Ashley Fox MP: written questions

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Scotland Office: BuildingsScotland OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of his Department’s offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each office in person in the sam
Answer: For the 4-week period from 2 September 2024 to 27 September 2024, the Scotland Office’s London Office had an average of 17 staff attend per day and an average of 56% of desks occupied. Please note that part of this reporting period included recess when we...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
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Scotland Office: Civil ServantsScotland OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of his Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.
Answer: The Scotland Office currently has 39 civil servants assigned to its London Office and 46 assigned to its Edinburgh Office. There are 30 desks available in the London Office and 26 desks in the Edinburgh Office.
Answered 24 Oct 2024
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Ministers' Private OfficesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in his Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items
Answer: The Department is a customer of the Government Property Agency (GPA) at all its office locations. The office where the Department’s ministers are located is a GPA building, where GPA is the landlord and building manager and the Department is a tenant. GPA...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: BuildingsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of his Department’s offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each o
Answer: Heads of Department have agreed that 60% minimum office attendance for moststaff continues to be the best balance of working for the Civil Service. Officeoccupancy data for the period July - September has been published, with furtherpublications to now ha...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Civil ServantsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of his Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.
Answer: The number of civil servants assigned to the Department’s office locations, and how many desks are available in each office location, are shown below:LocationHeadcount Desks10 Victoria Street, London183105100 Parliament Street, London56456622 Whitehall, L...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
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Northern Ireland Office: Ministers' Private OfficesNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in his Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this was spent.
Answer: Since the dissolution of the last Parliament on 30 May 2024, one three-seater office sofa for the Ministerial Office was purchased at a cost of £811.14.
Answered 24 Oct 2024
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Northern Ireland Office: BuildingsNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of his Department’s offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each office in person in
Answer: The Northern Ireland Office employs a desk booking system (Matrix) to monitor desk occupancy. Staff can book desks in advance of their intended attendance, or the same day. The following data was gathered from Monday 23 September until Friday 18 October 2...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
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Northern Ireland Office: Civil ServantsNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of his Department's offices; and how many desks are available for staff to work in that individual office.
Answer: The total number of people by full-time equivalent hours (FTE) at 30 September 2024 is 159.96, which is 165 headcount; 86 members of staff are based in the Belfast office and 79 are based in the London office.There are 121 bookable desks available in tota...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
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Department of Health and Social Care: Ministers' Private OfficesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in his Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this was sp
Answer: The Department has not spent any money on new furniture, fittings, or refurbishment of ministerial offices since the dissolution of the last Parliament.
Answered 4 Nov 2024
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Department of Health and Social Care: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of his Department’s offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each office in per
Answer: The following table shows the percentage of desks that were occupied in the most recent four weeks at our London headquarters on Victoria Street, as we do not routinely collect occupancy data in our other offices:Week CommencingPercentage of desks occupie...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
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Department of Health and Social Care: Civil ServantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of his Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.
Answer: The following table shows the number civil servants assigned to work in each of the Department's offices, as well as how many desks are available in each office:LocationStaff assigned to officeDesks available to the Department in each officeLondon2,302858...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Ministers' Private OfficesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in his Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what item
Answer: To ensure the department was ready as part of the change of Government in July 2024, renovation and improvements worth approximately £2600 (exclusive of VAT) were conducted.
Answered 25 Nov 2024
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: BuildingsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of his Department’s offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each
Answer: Heads of Department have agreed that 60% minimum office attendance for most staff continues to be the best balance of working for the Civil Service. Office occupancy data for the period July - September has been published, with further publications to now...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Civil ServantsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of his Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.
Answer: Attached is the data for how many Civil Servants are assigned to work in each departments office as of August 2024. Below is the data for how many desks are available in policy hubs from October 2024. The reason we have only given this data, is that all o...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Ministers' Private OfficesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in his Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this
Answer: The Department is a customer of the Government Property Agency (GPA) at all its office locations. The office where the Department’s ministers are located is a GPA Hub building, where GPA is the landlord and building manager and the Department is a tenant....
Answered 25 Oct 2024
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: BuildingsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of his Department’s offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each office
Answer: There are 571 desks in 55 Whitehall and 3-8 Whitehall Place. The average daily building attendance between week commencing 16 September through to week commencing 7 October was 900. The average number of daily building attendees exceeds the number of desk...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Civil ServantsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of his Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.
Answer: The number of civil servants assigned to the Department’s office locations, and how many desks are available in each office location, are shown below:LocationHeadcountDesks Overall45691688Aberdeen, Crimon Place10162Belfast, Erskine House48Birmingham, Vict...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
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Ministry of Defence: Ministers' Private OfficesMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in his Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this was spent.
Answer: There has been no expenditure on new furniture and fittings, or other refurbishment of the Ministerial offices in Ministry of Defence Main Building since the dissolution of the last Parliament on 30 May 2024.
Answered 4 Nov 2024
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Ministry of Defence: BuildingsMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of his Department’s offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each office in person in the same
Answer: Heads of Department have agreed that 60% minimum office attendance for most staff continues to be the best balance of working for the Civil Service. Office occupancy data for the period July - September has been published, with further publications to now...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
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Ministry of Defence: Civil ServantsMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of his Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.
Answer: The information to answer the hon. Member's question in full could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, as of 1 April 2024, there was a total of 4,069 Full Time Equivalent Ministry of Defence (MOD) staff working at Main Building. Full Time ...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
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Department for Business and Trade: Ministers' Private OfficesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in his Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this was spent.
Answer: Since the dissolution of the last Parliament, the Department for Business and Trade has not spent any money on:a) new furniture or fittings for Minister’s offices orb) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices
Answered 29 Oct 2024
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Department for Business and Trade: BuildingsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of his Department’s offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each office in person
Answer: Heads of Department have agreed that 60% minimum office attendance for most staff continues to be the best balance of working for the Civil Service. Office occupancy data for the period July - September has been published today, with further publications ...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
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Department for Business and Trade: Civil ServantsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of his Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.
Answer: Please see below a summary of the number of staff assigned by each location and the number of desks per location as of 30th September 2024: DBT HubHeadcountDesk NumbersBelfast6316Birmingham403216Cardiff14566Darlington248100Edinburgh9256Greater Manchester1...
Answered 7 Nov 2024
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Prime Minister: Ministers' Private OfficesCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9605More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in 10 Downing Street since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this was spent.
Answer: For management and staffing purposes the Prime Minister’s Office is a business unit of the Cabinet Office. No expenditure has been made since the dissolution of Parliament.
Answered 31 Oct 2024
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Attorney General: Ministers' Private OfficesAttorney GeneralTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9604More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in her Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this was spent.
Answer: Following the dissolution of the last Parliament on 30 May 2024 and before the General Election on 4 July 2024, and prior to the appointment of the Attorney General and I, officials in the Attorney General’s Office arranged for the two ministerial offices...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
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