Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed on zero-hours contracts in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each year since May 2010.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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 Lord Maude of Horsham
The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.
Audited information about staff engaged off-payroll has been published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts for the last 2 full financial years (2012/13, 2013/14) and these are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts .
Audited information for 2014/15 will be published in the 2014/15 Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts in due course.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in 10 Downing Street were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.
Audited information about staff engaged off-payroll has been published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts for the last 2 full financial years (2012/13, 2013/14) and these are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts .
Audited information for 2014/15 will be published in the 2014/15 Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts in due course.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the average ratio of personal debt to equity for each (a) income and (b) age group defined by the Office for National Statistics in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Question 226194, how much the Government has spent on consultants in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
Before the last General Election, there were no effective cross-Governmental controls over spend on consultancy and temporary labour.
Now Ministers, supported by Cabinet Office officials, closely scrutinise what we spend on consultants and temporary labour. Last year, departments saved over £1.4 billion from consultants and temporary labour compared to the spending levels in the final year of the last administration, 2009-10 - a 57% reduction. This helped us save taxpayers £14.3 billion through efficiency and reform in 2013-14 against a 2009-10 baseline. Central Government spending on general consultancy alone was £316 million in 2013-14: around a quarter of the 2009-10 figure of £1,234 million. Such expenditure was £363m in 2010-11, £209m in 2011-12 and £212m in 2012-13.
We will spend money on consultants and temporary labour when there is an appropriate business need to do so. Indeed in some cases engaging temporary labour is more flexible and cheaper for the taxpayer than taking on new staff. But we are also ensuring that the Civil Service has the skills needed. Our Capabilities Plan is designed to address long-standing gaps in four particular areas: digital skills, project management skills, commercial skills, and the leadership and management of change.
We publish all spend data over £25,000 and central government contracts over £10,000 on Gov.uk and Contracts Finder”.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many off-payroll engagements there were in each government department and its arm's-length bodies in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The information requested is not held by the Cabinet Office. Departments are responsible for publishing information on their off-payroll engagements in their annual accounts.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225345, how much his Department spent on consultancy in each year since May 2010.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
Before the last General Election, there were no effective cross-Governmental controls over spend on consultancy and temporary labour.
Now Ministers, supported by Cabinet Office officials, closely scrutinise what we spend on consultants and temporary labour. Last year, departments saved over £1.4 billion from consultants and temporary labour compared to the spending levels in the final year of the last administration, 2009-10 - a 57% reduction. This helped us save taxpayers £14.3 billion through efficiency and reform in 2013-14 against a 2009-10 baseline.
We will continue to spend money on consultants and temporary labour when there is an appropriate business need to do so. Indeed in some cases engaging temporary labour is more flexible and cheaper for the taxpayer than taking on new staff. But we are also ensuring that the Civil Service has the skills needed. Our Capabilities Plan is designed to address long-standing gaps in four particular areas: digital skills, project management skills, commercial skills, and the leadership and management of change.
We publish all spend data over £25,000 and contracts over £10,000 on Gov.uk and Contracts Finder
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the employment rate of people aged 16 to 29 in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many individuals or small and medium-sized enterprises contracting with, or providing consultancy services to, Government departments have been paid daily fees greater than £100 in the last five years.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
The information is not held centrally.
As a result of this Government’s commercial reforms, by limiting expenditure on marketing and advertising, consultants and temporary agency staff, we have saved the taxpayer £870m in 2010-11; £1bn in 2011-12; £1.9bn in 2012-13; and £2bn in 2013-14 – all against a 2009-10 baseline.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much 10 Downing Street 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 Lord Maude of Horsham
Since 2011, details of Cabinet Office expenditure over £25,000 is published at:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data
The Cabinet Office does not hold a central record of outplacement agency fees, nor does it hold a central record of recruitment agency fees as it does not disaggregate these costs from general recruitment costs.