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Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Foreign Workers
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many foreign nationals were employed in the civil service in accordance with a Ministerial certificate under the Aliens Employment Act 1955 in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; how many of these were employed by the Ministry of Defence in each such year; and if she will make a statement. [274641]
Angela E. Smith: The total number of non-UK nationals employed under cover of an Aliens’ Certificate during 2007-08 was 82, with 69 being the final year-end figure.
Of the 82 certificates in force throughout the year, 55 were issued by the Ministry of Defence with 51 being the year-end figure.
The figures for 2008-09 are not yet available.
Civil Servants: Merseyside
Mr. Kilfoyle: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many Civil Service jobs were (a) created and (b) abolished on Merseyside in each year since 2003-04. [278088]
Angela E. Smith: Cabinet Office does not hold data centrally on civil service jobs created and abolished on Merseyside in each year since 2003-04.
Civil Servants: Political Impartiality
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether the Cabinet Office has issued guidance to Government Departments and non-departmental public bodies on whether recognised trade unions with political funds should inform staff of their right to opt out of the political levy. [270160]
Angela E. Smith: This is a matter for the trade unions.
Civil Servants: Vacancies
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2009, Official Report, column 1057W, on civil servants: vacancies, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Protocol on Handling Surplus Staff. [271914]
Angela E. Smith: A copy of the “Protocol on Handling Surplus Staff” is available on the civil service website:
Copies have been placed in the Libraries of the House.
Civil Service: Recruitment
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many and what percentage of civil service posts are reserved posts for UK nationals as public service posts. [274628]
Angela E. Smith: A figure is not held centrally. Approximately 5 per cent. of civil service posts are reserved for UK nationals under the criteria specified on the face of the European Communities (Employment in the Civil Service) Order 2007.
Community Assets Programme
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many community assets have been transferred into local community ownership under the £30 million community assets fund scheme; and how many she expects to be transferred by 2011. [278894]
Angela E. Smith: 34 third sector organisations have received a full grant award to date and are working in partnership with their local authority to refurbish or extend community buildings with a grant from the Community Assets Programme. Many of these have already started building or renovation work.
Depending on the contractual agreement between the third sector organisation and local authority, transfer of the asset occurs either prior to start of works, or on completion of works to the building. A further four projects currently have an in-principle grant. This means that we expect a total of 38 buildings to have been transformed and transferred from local authority to community ownership from now until 2011.
Death: Dengue Fever
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths of residents of (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency, (b) Teesside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have been attributed to dengue fever in the last 10 years. [280699]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated June 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths of residents of (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency, (b) Teesside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have been attributed to dengue fever in the last 10 years. (280699)
There were no deaths with an underlying cause of dengue fever registered in the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2008 (the latest year available).(1, 2, 3)
(1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 061 (Dengue) and
065.4 (haemorrhagic fever caused by Dengue virus) for 1999 to 2000 for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and for 1999 for Scotland, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes A90 (Dengue fever) and A91 (Dengue haemorrhagic fever) for 2001 onwards for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and for 2000 onwards for Scotland.
(2) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. Deaths are not all registered in the year they happen. For example, deaths subject to inquest are not normally registered until the inquest is completed, after which the coroner sends a certificate to the registrar.
(3) Figures for deaths registered in 2008 are provisional.
Departmental Cleaning Services
Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office which organisations provided cleaning services to the Cabinet Office in each of the last three years; and what the cost of each such contract was in each such year. [280761]
Angela E. Smith: EcovertFM provide the cleaning services as part of a Total FM package for the Cabinet Office and Carillion provide the cleaning services as part of a Total FM package for the emergency planning college at Easingwold, York.
The information requested therefore can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Dismissal
Chris Huhne: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many members of staff in 10 Downing Street were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. [274310]
Angela E. Smith: The Prime Minister’s Office is part of the Cabinet Office.
In 2003 the Cabinet Office dismissed a total of six people including five people for poor performance. It is the Cabinet Office’s policy not to report information which may identify individuals, and therefore the data for 2000-02 and 2004-09 have been withheld.
Departmental Energy
Gregory Barker: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how much (a) electricity and (b) gas was used (i) on the Cabinet Office estate and (ii) by the Cabinet Office’s agency in each year from 2004-05 to 2008-09; [280520]
(2) how much was spent on energy efficiency measures for the Cabinet Office estate in each year from 2004 to 2009; what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of that expenditure; and what plans she has for future energy efficiency measures; [280530]
(3) which official is responsible for the energy efficiency of the Cabinet Office’s estate. [280564]
Angela E. Smith: The Cabinet Office central London estate and including the Emergency Planning College (York), has consumed the following amount of gas and electricity on its estate.
| kWh | ||
| Electricity | Gas | |
| (1) No accurate data available | ||
The Cabinet Office has participated in the Carbon Trust Carbon Management programme for buildings where it has an influence or control over. It has developed an ongoing action plan which includes projects such as installing lighting controls and improving insulation.
For the period 2007-08 the Department spent £37,164. The energy efficiency measures are not separately identifiable for 2004-06 and are only partially available for the year 2007. Figures for 2008-09 are still subject to audit and will be available once the Department’s 2008-09 accounts have been published; this is expected early July.
Any major refurbishments or new build which the Cabinet Office undertakes will endeavour to meet Building Research Establishment environmental assessment method “excellent” standard wherever possible in the context of the historic listed nature of much of the Department’s estate.
Two of the Department’s key buildings are currently undergoing modernisation projects. New sustainability measures such as: plans to replace the old boilers and heat-exchange calorifiers with more efficient plant, additional intelligent lighting systems and improvements to thermal insulation. Not all of these have full financial approval yet and other sustainability measures will be considered and incorporated as part of these works, should the funding be made available.
There are also plans to install voltage reduction equipment installed into four other buildings. Assessment of individual efficiency measures are made whenever it is possible to do so.
The senior official with responsibility for sustainable development is the director of financial and estate management.
Mr. Paice: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what estimate she has made of water consumption on her Department's office estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff; [280946]
(2) what estimate she has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff; [280947]
(3) what estimate she has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; [280948]
(4) what estimate she has made of the percentage of electricity used by her Department which was derived from renewable sources in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; [280949]
(5) what estimate she has made of the amount of waste arising from her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff; [281029]
(6) what (a) volume and (b) percentage of waste her Department recycled in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; [281030]
(7) what estimate she has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from road-based transport used for administrative operations by her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff; [281031]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested by the hon. Member for South East Cambridgeshire is presented in the following table. This information is also available in the annual Sustainable Development in Government Report published by the Sustainable Development Commission, found on their website:
| 2006-07 total | 2007-08 total | 2006-07 per FTE | 2007-08 per FTE | |
| (1) Not known. | ||||
Departmental Lost Property
Mr. Blunt: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many laptop computers belonging to (a) her Department and (b) its agency have been lost or stolen in the last five years. [281082]
Angela E. Smith: During the period 2004 to 2008 (inclusive), the Cabinet Office lost or had stolen 13 officially provided laptop computers. No classified material was held on any of that equipment
The Cabinet Office is not responsible for any Executive Agencies.
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