Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Electronic Purchasing Card SolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason her Department publishes all Government Procurement Card transactions.
Answer: MHCLG’s spend publication thresholds were set by an historic Ministerial decision. We have been reviewing this and all future spend data will be published in line with Cabinet Office requirements.
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIain AndersonDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the appointment of Iain Anderson as a non-executive board member, if he will place a copy of Mr Anderson’s declaration of interests in the House of Commons Library.
Answer: Iain Anderson has declared his interests in line with the published process.(https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-executive-board-member-declaration-of-interests-process/non-executive-board-member-declaration-of-interests-process#context).Intere...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for the Pay Review BodiesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 13801 on Office for the Pay Review Bodies, in what way the change in name better reflects the role of the organisation.
Answer: The change of name from the Office of Manpower Economics to the Office for the Pay Review Bodies better reflects the role of the organisation as the work of the Office for the Pay Review Bodies is to support the eight independent public sector pay review ...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Official CarsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20536 on Department for Business and Trade: Official Cars, how many Government Car Service (a) cars and (b) drivers are provided for the use of ci
Answer: No Government Car Service cars or drivers are provided specifically for the use of civil servants.
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBrexit Opportunities UnitDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what priority policy areas the Brexit Opportunities Unit is working on in 2025.
Answer: The Brexit Opportunities Unit transitioned into the Regulation Directorate (RD) through a machinery of government change in February 2023. RD aims to improve regulation to support the Government’s mission to boost economic growth.RD is leading the regulat...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOfficial Gifts: ClothingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on Ministers in her Department accepting donations in kind in the form of loans of clothes.
Answer: Principles on ministers’ gifts and hospitality are set out in the Ministerial Code which was updated in November 2024 and is available on GOV.UK at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-code.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSupreme Court: JudgementsHome OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 18221, on Supreme Court: Judgments, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Supreme Court judgements r
Answer: While legal proceedings remain ongoing, it would be premature to comment on the final implications.
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMoney LaunderingHome OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the anti-corruption champion is reviewing money laundering from foreign countries into United Kingdom property.
Answer: The responsibilities of the Anti-Corruption Champion are set out on Gov.uk.A new Anti-Corruption Strategy will be published in 2025 and will include measures that address the UK’s vulnerabilities to corruption and corrupt funds, make it harder for corrupt...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMoney Laundering: BangladeshHome OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment (a) her Department and (b) the National Crime Agency have made of the prevalence of money laundering from Bangladesh into United Kingdom property; and what steps she has taken to inves
Answer: The UK has one of the world’s largest and most open economies. This makes the UK attractive for legitimate investment but also exposes the UK to money laundering risk. The UK is committed to fighting this risk both domestically and internationally.The Nat...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEuropean Court of JusticeCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26195More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to remain outside the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the context of his negotiations with the EU.
Answer: There has been no change in the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice rulings in relation to the UK. We are also clear that we will not be re-joining the Single Market, the Customs Union or Freedom of Movement.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWes Streeting: Members' StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Register Of Interests Of Members' Secretaries And Research Assistants, published on 22 November 2024, whether Matthew Goodin (a) attends meetings in his Department and (b) sit
Answer: Matthew Goddin does not attend Departmental meetings. As a member of Parliamentary staff, he meets with my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to discuss Parliamentary business.
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2024, to Question 21064, on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, whether senior leaders who will have access to the helicopter service include (a) Ministers, (b) Members of the Ro
Answer: Under the Commercial Air Transport Contract, Ministry of Defence Ministers, senior Department officials and senior officers will have access to helicopter transport. The Royal Household make independent arrangements for Royal Helicopter transport.
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 21064 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, what estimate he has made of the annual value of the rotary wing transport being provided under the Commercial Trans
Answer: Ministry of Defence future use of the Commercial Air Transport Contract has been assessed and will be significantly cheaper than the cancelled Future Rotary Wing Command Support Air Transport contract. Individual user budgets will pay for use under the Mi...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: FamiliesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2024 to Question 4705 on Government Departments: Families, if she will place a copy of that guidance in the House of Commons Library.
Answer: The Family Test Guidance was published in the House of Commons Library on 01 April 2019 and is also available on gov.uk, and can be accessed at the links below: House of Commons Library:https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7714/ Gov...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral statement of 17 December 2024, Official Report, Column 167, on Women’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO Report, if she will publish the internal Equality Impact Assessmen
Answer: The Equality Analysis requested was published as part of the Government response to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s Investigation into Women’s State Pension age communications and associated issues, which is available at the following link: G...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 18221 on Supreme Court: Judgments, whether he plans to change his Department's workforce policies.
Answer: While legal proceedings remain ongoing, and there will be a need to assess the position on an ongoing basis, there is currently no intention to change the Defra policy on the provision of the check-off facility.
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Botanic Gardens Kew: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the public appointment advertisement for Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, published on 19 December 2024, for what reasons equality, diversity and inclusion
Answer: Equality, diversity and inclusion are a priority for this Government, as they were under the last. Defra wants Kew’s Board to continue to have skills in those areas, in order for Kew to effectively implement their ten-year Manifesto for Change, which was ...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWritten Questions: Government ResponsesLeader of the HouseTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25857More
Question: To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2025 to Question 21347 on Conditions of Employment, if she will ensure that answers to written parliamentary questions provide relevant hyperlinks.
Answer: It is important that Members receive full and helpful responses to parliamentary questions.The Guide to Parliamentary Work (available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-parliamentary-work), published by my office, states that “if refe...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Special AdvisersCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25856More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2024 to Question 8425 on Prime Minister: Special Advisers and with reference to the Freedom of Information Act request with reference FOI2024/14571, for what reason the reque
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to PQ23470.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness InterestsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25855More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter from the Deputy Prime Minister to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments dated 2 May 2024, whether he plans to exempt (a) media appearances, (b) books and (c) journalism rol
Answer: The government has committed to reviewing and updating the post-government employment rules. We will provide an update in due course.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: InternetCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25854More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2025 to Question 21396 on Government Departments: Internet, if he will publish the inclusion list of websites for programmatic advertising that meet the acceptable standards.
Answer: As was the case under the previous administration, there are currently no plans to publish the inclusion list.
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Bodies: ReviewsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25853More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22191 on Public Bodies: Reviews, which reviews (a) are in progress and (b) have been paused; and what the status is of reviews in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: Of the reviews planned for 2024/25, four are completed. Nine remain in progress and ten are paused. The government has also announced the first zero-based review of government spending in 17 years, with departments expected to go line-by-line to find savi...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: AviationCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25852More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22200 on Ministers: Aviation, what quantity of carbon emissions have been offset since 5 July 2024; and what the cost to the public purse has been of this of
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the response I gave to PQ22200. At this time there is nothing further to add.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIntelligence Services: Unpaid WorkCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25851More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22360 on Intelligence Services: Unpaid Work, which internship schemes for (a) MI5 and (b) MI6 were open to people from white British backgrounds in 2025.
Answer: Details of MI5 and SIS internship schemes running in 2025 and their eligibility criteria are publicly available on Agency websites. Across Government, individual Departments and Agencies are responsible for recruitment decisions and required to meet all o...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: AdvertisingCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25850More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government Communication Service's SAFE framework, how many instances of campaign-specific flexibility have been approved in the last 12 months.
Answer: There were 7 instances of campaign-specific flexibility in the last 12 months.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
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