Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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Written questions

Department for Transport: MarketingDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 the Department’s Arm’s Length Bodies since the G
Answer: Spend data for this category of cost is not held and the requested data could only be collated and verified at disproportionate cost. Senior managers are aware of the revised guidance and their responsibilities relating to branded goods and merchandise. T...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Transport: Special AdvisersDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 advisers, (b) Direct Minister
Answer: None.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Transport: EqualityDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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: The Department for Transport does not hold central registers of corporately recognised and marked diversity and inclusion days/weeks/months and so is unable to answer on the grounds of disproportionate cost. This is due to the resource required to conduct...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Transport: DatabasesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 Commission and its agencies.
Answer: The UK and EU share information and data as part of our broader cooperation on trade, economy, and security. The UK acts in accordance with the reporting and information sharing provisions set out in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Transport: Flint GlobalDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department’s (a) Permanent Secretary and (b) Ministers have had correspondence with Flint Global since July 2024.
Answer: The Departments’ current and former Permanent Secretary and Minister Mike Kane received initiations to a breakfast roundtable meeting hosted by Flint Global. Ministers and officials regularly have engagement with industry stakeholders.
Answered 15 Sept 2026
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Department for Transport: CommunicationDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the outturn spending by the department on communications, marketing and advertising in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.
Answer: Details of the Department's expenditure on communications, marketing and advertising in 2024-25 and 2025-26 are published through the Department for Transport's monthly transparency data. The information can be found on GOV.UK under: DfT departmental spen...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Transport: Unpaid WorkDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant 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 12 months through the De
Answer: The Department for Transport Central has not made available any internship schemes in the last 12 months other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme.
Answered 3 Sept 2026
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Department for Transport: Industrial DisputesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will list each industrial dispute live within her Department, including the nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.
Answer: The Department for Transport is not aware of any live industrial disputes and therefore has no information to provide on the nature of any dispute or the level of industrial action.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Transport: Facilities AgreementsDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 100% facility time; and wh
Answer: Annual facility time returns are published at Public-sector trade union facility time data - GOV.UK for 2023/24 and 2024/25. The requirement was then removed by legislative changes. For 2025/26, the requested figures are shown in the table below:YearCost...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Transport: Remote WorkingDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 those individual offices.
Answer: Staff are expected, unless otherwise agreed as a contractual variation or a temporary exception, to attend their principal workplace for a minimum of 60% of their working time each month. This requirement applies across the Department's offices, although ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Transport: Unpaid WorkDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 (iii) both.
Answer: No internship schemes managed by the Department for Transport or its Executive Agencies are restricted on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social class or (iii) both.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Transport: Social MediaDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on social media influencers since July 2024.
Answer: Today’s media landscape is unrecognisable compared to even a decade ago, and the way the public receives information and communicates has changed drastically in this time. The Government has a duty to engage with the public where they are, using channels ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Transport: Senior Civil ServantsDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 team-building activity at pu
Answer: As of Thursday 3 September, the Department for Transport has held 11 away days with different groups of senior civil service staff in 2026.All events were held in accordance with departmental guidance and approval processes for away days. Departmental awa...
Answered 23 Sept 2026
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Department for Transport: Mayor of Greater ManchesterDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what written representations have Ministers received from the Mayor of Greater Manchester since July 2024.
Answer: The Department has received 28 written representations from the Mayor of Greater Manchester since July 2024.
Answered 9 Sept 2026
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Department for Transport: BuildingsDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 this and 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 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	16
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Scotland Office	15
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission	4
Treasury	28
Wales Office	16
Women and Equalities	16

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