Asked by: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department's is taking to ensure the adequate supply of unlicensed medicines for use in clinical trials in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Government has issued guidance on preparations to ensure continuity of supply of licensed medicines in the unlikely event of a no-deal. We recognise fully the importance of Investigational Medicinal Products supply and are planning communications to those organisations running clinical trials – life science industries trade associations and member companies, umbrella organisations for research charities and university hospitals, and more widely.
Asked by: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many civil servants his Department has employed in each month since July 2016.
Answered by Suella Braverman
All departments are equipping themselves with the resources they need to get the best deal for the UK. The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 650 staff based in the UK plus the expertise of over 120 officials in Brussels. We regularly review headcount to ensure we are appropriately staffed to deal with all aspects of the negotiations.
The Department is continuing to recruit the brightest and the best and we are not providing a running commentary as recruitment is ongoing and numbers are regularly changing.
Asked by: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff have been employed by his Department in each month since June 2016.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Home Office publish monthly workforce management information on gov.uk - links provided below. This information has been summarised in the table 1 provided.
2010 to 2017: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/structure-and-salaries-series
2018: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-2018
Asked by: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what meetings the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, the hon. Member for Wycombe, has had with Shanker Singham since June 2017; and what the purpose of those meetings was.
Answered by Robin Walker
All meetings on official business are declared in the transparency returns and can be found on the GOV.UK page: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-exiting-the-european-union&publication_type=transparency-data.
Asked by: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many times the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, the hon. Member for Wycombe, has met with Shanker Singham since June 2017.
Answered by Robin Walker
All meetings on official business are declared in the transparency returns and can be found on the GOV.UK page: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-exiting-the-european-union&publication_type=transparency-data.
Asked by: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will publish a list of meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) officials of his Department have had with Shanker Singham since July 2016.
Answered by Robin Walker
All meetings on official business are declared in the transparency returns and can be found on the GOV.UK page: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-exiting-the-european-union&publication_type=transparency-data.
Asked by: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the Permanent-Secretary of his Department has had discussions with the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, the hon. Member for Wycombe, on meetings the latter has had with Shanker Singham since June 2017.
Answered by Robin Walker
All meetings on official business are declared in the transparency returns and can be found on the GOV.UK page: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-exiting-the-european-union&publication_type=transparency-data.
Asked by: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff have been employed by HM Revenue and Customs in each month since June 2016.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Headcount of staff employed each month by HMRC from June 2016 is in the table below:
Month | HMRC Head Count |
Jun-16 | 67,450 |
Jul-16 | 67,645 |
Aug-16 | 67,654 |
Sep-16 | 68,041 |
Oct-16 | 68,736 |
Nov-16 | 69,013 |
Dec-16 | 69,280 |
Jan-17 | 69,280 |
Feb-17 | 69,518 |
Mar-17 | 69,879 |
Apr-17 | 69,599 |
May-17 | 69,888 |
Jun-17 | 70,015 |
Jul-17 | 69,771 |
Aug-17 | 68,376 |
Sep-17 | 68,424 |
Oct-17 | 68,076 |
Nov-17 | 67,849 |
Dec-17 | 67,088 |
Jan-18 | 66,566 |
Feb-18 | 66,162 |
Mar-18 | 65,720 |
Apr-18 | 65,287 |
Asked by: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff have been employed by his Department in each month since June 2016.
Answered by George Eustice
The number of permanent payroll staff employed by month in the department since June 2016 is shown in the table below:
Month | Headcount |
June 2016 | 1693 |
July 2016 | 1705 |
August 2016 | 1720 |
September 2016 | 1726 |
October 2016 | 1719 |
November 2016 | 1759 |
December 2016 | 1808 |
January 2017 | 1820 |
February 2017 | 1907 |
March 2017 | 1950 |
April 2017 | 2188 |
May 2017 | 2245 |
June 2017 | 2301 |
July 2017 | 2340 |
August 2017 | 2442 |
September 2017 | 2437 |
October 2017 | 2523 |
November 2017 | 3504 |
December 2017 | 3535 |
January 2018 | 3557 |
February 2018 | 3613 |
March 2018 | 3660 |
April 2018 | 3697 |
The increase in headcount is predominantly a result of consolidating Defra’s corporate services into the core department from across the Defra group and the recruitment of additional staff to support our comprehensive EU exit programme of work.
Asked by: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which consultancy firms his Department has commissioned to model future customs arrangements with the European Union; and what the value of those contracts were.
Answered by Suella Braverman
We have commissioned external expertise to support the work of the Department, including consultancy firms.
The Department aligns with the Government Commercial Function's values in delivering procurements in a fair and open manner.
In assessing the options for the UK's future customs relationship with the EU, the Government will be guided by what delivers the greatest economic advantage to the UK and by our strategic objectives:
To keep trade with the EU as frictionless as possible;
To avoid a ‘hard border’ between Ireland and Northern Ireland;
To establish an independent international trade policy.
The Government is undertaking a wide range of continuing analysis in support of our EU exit negotiations and preparations.
We have been clear the Government will not provide an ongoing commentary on internal analytical work that is being carried out within government.
Details of Government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search.