Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on agency workers in each of the last five years.
Answered by Ben Gummer
The Cabinet Office has published this figure in its annual report and accounts for each of the last five years. This is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts. The table below shows the cost of Cabinet Office agency/temporary staff over the last five years.
Year | Agency/temporary costs |
2015-16 | £28,477,000 |
2014-15 | £32,343,000 |
2013-14 | £30,622,000 |
2012-13 | £13,815,000 |
2011-12 | £8,530,000 |
Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the hospitality industry workforce in (a) Cumbria and (b) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency was born in another EU country.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are currently registered as self-employed in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency; and what the average salary is earned by those people.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make arrangements for opposition party leaders or their nominated representatives to be granted advance sight of the conclusions of the Chilcot Report prior to that Report's publication.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Yes.
Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the number of days of sickness absence taken for reasons of depression, anxiety or stress in each of the last three years.
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: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will respond to the open letter from the Yorkshire Post entitled Mr Cameron please don't ignore our nightmare, dated Tuesday 26 January 2016.
Answered by Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
A reply will be sent shortly.
Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employees were on zero-hours contracts in each financial quarter since May 2010 in each (a) constituency and (b) region.
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: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with Sir John Chilcot in the last year.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Chilcot Inquiry is independent of Government. No current Cabinet Office Ministers have met with Sir John Chilcott or any of his officials since the inquiry began.
Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times Ministers in his Department have met officials working on the Chilcot Inquiry since that Inquiry commenced.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Chilcot Inquiry is independent of Government. No current Cabinet Office Ministers have met with Sir John Chilcott or any of his officials since the inquiry began.
Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes there have been in the unemployment rate in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (b) South Lakeland, (c) Cumbria and (d) the North West (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2010.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.