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Departments: Advertising
Mr. Heath: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much revenue his Department received from (a) advertisements on his Department’s public information leaflets and (b) advertisements on his Department’s public websites in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [142530]
Mr. Dhanda: The Department for Education and Skills does not receive revenue on adverts from Public Information leaflets or on the Department’s public websites.
Departments: Buildings
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the cost of leasing buildings and office space for (a) his Department and (b) its agencies was in each of the last five years. [139456]
Mr. Dhanda: The cost of leasing buildings for the Department in each of the past five years is shown as follows.
| £ | |
Departments: Carbon Emissions
Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what methodology is used by his Department to account for its carbon emissions. [140792]
Mr. Dhanda: DFES headquarters uses the DEFRA required or recommended methodology to account for its carbon emissions.
Departments: Consultants
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the outside (a) agencies and (b) consultancies which are undertaking work commissioned by his Department; and what the (i) purpose and (ii) cost is of each commission. [138456]
Mr. Dhanda: This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Departments: Disciplinary Proceedings
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many grievance procedures have been initiated in his Department in the last 12 months. [135153]
Mr. Dhanda: This information is not held centrally in the form requested and could be given only at a disproportionate cost.
The Department has arrangements in place where people can raise a grievance on any action or decision that they believe is wrong and that puts them at a disadvantage. All such complaints are considered in line with the arrangements in our staff handbook that reflect the three step process in the statutory dispute resolution procedures. Most of these complaints are settled directly between the individual and their line manager and are not recorded centrally.
Departments: Epilepsy
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people with epilepsy are employed by his Department; and if he will make a statement. [139106]
Mr. Dhanda: Data are not available on the number of people with epilepsy employed by the Department for Education and Skills. Declaration of a disability is voluntary and does not require staff to declare the nature of their disability.
Departments: Ministerial Policy Advisors
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many of his Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on 16 May 2007; and how many days’ leave each adviser was granted. [140122]
Mr. Dhanda: Special advisers’ involvement in party political matters is conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers, including section 22 (iii), and the guidance issued by the Cabinet Secretary in December 2006 and May 2007, copies are available in the House Libraries.
Departments: Netmums Website
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether his Department has provided funding to the netmums.com website. [138368]
Beverley Hughes: The Department paid £9,500 (before VAT) to Netmums on 6 January 2006, to fund their pilot coffee house project. We have made no payments in this financial year. This project tested and evaluated the potential for enhancing the experience of those using the Netmums Forum by having experts online who can directly answer questions and give practical advice. The expert involvement ran from January 2006 to March 2006.
The key points from the evaluation of the project showed that the peer support forum is a vital service for parents who are struggling. Many parents who used the coffee house were surprised that there are others there who are going through the same difficulties. The parents also felt supported by reading about the experiences of others, and are interested to read how others have coped in similar situations. The evaluation study has shown how expert involvement can benefit the users of peer support forums.
Departments: Official Residences
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the official ministerial residences allocated to Ministers in his Department; and what the total annual cost is of running each. [141966]
Mr. Dhanda: The Department for Education and Skills has no official ministerial residences.
Departments: Paper
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of paper used (a) for photocopying and (b) in printed publications by his Department was from recycled sources in each of the last three years. [134046]
Mr. Dhanda: DfES Headquarters used the following percentages of paper from recycled sources for (a) photocopying and (b) printed publications in the latest available three years:
| Percentage | |||
| 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | |
Departments: Property
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was raised from the sale of departmental property in each of the last five years. [139318]
Mr. Dhanda: The Departments property disposal receipts for the past five years are shown in the following table.
| £ | |
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was received by the Department from the letting of its properties in each of the last five years. [139337]
Mr. Dhanda: The information is as follows.
| Property receipts | |
| £ | |
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what properties the Department (a) owned and (b) rented in each of the last five years. [139358]
Mr. Dhanda: The following are properties owned by the Department in the last five years.
| Property name | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
The following are departmental properties rented.
| Property name | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent estimate has been made of the value of the Department’s property portfolio. [139380]
Mr. Dhanda: The information is as follows.
| Valuation of the Department’s property portfolio | |
| £ | |
Departments: Renewable Energy
Lynne Jones:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much energy in kilowatt
hours was purchased by his Department from renewable sources in the most recent year for which figures are available. [134996]
Mr. Dhanda: DfES headquarters purchased 4,872,685 kilowatt hours of renewable energy in 2005-06.
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