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170290

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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	Apprentices: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217744, when his Department plans to write to level 2 and 3 apprenticeships in England informing them of their National Minimum Wage entitlement.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	218767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>A letter is issued to all new level 2 and 3 apprentices in England on Government-funded apprenticeships, setting out what they can expect from their apprenticeship. This includes information on their national minimum wage entitlement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 05/01/2015 16:41:25 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 35662 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

512414

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2016
	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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Hotels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the annual cost is of hotel stays in (a) London by policy staff from his Department's office at St Paul's Place, Sheffield and (b) Sheffield by policy staff from his Department's office at 1 Victoria Street, London.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	33916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Permanent Secretary has recently written to the Chairs of the Public Accounts Committee and the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee. His letter contains details of the potential maximum savings from a closure of the Department’s Sheffield office at St Paul’s Place, and can be seen at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/518244/letter-martin-donnelly-sheffield-office.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/518244/letter-martin-donnelly-sheffield-office.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/04/2016 13:27:03 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 55903 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

512416

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2016
	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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the annual cost per employee is of rent, rates and maintenance for his Department's office at (a) St Paul's Place, Sheffield and (b) 1 Victoria Street, London.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	33917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The annual cost per employee at St Paul’s Place, Sheffield is £3,190 and at 1 Victoria Street, London is £9,750.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/04/2016 15:07:42 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 55904 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

512417

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2016
	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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the annual cost is of policy staff (a) from his Department's office at St Paul's Place, Sheffield and (b) from his Department's office at 1 Victoria Street, London travelling to Sheffield.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	33918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/04/2016 15:09:42 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 55905 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

512422

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2016
	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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the annual cost is of rent, rates and maintenance for his Department's office at (a) St Paul's Place, Sheffield and (b) 1 Victoria Street, London.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	33919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The annual cost of rent, rates and maintenance at St Paul's Place, Sheffield is £891,694 and at 1 Victoria Street, London is £21,363,694.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/04/2016 15:06:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 55906 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

512921

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2016
	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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the level of his Department's budget for estates after completion of the BIS 2020 change programme.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	33958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>Detailed plans are being developed across the BIS estate. An initial estimate is that some £40M savings in office estate could be achieved. This depends on a range of other factors.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/04/2016 15:43:24 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 56237 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

512922

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2016
	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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Sheffield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of potential savings to his Department's budget that will arise from reduction in headcount as a result of the closure of its Sheffield office at St Paul's Place.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	33959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We cannot at this time provide an estimate of overall savings to BIS’ budget arising from headcount in the event that a decision to close the HQ office in St Paul’s Place is taken. Since the consultation was launched in February we have started to work through the likely associated costs of different options, recognising that final decisions on headcount have not yet been taken. Our internal work uses the annual costs of running the Sheffield office to illustrate the range of permanent, annual savings under different scenarios for staff replacement. This did not consider the one-off costs of transition including redundancies, which remain subject to decisions following the conclusion of the consultation. As we have previously indicated, our London headcount will decrease by 2020 and we have committed to making overall operating expense savings of £350m, of which this will form a part.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 25/04/2016 14:20:48 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 56238 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

512923

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2016
	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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Sheffield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of potential savings to his Department's budget that will arise from the closure of its Sheffield office at St Paul's Place other than by reduction in headcount.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	33960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The proposed closure of the Sheffield office would result in permanent savings from reduced travel, rents and overnight accommodation. The Department estimates the current annual cost of these at £500k (travel), £890k (rent) and £150k (hotel stays). These savings would be independent of any decision on headcount reductions, on which we are still consulting. All savings would be net of any one-off transitional costs. There would also be non-cashable efficiency savings resulting from closer working, and more collaborative and flexible teams.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/04/2016 10:44:06 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 56239 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

512924

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2016
	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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Sheffield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what efficiency savings his Department expects to make from the closure of its Sheffield office at St Paul's Place.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	33961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>The proposed closure of the Sheffield office is one part of a larger programme to deliver a new business model and reduce operating spending by £350m by 2020. Non-cashable efficiency savings would be realised through closer working, more collaborative and flexible teams. Cashable savings will be realised from reduced travel, rents and overnight accommodation. Further cashable savings would be achieved through reduction in headcount, but such reductions have yet to be decided pending the conclusion of the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/04/2016 15:49:04 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 56241 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

522953

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Reorganisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Written Statement of 26 May 2016, on BIS consultation, HCWS30, in which ways operating split-site and split-team working would put a strain on organisational effectiveness.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	39342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Policy teams in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) are currently split across multiple locations around the country with teams and management chains divided across this landscape.</p><p> </p><p>As the Department becomes smaller, BIS needs a different model in which it is easier for all policy staff to operate without having to work around or compensate for the logistical challenges of a split site model. The Combined Headquarters model will mean all policy staff are co-located and within close proximity to one another and to Ministers. This will enable more face to face interaction between and within teams, within management chains and with Ministers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 13/06/2016 16:18:22 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 2873 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield