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731719

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been resettled in each constituency under the Vulnerable Person Resettlement scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Progress on resettlement under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme is indicated in quarterly immigration statistics, and is broken down by each local authority. The last set of statistics, published on 25 May, showed that 7,307 Syrians have been resettled across 235 different local authorities since the scheme began.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 27/06/2017 10:58:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

693332

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Information Officers
	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 are employed in media and communications roles; and what the cost to the public purse was for the salaries of those staff in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	65065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>As of 31 January 2017 the central communication directorate employed 152.7FTE staff (156 people) as communications and media staff.</p><p>36 staff are also employed in communications roles in RICU (Research, Information and Communications Unit).</p><p>On 01 April 2010 the Home Office employed 324 staff in communication roles across the central communication function, UK Border Agency (UKBA) and Identity and Passport Service .</p><p>Salary costs for the communication directorate and RICU over the last 6 years are in the attached table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Salary* costs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£11,989,256</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£11,256,647</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£11,005,522</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£11,861,727</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£12,134,539</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£12,566,713</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*These figures include some non communications support staff</p><p>In 2013 staff previously embedded in UK Border Agency became part of communication directorate and in 2015 staff previously embedded in HM Passport Office became part of communication directorate.</p><p>Salary costs are not available pre 2010-11.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 17/03/2017 11:28:45 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

706251

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on (a) iPads and tablets and (b) paper in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	65986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>As part of the Home Office’s commitment to sustainability, we publish data on the cost of paper, on Page 33 of the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts, a copy of which is available in the House Library, or at the link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf</a></p><p>Information on the expenditure on iPads and tablets is not available except at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/03/2017 16:36:27 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

709022

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Unpaid Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people undertook an unpaid work placement in her Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many such placements lasted for longer than one month.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	66897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department offers work placements through our recently launched Return to Work Programme to provide a bridge back to work for individuals. We also take part in the Civil Service Summer Diversity Internship scheme. Individuals participating on both these schemes are paid whilst they are working in the Department.</p><p>The Department provides a work experience programme for 15 - 18 year olds from diverse backgrounds. This is a cross Civil Service scheme working with Local Education Authorities and aimed at giving individuals practical experience of life in the Civil Service for a week. This shadowing experience is unpaid. We do not centrally hold the information on the number of people who undertook this unpaid shadowing opportunity; it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/03/2017 17:29:00 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

713817

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the five most visited websites were by staff of her Department in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	69120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office only retains website data for a period of six months. Analysis of data for the period 00:00 19 September 2016 to 00:00 18 March 2017 shows the top 5 sites by recorded Website hits are:</p><ul><li>lssiprod.service-now.com</li><li>ping.chartbeat.net</li><li>platform.twitter.com</li><li>horizon.fcos.gsi.gov.uk</li><li>ctldl.windowsupdate.com</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/04/2017 13:41:00 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

714157

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	69222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2017 answer text <p>As part of the Home Office’s commitment to transparency, figures for travel, subsistence and hospitality are published in the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts, copies of which are available in the House library.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 31/03/2017 13:10:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

709956

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2017
	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	BBC: Music
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the breadth of sources of music broadcast by the BBC.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	67383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>As part of the Government's BBC Charter Review, it commissioned a report from Oliver and Ohlbaum Associates on BBC's market impact and distinctiveness. The report can be found here:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/504012/FINAL_-_BBC_market_impact_assessment.pdf</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also clear that it wants to embed distinctiveness within the mission and purposes of the BBC. In terms of radio output, this includes improving the focus on promoting UK talent, particularly new UK acts, on Radio 1 and Radio 2.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom, as the BBC's new regulator, will set the operating licence for BBC UK Public Services and will consult on these in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 20/03/2017 13:35:07 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

706196

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) iPads and tablets and (b) paper in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	65980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Information on expenditure on iPads and tablets is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Ministry of Defence teams are responsible for ordering their own paper via a Crown Commercial Services framework arrangement. Expenditure on standard paper, in each of the last five financial years (FY), is provided below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY 2012-13</p></td><td><p>FY 2013-14</p></td><td><p>FY 2014-15</p></td><td><p>FY 2015-16</p></td><td><p>FY 2016-17 to December 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£3,162,951</p></td><td><p>£2,543,410</p></td><td><p>£2,448,835</p></td><td><p>£2,177,024</p></td><td><p>£1,560,460</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/03/2017 16:09:27 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

714084

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	69216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to separate out hotel expenditure from food and drink expenditure. The table below shows the total Ministry of Defence (MOD) spend on accommodation and subsistence for financial years 2010-11 to 2014-15.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>MOD expenditure on accommodation and subsistence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£85,886,070</p></td><td><p>£76,440,645</p></td><td><p>£80,739,551</p></td><td><p>£80,013,645</p></td><td><p>£78,769,706</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The amount spent on hospitality is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD’s expenditure on travel and transport for financial years 2010-11 to 2014-15 is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>MOD expenditure on travel and transport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£193,872,171</p></td><td><p>£191,504,947</p></td><td><p>£185,243,712</p></td><td><p>£132,405,520</p></td><td><p>£142,696,241</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All staff incurring business expenses of any kind must demonstrate the highest standards of financial propriety and a level of restraint that is commensurate with being a Crown Servant, and sensitive to the need to give full value for money to the taxpayer and maximise the funding available for the front line. The MOD has driven down spending on business travel from around £300 million in 2009-10 to around £200 million a year now.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 03/04/2017 14:31:04 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

693190

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Information Officers
	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 are employed in media relations and communications roles; and how much was spent on the salaries of such staff members in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	65102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Directorate of Defence Communications (DDC) in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Head Office currently has 89 staff employed in media relations and communications role, 19 of whom are military personnel. These roles include, for example, news, campaigns, strategy and planning, digital, and internal communications. Salaries of those specifically in a media relations or communications role in each of the last ten years are not held centrally.</p><p>It is important that the work our Armed Forces do to keep Britain safe is communicated effectively. The number of MOD civilian communications jobs has been cut by more than a quarter since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/02/2017 16:31:38 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders