Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions 2026
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Public ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105918More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Box 2.D of the Autumn Budget 2025, HC1492, published on 26 November 2025, what information will Departments’ published delivery plans include.
Answer: Departmental Efficiency Plans were published alongside the Spending Review 2025 on 11 June 2025 and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/departmental-efficiency-delivery-plans/departmental-efficiency-plans
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLord AlliTreasuryTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105917More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any gifts or hospitality given to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in a Ministerial capacity since July 2024 by Lord Alli have been returned or refunded.
Answer: The Chancellor has not received any gifts or hospitality from Lord Alli since July 2024.
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament record10 Downing Street: Repairs and MaintenanceTreasuryTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105916More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2025, to Question 93748, on 10 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance, how much has been spent from public funds by Cabinet Office, HM Treasury or the Government Property Agency
Answer: Following the departure of previous occupants, the official Ministerial residence was provided unfurnished. To address this, £19,759.61 was spent since 4 July 2024 on furnishings which remain government property and will be retained for future occupants.
Answered 20 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordKatie MartinTreasuryTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105915More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2025, to Question 94022, on Katie Martin, what her salary and grade is in the new role.
Answer: The position is unpaid.
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCryptocurrenciesTreasuryTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105914More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will ask the Financial Conduct Authority to make an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) security and (b) stability of monies invested in the Tether cryptocurrency.
Answer: The government recognises that stablecoins stand to drive important innovation in payments and settlement, but like other financial instruments they also have the potential to cause consumer harm, especially if not properly regulated. That is why the UK h...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: Social MediaTreasuryTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105913More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HMRC has spent on social media influencers through (a) Pablo in partnership with the Unlimited Group and (b) OmniGov since July 2024.
Answer: Spend since July 2024 totals £436,700 through Pablo/Unlimited Group (excluding agency fees) and £85,719 through OmniGov. This expenditure has primarily been directed at campaigns promoting digital channels for interacting with HMRC. In 2025, this activity...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBudget November 2025: Disclosure of InformationTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105552More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has determined the source of the leak of the policies within the Autumn Budget 2025 to the media.
Answer: As the Chancellor set out to the Treasury Select Committee on 10/12/25, a leak inquiry is underway. In addition, the Permanent Secretary of the Treasury is conducting a wider review of Budget security, which he aims to conclude in advance of the Spring St...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordJAGGAER and Oxygen Finance: ExpenditureCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105551More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Lessons learned: the government’s use of external consultants, HC: 1381, 21 November 2025, Figure 10, what specific data is collected on Government spending by
Answer: Since 2010, Central Government departments publish expenditure above £25,000 on a monthly basis. Oxygen Finance aggregates this transparency data to provide reports on spending by a particular department or category. Jaggaer Spend relies on data generated...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: AccentureTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105550More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the requirement to provide work experience is a key performance indicator for the HMRC's Unity Programme Delivery Partner contract with Accenture.
Answer: It is a requirement that social value should form a component of all central government major contracts, alongside a range of performance indicators. Under the Unity Delivery Partner contract, Accenture deliver a variety of social value initiatives includ...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil of Economic AdvisersTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105549More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the names of the members of the Council of Economic Advisers, and state whether they are (a) civil servants, (b) special advisers or (c) direct ministerial appointments; and which are (i) paid an
Answer: The Chancellor’s Council of Economic Advisers consists of three paid Special Advisers — Neil Amin-Smith, Spencer Thompson and Emily Fry — and one paid direct ministerial appointee, David Sturrock.
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Public AppointmentsTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105547More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2025, to Question 96894, on Treasury: Public Appointments, and pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2025, to Question 94701, on Baroness Shafik, in relation to the publication of
Answer: Further to the Answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96894, the annual remuneration of the paid direct ministerial appointments is: Alex Depledge, Entrepreneurship Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer – a daily rate of £565.50 for two days per week....
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Public AppointmentsTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105546More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2025, to Question 96894, on Treasury: Public Appointments, if she will publish the annual remuneration of each of the direct ministerial appointments listed.
Answer: Further to the Answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96894, the annual remuneration of the paid direct ministerial appointments is: Alex Depledge, Entrepreneurship Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer – a daily rate of £565.50 for two days per week....
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordJohn OwenTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105544More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Business appointment rules return - September 2025, published on 16 December 2025, for what reason the former Director of Financial Services was given a six month lobbying ban.
Answer: The Business Appointment rules are designed to uphold the core values in the Civil Service Code. The aim of the rules is that when a civil servant takes up an outside appointment or employment there should be no cause for justified public concern, critici...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance Contributions: British Nationals AbroadTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105542More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the potential financial impact on overseas residents of the removal of Class 2 National Insurance Contributions in relation to their UK state pension entitlement.
Answer: The previous rules around voluntary National Insurance Contributions (NICs) allow those with a limited connection to the UK to build UK State Pension entitlement at a very cheap rate. At Budget 2025 the Government took two immediate steps to fix the most ...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEU BudgetTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105541More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Spending Review has allocated funds for new payments to the European Union, over and above those commitments in treaties from the last Parliament.
Answer: Payments into the EU budget are governed by two treaties signed during the last Parliament, the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) and Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA).Payments under the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) are as classified as Annually Managed Expendit...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEU BudgetTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105540More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to Table A.7 of the OBR, Economic and Fiscal Outlook, November 2025, CP1439, 26 November 2025, what is HM Treasury’s estimate of the cost of the EU financial settlement in each year from 2024-25 to 2030-31;
Answer: Please refer to The European Union Finances Statement 2024 (EUFS) for the most complete analysis of the Financial Settlement. The EUFS figures are prepared on a different basis to those published by the OBR. These differences are explained in Annexes A.4 ...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings AccountsTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105539More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people subscribed to (a) cash and (b) stocks and shares ISAs; and how many subscribed the maximum £20,000 in the latest year for which data is available.
Answer: In the 2022 to 2023 tax year, 7.12 million people subscribed to a Cash ISA only, and 3.07 million people subscribed to a Stocks and Shares ISA only. 1.46 million individuals subscribed the full £20,000 to Cash ISAs, while 0.84 million individuals subscrib...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Cost EffectivenessTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105538More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report by the Office for Value for Money entitled The OVfM report, published on 26 November 2025, if she will provide a breakdown and profile of the £14 billion of efficiency savings per year b
Answer: The full breakdown of the £14 billion in total annual efficiency gains by 2028-29 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/departmental-efficiency-delivery-plans/departmental-efficiency-plans
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Cost EffectivenessTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105537More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2025 to Question 88684 on Government Department: Cost Effectiveness, whether efficiency savings are reported to her Department.
Answer: Departments report efficiency savings to HM Treasury every quarter, as set out in the Government Efficiency Framework.
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Cost EffectivenessTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105536More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has accepted the recommendations in the report by the Office for Value for Money entitled The OVfM report, published on 26 November 2025.
Answer: The government has accepted the recommendations set out by the Office for Value for Money. This was set out in paragraph 1.7 of the OVfM report: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-office-for-value-for-money-report.
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: InflationTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105535More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2025 to Question 95649 on Inflation, whether any public body undertakes assessments of the adequacy of GDP deflator forecasts.
Answer: Forecasts for the UK economy, including assessments of the impact of policy decisions, are the responsibility of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR publishes its forecast in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO). The OBR’s lat...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: PayTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105534More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78296 on Public Sector: Pay, which departments or public bodies had senior pay cases rejected outright.
Answer: Between July 2024 and October 2025, three cases were rejected through the senior pay approvals process. Individual salaries of senior civil servants are available through the annual reports and accounts of their employing body.
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Redundancy PayTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105533More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2025, to Question 88682, on Civil Service: Redundancy Pay, whether departmental spending from the exit fund, and numbers of civil servants who will leave, have to be reported by
Answer: Information on how much departments have spent and the number of leavers resulting from exit schemes will be published in Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAxel HeitmuellerCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105532More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Downing Street press release, "Appointment of Axel Heitmueller as Head of the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit and Expert Adviser on Delivery", of 6 January 2026, what is (a) the time commitm
Answer: Information about this role was published by the government on the new Direct Ministerial Appointments Announcements Portal: https://apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/direct-ministerial-appointments-announcements.
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordProperty Transfer: Bank ServicesTreasuryTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103013More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with regulators and industry on modernising the financial infrastructure related to property transactions.
Answer: The Government regularly engages with lenders and regulators to discuss the housing market, including lenders’ mortgage lending practices which support property transactions. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is currently consultin...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
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