John Glen MP: written questions 2024
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GreenpeaceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024, to Question 1246 on Greenpeace, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for the Government's policy on engagement with G
Answer: It remains the Government's policy to engage with a range of stakeholders, including Greenpeace.
Answered 20 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial AdvisersCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4991More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many proposals by departmental Ministers to appoint a special adviser have been refused by 10 Downing Street since 4 July 2024.
Answer: It is the longstanding policy of successive governments to not discuss individual staffing matters.
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCitizenship: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps this Government is taking to promote British values.
Answer: Education plays a vital role in promoting integration and ensuring children and young people are prepared for life in modern Britain, including learning about the values that underpin and unite our society. All schools have specific duties to promote the ...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordChequers and DorneywoodCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4989More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether changes have been made to the Government-appointed trustees of (a) Dorneywood and (b) Chequers since 4 July 2024.
Answer: No changes have been made by the government with regard to government-appointed trustees on the boards of Dorneywood or Chequers.
Answered 23 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: CommunicationCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4988More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent staff work in No. 10 digital communications; and at what pay bands.
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 recordIndependent Adviser on Ministerial InterestsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4987More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests is able to initiate an investigation into the conduct of a Minister without the consent of the Prime Minister.
Answer: This Government is committed to ensuring that the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests has the powers to start investigations into misconduct and that he or she will have access to the evidence needed. Further detail will be set out in due course.
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Trade Union OfficialsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4986More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 903 on Public Sector: Trade Union Officials, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the repeal of the Trade Union Act 2016 on the statutory requ
Answer: The Government is committed to repealing the Trade Union Act 2016. Further information will be published in due course.
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Public ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4985More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 908 on Government Departments: Public Consultation, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure compliance by Departments with principle J.
Answer: The Consultation Principles are high level guidance to help departments manage their consultations. The Cabinet Office provides advice to departments on these principles on request. Individual departments are legally responsible for the consultations they...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProductivityTreasuryTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4984More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to (a) promote public sector reform and (b) increase public sector productivity.
Answer: The Chancellor has launched a multi-year Spending Review to conclude in Spring 2025 that will establish a new approach to public service reform to drive greater productivity in the public sector.The Government will use the Spending Review to change the wa...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Equality and Trade Union OfficialsTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4709More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Office for Value for Money will investigate value for money in (a) Equality, Diversity and Inclusion spending and (b) trade union facility time in the civil service.
Answer: The Office for Value for Money (OVfM) has two primary roles. First, to provide targeted interventions, working with Treasury and departments, so that value for money governs every decision government makes. Second, to recommend system reforms to ensure an...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAviation: Cost EffectivenessTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4708More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) her Department and (b) the Office for Value for Money plans to issue guidance on the value for money of (i) domestic and (ii) international flights.
Answer: The Office for Value for Money (OVfM) has two primary roles. First, to provide targeted interventions, working with Treasury and departments, so that value for money governs every decision government makes. Second, to recommend system reforms to ensure an...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMinisters' Private OfficesCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4707More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide hon. Members with an updated list of email addresses and telephone numbers of Government Ministerial private offices for correspondence inquiries.
Answer: The List of Ministerial Responsibilities, which includes correspondence addresses for Government departments, will be published in due course.
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4706More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is his policy that all civil service appointments should be advertised on gov.uk.
Answer: There is no obligation on departments to advertise their vacancies on any specific platform. However, departments are encouraged to advertise jobs on the Civil Service Jobs platform.
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: FamiliesCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4705More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on applying the family test to new policies.
Answer: The family test guidance is owned by the Department for Work and Pensions. The Cabinet Office will follow that guidance in any policy development. DWP is responsible for encouraging its implementation across government.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Labour TurnoverCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4704More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Government Departments collect information on staff turnover.
Answer: The Government Financial Reporting Manual requires departments to collect and report data on staff turnover annually.
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4703More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Practitioner Guidance on the 2024-25 Senior Civil Service Pay Framework, published on 30 July 2024, if he will list the statutory office holders whose pay is
Answer: A list of statutory office holders whose pay is directly linked to the Senior Civil Service pay bands is not held by the Cabinet Office.
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4702More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Classification Of Public Bodies: Guidance For Department, published on 27 April 2016, whether it is his policy that setting up new public bodies should be a l
Answer: It is for the relevant Ministers to decide if policy within their portfolio should be delivered through the creation of a new public body. The Cabinet Office and the Treasury have a detailed process in place for the approval of new public bodies to ensure...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordEthics and Integrity CommissionCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4701More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1251 on the Ethics and Integrity Commission, whether the Ethics and Integrity Commission will replace the (a) the Committee on Standards in Public Life and (b)
Answer: I refer the right honourable member to the answer given to PQ 1251 on 23 July 2024.
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: CommunicationCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4700More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will issue guidance on impartiality in Government communications.
Answer: Maintaining a high standard of propriety and ethics within government communications is fundamental to preserving trust in public institutions. It is the job of the Government Communication Service (GCS) to explain the policies of the government and suppo...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Political ImpartialityCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4699More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what disciplinary investigations have taken place in the last 12 months in relation to civil servants breaching political impartiality restrictions by campaigning in (a) Parliamentary by-elections and (b) the ge
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.
Answered 30 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Temporary EmploymentCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4698More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government’s policy is on the use of contingent labour in the Civil Service.
Answer: Contingent labour contracts should only be used in government where better value alternatives are not available. The Government will stop all non-essential expenditure on consultants, and reduce the reliance on contingent labour.
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: IncentivesCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4697More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on giving (a) bonuses and (b) reward-based pay to civil servants in the form of shopping vouchers.
Answer: As has been the case under successive administrations, non-cash vouchers of small amounts may be used to mark the significant contributions of staff who have worked on specific projects outside of formal performance management processes. All individual aw...
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Cost EffectivenessTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4696More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what government efficiency savings planned by the previous government she plans to (a) continue and (b) discontinue.
Answer: Departments are responsible for managing their budgets and delivering efficiency savings, both those in plans from the previous government, and those announced by the new government.The government has secured £5.5 billion of savings in 2024-25 rising to £...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Communication ServiceCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4695More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 921 on Government Communication Service, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the decision not to change the size of the Government Communication
Answer: On the 29th July, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, as part of her statement, announced that the government will review spending on cross government on communications and marketing campaigns, with a view to making reductions. This review is on-going. We re...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: CorrespondenceCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4694More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Secretary has responded to the letter from the former Prime Minister, Liz Truss, of 18 July 2024.
Answer: A response has been issued.
Answered 16 Sept 2024
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