Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many staff in the Law Officers' Departments 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 Robert Buckland
The information requested is contained in the following tables.
The table below shows the average number of staff engaged off-payroll over the past five years by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI), and the Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol).
Tsol, AGO and HMCPSI - Average number of staff engaged off-payroll1 | |
Period | Average Headcount |
April 2014 – February 2015 | 263 |
April 2013 – March 2014 | 197 |
April 2012 – March 2013 | 127 |
April 2011 – March 2012 | 91 |
April 2010 – March 2011 | 103 |
1 Off payroll staff includes temporary (agency) and contract staff, including lawyers, other professionals and administrators. None of the above mentioned staff members are civil servants. The majority are temporary staff engaged through employment agencies to cover short term vacancies and to secure specific specialist legal and support skills.
Prior to April 2014 the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) did not maintain a centralised record of staff employed off-payroll and it is not possible to provide information at the level of detail requested. The SFO can, however, provide an average number of temporary staff employed since April 2010. These figures are as follows:
SFO - Average number of temporary staff engaged off-payroll | |
Period | Average Headcount |
April 2013 – March 2014 | 35 |
April 2012 – March 2013 | 29 |
April 2011 – March 2012 | 51 |
April 2010 – March 2011 | 98 |
At the end of December January 2015 there were 86 temporary staff working at the SFO.
The average number of staff in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) who were engaged off-payroll during each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available is shown in the table below.
CPS - Average number of temporary staff engaged off-payroll1 | |
Period | Average Headcount |
April 2014 – January 2015 | 7.7 |
April 2013 – March 2014 | 6 |
April 2012 – March 2013 | 1.9 |
April 2011 – March 2012 | 5.1 |
April 2010 – March 2011 | 20 |
1 The figures in the table have been calculated by taking relevant workforce statistics published each month and deriving an average for each financial year. It is possible, therefore, that the number of unique individuals employed during any financial year was higher than that indicated.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to paragraph 1.179 of Budget 2015, what estimate he has made of how many PhD and post-graduate students in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland will receive the proposed financial support in each of the next five years.
Answered by Greg Clark
We are consulting on how best to implement the policy as part of a wider review into how to broaden and strengthen support for postgraduate researchers. We will be working with employers, universities and students to make sure the scheme meets the most pressing needs.
The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes data on student entrants, enrolments and qualifiers at UK Higher Education Institutions.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of the Access to Work scheme in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) North Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK has been in each month since May 2010.
Answered by Mark Harper - Secretary of State for Transport
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many rental companies claimed interest relief in each year since May 2010; and how much such relief was awarded in each such year.
Answered by David Gauke
This information is not available. Companies with income from property cannot deduct interest as an expense against their property income as they are within the loan relationships regime.
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 HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much unpaid inheritance tax was outstanding from estates notified for probate valued up to £1 million since 2005.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The information requested is not available.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question
To ask the Prime Minister, when he last visited Scotland.
Answered by Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton - Foreign Secretary
Details of my visits within the United Kingdom are published on the gov.uk website.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times he and Ministers in his Department visited Scotland in each year since May 2010.
Answered by Steve Webb
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on the 03 July 2014 to Question UIN 202811.
Since the last Question given on the 03 July 2014 Minister for Pensions Rt. Hon. Steve Webb MP attended the Gleneagles Conference in September 2014 and Minister for Disabled People Mark Harper MP attended the Commonwealth Games in July 2014.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much accrued to the Exchequer in stamp duty collected from the sale of properties worth over £1 million in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
Answered by David Gauke
Information on the estimated yield collected from Stamp Duty Land Tax on residential property transactions over £1m at the UK level within HM Revenue & Customs’s National Statistics.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much accrued to the Exchequer in capital gains tax arising from the sale of properties worth over £1 million in the last 12 months.
Answered by David Gauke
The information requested is not available. Tax liabilities cannot be assigned at an asset level. Moreover, information on capital gains tax revenue accrued between April 2014 and March 2015 will not be available until October 2016.