Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on alcohol consumption on the premises (a) in general and (b) during parties in his Private Office.
Answered by Steve Webb
During normal working hours staff must not consume alcohol on departmental premises. However, there is no prohibition of alcohol and occasionally Ministers and the Permanent Secretary host events for staff in recognition of particular achievements. Alcohol may be provided at such events and will normally be paid for by the relevant Minister or the Permanent Secretary.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on what (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) him and (ii) Ministers in his Department since May 2010.
Answered by Steve Webb
I refer to the reply given on 3 Feb 2014 to the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) Official Report col. 109W. There has been no expenditure on social media training for any Ministers in the Department.
3 Feb 2014 : Column 109W
Chris Bryant: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department spent on communications and media training for (a) Ministers and (b) senior civil servants in each year since 2010. [185708]
Mike Penning: In 2010-11 the Department spent £3,525 on media training for Ministers. We do not hold data on the number of senior civil servants that received training in this year.
From 2011 media training has been delivered through Civil Service Training and we do not hold data breaking down attendees into further categories.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many awaydays his Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
Answered by Lord Harper
The Department for Work and Pensions does not have a separate or identifiable account code in departmental finance records to distinguish expenditure on staff away days. Details of such expenditure could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels his Department funds.
Answered by Lord Harper
(a) Subscriptions to magazines are included within the Department's contracts for journals and newspapers. The Department receives the following titles via these contracts:
.Net
Able Magazine
Adviser
BMJ - British Medical Journal - General Practice Edition - Internet
Bookseller - Internet
Business Transfers and Employee Rights
Butterworths Civil Court Precedents
Civil Service World
Community Care
Common Market Law Review - Print & Internet
Community Care Law Reports
Credit Collections and Risk
Credit Today
Current Law Complete Service A
Daily Express
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Daily Star
Daily Telegraph
Disability and Rehabilitation - Full Set - Internet & Print
Disability and Society - Internet
Economist - Internet & Print
Encyclopedia of Data Protection and Privacy - Including CD ROM
Equal Opportunities Review
Equality Law Reports - E-Mail & Internet & Optional Print
EU Public Procurement - Law and Practice
European Journal of Social Security - Internet
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology - Print & Internet
Financial Times
Freedom of Information Journal - E-Mail
Gazette - Law Society London
Guardian
Health and Safety Bulletin
Health Service Journal
Housing Studies - Internet
Housing Theory and Society - Online Archive Incl Current Year - Internet
Human Rights Practice
IDS Pensions Law Reports
In House Lawyer
Independent
Independent on Sunday
Inside Housing
International & United Kingdom Report - Privacy Laws and Business
International Journal of Housing Policy - Internet
Journal of Community Care Law
Journal of Social Security Law
Journal of Welfare Benefits Law and Practice
Judicial Review
Juncture - Internet
Kemp and Kemp - Quantum of Damages
Legal Action - Legal Action Group
Mail on Sunday
Medical Law Reports - Academic - Internet & Print & Bound Volume
Mental Health Law Review
Modern Law Review - Print & Internet
Money Marketing - London
NAPF Pension Legislation Service - including CD ROM
National Institute Economic Review - Internet
New Law Journal
New Statesman
Newsweek
Observer
Occupational Pensions
Oxford Economic Papers – Internet
Pensions Management
Pensions Expert
Pensions World
Private Eye
Professional Pensions - Print & Internet
Public Private Partnership and PFI
Records Management Journal - Print & Internet
Renton and Brown - Criminal Procedure
Renton and Brown - Criminal Procedure Legislation
SEN Magazine
Social Care Law Today
Social Policy and Society & Journal of Social Policy - Print & Internet
Solicitors' Journal
Spectator
Sun
Sun on Sunday
Sunday Express
Sunday Mirror
Sunday People
Sunday Telegraph
Sunday Times
Sweet and Maxwell's Law of Pension Schemes
Time Magazine
Times
Tolley's Pensions Law Service
Tolley's Social Security and State Benefits
Transfer of Undertaking
Vacher's Quarterly
Welfare Rights Bulletin
Work and Stress - Internet
Work Employment and Society - Print & Backfile Lease - Internet
Working Brief - PDF - E-Mail
(b) This information is not centrally collated and could not be provided without incurring disproportionate costs.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on refurbishing (a) gymnasium and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration in (i) his Department and (ii) buildings owned by his Department in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
Answered by Lord Harper
Since 1998 the Department occupies the majority of its accommodation under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) known as the PRIME Contract. Under the terms of the contract, the Department sold all its property interests (and risk) to our Estates private sector partner, Telereal Trillium. The Department does not, therefore, own any property but occupies fully serviced accommodation in return for the payment of a unitary charge.
The unitary charge includes payment for all Life Cycle Works which covers the maintenance and upkeep of facilities including interior redecoration. It is not possible to disaggregate the costs for individual maintenance tasks.
We have not spent any monies (outside of the unitary charge) on refurbishing (a) gymnasium and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration in 2013 or 2014 to date.