Asked by: Matt Hancock (Conservative - West Suffolk)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many Ofcom employees were seconded to the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
In 2022–23, Ofcom funded 4 FTE positions in the DRCF. Ofcom does not technically second employees to the DRCF, rather resources are allocated to support the core team.
Asked by: Matt Hancock (Conservative - West Suffolk)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding Ofcom provided to the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
Ofcom's DRCF expenditure for 2022-23 is £82,000.
Asked by: Matt Hancock (Conservative - West Suffolk)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many industry secondees worked in what departments of the Competition and Markets Authority in financial year 2022/23.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Shadow Minister without Portfolio
In the financial year 2022 to 2023 there were a total of 23 industry secondees working at the Competition and Markets Authority. One was working in Enforcement, nine in the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser and thirteen in Legal Services.
Asked by: Matt Hancock (Conservative - West Suffolk)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding the Competition and Markets Authority provided to the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Shadow Minister without Portfolio
For the financial year 2022 to 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority provided a contribution of £88,954 to the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum.
Asked by: Matt Hancock (Conservative - West Suffolk)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Competition and Markets Authority employees were seconded to the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Shadow Minister without Portfolio
In the financial year 2022 to 2023 five employees from the Competition and Markets Authority were seconded to the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum.
Asked by: Matt Hancock (Conservative - West Suffolk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2024 to Question 16313 on Laboratories: Disease Control, what the budget for the maintenance of Category 4 laboratories was for each of the last five years; and what funds have been allocated for such maintenance for the future.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
The UK Health Security Agency’s Porton Down and Colindale scientific campus sites do not have separate operational costs for the Category 4 laboratories. Spend on the maintenance and operation of these sites is provided through the spending review process.
Work is ongoing to establish the most robust approach for continued delivery of the high-quality science at Porton Down
Asked by: Matt Hancock (Conservative - West Suffolk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2024 to Question 16314 on Laboratories: Disease Control, what the budget was for Porton Down in each of the last five years; how much has been allocated for future years; and what plans she has to ensure the long-term (a) sustainability and (b) effectiveness of Porton Down.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
The UK Health Security Agency’s Porton Down and Colindale scientific campus sites do not have separate operational costs for the Category 4 laboratories. Spend on the maintenance and operation of these sites is provided through the spending review process.
Work is ongoing to establish the most robust approach for continued delivery of the high-quality science at Porton Down
Asked by: Matt Hancock (Conservative - West Suffolk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the pay ranges at each grade are for Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency staff based (a) in and (b) outside London.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The following tables show the pay ranges for each grade for both London and National staff, and the Senior Civil Service’s maximum and minimum pay band, respectively:
| London Rates | National Rates | ||
| Minimum | Maximum | Minimum | Maximum |
Grade 6 | £70,011 | £78,548 | £66,261 | £74,798 |
Grade 7 | £56,353 | £63,403 | £52,603 | £59,653 |
Senior Executive Officer | £42,869 | £47,948 | £39,119 | £44,198 |
Higher Executive Officer | £34,841 | £39,109 | £31,090 | £35,359 |
Executive Officer | £31,064 | £31,064 | £27,314 | £27,314 |
Administrative Officer | £27,469 | £27,469 | £23,719 | £23,719 |
Administrative Assistant | £23,875 | £23,875 | £20,125 | £20,125 |
| Minimum | Maximum |
Senior Civil Service pay band 3 | £127,000 | £208,100 |
Senior Civil Service pay band 2 | £97,000 | £162,500 |
Senior Civil Service pay band 1 | £75,000 | £117,800 |
Asked by: Matt Hancock (Conservative - West Suffolk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the pay ranges at each grade are for Food Standards Agency staff based (a) in and (b) outside London.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
The Food Standards Agency salary structure and ranges for 2023/24 effective from 1 August 2023 are available at the following link:
https://www.food.gov.uk/about-us/fsa-salary-structure
The then Minister for the Cabinet Office and HM Paymaster General, the Rt Hon Jeremy Quin MP laid a written statement (HCWS940) on 13 July 2023 which outlined the pay ranges for senior civil servants from 1 April 2023.
Asked by: Matt Hancock (Conservative - West Suffolk)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will hold discussions with the National Police Chiefs' Council on increasing awareness of neurodiverse conditions in recruitment processes.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
Our Police Uplift Programme supported forces with a variety of attraction and recruitment strategies, whilst delivering a campaign that was designed to reach diverse audiences.
We continue to work with The College of Policing and NPCC to support efforts to recruit a diverse workforce, and to ensure policing is a career where recruits can thrive.