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168822

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments has spent on (a) consultants, (b) temporary staff and (c) contingent labour in each of the last five years; how many people have been so employed; what the length of contract of each such person was; and what equivalent civil service salary band each was on.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	217769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Information on recorded expenditure by the Law Officers’ Departments consultants, temporary staff and contingent labour in each of the last five financial years is contained in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Attorney General’s Office</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Consultancy Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Temporary Staff Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Contingent services</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£1,182</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£4,258</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£4,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£9,745</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£42,479</p></td><td><p>£54,185</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Treasury Solicitor’s Department</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Consultancy Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Temporary Staff Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Contingent services</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£9,095,385</p></td><td><p>£296,463</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td><td><p>£5,248,180</p></td><td><p>£251,466</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£29,050</p></td><td><p>£3,585,399</p></td><td><p>£635,299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£9,182</p></td><td><p>£2,880,789</p></td><td><p>£774,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£244,531</p></td><td><p>£6,664,899</p></td><td><p>£827,670</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Consultancy Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Temporary Staff Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Contingent services</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£4,022</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£15,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£5,481</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£9,998</p></td><td><p>£4,311</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£31,530</p></td><td><p>£20,295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£27,284</p></td><td><p>£27,527</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Consultancy Expenditure</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Temporary Staff /Contingent Services Expenditure <sup>(2)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£48,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£3,926,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£31,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£2,672,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£856,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£2,296,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£1,557,000 <sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£3,693,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£2,199,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£6,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Crown Prosecution Service</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Consultancy Expenditure <sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td><p>Temporary Staff Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Contingent services</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£960</p></td><td><p>£189,624</p></td><td><p>£273,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£9,793</p></td><td><p>£66,866</p></td><td><p>£2,861</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£13,347</p></td><td><p>£257,057</p></td><td><p>£23,355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£684,314</p></td><td><p>£1,616,284</p></td><td><p>£392,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£1,881,834</p></td><td><p>£2,464,073</p></td><td><p>£3,293,676</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><sup>(1) </sup></em><em>During the preparation of an answer to an earlier PQ (206676), the SFO identified that this figure is incorrectly stated in their accounts and should be £1,568k. The original figure is given here for consistency.</em></p><p><em><sup>(2) </sup></em><em>The totals shown in this table are for contingent labour (excluding consultants). This total includes all other temporary staffing (including agency staff, interim managers and specialist contractors).</em></p><p><em><sup>(3) </sup></em><em>CPS Expenditure for 2009/10 relates to expenditure with consultancy firms for professional services and may include payments for services not covered by the Office of Government Commerce’s Consultancy Value Programme definition. </em></p><p> </p><p>Records are not held centrally of the number of individuals such employed during these years, the length of their contracts or their equivalent civil service salary band. To verify these details would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 16/12/2014 15:40:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

168824

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
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	Citizens Advice Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding Citizens Advice Scotland has received from his Department in the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Gemma Doyle
uin	217862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills provides funding to Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) – the umbrella organisation and membership body for the Citizens Advice Bureaux network in Scotland. Total funding to CAS over the past five financial years is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Funding has increased substantially since 2011/12 to reflect the additional functions CAS has taken on as a result of the consumer landscape changes, including the joint delivery (with Citizens Advice England and Wales) of the Consumer Service helpline, education and advocacy on general consumer issues and as the advocate on behalf of consumers in the regulated energy and postal sectors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total funding </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>5,614,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>6,887,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2,900,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>3,518,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>3,362,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/12/2014 16:34:58 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4063 label Biography information for Gemma Doyle

168825

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
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	Disabled Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people with a disability work in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	217900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>There are 226 people with a declared disability working in BIS, representing 6% of the total workforce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In BIS it is not compulsory for individuals to declare any diversity information, although they are strongly encouraged to do so. The information provided above should be taken in this context.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BIS is committed to eliminating discrimination, promoting equality of opportunity and encouraging diversity amongst its workforce, and to treating all staff and eligible job applicants fairly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/12/2014 16:37:32 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

168826

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
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	Citizens Advice Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much money Citizens Advice Scotland is due to receive from his Department in the current financial year.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Gemma Doyle
uin	217863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills provides funding to Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) – the umbrella organisation and membership body for the Citizens Advice Bureaux network in Scotland. Total funding to CAS in the current financial year is £7,239,700.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/12/2014 16:33:40 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4063 label Biography information for Gemma Doyle

168827

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
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	Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) legal and (b) other costs have been incurred by the Government in association with (i) investor-state dispute case brought by Eurotunnel against the UK and French governments in 2003, (ii) in the investor-state dispute brought by Mr Ashok Sancheti against the Government under the UK-India Bilateral Investment Treaty and (iii) any other such cases since 1994; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	217934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Legal and other costs relating to work done within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on specific cases are not recorded separately.</p><p>We do not hold detailed records dating back so far so complete records of costs for external legal spending, for example for instructing Counsel, are no longer held for these cases. However, the Department scrutinises external spending carefully, in order to ensure that costs are kept as low as possible.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 16/12/2014 16:32:46 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

168830

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on (a) consultants, (b) temporary staff and (c) contingent labour in each of the last five years; how many people have been so employed; what the length of contract of each such person was; and what equivalent civil service salary band each was on.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	217770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>This Government's tough spending controls have helped ensure substantial reductions in central Government spend on consultancy and contingent labour. Our 2013/14 spend was an astonishing 57% lower than spend in 2009/10 in the last year of the previous Government.</p><p>Since the 2010 General Election, all use of contractors, consultants and temporary interims in my department has to be approved centrally. This was not the case under previous administrations.</p><p>Information on temporary staff and contingent labour expenditure for 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-to-2011</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 16/12/2014 17:52:12 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

168834

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Maternal Mortality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the socio-economic breakdown is of maternal deaths in each of the last five years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	217804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Data on the socio-economic classification of maternal deaths has been published as part of the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity. ‘Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care – Lessons learned to inform future maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2009 – 2012’ was published on 9 December 2014 and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk/reports" target="_blank">www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk/reports#</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report does not break down the data by individual year. The figures for all maternal deaths in 2009 – 2012 in the United Kingdom, shown by socio-economic status, are in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Socio-economic status (Index of Multiple Deprivation of postcode of residence)</p></td><td><p>Total (n = 321)</p><p>Frequency (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>First quartile (Least deprived)</p></td><td><p>38 (11.8%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Second quartile</p></td><td><p>42 (13.1%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Third quartile</p></td><td><p>48 (14.9%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fourth quartile</p></td><td><p>80 (24.9%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fifth quartile</p></td><td><p>95 (29.6%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Missing</p></td><td><p>18 (5.6%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Socio-economic status (Occupational classification)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employed (Either woman or partner)</p></td><td><p>201 (62.6%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unemployed (Both)</p></td><td><p>46 (14.3%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Missing</p></td><td><p>74 (23.1%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 16/12/2014 17:14:42 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

168835

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Older Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people working in his Department are over 65 years old; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	217823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>There are currently 11 Cabinet Office employees who are over 65 years old.</p><p>More information about the diversity of the workforce in the Cabinet Office, including employees who have declared a disability, is published at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office/about/equality-and-diversity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office/about/equality-and-diversity</a></p><p>Cabinet Office does not compel staff to declare against workforce diversity indicators, including disability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 217902 question first answered 16/12/2014 16:58:44 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

168836

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Disabled Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people with a disability work in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	217902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>There are currently 11 Cabinet Office employees who are over 65 years old.</p><p>More information about the diversity of the workforce in the Cabinet Office, including employees who have declared a disability, is published at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office/about/equality-and-diversity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office/about/equality-and-diversity</a></p><p>Cabinet Office does not compel staff to declare against workforce diversity indicators, including disability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 217823 question first answered 16/12/2014 16:58:44 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

168838

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £25 million Government contribution announced in the National Infrastructure Plan to support innovation in manufacturing of ultra-low emission vehicles in the UK between 2017-18 and 2019-20 (a) forms part of the previously announced £500 million investment in ultra-low emission vehicles for 2015-20 or (b) is additional spending.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	217941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>I can confirm that the National Infrastructure Plan announcement is for £25 million of new spending on innovation in ULEV manufacturing – it is in addition to the £500 million previously announced.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has previously committed to provide £100 million for ULEV manufacturing innovation between 2015-20 – and so the new spending represents a 25 per cent increase.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 16/12/2014 17:53:50 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden