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1005870

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Palm Oil: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what meetings he has had with companies that source palm oil in their supply chain as part of preparing for future trade deals after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	190454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade regularly meets with stakeholders including businesses to understand their views on our future trade policy. Palm oil is a commodity commonly sourced in food and other industry supply chains so this information could only be gathered at disproportionate cost to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 16/11/2018 14:37:38 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery previous answer version 85283 answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

176042

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Employment Agencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in his Department were recruited through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	222245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>In each of the years 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14, two staff were directly recruited by the Department via an employment or recruitment agency. No staff have been directly recruited to date in 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p>These figures exclude public appointments and Cabinet Office recruitment. I would note that my previous answer of 2 February 2015, Question 222078, on the number of agencies used, included the recruitment of one public appointment in 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>My Department has reduced staffing costs from £218 million a year in 2009-10 to £95 million in 2013-14. There is and remains a need to replace staff from general turnover and where we need specific technical skills. We are committed to open recruitment, so we can obtain individual staff with the best expertise from the private sector, the voluntary sector and other parts of the public sector.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 04/03/2015 17:04:19 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

176049

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Employment Agencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department were recruited through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	222246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 04/02/2015 15:07:28 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

176320

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Employment Agencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many staff in the Law Officers' Departments have been recruited through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	222517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer which I gave to question 217769 from the Hon Member for Manchester Central on 16<sup>th</sup> December 2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=217769" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=217769</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 04/02/2015 14:15:47 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

176444

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Employment Agencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	222518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The Civil Service-wide Recruitment Freeze was introduced in May 2010, which limits new appointments to front-line and business critical roles only this usually means specialist roles. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is reducing UK based headcount by 10% in the current Spending Round.</p><p>Recruitment agencies are used to recruit for positions that require specialist skills and expertise not available elsewhere in the organisation. The number of FCO staff who were employed through employment or recruitment agencies from 2010-11 onwards is:</p><p>2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15</p><p>36 11 78 75 16</p><p><br>Recruitment in 2012/13 increased as a result of a need to staff our recently established Corporate Services Centre in Milton Keynes. From 2013/14 onwards the data includes directly recruited summer and graduate interns.</p><p>The FCO also has a separate contract in place with Hays Specialist Recruitment for the provision of temporary staff for essential frontline roles whilst internal recruitment processes take place. The number of temporary staff who were employed through recruitment agencies from 2010-11 onwards, on contracts of varying length, is:</p><p><br>2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15</p><p>19 61 116 59 28</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/02/2015 15:11:23 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

176482

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Employment Agencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	222519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department uses recruitment agencies to support permanent appointments to the Senior Civil Service (SCS). The table below shows the number of SCS appointments that have been made where a recruitment agency was involved, for each financial year since 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Staff Employed</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 to date</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the above information does not include recruitment numbers for our executive agencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Below SCS level, recruitment agencies are only used for components of a recruitment exercise eg. advertising, sifting or assessment tests.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 04/02/2015 17:01:04 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

176542

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Agencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	222522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold a central record of staff employed through Recruitment agencies.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/02/2015 16:57:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

176554

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Employment Agencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in her Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	222523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Staff recruited through Employment/Recruitment Agencies</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15 to 29/01/2015</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 04/02/2015 15:15:44 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

176580

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Employment Agencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	222526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The average number of staff employed through employment or recruitment agencies since 2010-11 is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 04/02/2015 15:02:31 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

176586

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Employment Agencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	222527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The department has used employment or recruitment agencies to:</p><p> </p><p>a) provide services for DWP under a commercial arrangement (contingent labour), and</p><p>b) support recruitment exercises; identifying people with the skills and experience required to take up permanent employment in the department.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information held by the department on the use of employment or recruitment agencies to provide contingent labour workers is incomplete for 2014. The following table provides information for the preceding 4 years and a partial view for 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The department also has information on the number of permanent DWP employees recruited through the use of employment or recruitment agencies and this is as follows:-</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15¹</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>¹ To date</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/02/2015 17:16:41 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson