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Written Answers — Treasury: Contracts (20 Jul 2009)

Anne McGuire: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what research has been carried out into the number of contracts for goods or services let by the Government which are then sub-contracted by the prime contractor.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Business: Billing (20 Jul 2009)

Anne McGuire: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many times cases under (a) the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 2002 and (b) other late payment legislation have been brought in UK courts in the last four years.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Business: Billing (20 Jul 2009)

Anne McGuire: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what research has been carried out into the size of companies bringing court cases under late payment legislation.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iran: Politics and Government (1 Jul 2009)

Anne McGuire: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the safety of British nationals resident in Iran.

Written Answers — Transport: Parking: Regulation (20 Mar 2009)

Anne McGuire: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will bring forward legislative proposals for the regulation of parking on private land; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Diesel: Prices (27 Jan 2009)

Anne McGuire: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps the Government are taking to ensure that energy companies reduce diesel prices in line with both crude oil and petrol prices.

Written Answers — Transport: Cars: Sales (26 Jan 2009)

Anne McGuire: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many sales of (a) petrol- and (b) diesel-fuelled cars there were in each of the last three financial years.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Air Travel (6 Oct 2008)

Anne McGuire: The Department joined the Government carbon offsetting fund (GCOF) at its outset in 2006-07. The following air mileage was used to calculate the payment for that year: Short-haul: (1)7,175,100 miles (11,551,911 kilometres) Long-haul: 976,660 miles (1,606,233 kilometres) (1) Short-haul data includes domestic air mileage as required by the GCOF guidance for 2006-07. This equates to a total of...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Air Travel (6 Oct 2008)

Anne McGuire: All official travel within the Department is carried out in accordance with the requirements of both the Civil Service Management Code and the Departmental Business Travel Policy. The Department's Business Travel Policy enables staff only to travel by business class for trips outside of the UK and no overseas business class tickets may be purchased for flights under two and a half hours...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Buildings (6 Oct 2008)

Anne McGuire: Details of the locations of newly occupied offices and offices that have been refurbished in the last 24 months by the Department, and the floor area of each in square metres, will be placed in the Library.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Co-ordination (6 Oct 2008)

Anne McGuire: A business case will be submitted to Government in April 2009. If approval is given the service will be rolled out on a national basis from 2009 onwards. It will be the individual's decision whether or not to use the service.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings (6 Oct 2008)

Anne McGuire: We are unable to provide an answer in the format required. The most serious category of misconduct in the Department for Work and Pensions is gross misconduct, which may include different breaches of the Department's standards of behaviour. Each case is treated on its merits and the Department does not treat any act of gross misconduct as being more or less serious than another. The...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Home Working (6 Oct 2008)

Anne McGuire: DWP employees may work from home in two categories: (a) On an ad hoc basis under our flexible working framework; and (b) Permanently, on a contractual basis. Statistical data are not collected about ad hoc home working arrangements, managers may exercise discretion and authorise ad hoc home working for a variety of reasons. Details of contractual home workers are held on individual clerical...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Information (6 Oct 2008)

Anne McGuire: We can confirm that no data have been sold by the Department or its Agencies under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the last 12 months.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Official Residences (6 Oct 2008)

Anne McGuire: No permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in the Department for Work and Pensions.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Procurement (6 Oct 2008)

Anne McGuire: The Department for Work and Pensions purchases goods and services from a significantly large number and variety of suppliers every year and information in the format requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, a list of the names and addresses of the Department's top 30 suppliers for 2007-08 (by value of commercial expenditure), and which is readily available, has been...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Public Relations (6 Oct 2008)

Anne McGuire: Information on the number of staff in (a) the Department for Work and Pensions and (b) its agencies that have been seconded to public relations or public affairs firms or consultancies in each of the last five years is not available in the format requested. The Department introduced a new personnel computer system incrementally from November 2006, being fully implemented by April 2007....

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Public Relations (6 Oct 2008)

Anne McGuire: Information on numbers of staff from public relations or public affairs firms or consultancies that have been have been seconded to (a) the Department for Work and Pensions and (b) agencies of the Department for Work and Pensions is not collected centrally. This is handled locally by individual businesses. This information is therefore not available in the format requested. To extract more...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Disability Living Allowance (6 Oct 2008)

Anne McGuire: The available information has been placed in the Library.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Disability Living Allowance (6 Oct 2008)

Anne McGuire: The available information is in the following table. Disability living allowance cases in payment where learning difficulties are cited; in Great Britain, as at February each year Number 1993 124,900 1994 148,200 1995 165,100 1996 180,200 1997 191,400 1998 202,300 1999 210,400 2000 218,500 2001 225,800 2002 236,300 2003 243,700 2004...