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77331

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much has been spent on refurbishing (a) gymnasium and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration in (i) the Law Officers' Departments and (ii) buildings owned by the Law Officers' Departments in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has not spent anything on refurbishment of gymnasiums, leisure facilities or cafeterias in 2013 or 2014. The CPS spent £149,780 in financial year 2013/4 on interior decoration on a mix of refurbishment and other works on premises on its estate. Nothing has been spent in the current financial year to date. The CPS did not spend anything on interior decoration on buildings that it owns in either period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) rents office space in a 1930s building in Cockspur Street. Its office has no gymnasium, leisure facilities or cafeteria. The SFO moved to this office in 2012/13 after it was refurbished to meet its needs. Any interior decoration was incidental to the overall refurbishment project. The SFO does not hold information on the proportion of refurbishment costs attributable to interior decoration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013/14, the SFO took over an additional floor in the building containing its office in order to be able to accommodate staff dealing with some of its newly-opened major investigations. That floor, too, required refurbishment. Again, the SFO does not hold information on the proportion of the refurbishment costs attributable to interior decoration, but can indicate that the cost of painting existing walls amounted to £9k plus VAT. Nothing has been spent on interior decoration in 2014/15 to date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Treasury Solicitor’s department (TSol) did not incur any expenditure on gymnasium or leisure facilities at its offices during the past two years</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The floor in the main cafeteria within its main at One Kemble Street was replaced in April 2014 for health and safety reasons, at a cost of £42,282.55 (inclusive of VAT). No other refurbishment works have taken place in 2013 and 2014 within the cafeterias.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Interior decorations undertaken within the three buildings leased by TSol are included in the annual service charge payable to the relevant landlord. In the One Kemble Street office, itemised works specific to TSol totalled £187 in 2013 and £0.00 to date in 2014. No interior decorative works have taken place in Croydon or Taunton.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate are tenants of TSol and based at the One Kemble Street building. They have not incurred any separate expenditure during the past two years.</p><p> </p><p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is based in one building in Victoria Street, which is leased. There has been no expenditure on gymnasium and leisure activities or on a cafeteria in 2013 or 2014 to date. AGO has incurred no expenditure on internal decoration in 2013 or 2014 to date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 22/07/2014 16:09:52 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77344

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 123, on universal credit, how much funding his Department approved for universal credit in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014- 15; and for what purposes it has been earmarked.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	205423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p><strong>I refer the hon Member to the answer given by the Minister of State for Employment on 7 July (OR, col 123) and to the Written Ministerial Statement by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of 13 October 2014, (col 17WS).</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/10/2014 13:39:59 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

77346

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on refurbishing (a) gymnasium and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration in (i) his Department and (ii) buildings owned by his Department in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>None.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the terms of the PFI agreement signed under the previous administration all lifecycle and maintenance works are carried out by the hard service contractor as part of their contractual obligations; this includes interior decoration and refurbishment.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/09/2014 16:33:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77348

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is on alcohol consumption on the premises (a) in general and (b) during parties in his Private Office.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>There is no prohibition of alcohol in my Department. This includes ministerial and official private offices.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/09/2014 16:34:55 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77349

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Media: Subscriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels his Department funds.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Treasury" target="_blank">HM Treasury</a> subscribes to the following magazines:</p><p><em>AGRA Facts</em></p><p><em>Banker</em></p><p><em>Commercial Motor Thu ,</em></p><p><em>Bloomberg Business Week</em></p><p><em>Commercial Motor Thu</em></p><p><em>Farmers Weekly Fri</em></p><p><em>Local Government Chron Fri</em></p><p><em>Motor Transport Thu</em></p><p><em>New Statesman Thu</em></p><p><em>Private Eye Wed F/N</em></p><p><em>Prospect</em></p><p><em>Spectator</em></p><p><em>Taxation Thu</em></p><p><em>Times Education Supp Fri</em></p><p> </p><p>HMT does not subscribe to any subscription based TV channels.</p><p> </p><p>In 2009/10 HM Treasury was spending £189,561.41 on periodicals and newspapers. In 2013/14, this was down by 66%</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/09/2014 16:10:16 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77351

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on refurbishing (a) gymnasium and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration in (i) his Department and (ii) buildings owned by his Department in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government has not spent any money on refurbishing gymnasium and leisure facilities, cafeterias and interior decoration during 2013 and 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is in contrast to the record of the last Labour Government, which, for example, spent £134,503 in 2009-10 on luxury sofas by the Parisian designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, and a further £83,506 on a ‘serene green’ tranquillity room.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 03/09/2014 14:17:30 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77353

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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	Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on alcohol consumption on the premises (a) in general and (b) during parties in his Private Office.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This Government has stopped departmental spending of taxpayers’ money on alcohol. We have closed and called time on the secret nationalised bar in our department’s basement (coined by some wags as “the Prezza Arms”).</p><p> </p><p>Yet Ministers in this Department are not killjoys. As was the case under the last Administration, there is no prohibition on alcohol consumption (funded privately), and we recognise that there may be occasions when it is not inappropriate for a few drinks after work to mark a colleague leaving or note a particular milestone achieved, provided staff exercise personal responsibility, observe the standard of behaviour required by the Civil Service Code, and follow the law on drinking and driving. This is common practice in other workplaces across the land. This Department champions common sense, not the nanny state.</p><p> </p><p>Also, as the lead department for community pubs, we would encourage staff to continue any celebrations in a nearby licensed premises to do their bit to support Britain’s pub trade and benefit from this Government’s cuts in beer duty and scrapping of Labour’s beer duty escalator.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 24/07/2014 14:38:10 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77355

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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	Training
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 awaydays his Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Under the last Labour Government, DCLG spent £196,585 on “away days” in 2008-09 and £137,678 in 2009-10. We have cut costs to just £272 in 2013 and to zero in 2014. This has resulted in notable savings to taxpayers. A table with details is attached.</p><p>These significant reductions in spending are a consequence of revised guidance to staff that team away days should take place at no or limited cost; this has included encouraging the use of rooms in the Department or a neighbouring Whitehall Department.</p><p>This is a significant departure from the expensive practices that took place under the last Administration, which included booking away days in luxury hotels, restaurants and a burlesque club.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 16/12/2014 17:17:40 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 0378 Slaughter - Table.docx title Table of Awaydays
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77367

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Housing: Brighton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made on securing private sector funding for the New England House development in Brighton as part of the Greater Brighton City Deal; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	205280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>As agreed in the Greater Brighton City Deal, the Greater Brighton Economic Board is currently working to secure private sector investment in the expansion of New England House.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 02/09/2014 11:39:03 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

77386

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (i) have let and (ii) plan to let that are worth (A) between £1 million and £3 million and (B) over £3 million since 2010; how much his Department has spent on monitoring each such contract; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	205367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Contracts let in the core department and non-departmental public bodies for which information is available centrally are summarised in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Number of Contracts</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>£1 to £3m let</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Over £3m let</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>£1 to £3m planning to let</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Over £3m planning to let</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Department of Energy and Climate Change </em></p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Nuclear Decommissioning Authority</em></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9*</p></td><td><p>3*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Committee on Climate Change</em></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Coal Authority</em></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Civil Nuclear Police</em></p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>* The NDA Procurement Plan includes contracts that could be removed at any period as unrequired services</em></p><p>The information requesting how much his Department has spent on monitoring each such contract; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate cost. The Department of Energy and Climate Change has devolved procurement so that units within the Department monitor their own contracts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 22/07/2014 11:54:11 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett