Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions 2026

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Northern Ireland Office: BuildingsNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in his Department's (a) Northern Ireland and (b) 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 8 Sept 2026
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Department of Health and Social Care: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in (a) her Department's London headquarters and (b) NHS England.
Answer: The Department's London headquarters, 39 Victoria Street, provides 882 desks for 2,090 assigned staff, representing a desk provision of 42.2%. This equates to approximately one desk for every 2.4 staff members.NHS England’s London headquarters, Wellington...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, 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: The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is going through a period of change. This estimate is based on the previous confirmed number of colleagues assigned to King Charles Street (KCS) taken in 2024 and the ratio of desks to staff at tha...
Answered 10 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 Energy Security and Net Zero: BuildingsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, 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: On 1 September 2026, the percentage of desks provided for staff as a proportion of the total number of staff assigned to work in 55 Whitehall and 3-8 Whitehall Place in London, was 38.8%. The calculation has not been adjusted to take into account predicti...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
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Ministry of Defence: BuildingsMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 23886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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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Cabinet Office: BuildingsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23885More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in (a) her Department's London headquarters and the (b) Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and (c) G
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 8 Sept 2026
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Attorney General's Office: BuildingsAttorney General's OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23884More
Question: To ask the Attorney General, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in her Department's (a) London headquarters and (b) superintended departments.
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 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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Wales Office: BuildingsWales OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in his Department's (a) Welsh and (b) London headquarters.
Answer: The Wales Office currently has 25 civil servants assigned to its Cardiff Office and 23 assigned to its London Office. The number of desks provided as a proportion of assigned staff is 60% in Cardiff and 121% in London.
Answered 8 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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Home Office: BuildingsHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 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 10 Sept 2026
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Ministry of Justice: BuildingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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: 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 8 Sept 2026
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: BuildingsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, 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 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Education: BuildingsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: BuildingsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 23876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the percentage of desks is provided for staff as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in her Department's London headquarters.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Equality and Human Rights Commission and Office for Equality and Opportunity: BuildingsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 23875More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in the (a) Office for Equality and Opportunity and (b) Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Revenue and Customs: BuildingsTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23874More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in each office of HMRC.
Answer: HMRC offices have different types of workspaces which allow people to match the task to the most suitable space. We therefore use workspaces rather than the number of desks as our capacity currency. Please find below a table showing each HMRC office locat...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
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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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National Wealth Fund: Government Communication ServiceTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23872More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 on Government Communications Service: Staff and 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many National Wealth Fund he
Answer: The National Wealth Fund (NWF) is operationally independent and is responsible for making decisions relating to its own staffing structures, resourcing, and workforce classifications. No NWF staff members are members of the Government Communication Networ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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National Wealth Fund: MarketingTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23871More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161 on Government departments: marketing, what was the cost to the public purse of branded goods and merchandise by the National Wealth Fund since the Government Ch
Answer: The National Wealth Fund has not purchased any branded goods or merchandise since the Government Chief Commercial Officer’s letter was issued. The cost to the public purse is therefore nil.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
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Financial Conduct Authority: Government Communication ServiceTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23870More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 on Government Communications Service: Staff and 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many Financial Conduct Autho
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is a non-governmental body which is operationally independent from the Treasury and is funded via a levy on financial services firms.The Government has no role in the FCA's budget and does not hold the information req...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
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Financial Conduct Authority: MarketingTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23869More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further 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 the Financial Conduct Authority since the Government Chief Co
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is a non-governmental body which is operationally independent from the Treasury and is funded via a levy on financial services firms.The Government has no role in the FCA's budget and does not hold the information req...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
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Treasury: Unpaid WorkTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23868More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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: Neither HM Treasury nor any of its Arm’s Length Bodies operates an internship scheme that restricts applications on the basis of ethnicity, social class, or both.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
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Treasury: BuildingsTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23867More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the percentage of desks provided for staff as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in the department's London headquarters.
Answer: The current percentage of workstations as a proportion of HMT staff assigned to 1 Horse Guards Road is 67%.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
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