John Glen MP: written questions 2024
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EmploymentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Answer of 12 August 2024, to Question HL421, on Employment, what legislative steps he plans to take to introduce statutory rights for trade union equality representatives.
Answer: The Government is committed to introducing statutory rights for trade union equality representatives to strengthen equality at work for all. Further information including impact assessments will be published in due course.
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordEmily MiddletonDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will publish the submission that authorised the appointment of Ms Emily Middleton.
Answer: Yes. The department will publish the submission relating to the approval of Emily Middleton's appointment in due course on the department’s GOV.uk pages in response to a Freedom of Information request.
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHaydon EtheringtonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether there are restrictions on Mr Haydon Etherington's activity as a member of the Labour Party whilst serving as Senior Policy Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister.
Answer: There are clear rules governing recruitment and appointment of civil service roles which are regulated by the Civil Service Commission. We do not comment on individual staffing matters. The approach to recruitment and staffing levels is in line with the a...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAlan MilburnDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Mr Alan Milburn is a Ministerial or departmental adviser; and what meetings Mr Milburn has had with Ministers since the general election.
Answer: Whilst Alan Milburn is neither a Ministerial nor Departmental adviser, he is a Privy Councillor and a former Secretary of State for Health. As my rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, stated in Parliament on 9 September 2024,...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Workplace PensionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the latest estimate is of the Cash Equivalent Transfer Value of the Civil Service pension of his Department’s Second Permanent Secretary and Defra group Chief Operating Officer in
Answer: The position of Second Permanent Secretary and Chief Operating Officer was appointed to in July 2023 by his party. The pension cash equivalent transfer values for this position will be published in the 2023/2024 Defra Annual Report and Accounts.
Answered 20 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTom CrickDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) pay band, (b) salary and (c) responsibilities are of Mr Tom Crick in his role as Senior Advisor to her Department's Curriculum and Assessment Review; whether that role was open to external candidat
Answer: The role of the Senior Adviser to the Curriculum and Assessment Review is to support the Review Group and its Chair, Professor Becky Francis, in their engagement with the education sector to develop proposals on how best to refresh the curriculum to ensur...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLord AlliCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5011More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date Lord Alli was given a Downing Street pass; and on what date it was returned.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member and Hon Member to the answer given by the then Prime Minister on 7 February 2017, Official Report, PQ 62542.
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: Social MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5010More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on its special advisers (a) posting political opinions and (b) commenting on Government business on social media.
Answer: The Code of Conduct for Special Advisers sets out Special Advisers’ obligations with regards to the media, including social media.
Answered 23 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5009More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the former Prime Minister's letter entitled Government transparency and open data, published on 14 December 2017, whether the content of the letter remains Government policy; and when Governmen
Answer: Transparency reporting requirements remain in place, with data regularly being published on GOV.UK.
Answered 23 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Sustainable DevelopmentCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5008More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Treasury's Sustainability Reporting Guidance 2024-25, published on 25 July 2024, whether 10 Downing Street plans to report using those metrics.
Answer: The Prime Minister’s Office is a business unit of the Cabinet Office. Sustainability reporting for 10 Downing Street is completed by the Cabinet Office. Cabinet Office aligns to the Treasury’s Sustainability Reporting Guidance 2024-25, published on 25 Jul...
Answered 1 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Press ConferencesCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5007More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much 10 Downing Street has spent on (a) cosmetics and (b) make-up artists for media appearances since 4 July 2024.
Answer: There has been no such expenditure.
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: WhatsAppDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans he has to revise the guidance entitled Non-corporate communication channels for government business, published on 30 March 2023, in relation to the use of WhatsApp on private
Answer: The guidance “Using non-corporate communication channels (e.g. WhatsApp, private email, SMS) for government business” will be reviewed on or before 31 December 2025.
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordIran: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Joint statement on the Middle East, published on 12 August 2024, if he will publish a list of the allies of Iran.
Answer: Iran continues to proliferate advanced weaponry, alongside providing financial and political support to its proxies and partners including Lebanese Hizballah, Hamas, the Houthis and other groups in Iraq and Syria. Since 7 October, these groups have conduc...
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLiam ConlonCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5004More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the hon. Member for Beckenham and Penge has visited 10 Downing Street since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The member for Beckenham and Penge has not visited 10 Downing Street since 4 July 2024.
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMembers: SurveillanceHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the then Prime Minister’s Written Statement of 4 November 2015, Official Report, HCWS291, on the Wilson doctrine, what the Government’s policy is on the Wilson doctrine.
Answer: The Wilson Doctrine is unchanged from the position set out in the Prime Minister's predecessor's Written Statement of 4 November 2015 (HCWS291).Since the then Prime Minister’s statement to the House in 2015, the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 was commenced...
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordParthenon SculpturesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Greek government on (a) loaning and (b) donating the Elgin Marbles to Greece.
Answer: None.
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: CorrespondenceCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5001More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 930 on Prime Minister: Correspondence, if he will discontinue the fax machine facility in 10 Downing Street.
Answer: The Prime Minister’s Office does not use a fax machine. This Government has no plans to stop members of the public contacting us in the ways that they find most helpful. As the previous response explained, where members of the public wish to do so via fax...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament record10 Downing Street: ShopsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5000More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any changes have been made to the goods on sale in the Downing Street shop since 4 July 2024; and if he will publish the price list for goods available in that shop.
Answer: There has been no change to either the goods on sale or prices that were available under the last Government. These items are paid for personally by members of staff at full cost price and with no subsidy from the taxpayer. A list will be placed in the li...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLabour Growth Group: CorrespondenceCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4999More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will publish all correspondence he has (a) received from and (b) sent to the Labour Growth Group.
Answer: As was the case under the previous Administration, the government does not handle political correspondence. Ministers regularly discuss issues, including the government's plans for growth, with parliamentary colleagues.
Answered 2 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: CommunicationCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4998More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to (a) increase and (b) reduce the (i) spending on and (ii) staff working on digital communications in Downing Street.
Answer: Information about departmental resourcing is set out in relevant annual reports (or published elsewhere in the relevant document). Decisions about future financial years will be made by the civil service in the usual way.
Answered 27 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments and 10 Downing Street: Cultural HeritageDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the Prime Minister’s policy is on matters relating to contested heritage in (a) the Downing Street estate and (b) Whitehall departments what his policy is on matters relating to contested he
Answer: The last government introduced a policy relating to contested heritage, set out in the 2023 Guidance for custodians on how to deal with commemorative heritage assets that have become contested. That policy has not changed.
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAnti-corruption ChampionHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Prime Minister plans to appoint an anti-corruption champion.
Answer: I refer the Rt.Hon Member to my previous response, reference UIN 3572, answered on the 4th September 2024.
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMark AdamsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4995More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has had discussions with Mark Adams in his capacity on the International Olympics Committee since 4 July 2024.
Answer: As was the practice under the previous Administration, details of the Prime Minister’s official engagements with external individuals and organisations will be published in the quarterly transparency returns on gov.uk.
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistersCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4994More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 8 of the Directory of Civil Service Guidance, Volume 2, published in 2000, whether it remains convention that Ministers of a current Administration may not generally have access to policy
Answer: The convention on Access to Papers of a Previous Administration is also set out in the Cabinet Manual (paragraph 11.23 to 11.24), and remains in place. The Cabinet Manual was published in 2010 and is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/gove...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMinisters: Codes of PracticeCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4993More
Question: To the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on whether a Minister who is found by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner to have broken the House of Commons Code of Conduct can remain a Minister.
Answer: As the Ministerial Code sets out, “ministers only remain in office for so long as they retain the confidence of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is the ultimate judge of the standards of behaviour expected of a minister and the appropriate consequen...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
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