John Glen MP: written questions 2025
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Government Departments: Communication and ConsultantsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32973More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14946 on Government departments: communications and consultations, if he will list each of the programmes that have been cancelled or reduced to deliver £85
Answer: I refer to the Rt Hon member to the answer given to PQ25685 on 30 January 2025.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Communication and ConsultantsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32972More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14946 on Government departments: communications and consultations, if he will publish the £449 million spending from Government Communications Service data,
Answer: I refer to the Rt Hon member to the answer given to PQ25685 on 30 January 2025.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: Cost EffectivenessTreasuryTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32971More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role management consultants will play in determining efficiency savings for phase 2 of the Spending Review.
Answer: There is no formal role for management consultants in determining efficiency savings. In developing their plans for the forthcoming Spending Review departments will need to find 5% savings and efficiencies against their current budgets, to help drive out ...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ConsultantsTreasuryTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32970More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of (a) 27 November 2024 to Question 14255 on Civil Service and (b) 27 November 2024 to Question 14946 on Government departments: communications and consultations, what the financial reduction
Answer: The baseline aggregate annual cash figure for the 24-25 savings target is based on an in-year monthly forecast outturn figure from the government’s cross central financial management system. In-year forecast outturn figures at this level of detail are not...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Pay SettlementsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32969More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse is of the 2024-25 Civil Service pay award broken down by (a) gross pay and (b) employer pension contributions.
Answer: The Pay Remit Guidance is a framework within which all organisations under its scope set pay. The 2024/2025 Pay Remit Guidance was published in July 2024 and departments are able to make average pay awards up to 5%.Under pay delegation, individual departm...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Finance: BrexitTreasuryTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32968More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 23883, on Public Finance: Brexit, if she will make a comparative estimate of the net difference between the two invoices from the European Union relating to the
Answer: It is not possible to meaningfully compare the net payments under the Financial Settlement and the UK's financial contributions during its time as a Member State poses substantial analytical issues. The former relates to historic liabilities of and receip...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEconomic Situation: Government SecuritiesTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31995More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 22013 on Economic Situation, whether bond yields will be included in the other metrics of financial market indicators in relation to economic stability.
Answer: As the Prime Minister set out in the Plan for Change document, the Government’s milestones for change can only be delivered on the foundations of a stable economy, secure borders, and national security. Economic stability requires concerted action to ensu...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31994More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22929 on Treasury: Employers' Contributions, which Strategic Suppliers to the Department have contractual terms and conditions that require a pricing review as a
Answer: No such terms and conditions are included in HM Treasury’s contracts with strategic suppliers.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Unions: SubscriptionsTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31993More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was claimed for trade union subscriptions under section 344 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 in each of the last five years.
Answer: The requested information is not available. Claims for Professional Membership Fees and Annual Subscriptions, (under s343 and s344 ITEPA 2003) are reported on HMRC returns under the ‘Fees and Subscriptions’ category and cannot therefore be separately iden...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDomicil: TaxationTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31992More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the non-domiciled tax regime on (a) philanthropic giving and (b) the charitable sector.
Answer: The Government’s priority is improving the UK’s competitiveness internationally and securing economic growth. The non-domicile reforms have been specifically designed to make the UK competitive with a modern, simple tax regime that is also fair. The refor...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31991More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 21692 on Public Expenditure, over which financial years the (a) efficiencies and (b) savings target by 2029 relates to; whether the 5% target is for each year or
Answer: To help drive out waste and ensure all funding is focused on the Government’s priorities, all departments are expected to find at least 5% savings and efficiencies from within existing budgets by the end of this SR period (2028/2029). Any spending reducti...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitically Exposed PersonsTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31990More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on when the Financial Conduct Authority plans to respond to its consultation entitled Proposed amendments to Guidance on the treatment of politically exposed persons, published
Answer: The Government has been working closely with the FCA to follow up on the findings of its review into the treatment of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) by financial institutions and to ensure firms improve their practices where necessary. The FCA expects...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for Value for MoneyTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31989More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the new Chair of the Office for Value for Money has formally met with (a) the Chancellor and (b) the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
Answer: David Goldstone CBE was appointed as the independent Chair of the Office of Value for Money on 30 October 2024. His published terms of reference state that he will have monthly regular check-ins with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and that he will p...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFiscal Policy: Economic GrowthTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31988More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has a theory of economic growth it uses when formulating (a) fiscal and (b) economic policy.
Answer: The Government’s growth mission is its central mission. Its plan for growth is built around the three essential elements of stability, investment, and reform. The work of the growth mission can be structured into seven pillars, as set out in the Autumn Bu...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ConsultantsTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31986More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14946 on Government Departments: Communication and Consultants, what the baseline aggregate annual cash figure of government spending on consultancy was on whic
Answer: The baseline aggregate annual cash figure for the 24-25 savings target is based on an in-year monthly forecast outturn figure from the government’s cross central financial management system. In-year forecast outturn figures at this level of detail are not...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ConsultantsTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31985More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14946 on Government Departments: Communication and Consultants, whether her Department holds data on the (a) Department and (b) programme reductions to consulta
Answer: Consultancy spending data for the current 24-25 financial year is held centrally on the cross-government financial system. In-year monthly forecast outturn data at this level of detail is not shared publicly due to its security classification and sensitiv...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants and Ministers: Workplace PensionsTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31863More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024, to Question 12389 on Civil Servants and Ministers: Workplace Pensions, whether the automatic lump sum death benefits under the Civil Service Classic scheme is subject to i
Answer: As announced at Autumn Budget 2024, from 6 April 2027 most unused pension funds and death benefits will be included within the value of a person’s estate for Inheritance Tax purposes.Some lump some death benefits from pension schemes are already within sc...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31862More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Spending Review Phase 2 is zero-based.
Answer: Phase 2 of the Spending Review launched on the 10th December 2024. At launch, I asked every department to conduct a zero-based review of government spending to assess whether it is a priority for this government and represents value for money. This is the...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: TaxationTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31861More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 25682 on Motor vehicles: taxation, whether any impact assessment has been produced on changes to tax on double cab pick-up vehicles in the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answer: The change in treatment for Double Cab Pick-ups (DCPUs) as announced at Autumn Budget 2024 was to align treatment with recent case law to treat them as cars, and not a change in policy requiring legislation. As mentioned in my answer of 28 January 2025, g...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFirst Time Buyers: Stamp DutiesTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31860More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 20947 on First Time Buyers: Stamp Duties, what the average stamp duty paid was by people who claimed first time buyers’ relief in the 2023-24 tax year; how many s
Answer: In 2023 to 2024, there were 113,100 transactions above the nil-rate band threshold of £250,000 that claimed First-Time Buyers’ Relief (FTBR) in the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) return. These transactions paid an average of £900 in SDLT. Estimates for 2025 t...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: EqualityTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31859More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025, to Question 21295 on Employers’ Contributions: Equality, whether a longer Impact Assessment or screening document was produced internally by her Department on the changes to
Answer: The Government carefully considers the impact of all decisions on those sharing protected characteristics in line with both our legal obligations and with our commitment to greater fairness and opportunity.The Government is committed to meeting its obliga...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDrinks and Food: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 29436 on Manufacturing Industries, whether food and drink manufacturing is a key advanced manufacturing sector.
Answer: The Industrial Strategy will focus on the sectors which offer the highest growth opportunity for the economy and business, including Advanced Manufacturing. The Government will prioritise subsectors within the broad sectors that meet our objectives and wh...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDrinks and Food: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 29436 on Manufacturing Industries, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of including food and drink manufacturing in th
Answer: Growth is the number one mission of the government. The UK's food and drink manufacturing sector plays a significant role in the UK economy, contributing £35.1bn to GVA in 2022. The UK presents many opportunities for investment right across the food and d...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDrinks and Food: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of his Department's support for advanced manufacturing within the industrial strategy on food and drink manufacturers.
Answer: The Industrial Strategy Green Paper identified eight growth-driving sectors, including advanced manufacturing. All sectors can shape and benefit from policy reform through the Industrial Strategy’s cross-cutting policies alongside the broader Growth Missi...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDrinks and Food: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he (a) is taking with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to encourage (i) growth and (ii) investment in food and drink manufacturing and (b) plans to take to supp
Answer: Growth is the number one mission of the government. The UK's agriculture food and drink sector plays a significant role in the UK economy, contributing £146.7bn to GVA. The UK presents many opportunities for investment right across the food and drink supp...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
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