Written Answers to Questions

Monday 3 March 2008

Scotland

Departmental Advertising

Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was spent on advertising by (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which his Department is responsible in each year since 2005. [187715]

David Cairns: The Scotland Office spent £17,510 in 2006-07 and nothing in 2005-06 on advertising.

Departmental Homeworking

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people in his Department have been able to work from home in the last 12 months. [189775]

David Cairns: All the staff in the Scotland Office are on secondment from the Scottish Executive or the
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Ministry of Justice, which are both committed to achieving a work life balance for all staff. No staff in the Office have formally worked from home in the last year.

Departmental Public Relations

Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which public relations companies had contracts with (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which his Department is responsible since 2004. [187716]

David Cairns: The Scotland Office has incurred no expenditure on public relations since 2004.

Departmental Travel

Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many journeys his Department's (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants made between London and Scotland on official business in each month since May 2007. [187062]

David Cairns: The information requested is set out in the following table. There were no journeys by car. In relation to ministerial journeys, the information relates to travel paid by the Scotland Office. This does not include weekly travel between London and Ministers' homes in Scotland, paid by the House of Commons.

Number
Air Rail
Ministers Civil Servants Ministers Civil Servants

May 2007

0.5

22.0

0.5

8.0

June

4.0

29.5

11.0

July

1.5

23.5

12.5

August

1.0

7.0

4.0

September

2.0

17.5

7.5

October

26.5

7.0

November

0.5

18.0

10.0

December

0.5

16.5

5.5

January 2008

3.5

21.5

8.5

Note: A return journey is classed as one journey; if, for example, the outward leg of a journey is undertaken by air and the return by train, this is shown as 0.5 of a journey under each column.

Fairtrade Initiative

Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will take steps to promote fair trade fortnight 2008 among staff within his Department; and if he will make a statement. [189507]

David Cairns: Fairtrade fortnight was recently promoted on the intranet to which all staff in the Scotland Office have access.

Mineral Waters

Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many litres of bottled water were purchased by his Department in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [191256]

David Cairns: The Scotland Office does not centrally record the number of litres of bottled water that are purchased.

Transport

A1: North Yorkshire

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what response she has made to the inspector’s report into the proposed A1 upgrade between Dishforth and Barton. [187043]


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Mr. Tom Harris: The inspector’s report is currently being considered and a decision on the published scheme will be made as soon as possible.

Departmental Manpower

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) staff and (b) full-time equivalent staff under 18 years are employed by her Department. [189076]

Jim Fitzpatrick: Civil service statistics are collected by ONS from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. The latest published statistics are for the year to 30 September 2006. This shows for the Department for Transport a headcount of 20 and 10 FTEs aged under 18 years.

Departmental Pay

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in her Department. [188796]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The salary range for each pay band in the Department for Transport is given in the following tables which show the minimum and maximum salary for each grade encompassing the individual pay rates of the central Department and agencies.


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£
Grade Location Minimum Maximum

AA

Outside London

10,850

16,141

London

13,865

19,973

AO

Outside London

14,742

19,853

London

17,499

23,355

EO

Outside London

18,689

26,099

London

22,086

28,706

HEO

Outside London

23,147

33,260

London

25,949

36,238

HEO/SEO

Outside London

28,356

33,710

London

31,369

37,291

SEO

Outside London

30,625

41,692

London

34,199

47,258

Grade 7

Outside London

38,269

56,830

London

43,440

67,248

Grade 6

Outside London

48,070

64,787

London

54,508

68,190


£
Grade Minimum Ceiling

SCSPB1

56,100

116,000

SCSPB2

81,600

160,000

SCSPB3

99,960

205,000


Specialist grades which are outside of the aforementioned
£
Minimum Maximum

Traffic management

1A

16,719

18,466

1B

17,248

20,912

2

23,716

28,751

3

37,516

45,478

Accident and nuclear

SEO

53,481

62,792

Grade 7

65,500

75,000

Grade 6

72,500

85,000

Coastguard technical S level

34,564

43,525

Senior driving examiners

24,258

26,866


John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the current average basic pay for full-time equivalent (a) men and (b) women in (i) AA, (ii) AO and (iii) EO or equivalent grades is in each of her Department’s bargaining units. [190272]

Jim Fitzpatrick [holding answer 28 February 2008]: The current average basic pay for men and women within each of the Department’s bargaining units is shown in the following table. London and outside London salaries are included within the averages shown.

£
AA AO EO
Female Male Female Male Female Male

DfT(C)

16,902.33

17,341.00

22,196.29

21,903.30

25,958.74

26,410.67

VOSA

12,510.00

16,240.00

16,860.00

20,520.00

22,600.00

25,970.00

DVLA

13,653.90

13,486.41

16,656.34

16,710.04

20,315.39

20,344.85

VCA

15,660.00

14,895.00

18,343.00

18,259.00

22,250.00

23,032.00

HA

15,688.00

15,402.00

16,653.00

16,530.00

20,459.00

20,300.00

MCA

13,751.74

13,581.47

16,838.16

17,178.70

21,880.16

23,215.66

DSA

14,855.50

14,600.20

17,276.50

17,205.46

21,802.30

21,685.47

GCDA

21,749.01

21,134.34

25,391.66

26,228.63

Note:
VOSA levels made up of both technical and non-technical staff. Technical posts attract a market premium and these posts are predominantly filled by male staff.

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