Ashley Fox MP: written questions
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: BuildingsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces an
Answer: Staff within the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) are not currently required to book or schedule attendance at the office, although individual teams may have their own arrangements to meet business needs.The FCDO does not book desks for...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the arm’s length
Answer: Desk booking is used at the Department’s offices but is not required for office attendance. There are workspaces which do not require booking.Desk booking is required at certain Arm’s Length Bodies’ workplaces. Employees are asked to book desks prior to a...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: BuildingsDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the arm’s length bodies of the
Answer: There is no requirement for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend a Department for Transport workplace, including the executive agencies (Active Travel England, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: BuildingsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the a
Answer: Civil servants who work in the Department’s office locations are asked to book a space to work from the office. In 16 buildings this is a booking for a specific desk, and in 3 buildings it is for an unspecified working space on a particular floor within t...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: BuildingsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the
Answer: There is an online booking tool for Core Defra and arm’s length bodies’ staff to use to book workspaces in advance at some office locations (including desks, meeting rooms, and collaboration spaces). It is not a requirement to have the online booking tool...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: BuildingsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the arm’s l
Answer: Civil servants who work in the Department’s office locations are asked to book a space to work from the office. In 12 buildings this is a booking for a specific desk, and in 3 buildings it is for an unspecified working space on a particular floor within t...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: BuildingsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the arm’s length bodies of the
Answer: The department, via the Government Property Agency as its asset manager, leases a total of thirteen sites, in multi-tenanted buildings, for use by its staff. There is no requirement for staff to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in pers...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: BuildingsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the arm’s lengt
Answer: DCMS staff are encouraged to book a desk to guarantee a work setting whilst working at our London HQ. Other non bookable work settings are also available for staff to use. Desk booking is not currently implemented at any other DCMS office location.Desk bo...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: BuildingsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the arm’s length bodi
Answer: Desk booking systems are in use at several DBT’s offices, including its London headquarters. Except for offices at Caxton House, London, it is not compulsory for people to book a desk for them to attend the office in person. Arms length bodies have their ...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: BuildingsCabinet OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32634More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the arm’s length bodies of thei
Answer: Cabinet Office staff are encouraged to book desks, but it is not mandatory. Similarly, of the Cabinet Office's arm's length bodies that directly employ their own staff, none mandate booking a desk in order to attend the office in person.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: BuildingsAttorney GeneralTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32633More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the arm’s length bodies of their Department.
Answer: No. There are not any requirements for Attorney General's Office staff to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person.The Government Legal Department (GLD) has staff based in five sites across the country; 102 Petty France, London; 1 Ru...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous DogsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2024 to Question 13354 on Dangerous Dogs, if he will take steps to set out a more detailed timeline on when he plans to publish guidance on withdr
Answer: Defra is currently working to develop a withdrawal scheme and will provide more information about this process soon.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPets: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of neonicotinoids in spot pet treatments on the environment.
Answer: Parasiticides play an important role in the protecting of animal health from fleas, ticks, and vector-borne diseases, and in protecting human health from zoonotic transfer of disease. Therefore, their regulation requires a careful balance between effectiv...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPets: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of neonicotinoids in spot pet treatments on natural habitats.
Answer: Parasiticides play an important role in the protecting of animal health from fleas, ticks, and vector-borne diseases, and in protecting human health from zoonotic transfer of disease. Therefore, their regulation requires a careful balance between effectiv...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: OffendersHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to update the Cautioning and Relationship Abuse training for domestic abuse offenders with diagnosed mental health conditions.
Answer: The Home Office published standards for domestic abuse perpetrator interventions in 2023 to provide evidence-based standards for interventions aimed at perpetrators of domestic abuse. The standards outline that interventions should be appropriate and adap...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordStandard Individual Export LicencesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average length of wait has been to receive the result of an application for a Standard Individual Export Licence using the new LITE system since it was launched.
Answer: LITE is being introduced gradually as we design, build and iteratively improve the system. It was initially introduced in 2021 for a small number of exporters and this gradual increase in cases continued through 2022. The then Government concluded a total...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordStandard Individual Export LicencesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average length of wait was to receive the result of an application for a Standard Individual Export Licence using the SPIRE system between January to July 2024.
Answer: Between 1 January and 30 June 2024, the median processing time for Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) applications submitted on SPIRE and processed to first outcome was 16 working days.The Export Control Joint Unit’s (ECJU) current performance targ...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to update data held on farms by (a) constituency and (b) local authority.
Answer: Defra does not routinely publish farming statistics by parliamentary constituency. The latest available data on the number of farms by constituency are for 2021, but there are currently no plans to update these. Farming statistics by local authority are u...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTourismDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support the tourism sector.
Answer: The Visitor Economy is a key sector in all of our constituencies.DCMS continues to deliver a generational change in how we develop visitor destinations in England through the Local Visitor Economy Partnership Programme.VisitBritain’s upcoming ‘Starring GR...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHM Land Registry: BuildingsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has issued to civil servants in the Land Registry on how frequently they should attend the office each week; how many and what proportion of desks were occupied
Answer: The guidance given to HM Land Registry’s staff regarding office attendance is in line with the guidance published by the Cabinet Office. This guidance states that staff must spend a minimum of 60% of their contracted working time in an office location.The...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordParole: HomicideMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of causing a death have been granted parole before the halfway point in their original sentences in the last year.
Answer: No prisoners are eligible to be considered for release by the Parole Board before the half-way point in their sentence.
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to decrease the amount of time it takes for a repurposed medicine to be granted an MHRA licence.
Answer: The Medicines and products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) reviews the efficacy, safety and quality of a repurposed medicine in a similar way to other medicinal applications. This review is part of the activities which MHRA contributes to under the Medicines Rep...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average length of time has been for a repurposed medicine to be granted an MHRA licence from the point of application in the last two years.
Answer: In the last two years, there has been one medicine to date, namely Anastrozole, coming through the Repurposed Medicines Programme, with more information available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/medicines-2/medicines-repurposing-programme...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many repurposed medicines have successfully been granted MHRA licences in the last two years.
Answer: In the last two years, there has been one medicine to date, namely Anastrozole, coming through the Repurposed Medicines Programme, with more information available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/medicines-2/medicines-repurposing-programme...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has agreed to meet with the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme Trustees.
Answer: Details of Ministers’ and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Published declarations include the purpose of the meeting and the names of any additional external organisa...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
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