John Glen MP: written questions
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Ministers: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8810More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to uprate the salaries of Lords Ministers in line with inflation.
Answer: Salary entitlements for ministers are set out by the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975. The salaries ministers will claim in this government will be confirmed in due course and published on gov.uk.
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament record11 Downing Street: ArtworksDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) removing portraits of men from 11 Downing Street and (b) procuring new portraits and paintings; what the process will be for proc
Answer: It is standard practice, as followed by the previous government, for new ministers to select works from the Government Art Collection for their ministerial offices. All such changes of displays of works from the Government Art Collection constitute 'busin...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: PolicyCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8808More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that all Departments use an appropriate level of evaluation to assess the (a) design, (b) implementation and (c) outcomes of new interventions.
Answer: The Evaluation Task Force continues to work with Departments to ensure robust and proportionate evaluations of government programmes are carried out and published.
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWritten Questions: Government ResponsesLeader of the HouseTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8807More
Question: To ask the Leader of the House, Pursuant to the answer of 18 September 2024, to Question 5016, on Emily Middleton, how many written parliamentary question responses have cited a forthcoming FOI response.
Answer: The information requested is not held by the government. It is a matter for individual departments to determine how to respond to parliamentary questions from Members. However, the government's position regarding the relationship between the treatment of ...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Career Development and RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8806More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he has issued on whether (a) an applicant's and (b) their parent's socio-economic background should be considered in (i) promotion and (ii) employment decisions in the Civil Service.
Answer: The socio-economic background of applicants or their parents does not form part of the promotion or employment decisions in the Civil Service. All Civil Service Recruitment is governed by the Civil Service Recruitment Principles. They outline the legal re...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment: PolicyCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8805More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what methodology the Government uses to assess whether someone is a working person for the purposes of policy development; and whether pensioners are included in that demographic.
Answer: Each government department is responsible for assessing potential policies to ensure they deliver the Government’s objectives.
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMinisters: Official GiftsCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8804More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to change the (a) reporting regime and (b) threshold at which Ministers must declare (i) hospitality and (ii) gifts.
Answer: I refer the Right Honourable Member to the debate in the House on Reporting Ministerial Gifts and Hospitality, debated on Monday 14 October 2024. The Government will set out further details in due course.
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: SoftwareCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8803More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the three entries totalling £189,870 for Fujitsu Services Ltd under the GPG - Interoperability One Data Programme, in his Department's transparency data entitled Cabinet Office: spend data over
Answer: In January 2024, Fujitsu said it would withdraw from bidding for contracts with new Government customers until the Post Office Horizon inquiry concludes – it would only bid for work with existing Government customers where it already has a contract with t...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSue Gray: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8802More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has requested a leak inquiry in relation to media reports about Sue Gray's salary.
Answer: It is the longstanding policy of successive governments not to comment on leak investigations.
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEquality Act 2010Cabinet OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8801More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to publish a consultation on enacting the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: We will commence the socio-economic duty in section 1 of the Equality Act 2010 through a commencement order when parliamentary time allows. We will engage widely to ensure that its implementation is as effective as possible.
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Social MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8644More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the policy of the Government Communications Service is on promoting government communications on (a) Tiktok, (b) WeChat and (c) Telegram.
Answer: The Government uses a range of channels to reach and engage the public. Any use of these platforms would be assessed against the high standards for digital safety set out in the Government Communication Service (GCS) SAFE framework. Neither WeChat or Tele...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Social MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8643More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's policy is on the use of (a) Tiktok, (b) WeChat and (c) Telegram on (i) Government communications devices and (ii) Ministers' non-corporate communications devices.
Answer: In March 2023 the previous government introduced a precautionary ban specifically on the TikTok application on government mobile devices following a security review, alongside announcing new policy on the control of all third-party applications on governm...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Oct 2024WithdrawnUIN 8642More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2024, to Question 5043, on Prime Minister: Staff, how many of those staff work in press, marketing and communications.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: BuildingsCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8641More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2024, to Question 4663, on 70 Whitehall, how many work desks are available for civil servants in 70 Whitehall as a percentage of the staff assigned to work in that building
Answer: It has been the practice of successive governments not to comment, on grounds of both national security and staff safety, on the physical capacity or staffing numbers for individual buildings of the government estate.
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8640More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 4658 on Civil Servants: Recruitment, if he will place a copy of the report on Time to Hire in the Library.
Answer: Since question 4658 was answered the data has been updated. The Time To Hire data, for campaigns completed between April and June 2024, indicates the median averages for the Whitehall 17 departments range between 25 and 69 calendar days for grades AA to G...
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: SmokingCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8639More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of 13 September 2024 to Questions 4350 and 4352 on Smoking, whether his Department plans to ban (a) smoking and (b) vaping in (i) public gardens and (ii) outdoor recreational spaces at (A
Answer: The Government will soon introduce the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which stands to be the most significant public health intervention in a generation and will put us on track to a smoke-free UK.Action on smoking will help to reduce 80,000 preventable deaths, r...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8638More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2024, to Question 5052, on Government Departments: Disclosure of Information, whether his Department has cancelled the launch of the transparency portal for consolidated go
Answer: This government is committed to looking at how the range of transparency data published can be improved and made as useful as possible.
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: VacanciesCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8637More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the vacancy for the position of the Second Permanent Secretary, Head of Mission Delivery Unit, was (a) publicly advertised and (b) for how long.
Answer: The appointment follows a Civil Service wide recruitment competition overseen by the Civil Service Commission. The application process was open for five days.
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8436More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2024, to Question 5009, on Government Departments: Disclosure of Information, whether the Government plans to publish all transparency data on a monthly basis.
Answer: The Government publishes a wide range of transparency data. Reporting requirements remain in place, with data regularly being published on GOV.UK.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8435More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2024 to Question 5043 on Prime Minister: Staff, how many staff work in (a) press, (b) marketing and (c) communications roles.
Answer: As a modern communications service, the Prime Minister’s communications team covers a wide range of functions, including press, digital, strategic comms and private office support. In addition to supporting directly the work of the Prime Minister, Downing...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: AviationCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8434More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2024 to Question 2304 on Prime Minister: Aviation, on what proportion of Prime Ministerial (a) domestic and (b) overseas flights sustainable aviation fuel has been used; and
Answer: The Government uses sustainable aviation fuel wherever possible. My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Transport set out to the House on 22 July 2024 our plans to support the development, production, and use of sustainable aviation fuel.
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Appointments and Special Advisers: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8433More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 2316 on Equality, if she will publish guidance on the application of the socio-economic duty to (a) special advisers and (b) ministerial appointments.
Answer: The socio-economic duty has not yet commenced. I refer the Hon Member back to PQ 2316.
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8432More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 August 2024 to Question HL519 on Public Expenditure, for what reason parts of that speech were redacted; and whether the Permanent Secretary had a role in that redaction.
Answer: The speech was redacted to remove political content.Following the recognition of an administrative error within hours of the Chancellor’s speech being uploaded to GOV.UK, HM Treasury swiftly amended the text, and an updated, redacted version was uploaded,...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Trade UnionsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8431More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2024 to Question 4654 on Public Sector: Trade Unions, what the Government's policy is on check-off; and how many departments (a) charge trade unions for levying check-off a
Answer: I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer given to PQ 4654 on 12 September 2024. Data on check-off provisions in the Civil Service can be found in the impact assessment published under the previous administration alongside The Trade Union (Deduction of Un...
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIndustrial DisputesCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8430More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2024 to Question 4661, if he will (a) make an assessment of the potential impact of repealing the Trade Union Act 2016 on levels industrial action and (b) review the indust
Answer: The Government is publishing an impact assessment of the repeal of the Trade Union Act 2016 shortly. This will be in line with the HMT Green Book and the Better Regulation Framework, and consideration will be given to potential wider impacts.All risks in ...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
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