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CABINET OFFICE
Advertising Campaigns
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media. [106446]
Mr. Alexander: Due to the way in which spend on media is held, to provide information as requested would result in disproportionate costs.
COI will produce expenditure figures for government as a whole when they produce their annual report in a few months' time.
Delivery Plans
Tony Wright: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will publish the delivery plans that the Delivery Unit agrees with departments on the Government's 17 delivery priorities, as referred to by the National Audit Office on page 13 of its report on The Role of Executive Agencies. [109066]
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Mr. Alexander: Departments are responsible for producing delivery plans for their delivery priorities. It is for individual Departments to decide whether to publish delivery plans.
Departmental Annual Report
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when the annual report of his Department will be published. [107878]
Mr. Alexander: The spring 2003 Departmental Reports are to be published between 28 April and 16 May 2003. We will publish our Departmental Report within this window, and are aiming for publication on 16 May.
Employment Relations Act
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many staff in the Cabinet Office have taken time off from work in order to attend to domestic incidents as provided for by the Employment Relations Act 1999. [108344]
Mr. Alexander: Time off to attend to domestic incidents is covered by the Cabinet Office's provisions for special leave (paid and unpaid). All special leave applications have to be approved in writing by line management. Records are not held centrally on numbers of staff who take special leave for specific purposes: this information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Parental Leave
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many staff in his Department have used their leave entitlement under the Parental Leave Directive since it came into force. [108420]
Mr. Alexander: The Department's provisions for special leave cover time off under the Parental Leave Directive. All special leave applications have to be approved in writing by line management. Records are not held centrally on numbers of staff who take special leave for specific reasons: this information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Press Office
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people are employed in his Department's Press Office; and how many were employed on 2 May 1997. [108401]
Mr. Alexander: For the number of press officers employed by the Cabinet Office for years prior to 2002–03 may I refer the hon. Gentleman to my response of 31 January 2003, Official Report, column 1057W.
The current number of press officers, including the Head of News, employed by the Cabinet Office is 10.5.
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There is one full-time business support officer for the press office. The number of business support staff employed prior to 2002–03 can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Secondments
Dr. Cable: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many individuals have been seconded to his Department from (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, in each case listing (i) from which organisation and (ii) dates of secondments, in 2002–03. [108083]
Mr. Alexander: There were 20 individuals seconded to the Cabinet Office in 2002–3. (a) seven individuals were seconded from the Private Sector; (b) eight individuals were seconded from NGOs; and (c) five individuals were seconded from other organisations.
The organisations and dates of secondments are as follows:
| Organisation | Dates of secondments |
|---|---|
| Accenture | September 2002—September 2004 |
| Addenbrooke NHS Trust | August 2002—November 2002 |
| Adult Learning Inspectorate | November 2002—March 2003 |
| Arthur Andersen | June 2002—December 2002 |
| Audit Commission | June 2002—August 2003 |
| August 2002—November 2002 | |
| September 2002—March 2003 | |
| September 2002—September 2003 | |
| November 2002—October 2003 | |
| February 2003—May 2003 | |
| BSkyB | February 2003—February 2004 |
| Deloitte & Touche | July 2002—January 2003 |
| London borough of Newham | July 2002—April 2004 |
| Metropolitan police | November 2002—May 2003 |
| MORI Research Institute | January 2003—April 2003 |
| North Hertfordshire district council | October 2002—March 2003 |
| Privy Council Office, Canada | February 2002—September 2003 |
| Skillmind Consultancy | October 2002—April 2004 |
| Unilever | January 2003—December 2005 |
| University of Bristol | July 2002—June 2003 |
Dr. Cable: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many civil servants have been seconded from his Department to (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, broken down by (i) grade of civil servants seconded, (ii) location and (iii) dates of secondments, in each year since 1997–98. [108084]
Mr. Alexander: In 1999–2000 there were no secondments from the Cabinet Office.
In 2000–01 there were two secondments from the Cabinet Office, one to the private sector and one to an 'other' organisation.
In 2001–02 there were nine secondments from the Cabinet Office, all to 'other' organisations.
In 2002–03 there were six secondments from the Cabinet Office, five to 'other' organisations and one to the private sector.
There are no records of secondments from the Cabinet Office to the private sector, NGOs or 'other' organisations prior to March 1999. The following table contains information from April 1999 to March 2003.
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| Grades | Location | Dates of secondments |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1999–2000 | ||
| Nil | ||
| Year 2000–01 | ||
| A | Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government | November 2000 to October 2001 |
| A | Capita | January 2000 to January 2001 |
| Year 2001–02 | ||
| A | Rathbones Charity | February 2001 to September 2002 |
| A | Cathedral and Abbey Church of St. Albans | May 2001 to November 2001 |
| A | London Borough of Havering | May 2001 to July 2002 |
| A | Bilateral Exchange scheme Sweden | May 2001 to September 2001 |
| A | National Trust | August 2001 to November 2002 |
| B Fast Stream | National Assembly for Wales | August 2001 to September 2002 |
| B2 | Elizabeth Fitzroy Homes | December 2001 to December 2002 |
| B1 | Public Admin Unit Rome | January 2002 to October 2002 |
| A | Austrian Civil Service | February 2002 to ? |
| Year 2002–03 | ||
| A | Hampshire County Council | May 2002 to November 2002 |
| B2 | Prince of Wales Office | July 2002 to July 2003 |
| B Fast Stream | European Commission Stagiere Scheme | September 2002 to March 2003 |
| A | Deloitte Consulting | November 2002 to November 2003 |
| B2 | Kent Local Authority | February 2003 to ? |
| A | YMCA Training | November 2002 to July 2003 |
Special Advisers
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the salary bill was for special advisers in his Department in 2002–03; and what it is expected to be in 2003–04. [108495]
Mr. Alexander: The Government are committed to publishing the annual paybill of special advisers and an annual list of the numbers of special advisers in each payband by department. This information is currently being assembled and will be published when it is ready.
Statutory Instruments
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will list the statutory instruments issued by his Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals. [106321]
Mr. Alexander: The Cabinet Office has issued one Statutory Instrument during the last 12 months:
SI 2002 No. 1913—Superannuation (Admission to Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972) Order 2002
The purpose of the SI was to add to and remove from the list of Other Bodies and Offices covered by the Superannuation Act 1972 .
The cost of implementation to (i) Public funds was nil, (ii) businesses nil and (iii) individuals nil.
A second Statutory Instrument No. 1807 Parliamentary Pension Amendment Regulations is also listed as a Cabinet Office SI but is the responsibility of the Leader of the House.
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