Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions
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Written questions
Deputy 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 recordGovernment: CryptoassetsTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73352More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2025 to Question HL9820 on Cryptocurrencies, whether the Government’s crypto-asset holdings are deemed to be held in the Consolidated Fund under the Exchequer and Audit Departments
Answer: The Consolidated Fund is a sterling denominated fund and therefore does not hold cryptocurrencies. Departments are responsible for applying relevant accounting standards on a case by case basis to value any assets held.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: DirectorsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 64058 on DBT: Directors, whether the Commissioner for Public Appointments was informed of her political background when his Department made the request
Answer: The Commissioner for Public Appointments was consulted prior to Nita Clarke's appointment without open competition as a DBT Non-Executive Board Member, in line with the Governance Code on Public Appointments. As required under the Code, Nita Clarke declar...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBoard of TradeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the written statement of 13 March 2025, HCWS517, on Board of Trade, when the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to Tra
Answer: The Board of Trade last met on the 21st May 2025.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUnite: Conference Centres and HotelsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Certification Officer has received the BDO auditor's report on the Unite trade union's hotel and conference centre development.
Answer: The Certification Officer has received the BDO auditor's report and is currently reviewing this.
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: RegistrationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether applicants for company directorships on the Companies House register can nominate Palestinian as their nationality.
Answer: ‘Palestinian’ is included in the list of nationalities permitted for the purposes of company filings. The full list of nationalities and geographical names is available at the link below: Nationalities and countries for company filings - GOV.UK
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: NutritionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New mapping tool launched to help bring healthy food to those who need it most, published on 8 July 2025, who will run the stat
Answer: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has funded six projects under its “Health inequalities in the food system” programme, announced on 8 July 2025. These projects aim to understand the causes of dietary health inequalities and explore interventions for equi...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordData, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent ReviewDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 54390 on Data Statistics Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review, if he will make a statement to Parliament with a formal governm
Answer: As outlined in previous Answers of 3 June to Question 54390 and 2 May 2025 to Question 47834, relevant departments and policy teams will consider the findings in light of their ongoing policy work.
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDigiGov: FinanceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what funding (a) the Government Digital Service and (b) his Department has provided to DigiGov Expo 2025.
Answer: No funding has been provided to DigiGov Expo 2025 by either the Government Digital Service or the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEthnic Groups: Codes of PracticeWomen and EqualitiesTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73344More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the style guide entitled Writing about ethnicity, updated in October 2024, for what reason the reference to communities was removed.
Answer: The ‘Writing about ethnicity’ style guide is kept under review, in order to ensure it aligns with government communication preferences.The guide was updated by the Office for Equality and Opportunity in October 2024.
Answered 24 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Legal ServiceAttorney GeneralTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73343More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 28 July 2025 to Question 68480 on Government Legal Service, if she will publish that guidance.
Answer: The Government Legal Department (GLD) received a request in July 2025 made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the guidance listed in the Answer to Question 68480. The GLD’s response to that request, which includes extracts of some of the guidan...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: EqualityAttorney GeneralTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73341More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2025 to Question 68773 on Civil Service: Equality, if she will publish the (a) handouts and (b) presentations used at the conference.
Answer: The Crown Prosecution Service does not, as a matter of practice, publish materials used in internal conferences.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAngling: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been fined by the Environment Agency for fishing with a rod licence since 4 July 2024.
Answer: All anglers caught fishing without a licence are subject to enforcement action as outlined in the Environment Agency’s Enforcement and Sanctions Policy here. Rod licence income is ring fenced to be used by the Environment Agency to maintain, improve and d...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference the UK Visas and Immigration guidance entitled (a) Skilled Worker visa: going rates for eligible occupation codes and (b) Skilled Worker visa: temporary shortage list, updated on 22 Jul
Answer: On 12 May, we published our Immigration White Paper, outlining our future approach to legal migration routes and the 22 July changes to the Immigration Rules delivered key steps, including raising the skills threshold governing Skilled Worker route to RQF...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SecurityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what guidance the National Protective Security Authority has provided on using Virtual Private Networks.
Answer: As part of our ongoing monitoring of the potential impact of circumvention techniques on the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act, Government is engaging with relevant bodies. However, the National Protective Security Authority has not provided the depa...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Social MediaHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made payments to digital influencers since July 2024.
Answer: There has been no spend on influencer marketing within the time frame specified.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Redundancy PayHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to page 142 of the Home Office annual report and accounts 2024-25, published in July 2025, for what reason £30,000 of the exit payment to the Permanent Secretary was deemed non-taxable.
Answer: Decisions about Permanent Secretary exit payments are made by the Cabinet Office. In line with other exit payments, the first £30,000 of this payment was not taxable, and the remaining balance was taxable.Tax on termination payments: What you pay tax and ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Medical Association: Facilities AgreementsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the amount of trade union facility time given to the BMA across the NHS.
Answer: This estimate has not been made. The Department for Health and Social Care does not collect data on trade union facility time given to the British Medical Association (BMA) across the NHS in England. The Cabinet Office routinely publishes overall public s...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
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