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Departmental Buildings

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of new buildings approved by his Department were built to the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (a) very good and (b) excellent standard in each of the last five years; and what the construction cost of those buildings was. [172283]


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Jonathan Shaw: The Secretary of State can confirm that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) approved four new buildings through the period 2003-07. Of these 25 per cent. achieved very good and 75 per cent. achieved excellent under the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) methodology, the very good rated project was a high containment laboratory complex.

DEFRA is unable to provide full construction cost breakdown for these projects at this time as all developer/contractor cost information is not held centrally.

These details will be provided to the right hon. Member for Hazel Grove by 25 January 2008.

In addition to the above DEFRA completed five number major refurbishments through 2003-07 and of these 40 per cent. achieved very good and 20 per cent. achieved an excellent rating under the BREEAM methodology.

Departmental Data Protection

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many confirmed security breaches of databases controlled by his Department occurred in each of the last five years; whether the breach resulted from internal or external sources in each case; how many records were compromised on each occasion; and what estimate was made of the total number of records accessible to the individuals concerned. [173689]

Jonathan Shaw: Except in exceptional cases, when it is in the public interest, it has been the policy of successive Governments not to comment on breaches of security.

Departmental Pay

David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many Departmental employees were paid (a) over £60,000 and (b) over £100,000 per annum, inclusive of bonuses, in the most recent financial year for which figures are available. [173104]

Jonathan Shaw: In the 2006-07 financial year 290 staff were paid between £60,000 and £100,000 and 28 staff were paid over £100,000 per annum, inclusive of bonuses.

This data relates to staff in core-DEFRA and those Agencies covered by the core-Department’s reward arrangements (Animal Health, Pesticides Safety Directorate, Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Marine and Fisheries Agency and Government Decontamination Services).

Bonuses are used to reward excellent performance during the year, and are based on a judgment of how well an individual has performed relative to their peers. Performance related pay schemes encourage high attainment because bonuses have to be earned each year. They help drive high performance in departments and agencies and support better public service delivery.


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Departmental Procurement

Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt. [172320]

Jonathan Shaw: Yes, the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by the Department in procurement of goods and services from the private sector include a prohibition against assignment. This is a common provision where one party does not wish to deal with a third party it has not chosen to deal with as the other contracting party.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Mr. Letwin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 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. [174989]

Jonathan Shaw: Near-cash and non-cash are essentially used as Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) budgetary control concepts and are not specifically identified with voted resources in estimates. However, we have been able to break down net total resources for each section in the Part II: Subhead detail table of our Main Estimate and Winter Supplementary Estimate as follows:


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Part II Subhead—Main Estimate
£000
Non-cash Near-cash Net total resource

Spending in Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL)

Central Government spending

A

Animal Health and Welfare

301,914

301,914

B

Environment

1,104,082

1,104,082

C

Sustainable Farming Food and Fisheries

88,313

88,313

D

Natural Resources and Rural Affairs

343,119

343,119

E

Departmental Operations

23,712

204,867

228,579

F

Rural Payments Agency EC Funded

2,297,122

2,297,122

G

Rural Payments Agency running costs

157,882

157,882

H

Rural Payments Agency other

82,400

82,400

I

Other executive agencies

29,438

106,811

136,249

Support for local authorities

J

Environment

144,537

144,537

K

Rural Payments Agency EC Funded

4,992

4,992

Spending in Annually Managed Expenditure (AME)

Central Government spending

L

Environment

55,600

55,600

Non-Budget

M

Environment

692,778

692,778

N

Sustainable Farming Food and Fisheries

9,391

9,391

O

Natural Resources and Rural Affairs

199,654

199,654

P

Departmental Operations

24,899

24,899

Q

Rural Payments Agency EC Funded

R

Other executive agencies

Total for Estimate

191,150

5,680,361

5,871,511



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Part II Subhead—Winter Supplementary Estimate
£000
Non-cash Near-cash Net Total Resource

Spending in Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL)

Central Government spending

A

Animal Health and Welfare

262,119

262,119

B

Environment

919,763

919,763

C

Sustainable Farming Food and Fisheries

84,314

84,314

D

Natural Resources and Rural Affairs

328,861

328,861

E

Departmental Operations

34,712

216,053

250,765

F

Rural Payments Agency EC Funded

0

2,297,207

2,297,207

G

Rural Payments Agency running costs

21,815

244,224

266,039

H

Rural Payments Agency other

82,400

82,400

I

Other executive agencies

32,115

107,455

139,570

Support for local authorities

J

Environment

144,537

144,537

K

Rural Payments Agency EC Funded

4,992

4,992

Spending in Annually Managed Expenditure (AME)

Central Government spending

L Environment

55,600

55,600

Non-Budget

M

Environment

693,930

693,930

N

Sustainable Farming Food and Fisheries

9,391

9,391

O

Natural Resources and Rural Affairs

200,207

200,207

P

Departmental Operations

24,899

24,899

Q

Rural Payments Agency EC Funded

R

Other executive agencies

Spending in Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL)

Central Government spending

S

Local Area Agreements

118,621

118,621

Total for Estimate

226,642

5,656,573

5,883,215


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