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Statistics on responsibility level by region are not published. In order to provide this information, an ad hoc analysis has been required. This analysis is based on the Mandate survey which currently provides approximately 90 per cent coverage of Civil Service departments and agencies.
| Civil service—employees in the north-east by responsibility level, 30 September 2006 | |
| Full-time equivalents | |
| Responsibility level | Percentage |
| Source: Mandate | |
Please note that since 1 April 1996 all departments and agencies have had delegated responsibility for the pay and grading of their employees, except for those in the Senior Civil Service (SCS).
Departments and agencies have developed their own pay and grading systems, and it has become less appropriate to present statistics in terms of the previous Service-wide grades.
The distinction between non-industrial and industrial grades has also become less meaningful as departments and agencies have introduced their own grades.
Instead, the concept of broad ‘responsibility levels’ is used, in which departmental grades have been assigned to levels broadly equivalent (in terms of pay and job weight) to the former Service-wide grades and in recent years it has become necessary to amalgamate some of these broad levels further.
Employees on temporary promotion are reported at the higher level rather than at their substantive grade.
Climate Change
Rob Marris: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 to adapt to the effects of climate change as they affect his Departmental responsibilities; and if he will make a statement. [165035]
Angela Eagle [holding answer 6 December 2007]: The draft Climate Change Bill, which has just been introduced into Parliament, proposes to set out a requirement for the Government to produce the first UK risk assessment on climate change within three years. Following this, it is proposed that the Government will update the risk report and programme on a five-yearly basis, with one informing the other.
In addition, the cross-Government Adaptation Policy Framework will set out the Government's overall intentions in relation to adapting to the effects of climate change.
As a result of the impacts of climate change, the annual costs of flooding to homes, businesses and infrastructure could increase. The Government announced in the 2007 comprehensive spending review that funding for flood and coastal erosion risk management across Government will increase to £800 million in 2010-11. The Government will also introduce an adaptation toolkit of £10 million per year to assist communities in adapting to change where constructing defences is not the most appropriate means of managing flood and coastal erosion risk.
Customs Officers: Job Satisfaction
Justine Greening: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of levels of staff satisfaction amongst customs officers in HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement. [174517]
Jane Kennedy: The latest staff survey figures for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs are for summer 2007 and are available on the HMRC website.
Customs Officers: Manpower
Justine Greening: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many HM Revenue and Customs customs officers were employed combating (a) missing trader intra-community and (b) excise fraud in each year since 2003; and if he will make a statement. [174515]
Jane Kennedy: There are no separate group of staff identified as “customs officers”.
The full-time equivalents (FYE) of staff employed to tackle missing trader intra-community fraud for 2005-06 to 2006-07 and fraud in alcohol, oils and tobacco for 2005-06 and 2006-07 are shown in the following table (figures for 2003-04 to 2004-05 are not available).
| MTIC | Excise | |
Departmental Data Protection
Mr. Wallace: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs are responsible for monitoring and reviewing security arrangements to ensure that policy, standards and procedures for information security remain up-to-date; [169756]
(2) what dedicated security branches (a) the Inland Revenue and (b) HM Customs and Excise had; and how many officials were assigned to each of them; [169757]
(3) what dedicated security branches HM Revenue and Customs has; and how many officials are assigned to them. [169758]
Jane Kennedy: HMRC Security and Business Continuity is responsible for setting standards and policy, for providing specialist advice and guidance and personnel security vetting, and providing independent assurance on security business continuity within the Department. This central role is in addition to the responsibility of individual business units to maintain and monitor security arrangements.
At 1 December 2007 there were (a) 7.2 officials in HM Treasury’s Group Security Unit and (b) 73 officials working in HM Revenue and Customs’ Security and Business Continuity Team. In addition, it is the responsibility of each individual line manager to ensure that their staff follow the department’s security procedures.
The Inland Revenue had a Departmental Security Unit comprising 41 officials.
HM Customs and Excise had a Departmental Security Unit comprising 50 officials.
The figures quoted are on the basis of full-time equivalent staff in post, rounded to the nearest whole number, as at 31 March 2005.
Departmental ICT
James Brokenshire: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many attempted hacking, suspected cyber attacks or other malicious computer security breaches were committed against the computer systems of (a) his Department and ( b) HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last three years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. [167990]
Angela Eagle: It is not in the interests of the UK’s national security for departments to confirm whether they hold information about attacks against their IT systems. This would enable individuals to deduce how successful the UK is in detecting these attacks and so assist such persons in testing the effectiveness of the UK’s IT defences. This is not in the public interest.
Departmental Public Expenditure
Mr. Letwin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Winter Supplementary Estimates (HC 29), if he will break down his Department's (a) main estimate and (b) winter supplementary estimate provision by subhead in (i) near cash and (ii) non-cash terms. [174985]
Angela Eagle: The following table sets out the near cash and non-cash elements of HM Treasury's 2007-08 Supply Estimates.
| £000 | |||||
| Estimate | RfR | Section | Near cash | Non cash | Net Total |
Departmental Redundancies
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost was of redundancies in his Department in the 12 months preceding (a) 30 June 2004, (b) 30 June 2005 and (c) 30 June 2006. [175335]
Angela Eagle: As provided in the answer given by the then Financial Secretary (John Healey) on 2 March 2007, Official Report, column 1574W, the costs of early severance and early retirement for the Department during the financial years 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 are as follows.
| £000 | |
Costs for the financial year 2005-06 have been restated to take account of programme early retirement costs, previously omitted in error. Reapportioned costs for 12-month periods, with a 30 June year-end, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Secondment
Mrs. May: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many secondments of staff were made (a) to and (b) from his Department in each year since 1997; which organisations staff were seconded (i) to and (ii) from; how many staff were seconded in each year; for how long each secondment lasted; and what the cost was of each secondment in each year. [167240]
Angela Eagle: The information requested is as follows:
(a) Secondments to the Department
Organisations who have seconded employees to the Department since 1997 are:
3i
Accenture
Army
Arthur Anderson
Audit Commission
Australian Department of Finance
Australian Treasury
Bank of England
Bechtel
BP
Brunswick Public Relations
BZW
Camden Council
Christian Action Research and Education
City of London
Clifford Chance
Competition Commission
Coopers/Lybrand
Deloitte Touche
Dilston Management
English Nature
Ernst and Young
Estonian Ministry of Finance
European Commission
Financial Services Authority
Health Development Agency
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