Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of requests for consultancy and temporary staff for his Department were approved via a resource board.
Answered by Alun Cairns
Requests for consultancy and temporary staff would be considered by the Wales Office Board. The short-term appointment of agency staff to business critical posts may be approved by the Wales Office Director.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether requests for consultancy and temporary staff for the his Department must be accompanied by a formal business case.
Answered by Alun Cairns
The Wales Office requires a formal business case to support requests for consultancy and temporary staff. A formal business case is not required for the short-term appointment of agency staff to business critical posts pending a permanent appointment being made.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many applications his Department has received for (a) internal loans and (b) secondments from civil servants in each year since 2010.
Answered by Alun Cairns
The Wales Office is not an employer in its own right and does not hold this information. The Ministry of Justice carries out recruitment on our behalf and collates this information centrally.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the number of new arms-length bodies his Department plans to establish once the UK has left the EU.
Answered by Alun Cairns
The Wales Office has no plans to establish any new arms-length bodies.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many contracts put out to tender by his Department were awarded to (a) charities and (b) social enterprises in each year since 2010.
Answered by Guto Bebb
The Wales Office receives its procurement services from the Ministry of Justice and therefore has not put any contracts out to tender.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people holding security passes for other Government Departments are granted access to his Department's premises with that pass, by Department.
Answered by Guto Bebb
Civil Servants have the ability to work flexibly across government sites where there is a business need to do so. The issuing of all passes is controlled by the local Departmental Security team who follow strict procedures and protocols. Information on the number of people holding security passes for other government departments who are granted access to Wales Office premises is not centrally recorded.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many security passes giving access to his Department's premises are currently valid.
Answered by Guto Bebb
The Wales Office currently has 54 active passes.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many security passes giving access to his Department's premises have been issued in each year since 2010.
Answered by Guto Bebb
The Wales Office has issued 131 passes since 2011. We do not hold information for 2010.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people are currently employed by his Department.
Answered by Guto Bebb
The Wales Office is not an employer in its own right. The number of staff on Ministry of Justice payroll working in the department as at 31 March 2017 was 37.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of Civil Service positions in his Department were vacant for a week or longer in each year since 2010; and what the average turnover rate for civil servants in his Department has been in each year since 2010.
Answered by Guto Bebb
Please see the proportion of Civil Service (CS) positions vacant for a week or longer; and the turnover rates in the Wales Office for each full financial year since 2010, shown below:
Financial Year | Proportion of CS positions vacant for one week or more | Turnover rate |
2010-11 | 2/64 | 23% |
2011-12 | 15/64 | 28% |
2012-13 | 11/56 | 41% |
2013-14 | 10/53 | 36% |
2014-15 | 4/53 | 32% |
2015-16 | 9/53 | 36% |