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Departmental Freedom of Information
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will request the Information Commissioner to list those information notices issued in respect of delays in supplying information by her Department, specifying the subject matter of the information in each case. [303804]
Ms Butler: The detail of any Information Notices issued by the Information Commissioner is a matter for the Commissioner.
Departmental Marketing
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much has been spent on communications, marketing, advertising and public relations in relation to the Real Help Now campaign to date. [302230]
Ms Butler: Real Help Now is a cross-Government campaign that brings together information about the range of support available during the economic downturn and makes it easier for people and businesses to access that support.
Cabinet Office has spent £105,704 excluding VAT on communications activities for the campaign.
Departmental Public Relations
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what expenditure was incurred by her Department on external public relations and marketing companies which are included in the Central Office of Information's Public Relations Framework in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. [302213]
Ms Butler: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Central Office of Information. I have asked the chief executive to reply.
A copy of this letter will be placed in the Library.
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what payments (a) her Department and (b) the Office of Public Sector Information has made to Detica in the last 36 months; and for what purposes. [302227]
Ms Butler: The Cabinet Office financial systems show that the following payments have been made to Detica Ltd. in each of the last three financial years:
| £ | |
| Financial year | Expenditure |
The expenditure related to the provision of IT and Telecommunications software, hardware and related consultancy services.
The Office of Public Sector Information is the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Justice.
Government Departments: Advertising
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of all expenditure on Government advertising was contained in the Central Office of Information's accounts for 2008-09. [302214]
Ms Butler: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Central Office of Information. I have asked the chief executive to reply.
A copy of this letter will be placed in the Library.
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what Government advertising campaigns have been co-ordinated through the Central Office of Information in the last 12 months. [302231]
Ms Butler: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Central Office of Information. I have asked the chief executive to reply.
A copy of this letter will be placed in the Library.
Government Departments: Public Relations
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the answer by the Secretary of State for Transport of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 1079W, on Cycling England: finance, what Central Office of Information framework agreement governs contracts with public relations consultancies. [302195]
Ms Butler: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Central Office of Information. I have asked the chief executive to reply.
A copy of this letter will be placed in the Library.
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what public relations companies were awarded contracts under the Central Office of Information framework agreement with contract reference 2008/S 105-141121; and what the monetary value was of contracts under the framework agreement. [302228]
Ms Butler: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Central Office of Information. I have asked the chief executive to reply.
A copy of this letter will be placed in the Library.
Mr. Hurd:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 351W, on central Government: public relations, what records (a) her Department and
(b) the Central Office of Information hold of (i) payments made and (ii) contracts awarded by departments to firms on the list of accredited public relations companies. [302288]
Ms Butler: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Central Office of Information. I have asked the chief executive to reply.
A copy of this letter will be placed in the Library.
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what information the Central Office of Information (COI) holds on contracts awarded by Government departments to companies which are members of the COI's Framework Agreement on public relations. [302493]
Ms Butler: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Central Office of Information. I have asked the chief executive to reply.
A copy of this letter will be placed in the Library.
Immobilisation of Vehicles
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much her Department has paid in vehicle clamping charges incurred on (a) privately-owned and (b) publicly-owned land in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement. [302740]
Ms Butler: The Cabinet Office has made no payments in respect of vehicle clamping charges and none have been incurred on (a) privately-owned and (b) publicly-owned land in each of the last 10 years.
Iraq Committee of Inquiry
Mr. Dai Davies: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Richmond (Yorks) of 11 November 2009, Official Report, column 413W, on the Iraq Committee of Inquiry, what posts in the Civil Service each person seconded to the Inquiry from her Department held between January 2001 and December 2003; and for what matters each such secondee had responsibility in each such year. [302990]
Tessa Jowell: Of the 17 civil servants seconded or attached to the Iraq Inquiry Secretariat from Government Departments, 13 were civil servants between 2001 and 2003. Four are members of the senior civil service. Their roles between 2001 and 2003 were:
Margaret Aldred, Secretary to the Inquiry, seconded from the Cabinet Office: Director, Public Services Directorate, HM Treasury and Director General, Resources and Performance, Home Office.
Clare Salters, Deputy Secretary, seconded from the Northern Ireland Office: Head of Human Rights and Equality Unit, NIO; Police Bill Team Leader, Patten Action Team, NIO and Head of Security and Extradition Unit, NIO.
Alicia Forsyth, Deputy Secretary, seconded from the Ministry of Defence: Press Officer, MOD; Private Secretary to the 2(nd) Permanent Secretary, MOD; Deputy Project Manager, Deepening Smart Acquisition, MOD and Assistant Director, Directorate of Policy Planning, MOD.
Sarah Goom, Legal Adviser, seconded from the Serious Fraud Office: Senior Lawyer, Advisory and International Criminal Division, Customs and Excise Prosecutions Office; Senior Lawyer, Special
Prosecutions Team, Customs and Excise Prosecutions Office and Senior Lawyer, Policy and Advisory Unit, Customs and Excise Prosecutions Office.
The remaining nine secondees who were civil servants between 2001 and 2003 are below senior civil service grade and it would not be normal practice to disclose their names or career history.
Media Monitoring Unit
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the cost of the Government's Media Monitoring Unit was in 2008-09; and what annual subscription fee was paid to the unit by each subscribing public sector customer in that year. [302225]
Ms Butler: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Central Office of Information. I have asked the chief executive to reply.
A copy of this letter will be placed in the Library.
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether members of the Government's Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) are part of the Government Communication Network; and within which body the MMU is based. [302226]
Ms Butler: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Central Office of Information. I have asked the chief executive to reply.
A copy of this letter will be placed in the Library.
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many staff are employed by the Government's Media Monitoring Unit. [302286]
Ms Butler: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Central Office of Information. I have asked the chief executive to reply.
A copy of this letter will be placed in the Library.
Ministerial Policy Advisers: Contracts
Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what her Department's policy is on the appointment on 12 month contracts of policy advisers who are not special advisers to assist Ministers; and what guidance the Cabinet Secretary has provided on that matter. [301625]
Tessa Jowell: Some Ministers do have civil servants in or alongside their private offices who may be called 'policy advisers'. These individuals are civil servants and will have been appointed under civil service recruitment principles.
Recruitment into Cabinet Office is undertaken in accordance with the Civil Service Order-in-Council, and the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles.
Pensioners
Steve Webb: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will estimate the number of pensioner households that will have an oldest member between the ages of 60 and 65 years in each of the next five years; and if she will make a statement. [300690]
Mr. Ian Austin: I have been asked to reply.
The 2006-based demographic household projections by the age of the household representative person are shown in the following table. The household representative is the individual that is taken to represent that household and in the household projections model this is usually the eldest male within the household.
These projections are only available by the age of the household representative person and the age of other members of the household are not known.
| Number of households in England by age of household representative person | |||||
| Households (thousands) | |||||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
| Source: 2006 based household projections model, CLG. | |||||
Business, Innovation and Skills
Broadband
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the affordability of broadband of the proposed levy on fixed telephone lines. [303874]
Mr. Timms: The Government believe that application of the levy will have no significant effect on the affordability of broadband. Ofcom figures show that the average bill has fallen by more than 50p per month in each of the last three years. The average bill is now £7 per month cheaper than in 2005, and £3.81 cheaper per month than 2008.
The Government recognise that those on the lowest incomes might have difficulty paying the fixed line levy and that is why we have confirmed that those on social telephony schemes will be exempt. The social telephony schemes are available to those on income support, income-based jobseeker's allowance, employment support allowance (income rated) or the pension credit guarantee.
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