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Departmental Absenteeism
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the rate of staff (a) absence and (b) sickness absence was in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its non-departmental public bodies in each year since its inception; what the target rates set for his Department are in each case; and if he will make a statement. [239140]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Buildings
Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the cost to his Department of provision of office facilities to (a) special advisers and (b) press officers (i) was in the last 12 months and (ii) has been since 1997-98. [231691]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Catering
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. [237410]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Department for Children, Schools and Families does not directly subsidise, from public funds, the food and drink that is on sale to staff. However, it does pay its catering supplier an annual management fee to cover their costs in delivering the service. The Department does not retain information on its agencies at official premises.
Departmental Civil Servants
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many civil servants have been employed by each of his Department’s non-departmental public bodies in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement. [239138]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Department’s Executive non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) are non-Crown bodies and employees are not civil servants—although civil servants can be seconded or loaned to NDPBs. Information on the number of employees in executive NDPBs is published in the annual Cabinet Office “Public Bodies” publication. Copies are available from the Libraries of the House and from my Department’s website at:
Advisory NDPBs do not usually employ staff. They are typically supported by civil servants from the sponsoring Department.
Departmental Consultants
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultancy in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement. [239139]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings
Mr. Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what sanctions are available in cases of departmental staff found to have committed disciplinary offences; and how many times each has been used in each of the last three years. [230209]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Early Retirement
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many employees in his Department have taken early retirement since its inception; and at what total cost. [238964]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Electronic Equipment
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department and its predecessor have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. [237437]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Gifts
Mr. Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many staff in his Department have received gifts valued at £100 or higher in the course of their duties in each of the last three years; what these gifts were; and from whom they were received in each case. [239636]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental ICT
Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) memory sticks, (b) laptop computers, (c) desktop computers, (d) hard drives and (e) mobile telephones were (i) lost by and (ii) stolen from his Department in each year since its inception. [234093]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Equipment reported as lost, missing or stolen in the financial year 2007/08 is as follows:
| 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |||
| (i) lost | (ii) stolen | (i) lost | (ii) stolen | |
Departmental Land
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much surplus land his Department owns; and what the (a) area and (b) estimated monetary value of each site is. [236433]
Jim Knight: The Department has no surplus land to report on.
Departmental Manpower
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by his Department in each year since its inception; and at what cost in each year. [239082]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Marketing
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement. [239141]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisors
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. [237322]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Two civil servants support the advisers in my office, providing administrative support of a non-political nature in accordance with the “Code of Conduct for Special Advisers”.
Individual civil servants’ salary details are not disclosed in order to protect the privacy of the individual concerned. Office costs will be accounted for in the 2008-09 Cabinet Office Annual Resource Accounts.
Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisors
Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the cost of provision of Government cars to special advisers in his Department has been in the last 12 months. [238165]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Official Hospitality
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department and its predecessors spent on entertainment and hospitality in each year since 1997. [239986]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Older Workers
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people recruited by his Department in 2007-08 were aged over (a) 55 years and (b) 60 years; and what percentage this represented of the number of new recruits in each case. [235236]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Department was formed as part of the machinery of Government changes announced on 28 June 2007. Figures are available from 28 June 2007 to 31 October 2008. The information is set out as follows:
| Number/percentage | |
Departmental Pay
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the total amount the staff of each (a) agency and (b) non-departmental public body within his responsibility were paid in bonuses in 2007-08. [230982]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: All non-departmental public bodies for which the Department of Children Schools and Families have responsibility for have their own remuneration and reward systems within public sector pay policy, and information is not kept centrally. The information could be established only at disproportionate costs.
The Department has no agencies.
Mr. Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what bonuses were paid by his Department in 2007-08; to which members of staff; and for what purposes. [239661]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much was spent on (a) salaries and (b) bonuses for staff in his Department in 2007-08. [239855]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Pensions
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much was spent by his Department on pensions of its previous employees in 2007-08. [239851]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Postal Services
Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether his Department uses the Royal Mail as the primary company for sending its post, parcels and packages. [238122]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Department for Children, Schools and Families principally contracts with the following organisations for sending post, parcels and packages:
1. The Royal Mail—Letters.
2. Parcelforce—Parcels.
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