Lilian Greenwood – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2014-04-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what fines or penalties his Department has been required to pay HM Treasury (a) following the employment of staff through personal service companies and (b) for any other reason since May 2010.

Stephen Hammond

The Department had a sanction imposed by HM Treasury of £398,500 in March 2014. This took the form of a budget reduction rather than the payment of a fine or penalty.

This related to the Chief Executive and Finance Director at Directly Operated Railways Ltd who were originally engaged off-payroll and brought onto the payroll more than six months after the guidance came into effect.

There have been no other similar cases in the Department for Transport.