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date	13/03/2015
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	Department for Culture Media and Sport: Off-payroll Working
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 and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>New tighter rules governing ‘off-payroll’ appointments in central government were established in May 2012 when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury published the Review of the Tax Arrangements of Public Sector Appointees.</p><p> </p><p>The recommendations of the Review mean that the most senior staff must go on the payroll, and departments are now able to seek assurance in relation to the tax arrangements of their long-term, high paid contractors.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has carried out two evaluations of compliance with the rules which were published on 11 March 2014 and 5 March 2015. The most recent review revealed that the large majority of central government departments are operating the rules effectively.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Off-payroll engagements for more than £220 per day and that last for longer than six months:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department /ALB</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DCMS</strong></p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ofcom</strong></p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Olympic Delivery Authority</strong></p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>British Library</strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Equality &amp; Human Rights Commission</strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Visit Britain</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>British Museum</strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>British Film Institute</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Tate</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UK Sport</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>V&amp;A</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Arts Council England</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National Gallery</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Natural History Museum</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sport England</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: DCMS Annual Reports 2012-13 and 2013-14</p><p> </p><p>The following Arm’s Length bodies have not used off-payroll engagements for more than £220 per day and that last for longer than six months:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>· Churches Conservation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>· English Heritage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>· Gambling Commission</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>· Geffrye Museum</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>· Horniman</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>· Horse race Betting Levy Board</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>· Imperial War Museum</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>· National Heritage Memorial Fund /Heritage Lottery Fund</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>· National Museums Liverpool</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>· National Portrait Gallery</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>· Royal Armouries</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>· Royal Museums Greenwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>· Science Museum Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>· Sir John Soane’s Museum</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>· Sports Ground Safety Authority</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>· The Royal Parks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>· Wallace</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>For appointments prior to this and below this threshold, the cost to provide the numbers would be disproportionate.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 20/03/2015 15:58:01 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

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registered interest
date	19/01/2015
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	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	221226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>a) Recruitment agency fees are contained within the invoices submitted by the agency, the rate of charge will vary depending on the individual candidate’s pay rates but this charge is not separately identified on the invoice hence the Department is unable to separate agency charges from the overall payment to the agency for each candidate.</p><p> </p><p>b) The total spent on outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff over the past 5 years is as follows:</p><p>2014-15 £0</p><p>2013-14 £0</p><p>2012-13 £63,000</p><p>2011-12 £0</p><p>2010-11 £63,000</p><p><em>(Figures are inclusive of recoverable VAT)</em></p><p> </p><p>c) The total spent on Staff Training over the past 5 years is as follows:</p><p>2014/15 £174,347**</p><p>2013/14 £225,289</p><p>2012/13 £133,106</p><p>2011/12 £303,975</p><p>2010/11 £392,484</p><p>** current to 31st Dec 2014</p><p><em>(Figures are net of recoverable VAT)</em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 23/01/2015 12:26:45 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant previous answer version 39856 answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

48991

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
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 officials in his Department are employed on zero-hours contracts.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	107180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department has no employees with a zero hours contract.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash