Alex Burghart MP: written questions
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Employment Rights BillDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the planned (a) commencement and (b) implementation dates are for each substantive policy provision of the Employment Rights Bill.
Answer: On 1 July the Government published the Employment Rights Bill Implementation Roadmap. The Roadmap provides clarity for employers and workers on how and when Government will engage and consult on the detailed implementation of Bill measures once it becomes...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: DirectorsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Business Secretary announces new DBT non-executive directors, published on 17 December 2024, if he will publish the correspondence to and from
Answer: I fully respect the principles of public appointments and the Governance Code for Public Appointments was fully adhered to in this process: the rationale for appointing without competition was made public at the time of announcement, following consultatio...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2024 to Question 54793 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, whether his Department's spending on the deal will count towards meeting the (a) 2.5 percent and (b) 3 perce
Answer: The NATO qualifying status of these costs will be considered in the usual way.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2024 to Question 54793 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, what is the cash terms, monetary value of the Defence payment towards the Chagos deal in each individual yea
Answer: I refer the hon. member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge), in response to Question 59129, on 23 June 2025.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSovereignty: Chagos IslandsTreasuryTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64055More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2024 to Question 54793 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, what proportion of the costs will come from the (a) Ministry of Defence and (b) Foreign, Commonwealth and Devel
Answer: The payments to Mauritius will be split between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Ministry of Defence. They will be published in the normal manner alongside other departmental spend in the annual accounts.
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: StaffTreasuryTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64054More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has a target for the number of staff it plans to employ over the period of the Spending Review.
Answer: The Department’s SR settlement of a 10% real terms reduction to admin budgets by 2028-29 means HM Treasury will need to get smaller, necessitating a reduction in resource in some areas. Headcount reductions will be subject to future business planning wher...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security: ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63032More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Minister for the Cabinet Office's Oral Statement of 24 June 2025 on the National Security Strategy, Official Report, columns 974-76, what estimate he has made of the proportion of GDP spent on broa
Answer: The National Security Strategy 2025 was published on 24 June 2025. It confirms that by combining an increase in funding with recognition of the vital contribution the Single Intelligence Account plays to our national defence, the UK will spend 2.6% on NAT...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: StandardsCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62664More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Departments will be required to produce internal Outcome Delivery Plans (a) to monitor spending outlines in the Spending Review 2025 and (b) as part of the Mission Board delivery programme.
Answer: The Government has published its Plan for Change, which sets out clear and ambitious milestones to reach over this Parliament from each of the Government’s national missions. Detail on wider government commitments will continue to be provided by relevant ...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: StandardsCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62662More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what metrics are tracked on his Department's internal dashboards; and if he will make it his policy to publish them on gov.uk.
Answer: The Cabinet Office does not centrally record the total number of metrics captured. Our teams and business units maintain a wide array of dashboards tailored to their specific functions and business requirements. A precise, aggregated figure is not availab...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: CorrespondenceCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62661More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the standard template for submissions to (a) Cabinet Office Ministers and (b) the Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer on 17 February 2025 (PQ HL4631) and on 7 April 2025 (PQ 42819).
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEthics and Integrity Commission: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62660More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the appointment of the (a) chair and (b) members of the Ethics and Integrity Committee will be (i) a regulated public appointment and (ii) subject to Select Committee pre-appointment scrutiny.
Answer: We are restoring confidence in government and the highest standards in public life and have already taken steps to improve probity and transparency, including through issuing a new Ministerial Code which highlights the importance of the principles of publ...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceTreasuryTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62659More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to (a) amend and (b) review the definitions of (i) defence and (ii) national security spending, for the purposes of (A) statistical and (B) NATO targets.
Answer: NATO has a common definition of defence expenditure which is agreed by all NATO Allies. A full definition can be found here: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49198.htm
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMurder of Patrick Finucane Independent Inquiry: FinanceNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding he has allocated to the Finucane Inquiry.
Answer: As I outlined in my oral statement of 11 September 2024, I considered the likely costs and impact of the Patrick Finucane Inquiry on public finances. It is the Government’s expectation that the Inquiry will avoid unnecessary costs given all the previous r...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61200More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 57308, on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, if she will place in the Library a copy of the (a) calculations and (b) analysis produced by the Government Actuary’s Departme
Answer: Details of the calculations have been agreed by the Government Actuary’s Department and are in the Explanatory Memorandum laid alongside the Treaty. However, it is not normal practice for government departments to release details of corresponding financia...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister’s oral contribution at Prime Minister's Questions on 4 June 2025, Official Report, column 302, what the evidential basis is for the state
Answer: The deal to secure the base on Diego Garcia is vital for our national security.Our Five Eyes allies - the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada - as well as India, South Korea and Japan, all put out formal statements welcoming the deal.There are clear safegu...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGuided Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Historic £1.6bn deal provides thousands of air defence missiles for Ukraine and boosts UK jobs and growth, published 2 March 2025, whether contractual con
Answer: The contract includes provisions to incentivise the specified delivery dates and, where relevant, performance criteria, with remedies available if those contractual obligations are not met. The scope will be placed in a phased manner, with the intent bein...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGuided Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Historic £1.6bn deal provides thousands of air defence missiles for Ukraine and boosts UK jobs and growth, published 2 March 2025, whether an assessment w
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him to Question 40323 on 28 March 2025.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGuided Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release on the award of a £1.6 billion contract to Thales in Belfast for the manufacture of lightweight-multirole missiles, published on 2 March 2025, whether the contract
Answer: No. Procurement of this type of capability is not available through the Dynamic Purchasing System or a Crown Commercial Service framework.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGuided Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release on the award of a £1.6 billion contract to Thales in Belfast for the manufacture of lightweight-multirole missiles, published on 2 March 2025, what (a) transparenc
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him to Question 40323 on 28 March 2025.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGuided Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release on the award of a £1.6 billion contract to Thales in Belfast for the manufacture of lightweight-multirole missiles, published on 2 March 2025, whether regulatory c
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him to Question 40323 on 28 March 2025.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGuided Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release on the award of a £1.6 billion contract to Thales in Belfast for the manufacture of lightweight-multirole missiles, published on 2 March 2025, whether the contract
Answer: The Ukraine Government selected the lightweight-multirole missile because it has demonstrated itself to be a highly effective short range air defence capability. Because the UK Ministry of Defence is acting on behalf of the Ukrainian Government in procuri...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGuided Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release on the award of a £1.6 billion contract to Thales in Belfast for the manufacture of lightweight-multirole missiles, published on 2 March 2025, whether procurement
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him to Question 40323 on 28 March 2025.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGuided Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release on the award of a £1.6 billion contract to Thales in Belfast for the manufacture of lightweight-multirole missiles, published on 2 March 2025, whether his Departme
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him to Question 40323 on 28 March 2025.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGuided Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release on the award of a £1.6 billion contract to Thales in Belfast for the manufacture of lightweight-multirole missiles, published on 2 March 2025, under what circumsta
Answer: The contract includes provisions for termination in a range of circumstances. Releasing the detail of those provisions could potentially harm our relations with the Government of Ukraine, noting that the contract was placed on its behalf pursuant to an in...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGuided Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release on the award of a £1.6 billion contract to Thales in Belfast for the manufacture of lightweight-multirole missiles, published on 2 March 2025, whether specific con
Answer: The contract does not include executable options to extend its duration. The scope will be awarded in a phased manner, and the contract does include provisions to extend specific delivery dates in certain circumstances.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
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