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Departmental Email
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills if he will take steps to reduce the number of hard copies of emails printed by officials in his Department. [179466]
Mr. Lammy: I am conscious of the need to minimise the printing of emails. Staff in the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills are generally aware of, and anxious to support, sustainability issues. We have recently reduced the number of printers in the Department, we encourage double-sided printing, and we have also issued all staff with encrypted laptops, which they are encouraged to use flexibly, for example, by taking them to meetings to reduce the need to print off hard copies of agendas or minutes.
Departmental ICT
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the (a) start date, (b) original planned completion date, (c) current expected completion date, (d) planned cost and (e) current estimated cost is of each information technology project being undertaken by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. [180571]
Mr. Lammy: As far as we are aware, the following lists the projects currently being undertaken.
| Projects | Start date | Original planned completion date | Current expected completion date | Planned cost (£) | Current estimated cost (£) |
Departmental Information Officers
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department has employed since its establishment. [182516]
Mr. Lammy: The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was formed on 28 June 2007 as a result of the machinery of Government changes.
It currently employs 13 full-time press officers. It does not currently have a ‘communication officer grade’ within its communications function.
The ‘White Book’ of contacts in Government Departments and agencies contains listings for DIUS and is updated twice yearly.
Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills whether any of his Department’s special advisers also work for organisations outside his Department. [178478]
Mr. Lammy: Special advisers are appointed under terms and conditions set out in the “Model Contract” and “Code of Conduct for Special Advisers”, copies of which are in the Library of the House.
Departmental Telephone Services
Rob Marris: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many 0845 or similar cost telephone numbers are used by (a) his Department and (b) related departmental bodies for public access to services. [179377]
Mr. Lammy [holding answer 28 January 2008]: Comprehensive information about 0845 and similar numbers is not readily available centrally and to respond fully would involve an extensive information collection exercise which would exceed the recommended disproportionate cost threshold. However, using a variety of information and data sources, I can confirm that the following numbers are in use:
Graduates
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what his estimate is of the number of graduates who will leave university in each year between 2007-08 and 2017-18. [173208]
Bill Rammell [holding answer 11 December 2007]: The Government do not make projections about the number of students graduating from higher education. But increasing and widening participation in HE is a priority for social and economic reasons. To achieve a world-class skills profile for the UK, we will need to deliver higher-level skills training to adults already in the workforce, as well as continuing to take action to meet our existing commitment to make progress towards a 50 per cent. HE participation rate for people aged 18-30. We will aim for at least 36% of adults to be qualified to at least Level 4 by 2014, up from 29 per cent. in 2005 and 40 per cent. by 2020. We are on target to achieve this.
Higher Education Funding Council for England: Circulars
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many circulars were sent out by the Higher Education Funding Council for England in each month since January 2002. [185694]
Bill Rammell: The following table contains details of the number of circulars sent out by the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) in each month since January 2002. The figures represent numbered HEFCE publications and circular letters sent to vice-chancellors and principals.
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