Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions
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10 Downing Street: LibrariesCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41251More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister most recently donated a book to the Prime Minister’s Library.
Answer: No donations have been made to the Prime Minister's Library since 5 July 2024.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Personnel ManagementCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40919More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2025, to Question 34730, on Civil Service: Redundancy, if he will place in the Library a copy of all revised guidance on (a) new and (b) updated protocols on Civil Service perf
Answer: Many of the documents pertaining to the management of civil servant performance and termination are already published on gov.uk. This includes the Senior Civil Service Performance Management Policy and accompanying formal poor performance guidance, the Ca...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLabour Party: ConferencesCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40918More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister held discussions with media organisations during the Labour Party conference relating to government business without officials being present; and how many readouts on meetings with ext
Answer: Any ministerial meetings with external organisations will be published in the usual way on gov.uk. There are processes in place where Ministers are officially supported at political events or engagements, as was the case under the previous administration.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: EmailCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40916More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how long routinely deleted Downing Street emails are held for the purposes of (a) public inquiries, (b) subject access requests and (c) Freedom of Information requests.
Answer: All emails generated, or received, in the Prime Minister’s Office, including any attachments, may be public records and therefore are subject to records management policies and procedures. The fact that they may be public records does not mean that all em...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament record10 Downing Street: LibrariesCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40915More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to donate a copy of Three Pillars to Liberty to the Prime Minister’s Library.
Answer: No donations have been made to the Prime Minister's Library since 5 July 2024.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: EmailCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40914More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether emails in Downing Street inboxes are automatically deleted.
Answer: All emails generated, or received, in the Prime Minister’s Office, including any attachments, may be public records and therefore are subject to records management policies and procedures. The fact that they may be public records does not mean that all em...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security AdviserCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40913More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the National Security Adviser being appointed as a special adviser on (a) the effectiveness and (b) parliamentary scrutiny of that role.
Answer: Special Advisers are accountable to Ministers who in turn are accountable to Parliament.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLabour Party: ConferencesCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40912More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister met organisations at Labour Party Conference 2024 which required him to report back the discussions to his private office.
Answer: Any ministerial meetings with external organisations will be published in the usual way on gov.uk. There are processes in place where Ministers are officially supported at political events or engagements, as was the case under the previous administration.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Social MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40911More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will update the (a) ministerial, (b) special adviser and (c) senior official transparency guidance on the definition of senior media executives to include large social media organisations.
Answer: Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ official meetings with all external individuals and organisations, including with social media organisations, are already published on a quarterly basis. Under long-standing guidance, special advisers are only r...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40910More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled Prime Minister: I will reshape the state to deliver security for working people, published on 12 March 2025, what the Government’s is for the (a) number of civil serv
Answer: The Prime Minister has set out his ambition to deliver long-term, impactful changes to reshape the British state and the Government is taking forward a number of measures to deliver greater efficiency and transformation in the Civil Service. Each departme...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHonoursCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40909More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of reinstating awards of honours under the Order of St Patrick.
Answer: The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick is in the personal gift of The Sovereign. The UK Government is not considering the restoration of The Order of St Patrick. Nominations for existing honours are open to all citizens within the four nations of the...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNew Towns: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the speech entitled PM remarks on the fundamental reform of the British state, published on 13 March 2025, on what evidential basis the Prime Minister said that
Answer: The Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) at the Swanscombe Peninsula was designated in 2021 due to the presence of a number of rare plant, bird and invertebrate species, including the rare Distinguished Jumping Spider. The SSSI includes a significan...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the speech entitled PM remarks on the fundamental reform of the British state, published on 13 March 2025, on what methodological basis the Prime Minister said that compliance costs f
Answer: On 13 March, the Prime Minister issued a new target for the government to cut the costs of regulation to business. This target for government departments and regulators will lead to less red tape, more delivery and renew the country with economic growth. ...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Cost EffectivenessDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the speech entitled PM remarks on the fundamental reform of the British state, published on 13 March 2025, on what methodological basis the Prime Minister said that th
Answer: The Government’s £45 billion estimate is based on a detailed analysis employing three levers: automating routine tasks (£36 billion), migrating services online (£4 billion) and reducing fraud via digital compliance (£5 billion). This work scaled bespoke a...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: Coastal AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of health inequalities in coastal communities.
Answer: The Honourable Member for Bridlington and the Wolds is right that coastal communities face unique challenges when it comes to health inequalities. Through our health mission, we are looking to halve the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest a...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Press ConferencesCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38760More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2025 to Question 30473 on Prime Minister: Press Conferences, how many people attended the event.
Answer: This was an official government event, with attendees and an audience that included members of the public, business people, and public sector workers. 286 people RSVPed to attend.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38759More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 26831 on Civil Servants: Recruitment, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the publication of job titles in transparency data with his data pr
Answer: The publication of job titles is compatible with data protection obligations. It is noted that SCS organograms are published. However, the SCS data is anonymised at Deputy Director level (SCS1). Although the details are published for SCS2 and above, there...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38758More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service has a role in approving contracts issued by the Cabinet Office.
Answer: The Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service is an approving member of the Cabinet Office Commercial Spend Control Panel, which oversees spend controls for the whole of the HM Government, including non-ministerial departments, executive agencies, and...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the performance data sent to her Department on firearms licensing by the firearms and explosives licensing working group of the National Police Chiefs’ Council since October 2022.
Answer: The issuing of firearms certificates and the efficiency of police forces is a matter for individual Chief Officers of Police and they are held to account by Police and Crime Commissioners.However, the performance of forces is actively being monitored by t...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMission BoardsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37816More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the dates that each Mission board meets.
Answer: It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its committees - including mission boards - including how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBluesky: Government DepartmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37815More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2024 to Question 18214 on 10 Downing Street: Social Media, which Civil Service organisations have a Blue Sky social media channel; and what guidance has GCS given on joining
Answer: The Government uses a range of channels to reach and engage the public. Any use of these platforms is assessed against the high standards for digital safety set out in the Government Communication Service (GCS) SAFE framework. Individual departments make ...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Bodies: ReviewsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37814More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 25853 on Public Bodies: Reviews, which four public body reviews are completed; what were the conclusions of each of these; which public body reviews are in p
Answer: Of reviews planned for 2024/25, the following reviews have completed:Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Care Quality Commission, Regulator of Social Housing, Defence Equipment and Support, Submarine Delivery Agency, Nuclear Research Advisory Council, Le...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOfficial Residences: FurnitureCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37813More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2025 to Question 24442 on 10 Downing Street: Furniture, if he will publish an itemised list of the furniture and fittings that have been purchased for 10-12 Downing Street si
Answer: Any associated costs relevant to the Cabinet Office would be detailed in its next Annual Report and Accounts.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EU: ConsultantsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37812More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2025 to Question 25918 on UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Consultants, what consultants are commissioned by his Department to (a) assist the EU Relations Secretariat a
Answer: The Cabinet Office has not commissioned consultants to assist the EU Relations Secretariat or work on resetting the relationship with the European Union.
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCommissioner for Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37811More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14111 on Public Appointments, if he will place in the Library a copy of all correspondence to and from the Public Appointments Commissioner since 4 July 202
Answer: Ahead of launching a significant appointment (which are agreed between the Commissioner for Public Appointments and HM Government Ministers and Welsh Government Ministers) departments must correspond with the Office for the Commissioner for Public Appoint...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
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