Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what the contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in the (a) Serious Fraud Office, (b) Government Legal Department, (c) Crown Prosecution Service and (d) HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The contracted minimum hours (including meal breaks) for the highest paid member of staff from the Serious Fraud Office, the Government Legal Department, and Crown Prosecution Service are:
SFO | 42 |
GLD | 42 |
CPS | 42 |
This is in line with the terms and conditions of SCS appointments.
The highest paid member of staff from HM Crown Prosecution service is contracted to work 36 hours a week, not including meal breaks, plus additional hours as may, from time to time, be reasonable and necessary.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many staff (a) employed directly by, (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract in the Serious Fraud Office.
Answered by Robert Buckland
As of 30 September 2018 the Serious Fraud Office employed:
Permanent Staff | 400 |
Fixed term contract | 14 |
Agency | 126 |
Secondment or loan | 4 |
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, when he plans to answer Question 132843.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 26 April 2018 to her Question 132843.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not directly employ cleaning staff. Cleaning services in buildings managed by the Department are outsourced. The suppliers pay, as a minimum, the National Living Wage.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) pays for cleaning services as part of its service charge. The contracted cleaners are paid at least the minimum wage.
The Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) contract out their cleaning services; the providers have committed to pay a minimum of the London living wage to the staff who clean GLD’s London offices.
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) contracts out its cleaning services. The contracted cleaners are paid the National Living Wage.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what estimate has been made of the number of hot drink cups that are (a) used each year and (b) sent for recycling by his Department.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not keep records of the use or recycling of hot drinks cups. However, during 2016/17, the CPS recycled or reused 94% of its total waste.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) provides recyclable paper cups for the use of visitors and interviewees only. Approximately 2,000 of these are purchased each year. Staff are encouraged to recycle all paper waste, but records are not maintained on the number of cups that are actually recycled.
The Government Legal Department (GLD) currently makes no estimation of the number of cups used annually; however, none of the GLD’s waste goes to landfill.
The hot drink cups provided by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and HMCPSI for use by staff and visitors are ceramic and therefore reused rather than recycled.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many times the Serious Fraud Office has requested beneficial ownership information from registers of beneficial ownership from the UK's Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies since 1 July 2017.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
The SFO does request information from the UK's Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies as well as other overseas partners in relation to its ongoing investigations. However, for operational reasons the SFO does not provide details of such requests as it could prejudice the conduct of those investigations.