Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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Written questions

Department for Work and Pensions: Government Communication ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 headcount staff in (
Answer: All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Work and Pensions: MarketingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 24162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 (a) the department and (b) each of its Arm’s Len
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Department for Work and Pensions: Special AdvisersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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
Answer: A list of special advisers is published each year in the Annual Report on Special Advisers.The Department for Work and Pensions has not appointed any Delivery advisors to date.
Answered 14 Sept 2026
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Department for Work and Pensions: EqualityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 information requested is not collated centrally and as approaches may vary across the Department and DWP’s Arm’s Length Bodies, including how activities are organised, recorded and celebrated within each area, undertaking this exercise would require t...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Work and Pensions: DatabasesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 age
Answer: Under the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement Social Security Protocol, the Department for Work and Pensions provides annual returns on any amendments to social security legislation as it affects coordination with the EU und...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Work and Pensions: Flint GlobalDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his 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 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Work and Pensions: CommunicationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the outturn spending by the department on communications, marketing and advertising in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.
Answer: DWP’s spend on communications, marketing and advertising is an important part of our duty to inform the public about essential policies and services that support people, including some of the most vulnerable, in their daily lives. Our campaigns reach key ...
Answered 23 Sept 2026
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Department for Work and Pensions: Unpaid WorkDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, further to the answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 14349 on Civil Service: Temporary Employment, if he will list each of the internship schemes that have been made available in the last 12 months through
Answer: The information provided reflects the current position for internship programmes within the scope of the Department's central oversight arrangements other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme. The DWP takes part in the Care Leavers Internship ...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
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Department for Work and Pensions: Industrial DisputesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 24022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list each industrial dispute live within his 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 Work and Pensions: Facilities AgreementsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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
Answer: Information on trade union facility time in the public sector for 2023-24 and 2024-25 is published on gov.uk Public-sector trade union facility time data - GOV.UK. This includes the information requested for the Department for Work and Pensions. Informati...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Work and Pensions: Remote WorkingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 o
Answer: The requirement to attend a workplace will depend on an employee’s role. Where employees are not in customer-facing roles or otherwise designated as office-based they have access to hybrid working, which is a type of voluntary flexible working arrangement...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
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Department for Work and Pensions: Unpaid WorkDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any internship schemes managed by (a) his 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: The DWP takes part in the Summer Internship Programme (SIP) which is a scheme run by the Cabinet Office. The SIP gives people from lower socio-economic backgrounds the opportunity to see what a career in the Civil Service is like with the opportunity to g...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Work and Pensions: Social MediaDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his 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 14 Sept 2026
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Department for Work and Pensions: Senior Civil ServantsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 activi
Answer: The information is not centrally held and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs. DWP does not hire non-government buildings for away days, in line with Cabinet Office guidance.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Work and Pensions: Mayor of Greater ManchesterDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Work and Pensions: BuildingsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 23883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in his Department's London headquarters.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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State Retirement Pensions: UpratingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual cost from April 2028 of extending Triple Lock uprating to the additional State Pension and Graduated Retirement Benefit of persons who (a) reached State Pension a
Answer: No estimate has been made of the cost of this proposal.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department or topic	Published records
Attorney General's Office	16
Cabinet Office	16
Department for Business and Trade	3
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade	16
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	22
Department for Education	16
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	16
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	19
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	3
Department for Transport	15
Department for Work and Pensions	17
Department of Health and Social Care	18
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	16
Home Office	16
Ministry of Defence	16
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	18
Ministry of Justice	16
Northern Ireland Office	15
Public Accounts Commission	5
Scotland Office	15
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission	4
Treasury	28
Wales Office	16
Women and Equalities	16

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