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1719294

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Office for Nuclear Regulation: Lisa Ellis Training
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 the Minister without Portfolio's article of 12 May 2024 in the Sunday Telegraph, when he expects the Office for Nuclear Regulation to cancel its contract with Lisa Ellis Training for diversity and inclusion training, procurement reference ONR/T974; and whether a notice period will be required under the provisions of that contract.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	26992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The ONR contract with Lisa Ellis of Bespoke Business Solutions for diversity and inclusion training was implemented in January 2024 for a period of three years to deliver 24 courses per annum with a total value of £36k over the three-year period. ONR has no plans to terminate this contract.</p><p> </p><p>As a public corporation, ONR sits outside the civil service and is not subject to the Guidance on Diversity and Inclusion and Impartiality for Civil Servants, published on 14 May.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/05/2024 13:54:36 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1683372

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
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: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January to Question 8940, what accounts for the difference between the (a) number and (b) value of transactions of less than £500 reported in (i) that Answer and (ii) the equivalent figures for calendar year 2021 provided in the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 107067.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	10431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Pursuant to Answer of 17.01.24 to Question 8940, this was provided as physical card spend only as linked to Question 8701 which was received at the same time, whereas prior Question 107067 was provided as all eProcurement card spend, which includes Virtual cards (Lodged and Single Use)</p><p><br> To provide all eProcurement card spend for the periods requested in Question 8940 (under £500 spend):<br> <br> a) Total purchases 01/01/2022-31/12/2022 = 67,132 with a value of £6,916,350.32</p><p>b) Total purchases 01/01/2023-31/10/2023 = 80,627 with a value of £ £8,706,120.92</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/01/2024 11:18:30 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1681088

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
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: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in calendar year 2022 and (b) from 1 January to 31 October 2023; and what was the total cost of those purchases.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>In response to your request please refer to the data below for details of purchases of less than £500 on a physical Government Procurement Card (GPC).</p><p> </p><p>a) Total purchases 01/01/2022-31/12/2022 =<strong> 1,767 </strong>with a value of<strong> £194,605.36</strong></p><p>b) Total purchases 01/01/2023-31/10/2023 =<strong> 2,672 </strong>with a value of<strong> £452,662.48</strong></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/01/2024 11:43:17 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1680805

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
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: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many government procurement cards were held by people to make purchases against his Department’s budget as of (a) 31 December 2022, (b) 31 March 2023 and (c) 31 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>In response to your request for information of how many government procurement cards were held by people at the three given dates please refer to the data provided below.</p><p> </p><p>31 December 2022 = 245</p><p> </p><p>31 March 2023 = 251</p><p> </p><p>31 December 2023 = 232</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/01/2024 11:39:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
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

1661805

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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: Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2022 to Question 97594, what was the total value of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for his core Department as performance-related bonuses in 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	200253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>The total value of non-cash vouchers awarded in the financial year 2022/23 is £5,895,312, which is inclusive of the Tax and National Insurance contributions paid on behalf of the recipient. This amount is derived from a single account code which is used to capture bonus payments in the form of Vouchers for UK employed permanent staff.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Source: Hyperion</em></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 17/10/2023 14:51:36 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1658254

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
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	Jobcentres: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June to Question 186863, whether the survey programme undertaken in 2020-21 included an examination of buildings in the Jobcentre estate opened between 1990 and 2000.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	197743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Yes, the Survey did include an examination of buildings in the Jobcentre estate opened between 1990 and 2000.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/09/2023 16:57:26 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1657794

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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	Jobcentres: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his predecessor (a) received requests from and (b) made representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss the (i) presence and (ii) potential cost implications of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) within the job centre estate between 13 February 2020 and 5 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	197417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular discussions with Treasury colleagues on a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/09/2023 16:46:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1640573

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	Jobcentres: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has commissioned a survey to identify buildings within the Jobcentre estate which may have been constructed with Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	186863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>DWP Estates can confirm that a survey programme was undertaken between 2020-21 to identify properties containing Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC).</p><p> </p><p>The RAAC survey undertaken identified four sites within the DWP Estate containing RAAC planks.</p><p> </p><p>Since the survey, one of the sites has been divested and the other three are being managed in accordance with available guidance on RAAC.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/06/2023 09:06:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1626279

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
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: Ministerial Boxes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to his Department have (a) been reported missing or lost or (b) had their security features removed in order that they can be purchased for personal use by former ministers from 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	184033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>The Departmental Security Unit records and investigates each reported loss from the Department. If appropriate, the police are invited to undertake further inquiries. It is a long standing convention under successive administrations that Ministers may pay to retain red boxes as a memento of their time in their role, as long as the security features are removed.</p><p /><p>No ministerial boxes have been reported lost or missing to the Department’s Security Unit since 2018. One ministerial box has been purchased and the security feature was removed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 17/05/2023 16:31:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry