Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Helen Grant
New tighter rules governing ‘off-payroll’ appointments in central government were established in May 2012 when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury published the Review of the Tax Arrangements of Public Sector Appointees.
The recommendations of the Review mean that the most senior staff must go on the payroll, and departments are now able to seek assurance in relation to the tax arrangements of their long-term, high paid contractors.
The Treasury has carried out two evaluations of compliance with the rules which were published on 11 March 2014 and 5 March 2015. The most recent review revealed that the large majority of central government departments are operating the rules effectively.
Off-payroll engagements for more than £220 per day and that last for longer than six months:
Department /ALB | 2013-14 | 2012-13 |
DCMS | 28 | 24 |
Ofcom | 25 | 1 |
Olympic Delivery Authority | 13 | 38 |
British Library | 7 | 9 |
Equality & Human Rights Commission | 7 | 15 |
Visit Britain | 6 | 0 |
British Museum | 5 | 0 |
British Film Institute | 3 | 0 |
Tate | 2 | 0 |
UK Sport | 2 | 0 |
V&A | 1 | 0 |
Arts Council England | 0 | 2 |
National Gallery | 0 | 3 |
Natural History Museum | 0 | 5 |
Sport England | 0 | 1 |
Data Source: DCMS Annual Reports 2012-13 and 2013-14
The following Arm’s Length bodies have not used off-payroll engagements for more than £220 per day and that last for longer than six months:
· Churches Conservation Trust |
· English Heritage |
· Gambling Commission |
· Geffrye Museum |
· Horniman |
· Horse race Betting Levy Board |
· Imperial War Museum |
· National Heritage Memorial Fund /Heritage Lottery Fund |
· National Museums Liverpool |
· National Portrait Gallery |
· Royal Armouries |
· Royal Museums Greenwich |
· Science Museum Group |
· Sir John Soane’s Museum |
· Sports Ground Safety Authority |
· The Royal Parks |
· Wallace |
For appointments prior to this and below this threshold, the cost to provide the numbers would be disproportionate.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last five years.
Answered by Helen Grant
a) Recruitment agency fees are contained within the invoices submitted by the agency, the rate of charge will vary depending on the individual candidate’s pay rates but this charge is not separately identified on the invoice hence the Department is unable to separate agency charges from the overall payment to the agency for each candidate.
b) The total spent on outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff over the past 5 years is as follows:
2014-15 £0
2013-14 £0
2012-13 £63,000
2011-12 £0
2010-11 £63,000
(Figures are inclusive of recoverable VAT)
c) The total spent on Staff Training over the past 5 years is as follows:
2014/15 £174,347**
2013/14 £225,289
2012/13 £133,106
2011/12 £303,975
2010/11 £392,484
** current to 31st Dec 2014
(Figures are net of recoverable VAT)
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials in his Department are employed on zero-hours contracts.
Answered by Helen Grant
The Department has no employees with a zero hours contract.