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Departmental Contracts
Mr. MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total value is of (a) catering and (b) entertainment contracts let by her Department; and what value of such contracts has been let in each nation and region of the United Kingdom, including London. [37463]
Bill Rammell:
The Department for Education and Skills total value of (a) catering: equals an annual subsidy of £51,740 (b) entertainment contracts: equals
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an expenditure of £478,029 on hospitality covering internal working meetings and lunches where external visitors or staff from other sites attend.
Departmental Costs
Mr. Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for her Department in (i)each region and (ii) London in 2004–05. [35867]
Bill Rammell: The administration budgets regime overseen by the Treasury relates to Whitehall Departments only. How administration costs are controlled in the devolved Administrations is a matter for them. We do not monitor regional or central London administration costs separately.
I refer you to the most recent Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (Cm 6639) for provisional 2004–05 departmental administration costs outturn (£250 million) and the DfES Departmental Report (Cm6522) which contains estimated 2004–05 pay bill outturn (£164 million).
Departmental Estate
Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was paid by her Department in 2004–05 in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) each region and (c) London. [35932]
Maria Eagle: Details of how much was paid by the Department for Education and Skills in 2004–05 in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) each (i) region and (ii) nation of the UK and (c) London is in the following table.
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Departmental Projects
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by her Department in (i) 2005–06 and (ii) 2006–07; and what the expected costs are of each project. [37380]
Maria Eagle: The Department for Education and Skills has (a) no building (b) no refurbishment projects planned in (i) 2005–06 and (ii) 2006–07.
Departmental Property
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what (a) land and (b) property her Department owns in Southend West constituency. [36188]
Maria Eagle: The Department for Education and Skills owns (a) no land and (b) no property in Southend West constituency.
Departmental Research
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research projects commissioned by her Department are being undertaken; and what the publication arrangements are in each case. [32993]
Bill Rammell: 125 DfES commissioned research projects are currently being undertaken, including projects conducted by other Government Departments and organisations to which the DfES contributes. DfES publishes findings from the research it commissions in line with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act, the aim being to do so within 12 weeks of the final project completion date as stated on our website. I have outlined the currently planned arrangements for all these projects.
Departmental Staff
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many staff are employed by her Department in each region of England; and if she will make a statement. [35896]
Maria Eagle: The figures requested are published in Civil Service Statistics. Table D covers permanent staff numbers (FTE basis) in each department and agency. Civil Service Statistics are available in the Library and at the following address on the Cabinet Office Statistics website:
http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/management_of_the_civil_ service/statistics/civil_service_statistics/index.asp
Mr. Stephen O'Brien:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 30 November 2005, Official Report, column 542W, on departmental staff, how many temporary staff have
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been employed for each statutory time limit in each year since 2001; and how many of the posts they filled were subsequently filled by (a) temporary staff and (b) temporary staff who had been employed for the statutory time period allowed. [36221]
Maria Eagle: The numbers of temporary staff employed for a period of 12 months in the complete calendar years in question are:
| Number | |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 |
| 2003 | 8 |
| 2004 | 1 |
The number of posts subsequently filled by temporary staff within the Department and temporary staff who had been employed for the statutory time period allowed, is not collected centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 30 November 2005, Official Report, column 542W, what the (a) lowest cost per person, (b) highest cost per person, (c) median cost per person and (d) average cost per person was of employing (i) part-time, (ii) jobshare and (iii) full-time staff; and how many people were employed in each category in each of the last three years. [36222]
Maria Eagle: The cost information for (a) the lowest cost per person, (b) the highest cost per person, (c) the median cost per person and (d) the average cost per person was of employing (i) part-time, (ii) jobshare and (iii) full-time staff could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The numbers of people employed part time and full time in each of the last three years are in the following table.
| 1 October | Part time | Full time |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 580 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 631 | 3,840 |
| 2003 | 654 | 4,220 |
Mr. Austin Mitchell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last three financial years; in which part of the Department they
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were employed; on which projects they worked; what the cost was to the Department of employing them; and from which budget the funding came. [37367]
Maria Eagle: Statistics for temporary agency staff are recorded by days worked and the information for each of the last three financial years are detailed in the following table:
| Calendar year | Days worked |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 31,229 |
| 2003 | 27,087 |
| 2004 | 16,940 |
Agency staff are deployed across all directorates within the Department to meet business need.
Information on the projects that seconded staff have worked are not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Costs to my Department for employing agency staff for the last three financial years are set out in the following table. Costs are borne from GAE budgets.
| Financial year | Agency spend (£) |
|---|---|
| April 2002/March 2003 | 2,688,149.33 |
| April 2003/March 2004 | 1,621,232.81 |
| April 2004/March 2005 | 1,498,419.95 |
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