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Departmental Temporary Employment
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which companies were contracted by his Department for the provision of temporary staff in each of the last five years; how many temporary staff were employed by his Department in each such year; and what the monetary value was of contracts with each such company in each such year. [325495]
Paul Goggins: The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) did not contract any companies for the provision of temporary workers. Temporary workers employed by the NIO are drawn from contracts set up by the Department of Finance and Personnel (NI).
Prior to 1 February 2010, the recruitment of temporary staff was delegated to business areas in NIO and no information on numbers is available.
Since 1 February 2010, the recruitment of temporary workers for the Department is managed centrally. There are currently 26 such staff in post.
Departmental Theft
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps his Department is taking to deter theft from within the Department. [322653]
Paul Goggins: The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) takes a range of measures across its Estate which reflect the standards set out in HMG Security Policy Framework (SPF) issued by the Cabinet Office and available online at:
These measures to deter theft from within the Department include: controlling access to the Department's buildings; informing staff both at induction and on an ongoing basis of their responsibility to comply with the policies and procedures laid down for safe guarding departmental assets, including property and information; maintaining property asset registers; and having appropriate financial procedures in place to mitigate against the theft of money. It would not be appropriate to provide details of specific controls as this could undermine their effectiveness.
Departmental Travel
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department's agencies spent on staff travel (a) within the UK and (b) abroad in each year since 1997. [325448]
Paul Goggins: As each of the Northern Ireland Office's agencies maintain their own finance system, there are differences in the information that can be provided.
| Northern Ireland Prison Service | |||
| £ | |||
| Within UK | Outside UK | Total | |
| n/a = Not available | |||
The Northern Ireland Prison Service is able to provide a breakdown of UK and international travel expenditure from 2003-04. To split the expenditure in the same way prior to this would involve a manual investigation of all claims which would incur disproportionate costs.
| Compensation Agency | |||
| £ | |||
| Within UK | Outside UK | Total | |
| n/a = Not available | |||
Compensation Agency expenditure on travel is grouped under the same heading as subsistence. The above figures therefore include both travel and subsistence. To provide separate costs and give details of whether the staff travel was within or outside the UK can be done only at disproportionate cost.
| Youth Justice Agency | |||
| £ | |||
| Within UK | Outside UK | Total | |
| (1) Not applicable | |||
The Youth Justice Agency was launched on 1 April 2003.
| Forensic Science Agency of Northern Ireland (FSND | |||
| £ | |||
| Within UK | Outside UK | Total | |
| n/a = Not available | |||
FSNI's current finance system has only been in operation since 2006-07 and groups expenditure on travel under the same heading as subsistence so the above figures include both travel and subsistence. Figures before 2006-07 could be provided only at disproportionate cost as this would involve a manual investigation of claim forms.
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