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227264

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the total amount of expenditure by HM Treasury on both research and development and the total departmental spending on services is publically available on gov.uk as part of the Country and Regional Analysis statistical release. This information covers 2009-10 through to 2013-14 and can be found at the following web link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This data can be accessed by using either the ‘interactive tables’ or the ‘database’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CRA is compiled from departmental spending data submitted to HM Treasury on services, split by sub-functions. This data that each department provides, uses internationally-agreed definitions called the Classifications of the Functions of Government (UN COFOG). These functions include and separately identify expenditure on various Research and Development activities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/03/2015 16:46:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227265

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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	227550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>As part of HM Treasury’s transparency agenda figures for non-payroll staff are published on a monthly basis and can be found using the following link.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workforce-management--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workforce-management--2</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To go back further than the published 4 years would be at a disproportionate cost.<br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/03/2015 16:50:19 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227274

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Off-payroll Working
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 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	227543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government publishes monthly workforce management information on the Department, its executive agencies and its associated bodies. This information includes the number and cost of both payroll and non payroll staff. The monthly returns from March 2011 can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workforce-management" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workforce-management</a><br><br>As far as I am aware, there is no suggestion that there are any inappropriate tax avoidance arrangements by our specialist contractors who are off-payroll.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 24/03/2015 12:18:50 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227275

registered interest
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

227308

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her 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	227549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of people engaged off payroll by the Home Office and the Non Departmental Public Bodies, for which it is responsible, are published each year in its Annual report and Accounts. These are available on our website and can be found by following the links set out below:<br><br>2013-14 (Average number of persons employed) (Page 39)<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446<br>/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf<br><br>2012-13 (Average number of persons employed) (Page 45)<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660<br>/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf<br><br>2011-12 (Table 5 Staff in post) (Page 46)<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619<br>/annual-report-2011-12.pdf<br><br>2010-11 (Table 5 Staff in post) (Page 45)<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048<br>/annual-report-201011.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/03/2015 16:26:55 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227334

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is promoting innovation in the provision of health and social care as required by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) plays an important role in promoting innovation in the health and care system through the development of authoritative, evidence-based guidance on the most effective and cost-effective ways to prevent and treat ill health, and through the dissemination of information on innovative new technologies. For example, in the development of its technology appraisal guidance and Highly Specialised Technologies guidance, NICE ensures that the benefits to patients from an innovative technology are fully captured in its decision-making. NICE also disseminates information on innovative new drugs and other technologies through tailored briefings for the health and care system.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 23/03/2015 13:55:28 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath