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227248

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many staff in the Law Officers' Departments 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	227541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is contained in the following tables.</p><p>The table below shows the average number of staff engaged off-payroll over the past five years by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI), and the Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol).</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Tsol, AGO and HMCPSI - Average number of staff engaged off-payroll<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014 – February 2015</p></td><td><p>263</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013 – March 2014</p></td><td><p>197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012 – March 2013</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011 – March 2012</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2010 – March 2011</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>1 </em><em>Off payroll staff includes temporary (agency) and contract staff, including lawyers, other professionals and administrators. None of the above mentioned staff members are civil servants. The majority are temporary staff engaged through employment agencies to cover short term vacancies and to secure specific specialist legal and support skills.</em></p><p> </p><p>Prior to April 2014 the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) did not maintain a centralised record of staff employed off-payroll and it is not possible to provide information at the level of detail requested. The SFO can, however, provide an average number of temporary staff employed since April 2010. These figures are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>SFO - Average number of temporary staff engaged off-payroll</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013 – March 2014</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012 – March 2013</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011 – March 2012</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2010 – March 2011</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>At the end of December January 2015 there were 86 temporary staff working at the SFO.</p><p> </p><p>The average number of staff in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) who were engaged off-payroll during each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>CPS - Average number of temporary staff engaged off-payroll<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014 – January 2015</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013 – March 2014</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012 – March 2013</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011 – March 2012</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2010 – March 2011</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><sup>1 </sup></em><em>The figures in the table have been calculated by taking relevant workforce statistics published each month and deriving an average for each financial year. It is possible, therefore, that the number of unique individuals employed during any financial year was higher than that indicated.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 26/03/2015 14:59:23 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

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

227273

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	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, 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	227554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>This Government has put in place greater scrutiny and challenge of newly commissioned research programmes to deliver better value for money; we have intentionally sought to cut wasteful spending and unnecessary programmes.</p><p>Indeed, the last Administration spent £25.6 million on research projects that were commissioned but not published before May 2010, and many of those projects did not represent value for money for taxpayers – as evident by the fact that many were unpublished for years.</p><p>The table below shows expenditure by my Department on research and development:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Year </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Amount </em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>£29,735,241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 -2011</p></td><td><p>£20,979,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>£8,478,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>£6,502,799</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>£7,287,772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-March 2015</p></td><td><p>£6,287,749</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>(Figures prepared on an accruals basis) </em></p><p> </p><p>Figures on the total spending of the Department can be found in our published accounts.</p><p> </p><p>The DCLG Group (i.e. the Department and its agencies) is making a real terms reduction in its annual running costs by around 40% over the period 2010-11 to 2014-15. This equates to net savings of over £640 million over this spending review period.</p><p> </p><p>It has not been possible to collate detailed figures from our Arms Length Bodies in the time before prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 26/03/2015 12:10:22 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

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

227278

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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	227556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes annual outturn figures for research and development expenditure. The most recent publication, which includes expenditure figures to 2012 (financial year (FY) 2012-13) was published on 11 July 2014. Specific figures for the Ministry of Defence (MOD), at current prices, are available in Table 3 in the document at: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/rdit1/science--engineering-and-technology-statistics/2012/stb-set-2012.html#tab-Key-Points</p><p> </p><p>Since (FY) 2010-11, the Department’s expenditure on research and development (R&amp;D), at current prices, and as a proportion of total Departmental spend is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure (net) by financial year at Current prices</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total MOD Research and Development (£ million)</p></td><td><p>R&amp;D as a percentage of Total Departmental Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1,693</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,306</p></td><td><p>3.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,460</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,516</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/03/2015 17:14:18 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 52150 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227279

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Small Business Research Initiative: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what technologies are being developed with support from his Department's Small Business Research Initiative programme; and what assessment he has made of the future potential uses of those technologies.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) uses the Small Business Research Initiative, in conjunction with its own methods, to access innovation from a broad technology supply base. Most of the MOD's Small Business Research Initiative efforts have been with the MOD's Centre of Defence Enterprise as part of the continuing investigation of a full range of technologies relevant to defence.</p><p>Since 2008, the Centre of Defence Enterprise has funded over 900 projects covering diverse technologies from cyber to clothing. Over 70% of these have been in conjunction with the Small Business Research Initiative. A full list of all contracts from the Centre of Defence Enterprise since April 2012 is at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cde-funded-contracts</p><p>Technologies explored through this route are assessed and evaluated by the MOD's Science and Technology Programme or through development of specific equipment projects.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/03/2015 17:15:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 52149 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227280

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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	227545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of off-payroll appointments made by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and its Arms Length Bodies in each of the past five Financial Years (FY) has been as follows:</p><p> </p><p>FY 2009-10 - 1,815</p><p>FY 2010-11 - 1,175</p><p>FY 2011-12 - 3,171</p><p>FY 2012-13 - 4,021</p><p>FY 2013-14 - 5,632</p><p> </p><p>These figures represent off-payroll appointments (headcount) made centrally under the Contingent Labour arrangements. The number of off-payroll appointees engaged through other arrangements (ie, as fee earners, consultancy or locally by exception) could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Contingent Labour is generally engaged on a temporary basis to fill vacant, funded posts until recruitment action is taken to appoint a salaried permanent member of staff. Included in this category are temporary admin and clerical workers, interim managers, and specialist contractors (in finance, HR, IT and other functions).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information about the MOD’s senior payroll appointees (ie, those engaged for over £220 a day for more than six months) and those of its Arm’s Length Bodies has been published in the MOD's Annual Reports and Accounts since the 2012-13 Financial Year.</p><p> </p><p>Access to certain forms of private-sector expertise is of enduring value to us as it does not make economic sense to maintain all the specialist skills we need permanently in-house. However we are seeking to ensure that we benefit from external expertise through skills transfer to our own staff wherever possible to help make us more self-reliant and resilient in the longer term. The current number of off-payroll appointments reflects the need to bring in, for the short term, specialist skills which cannot be found among the permanent workforce to help us implement the Levene reforms across Defence.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/03/2015 16:00:19 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 52153 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
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