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1675464

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Official Hospitality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much their Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	5190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The exact information requested is not readily held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/12/2023 15:20:52 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1523007

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	63942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The amounts spent by the Department on taxi travel for the requested financial years are:</p><ul><li>2019/20: £545,972</li><li>2020/21: £195,022</li><li>2021/22: £200,403.</li></ul><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><p> </p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 24/10/2022 17:07:46 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1521324

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	61749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department is not able to separate data for ministers and civil servants. Therefore, this data covers all Department and Departmental Arm’s Length Bodies colleagues.</p><p>The Department spent the following on first class rail travel:</p><ul><li>2020 – £34,070.90</li><li>2021 – £13,344.25</li><li>2022 – £29,562.90.</li></ul><p>First class travel can be booked in exceptional circumstances if one or more of the following applies:</p><ul><li>where disability or reasons mean that suitable facilities in standard class would not otherwise be secured</li><li>where there are good grounds for security concerns. For example, significant risk of unwarranted attention from the press or the public</li><li>when travelling with a Minister who is travelling first class, to carry out Government business in relative privacy</li><li>where the overall cost of the first class ticket is less than the overall cheapest ticket for standard class. If applicable, evidence of the relevant price comparisons, such as a screen shot from the booking page, must be kept for audit purposes.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 25/10/2022 13:21:11 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1491449

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	41937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>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><p>The cost of contingent labour (including agency workers) is published in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts (ARA), and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports" target="_blank">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><p>The figures below cover the entirety of the Departmental Group, including Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies, for the years specified:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contingent Labour &amp; Agency Fees (£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£30.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£32.5 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22 (subject to audit)</p></td><td><p>£39.2 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/09/2022 08:36:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1488874

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	35841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The amounts spent by the department on air travel in total for the requested financial years are shown below. The department does not have the split for ministers and officials readily available. These are the full amounts for both ministers and officials:</p><ul><li>2019/20: £296,227</li><li>2020/21: £40,166</li><li>2021/22: £38,294</li></ul><p>The department always strives to keep costs as low as possible and to get the best out of available funds.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2022 16:37:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1488223

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much their Department has spent on advertising in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	34810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Education uses advertising and publicity to help deliver manifesto commitments and policy objectives. It has spent the following amounts on advertising over the last three financial years.</p><p> </p><ul><li>2019/20: £33.3 million</li><li>2020/21: £20.5 million</li><li>2021/22: £25.7 million</li></ul><p> </p><p>This includes spending on a range of different types of marketing activity, including advertising.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/07/2022 16:26:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1487824

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	33694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2022 answer text <p>The department spent the following amounts on consultancy in the respective financial years:</p><ul><li>2021/22: £6.8 million<em>*</em></li><li>2020/21: £8.7 million</li><li>2019/20: £12.7 million</li></ul><p> </p><p><em>* Unaudited. As a result, this value may change.</em></p><p>Within the time and value for money considerations applicable, it has been possible to provide an analysis of the 2021/22 value, by supplier. This analysis is attached.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/07/2022 17:00:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 33694_table_DfE_consultancy_expenditure_2021_22.pdf title 33694_table
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486910

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>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><p>For contract spend, following a search of the department’s 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><ul><li>1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020: £0.00.</li><li>1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021: £0.00.</li><li>1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022: £0.00.</li></ul> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2022 18:28:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486555

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
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 value has been of contracts held by their Department with (a) G4S, (b) Serco and (c) Capita in each year since 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>Following a search of the department’s records, the total value of contracts held by (a) G4S (b) Serco and (c) Capita is as below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Supplier</p></td><td><p>Value of contracts 01/01/2020 to 31/12/2020</p></td><td><p>Value of contracts 01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021</p></td><td><p>Value of contracts 01/01/2022 to 30/06/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G4S</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serco</p></td><td><p>£4,000,000</p></td><td><p>£856,375</p></td><td><p>£856,375</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>£28,056,759</p></td><td><p>£35,816,679</p></td><td><p>£32,690,536</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </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><p>Details of government contracts from 2016 above £10,000, and £25,000 in the wider public sector, are published on Contracts Finder available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2022 18:21:41 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486083

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
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, how many contracts that are worth (a) between £1 million and £3 million and (b) over £3 million their (i) Department and (ii) Department’s agencies and non-departmental public bodies (A) have agreed since 2010 and (B) are due to agree within the next 12 months; how much their Department has spent on monitoring each contract in each year since 2010; and how many officials have been working on that monitoring in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	29881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2022 answer text <p>Details of government contracts from 2016 above £10,000, and £25,000 in the wider public sector, are published on the GOV.UK Contracts Finder site which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a>. As Contracts Finder was implemented in 2016, not all records before this time are held centrally.</p><p>For the July 2022 to June 2023 period, the total anticipated number of contracts for the department only (not including agencies and non-departmental public bodies) worth between £1 and £3 million is currently three. For the same period, the total number of contracts over £3 million is 136. This is the anticipated project pipeline and the department makes no commitment that the annual value of any contract will be as stated, or the timing of any future procurement exercises will be as stated. The sourcing route for any subsequent procurement has not been determined. For example, it could be via frameworks managed by Crown Commercial Services or open competitions. The department cannot therefore guarantee that these opportunities will be available to all suppliers.</p><p>We do not hold spend data on contract monitoring or how many officials work on monitoring in each year from 2010.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/07/2022 16:40:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett