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Teachers’ TV Board of Governors;
Training and Development Agency for Schools.
Departmental Pay
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department and its agencies spent on end-of-year bonus payments in each of the last five years. [171544]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested is as follows:
| Count | Cost (£) | |
Information for previous years is not held.
Departmental Publications
Mr. Randall: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what public information booklets were published by his Department in 2007; and what the (a) print run and (b) cost to the Department was in each case. [185795]
Kevin Brennan: This information would be available only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Publicity
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time equivalent staff are responsible for brand management and marketing in his Department and its agencies. [165233]
Kevin Brennan: The Department currently has one full-time corporate brand and publications manager, and 16.7 full-time equivalent staff working across a wide range of marketing functions. Information about staffing in arms length bodies is not held centrally.
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department, its predecessors and its agencies spent on staff working on (a) marketing and (b) branding in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. [167311]
Kevin Brennan: Due to a major recent reorganisation of how the Department handles its communications function, historical information can be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, the Department is currently spending an annual equivalent of £801,710 on staff working on marketing and £33,417 on staff working on branding.
Information about staffing in arms length bodies is not held centrally.
Departmental Recruitment
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department’s recruitment policy. [179874]
Kevin Brennan: The Department’s recruitment policy will not be affected. Recruitment to the civil service on the grounds of nationality is statutorily based and supported by the Civil Service Commissioners Rules.
Departmental Recycling
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his Department's policy is on recycling. [174408]
Kevin Brennan: The Department's environmental management systems ensure that our waste is managed in a responsible and legally compliant manner. We:
Reduce the need to recycle and make recycling easier;
Identify materials which may be reusable or recyclable;
Feed back re-usable waste into the Department's own management systems;
Re-use, recycle segregate and legally store and dispose of waste;
Keep reviewing this policy to ensure if aligns with Government intent and adopt any new initiatives, where appropriate;
Encourage the generation of new ideas by staff to improve our waste handling;
Learn from our peers in the public sector and benchmark our progress; and
Work with our recycling suppliers to develop more sustainable methods and reward innovation.
In the Department's Sustainable Development in Government return for 2005/06 we were pleased to report 43 per cent. of our waste recycled and the 2010 target already met. The Departments return for 2006/07 is due for publication by the Sustainable Development Commission soon.
Departmental Responsibilities
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what (a) reviews, (b) consultations and (c) taskforces his Department is (i) responsible for and (ii) scheduled to undertake; on what date each (A) started and (B) is expected to be completed; and what the purpose is of each. [170786]
Kevin Brennan [holding answer 3 December 2007]: To provide a full breakdown of reviews, consultations and taskforces for which the Department is responsible would incur disproportionate cost. The consultations currently being carried out by the Department's central consultation unit are as follows:
Departmental Security
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will list the (a) special advisers and (b) Ministerial appointees in possession of a security pass enabling access to his Department’s main building in the month prior to the prorogation of Parliament for the 2005 general election. [182208]
Kevin Brennan: It is established practice not to provide details on pass access to Government buildings for security reasons.
Departmental Sick Leave
Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of working days lost by his Department’s staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available. [187883]
Kevin Brennan: The percentage of working days lost by my Department’s staff attributed to stress-related conditions during the six months from July to December amount to 15 per cent. of all working days lost due to sickness absence. The Department was set up as part of the Machinery of Government changes on 28 June 2007, so the percentage is based on figures from 1 July to 31 December 2007 (the latest information available).
The Department is committed to providing a safe working environment and has put in place a range of measures to support managers and employees on health and wellbeing issues, including the provision of professional counselling and support from the Department’s Employee Assistance Provider, Right Corecare. The Department has piloted a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Stress Questionnaire in one part of the organisation and conducted Individual Stress Risk Assessments for employees who require them. It will shortly be launching a comprehensive Stress Prevention Policy, based on HSE Management Standards.
Departmental Temporary Employment
Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. [187794]
Kevin Brennan: The Department was established in June 2007. The average hourly rate paid by my Department to employment agencies for agency staff in the financial year 2007-08 is set out in the following table.
| Average hourly charge rate | |||
| £ | |||
| Grade | Adecco | Hays | Reed |
| (1) Grades AA and AO have now been replaced by EA. | |||
Departmental Vehicles
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by his Department and its predecessor in each of the last 10 years. [183292]
Kevin Brennan:
The number of vehicles owned and purchased by the Department for Children, Schools
and Families and its predecessor is as follows and is subject to a statutory disposal schedule of seven years.
| Vehicles owned | Vehicles purchased | |
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