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1099W Written Answers 26 MARCH 2013 Written Answers 1100W information about how many officials received such payments and the monetary value of the 20 largest payments made in each year cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost. £ How much was paid to officials in non-departmental public bodies in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary Name organisation Type of payment 2012-13 to end of February 2013 2011-12 Care Quality Commission Overtime 758,408 887,781 Bonuses 0 £301,406 NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB) 1 — Not in existence Health Protection Agency Clinical Excellence Awards 2,856,624 3,336,169 Overtime 972,725 985,986 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) Bonus payments 2,000 5,500 Overtime 22,709 14,227 Records Management Project 0 35,112 Human Tissue Authority 0 0 Name of organisation What allowances and subsidies in addition to salary were available to officials in each of the last five years 2012-13 to February 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10 2008-09 What was the monetary value of such payments and allowances in each such year (£) 2012-13 to February 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10 2008-09 Care Quality Commission Home workers allowance, Essential Car User allowance, Zonal Allowance (now consolidated into pay), Pension Compensation allowance, Transport allowance 1,107,680 1,977,498 2,112,989 Not in existence Not in existence NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB) 1 — Not in existence 1 — Not in existence Health Protection Agency Geographic Allowance, on call allowance 7,379,314 7,535,586 8,127,506 7,449,396 Not available in MINT Payroll reports Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) 2 Only one allowance has been available in each of the last five years—an out of hours on call media handling allowance 3,750 3,750 3,750 3,750 3,750 Human Tissue Authority Gym Subsidy Gym Subsidy, London Weighting Gym Subsidy, Staff Allowance 1,018 2,386 3,913 5,017 7,609 Monitor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 NHS CB: The Commissioning Board became an Executive non-departmental public body on 1 October 2012 and will not be effectively operational until 1 April 2013. The NHS CB is undertaking a significant programme of staff transition and recruitment, and during this financial year most staff have been working on a secondment or interim basis. Therefore, it is not possible to give accurate figures for 2012-13. 2 HFEA: The monetary value for this allowance, which applies in each such year, is as follows £312.50 per month/£3,750 per annum (one person). Public Expenditure Chris Leslie: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Budget 2013 Red Book, Table 2.5, which capital projects are no longer proceeding as a consequence of the underspend by his Department in 2012-13. [150176] Dr Poulter: Table 2.5 of the Budget 2013 Red Book shows the difference between Budget 2012 plans and latest forecast of expenditure for 2012-13. For the Department of Health, the table shows an estimated Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits underspend of £0.8 billion against the Budget 2012 plans. This underspend has arisen mainly because of savings in central capital schemes (including Connecting for Health) and slippage on capital spending plans in the national health service. No. capital projects have been stopped or delayed specifically to achieve this underspend.
1101W Written Answers 26 MARCH 2013 Written Answers 1102W The Department will set out its spending for the year in detail in its annual accounts in the usual way. Social Services Mr Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether his Department has made an estimate of costs associated with local authorities having introduced restrictions on the eligibility criteria for social care; [150135] (2) what support his Department has offered to help local authorities maintain current thresholds for Fair Access to Care criteria; [150164] (3) with reference to his Department’s White Paper, Caring for Our Future, what steps he is taking to introduce a new assessment and eligibility framework for social care. [150167] Norman Lamb: Under the current legal framework, local authorities are free to set their eligibility threshold for adult social care services. Local authorities base their own threshold in response to local needs and circumstances. We have not made any estimate of the costs associated with local authorities having introduced restrictions on the eligibility criteria for social care. The Government has committed to introducing a national minimum eligibility threshold for adult social care. Provisions to this effect were included in the draft Care and Support Bill, and subject to the passage of legislation, this will be introduced from April 2015. The Government will determine the level of the threshold as part of the Spending Review, which we will announce later in the year. Local authorities will be free to set their eligibility threshold at a more generous level but will not be able to tighten them beyond the national minimum threshold. The Government also gave a commitment in the White Paper “Caring for our future”, that we will develop and test options for a potential new assessment and eligibility framework. A Steering Group involving all relevant stakeholders will be established in the summer. The Steering Group will develop new models and these will be evaluated over a number of years. The Steering Group will then put proposals to Government and we will consider the feasibility of implementing these. We know that the last Spending Review provided local government with a challenging settlement. This is why we took the decision to prioritise adult social care, and provide extra funding for local authorities to help in maintaining access to services. Since then, we have provided local authorities with additional resources for social care. However, it is ultimately for local authorities to choose how best to use their available funding. But we cannot improve care and support by putting ever more money into the system. We have already seen examples of local authorities redesigning services to find more efficient ways of working. Many local authorities are innovating and achieving much greater integration between health and care services, thereby improving care for people and optimising use of resources available. EDUCATION Academies: Finance John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the duties of the Education Funding Agency are in relation to monitoring academies’ funding agreements. [146028] Mr Laws: The duties of the Education Funding Agency (EFA) in relation to academies’ funding agreements are to provide assurance over the proper use of public funds provided by the EFA through financial assurance undertaken by the EFA itself, or by others. The EFA is also responsible for compliance with the funding agreement by academies and it investigates alleged breaches of the funding agreement, except where they relate to educational matters or where another statutory body is responsible. John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the duties of Ofsted are in relation to monitoring academies’ funding agreements. [146030] Mr Laws: Ofsted does not have a role in monitoring academies’ funding agreements; this role is carried out by the Education Funding Agency. Ofsted’s remit is to inspect and regulate services which care for children and young people and those providing education and skills for learners of all ages, including academies. John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education which academies, from which academy groups or chains, have had their funding agreements revoked since May 2010; and what the (a) date of and (b) reasons for each such revocation were. [146031] Mr Laws: No academies have had their funding agreements revoked since May 2010. Departmental Responsibilities Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education which activities in the Children and Young People’s Family Division of his Department have been scaled back, ended or deprioritised since September 2012; and how many such activities are planned to be scaled back, ended or deprioritised. [143053] Mr Timpson [holding answer 12 February 2013]: The Children, Young People and Families Directorate was replaced by the Children’s Services and Departmental Strategy Directorate on the 3 December 2012 as part of internal restructuring at the Department for Education. Resource is now regularly reprioritised according to where the Department is at on the cycle of work and to ensure the Department is run as efficiently as possible. Going forward, the Department’s business planning process will determine which activities are scaled back, ended or deprioritised. This is due to complete in the next few months and will be followed by ongoing reprioritisation so that staff resource is always focused where it is most needed. Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what advice was given by special advisers at or before the Department for Education Board meeting of 4 October 2012 on scaling back, ending or deprioritisation of activities within the Children and Young People’s Family Division of his Department. [143054] Mr Timpson [holding answer 13 February 2013]: The Secretary of State receives frequent advice from special advisers on the full range of departmental policies, and on prioritisation.
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