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The Crown Estate has committed £750,000 for each of the next three financial years to the Marine Stewardship Programme.
Departments: Africa
Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 2 May 2007, Official Report, column 1742W, on Departments: Africa, what the name of the hotel or other accommodation was which he occupied in each location. [139996]
John Healey: The Chancellor stayed locally when he visited Dar Es Salaam, Maputo, Johannesburg and Cape Town. It is not the practice of this or previous Administrations to disclose details of ministerial accommodation.
Departments: Correspondence
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions his Department has had with the Cabinet Office on the target of 20 working days for replying to correspondence from hon. Members. [143318]
John Healey: There have been no formal discussions with the Cabinet Office on this target. The Cabinet Office guidance to Departments and agencies provides for a target of replying to correspondence in no more than 20 working days. HM Treasury has adopted a lower target of replying within 15 working days.
Departments: Hotels
Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies spent on hotel and other similar privately-provided accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad in 2006-07. [133438]
Dawn Primarolo: HM Treasury, the Debt Management Office, the Royal Mint, the Office of Government Commerce, and National Savings and Investment do not currently disaggregate hotel accommodation from general subsistence cost records, so the information requested cannot be provided.
The work of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs depends to a large extent on the mobile nature of its staff when tackling and investigating criminal fraud
and smuggling, and inspecting the compliance of businesses and individuals with rules related to tax, customs and duties.
Overseas, HMRC officers play a vital role in preventing and intercepting drugs and other illicit goods being trafficked into the UK.
Of necessity, this work cannot be done without incurring significant but essential costs in relation to transport, subsistence and accommodation.
However, in all such areas, the staff of HMRC are subject to strict rules—for example—in terms of the type of transport and accommodation they may use, and the type and amount of subsistence costs they may claim.
In 2006-07, the total expenditure by HMRC on accommodation within the UK was £14.1 million and outside the UK was £376,000.
Where available, figures for other agencies are as follows:
| £000 | ||
| Agency | Domestic | Overseas £000 |
| (1) This figure cannot be separated. | ||
Departments: ICT
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many IT contracts have been put out to competitive tender since 2001 by date; how many companies tendered in each case; and which company won each tender. [143343]
John Healey: The information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The Treasury awards all contracts in accordance with Government procurement rules, which state that all IT contracts in excess of £2,500 should be subject to competition.
Departments: Manpower
Mr. Heald: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff funded by the public purse in (a) HM Revenue and Customs, (b) Valuation Office Agency, (c) Office for National Statistics, (d) Royal Mint, (e) Office of Government Commerce and OGC Buying Solutions, (f) National Savings and Investments and (g) UK Debt Management Office are classified as people without posts. [141388]
John Healey: None of these Departments or agencies has any staff classified as without posts.
David Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of staff in his Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. [143921]
John Healey: HM Treasury’s staff makeup as at 1 April 2007 is as follows:
(a) 55 per cent. male
(b) 45 per cent. female
(c) 4 per cent. with declared disability
(d) 5 per cent. aged 55 or over
Departments: Offices
Sarah Teather: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much (a) his private office and (b) his Department’s press office cost to run in each of the last five years. [132918]
John Healey: Information on the Treasury’s administration costs is published in the resource accounts and the departmental report each year, available from http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/about/about_index.cfm The 2006-07 annual report and accounts, combining the two documents, was published on 4 June.
Departments: Official Residences
Mrs. May: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the official ministerial residences allocated to his Department’s Ministers; and what the total annual cost is of running each. [141975]
John Healey: I refer to the answer given to the right hon. Member by the Prime Minister on 14 June 2007, Official Report, column 1263W, and to my answer to the hon. Member for Rayleigh (Mr. Francois) on 1 May 2007, Official Report, column 1611W.
Departments: Pay
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in each of the last five years for which information is available; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid has been; what the largest single payment was in each year; and if he will make a statement. [143119]
John Healey: The figures for the Treasury for 2006-07 are set out in the following table. For the earlier years I refer to the answer I gave the hon. Member on 7 November 2006, Official Report, column 1039W. Bonuses are paid in two circumstances: performance bonuses are those linked to the annual staff appraisal system; special bonuses are those paid to recognise exceptional performance for specific contributions or pieces of work during the year or situations outside the normal expectations of the post.
| 2006-07 | |
|
Percentage of staff (based on headcount at end of each financial year) | |
Departments: Property
Grant Shapps: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was received by the Department from the letting of its properties in each of the last five years. [139325]
John Healey: The income the Treasury has earned from sub-letting space in the 1 Horse Guards Road building is as follows:
| Financial year | Letting income (£000) |
Grant Shapps: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate has been made of the value of his Department’s property portfolio. [139364]
John Healey: The Treasury’s offices at 1 Horse Guards road were valued at £95.87 million as at 31 March 2006.
Departments: Publicity
Grant Shapps: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which (a) advertising agencies and (b) other organisations supplied consultancy services for advertising campaigns for (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in each of the last five years; and what the cost of these services was. [139448]
John Healey: Information on the advertising agencies and other organisations that have supplied consultancy services for advertising campaigns for HM Treasury, National Savings and Investments and the Office for National Statistics is not readily available and could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
The Royal Mint considers that release of this information could compromise its commercial position.
All the Treasury’s other agencies have not used advertising agencies or other organisations supplying consultancy services for advertising campaigns in the last five years.
Departments: Remploy
Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) services and (b) products his Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. [143786]
John Healey: The Treasury has not procured any services or products from Remploy in the last 12 months.
Departments: Telephone Services
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many non-geographic telephone numbers are in use by his Department; and what revenue was received from them in each year since 2001. [144538]
John Healey: The Treasury has not used non-geographic telephone numbers.
Departments: Travel Agents
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies’ fees in each year since 1997. [139901]
John Healey: The information requested is as follows:
| Fees for travel services paid by HMT Treasury, including the Debt Management Office | |
| Period | Fees (£) |
The figures for 2004-05 and 2005-06 reflect the higher levels of travel undertaken throughout 2005 as a result of HM Treasury’s international commitment during the UK’s dual presidencies of the EU and G7.
The information prior to July 2002 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
| Fees for travel services paid by OGC | |
| Period | Fees (£) |
The information prior to 2002 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
East Riding
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times he has visited the East Riding of Yorkshire on official Government business in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [142145]
John Healey: As a part of his official duties, the Chancellor has made a number of visits to the regions and nations of the United Kingdom over the last 10 years.
Excise Duties: Motor Vehicles
Mr. Cameron: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many vehicles there were in each band for which Vehicle Excise Duty was paid in the latest period for which figures are available. [140663]
John Healey: The Department for Transport annually publishes vehicle licensing statistics which are broken down into vehicle category. This is available at:
The department is planning to publish the latest 2006 statistics towards the end of this month.
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