medium sized businesses, who typically make up a significant proportion of the supply chain.</p><p>Instead, the procuring party will make payment into a trust account established specifically for the project. The majority of members of the supply chain are nominated as beneficiaries of that trust account, and the building contract requires that payment must be made from the PBA to the supply chain as soon as possible after the PBA is placed in funds, typically within three to four working days (although varying slightly depending on the specific banking arrangements).</p><p>There are a small number of PSBP projects being procured through a private finance route. For these projects, the project agreement does not deal with construction payments as no payment is made until the project is operational. Before that, payments for construction works are made by the single-purpose company (SPC) set up to carry out the project, to its subcontractors, and then down the contractual chain. The SPC's solvency is, in its contracts with first-tier subcontractors, protected by industry-standard provisions with which PBAs are not compatible. We are considering whether more can be done to encourage prompt payment further down the contractual chain.</p> question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones