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Departmental Pay
Mr. Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what bonuses were paid by his Department in 2007-08; to which members of staff; and for what purposes. [239664]
Huw Irranca-Davies: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. and learned Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Pensions
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) Classic, (b) Classic Plus, (c) Nuvos and (d) Premium civil service pension schemes. [229534]
Huw Irranca-Davies:
The following table provides the figures for each organisation. Data for Core DEFRA, RPA, CEFAS and VLA are from the pension
administrator’s database, data for CSL were taken from their internal HR database. All data are as of the last (October) payroll update.
| Number | Percentage | |
|
Core DEFRA (including Animal Health, Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Marine and Fisheries Agency and the Government Decontamination Service) | ||
Departmental Postal Services
Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department uses the Royal Mail as the primary company for sending its post, parcels and packages. [238322]
Huw Irranca-Davies: For the period 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2008 the postal service providers that carried most of the (a) letters and (b) parcels sent by the core-Department in each of the last three years were Royal Mail and Amtrak respectively.
Departmental Press Releases
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each year since 1997-98; and if he will make a statement. [238976]
Huw Irranca-Davies: This information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Procurement
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether there has been any nugatory cost to his Department and its agencies relating to tendered procurement where the tender process has been cancelled prior to the award of the contract in the last three years. [239640]
Huw Irranca-Davies: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Property
Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on maintaining its domestic properties in each of the last five years. [238735]
Huw Irranca-Davies [holding answer 24 November 2008]: The Department has expended the following amounts on maintaining its residential dwellings in each of the last five years:
| £ | |
Departmental Public Expenditure
Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much expenditure from the public purse for which his Department is responsible was incurred in 2007-08 in respect of (a) Balmoral Transport Service, (b) MC Chauffeurs and (c) Stratstone; and what the purpose was of such expenditure. [239611]
Huw Irranca-Davies: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Public Opinion
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on (a) focus groups and (b) opinion polls in each year since 1997-98; how much he estimates will be spent on each category in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. [239035]
Huw Irranca-Davies: This information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Public Relations
Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department spent on external (a) public affairs and (b) public relations consultants in each of the last five years. [233269]
Huw Irranca-Davies
[holding answer 4 November 2008]: In DEFRA, public relations covers a wide range of activity which forms an important element of a broader communications mix. This can include advertising, direct
marketing, live events and publications. The following table shows what public relations activity was procured via DEFRA’s Communications Directorate since FY 2004-05 using the COI Public Relations Framework.
| Financial year | PR agency | Campaign | Expenditure (£) |
|
Act On CO2 campaign (including a series of regional roadshows) | |||
We do not collate expenditure under the heading ‘public affairs’.
Departmental Research
Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on joint research projects of each type with (a) universities and (b) companies in each of the last five years; and what the name of each company was. [237232]
Hilary Benn: The information requested is as follows:
1. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has spent the following total amounts on joint research projects with universities and companies in the last five years:
| £ | |
These figures include amounts spent to date for the 2008-09 financial year
2. The financial year breakdown are as follows:
| £ | |
| 1: Universities | |
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