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643183

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the difference has been between the salary of his Department's highest paid director and the median salary of all staff in his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	54638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) was created on 14 July 2016. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) were merged to create this new department. The information requested from 2010 has therefore been broken down in to the tables below by each department.</p><p>The median salaries in the tables below are published on the Office for National Statistics website every October.</p><p>Salaries of highest paid senior employees are published in annual reports in bands of £5,000. Please note that as Permanent Secretaries and Director Generals are generally paid higher salaries than Directors in the civil service, the figures below reflect the highest paid employees, and not the highest paid staff in the Director grade.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BIS</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>Highest Earner</p></td><td><p>Difference</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£38,430</p></td><td><p>£180,000-£185,000</p></td><td><p>£141,570-£146,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£38,800</p></td><td><p>£160,000-£165,000</p></td><td><p>£121,200-£126,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£37,950</p></td><td><p>£160,000-£165,000</p></td><td><p>£122,050-£127,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£37,410</p></td><td><p>£160,000-£165,000</p></td><td><p>£122,590-£127,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£35,710</p></td><td><p>£160,000-£165,000</p></td><td><p>£124,290-£129,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£34,290</p></td><td><p>£185,000-£190,000</p></td><td><p>£150,710-£155,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£33,180</p></td><td><p>£185,000-£190,000</p></td><td><p>£151,820-£156,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>DECC</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>Highest Earner</p></td><td><p>Difference</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£48,400</p></td><td><p>£180,000-£185,000</p></td><td><p>£131,600-£136,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£48,420</p></td><td><p>£165,000-£170,000</p></td><td><p>£116,580-£121,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£47,920</p></td><td><p>£165,000-£170,000</p></td><td><p>£117,080-£122,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£40,080</p></td><td><p>£165,000-£170,000</p></td><td><p>£124,920-£129,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£40,740</p></td><td><p>£165,000-£170,000</p></td><td><p>£124,260-£129,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£46,890</p></td><td><p>£165,000-£170,000</p></td><td><p>£118,110-£123,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£40,310</p></td><td><p>£165,000-£170,000</p></td><td><p>£124,690-£129,690</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 17:01:19 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

638029

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many times his Department has (a) terminated a contract, (b) imposed a penalty and (c) denied permission for a company to tender on the grounds of grave professional misconduct since November 2015.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	53174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (including the former Departments for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Energy and Climate Change) has not terminated a contract, imposed a penalty or denied permission for any company to tender on the grounds of grave professional misconduct since November 2015.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/11/2016 16:26:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

638030

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many of his Department's digital and IT projects are (a) under review and (b) subject to probable cancellation.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	53175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>(a) None of the Department’s digital and IT projects is currently under review;</p><p>(b) None of the Department’s digital and IT projects is subject to probable cancellation.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/11/2016 16:28:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 21611 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

627487

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on agency workers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	51613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The expenditure on agency workers is included in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>The former Department of Energy and Climate Change’s annual spend on temporary staff (including Non-Departmental Public Bodies and Executive Agency) is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Spend on temporary staff £’000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>5,434</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>6,847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>10,171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>9,839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>11,706</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ annual spend on temporary staff (including Executive Agency and Non-Departmental Public Bodies) is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Spend on temporary staff £’000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>67,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>85,337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>87,846</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>70,711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>57,397</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The expenditure on agency workers is included in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts under ‘other staff costs’ which is the basis for this answer. Please be aware that the costs may include payments to non-executive board members.</p><p>Total annual spend on temporary staff for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is therefore:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Spend on temporary staff £’000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>72,784</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>92,184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>98,017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>80,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>69,103</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/11/2016 15:39:22 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

626145

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many officials of his Department have opted out of the EU Working Time Directive.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	51125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not record centrally the number of officials who have opted out of the EU Working Time Directive and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/11/2016 10:48:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron