Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the amount (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
Answered by Dan Rogerson
On 25 February 2015, the Government published the latest spend data relating to central government spend with SMEs for 2013/14. This sets out procurement spend data for all Whitehall Departments including Defra, and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies. The information can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2013-to-2014
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many apprentices employed by (a) her Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
Answered by Dan Rogerson
A breakdown by age group of the total number of apprentices employed by Defra and its Executive Agencies and Executive non-departmental public bodies is set out in the table below:
| (a) | (b1) | (b2) |
| No. of apprentices (Of which, number who have been employed previously by the Government) | No. of apprentices (Of which, number who have been employed previously by the Government) | No. of apprentices (Of which, number who have been employed previously by the Government) |
(i) 16-19 years | 2 (0) | 6 (0) | 0 (0) |
(ii) 19-24 years | 2 (0) | 12 (0) | 12 (6 *) |
(iii) 25 years or older | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | 40 (34 *) |
TOTAL | 4 (0) | 19 (0) | 52 (40 *) |
* these are existing employees who have taken up an apprenticeship
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 624W, on Floods: Business, how many Repair and Renewal Grant applications have been (a) received and (b) processed.
Answered by Dan Rogerson
The ‘Repair and Renew’ grant was launched on 1 April 2014. Applications for the grant are being received and processed by local authorities, who may then invoice Defra every quarter. Defra began receiving invoices from local authorities in July.