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173732

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
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	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	220832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information requested is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>a) Recruitment agency fees</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>Spend on recruitment agency fees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>457,498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>3,944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 ¹</p></td><td><p>394,511</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 ¹</p></td><td><p>362,616</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>¹ Includes Child Maintenance Group expenditure which joined DWP in August 2012.</p><p>Data excludes NDPBs</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>b) Outplacement agency fees</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>Spend on outplacement agency fees</p></td><td><p>Outplacement support provided (heads)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>-¹</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>-¹</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>32,100</p></td><td><p>1275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 ²</p></td><td><p>16,950</p></td><td><p>813</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 ²</p></td><td><p>2,235</p></td><td><p>4397</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Outplacement agency fees are for displaced or redundant staff for all grades. This includes:</p><p>i) outreach services procured directly by the department; and</p><p>ii) outplacement services procured via Civil Service Resourcing’s Outplacement Services Framework contract, which has been in place since January 2014.</p><p>It does not include Department’s in house outplacement activity or the outplacement services delivered by Civil Service Resourcing’s Career Transition Service (CTS).</p><p> </p><p>¹ The spend on outplacement agency fees is not available for 2009/10 and 2010/11.</p><p>² Includes Child Maintenance Group expenditure which joined DWP in August 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Data excludes NDPBs</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>c) Staff training costs</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>Spend on staff training costs</p></td><td><p>Average headcount</p></td><td><p>£ per head</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>19,920,326</p></td><td><p>117,425</p></td><td><p>169.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>10,219,848</p></td><td><p>114,449</p></td><td><p>89.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>6,599,138</p></td><td><p>103,094</p></td><td><p>64.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 ¹</p></td><td><p>8,613,543</p></td><td><p>98,295</p></td><td><p>87.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 ¹</p></td><td><p>9,421,756</p></td><td><p>95,287</p></td><td><p>98.88</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>¹ Includes Child Maintenance Group expenditure which joined DWP in August 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Data excludes NDPBs</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/01/2015 16:21:43 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

173733

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
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 10 Downing Street spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	220855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>Since 2011, details of Cabinet Office expenditure over £25,000 is published at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data</a></p><p>The Cabinet Office does not hold a central record of outplacement agency fees, nor does it hold a central record of recruitment agency fees as it does not disaggregate these costs from general recruitment costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 19/01/2015 15:13:45 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

173735

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
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	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 much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	220857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>The majority of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) training budget is delegated to the individual business units. This enables them to target resources to their learning priorities. BIS does not centrally collate details of individual course attendances.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The spend on training in core BIS in the last five years is</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p><p><strong> £</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2,340,575</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2,662,967</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2,070,999</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,840,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 (figure as at end November 2014)</p></td><td><p>1,000,995</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide details of spend in relation to parts (a) and (b). The information is not held against discrete finance headings and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 19/01/2015 15:15:56 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

173090

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complex social discharges there were in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	220357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 15/01/2015 14:24:29 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

171800

registered interest
date	02/01/2015
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	Energy
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 times he has met senior representatives of the six largest energy companies since November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	219621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has on 3 occasions met with representative(s) from one or more of the six largest energy companies since 1<sup>st</sup> November 2014.</p><p>Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on a quarterly basis on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-of-energy-climate-change&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-of-energy-climate-change&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/01/2015 17:54:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

171833

registered interest
date	02/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Homeopathy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he has met which (a) representatives of and (b) organisations working on behalf of the homeopathy industry since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	219623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>Ministers have had no meetings with representatives or organisations from the homeopathy industry since 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/01/2015 14:35:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

170611

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was overpaid in child and working tax credit because of error by officials in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last four years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	218880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMRC" target="_blank">HMRC</a> tax credit overpayment figures are available in the Finalised Child and Working Tax Credits statistics annual award supplement on payments located here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards-sup.xls" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards-sup.xls</a> on the ‘Main Aggregates’ table. HMRC total tax credit expenditure figures are available in the Finalised Child and Working Tax Credits statistics located here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards.xls" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards.xls</a> in Table 1.1.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/01/2015 11:52:49 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

170367

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RFA Arugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many beds on RFA Argus are in use; and how many patients have been treated on board that ship since her arrival in Sierra Leone.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	218599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>The role of RFA Argus is to provide both a logistical and a medical evacuation capability. This logistical support is provided by three Merlin helicopters embarked on board and a riverine capability to enable Royal Marines to deploy in support of UK operations. The ship also forms part of the wider provision of non-Ebola medical care for primarily UK military and HMG personnel.</p><p>In its current configuration RFA Argus has ten Ward beds and two Intensive Therapy Unit beds in the facility on board. In addition there are two Trauma/Emergency Department beds and one further bed in the operating theatre, making an overall total of 15. As at 6 January 2015 only one bed is currently occupied. However, a further 12 patients have been admitted to, and treated in, the facility since its arrival in Sierra Leone. Two others were treated in the Emergency Department and discharged.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 06/01/2015 17:47:43 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

170549

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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, how many liability orders for oustanding child maintenance arrears have been issued to non-resident parents in each of the last four years for which figures are available in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) England, (e) Northern Ireland, (f) each local authority area and (g) each Parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	218761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Figures on the number of liability orders granted in relation to cases administered by the Child Support Agency is published in table 17 (page 44) of the latest <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics-september-2014" target="_blank">Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics</a>, which contains data up to September 2014. Information on liability orders broken down by country is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We are not yet in a position to release full statistics on the 2012 Scheme, administered by the Child Maintenance Service, but when system data becomes available and fully assured they will be released as part of a managed process, which will be pre-announced and in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 18/12/2014 11:52:45 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

170550

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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, how many liability orders that have been issued for outstanding child maintenance arrears have led to (a) prosecutions, (b) disclosed information about the paying parent to credit reference agencies, (c) new enforcement charges being levied to non-residential parents in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales, (iv) England, (v) Northern Ireland, (vi) each local authority area and (vii) each parliamentary constituency in each of the last four years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	218752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>(a) Information on the number of liability orders that have led to a prosecution is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Figures on the number of prosecutions is published in table 17 (page 44) of the latest <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics-september-2014" target="_blank">Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics</a>, which contains data up to September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>(b) Regulations to enable these new powers are due to be laid in Parliament in March 2015 with the intention being that they come into force by the end of the same month.</p><p> </p><p>(c) Enforcement charges only relate to the 2012 Scheme, which opened to all applicants on 30 November 2013. We are not yet in a position to release full statistics on the 2012 Scheme, but when system data becomes available and fully assured they will be released as part of a managed process, which will be pre-announced and in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 18/12/2014 13:06:02 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash