Written Answers to Questions
Monday 1 February 2010
Northern Ireland
Departmental Manpower
Mr. Philip Hammond:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there
are in his Department and each of its agencies; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. [312828]
Paul Goggins: The number of staff in each management layer and the amount spent on salaries and associated employment costs in the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) and its agencies is set out in the following table. Please note that the NIO (core) accounting system does not detail individual grade costs within the SCS grade, B grade and D grade. Salaries and associated employment costs include salaries and wages, employers national insurance contributions and employers' pension costs.
| Northern Ireland Office (core Department) | ||
| Grade | Staff numbers (actual staff numbers not full-time equivalent) | Salary and associated costs 2008-09 (rounded to nearest £) |
| Compensation Agency | ||
| Grade | Staff numbers (actual staff numbers not full-time equivalent) | Salary and associated costs 2008-09 (rounded to nearest £) |
| Youth Justice Agency | ||
| Grade | Staff numbers (actual staff numbers not full-time equivalent) | Salary and associated costs 2008-09 (rounded to nearest £) |
| Note: In addition the YJA also pay an annual service charge of £1,132,000 in relation to the NILGOSC pension scheme. | ||
| Forensic Science NI | ||
| Grade | Staff numbers (actual staff numbers not full-time equivalent) | Salary and associated costs 2008-09 (rounded to nearest £) |
| Northern Ireland Prison Service | ||
| Grade | Staff numbers (actual staff numbers not full-time equivalent) | Salary and associated costs 2008-09 (rounded to nearest £) |
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. [313850]
Paul Goggins: The Department is unaware of the current employment status of staff who have been "managed out".
Departmental Official Cars
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of providing official cars for the use of (a) Ministers and (b) officials in the last 12 months. [301185]
Paul Goggins: I refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statement regarding the cost of ministerial cars made by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Paul Clark) on 16 July 2009, Official Report, columns 79-80WS.
The cost of providing official cars from the Government Car and Despatch Agency to Northern Ireland Office (NIO) Ministers in 2008-09 was £286,200.
The cost of providing official cars from the Government Car and Despatch Agency to NIO Officials in 2008-09 was £71,769.
Departmental Pay
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 7 December 2009, Official Report, columns 21-22W, on departmental pay, how many and what proportion of staff of his Department received both an annual performance bonus and an in-year bonus in 2008-09; what the largest combined bonus payment to an individual was; what proportion of staff received no bonus; and who was responsible for awarding such bonuses. [313130]
Paul Goggins: 13 per cent. of staff in the Northern Ireland Office, 264 in total, received a non-consolidated performance payment and a special performance payment in 2008-09. The combined largest bonus was £2,040. 36 per cent. of staff did not receive either of these payments. Performance payment recommendations are made by line managers and are approved by Directors in each business area.
Departmental Written Questions
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what average time his Department took to answer questions for (a) ordinary written answer and (b) written answer on a named day in the last 12 months. [313673]
Paul Goggins: The information is not held in the format requested.
Between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2009, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) answered 73 per cent. of ordinary written questions on time.
Over the same period, 79 per cent. of named day questions were answered on time.
With effect from the current Session of Parliament, each Department will provide the Procedure Committee with sessional statistics on performance. This implements recommendation 24 of the 3(rd) report from the Procedure Committee, Session 2008-09.
Scotland
Departmental Manpower
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many employees in his Department are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year. [313235]
Ann McKechin: The Scotland Office does not employ staff. All staff in the Scotland Office are on secondment from the Scottish Executive or the Ministry of Justice.
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