Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Government: PolicyCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6100More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there have been any changes to the (a) Missions and (b) specific Milestones announced in the Plan for Change, CP 1210, of 5 December 2024.
Answer: Missions remain a priority across Government departments, in line with the strategy set out in the Plan for Change.
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: Performance AppraisalCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6098More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Senior Civil Servants who underperform against Ministerially set KPIs but subsequently win another Senior Civil Service role through fair and open competition will be permitted to take up that appointmen
Answer: Senior Civil Servants who consistently fail to perform to the required standard must be placed on performance development plans and we have introduced cross government consistency check meetings to ensure data is better shared across departments. Departme...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: Digital TechnologyCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6095More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 23 April 2026 to Question 124822 on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, what the budget is for travel, subsistence and accommodation for the People’s Panel; how many people wil
Answer: 120 members of the public have been recruited to the People’s Panel on Digital ID, using the methodology outlined in PQ 119977.In line with standard practice, the costs of economy travel, accommodation, meals and reasonable adjustments to enable inclusive...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6094More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 28 April 2026 to Question 129093 on Public Sector: Procurement, whether departments’ insourcing strategies will be published on gov.uk.
Answer: The introduction of departmental insourcing strategies is a key component of realising the government’s commitment to delivering the biggest wave of insourcing in a generation. The Government will shortly set out more detail on this but I can confirm that...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLoans: UkraineCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6093More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the annual cost is of joining the EU's loan scheme for Ukraine.
Answer: The Prime Minister has announced the UK’s intention to begin negotiations to participate in the European Union’s €90 billion Ukraine loan initiative, underlining the growing defence ties between the UK and the EU, boosting Ukraine’s defences, and unlockin...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPermanent Secretaries: Redundancy PayCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6092More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what methodology is used to calculate severance payments to departing (a) Permanent and (b) Cabinet Secretaries where they depart before the end of their fixed term contract.
Answer: The Civil Service Compensation Scheme provides the terms for paid exits in the Civil Service. They apply to all civil servants, unless otherwise stated in their contracts of employment. This includes in circumstances where a fixed term agreement is brough...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Facilities AgreementsCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6091More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of the new Trade Union Facility Time Framework to the Civil Service.
Answer: The updated Civil Service Facility Time Framework and Guidance recommends that facility time expenditure remains limited to 0.1% of a department’s pay bill, and that trade union representatives spend at least 50% of their time delivering their official Ci...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDiplomatic Service: USACabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6090More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2026, to Question 115548, on Diplomatic Service: USA, whether all the internal government evidence and papers relating to the investigation into the Consul General to New
Answer: HR documents are retained in line with the Cabinet Office Information and Records Policy. The Cabinet Office Records Selection Policy sets out which records the Cabinet Office will select for permanent preservation.
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EUCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5785More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of dynamic alignment with the EU on (a) AI and (b) crypto regulation.
Answer: The UK is committed to harnessing the potential of AI to support growth and innovation. We face similar challenges to the EU and are cooperating on AI under the Trade and Co-operation Agreement. The government’s ambition is to make the UK a global destina...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: BuildingsCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5784More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average workplace attendance is in his Department on Fridays.
Answer: The Cabinet Office does not centrally collect or hold data on average workplace attendance for specific days of the week, and therefore the information requested is not held. The monitoring of individual office attendance remains a delegated responsibilit...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLabour TogetherCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5782More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Lord Mandelson’s involvement in the APCO/Labour Together dossier was in scope of the (a) fact-finding exercise on Labour Together and (b) the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interest’s inquiry into th
Answer: The process for the fact-finding exercise undertaken by the Cabinet Office was set out in the Government’s response to the Urgent Question on 23 February 2026. The work subsequently undertaken by the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards is set out...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5781More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Civil Service grade was Downing Street’s John Pond.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 3 February 2026, Official Report, PQ 110410.
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5780More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 120619 on Lord Mandelson, whether the Gordon Brown correspondence on Lord Mandelson is within the scope of the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
Answered 5 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordUnion of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers: SpeechesCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4715More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister’s speech to the USDAW trade union on 27 April 2026 was a (a) party political or (b) government event; and whether it was organised by (i) civil servants, (ii) the Labour Party or (iii)
Answer: This was an official government event organised by civil servants and special advisers, in line with the relevant guidance.
Answered 5 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Art CollectionCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4714More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of the reference numbers of Government Art Collection works that have been (a) added and (b) removed from the (i) 10 Downing Street and (ii) the Prime Minister’s Ministerial residence s
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer given on 20 February 2026, Official Report, PQ 113723.
Answered 5 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAddresses to the CrownCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128583More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether communications between the Sovereign and the Government are in scope of Government responses to Humble Addresses.
Answer: I refer you to the Government's statement and release of information on 11th March, the statement made by the Prime Minister on 20 April, and the Government’s response to the debate of 21 April, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence and Cryptocurrencies: RegulationCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128582More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of dynamic alignment with the EU on (a) AI and (b) crypto regulation.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDeputy Prime Minister: Admiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128581More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2025 to Question 86239 on Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House, what the value was of that invoice.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the response to PQ 74185
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128580More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the merit ranking was of the Cabinet Secretary in the competition when she applied in the previous Cabinet Secretary recruitment process.
Answer: I refer to my answer for 113705. In accordance with data protection regulations, we do not provide information about candidates in Civil Service recruitment processes.
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121601More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether people mentioned in the Government return to the Humble Address were consulted on any (a) exclusions and (b) redactions in the material that was released prior to publication.
Answer: I refer you to the Oral Statement on the 23 February and the Government’s statement on 11 March which set out an update on the Government's process for complying with the Humble Address motion. The Government is working to ensure that Parliament’s instruc...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121111More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, Volume 1, HC1774-I, 11 Mar
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government's statement and release of information on 11th March, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The Government is working to ensure that Parliament’s instruction is met with the urgency and transpa...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121110More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, Volume 1, HC1774-I, 11 Mar
Answer: The Government does not comment on the resourcing decisions taken by the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC).
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121109More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his statement of 11 March 2026, Official Report, Column 364, on Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address Motion, whether he has consulted lawyers in the Metropolitan Police.
Answer: As per the statement from the Metropolitan Police on 4th February 2026, they are asking us to refrain from publishing any relevant documents that could prejudice their investigation. We do not comment on ongoing police investigations. The Government stand...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121108More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his statement of 11 March 2026, Official Report, Column 364, on Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address Motion, for what reason he did not receive the request to approve the exit payment to
Answer: I refer you to the Government's statement and release of information on 11th March, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The Government is working to ensure that Parliament’s instruction is met with the urgency and transparency that ...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: EmailCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121101More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 110810 on Cabinet Office: Email, when John Pond's archived emails will be publicly disclosed by National Archives.
Answer: The Cabinet Office holds within its records 118 emails which include the ‘John Pond’ email address. Cabinet Office records are transferred to The National Archives in the usual way, in accordance with Section 3 (4) of The Public Records Act, 1958.
Answered 19 Mar 2026
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