Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Schools: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of legacy PFI contracts where BSSL contractors are failing to carry out repairs and maintenance on schools in (a) Bridlington and The Wolds and (b
Answer: The department is not familiar with ‘BSSL’ however we assume this is the name of the private finance initiative (PFI) contractor on the Bridlington Group Schools Project. The PFI contractor for the Bridlington Group Schools Project contract will be a spec...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904607More
Question: What estimate she has made of the potential impact of increases in employers’ National Insurance contributions on early years settings.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life. This is key to the government’s Plan for Change, which starts with reaching the milestone of a r...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil ServantsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff are employed in the Policy Profession Unit; what the headcount allocation for that Unit is; what grades each civil servant who works in the Unit is; and how many of these are (a) policy professio
Answer: The Policy Profession Unit is the central unit supporting policy professionals across the UK civil service. The Unit holds the competency framework for the profession and supports policy professionals to build, maintain and grow their professional capabil...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Official CarsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2024 to Question 7026 on Department for Education: Official Cars, if she will name which specific senior officials have access to a Government car; and whether these senior
Answer: For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) her officials have held with external stakeholders since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Details of Ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Official CarsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on the allocation of Government Car Service cars to senior officials; what the policy was on 24 May 2024; and which senior officials have been granted access to the service since
Answer: The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles. The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service ...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
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