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176326

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date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Communication
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's communications budget has been for each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	222563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Admin Budget</p><p> </p><p>2014/15 £5,588,000</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 £5,657,000</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 £5,538,223</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 £6,047,000m (this includes the internal Communications budget of £703k, in later years this was moved outside of the communications budget area)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Programme Budget</p><p> </p><p>2014/15 £12,888,000</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 £6,046,000</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 £2,700,000</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures for earlier years are no longer held centrally and will require access to the Department’s previous financial system. I will write to the hon Member with this information once it has been extracted and place a copy of this letter in the libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 02/02/2015 14:48:00 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

176327

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	222566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) publishes the core departmental advertising and publicity costs in the BIS Annual Report and Accounts. The costs recorded in each of the last four annual reports are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013/14: £8,774,000</p><p> </p><p>2012/13: £1,449,000</p><p> </p><p>2011/12: £2,402,000</p><p> </p><p>2010/11: £587,000</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The annual report for 2014/15 is due to be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The spend in 2013/14 was principally due to the launch of the first wave of advertising for the Business is GREAT campaign, which has successfully highlighted Government support available to businesses, assisting many to find the help they need to grow.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 04/02/2015 14:04:52 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

176334

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	222567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>My Department is responsible for cross-Government communication as set out in the Annual Government Communication Plan. As part of our long-term economic plan we have substantially reformed Government communications since the 2010 General Election, abolishing the Central Office of Information and ensuring that Government communications activity is better coordinated and more effective. Thanks to these reforms we have halved the cost to taxpayers of government communications since the 2010 General Election. The NAO has confirmed that Government made savings of £378 million in each of the last two financial years on proactive paid-for communications, compared to a 2009-10 baseline. This is based on proactive (paid-for) communications spend of £589m in 09/10, £216m in 12/13 and £210m in 13/14.</p><p> </p><p>My department regularly publishes data on: <a href="http://www.data.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.data.gov.uk</a> showing how public money has been spent and how government is performing against its objectives and goals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 04/02/2015 17:45:02 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

176335

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Communication
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's communications budget has been for each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	222564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>My Department is responsible for cross-Government communication as set out in the Annual Government Communication Plan. As part of our long-term economic plan we have substantially reformed Government communications since the 2010 General Election, abolishing the Central Office of Information and ensuring that Government communications activity is better coordinated and more effective. Thanks to these reforms we have halved the cost to taxpayers of government communications since the 2010 General Election. The NAO has confirmed that Government made savings of £378 million in each of the last two financial years on proactive paid-for communications, compared to a 2009-10 baseline. This is based on proactive (paid-for) communications spend of £589m in 09/10, £216m in 12/13 and £210m in 13/14.</p><p> </p><p>My department regularly publishes data on: <a href="http://www.data.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.data.gov.uk</a> showing how public money has been spent and how government is performing against its objectives and goals.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 02/02/2015 17:45:36 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

175026

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, over what time period the contract between his Department and CGI to provide security vetting services will run; and what the cost of that contract will be per year.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	221649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The contract for building and running the National Security Vetting Solution with CGI was awarded on 22 December 2014, and began on 5 January 2015. The length of the contract is 60 months with a total value of some £11.93 million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 27/01/2015 16:54:47 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 41271 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

175027

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
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 recruitment to each of the armed forces in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15 to date.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	221646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans (Anna Soubry) on 23 June 2014, (Official Report, column 85W) to the hon. Member for Moray (Angus Robertson), for the most recent figures on recruitment spending available from the Department, given below;</p><p> </p><p>Each branch of the armed forces has a distinctive brand that needs to be marketed separately in order to attract the best candidates.</p><p> </p><p>Capturing the cost of recruiting across the armed forces is a complex and resource-intensive task. For financial year (FY) 2010-11, when both the recruitment budget and recruitment targets were below normal levels, these calculations were not carried out. The costs of recruiting programmes for FYs 2009-10, 2011-12 and 2012-13 are set out in the following table. The cost of recruiting in FY 2013-14 will be available in early 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>41,475,281</p></td><td><p>138,743,300</p></td><td><p>51,298,179</p></td><td><p>231,516,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>32,017,364</p></td><td><p>134,595,989</p></td><td><p>38,702,993</p></td><td><p>205,316,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>33,228,059</p></td><td><p>122,756,649</p></td><td><p>35,430,723</p></td><td><p>191,415,431</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As reductions have been made to force levels recruitment levels have been adjusted but not stopped as the Services are required to keep recruiting to maintain the right skills.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We hope to be able to provide figures for 2013-14 in the near future. Analysis for 2014-15 will commence when the current financial year ends.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 27/01/2015 17:08:54 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 41272 answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

175028

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2015 to Question 220095, how many personnel were recruited to the regular Army between April and December 2014; and what his Department's recruitment target for that period was.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	221647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The recruiting target for regular Army personnel between April and December was 6, 718.</p><p>The total intake figure of regular Army untrained personnel between April -September was 4,180. Intake for figures for April - December will be reported on the pre-announced publication date of 12 February 2015.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 27/01/2015 16:54:13 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 41273 answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

175029

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2015 to Question 216757, on vetting, what the average time to process applications has been in each month since January 2014; and what the cost of bringing in additional personnel to help deal with the high volume of applications has been.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	221648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The tables below give the average number of days taken to complete: Security Clearance (SC) and Counter-terrorist checks (CTC) - Table 1; and Developed vetting (DV) - Table 2, for both the Ministry of Defence and Other Government Departments. Each table gives performance against both routine cases and those specifically identified by the customer as requiring priority treatment. The tables show both the gross period of time taken, i.e. the time between initiating and completing the clearance and, within this, the net period, measuring the average number of days for which the case was being actively managed by Defence Business Services (DBS). The latter discounts periods when DBS is awaiting inputs from third party suppliers, and is the basis on which performance targets are set for DBS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>SC &amp; CTC Routine</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gross</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Net</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>SC &amp; CTC Priority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gross</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Net</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>January-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>8,579</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>January-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>253</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>February-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>7,640</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>February-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>7,856</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Mach-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>7,429</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>April-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>7,148</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>May-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>8,763</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>June-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>5,897</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>July-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>5,108</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>August-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>8,317</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>September-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>October-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>8,203</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>October-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>9,198</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>November-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>December-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>6,720</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>December-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014 Total</strong></p></td><td><p>90,858</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>2014 Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1,879</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The performance target for SC and CTC cases is to process 85% of routine cases within 25 days (net), and 95% of priority cases within 10 days (net).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>DV Routine</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gross</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Net</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>DV Priority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gross</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Net</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>January-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>860</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>January-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>February-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>795</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>February-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>927</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>March-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>April-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>586</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>May-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>603</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>June-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>682</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>July-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>August-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>890</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>September-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>October-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>945</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>October-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>982</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>November-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>December-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>972</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>December-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014 Total</strong></p></td><td><p>9,612</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>2014 Total</strong></p></td><td><p>536</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The performance target for DV cases is to process 85% of routine cases within 95 days, and 95% of priority cases within 30 days.</p><p>An additional £1.2 million has been spent on personnel costs by DBS to help manage the higher demand to reduce the impact on customers and the introduction of new services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 27/01/2015 16:55:21 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 41269 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

172489

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel were recruited to the regular Army between April 2013 and April 2014; and what his Department's recruitment target was for that period.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	220095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The recruiting target for regular Army personnel for 2013-14 was 10,060, against which a total of 6,805 were recruited (6,198 soldiers and 607 officers) was achieved.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 12/01/2015 17:51:11 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

172490

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's target date of April 2019 for achieving an Army Reserve force of 30,000 remains in force; and what plans his Department has to review that date.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	220116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Army is committed to achieving a trained Army Reserve of 30,000 by April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 12/01/2015 17:34:38 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones