John Cooper MP: written questions
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Written questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: JapanForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department had with the Scottish Government on the planned visits of the Scottish Government's (a) Minister for Business and Employment to China and Japa
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and our Embassies in Beijing and Tokyo engaged with Scottish Government officials in support of the visit of the Scottish Government's Minister for Business and Employment to China and the visits of Ministe...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordScottish Government: China and JapanScotland OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions his Department had with the Scottish Government on the planned visits of the Scottish Government's (a) Minister for Business and Employment to China and Japan in April 2025 and (b) Cabinet Secre
Answer: The Scotland Office, in coordination with the FCDO, regularly engages with the Scottish Government to discuss and coordinate overseas ministerial visits. This ongoing engagement ensures alignment with UK foreign policy objectives. Discussions of this natu...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWales Office: Civil ServantsWales OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many permanent civil servants in her Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment register, (d) talent
Answer: There are no permanent Civil Servants in my Department without assigned posts and no permanent Civil Servants are placed in a people action team, priority movers list, redeployment register, talent pool, or skills match hub in the most recent period for w...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordScotland Office: Civil ServantsScotland OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many permanent civil servants in his Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment register, (d) tal
Answer: The Scotland Office has no permanent civil servants without assigned posts and no staff are placed in the referenced categories.
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: Civil ServantsNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many permanent civil servants in his Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment register,
Answer: At any point in time, there is likely to be a small number of individuals who have been displaced due to restructures within their cost centres or, for example, have returned from a loan from another department and their role no longer exists. The exact n...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Civil ServantsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many permanent civil servants in her Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment r
Answer: At any point in time, there is likely to be a small number of individuals who have been displaced due to restructures within their business units or who, for example, have returned from a loan from another department and their role no longer exists. The e...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Civil ServantsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many permanent civil servants in his Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) red
Answer: At any point in time, there is likely to be a small number of individuals who have been displaced due to restructures within their business units or, for example, have returned from a loan from another department and their role no longer exists. The exact...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Civil ServantsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many permanent civil servants in her Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment register, (d) ta
Answer: There are no permanent civil servants within DfTc and the Agencies without assigned posts.The Department for Transport (DfTc and the Agencies) has a priority movers list/redeployment register. Within a payroll workforce of over 16000*, the number of peopl...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Civil ServantsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many permanent civil servants in his Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) rede
Answer: At any point in time, there is likely to be a small number of individuals who have been displaced due to restructures within their business units or, for example, have returned from a loan from another department and their role no longer exists. The exact...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Civil ServantsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many permanent civil servants in his Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment registe
Answer: At any point in time, there is likely to be a number of individuals who have been displaced due to restructures within business units or have returned from a loan from another department and their role no longer exists. The exact number changes on a day t...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Civil ServantsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many permanent civil servants in his Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployme
Answer: The Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero currently has 34 individuals in the redeployment register.
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Civil ServantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many permanent civil servants in his Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment reg
Answer: As of 6 June 2025, the Department has five civil servants without a permanent assigned post. These individuals are undertaking temporary assignments until a permanent post can be found. The Department does not hold any of the equivalent programme categori...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Civil ServantsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many permanent civil servants in her Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment register, (d) ta
Answer: At any point in time, there are likely to be a small number of individuals who have been displaced due to restructures within their business units or, for example, have returned from a loan from another department and their role no longer exists. The exac...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Civil ServantsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many permanent civil servants in her Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment register, (d) tale
Answer: At any point in time, there is likely to be a small number of individuals who have been displaced due to restructures within their business units or, for example, have returned from a loan from another department and their role no longer exists. The exact...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Civil ServantsMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many permanent civil servants in his Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment register, (d) tale
Answer: At any point in time, there is likely to be a small number of individuals who have been displaced due to restructures within their business units or, for example, have returned from a loan from another department and their role no longer exists. The exact...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Civil ServantsTreasuryTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57561More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many permanent civil servants in her Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment register, (d) talent
Answer: We do not currently operate any of the systems listed in the question. At any point in time, there is likely to be a small number of individuals who have been displaced due to restructures within their business units or, for example, have returned from a ...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Civil ServantsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many permanent civil servants in his Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers lis
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) operate a Directorate Flexible Resource (DFR) pool. The DFR is the FCDO's resourcing model for when staff are between substantive roles in our rotational model of home and overseas roles. The DFR off...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Civil ServantsHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many permanent civil servants in her Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment regist
Answer: The exact number changes on a day-to-day basis. At any point in time, there is likely to be a small number of individuals who have been displaced due to restructures within their business units or, for example, have been on loan to another department duri...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRichard LochheadForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the visit by Richard Lochhead MSP to to Beijing.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has made no assessment of the effectiveness of the visit. The delivery of Scottish Government ministers is properly to be assessed by Scottish parliamentary scrutiny mechanisms. The FCDO engaged with...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment Zones: Northern IrelandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to implement the Northern Ireland Enhanced Investment Zone.
Answer: Since confirmation at Autumn Budget of the continuation of the Enhanced Investment Zone, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has worked in partnership with the Northern Ireland Executive to drive forward the co-development of the des...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to (a) reform procurement, (b) make efficiency savings, (c) increase levels of access to defence procurement for SMEs and (d) encourage economic growth through the Strategic Defence Re
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review has been considering the state of the defence industrial base, the approach to be taken to acquisition and support, and the contribution of Defence to the Government's Growth Mission. The Review will make Defence central both ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51776More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing (a) direct and (b) indirect spend on SME by (i) department and (ii) contract type on the Central Digital Platform.
Answer: In February, the Government announced new rules requiring all government departments and their executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies to set three-year targets for direct spend with SMEs from 1 April 2025, and from 1 April 2026 for Voluntar...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: EqualityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 41460 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Equality, what payments (a) her Department and (b) each of its
Answer: MHCLG’s Inclusion Allies network is comprised of 73 (a) staff members and zero (b) ministers. All expenditure by core MHCLG with this supplier since July 2024, and the purpose of that expenditure, is set out in the answer to Question UIN 45669 on 29 April...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which development programmes he plans to maintain funding for after the planned reduction of the Official Development Assistance budget is implemented.
Answer: ODA allocations and the impact on programmes are being worked through following the decision to reduce UK ODA from 0.5% of GNI to 0.3% in 2027.We will be taking a rigorous approach to ensure all ODA delivers value for money.We will set out our spending pl...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: CommunicationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) his Department and (b) each of its arm’s length bodies has spent on external communications through (i) Crown Commercial Service agreement RM6125 and (ii) other agreements since 5 July
Answer: The following table shows the Department's spend through CCS agreements RM6125 (lots 1 and 2) and RM6123 since 5 July 2024: AgreementContractorSpendRM6125 (Lot 1: end to end campaign solutions)Mullen Lowe£3,929,499.92RM6123 (Media services)Manning Gottlie...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
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