Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral statement of the Prime Minister of 26 November 2015, Official Report, column 1495, whether the estimate of 70,000 moderate Sunnis includes (a) the Islamic Front and (b) Ahrar-al-Sham.
Answered by Michael Fallon
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Julian Lewis) on 1 December 2015 to Question 18014.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral evidence of Lieutenant General Gordon Messenger to the Defence Select Committee on 1 December 2015, Q31, HC657, how many opposition fighters on the spectrum of extremism are included in the 70,000 estimate.
Answered by Michael Fallon
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Julian Lewis) on 1 December 2015 to Question 18014.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department are in the redeployment pool.
Answered by Julian Brazier
As at 31 October 2015 the number of Ministry of Defence civil servants in the redeployment pool was 240 (rounded to the nearest 10).
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of using external agencies for recruitment to senior Civil Service posts in his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Where external recruitment to Senior Civil Service (SCS) posts is required, recruitment agencies and head-hunters may be engaged to assist with campaigns. The costs of agency services include search, advertisement, response handling, assessment and support to selection panels.
Details of spend on SCS recruitment with external agencies and head-hunters, by calendar year, are as follows:
Calendar Year | Spend |
2010 | £121,000 |
2011 | £144,000 |
2012 | £284,000 |
2013 | £373,000 |
2014 | £583,000 |
2015 (to 31 March) | £33,000 |
Note: information held by the Ministry of Defence extends to 31 March 2015 only; from 1 April 2015 recruitment for SCS posts has been managed centrally by Civil Service Resourcing.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what average time his Department took to respond to freedom of information requests in each year since 2005.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The Government publishes statistics on the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 within central government, including on timeliness. These can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department are from a lower socio-economic background.
Answered by Philip Dunne
This information is not held.