Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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Written questions

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Government Communication ServiceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many he
Answer: All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.
Answered 17 Sept 2026
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: MarketingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by each of her Department's Arm’s
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.
Answered 17 Sept 2026
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Special AdvisersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 24147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, further to the answer of 3 June 2026, to Question 3339, on Special Advisers: Public Appointments, how many delivery advisers have been appointed to date, broken down by (a) special adv
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EqualityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what specific diversity and inclusion (a) days, (b) weeks and (c) months, were recognised and marked by (i) the department and (ii) each of its agencies, in the calendar year 2025.
Answer: Defra and its arm's-length bodies mark a range of external awareness days, weeks and months throughout the year. This provides the opportunity to raise awareness of different aspects of diversity and inclusion, and to support staff networks and wider enga...
Answered 24 Sept 2026
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: DatabasesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, further to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 10189, on Databases: EU law, if they will list the data and reporting requirements that the department must make to the European Comm
Answer: The UK and EU share information and data where it supports our mutual safety, security, and prosperity, as part of our broader cooperation on trade, the economy, and defence and security. Defra acts in accordance with the reporting and information-sharing...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flint GlobalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department’s (a) Permanent Secretary and (b) Ministers have had correspondence with Flint Global since July 2024.
Answer: It is not routine to disclose correspondence between Ministers or Permanent Secretaries and any individual or organisation.
Answered 24 Sept 2026
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: CommunicationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 24063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the outturn spending by the department on communications, marketing and advertising in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Unpaid WorkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 24045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, further to the answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 14349 on Civil Service: Temporary Employment, if she will list each of the internship schemes that have been made available in the last
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Industrial DisputesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 24025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list each industrial dispute live within her Department, including the nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Facilities AgreementsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 24003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the total cost of facility time to the department in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Remote WorkingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the percentage office workplace attendance requirement in each of the department’s offices, broken down by location; and whether attendance statistics are collated for each of
Answer: Defra wants thriving workplaces that benefit everyone and that meet the needs of our customers and partners. The department are committed to offering staff hybrid working to enable choice in where colleagues work, within a framework. Recognising the value...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Unpaid WorkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any internship schemes managed by (a) her Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies are restricted to applicants on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social class and (
Answer: Neither Defra nor any Defra group Arm’s Length Bodies manage internship schemes with such restrictions.
Answered 17 Sept 2026
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Social MediaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on social media influencers since July 2024.
Answer: The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has not spent any money on social media influencers since July 2024.
Answered 9 Sept 2026
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Senior Civil ServantsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 23924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many departmental Senior Civil Service away days have taken place in calendar year 2026 to date; in what specific venues; at what cost; and if there was any associated social or te
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Mayor of Greater ManchesterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what written representations have Ministers received from the Mayor of Greater Manchester since July 2024.
Answer: It is not routine to disclose correspondence between Ministers or Permanent Secretaries and any individual or organisation.
Answered 24 Sept 2026
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: BuildingsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in her Department's London headquarters.
Answer: It has been the practice of successive governments not to comment, on grounds of both national security and staff safety, on the physical capacity or staffing numbers for individual buildings of the government estate.
Answered 24 Sept 2026
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Working HoursDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of full-time staff on full pay in her Department work compressed hours over a four day week.
Answer: As of June 2026, there are 301 full-time payroll staff on full pay in Defra who work compressed hours over a four-day week. This equates to 5.2% of the total number of full-time payroll staff on full pay.
Answered 17 Aug 2026
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: International CooperationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any Non-Legally Binding Instruments have been signed by her Department and its Arms Length Bodies since July 2024 other than those subject to sensitive diplomatic, security and
Answer: The Department does not hold a single central register of all non-legally binding instruments signed by Defra and its Arm's Length Bodies. Some non-legally binding instruments signed since July 2024 include environmental cooperation memoranda of understan...
Answered 23 Jul 2026
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Permanent Secretaries: SecondmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Second Permanent Secretary has been seconded to the Blavatnik School of Government; and whether the Civil Service is funding his salary.
Answer: The secondment to the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford forms part of the Civil Service's commitment to promoting the exchange of skills, knowledge and experience between government and external organisations. As is standard for s...
Answered 17 Aug 2026
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	16
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Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission	4
Treasury	28
Wales Office	16
Women and Equalities	16

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