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David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. [145913]
Mrs. McGuire: The Department runs a number of promotional campaigns aimed at increasing awareness of rights and responsibilities. The following table details spend on advertising campaigns run by the Department in the 2006-07 financial year.
Government policies and programmes affect the lives of millions of people and in order for them to work they must be communicated effectively. But that also has to be done with cost efficiency in mind and there are strict rules to ensure value for money on Government advertising.
Departmental advertising costs 2006-07 | £000 |
Jobcentre Plus promotion to Black and Minority Ethnic audience | |
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many flights to overseas destinations were taken by (a) civil servants and (b) Ministers in his Department in each of the last three calendar years; and what the total cost of such flights was. [144954]
Mrs. McGuire: This information can be provided only at disproportionate cost. Since 1999, the Government have published, on an annual basis, a list of all overseas visits by Cabinet Ministers costing in excess of £500, as well as the cost of all ministerial travel overseas. Copies of the lists are available in the Libraries of the House. Information for 2006-07 is currently being compiled and will be published before the summer recess.
All travel is undertaken in accordance with the Civil Service Management Code, the Ministerial Code and Travel by Ministers.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding his Department has provided to the Booktrust charity in each year since 2001. [142755]
Mrs. McGuire [holding answer 14 June 2007]: DWP supports Bookstart via the Sure Start programme. Sure Start is a joint initiative with DfES, although the funding for the programme is held within the DfES Delegated Expenditure Limit.
For details of the amount of funding, I refer the hon. Member to the written answer given by my right hon. Friend, the Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families on 18 June 2007, Official Report, columns 1464W.
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was spent by staff in his Department via departmental (a) credit, (b) procurement and (c) fuel cards in each of the last three years. [145304]
Mrs. McGuire: The total spent by staff in the Department is in the following tables.
(a) Credit cards. Information prior to December has been archived and can be obtained only by incurring disproportionate costs.
£ | |
(b) Procurement CardsThe Government Procurement Card is now DWPs preferred method of payment to support greater efficiency in low value purchasing
£ | |
(c) Fuel cardsA chargecard for the purchase of fuel is provided for official vehicles only.
£ | |
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many energy saving lightbulbs were purchased by his Department for use on the departmental estate in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. [144953]
Mrs. McGuire: Light bulbs are supplied to the Department by our Estates Partners, Land Securities Trillium under the terms of our PFI contract for serviced accommodation. As information is not collected or retained centrally on the volume of light bulbs purchased for the Department's 1,221 sites it is not possible to provide this information. It is, however, departmental policy that energy saving light bulbs are used wherever practicable.
Mr. Carswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Memoranda of Understanding are in force as a result of agreements with foreign Governments entered into by Ministers in his Department; and what Executive actions each entails. [144463]
Mr. Plaskitt: Ministers have signed a number of bilateral co-operation agreements, including some formal Memoranda of Understanding, with countries including China, France, Ireland and the Netherlands. Most of these aim to facilitate exchanges of information and experience on employment and labour market policies or combating welfare fraud.
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in his Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over; [143905]
(2) what percentage of staff in his Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. [143923]
Mrs. McGuire: The information requested in both questions is in the following tables:
As at 31 M arch each year | |||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
Notes: 1. Figures in the above table are shown in headcount terms and are based on the Office for National Statistics definition. 2. Figures for Registered Disabled reflect the numbers of staff who have declared a disability. |
Percentage of staff as at 31 March 2007 | |
Notes: 1. Figures in the above table are based on the Office for National Statistics definition. 2. Figures for Registered Disabled reflect the numbers of staff who have declared a disability. |
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which advertising and marketing campaigns were run by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; which external agencies were involved; and what the cost was of each campaign. [144623]
Mrs. McGuire: The Department runs a number of promotional campaigns aimed at increasing awareness of rights and responsibilities. The following table details spend on advertising and marketing campaigns run by the Department in each of the last five complete financial years.
Government policies and programmes affect the lives of millions of people and in order for them to work they must be communicated effectively. But that also has to be done with cost efficiency in mind and there are strict rules to ensure value for money on Government advertising and communications.
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