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Departmental Homeworking

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people in his Department have been authorised to work from home in the last 12 months. [189787]


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Kevin Brennan: ( )The Department was formed on 28 June 2007. Home working is available to all staff( )as part of my Department's flexible working arrangements and currently 50 per cent. of staff( )can access the Department's IT infrastructure from home.

Departmental ICT

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many of his Department's personal digital assistants have been (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last five years; and what the value of those items was. [185281]

Kevin Brennan: In the last five years four personal digital assistants (PDA) were reported as lost or stolen as follows:

Number Valued at (£)

2006-07

1

180

2004-05

3

116


Departmental Impact Assessments

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many regulatory impact assessments his Department has conducted in the last 12 months. [191276]

Kevin Brennan: ( )Regulatory impact assessments were replaced with impact assessments in May 2007.( )The new requirement was that any new policies would be assessed using the new( )framework from the beginning of the parliamentary Session in November 2007. Details( )of the regulatory impact assessments that were published by my Department are( )available from the House Library.

Departmental Marketing

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. [179911]

Kevin Brennan: To provide a comprehensive answer would incur disproportionate costs.

Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether any of his Department's special advisers have declared a conflict of interest. [164509]

Kevin Brennan: Special advisers are appointed under terms and conditions set out in the “Model Contract for Special Advisers”. Copies of the “Model Contract” are available in the House Libraries.

Departmental Pay

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in his Department. [188806]


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Kevin Brennan: The salary range for each pay band in my Department is set out as follows.

£
London National
Min Max Min Max

Grade group 1

Support grade band 2

16,308

17,227

13,223

13,986

Grade group 2

Executive assistant

18,415

19,906

15,260

16,485

Support grade band 1

18,611

19,906

15,360

16,485

Support manager 3

21,287

22,999

17,875

19,374

Modern apprentice grades

Advanced modern apprentice

18,415

19,906

15,260

16,485

Grade group 3

Executive officer (EO)

22,390

25,533

19,387

22,336

EO (accountant)

27,218

31,367

22,805

26,286

Typing manager

22,989

26,180

19,374

22,347

EO (specialist)

25,824

30,188

22,995

26,886

Grade group 4

Higher executive officer (HEO)

27,360

31,367

24,226

27,940

HEO (accountant/auditor)

33,566

38,664

30,300

34,947

HEO (specialist)

30,042

34,938

26,917

31,458

Grade group 5

Senior executive officer (SEO)

32,940

37,932

29,711

34,241

SEO (accountant/auditor)

38,345

44,233

34,966

40,296

SEO (specialist)

36,689

42,870

34,089

40,601

Senior professional and technical officer

39,527

46,181

Grade group 6

Grade 7

45,123

54,624

41,486

50,187

Grade 7 (accountant/auditor)

46,000

54,626

42,200

50,188

Grade group 7

Grade 6

54,630

66,247

50,200

61,661

Children services adviser

65,013

76,425

(1)

(1)

Fast stream

AT/HEO(D)

27,360

37,932

24,226

34,241

Senior civil service

Pay band 1

56,100

116,000

(1)

(1)

Pay band 1A

65,280

127,000

(1)

(1)

Pay band 2

81,600

160,000

(1)

(1)

Pay band 3

99,960

205,000

(1)

(1)

(1) As London

Departmental Public Participation

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the publicity budget was for the Time to Talk consultation. [178938]


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Kevin Brennan: The total publicity costs for the Time to Talk consultation were £308,270.24.

Departmental Retirement

Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many of his Department’s staff retired on the grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. [187885]

Kevin Brennan: The Department was set up as part of the Machinery of Government changes on 28 June 2007, so departmental information on retirements is only available from then. There have been no stress-related medical retirements in my Department in the period since that date.

The Department has policies in place to reduce work related stress including a range of measures to support managers and employees on health and wellbeing issues. These include the provision of professional counselling and support from the Department’s Employee Assistance Provider, Right Corecare. My Department has piloted a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Stress Questionnaire and conducted Individual Stress Risk Assessments for employees who require them. It will shortly be launching a comprehensive Stress Prevention Policy, based on recognised HSE Management Standards.

Departmental Translation Services

Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much was spent on translation services by his Department and its predecessor, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) in 2007-08 to date. [187985]

Kevin Brennan: Details of expenditure on translation services incurred by the Department over the last five years are set out as follows;

£

2007-08

(1)5,309.26

2006-07

3,169.14

2005-06

1,152.11

2004-05

9,878.45

2003-04

15,462.62

(1) Up to and including February

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