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1491454

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	41941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>(a) Agency workers (more commonly referred to as “Contingent Labour” or “Temporary Workers”) are subject to a Cabinet Office controls framework to ensure robust governance of spending in this area. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingent-labour-spend-control" target="_blank">Contingent Labour Spend Control - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Commentary on Contingent Labour usage, if applicable, is available in departmental annual reports. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-reports-and-accounts-for-central-government-departments" target="_blank">Annual Reports and Accounts for Central Government Departments - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service provides two frameworks specifically for the supply of Contingent Labour which are used by central government departments. These are:</p><p> </p><p>RM3749 - Public Sector Resourcing.</p><p><a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/rm3749" target="_blank">Public Sector Resourcing - CCS (crowncommercial.gov.uk)</a> - This provides a managed service for departmental use including low supplier margins, regular pay rate benchmarking, comprehensive tracking and reporting of contingent labour assignments, full time sheeting and approvals technology and onboarding, contracting and payroll services.</p><p> </p><p>RM6160 - Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff.</p><p><a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6160" target="_blank">Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff - CCS (crowncommercial.gov.uk)</a> - This provides access to a range of generalist, specialist and niche contingent labour agencies offering a wide range of suppliers, maximum margins, free transfer to permanent after 12 weeks and onboarding, contracting and payroll services.</p><p> </p><p>Use of these frameworks provides robust governance, visibility, value for money and flexibility in meeting departmental contingent labour needs.</p><p> </p><p>(b) We have interpreted your reference to agency retainer fees as the fees charged at the commencement of the provision of a search recruitment service, this is only applicable when recruiting for a permanent or fixed term post.</p> answering member constituency Hertford and Stortford answering member printed Julie Marson question first answered 08/09/2022 16:52:03 answering member 4768 label Biography information for Julie Marson
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1488885

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much their Department has spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	35846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The data provided is for all staff including the ministerial team.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental Air Travel costs:</p><p> </p><p>2020 – £90,408.81</p><p>2021 – £34,738.46</p><p>2022 – £94,349.12*</p><p> </p><p>*January – June</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/07/2022 13:39:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1488228

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much their Department has spent on advertising in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	34815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>Total Advertising Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 16,317,534 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 15,677,340 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 18,128,093 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Source: Hyperion</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/07/2022 14:25:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1487831

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on consultancy fees in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the name is of each consultancy contracted.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	33699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) publishes details about headcount and payroll costs for permanent staff and contractors on GOV.UK, monthly.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-workforce-management-information" target="_blank">DWP workforce management information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The DWP consultancy spend for the financial years ending 2020 through to 2022 is shown below.</p><p> </p><p>2019/20 £4,570,665</p><p>2020/21 £1,284,861</p><p>2021/22 £1,041,058</p><p /><p>Information on the name of each consultancy contracted for each of the financial years is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/07/2022 13:30:45 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486915

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>We have taken “legal dispute” to mean a case where DWP has instructed the litigation team at the Government Legal Department (GLD) to act on its behalf and “associated agencies” to include the arms’ length bodies (ALBs) and agencies included in this list: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations" target="_blank">Departments, agencies and public bodies - GOV.UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>On this basis, the figures that we have been supplied by GLD litigation are calculated from 1st January each year are and are up to 30th June 2022:</p><p> </p><p>2020 £6,271,760</p><p> </p><p>2021 £6,566,573</p><p> </p><p>2022 £3,262,113</p><p> </p><p>These figures are inclusive of;</p><p> </p><ul><li>VAT</li><li>Bills to ALBs from GLD litigation and to DWP agencies, and</li><li>Costs awards either against or in favour of DWP, its ALBs or agencies</li></ul><p> </p><p>The figures are exclusive of;</p><p> </p><ul><li>Expenditure on advisory teams, which may include advice on disputes within the scope of their work, and</li><li>Employment advisory work.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/07/2022 13:21:24 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486560

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value has been of contracts held by their Department with (a) G4S, (b) Serco and (c) Capita in each year since 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>Details of Government contracts from 2016 above £10,000, and £25,000 in the wider public sector, are published on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">Contracts Finder</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Governments Transparency agenda, all spend data over £25,000 is published and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-payments-over-25-000#2022" target="_blank">DWP: departmental spending over £25,000 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 13/07/2022 13:35:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486088

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts that are worth (a) between £1 million and £3 million and (b) over £3 million their (i) Department and (ii) Department’s agencies and non-departmental public bodies (A) have agreed since 2010 and (B) are due to agree within the next 12 months; how much their Department has spent on monitoring each contract in each year since 2010; and how many officials have been working on that monitoring in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	29886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Details of Government contracts from 2016 above £10,000, and £25,000 in the wider public sector, are published on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">Contracts Finder</a>. As Contracts Finder was implemented in 2016, not all records before this time are held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to funding, under the Governments Transparency agenda, all spend data over £25,000 is published and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-payments-over-25-000#2022" target="_blank">DWP: departmental spending over £25,000 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>For the Department, there are 166 contracts with a value between £1 million and £3 million, and 69 contracts with a value over £3 million, due to be agreed in the next 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers represent the anticipated forecast number of contracts that may be agreed within the next 12 months to 31/07/2023. These figures are unsupported by any necessary dependent approval governance and/or change in demand signal.</p><p> </p><p>For the Department’s agencies and non-departmental public bodies, there are 11 contracts with a value between £1 million and £3 million, and 4 contracts with a value over £3 million, due to be agreed in the next 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>Due to a number of organisational and staff changes since 2010, information on Departmental spend on monitoring each contract and the number of officials working on them, is not readily available and would require a very high degree of manual processing. To provide this information would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/07/2022 14:06:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1485127

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the pay ratio was between the highest paid member of staff in her Department and the lowest in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	28392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>The pay ratio between the highest paid member of staff in DWP and the lowest in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022 can be found at:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">DWP annual report and accounts 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>2021-22 information is not yet available, however will be published in the Remuneration Report in the Annual Accounts in due course.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/07/2022 16:45:07 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1484757

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Official Hospitality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	27526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Total Hospitality Spend</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>121,796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>7,496</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>11,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: Hyperion</em></p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/07/2022 16:27:33 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1457262

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of parents who are required to pay child maintenance but are failing to meet that requirement.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	153753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>Child Maintenance Service (CMS) compliance statistics for Paying Parents are published quarterly and can be found in “Table 2: Compliance (Collect and Pay) by quarter” of the “CMS Paying Parents” section of Stat-Xplore here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/04/2022 15:22:13 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett