Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Controlled Burning: ScotlandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many licences for winter burns of vegetation in England have been granted by Defra in the last year; and if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her polici
Answer: No Heather and Grass Burning Licences have yet been granted in the 2025-2026 burning season. Whilst a number of the applications we have received have been determined, others are still being processed. Both Heather and Grass Burning, and wildfire are devo...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHempDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department intends to take steps to support the uptake of industrial hemp farming, in the context of challenges around licensing and investment in the sector.
Answer: Defra recognises the valuable addition industrial hemp can provide to farmers when planning their crop rotation. The responsibility for the regulation of industrial hemp and licencing for cannabis cultivation in the UK lies with the Home Office. After fur...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPalace of Westminster: Repairs and MaintenanceTreasuryTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119621More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 10 November 2025, to Question 85191, on Parliament: Public Expenditure, how much of the (a) resource and (b) capital expenditure in each year was notionally allocated to support Restoration
Answer: It would be for Parliament to confirm these allocations.
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordProductivityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on productivity; and what information his Department holds on the OBR having made such an assessment.
Answer: The Government has published a comprehensive assessment on the impact of the Act. It cites academic evidence linking stronger employment protections to improved productivity and highlights that better job security, wellbeing, and reduced undercutting of g...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ConsultantsTreasuryTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119619More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what metrics and data points HM Treasury collates on government spending on consultancy.
Answer: Information on spending on consultancy each financial year is published and available through individual departments’ Annual Reports and Accounts, which departments input to OSCAR after publication. This is the most accurate source of data on consultancy ...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBudgets: Disclosure of InformationTreasuryTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119618More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what formal safeguards are in place to ensure that publication of the Electronic Financial Statement via HM Treasury does not compromise the operational independence of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Answer: HM Treasury published the March 2026 Economic and Fiscal Forecast on behalf of the Office for Budget Responsibility and at its request.Paragraph 3.12 of the Budget Information Security Review notes: “The publication of the OBR’s EFO on GOV.UK by HMT shoul...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBudgets: Disclosure of InformationTreasuryTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119617More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost of implementing the technical and procedural changes recommended in the Budget Information Security Review (February 2026) has been assessed as.
Answer: No additional resources have been identified as required by HM Treasury.
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBudgets: Disclosure of InformationTreasuryTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119616More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Budget Information Security Review, published on 9 February 2026, whether her Department has identified the (a) individual and (b) entity that accessed the El
Answer: As noted in Paragraph 3.6 of the Budget Information Security Review, the National Cyber Security Centre explained why it is not possible to identify to whom the IP addresses used to obtain early access in March or November 2025 belong.
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Termination of EmploymentCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119615More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026, to Question 105533, on Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay, and to Question 105534, on Public Sector: Pay whether departments are required to report details of civil service
Answer: Departments are not required to report details of Civil Service leavers and exit payments under the terms of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme to HM Treasury. Departments publish information on exit payments and staffing numbers within their Annual Re...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: PayTreasuryTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119614More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026, to Question 105534, on Public Sector: Pay, if he will publish the names of the three departments or public bodies that were rejected through the senior pay approvals proces
Answer: The senior pay control process acts as an additional layer of scrutiny to senior salaries within the public sector and is designed to ensure value for money for the taxpayer. Details of the cases that are submitted through this process are not published. ...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBudgets: Disclosure of InformationTreasuryTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119613More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Budget Information Security Review, February 2026, paragraph 5.20, whether the Macpherson Principles will apply to the briefing of non-market sensitive Budget information.
Answer: As explained in paragraphs 5.1 to 5.5 of the Budget Information Security Review, the Macpherson Principles apply to: the economic and fiscal projections, the fiscal judgement and individual tax rates, reliefs and allowances.
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Redundancy PayTreasuryTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119612More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Guidance on Public Sector Exit Payments: Use of Special Severance Payments, November 2025, whether payments made under the £150 million government employee exit scheme fund will be reportable u
Answer: Where payments made from the fund meet the criteria of special severance payments, the associated reporting requirements will apply.
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs and Treasury: Remote WorkingTreasuryTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119611More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) her Department check the office attendance of individual civil servants.
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs and HM Treasury operate hybrid working arrangements in line with the Civil Service expectation on office attendance. Employees are expected to spend at least 60 per cent of their time in the office. Line managers are responsible for...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: DefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 1 September 2025 to Question HL9555 on Chagos Islands: Defence, what the percentage split is between the two Departments.
Answer: The payments split associated with the UK-Mauritius agreement on the Chagos Archipelago between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Ministry of Defence will be published in the usual way alongside other Departmental spend in the annual ac...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDiplomatic Service: Conditions of EmploymentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Diplomatic Service’s policies are regarding intimate relationships between colleagues; whether (a) junior and (b) senior civil servants are permitted to enter into s
Answer: All Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office staff are subject to the Civil Service Code. It is for their managers to determine whether an individual's conduct meets, or falls short of, the standards of behaviour and integrity set out in the Code, and...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinisters: LanguagesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Ministers have received any coaching in foreign languages funded by the department since July 2024.
Answer: Since July 2024 one minister has received coaching in a foreign language funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Remote WorkingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2026, to Question 107044, on Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Remote Working, for what reason the department does not follow the s
Answer: DSIT’s office attendance (Hybrid Working) policy allows some flexibility for minimum office attendance to reflect the capacity of the office estate. As such DSIT requires employees to spend between a minimum of 40% and 60% of their weekly working hours in...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Art CollectionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2025, to Question HL12794, on Government Art Collection, if he will list the (a) FOI reference numbers, (b) date of disclosure, (c) a summary of the informat
Answer: The Government Art Collection is a working collection, used across government buildings in the UK and the global estate, which means that artworks may change their display location from time to time. Current locations of artworks in the collection can be ...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the reference numbers and topics of the National Archives papers that were due for release in December 2025 in relation to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor that were subsequently recal
Answer: No records were recalled. One record (PREM 49/4325, ROYAL FAMILY. Visits; part 3) was temporarily withdrawn from access following discussions between the Cabinet Office and The National Archives so that minor redactions could be applied to comply with GDP...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordKing Charles III: ArtworksCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119061More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2025, to Question 62993, on King Charles III: Artworks, whether (a) Royal Armouries Museum, (b) Royal Museums Greenwich, (c) Historic Royal Palaces, (d) Royal Parks and (e) Board
Answer: Public authorities throughout the United Kingdom were given an opportunity to apply for a free portrait of His Majesty The King if they wanted to display it in their building. This was a voluntary scheme to mark the accession of His Majesty The King. The ...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCharities: DonorsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department has issued to charities on listing (a) private sector and (b) public sector donors making grants to the charity in their annual accounts.
Answer: Reporting, accounting and auditing is crucial in helping the charity sector achieve transparency and accountability. The Charity Commission provides guidance on charity reporting and accounting.The Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) requir...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Parliamentary QuestionsTreasuryTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119059More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what system (a) officials and (b) special advisers in her Department use to determine how Parliamentary questions should be answered.
Answer: It is for the answering Minister to determine how to reply to a written parliamentary question, based on advice from officials.Treasury Ministers take their responsibilities to Parliament seriously and are committed to providing accurate and timely answer...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCentral Bank Digital CurrenciesTreasuryTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119058More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to create a central bank digital currency.
Answer: The Bank of England and HM Treasury are considering the case for a retail central bank digital currency in the UK, known as the digital pound. No decision has yet been made on whether to introduce the digital pound. As set out in the Payments Forward Plan...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Cost EffectivenessTreasuryTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119057More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 105537 on Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness, what datasets are Departments required to submit to her Department quarterly as part of the Government Effi
Answer: The Government Efficiency Framework sets out guidance on how departments should monitor and report the delivery and realisation of efficiency savings.
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Public ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119056More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has issued guidance to Cabinet colleagues on making spending commitments over more than a 10 year period.
Answer: Spending Review 2025 set department budgets until 2028-29, with an additional year for capital investment.Alongside the Spending Review, HM Treasury also published a 10-Year Infrastructure Strategy, with 10-year settlements for school rebuilding, Affordab...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
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