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Departmental Catering
Mr. Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of (a) beef, (b) lamb, (c) pork and (d) dairy products used in her departmental headquarters were imported products in the most recent period for which figures are available. [166647]
Mr. Dhanda: I refer the hon. Member to the written statement made by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Jonathan Shaw) on 8 November 2007, Official Report, column 19WS.
Departmental Data Protection
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what reviews have been undertaken of her Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if she will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of her Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if (a) her Department and (b) her Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws; [168084]
(2) on how many occasions in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures her Department has in place
for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by her Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to her Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions her Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures her Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in her Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if she will place in the Library a copy of each of her Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations; [168250]
(3) how many employees of each grade in her Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disc; how many of her Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of (i) her Department and (ii) her Department's agencies has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of her Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. [168269]
Mr. Dhanda: I refer the hon. Member to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 21 November, Official Report, column 1179 in which he announced a review to be carried out by the Cabinet Secretary and security experts across all Departments and agencies of their procedures for the storage and use of data. A statement on Departments' procedures will be made on completion of the review.
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what procedures are in place in her Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. [168480]
Mr. Dhanda: I refer my hon. Friend to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 21 November 2007, Official Report, column 1179. The review by the Cabinet Secretary and security experts is looking at procedures within Departments and agencies for the storage and use of data. A statement on Departments' procedures will be made on completion of the review.
Mr. Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether her Department’s information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. [168752]
Mr. Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many breaches of data protection security there were in her Department or her Department's agencies in each of the last five years; and if she will provide details of each breach. [168843]
Mr. Dhanda: I refer the hon. Member to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 21 November 2007, Official Report, column 1179. The review by the Cabinet Secretary and security experts is looking at procedures within Departments and agencies for the storage and use of data. A statement on Departments' procedures will be made on completion of the review.
Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the office costs for her Department’s special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. [164933]
Mr. Dhanda: Two civil servants support the special advisers in the offices of the Secretary of State and the Minister for Housing. Both civil servants provide support of a non-political nature, in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers. They also provide support to the private offices.
Individual civil servants’ salary details are not disclosed in order to protect the privacy of the individual concerned.
Departmental Pay
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people in her Department and its predecessors were paid over £100,000 in each year since 1997. [167188]
Mr. Dhanda: The following table presents the numbers of staff earning an annual salary of more than £100,000 in each complete financial year since the formation of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in May 2002. The information is drawn from published departmental annual reports.
| Department to which figure refers | Number of staff with salary exceeding £100,000 pa | |
Development Plans
Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities have (a) submitted area action plans, (b) had area action plans approved and (c) withdrawn area action plans under the new local development framework. [168950]
Yvette Cooper [holding answer 29 November 2007]: The information requested is in the following table.
| (a) Submitted area action plans | |
| Local Authority | Title |
| (b) Had Area Action Plans approved | |
| Local Authority | Title |
| (c) Have withdrawn area action plans following submission | |
| Local Authority | Title |
Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities' area action plans are subject to current planning inspectors' examinations. [168951]
Yvette Cooper [holding answer 29 November 2007]: The following local authorities have area action plans that are subject to current planning inspector's examinations.
| Local a uthority | Title |
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