Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the main policy priority is for her Department for 2018; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Department for Work and Pensions published an updated Single Departmental Plan on 23 May 2018. This set out the department’s main policy objectives and how it will achieve them. Single Departmental Plans will be revised annually to reflect new priorities or changes in responsibilities.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contractors currently employed by her Department are paid £1,000 or more per day.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
DWP have 6 contractors paid £1,000 or more per day. They are not DWP employees.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contractors have been employed by her Department for (a) up to one year, (b) between one and five years, (c) between five and 10 years and (d) over 10 years.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Details of the duration of contractor engagements are published in DWP’s Annual Accounts as part of the Remuneration and Staff Report. The latest Annual Report (2016-17) is published online at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017
The 2017-18 report is being finalised and approved. This should be published in July.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the job titles are of civil servants in her Department who have been provided with (a) an official car and (b) a driver.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
No civil servants within the Department are provided with an official car and driver.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which regulations her Department (a) has introduced as a result of EU legislation from 23 June 2016 to date and (b) expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019; and what estimate she has made of the cost of each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
Answered by Lord Sharma
The UK remains a member of the EU until we leave, with full rights and obligations of membership. This includes transposing EU legislation into UK law.
As such, the legislation which has been or will be brought forward by DWP as a result of the following EU legislation since 23 June 2016 is listed below:
1) Directive (EU) 2013/59/Euratom lays down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation and came into force 1 January 2018. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has the overall UK government policy lead. The Health and Safety Executive is responsible for a discrete set of regulations (The Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017/1075) under the Basic Safety Standards Directive. The full impact assessment is available at the following link: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1075/impacts
2) Directive (EU) 2017/164 establishing a fourth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC. The transposition deadline is 21 August 2018. The full impact assessment is available at the following link: http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/condocs/cd283.htm
3) Directive (EU) 2016/2341 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs). The transposition deadline is 13 January 2019. We are engaging closely with industry and will assess any cost or impact of any amendments to existing legislation as appropriate.
Any transposition of EU legislation beyond 29 March 2019 will be dependant on the outcome of on-going negotiations with the EU on the UK’s relationship with the EU following our exit from the EU.