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The exact information requested is not readily held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3969", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Hinds"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Hampshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Damian Hinds"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-12-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-12-13T15:20:52.657Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-12-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Education: Official Hospitality"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much their Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"} ], "uin" : "5190"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1523007", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1523007/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The amounts spent by the Department on taxi travel for the requested financial years are:<\/p>
These are the full amounts for both ministers and civil servants. The Department only has total figures readily available and so does not have the split for ministers and civil servants.<\/p>
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The Department is not able to separate data for ministers and civil servants. Therefore, this data covers all Department and Departmental Arm\u2019s Length Bodies colleagues.<\/p>
The Department spent the following on first class rail travel:<\/p>
First class travel can be booked in exceptional circumstances if one or more of the following applies:<\/p>
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The department does not separate the costs of agency workers, contingent labour, or any associated agency retainer fees in our accounts. A breakdown could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.<\/p>
The cost of contingent labour (including agency workers) is published in the Department\u2019s Annual Report and Accounts (ARA), and is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports<\/a>. Figures for the 2021/22 financial year are included, although the audit is still ongoing and this value may be subject to change.<\/p> The figures below cover the entirety of the Departmental Group, including Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies, for the years specified:<\/p>
Financial Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Contingent Labour & Agency Fees (£ million)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2019/20<\/p><\/td> £30.8 million<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2020/21<\/p><\/td> £32.5 million<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2021/22 (subject to audit)<\/p><\/td> £39.2 million<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much their Department has spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the name is of each consultancy contracted.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1486910/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The department does not hold the total spend information relating to legal disputes, as the financial system does not have a specific structure to extract the data and legal spend is not recorded centrally.<\/p> For contract spend, following a search of the department\u2019s special payment register, the department has not made any payments in respect to the settlement of procurement disputes, either in or out of court, during the following three financial years:<\/p> Following a search of the department\u2019s records, the total value of contracts held by (a) G4S (b) Serco and (c) Capita is as below:<\/p> <\/p> Supplier<\/p><\/td> Value of contracts 01/01/2020 to 31/12/2020<\/p><\/td> Value of contracts 01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021<\/p><\/td> Value of contracts 01/01/2022 to 30/06/2022<\/p><\/td><\/tr> G4S<\/p><\/td> £0<\/p><\/td> £0<\/p><\/td> £0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Serco<\/p><\/td> £4,000,000<\/p><\/td> £856,375<\/p><\/td> £856,375<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Capita<\/p><\/td> £28,056,759<\/p><\/td> £35,816,679<\/p><\/td> £32,690,536<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> To note, the total value of the contract listed above is pro-rata over the length of the contract, using annualised contract values.<\/p> |