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691761

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the total (a) number and (b) value of Government contracts that have been contracted out by the Law Officers' Departments was in each year since 2010; what the value of pro bono costs was in each such year; and what estimate he has made of the number of work days contracted out in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	64388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>Contracted out is defined as <em>‘the transfer of the provision of services previously performed by in-house personnel to an external organisation under a contract with agreed costs and conditions’.</em></p><p>The Government Legal Department (GLD ) and Attorney General’s Office (AGO)primarily provide legal services to government and while they use external suppliers, including law firms and barristers, to support this legal work, none would fall under the definition of contracted out and therefore no pro bono work has been received as part of such arrangements.</p><p>The (AGO), GLD and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) use third party suppliers to provide human resources, finance, information technology, facilities management and other accommodation services. Some elements of these services may have previously been provided in-house but there has been no significant contracting out of these services since 2010. There are no plans for significant contracting out in 2016-17.</p><p><strong>SFO</strong></p><p>The SFO’s procurement team oversees contract awards at the SFO and has records of 944 contracts awarded since 2010. Some low value contracts which are handled by individual teams may not be captured in these records. To provide a breakdown of the number awarded and cost per year would require data to be gathered manually and therefore incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Since 1 April 2015, details of SFO contracts over £10,000 have been published on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a> .</p><p>The SFO does not undertake or commission pro bono work.</p><p>SFO contracts are not awarded or recorded on a working day basis, and it would incur disproportionate cost to review each contract in order to provide an estimate.</p><p>Crown Prosecution Service:</p><p>Since 2012 the Crown Prosecution Service has shared a purchasing service with the Government Legal Department. The department does not hold complete records of the information and to assemble the material would incur disproportionate cost. Estimates of the number and value of contracts completed by the Commercial team have been made as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year ended</p></td><td><p>No. Contracts</p></td><td><p>Estimated Value (£000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>16,273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>32,004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>27,083</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>8,964</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- 28 February 2017</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>13,085</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It has not been practical to estimate the value of pro bono costs or the number of work days contracted out in each year.</p><p>Since January 2011, central government departments have been required to publish details of contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/03/2017 16:41:36 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

691806

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total (a) number and (b) value of Government contracts that have been contracted out by his Department was in each year since 2010; what the value of pro bono costs was in each such year; and what estimate he has made of the number of work days contracted out in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	64389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>We are unable to provide details of contracts that may have been awarded with a value of less than £10,000 as locating, retrieving and extracting this expenditure would have been at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>The table below sets out the answer to (a) and (b): the number of contracts and their total values that had been let by my Department since 2010-11.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>No of contracts</p></td><td><p>Total Value of contracts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 - 11</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>£20 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 12</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>£50 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 - 13</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>£89 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 14</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>£39 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 - 15</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>£41 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 - 16</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>£40 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>My Department does not hold information on the value of pro bono costs and the number of work days contracted out.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 20/03/2017 15:34:38 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

691817

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total (a) number and (b) value of Government contracts that have been contracted out by her Department was in each year since 2010; what the value of pro bono costs was in each such year; and what estimate she has made of the number of work days contracted out in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	64390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 08/03/2017 11:11:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

691857

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total (a) number and (b) value of Government contracts that have been contracted out by her Department was in each year since 2010; what the value of pro bono costs was in each such year; and what estimate she has made of the number of work days contracted out in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	64391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/02/2017 17:51:33 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

691895

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total (a) number and (b) value of Government contracts that have been contracted out by his Department was in each year since 2010; what the value of pro bono costs was in each such year; and what estimate he has made of the number of work days contracted out in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	64394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) externally sources a number of services including cleaning, security, catering, IT and facilities management. Many of these services were externally sourced before 2010. The two major examples of outsourcing contracts since 2010, where we have contracted for services previously managed internally, are:</p><ul><li>A Facilities Management Contract for the Asia Pacific Region in 2010 (valued at £133 million) which absorbed a combination of previously internally and externally sourced services; and<p><p></li><li>A Service Management Integrator Contract in 2013 (valued at £55 million to date) which also absorbed a combination of previously internally and externally sourced services.</li></ul><p>Major contracts are managed centrally, but our network of Posts around the world are also able to enter into smaller contracts. To collate information on all contracts managed in the UK and overseas would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/03/2017 16:21:01 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

691896

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Government Equalities Office: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total (a) number and (b) value of Government contracts that have been contracted out by the Government Equalities Office was in each year since 2010; what the value of pro bono costs was in each such year; and what estimate she has made of the number of work days contracted out in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	64395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office has not contracted out any services since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/03/2017 13:57:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

692061

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the total (a) number and (b) value of Government contracts that have been contracted out by his Department was in each year since 2010; what the value of pro bono costs was in each such year; and what estimate he has made of the number of work days contracted out in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	64404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The Wales Office receives procurement services from the Ministry of Justice. We therefore do not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 28/02/2017 17:42:55 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

692111

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the total (a) number and (b) value of Government contracts that have been contracted out by his Department was in each year since 2010; what the value of pro bono costs was in each such year; and what estimate he has made of the number of work days contracted out in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	64397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade was formed in July 2016. Since that time the Department has awarded 38 contracts at a maximum total contract value of £68m*. The Department has not made an estimate of the value of pro bono costs. Additionally, the Department, wherever possible, seeks to award contracts on an outcome basis and pays for deliverables rather than by days. However, we have used specialist contractors and interim resource for a total of 22,000 days since July 2016.</p><p>Note</p><p>*£50,000,000 of this total value is made up of the Green Park contract which is a call off for specialist and interim resource and is not committed spend.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 28/02/2017 17:55:40 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

687902

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2017 to Question 62723, on government secondments, (a) what positions the staff from PWC were seconded to, (b) what the purpose of those secondments were, (c) what the equivalent payscales were of the positions to which those staff were seconded and (d) how long those secondments lasted.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	63901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The PwC staff are seconded to HM Treasury and the Crown Commercial Service.</p><p> </p><p>The individual seconded to HM Treasury is undertaking a role at pay band 1 of the Senior Civil Service, in the Finance Insight Team of the Public Spending Group. The secondment is from 04 October 2016 until 29 September 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The individual seconded to the Crown Commercial Service is undertaking a role at Civil Service Grade 6 in the Strategic Programmes Directorate. The secondment is from 16 January 2017 until 16 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>These secondments are part of a centrally-managed talent programme in the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 06/03/2017 11:19:30 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

684015

registered interest
date	03/02/2017
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: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total pay bill was for (a) male and (b) female employees in his Department in 2015-16; and what the per capita spend from that pay bill for each man and woman was in that year.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	63066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>Pay bill figures for men and women can vary significantly based on representation at different grades and how many are in full or part time work. A more meaningful way of considering existing pay disparities amongst men and women would be to look at the department's gender pay gap. The Civil Service has been publishing mean and median gender pay gaps for each department since 2008 as part of the annual release of Civil Service Statistics by the Office for National Statistics. The latest gender pay gap data (published in October 2016) can be found on the ONS website at the following links:</p><p>Civil Service Statistics 2016 (inclusive Tables 29-33)</p><p><br>https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics</p><p>Median Pay (Annex B)<br>https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/medianpayannexb</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 01/03/2017 16:59:40 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett