Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions

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Written questions

Civil Servants: PayTreasuryTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2631More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 6 of HM Treasury's document entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published on 29 July 2024, what is the gross cost of the civil service pay award for 2024-25.
Answer: Pay for civil servants outside of the Senior Civil Service is not set centrally; rather, departments and bodies have freedom to make decisions on pay within the parameters of the Pay Remit Guidance published annually by the Cabinet Office. The Pay Remit G...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
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Government Departments: CommunicationCabinet OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2630More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 9 of HM Treasury's document entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published on 29 July 2024, which planned government communications programmes will be cancelled.
Answer: A review of planned government communications and marketing is currently in progress.
Answered 6 Sept 2024
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Public Sector: PayTreasuryTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2629More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 6 of HM Treasury's document entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published on 29 July 2024, whether it is his policy that average public sector pay excluding pension
Answer: Pay for most frontline workforces - including nurses, teachers, armed forces and police officers - is set through an independent Pay Review Body (PRB) process. The PRBs consider a range of evidence when forming their recommendations, including the need to...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
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Government Departments: Communication and Public ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2628More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 9 of HM Treasury's document entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published on 29 July 2024, what the estimated cost was of government (a) consultancy and (b) com
Answer: Departments set out their spend on consultants in their Annual Reports and Accounts (ARAs). Details of all communications activity expenditure for departments is not held centrally.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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Public Sector: PayTreasuryTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2627More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) the junior doctors pay settlement and (b) other public sector pay rises on (i) the forecast rate of inflation and (ii) wage expectations in othe
Answer: The impact of both the junior doctors’ pay offer and the public sector pay awards announced on 29 July 2024 is expected to be limited.
Answered 6 Sept 2024
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Prime Minister: Communication and MarketingCabinet OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2626More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 10 of the document entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, CP 1133, published in July 2024, whether he plans to take steps to reduce communications and marketing ex
Answer: The Prime Minister’s Office is a business unit of the Cabinet Office. Campaigns run by the Cabinet Office are subject to the review of communications and marketing expenditure announced on 29 July 2024. The review is currently in progress and no decisions...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
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Prime Minister: Public ExpenditureCabinet OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2625More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to p.10 of the document entitled Fixing the Foundations: Public Spending Audit 2024-25, published on 29 July 2024, whether the Prime Minister’s Office will be expected to implement 2% administrati
Answer: For management and staffing purposes the Prime Minister’s Office is a business unit of the Cabinet Office. Following the Chancellor's announcement, the Cabinet Office, like other Government Departments, will be going through a comprehensive spending revie...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
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African Swine FeverDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential threat of an outbreak of African swine fever in the pig population.
Answer: Defra and its agencies keep the spread of African swine fever (ASF) under continuous review and is prepared to rapidly implement import restrictions based on changing scientific and risk data. A finding of ASF in a wild boar in western Germany in 2024 rep...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
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Transport: East RidingDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on East Riding of Yorkshire Council receiving reallocated HS2 funding.
Answer: The previous Government made a number of funding commitments in the Network North Command Paper and these will be examined closely by my Government in the coming months.
Answered 25 Jul 2024
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Pigs: Livestock IndustryDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government response to the consultation entitled Contractual practice in the UK pig sector, published on 6 April 2023, whether it is his policy to implement the n
Answer: We will deliver a resilient and healthy food system, with a new deal that ensures fairness for farmers. We recognise that fairness in the supply chain is critical for farmers across all sectors. We want all farmers to get a fair price for their products a...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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Devolution: East RidingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing a Hull and East Yorkshire devolution deal.
Answer: We want to see devolution extended to every corner of England, and have invited local areas without a devolution agreement to come forward with proposals on a sensible geography.We recognise that in some parts of the country, such as Hull and East Yorkshi...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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