Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions
448 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Public Sector Fraud Authority: Local GovernmentCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86050More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Public Sector Fraud Authority has issued recent guidance to local billing authorities on council tax (a) avoidance and (b) evasion in relation to the second homes council tax premium.
Answer: Guidance in relation to the payment and billing of council tax is developed and issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to local authorities. However, the National Fraud Initiative (NFI), as part of the Public Sector Fraud Auth...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOfficial Residences: Repairs and MaintenanceCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86049More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government Property Agency holds records on the costs of (a) works, (b) fittings and (c) fixtures to Ministerial residences in (i) Downing Street, (ii) Carlton Gardens and (iii) Admiralty House since
Answer: The Government Property Agency holds records on the costs of works, fittings and fixtures relating to ministerial residences of Admiralty House only. I refer the Honourable Member to 73315 which has since been corrected.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Communication ServiceCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85509More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to section 3 of the Government Communication Service document entitled SAFE Framework: the 4 principles for HMG brand safety, updated on 12 May 2025, what methodology the Cabinet Office uses to de
Answer: Opinions and statements are assessed against relevant legislation and policy to assess suitability.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPermanent Secretaries: Redundancy PayCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85508More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 81875 on Senior Civil Servants: resignations, if he will list the Permanent Secretaries that have received severance payments for which the latest informatio
Answer: Pursuant to the previous answer, all details of any payments made to Permanent Secretaries are available in the appropriate Departmental Annual Report and Account for the financial year, or will be published in the annual reports for the upcoming financia...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: GoacoCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85507More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's contract with Goaco Group Ltd, notice identifier 2025/S 000-063254, published on 8 October 2025, if he will list the countries in which subcontractor resources are now located.
Answer: This notice relates to the development of the Central Digital Platform for procurement. Goaco Group Ltd sought permission from the Cabinet Office to engage the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) to undertake independent data quality analysis, so that the ...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Data ProtectionCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85506More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 58 of the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2024-25, published on 23 October 2025, if he will set out the types of personal data reported to the Information Commissioner's Office i
Answer: Please see below the data items as recorded on the notification forms to the Information Commissioner’s Office for the eight incidents referred to on page 58 of the Cabinet Office annual reports and accounts 2024-25: Incident 1 - Health, name, contact det...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAlex ChisholmCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85505More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 94 of the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2024-25, published on 23 October 2025, for what reason Alex Chisholm was given a £57,521 severance payment.
Answer: It is a longstanding policy not to comment on individuals. Details of any payments are published in the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts.https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68fb37aec18f97edd2b63756/36.17_CO_ARA_24-25_00-Book_v16A_WEB.p...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLord CaseCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85504More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 86 of the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2024-25, published on 23 October 2025, for what reason Simon Case was given a £201,402 severance payment; and whether this payment was a
Answer: It is a longstanding policy not to comment on individuals. Details of any payments are published in the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68fb37aec18f97edd2b63756/36.17_CO_ARA_24-25_00-Book_v16A_WEB.p...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: Business InterestsCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85503More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 79 of the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2024-25, published on 23 October 2025, if he will name the SCS2 civil servant who breeched the business appointment rules.
Answer: In compliance with the Business Appointment Rules (BARs) the Cabinet Office is transparent in the advice given to individual applications from senior staff, including special advisers. Advice given to senior civil servants regarding specific business appo...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: Equal PayCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85502More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the gender pay gap for special advisers.
Answer: The gender pay gap for Special Advisers is published annually on GOV.UK as part of the Cabinet Office Gender Pay Gap Report. The next annual report, covering the most recent period, will be published in due course.
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament record11 Downing Street: FlatsCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85501More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 139 of the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2024-25, published on 23 October 2025, if he will provide a breakdown of the expenditure, including for individual fixtures and fitting
Answer: As was the case under successive administrations, an itemised list is not routinely published.
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Mercers CompanyCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85500More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 250 of the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2024-25, published on 23 October 2025, what is the (a) purpose and (b) function of the Gresham Estate contract.
Answer: The responsibility of the Gresham Estate was transferred to the Office of Government Property (OGP) in 2018. This is an annuity payment which dates back to an Act of Parliament in 1768, when Lord Gresham gave the site to the Crown to use. The Act said he ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Facilities AgreementsCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85499More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 110 of the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2024-25, published on 23 October 2025, what was the business case for the increase in the number of hours of facility time compared to
Answer: In 2024-25, the Cabinet Office spend fell well below the recommended 0.1% maximum spend laid out in the facility time framework guidance. Trade Union representatives have a statutory right to be granted reasonable paid time off to undertake trade union du...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinetCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85498More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 67 of the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2024-25, published on 23 October 2025, if he will list the venues that Cabinet away days took place in 2024-25.
Answer: Cabinet away days taking place in 2024-2025 have been located at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Lancaster House and Chequers.
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOfficial CarsCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85497More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 35 of the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2024-25, published on 23 October 2025, if he will list each (a) Minister and (b) senior official who made use of the Government Car Serv
Answer: The Government Car Service (GCS) provides vehicles to departments as a shared resource and does not record the use of the vehicle on an individual basis. In relation to the specific greenhouse gas emissions of GCS reported for 2024-25, GCS was transferred...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Annual ReportsCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85496More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2024-25, HC1372, was published in October.
Answer: The Cabinet Office Annual Report and Account 2024-25 was laid on 23 October 2025. Departments seek to lay their 2024-25 annual reports as soon as they are able to do so before the statutory deadline of 31 January 2026. This publication is in line with tho...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDeputy Prime Minister: Admiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85495More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 74185 on Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House, whether his Department claimed single person discount for Admiralty House before August 2025.
Answer: Westminster City Council’s single person discount can only apply to residences that are your sole or main residence, therefore, the Admiralty House residences are currently ineligible for the discount and a discount was not claimed for or applied to the f...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDeputy Prime Minister: Admiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85494More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 74185 on Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House, on what date his Department informed Westminster City Council that the residence in Admiralty House was occu
Answer: As the property was a second residence, the Government was responsible for paying the Council Tax on Admiralty House, not the former Deputy Prime Minister - in line with long-standing precedent under successive governments. As has been the case under succ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish a copy of all due diligence and vetting reports produced for the appointment of Lord Mandelson.
Answer: It has been the longstanding policy under successive governments not to publish clearances or national security vetting reports.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish a list of each guest entertained by Lord Mandelson during his tenure as Ambassador to the United States of America.
Answer: UK Ambassadors and High Commissioners host a wide range of guests. The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office does not publish details of such meetings.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Lord Mandelson will receive severance pay following his withdrawal as Ambassador to the United States of America.
Answer: Lord Mandelson's withdrawal is undergoing normal HR processes.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Occupation: MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many houses in multiple occupation are currently being funded by the Home Office to house migrants, broken down by local authority area.
Answer: The Home Office does not publish detailed information on the location of asylum accommodation sites for safety and security reasons. Data, published quarterly, on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation can be found within the Asy_D11 tab ...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFishing and Coastal Growth FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund will open for applications.
Answer: The Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund is a £360 million long-term investment, delivered over 12 years. We are working closely with industry to identify priority areas for support and to ensure funding is targeted where it will have the greatest impact. Foll...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: MeetingsTreasuryTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74184More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Lords' Commissioners of the Treasury will next meet.
Answer: There are no plans for the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to meet. As set out in the Annual Report and Accounts, the Treasury Board met once since July 2024 and the Chancellor of the Exchequer was in attendance.
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFiscal PolicyTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73353More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the proposed socio-economic duty will apply to fiscal decisions made by her Department.
Answer: The Office for Equality and Opportunity in the Cabinet Office is currently working toward commencement of the duty. This includes drafting statutory guidance which will clarify how the duty can be applied effectively.
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →