0 false 2018-11-09 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 10 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the savings social impact bonds have made to the public purse since 2010. House of Commons 2018-11-14T16:37:14.93Z Eastleigh Mims Davies false 2018-11-14 Biography information for Mims Davies <p>Social Impact Bonds have been used by a range of commissioners, both national and local, to commission public services. DCMS has not estimated total savings delivered to the public purse using Social Impact Bonds since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Several Social Impact Bond programmes have been independently evaluated and some of these evaluations estimate savings. The Government Outcomes Lab, a partnership initiative between DCMS and the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University, provides links to SIB evaluations in their <a href="https://golab.bsg.ox.ac.uk/knowledge/resources/" target="_blank">online publications library</a>.</p> Social Impact Bonds 1 Biography information for Steve Reed 189695 Croydon North Mr Steve Reed false Vale of Clwyd 186968 2018-11-01 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Biography information for Chris Ruane 2018-11-08T10:25:31.617Z Eastleigh Mims Davies false 2018-11-08 <p>We published the Civil Society Strategy in August 2018. This sets out government's vision for how it will work with and for civil society to address social challenges and create a fairer society for all. In creating the Strategy we engaged widely with central government departments and it includes statements from ten government ministers.</p><p> </p><p>At a departmental level my officials work closely with civil society stakeholders when developing policy, and will continue to work with them in delivering the strategy.</p> Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Civil Society Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 10 1 Chris Ruane To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department takes to incorporate big society or civic society considerations into its policy formulation process. false 1 Wales Office: Apprentices Wales David Linden 185792 28 2018-10-30 2018-11-05T11:06:39.987Z Eastleigh Mims Davies false 2018-11-05 <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales currently has three apprentices working in the Department.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> Wales Office Glasgow East Wales To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many apprentices are employed in his Department. Biography information for David Linden 28 To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of staff in his Department that are in receipt of universal credit; and if he will make a statement. Chris Stephens Wales Office: Universal Credit Wales 2018-10-23 1 182818 Wales Biography information for Chris Stephens Glasgow South West 2018-10-31T15:04:24Z Eastleigh Mims Davies false 2018-10-31 <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is not an employer in its own right. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provide employer services on our behalf. However, members of staff can apply for universal credit in a personal capacity and there are a number of different factors which determine whether or not an individual is eligible. MoJ has no central record from which to determine the number and proportion of its staff in receipt of universal credit and it is not therefore possible to make an estimate of numbers.</p> Wales Office true Wales City of Chester 2018-10-24 Wales Office 28 1 Wales 2018-10-30T11:04:04.913Z Eastleigh Mims Davies false 2018-10-30 <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales has no contracts operated by Capita.</p> 183387 Biography information for Christian Matheson false Wales Office: Capita Christian Matheson To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which contracts awarded by his Department are operated by Capita. Tom Brake 28 Wales To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many citizens of non-UK EU countries work in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies. Wales 1 Carshalton and Wallington 2018-10-25 Wales Office: Migrant Workers Wales Office false Biography information for Tom Brake 183827 2018-10-30T11:05:12.583Z Eastleigh Mims Davies false 2018-10-30 <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is not an employer in its own right. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provide employment services on our behalf. However, the MoJ does not collect data on the citizenship of MoJ employees as there is no requirement to record the nationality of staff employed by the Department.</p> Wales Office To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on industry in North Wales. Wales Biography information for Alison McGovern Industry: North Wales 2018-10-24T16:52:04.12Z Eastleigh Mims Davies false 2018-10-24 <p>We have put forward a serious and credible proposal for the future relationship between the UK and the EU, which will ensure that the UK, including North Wales, continues to be one of the most competitive locations in the world for industry.</p> false 28 Alison McGovern 2018-10-23 Wales 907185 Wirral South 1 Wales Office Wales Wales What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on traffic flows on the A55 in North Wales. Arfon A55: Road Traffic 907192 2018-10-24T14:14:09.983Z Eastleigh Mims Davies false 2018-10-24 <p>The Government recognises the strategic importance of the A55 to the Welsh economy, particularly to the port of Holyhead. After leaving the EU we want to ensure that traffic continues to flow freely at all UK ports and airports, and we will seek to ensure that customs arrangements and mechanisms are as frictionless as possible.</p> 28 2018-10-24 Hywel Williams Biography information for Hywel Williams 1 false 180076 2018-10-22T10:00:20.677Z Eastleigh Mims Davies false 2018-10-22 <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales (Wales Office) has not used any gagging clauses in contracts it has signed.</p> Wales To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether gagging clauses have been used in contracts drawn up between his Department and any charities, voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises or companies with the intention of stopping any criticism of Ministers of his Department. 1 Wales Office: Contracts Wales Carshalton and Wallington Wales Office 2018-10-16 28 Tom Brake false Wales false 2018-10-19T07:52:39.82Z Eastleigh Mims Davies false 2018-10-19 <p>In the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales the staffing levels increased by six staff between June 2016 and September 2018.</p> Wales Office Wales Office: Staff Feltham and Heston 177740 28 2018-10-10 Biography information for Seema Malhotra Seema Malhotra 1 To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what change there has been in staffing levels in his Department since June 2016. 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