First elected: 6th May 2010
Left House: 30th March 2015 (Defeated)
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We are consulting on how best to implement the policy as part of a wider review into how to broaden and strengthen support for postgraduate researchers. We will be working with employers, universities and students to make sure the scheme meets the most pressing needs.
The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes data on student entrants, enrolments and qualifiers at UK Higher Education Institutions.
New tighter rules governing ‘off-payroll’ appointments in central government were established in May 2012 when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury published the Review of the Tax Arrangements of Public Sector Appointees.
The recommendations of the Review mean that the most senior staff must go on the payroll, and departments are now able to seek assurance in relation to the tax arrangements of their long-term, high paid contractors.
The Treasury has carried out two evaluations of compliance with the rules which were published on 11 March 2014 and 5 March 2015. The most recent review revealed that the large majority of central government departments are operating the rules effectively. The Treasury issued £3 million in fines in 2014 and 2015 to a small number of departments who did not fully comply with the requirements of the guidance.
Data on the number of off payroll staff engaged in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and its Partner Organisations since August 2012 has been published in BIS Annual Reports and Accounts:
Earlier data is not available.
The Department does not hold information on the average amount of customer debt owed to energy supply companies.
The number of people engaged off payroll by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) and the Non Departmental Public Bodies, for which it is responsible, are published each year in its Annual report and Accounts. These are available on our website and can be found by following the links set out below.
2013-14 (Average number of persons employed) (Page 96)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014
2012-13 (Average number of persons employed) (Page 150)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2012-13
2011-12 (Table 5 Staff in post) (Page 232)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012--2
2010-11 (Average number of persons employed) (Page 96)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-2010-to-2011
The tables in 2011-12 also includes totals for all previous years since DECC was created in 2008.
For the first part of this question, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 12th March to Question 226662:
DECC do not have data on average actual bills for the fuel poor, or any particular cut of them, as fuel poverty estimates are produced on a notional basis (what the bill would be for a household if they used sufficient energy to meet the heating requirement for the home they live in). A large volume of data on fuel poverty is available on the DECC web site at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics.
The Department does not hold information on how many prepayment customers are in arrears with their electricity and/or gas supply company.
Ofgem closely monitors domestic energy suppliers’ performance and publishes information in relation to debt owed by domestic customers for their electricity and gas supplies in its Social Obligations Annual Reports:
Estimates of average domestic energy bills are published by DECC in the quarterly energy prices publication:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/domestic-energy-prices
Data is not separately available for England and Wales as it is reported to DECC for each public electricity supply regions (PES regions); Merseyside and North Wales is one of these regions. Gas in not widely used in the domestic sector in Northern Ireland, so estimates are not available. The 2014 data are provisional and will be revised on 26 March 2015.
Data on fuel poverty is published annually at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics.
The Department does not hold information on the average amount of outstanding prepayment meter debt.
Ofgem closely monitors domestic energy suppliers’ performance and publishes information in relation to debt, but they do not publish data showing the average amount of outstanding debt by payment method such as prepayment meters, or by customers living in Scotland, England or Wales. Ofgem does not monitor the gas and electricity supply market in Northern Ireland as it is a devolved matter.
Data on methods of payment for domestic energy consumers are published in Quarterly Energy Prices, tables 2.4.2 and 2.5.2.
This is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-price-stastics .
The tables below show the proportion of customers on pre-payment for each year since 2010. Data is only available at the Public Electricity Supply (PES) region level of geography. As Merseyside and North Wales is a PES region we cannot separately calculate totals for England and Wales. Gas is not yet widely available in Northern Ireland; therefore this data has been excluded from the gas table.
Percentage of electricity customers with pre-payment meters
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014p | |
UK | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
Scotland | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 |
England and Wales | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
Northern Ireland | 33 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 36 |
Percentage of gas customers with pre-payment meters
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014p | |
GB | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
Scotland | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
England and Wales | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
Data for 2014 is provisional as Q4 2014 data is not yet available, so percentages published are based on data from the first three quarters of the year.
DECC estimate that there are just over 27 million households in the UK that consume electricity, based on meter point counts, suggesting that in 2014 there were around 4½ million households using pre-payment meters.
DECC estimate that there are just over 23 million households in Great Britain that consume gas, based on meter point counts. This suggests that in 2014 there were around 3½ million households using pre-payment meters.
The majority of expenditure with recruitment agencies represents payment to the individuals employed. We are unable to separately identify the element retained by the recruitment agency as fees. This varies from case to case and the Department contracts on the basis of a total hourly or daily fee. The recruitment principles published by the Civil Service Commission specify the circumstances when appointments may be made otherwise. Further information about the work of the Civil Service Commissioners can be found at www.civilservicecommissioners.org
The Department made payment to an outplacement agency in 2014-15 only. Prior to using the outplacement agency, the Department used the Civil Service Transition Service to provide career counselling redeployment support with no associated costs to the Department.
Figures for 2009 -10 to 2013-14 for staff training are published in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.
The majority of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) training budget is delegated to the individual business units. This enables them to target resources to their learning priorities. BIS does not centrally collate details of individual course attendances.
The spend on training in core BIS in the last five years is
Year | Spend £ |
2010/11 | 2,340,575 |
2011/12 | 2,662,967 |
2012/13 | 2,070,999 |
2013/14 | 1,840,850 |
2014/15 (figure as at end November 2014) | 1,000,995 |
We are unable to provide details of spend in relation to parts (a) and (b). The information is not held against discrete finance headings and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has on 3 occasions met with representative(s) from one or more of the six largest energy companies since 1st November 2014.
Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on a quarterly basis on the www.gov.uk website at the following link:
Since 1st April 2012 the National Trading Standards Board (NTSB) has been responsible for the Illegal Money Lending Units in England and Wales, and Trading Standards Scotland (TSS) has been responsible for the Illegal Money Lending Unit in Scotland. The NTSB and TSS decide what proportion of their total grant funding (provided by BIS) should be allocated for delivery of these functions. Before April 2012 Government directly funded all three of the Illegal Money lending Teams.
Below are the budgets allocated to the Illegal Money Lending teams over the last four years.
| England | Wales | Scotland |
2014/15 | £3.60m | £0.63m | £0.4m |
2013/14 | £3.91m | £0.67m | £0.4m |
2012/13 | £4.13m | £0.59m | £0.38m |
2011/12 | £4.07m | £0.65m | £0.48m |
2010/11 | £4.07m | £0.65m | £0.48m |
Trading Standards is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and so it is not possible to provide comparable data.
The numbers of full-time and part-time staff that have been employed by the Illegal Money Lending Units in Scotland, England and Wales over the last four years are as follows:
| Full-Time |
| Part-Time (full time equivalents) | ||
Financial Years | England | Wales | Scotland |
| Wales |
2014/15 | 58 | 7 | 8 |
| 1.9 |
2013/14 | 63 | 7 | 8 |
| 1.9 |
2012/13 | 63 | 7 | 8 |
| 1.6 |
2011/12 | 50 | 6 | 8 |
| 0.8 |
2010/11 | Unavailable | 9 | 8 |
| 0.8 |
Trading Standards is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and so it is not possible to provide comparable data.
The Illegal Money Lending Teams in England, Scotland and Wales receive intelligence via the helpline and also through via the “report a loan shark” web page on www.gov.uk, text messages, other electronic media and referrals from enforcement and debt advice agencies.
Below is a breakdown of the number of calls received over the last four years and also the number of total pieces of intelligence received via all communications channels.
Telephone calls | Total Intelligence Received | |||||||
England | Wales | Scotland | England | Wales | Scotland | |||
2013/14 | 370 | 16 | 10 | 2013/14 | 592 | 29 | 65 | |
2012/13 | 323 | 20 | 8 | 2012/13 | 657 | 32 | 117 | |
2011/12 | 214 | 20 | 12 | 2011/12 | 460 | 38 | 96 | |
2010/11 | Breakdown of number of calls received unavailable | 2010/11 | 299 | 48 | 28 |
Trading Standards is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and so it is not possible to provide comparable data for there.
Final Approved answer to 13371
The Illegal Money Lending Teams conduct complex and sensitive investigations. The length of each investigation will be influenced by the circumstances of the specific case. In some instances convictions can only be delivered through months of proactive intelligence gathering and community engagement. Because of this, some cases span across multiple years and so there is not necessarily a direct link between the numbers of actionable reports and the numbers of convictions in any one year.
Below is a breakdown of the number of operations, arrests and prosecutions completed by the Illegal Money Lending Teams in England, Scotland and Wales in each of the last four years and the number of custodial sentences handed down by the courts.
Operations | Arrests / Detainments | Prosecutions | Custodials | |||||||||
England | Wales | Scotland | England | Wales | Scotland | England | Wales | Scotland | England | Wales | Scotland | |
2013/14 | 74 | 29 | 9 | 107 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 0 |
2012/13 | 73 | 38 | 15 | 92 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
2011/12 | 57 | 37 | 14 | 62 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
2010/11* | 288 | 46 | 17 | 104 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
* The England Illegal Money Lending Team was restructured in April 2011- 9 England regional teams were merged into a single National team covering the whole of England.
The information requested is contained in the following tables.
The table below shows the average number of staff engaged off-payroll over the past five years by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI), and the Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol).
Tsol, AGO and HMCPSI - Average number of staff engaged off-payroll1 | |
Period | Average Headcount |
April 2014 – February 2015 | 263 |
April 2013 – March 2014 | 197 |
April 2012 – March 2013 | 127 |
April 2011 – March 2012 | 91 |
April 2010 – March 2011 | 103 |
1 Off payroll staff includes temporary (agency) and contract staff, including lawyers, other professionals and administrators. None of the above mentioned staff members are civil servants. The majority are temporary staff engaged through employment agencies to cover short term vacancies and to secure specific specialist legal and support skills.
Prior to April 2014 the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) did not maintain a centralised record of staff employed off-payroll and it is not possible to provide information at the level of detail requested. The SFO can, however, provide an average number of temporary staff employed since April 2010. These figures are as follows:
SFO - Average number of temporary staff engaged off-payroll | |
Period | Average Headcount |
April 2013 – March 2014 | 35 |
April 2012 – March 2013 | 29 |
April 2011 – March 2012 | 51 |
April 2010 – March 2011 | 98 |
At the end of December January 2015 there were 86 temporary staff working at the SFO.
The average number of staff in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) who were engaged off-payroll during each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available is shown in the table below.
CPS - Average number of temporary staff engaged off-payroll1 | |
Period | Average Headcount |
April 2014 – January 2015 | 7.7 |
April 2013 – March 2014 | 6 |
April 2012 – March 2013 | 1.9 |
April 2011 – March 2012 | 5.1 |
April 2010 – March 2011 | 20 |
1 The figures in the table have been calculated by taking relevant workforce statistics published each month and deriving an average for each financial year. It is possible, therefore, that the number of unique individuals employed during any financial year was higher than that indicated.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.
Audited information about staff engaged off-payroll has been published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts for the last 2 full financial years (2012/13, 2013/14) and these are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts .
Audited information for 2014/15 will be published in the 2014/15 Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts in due course.
The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.
Audited information about staff engaged off-payroll has been published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts for the last 2 full financial years (2012/13, 2013/14) and these are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts .
Audited information for 2014/15 will be published in the 2014/15 Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts in due course.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Before the last General Election, there were no effective cross-Governmental controls over spend on consultancy and temporary labour.
Now Ministers, supported by Cabinet Office officials, closely scrutinise what we spend on consultants and temporary labour. Last year, departments saved over £1.4 billion from consultants and temporary labour compared to the spending levels in the final year of the last administration, 2009-10 - a 57% reduction. This helped us save taxpayers £14.3 billion through efficiency and reform in 2013-14 against a 2009-10 baseline. Central Government spending on general consultancy alone was £316 million in 2013-14: around a quarter of the 2009-10 figure of £1,234 million. Such expenditure was £363m in 2010-11, £209m in 2011-12 and £212m in 2012-13.
We will spend money on consultants and temporary labour when there is an appropriate business need to do so. Indeed in some cases engaging temporary labour is more flexible and cheaper for the taxpayer than taking on new staff. But we are also ensuring that the Civil Service has the skills needed. Our Capabilities Plan is designed to address long-standing gaps in four particular areas: digital skills, project management skills, commercial skills, and the leadership and management of change.
We publish all spend data over £25,000 and central government contracts over £10,000 on Gov.uk and Contracts Finder”.
Before the last General Election, there were no effective cross-Governmental controls over spend on consultancy and temporary labour.
Now Ministers, supported by Cabinet Office officials, closely scrutinise what we spend on consultants and temporary labour. Last year, departments saved over £1.4 billion from consultants and temporary labour compared to the spending levels in the final year of the last administration, 2009-10 - a 57% reduction. This helped us save taxpayers £14.3 billion through efficiency and reform in 2013-14 against a 2009-10 baseline.
We will continue to spend money on consultants and temporary labour when there is an appropriate business need to do so. Indeed in some cases engaging temporary labour is more flexible and cheaper for the taxpayer than taking on new staff. But we are also ensuring that the Civil Service has the skills needed. Our Capabilities Plan is designed to address long-standing gaps in four particular areas: digital skills, project management skills, commercial skills, and the leadership and management of change.
We publish all spend data over £25,000 and contracts over £10,000 on Gov.uk and Contracts Finder
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The information is not held centrally.
As a result of this Government’s commercial reforms, by limiting expenditure on marketing and advertising, consultants and temporary agency staff, we have saved the taxpayer £870m in 2010-11; £1bn in 2011-12; £1.9bn in 2012-13; and £2bn in 2013-14 – all against a 2009-10 baseline.
Since 2011, details of Cabinet Office expenditure over £25,000 is published at:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data
The Cabinet Office does not hold a central record of outplacement agency fees, nor does it hold a central record of recruitment agency fees as it does not disaggregate these costs from general recruitment costs.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
New tighter rules governing ‘off-payroll’ appointments in central government were established in May 2012 when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury published the Review of the Tax Arrangements of Public Sector Appointees.
The recommendations of the Review mean that the most senior staff must go on the payroll, and departments are now able to seek assurance in relation to the tax arrangements of their long-term, high paid contractors.
The Treasury has carried out two evaluations of compliance with the rules which were published on 11 March 2014 and 5 March 2015. The most recent review revealed that the large majority of central government departments are operating the rules effectively.
Off-payroll engagements for more than £220 per day and that last for longer than six months:
Department /ALB | 2013-14 | 2012-13 |
DCMS | 28 | 24 |
Ofcom | 25 | 1 |
Olympic Delivery Authority | 13 | 38 |
British Library | 7 | 9 |
Equality & Human Rights Commission | 7 | 15 |
Visit Britain | 6 | 0 |
British Museum | 5 | 0 |
British Film Institute | 3 | 0 |
Tate | 2 | 0 |
UK Sport | 2 | 0 |
V&A | 1 | 0 |
Arts Council England | 0 | 2 |
National Gallery | 0 | 3 |
Natural History Museum | 0 | 5 |
Sport England | 0 | 1 |
Data Source: DCMS Annual Reports 2012-13 and 2013-14
The following Arm’s Length bodies have not used off-payroll engagements for more than £220 per day and that last for longer than six months:
· Churches Conservation Trust |
· English Heritage |
· Gambling Commission |
· Geffrye Museum |
· Horniman |
· Horse race Betting Levy Board |
· Imperial War Museum |
· National Heritage Memorial Fund /Heritage Lottery Fund |
· National Museums Liverpool |
· National Portrait Gallery |
· Royal Armouries |
· Royal Museums Greenwich |
· Science Museum Group |
· Sir John Soane’s Museum |
· Sports Ground Safety Authority |
· The Royal Parks |
· Wallace |
For appointments prior to this and below this threshold, the cost to provide the numbers would be disproportionate.
a) Recruitment agency fees are contained within the invoices submitted by the agency, the rate of charge will vary depending on the individual candidate’s pay rates but this charge is not separately identified on the invoice hence the Department is unable to separate agency charges from the overall payment to the agency for each candidate.
b) The total spent on outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff over the past 5 years is as follows:
2014-15 £0
2013-14 £0
2012-13 £63,000
2011-12 £0
2010-11 £63,000
(Figures are inclusive of recoverable VAT)
c) The total spent on Staff Training over the past 5 years is as follows:
2014/15 £174,347**
2013/14 £225,289
2012/13 £133,106
2011/12 £303,975
2010/11 £392,484
** current to 31st Dec 2014
(Figures are net of recoverable VAT)
The number of staff who were engaged off-payroll in the Department for Education (including its Executive Agencies) can be found online at www.data.gov.uk.
The Department for Education does not collect data on the number of staff engaged off-payroll in its associated bodies.
The Department records centrally the total amount spent on recruitment, but this is not broken down between money spent on recruitment agencies, executive search consultants, advertising expenditure and other recruitment costs, so we are unable to provide this figure.
The table below shows spend on outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff.
Financial year | Total Spend |
2014 - 2015 to date | £ 14,175 |
2013 - 2014 | £ 18,298 |
2012 - 2013 | £ nil |
2011- 2012 | £ nil |
2010 - 2011 | £ 7,657 |
The table below shows spend on staff training.
Financial Year | Total spend |
2014/15 to date | £1.3m |
2013/14 | £2.2m |
2012/13 | £3.2m |
2011/12 | £2.1m |
2010/11 | £3.4m |
The Department’s Annual Report and Accounts set out the number of off-payroll workers employed by the Core Department, its Executive Agencies and Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies each year. The table below shows the information requested in each financial year from 2009-10 to 2013-14 (the last financial year for which a set of accounts has been published).
Organisation | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
Core Defra | 362 | 119 | 73 | 73 | 91 |
Executive Agencies: | |||||
Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (see Note) | 133 | 56 | 104 | 93 | 90 |
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science | 14 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
Food and Environment Research Agency (see Note) | 15 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 |
Rural Payments Agency | 320 | 32 | 54 | 150 | 206 |
Veterinary Medicines Directorate | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 |
Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies: | |||||
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (see Note) | 0 | 73 | 34 | 18 | 38 |
Consumer Council for Water | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Environment Agency | 868 | 349 | 687 | 764 | 403 |
Joint Nature Conservation Committee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marine Management Organisation | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
National Forest Company | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural England | 183 | 124 | 131 | 135 | 181 |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | 35 | 41 | 28 | 48 | 36 |
Sea Fish Industry Authority | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Note: the figures for the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency reflect the organisation’s then structure, which was created from a merger of the Animal Health agency and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency on 1 April 2011. The figures do not reflect the restructuring into the Animal and Plant Health Agency on 1 October 2014, when some areas of work undertaken previously by Fera (Food and Environment Research Agency) were brought into the new organisation.
Information on the number of off-payroll engagements in 2013/14 is included in DFID Annual Reporting. This information can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014. Information on previous years can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
New tighter rules governing ‘off-payroll’ appointments in central government were established in May 2012 when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury published the Review of the Tax Arrangements of Public Sector Appointees.
The recommendations of the Review mean that the most senior staff must go on the payroll, and departments are now able to seek assurance in relation to the tax arrangements of their long-term, high paid contractors.
The Treasury has carried out two evaluations of compliance with the rules which were published on 11 March 2014 and 5 March 2015. The most recent review revealed that the large majority of central government departments are operating the rules effectively. The Treasury issued £3 million in fines in 2014 and 2015 to a small number of departments who did not fully comply with the requirements of the guidance.
The UK Government has provided the following support (£m):
DFID MALAWI Programme Spend | ||||||
CHANNEL | 2013/14 | 2012/13 | 2011/12 | 2010/11 | 2009/10 | TOTAL |
Malawi Government | 18.2 | 76.3 | 36.7 | 59.5 | 75.2 | 265.9 |
Non-Governmental Organisations | 17.7 | 12.2 | 9.5 | 6.7 | 3.7 | 49.8 |
Information regarding specific projects is available on the Development Tracker (www.dfid.gov.uk).
In 2012, the Treasury published its Review of the Tax Arrangements of Public Sector Appointees. It began requiring Departments to report on these arrangements in their Annual Reports and Accounts, and to implement tax assurance processes. The Department for Transport’s Annual Reports and Accounts are all available on gov.uk. The off-payroll assurance process for the current financial year is ongoing and final results will be published in the Annual Report and Accounts in June. Data is not available, other than at disproportionate cost, for years prior to 2012, and for those being paid less or who have been engaged to work for less than six months.
I can confirm that £293,667.50 worth of savings have accrued to the public purse from closures of driving test centres in Scotland since 2010-11.
The number of driving test centres that have closed in each of the last five years in England, Scotland and Wales is:
2010/11 – 29
2011/12 – 11
2012/13 – 13
2013/14 – 3
2014/15 – 4
The number of driving test centres that have opened in each of the last five years in England, Scotland and Wales is:
2010/11 – 14
2011/12 – 7
2012/13 – 14
2013/14 – 8
2014/15 – 0
The number of driving test centres that have closed in Scotland is:
2010/11 – 5
2011/12 – 2
2012/13 – 5
2013/14 – 1
2014/15 – 1
The number of driving test centres that have opened in Scotland is:
2010/11 – 3
2011/12 – 3
2012/13 – 3
2013/14 – 1
2014/15 – 0
The number of driving test centres that have closed in England is:
2010/11 – 22
2011/12 – 9
2012/13 – 7
2013/14 – 1
2014/15 – 3
The number of driving test centres that have opened in England is:
2010/11 – 9
2011/12 – 3
2012/13 – 10
2013/14 – 7
2014/15 – 0
The number of driving test centres that have closed in Wales is:
2010/11 – 2
2011/12 – 0
2012/13 – 1
2013/14 – 1
2014/15 – 0
The number of driving test centres that have opened in Wales is:
2010/11 – 2
2011/12 – 1
2012/13 – 1
2013/14 – 0
2014/15 – 0
No driving test centres were reopened at the same property.
Changes have occurred in the number of driving test centres since 2010/11 as a result of the Multi-Purpose Test Centre (MPTC) investment programme.
The number of driving test centres that have closed in each of the last five years in England, Scotland and Wales is:
2010/11 – 29
2011/12 – 11
2012/13 – 13
2013/14 – 3
2014/15 – 4
The number of driving test centres that have opened in each of the last five years in England, Scotland and Wales is:
2010/11 – 14
2011/12 – 7
2012/13 – 14
2013/14 – 8
2014/15 – 0
The number of driving test centres that have closed in Scotland is:
2010/11 – 5
2011/12 – 2
2012/13 – 5
2013/14 – 1
2014/15 – 1
The number of driving test centres that have opened in Scotland is:
2010/11 – 3
2011/12 – 3
2012/13 – 3
2013/14 – 1
2014/15 – 0
The number of driving test centres that have closed in England is:
2010/11 – 22
2011/12 – 9
2012/13 – 7
2013/14 – 1
2014/15 – 3
The number of driving test centres that have opened in England is:
2010/11 – 9
2011/12 – 3
2012/13 – 10
2013/14 – 7
2014/15 – 0
The number of driving test centres that have closed in Wales is:
2010/11 – 2
2011/12 – 0
2012/13 – 1
2013/14 – 1
2014/15 – 0
The number of driving test centres that have opened in Wales is:
2010/11 – 2
2011/12 – 1
2012/13 – 1
2013/14 – 0
2014/15 – 0
No driving test centres were reopened at the same property.
Changes have occurred in the number of driving test centres since 2010/11 as a result of the Multi-Purpose Test Centre (MPTC) investment programme.
My Department employs no individuals via contingent labour contracts on a zero hour basis.
The number of direct employees of the Department and its 6 Executive agencies who are on zero hours contracts is 9. All are qualified engineers.
There are no direct employees on zero-hour contracts in the Department's arms length bodies.
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on the 03 July 2014 to Question UIN 202811.
Since the last Question given on the 03 July 2014 Minister for Pensions Rt. Hon. Steve Webb MP attended the Gleneagles Conference in September 2014 and Minister for Disabled People Mark Harper MP attended the Commonwealth Games in July 2014.