Dan Carden MP: written questions
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Voluntary Organisations: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending reimbursement of employer National Insurance contributions to the voluntary sector.
Answer: At the recent Budget, the government took a number of difficult decisions on tax, welfare, and spending to fix the foundations of the public finances, fund public services, and restore economic stability.Ministers have met with representatives from the vo...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Bodies: Conflict of InterestsCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16526More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the National Audit Office's report entitled Managing conflicts of interest, HC 307, published on 22 November 2024.
Answer: We are committed to restoring public confidence in government and ensuring that all those in public service are held to the highest standards. We will consider carefully the National Audit Office’s recommendations in its recent report ‘Managing Conflicts ...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: ConsultantsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
Answer: 2021-22 - The consultancy spend was £17.5m for DCMS core department as can be seen in note 4.3 page 146 of our laid annual report and accounts - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/638883e6d3bf7f3282be4061/DCMS_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2021-2...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: ConsultantsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
Answer: DSIT was created by a Machinery of Government (MOG) change on 7 February 2023, we have not provided data prior to DSIT becoming a fully operational department. Departmental Group consultancy spend in financial year 23-24, as disclosed in 2023-24 Annual re...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: ConsultantsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) was created in February 2023, so no information is held for periods prior to that date. The Departments spend on Consultancy Fees in financial year 23/24 can be found in the 2023/24 Annual Report, av...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: ConsultantsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
Answer: The government is committed to restoring the public finances and delivering value for the taxpayer.As part of this wider mission, the government has pledged to reduce wasteful spend on non-essential and expensive consultants in order to save over £1.2 bil...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: ConsultantsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
Answer: Per the annual report and accounts published figures, the FCDO has spent the following amounts on consultancy fees since 2021:£2.7 million in 20/21£5.8 million in 21/22£4.3 million in 22/23£3.5 million in 23/24The reporting for the current financial year,...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: ConsultantsMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
Answer: The table below gives the overall expenditure on consultancies in the last five financial years by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), On Vote Agencies, Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies and Other Bodies (such as the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, ...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: ConsultantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
Answer: The Government is committed to restoring the public finances and delivering value for the taxpayer.As part of this wider mission, the Government has pledged to reduce wasteful spend on non-essential and expensive consultants in order to save over £1.2 bil...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: ConsultantsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
Answer: Expenditure on consultancy is reported each year in the Annual Report and Accounts. For 2021-22, this is shown on page 111 athttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/635a7f1e8fa8f5653f83f4f0/defra-annual-report-2021-2022.pdf For 2022-23, this is sho...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: ConsultantsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade is a newly formed Department established in February 2023. The new department absorbed the functions of the former Department for International Trade (DIT) and some of the functions of the former Department for Busine...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: ConsultantsDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
Answer: The table shows the total departmental spend on consultancy for financial years 2020/2021 to 2023/2024. The total includes the central department (DfTc), Executive Agencies and Arm Length Bodies (ALBs). Departmental total spend (£)2020/21 175,720,8402021/...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: ConsultantsHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
Answer: The Home Office holds information on consultancy fees and reports this in its Annual Report and Accounts.Refer to the links and pages below for the available published information that relates to consultancy spending.Pages 155-157 (Pages 159-161 on the pd...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: ConsultantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
Answer: The following table shows the amount the Department spent on consultancy fees, each year since 2021:Year2022/232021/222020/21Spend£4,092,000£252,815,000£188,978,000Source: the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts within the Accountability Report, in th...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBuildings: InsulationHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had discussions with the Fire Brigades Union, in the context of the report entitled Dangerous cladding: the government’s remediation portfolio, published by the National Aud
Answer: The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government is the lead on building remediation and is due to meet the Fire Brigades Union in the new year.
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: CharitiesTreasuryTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14321More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of exempting charities from the increase to employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: The Government recognises the important role charities play in our society, and has made it a priority to reset the relationship with civil society by developing a Civil Society Covenant.To repair the public finances and help raise the revenue required to...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVeterans: LGBT+ PeopleTreasuryTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13828More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on increasing the fund for reparations payments to LGBT+ veterans.
Answer: Treasury Ministers regularly meets with Ministerial colleagues to discuss a range of issues. The LGBT Veterans Independent Report recommended a level of funding to be made available for those dismissed or discharged from service as a result of policy proh...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFootball: DisabilityDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her Department has had with football authorities about (a) inclusion and (b) accessibility for disabled fans.
Answer: The government recognises the great importance of sport and physical activity for disabled people at both the grassroots and elite levels. We recognise there are barriers which exist and prevent some people from taking part and spectating. We will continu...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the email of 18 July 2024 from the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton on care supporters.
Answer: I have responded to the Hon. Member’s letter.
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCare LeaversDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to ensure that care leavers have adequate financial support, in the context of the cost of living.
Answer: There are already a number of easements in place within the benefit system to support particular groups – including care leavers. To support the additional challenges care leavers face, care leavers benefit from an exemption to the Shared Accommodation Ra...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCare LeaversDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve support for care leavers.
Answer: The department recognises that care leavers have poorer outcomes than their peers across all aspects of their lives. We want all those leaving care to have stable homes, access to health services, support to build lifelong loving relationships, and help t...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLand and Seas and Oceans: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made to meet the commitment to protect 30% of (a) land and (b) seas by 2030.
Answer: In July, the Secretary of State confirmed the Government’s intention to launch a rapid review of the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP). Our review will make sure that the EIP is fit for purpose to deliver on our ambitious targets, including 30by30, and...
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBlood CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the recommendations of Blood Cancer UK's Action Plan.
Answer: The Department has not made a formal assessment of the potential implications of its policies based on the recommendations of Blood Cancer UK’s Action Plan.However, we will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster. ...
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: Education and Mental HealthDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the report by Kinship entitled Forgotten:?Support for kinship children’s education and mental health, published August
Answer: The government is determined to give every child the opportunities they deserve. It knows that many children in kinship care need extra support, including in school. The department is working to ensure their needs are met, and that they have the best poss...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Price CapsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Ofgem’s decision to increase the energy price cap from October 2024.
Answer: Ofgem’s price cap increased for the period 1 October 2024 to 31 December 2024 due to the increase in global wholesale energy prices. The Government believes that the only way to protect billpayers permanently from price shocks, is to speed up the transiti...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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