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Departmental Correspondence
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many letters his Department received from hon. Members and Peers in each session of Parliament since 1997. [174934]
Mr. Bradshaw: The Cabinet Office, on an annual basis, publishes a report to Parliament on the performance of departments in replying to Members/Peers correspondence. Information relating to 2007 will be published as soon as it has been collated. The report for 2006 was published on 28 March 2007, Official Report, columns 101-04WS. Reports for earlier years are available in the Library.
Departmental Internet
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library a copy of the site map for his Department's Delphi staff intranet. [165713]
Mr. Bradshaw: A copy of the site map for the Department's staff intranet, Delphi, has been placed in the Library.
Departmental Manpower
Mr. Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. [163977]
Mr. Bradshaw: The full-time equivalent headcount for the Department is contained in quarterly workforce statistics published by ONS, which can be found at:
Forecasts for 2008-09 and 2009-10 will be established through a business planning exercise which will begin shortly.
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) men and (b) women are employed by his Department, broken down by civil service grade. [172691]
Mr. Bradshaw: This information has been provided by the Office for National Statistics in Table H on page 28 of the amendment to Civil Service Statistics 2006 published on 19 July 2007, which can be found at:
Departmental Pay
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of his Department’s staff are employed within each salary band; what the title and role of each position within each salary band is; and for each salary band what the (a) bonus structure, (b) retirement provision, (c) expenses provision, (d) total expenses incurred in each of the last 10 years, (e) average age of employee, (f) number of (i) women and (ii) men and (g) ethnic composition is. [171408]
Mr. Bradshaw: Figures showing how many departmental staff—and what proportion of staff—are employed within each salary band, are presented in the following table. Figures include all people currently on the Department’s payroll.
| Salary band | Number of staff in band | Proportion of total staff in band (percentage) |
As the Department has over 2,000 members of staff, the question as to what the title and role of each position within each salary band is can be produced only at disproportionate cost.
The Department operates a recognised civil service grade structure, with an associated reward policy.
Special bonuses can be awarded to any member of staff in recognition of work beyond their normal range of duties. Annual bonuses are paid to staff who are members of the senior civil service (SCS). Details of arrangements, including provision for bonuses, can be found in the Human Resource Practitioners’ Guide to SCS reward benefits and recruitment which is available at the civil service website at:
Details of retirement provision can be found on the civil service pensions website at:
Expenses provision is not recorded by salary band and to derive the figures requested would incur disproportionate costs.
However, total expenses incurred overall form part of the “Department of Health Resource Accounts” which are laid before Parliament annually, and are available in the Library.
The average age of employees is currently 42.2 years.
Information on the number of women and men and ethnic composition within the Department has been provided by the Office for National Statistics in table H on page 28 of the amendment to Civil Service Statistics 2006 published on 19 July 2007, which can be found at:
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2007, Official Report, column 303W, on departmental pay, how many of those earning over £100,000 were employed as (a) special advisers and (b) in a political role in each year since 1997. [177186]
Mr. Bradshaw: Since 2003, the Government have published on an annual basis the number of special advisers in each pay band. For the most recent information I refer the hon. Member to the statement made by my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister on Thursday 22 November 2007, Official Report, columns 147-51WS.
Information on the numbers and costs of special advisers prior to 2003 was provided at regular intervals and this information is available in the Library.
Departmental Public Bodies
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 13 November 2007, Official Report, column 188W, on departmental bodies, if he will (a) place in the Library a copy of the survey carried out in autumn 2006 and (b) provide a list of all such groups that are currently being run by his Department. [167797]
Mr. Bradshaw: The survey carried out in autumn 2006 by the Department was a short-term project to identify the number of working groups that existed at the time. A copy of the survey questions and the list of groups identified have been placed in the Library. There is no current update of the survey results.
Departmental Public Buildings
Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 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. [172292]
Mr. Bradshaw [holding answer 10 December 2007]: The National Health Service Environmental Assessment Tool kit (NEAT) is the Department's response to the Government's objective of a sustainable construction programme through the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology (BREEAM).
All NHS capital development schemes must submit a NEAT as part of their Appointment of Preferred Bidder Case or Full Business Case for private finance initiative (PFI) and public capital funded schemes respectively. To be approved the business case must demonstrate a commitment to meeting the NEAT score rating of ‘excellent’ for a new build or ‘Very Good’ for a refurbishment scheme. All business cases approved by the Department in the last five years and for which records are held centrally have therefore done so. The full list of these schemes and their construction (capital) costs is in the following table.
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