Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many contracts his Department holds with Capita; and what the total value of those contracts is.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Department for International Trade does not hold any major contracts with Capita. The Department uses Capita Business Services in some instances for the provision of ad hoc training and development and has raised twenty-eight purchase orders with a spend to date of £57,646.79 in financial year 2017/18. The Department has also used Capita Resourcing for the provision of ad hoc recruitment services with a spend to date of £2,640.00 in financial year 2017/18.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many ministerial directions were issued to his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
Answered by Greg Hands
No ministerial directions were issued in 2016 or 2017 to the Department for International Trade.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the UKEF Gender Pay Gap Report 2016-2017, if she will break down the pay gap data for (a) median, (b) mean and (c) bonus pay by (i) grade and (ii) profession.
Answered by Graham Stuart
UK Export Finance (UKEF) published its first Gender Pay Gap report on Monday 18 December, 2017. The full report can be found here:
UKEF’s pay gap for 2016/17 was (a) median: 16.26%, (b) mean: 15.97% and (c) bonus pay: 22.36%. The breakdown of the UKEF pay gap data is below. Figures which are preceded by a minus sign identify grades where female members of staff are paid more on average than male counterparts in the same grade.
Grade | Mean | Median | Bonus |
AA | -11% | -11% | N/A |
AO | 0% | 0% | N/A |
EO | -5% | -4% | -79% |
HEO | -6% | 0% | -53% |
SEO | 1% | 2% | -19% |
Grade 7 | 5% | 5% | 34% |
Grade 6 | 1% | 0% | -26% |
SCS | 7% | 4% | 39% |
To ensure figures are robust and meaningful, gender pay gaps within professions are presented where at least 100 men and 100 women are recorded in a profession. This is not possible for UKEF given our relatively small size.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the 2016-17 data on the gender pay gap in his Department, if he will break down the pay gap data for (a) median, (b) mean and (c) bonus pay by (i) grade and (ii) profession.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Department for International Trade (DIT) published its first Gender Pay Gap report on Monday 18 December, 2017. The full report can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-dit-gender-pay-gap-report-and-data-2016-to-2017
DIT’s pay gap for 2016/17 was (a) median: 2.7%, (b) mean: 3.6% and (c) bonus pay: -14.4%. The pay gap can be broken down by grade as follows:
Grade | Median pay gap | Mean pay gap | Bonus pay |
AO | -0.29% | 1.28% | 44.00% |
EO | -1.47% | -2.83% | 8.21% |
HEO | 2.51% | 2.31% | -41.67% |
Fast Stream | -12.61% | -2.36% | 18.22% |
SEO | 1.80% | 0.46% | 25.70% |
Grade 7 | 3.82% | 3.97% | -22.88% |
Grade 6 | -0.23% | -0.02% | -31.48% |
SCS1 | -1.46% | 1.39% | -25.00% |
SCS2 | 23.36% | 4.31% | N/A |
SCS3 | -21.05% | -21.05% | N/A |
To ensure figures are robust and meaningful, gender pay gaps within professions are presented where at least 100 men and 100 women are recorded in a profession. This is not possible for DIT due to the relative size of our workforce.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Department for International Trade’s (DIT) core IT is provided by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
BEIS is currently transforming their service which will continue to be provided to DIT.
DIT do not hold any IT contracts over £20m, however DIT seeks to apply the principles contained within the guidance proportionately to any IT contracts wherever possible.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many data incidents his Department (a) recorded and (b) reported to the Information Commissioner's Office in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Department for International Trade (DIT) was formed in 2016. From its creation to 31st March 2017, DIT recorded one data incident. It did not contain sufficient personal data to warrant a report to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many times his Department's Senior Information Risk Officer role has been vacant for a week or longer since 2012.
Answered by Greg Hands
The post of Senior Information Risk Officer has not been vacant since the Department was formed in 2016.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what representations any Minister of his Department has received from Bell Pottinger on behalf of (a) Atos IT Services UK Limited, (b) Centrica PLC, (c) DS Smith plc, (d) Ernst & Young, (e) Heads of the Valleys Development Company Limited and (f) Monarch Holdings Limited.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Department for International Trade has received no representation from Bell Pottinger on behalf of (a) Atos IT Services UK Limited, (b) Centrica PLC, (c) DS Smith plc, (d) Ernst & Young, (e) Heads of the Valleys Development Company Limited and (f) Monarch Holdings Limited.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union to the House of Lords European Union Committee on 31 October, how many civil servants his Department (a) has recruited and (b) expects to recruit to work on leaving the EU.
Answered by Greg Hands
Leaving the European Union is an all-of-government operation. The Department for Exiting the European Union is doing detailed work with departments to prepare for the upcoming negotiations by understanding the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU and coordinating planning.
Given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give a specific figure.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 17 November 2017 to Question 111483, on Department for International Trade: telephone services, whether that Answer refers to all of his Department's public telephone lines.
Answered by Greg Hands
Yes. The public telephone lines for the Department for International Trade can be found on the Department’s website at www.gov.uk/dit. The numbers provided on the website are not charged at a higher rate than standard.