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1668340

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Electronic Monitoring: expansion and full service business case' published on 7 November 2023, what estimate he has made of the whole life cost of the chosen electronic monitoring future service delivery model.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The estimated whole-life cost of designing, planning, implementing, and operating the Electronic Monitoring Future Service proposed in the Full Business Case over its whole life is £857.6M. This includes costs from the beginning of the Programme in 2021/2022 through to the end of the new contracts in 2032/2033 including a potential 2-year extension.</p><p>Where electronic monitoring can support an individual to remain in the community to serve their sentence or on court bail, it provides a cheaper alternative to prison. Electronic monitoring can also be used to support a robust community sentence as an alternative to a short custodial sentence. There is persuasive evidence that suspended and community sentences are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending and rehabilitating offenders.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/11/2023 17:20:56 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1668341

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023, how many permanent civil servants excluding agencies worked for (a) her Department on 31 March 2020 and (b) its predecessor departments in (i) 2011 and (ii) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>On 31 March 2020 the Department for International Trade had a headcount of 2,300 permanent civil servants<strong>,</strong> excluding Agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade was created in July 2016 following the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union. The earliest published headcount was 920 permanent civil servants in December 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/11/2023 14:44:30 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1668343

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023, how many permanent civil servants excluding agencies worked for her Department on 31 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade is a newly formed Department established in February 2023. The new department absorbed the functions of the former Department for International Trade (DIT) and some of the functions of the former Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p> </p><p>On 31 October 2023 the Department for Business and Trade comprised 5,411 permanent civil servants<strong>,</strong> excluding Agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business and Trade is a newly formed Department established in February 2023. The new department absorbed the functions of the former Department for International Trade (DIT) and some of the functions of the former Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/11/2023 14:50:01 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1668344

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023, how many permanent civil servants excluding agencies worked for her Department on 31 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero had 4248 permanent civil servants recorded in the department on the 31 October 2023.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/11/2023 07:42:12 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1668345

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023, how many permanent civil servants excluding agencies worked for her Department on 31 March (a) 2011, (b) 2016 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>On 2 October 2023, The Chancellor announced an immediate cap on civil servant headcount across Whitehall to stop any further expansion, increase efficiencies and boost productivity.</p><p>The Civil Service grew in size to manage the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the illegal war in Ukraine but it is right that we reduce the size of the Civil Service over time as we drive up productivity and deliver efficiencies.</p><p>The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) was formed in 2023, thus data for previous years is unavailable.</p><p>Links to the predecessor departments can be found below:</p><p>(a <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Ffile%3Furi%3D%2Femploymentandlabourmarket%2Fpeopleinwork%2Fpublicsectorpersonnel%2Fdatasets%2Fpublicsectoremploymentreferencetable%2Fmarch2020%2Fdatasets.xlsx&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cparliamentary-questions%40dsit.gov.uk%7Cf02bb8dcfad04389626e08dbe14bfbbe%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638352019484808557%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jx%2BulQlljJDmES%2Ba6ZRZxPmxEdMNvahiF3Uu40%2B76KQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">March 2020, table 8</a></p><p>(b) <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Ffile%3Furi%3D%2Femploymentandlabourmarket%2Fpeopleinwork%2Fpublicsectorpersonnel%2Fdatasets%2Fpublicsectoremploymentreferencetable%2Fmarch2016%2Fpsereferencetablesmarch2016.xls&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cparliamentary-questions%40dsit.gov.uk%7Cf02bb8dcfad04389626e08dbe14bfbbe%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638352019484808557%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=RHH2w4Kx6Z%2FkPEksvz6h%2F%2FUPLHCRGtBvk8r%2BIWxjO80%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">March 2016, table 8</a></p><p>(c) <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwebarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk%2Fukgwa%2F20150905000144mp_%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fons%2Frel%2Fpse%2Fpublic-sector-employment%2Fq1-2011%2Fstb-q1-2011.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cparliamentary-questions%40dsit.gov.uk%7Cf02bb8dcfad04389626e08dbe14bfbbe%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638352019484808557%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Djs6U60AxRt%2B%2F0%2BN77xuSvNNPPF%2BlegVgUT4idImCDs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">March 2011, table 8</a></p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 16/11/2023 14:13:52 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1668346

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference his Department's statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023, how many permanent civil servants excluding agencies worked for his Department on 31 March (a) 2011, (b) 2016 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>On 2 October 2023, the Chancellor announced an immediate cap on civil servant headcount across Whitehall to stop any further expansion, increase efficiencies and boost productivity.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service grew in size to manage the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the illegal war in the Ukraine but it is right that we reduce the size of the Civil Service over time as we drive up productivity and deliver efficiencies.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this Government’s commitment to transparency, my Department publishes workforce statistics each month. Information about staffing levels since 2006 are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data</a></p><p> </p><p>The data requested can be found at the following links</p><p> </p><p>(a) <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable/march2020/datasets.xlsx" target="_blank">March 2020, table 8</a></p><p>(b) <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable/march2016/psereferencetablesmarch2016.xls" target="_blank">March 2016, table 8</a></p><p>(c) <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20150905000144mp_/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pse/public-sector-employment/q1-2011/stb-q1-2011.pdf" target="_blank">March 2011, table 8</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/11/2023 11:55:23 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1668348

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023, how many permanent civil servants excluding agencies worked for his Department on 31 March (a) 2011, (b) 2016 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Statistics on Civil Service employment by Department and agency are published by the Office for National Statistics on gov.uk at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable" target="_blank">www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable</a></p><p>Statistics for Defence and its agencies can be found at Table 9 for each quarter.</p><p>It is important to note that the structure of Ministry of Defence has changed significantly since 2011, meaning that figures for that year are not directly comparable.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 20/11/2023 11:35:59 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1668349

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023; how many permanent civil servants other than those working in agencies worked for his Department on 31 March (a) 2011, (b) 2016 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The headcount for permanent civil servants working for the core Department for Transport in March 2011 was 1822, in March 2016 it was 2065, and in March 2020 it was 2937.</p><p>The full data sets are published on gov.uk under DfT workforce management information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 17/11/2023 12:15:15 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1668350

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023, how many permanent civil servants excluding agencies worked for his Department on 31 March (a) 2011, (b) 2016 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions reports its data annually to the Office for National Statistics which is in the public domain and can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable/march2020/datasets.xlsx" target="_blank">(a) March 2020, table 8</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable/march2016/psereferencetablesmarch2016.xls" target="_blank">(b) March 2016, table 8</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20150905000144mp_/http:/www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pse/public-sector-employment/q1-2011/stb-q1-2011.pdf" target="_blank">(c) March 2011, table 8</a></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/11/2023 15:54:18 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1668351

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023, how many permanent civil servants excluding agencies worked for her Department on 31 March (a) 2011, (b) 2016 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>Please refer to the published data at the below links:</p><p>(a) <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20150905000144mp_/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pse/public-sector-employment/q1-2011/stb-q1-2011.pdf" target="_blank">March 2011, table 8</a></p><p>(b) <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable/march2016/psereferencetablesmarch2016.xls" target="_blank">March 2016, table 8</a></p><p>(c) <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable/march2020/datasets.xlsx" target="_blank">March 2020, table 8</a></p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s data is displayed in the below table providing FTE and Headcount figures at the requested dates:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1210</p></td><td><p>1160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1280</p></td><td><p>1250</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 16/11/2023 15:01:18 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry