Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average per day payment rate for those employed on off-payroll engagements in his Department was in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The Department collects information centrally on the numbers of off payroll engagements in line with the mandatory disclosure requirements for reporting in Annual Report and Accounts. However, the Department does not centrally collect the range of information that would be required to address these questions, and it is considered that the time and resource required to do so retrospectively, including analysing thousands of contracts over a four year period, would incur disproportionate costs.
The Department will however expand the data collected on off payroll engagements from 2023-24 to enable analysis of this type to be provided in the future.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on off-payroll engagements earning more than £245 per day in financial years (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The Department collects information centrally on the numbers of off payroll engagements in line with the mandatory disclosure requirements for reporting in Annual Report and Accounts. However, the Department does not centrally collect the range of information that would be required to address these questions, and it is considered that the time and resource required to do so retrospectively, including analysing thousands of contracts over a four year period, would incur disproportionate costs.
The Department will however expand the data collected on off payroll engagements from 2023-24 to enable analysis of this type to be provided in the future.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the longest duration an individual has been employed under an off-payroll engagement contract within his Department is.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The majority of off payroll engagements within the Department are short term in nature. In respect to engagements >£245 day rate reported in 2022-23, 86% of these engagements were less than two years. Engagement of individuals under off-payroll terms for longer periods of time are therefore unusual but do arise where the Department is unable to recruit deep specialists on a permanent basis.
As at 31 March 2023, the longest duration an individual paid more than £245 per day, had been employed under an off-payroll engagement contract was 14 years and seven months. This relates to an engagement in the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE).
Such individuals are specialist contractors who hold niche skill sets such as in the AWE case. Having specialist contractors can also be a determining factor for long standing collaborative programmes with international partners.
Dec. 01 2023
Source Page: DCMS tax reporting data for off-payroll workers, April 2022 to March 2023Found: Table_3 Table 3: For any off-payroll engagements of board members, and/or senior officials with significant
Feb. 28 2024
Source Page: First Minister's COP 28 travel: FOI releaseFound: or private aircraft.1) The answer to your question is business class.2) Details of all Ministerial engagements
Dec. 14 2023
Source Page: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: October 2022Found: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: October 2022
Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) part of a Civil Aviation Authority approved wet leasing agreement.We are also reforming permitted paid engagements - Speech Link
Dec. 01 2023
Source Page: DCMS tax reporting data for off-payroll workers, April 2022 to March 2023Found: Table_1 Table 1: Highly paid off-payroll worker engagements as at 31 March 2023, earning £245 per day
Asked by: Cameron, Donald (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Highlands and Islands)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) civil servants and (b) other staff, including those appointed by ministers, have worked in its Scottish Affairs Office in the USA in each year since its establishment, also broken down by (i) job title and (ii) pay grade.
Answered by Robertson, Angus - Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture
The Scottish Government Office in the USA has operated with either 4 or 5 members of staff since its establishment in 2001. Provided below are details of salary scale and job titles from 2018-19:
FY | Scottish Government Civil Servants - Salary scale | Job Title | Country Based Staff | Job Title |
2018-19 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office
Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 2 | Office-Project Manager
Communications & Engagements Officer |
2019-20 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office
Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 2 | Project and Events Manager
Communications & Engagements Officer |
2020-21 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office
Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 3 | Project and Events Manager
Congressional Engagements Officer (intern)
Communications Manager |
2021-22 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office
Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 3 | Project and Events Manager
Communications Manager
Relationships Manager (1 year) |
2022-23 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office
Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 2 | Project and Events Manager
Communication Manager |
2023-24 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office
Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 2 | Project and Events Manager
Communications Manager |
Between the financial years 2007-08 and 2013-14, the Head of Scottish Government Office in the USA was graded as SCS1. From 2014-15 this role was regraded within A-C Band.
Please note we are unable to provide a small amount of the information you have requested relating to the specific pay grades of each member of staff. This information is personal data of a third party, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.
Dec. 06 2023
Source Page: Minister for Transport engagements around ferries: FOI releaseFound: Minister for Transport engagements around ferries: FOI release