Asked by: Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change - Nottingham East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221267, which banks charged his Department more than £1,000 in 2013-14; and what the reason was for each such bank charge.
Answered by Claire Perry
The banks that charged more than £1,000 in 2013-14; and the reason for each such bank chargeare listed in the table below:
Which Bank charged the Department more than £1000 | Reason |
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RBS | This is the payment made for the running of British Transport Police accounts including charges for BACS and CHAPS payments |
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International Banks around the Globe | VCA has a global presence and uses a number of commercial banks to conduct its Business. The bank charges cover normal commercial transaction costs and currency conversion charges. |
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Barclays | Barclays provides banking services ranging from quarterly commitments fees, credit facilities, overdraft facilities and interest charges on Swaps to a number of external Entities within the Group |
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Barclaycard Expenses | VCA has a global presence and uses a number of commercial banks to conduct its Business. The bank charges cover normal commercial transaction costs and currency conversion charges. |
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Bank of England | The Bank of England charges the Department for using the Government Banking Service. The costs incurred relate to the production of e.g. high volumes of payable orders through these bank accounts. |
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Royal Bank of Scotland | Bank charges for general transaction and account administration fees. |
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Lloyds | HS2 Ltd operates a Commercial Bank Account with Lloyds and incurred transaction charges for making and receiving payments in the ordinary course of business. |
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Asked by: Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change - Nottingham East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 168 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, HC 12, what items constitute the other costs category of programme costs in that document.
Answered by Claire Perry
The major categories of cost are as follows:
Items | Amount £'000 |
Training | 4,436 |
Other Staff related costs | 19,622 |
Bank charges | 712 |
Reprographics | 3,398 |
Subscriptions | 2,252 |
Insurance | 11,589 |
Media and Publicity | 1,939 |
Agents’ Fees | 24,583 |
Accounting adjustments | (3,264) |
Property related costs | 8,214 |
Other operational costs incurred by: |
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Central department | 14,481 |
Highways Agency | 38,127 |
Maritime and Coastguard Agency | 20,249 |
Vehicle Certification Agency | 2,236 |
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | 124,249 |
British Transport Police | 5,074 |
Lighthouse Authorities | 10,272 |
Other entities | 869 |
Asked by: Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change - Nottingham East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 168 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, which were the 10 largest recipients of payments by the Departmental Group for Professional Services; and how much was paid to each such recipient.
Answered by Claire Perry
The 10 largest recipients of payments for Professional Services were as follows:
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| £m |
1 | Ove Arup & Partners Limited | 35 |
2 | Atkins Limited | 24 |
3 | Environmental Resources Management Limited | 22 |
4 | CH2M Hill UK | 21 |
5 | Mott Macdonald Limited | 14 |
6 | Capita Symonds Ltd | 12 |
7 | Parsons Brinckerhoff Ltd | 8 |
8 | Aecom Ltd | 3 |
9 | Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd | 2 |
10 | Deloitte | 2 |
Asked by: Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change - Nottingham East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for his Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The five companies used most often to provide temporary workers to Department for Transport were:
Badenoch and Clark
Capita
Networkers
Spring Technology
Michael Page
We are unable to provide the amount in fees paid to each Supplier as this information is not recorded. The cost of a temporary worker is provided as a total daily rate which is inclusive of Supplier fees.
Asked by: Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change - Nottingham East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The table below sets out the ten professional services consultancy firms paid the most by the Department during the eleven months of the financial year 2013-14 for which we have data. These companies are sorted in descending level of departmental expenditure.
Company Name | Total spend for periods 1 to 11 of financial year 2013/14 |
EVERSHEDS LLP | 13,829,112 |
FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER | 3,245,153 |
SYSTEMS UP LTD | 706,248 |
DTZ | 414,077 |
ALLEN & OVERY | 236,786 |
CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LTD | 234,598 |
THOMPSONS SOLICITORS | 234,260 |
NABARRO LLP | 200,614 |
ROWSELL WRIGHT LTD | 160,486 |
BOYES TURNER LLP | 160,000 |