Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions
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BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to (a) police forces and (b) local authorities on the use of facial recognition cameras in public places.
Answer: When using facial recognition technology, all police forces and local authorities must comply with data protection, equalities and human rights laws. They must also comply with the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice.Police forces are also required to co...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBiometricsHome OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of facial recognition cameras in public places on civil liberties.
Answer: When using facial recognition technology, all police forces and local authorities must comply with data protection, equalities and human rights laws. They must also comply with the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice.Police forces are also required to co...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEquality and Human Rights Commission: Public AppointmentsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62348More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Office for Equality and Opportunity's press release entitled Government announces preferred candidate for Chair of Equality and Human Rights Commission, published on 5 June 2025, whether
Answer: Dr Stephenson has been selected as the Government Preferred Candidate for the next EHRC Chair, following a fair and open process, in line with the Governance Code for Public Appointments. As per the Code, all candidates were asked to declare any conflicts...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPostage StampsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether any representatives of the Government sit as observers or members on Royal Mail’s Stamp Advisory Committee; and whether proposals for new stamps are reviewed by the Government before they are p
Answer: A representative of the government from the Department of Business and Trade sits as a member on Royal Mail’s Stamp Advisory Committee.Decisions on Royal Mail’s annual stamp programmes are the direct responsibility of the company. Stamp designs are thorou...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her oral statement of 16 June 2025, Official Report, Column 25 on Child Sexual Exploitation: Casey Report, whether the national inquiry will be (a) judge-led, (b) televised and (c) subject
Answer: Further details on the national inquiry will be announced in due course.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime Prevention and ImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the decision to cancel the communications campaign (a) Tackling Money Mules and (b) Upstream Migrant Deterrence on (i) crime and (ii) illegal im
Answer: The National Crime Agency ran a low-cost campaign targeting money mules as part of Operation European Money Mule Action (EMMA) 10. EMMA 10 was a time limited Europol-led intensification that ran from September to November 2024 and aimed to disrupt mule ac...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: Military AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2025 to Question 31166 on Ministers: Aviation, whether the £4,282 figure includes officials accompanying Ministers.
Answer: No, the £4,282 figure is for Ministers only.
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Household: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) he and (b) the Prime Minister are permitted to make use of the King's Helicopter Flight when not in use by the Royal Household.
Answer: No. There is no arrangement for the Prime Minister or the Secretary of State for Defence for use of the King's Helicopter Flight.
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: AviationCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62339More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Airbus A321-253NX with registration G-OATW is still used for official travel.
Answer: The Airbus A321-253NX with registration G-OATW is not used by the Cabinet Office for official travel. Since assuming the registration G-OATW in October 2023, the aircraft has been chartered under various contracts with other government departments, to sup...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordParliamentary and Political Service Honours Committee: MembershipCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62338More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the political balance of the Parliamentary and Political Service honours committee across (a) independent members who hold a party political whip in the House of
Answer: The Parliamentary and Political Service Honours Committee (PPS Committee) is one of ten specialist honours committees which assess honours nominations put forward by members of the public, government departments and professional bodies. Honours committees...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: CommunicationCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62336More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a successor publication to the Central Office of Information's white book.
Answer: The White Book is no longer in publication.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: TrainingCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62335More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54826 on Senior Civil Servants: Training, whether external venues have been booked for away days since 6 April 2025.
Answer: On 4 April, guidance was issued on restrictions to booking external venues. Departments were asked to put appropriate approval mechanisms in place. The guidance was clear that external venues for awaydays and events should only be used when space in gover...
Answered 13 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Labour PartyCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62334More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 May 2025 to Question 53200 on Cabinet Office: Labour Party, what the value of the payments was; and what dates those payments relate to.
Answer: The dates and value of payments received are as follows: Sept 2024 - £4.87 Sept to Nov 2024 - £2,827.94 Dec 2024 - £102.40 Each of these payments was for use of Government Car Service.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card SolutionCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62333More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Cabinet Office: Government Procurement Card spend over £500 - March 2025, published on 24 April 2025, what the spending to Berry Bros Rudd Limited was for.
Answer: The referenced entry relates to wine purchased for official business. The Government regularly hosts events and diplomatic occasions to bring together world leaders and other dignitaries, strengthen international relationships and deliver for the UK publi...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: RedundancyCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62332More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Box 1.D of the Spending Review 2025, CP1336, published on 11 June 2025, whether she has made an estimate of the number of civil servants funded to exit the civil service in (a) 2025-26 and (b)
Answer: The cost of paid exits in the Civil Service varies significantly as the terms of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme, which sets the terms for paid exits in the Civil Service, is based on length of service and salary. However, we expect the transformati...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card SolutionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Government Procurement Card spend over £500 - April 2025 (Spending by Business Units no longer part of Cabinet Office), published
Answer: The expenditure at Woolley's, as recorded in the Cabinet Office’s Government Procurement Card data for April 2025, covered catering (tea and coffee) for URCON 25, the cross-government User Researcher Conference held in April 2025. The event brought togeth...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFarms: Domestic VisitsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 24563 on Farms: Domestic Visits, how many farm visits he has made since the previous Answer; and where those farms were located.
Answer: We respect the privacy of those hosting visits to farms and so are unable to share this information.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62283More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54764 on Cabinet Office: Pay, what the annual wage costs were for the EU relations secretariat in the most recent year for which figures are centrally held.
Answer: Salary data for the Civil Service is published annually as part of Civil Service Statistics, an Accredited Official Statistics release. Civil Service Statistics 2025 is due to be published on 30 July 2025.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLobbyingCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62087More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his planned timetable is for responding to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee's report entitled Lobbying and Influence HC 203, published on 2 May 2024.
Answer: In addition to steps this Government has already taken to improve transparency, in particular through the introduction of the monthly register of ministers' gifts and hospitality, the Government continues to develop its broader work on ethics and standard...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordKing Charles III: ArtworksCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62086More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, Portraits of His Majesty the King for UK public authorities, published on 1 April 2023, how many portraits were provided to public bodies; and what the
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the information published on GOV.UK on 28 November 2024 which provided a summary of the His Majesty The King Official Portrait Scheme, including the number of portraits provided and the total cost of the scheme: https://ww...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Bodies: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62085More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's planned timetable is for the the publication of substantive details on the implementation and configuration of the proposed new duty of candour; and whether he plans to issue a formal consu
Answer: We remain fully committed to bringing in this legislation which will include a legal duty of candour for public servants and criminal sanctions for those who do not comply. Having consulted with groups and their representatives, more time is required to d...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62084More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a Crown Commercial Service communications and marketing framework which covers branded goods.
Answer: In April, the government announced that spending taxpayer money on new unnecessary branded merchandise will be banned and will only be permitted when essential for delivering the government’s agenda, for example, in overseas trade and diplomacy, to promot...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHouse of Lords Appointments CommissionCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62083More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2025 to Question 53546 on House of Lords Appointments Commission, whether the recruitment campaign to appoint the two independent members was re-opened after it originally closed
Answer: The campaign to appoint new Independent Members to the House of Lords Appointments Commission was launched earlier this year and remains active. It has not been re-opened.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSizewell C Power Station: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether Sizewell C will be classified as (a) public or (b) private expenditure and borrowing for the purposes of the national accounts.
Answer: While HMG's investments in the project since November 2022 have resulted in the project being consolidated to the government’s balance sheet, a decision on the economic classification of Sizewell C will be made by the Office for National Statistics, indep...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: ResearchTreasuryTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62081More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list the (a) topic and (b) title of each item of external research commissioned by HMRC since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Details of projects in the HMRC Research Programme are available at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/about/research#research-activities-funded-by-hmrc The content of this webpage will be updated to include projects commissioned sinc...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
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