John Glen MP: written questions
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Prime 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
Original Parliament recordGreenpeaceDepartment 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
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