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How many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
The Department for Business and Trade issued less than 5 settlement agreements in the years 2020 and 2022. We withhold the exact figures and the total value of these agreements under Section 40(2) (Personal information) of the Data Protection Act. Due to...
How many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
DESNZ was formed on the 7th of February 2023. In the last year – 2023-24 – there was one settlement agreement of the type outlined. We are unable to disclose the amount given this is a single case.
Media and Sport, how many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
The number of settlement agreements issued by the department in the last five years are listed below:2020 - 02021 - 02022 - 02023 - 02024 - fewer than 5Due to the low number of settlement agreements issued by the department we cannot disclose the total va...
How many employee settlement agreements there were in her Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
The Attorney General’s Office has not entered into any employee settlement agreements since 2020.
How many employee settlement agreements there were in her Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
Exit packages are published in the DfT Annual Reports and Accounts and all redundancy, severance and other department costs, are paid in accordance with the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (except where instances are detailed in the accounts as otherwis...
How many employee settlement agreements there were in her Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
The table below shows the number of employee settlement agreements since 2020. Number of employee settlement agreementsTotal value (£)2020/21002021/22002022/23<5<£10,0002023/24<5£25,001 - £50,0002024/25*<5£10,000 - £25,000 *Until 30 November ...
Food and Rural Affairs, how many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
Between 2020 and 2024 to date, Defra has agreed six settlement agreements: one in 2021, two in 2022, two in 2023 and one in 2024 to date. The total cost of these settlements is £234,200.
How many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
The below table details the number of employee settlement agreements and amounts for the years where data is available. All information prior to 2023 has now been archived and would incur disproportionate cost to obtain. Calendar YearNumber of settlement ...
What steps her Department is taking to improve financial education in schools.
Financial education currently forms a compulsory part of the National Curriculum for mathematics (at key stages 1 to 4) and citizenship (at key stages 3 and 4). The primary mathematics curriculum includes arithmetic knowledge that supports pupils’ ability...
What estimate she has made of the cost of hiring 3,000 additional staff in fraud and error.
His Majesty’s Treasury allocated DWP £110m to deliver on the fraud, error and debt Autumn Budget measures over the next financial year. As part of this, the Department is hiring an additional 3,000 staff to expand DWP’s Fraud, Error and Debt (FED) operati...
What the average processing time for Pension Credit applications is by constituency.
Pension Credit application Average Actual Clearance Times (AACT) are measured weekly.The information is not available at constituency level. The table below the most recent national AACT data. Week Date28/10/2404/11/2411/11/2418/11/24PC Claims AACT (Worki...
What estimate her Department has made of the amount local authorities will spend on supporting pensioners with the cost of living in winter 2024-25.
No assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Household Support Fund in supporting pensioners with the cost of living in winter 2024-25 and no estimate has been made of the amount local authorities will spend on supporting pensioners this winter...
What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Household Support Fund in supporting pensioners with the cost of living in winter 2024-25.
No assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Household Support Fund in supporting pensioners with the cost of living in winter 2024-25 and no estimate has been made of the amount local authorities will spend on supporting pensioners this winter...
How many Pension Credit applications have been made since 29 July 2024 by constituency.
We do not currently hold this information at Constituency level. Data on how many Pension Credit applications made between 1 April 2024 and 22 September 2024 was recently published on gov.uk, Weekly Pension Credit claims received from 1 April 2024 to 22 S...
Whether the additional 500 staff deployed to process Pension Credit applications were new employees.
Since the announcement to means test Winter Fuel payments, to date we have increased the resource in Pension Credit claims by approximately 500 staff through a combination of internal redeployments, use of external providers and external recruitment. This...
What data her Department holds on steps councils are taking to support pensioners with the cost of living in winter 2024-25.
The Government does not hold any data on the steps that councils are taking to support pensioners with the cost of living in winter 2024-25. In England, the Household Support Fund (HSF) is a scheme funded by the Department for Work and Pensions and delive...
How long it takes to train a new staff member to process pension credit applications.
The current training for staff on Pension Credit New Claims is 10 days. The training includes focus on the steps to process an application, with more activities to help with engagement and understanding. The training has been designed using experience, ad...
If her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a Pension Credit uptake target.
The Government is committed to ensuring that older people receive the support they are entitled to. That’s why we have been running a nationwide communications campaign to promote Pension Credit since September. The latest phase of the campaign takes a ne...
What estimate she has made of the time taken to (a) recruit and (b) train 3,000 additional staff in fraud and error.
Currently the time taken from the job advert being created to the individual being onboarded is between 7 to 20 weeks. Training time varies by function with the majority of new staff needing three to six months to fully consolidate learning, whereas speci...
How many employee settlement agreements there were within the civil service in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements was.
Full information on the use of settlement agreements is held by individual departments.