Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many (a) current and (b) former civil servants have been seconded to work at his Department since its creation.
Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng
The Department continues to recruit talent from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector. In answer to (a) over 500 civil servants are currently on loan to DExEU from other government departments, and (b) fewer than 5 former civil servants have been seconded to work in DExEU.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the current total headcount is of his Department's workforce.
Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng
The number of staff employed by the Department for Exiting the European Union is published, each month, on gov.uk as part of our transparency reporting. It can be found at the following link:
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the corrected Answer of 22 January 2019 to Question 206251, how many civil servants in his Department were working part or full-time on projects in the Government Major Projects Portfolio in (a) June 2016 and (b) December 2018.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
The Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) is responsible for overseeing negotiations to leave the EU and establishing the future relationship between the UK and EU. There are currently no DExEU staff who work in the Government Major Projects Portfolio, as was the case in June 2016, as the projects which comprise the suite of EU Exit projects are not managed under the Government Major Projects Portfolio.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what proportion of contracts issued by his Department and contractors include provisions to impose, as between parties to the subcontract, that any payment due from the contractor to a subcontractor under the contract is to be made no later than the end of a period of 30 days from the date on which the relevant invoice is regarded as valid and undisputed, as required by the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
Where commercial contracts are required with suppliers, we always adhere to the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and the provision for subcontractor payment. We publish contracts on the GOV.UK Contracts Finder website as part of our commitment to transparency and openness.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees relating to the UK leaving the EU since July 2016.
Answered by Suella Braverman
The department spent a total of £3,377,000 in the period to 31 March 2018 on consultancy fees, as published in the audited Departmental Annual Report and Accounts. Expenditure recorded on departmental financial systems for the current financial year totals £728,000. The final audited expenditure will be published in the relevant Annual Report and Accounts in due course.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the level of staff turnover in his Department.
Answered by Robin Walker
DExEU was set up as a time-limited department with a clear mandate to carry out a historic task: implement the democratic decision of the British people to leave the EU.
In keeping with this, the majority of our staff are employed on fixed-term contracts or are loaned from other Government departments, and many have been drawn from Civil Service talent streams.
Many of those who have left to date have moved on to other government departments because their loan or rotation ended. Only a small minority have actually left the Civil Service.
The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 650 staff. The Department continues to recruit the brightest and the best from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector, in a range of professions.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many staff in his Department are classed as contingent labour.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
The Department for Exiting the European Union currently has 13 staff it classifies as contingent labour.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how much his Department has spent with the Big Four accountancy firms in the last twelve months.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
The Department has incurred the following amounts with the ‘Big Four’ accounting firms in the twelve months to 30 June 2018:
KPMG £361,730.38 (VAT included)
Deloitte £0
PricewaterhouseCoopers £0
Ernst & Young £0
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department was made aware of what was discussed at the meetings held between Steve Baker and Shanker Singham that have taken place since July 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: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department was made aware of the meetings that Steve Baker has had with the policy adviser Shanker Singham since July 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.