John Glen MP: written questions 2024
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Ministers: Official GiftsCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7761More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how changes to the Ministerial reporting regime will affect (a) gifts and (b) hospitality (i) under and (ii) over £300.
Answer: Information on the acceptance of gifts and hospitality by ministers, including details on reporting, will be set out in the Ministerial Code.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMariana MazzucatoCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7760More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Mariana Mazzuccato is employed as a Government special adviser.
Answer: No.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Public ExpenditureCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7759More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take in response to departments that do not register evaluations on the Government Evaluation Registry by the required deadlines; and whether penalties are imposed for repeated non-complia
Answer: The Evaluation Task Force undertakes quarterly monitoring and compliance checks to ensure that Departments are registering their planned evaluations on the Government Evaluation Registry. In any cases where evaluations are not registered, the Evaluation T...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordImport ControlsCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7758More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether changes have been made to the Border Target Operation Model since 5 July 2024; and what his latest estimate is of the (a) timetable and (b) budget for the introduction of related controls.
Answer: Implementation of the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) is ongoing. On 7 October HMRC announced that the waiver on Safety and Security declarations for EU imports would be extended until 31 January 2025. HMRC readiness activity is now underway. On 8 Oc...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty House: Civil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7757More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are allocated Admiralty House as an office workplace; and at which department or public body those civil servants are employed.
Answer: There are no civil servants currently assigned to Admiralty House as an office workplace.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMinisters: Members' InterestsCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7756More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2024 to Question 2870 on Ministers: Members' Interests, whether the established process for the declaration and management of ministers’ private interests requires Minsters
Answer: Published Lists of Ministers’ Interests, which are available on GOV.UK, set out the categories of interests that ministers are required to declare to their permanent secretaries and the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMinisters: TrainingCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7755More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 4677 on Ministers: training, if he will publish the induction briefing that was provided to Ministers in his Department on ethics and standards.
Answer: Guidance for ministers on propriety is, ultimately, set out in the ministerial code. This will be published shortly.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMission Boards: Senior Civil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7754More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2024 to Question 5031 on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of externally advertising the five mission delivery board
Answer: The internal appointment of Directors General (DGs) as Mission Senior Responsible Officers was undertaken as part of the standard management of roles within the DG workforce. As such, there was no need to assess the merits of advertising these roles exter...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEquality Act 2010Women and EqualitiesTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7753More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will commission a regulatory impact assessment on the proposed commencement of the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: The Government is committed to commencing the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010. The duty will require public bodies, when making strategic decisions, to actively consider how their decisions might help to reduce the inequalities associated wit...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Arden StrategiesTreasuryTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7752More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the International Investment Summit Adviser has (a) had meetings with representatives of Arden Strategies and (b) arranged meetings between Arden Strategies clients and officials in her Department since 5 Ju
Answer: The IIS Adviser has engaged with a number of different businesses and trade bodies in the run up to the International Investment Summit – including Arden Strategies - to help coordinate meetings with key investors as part of the usual course of business. ...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Arden StrategiesTreasuryTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7751More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings officials in her Department have had with companies represented by Arden Strategies since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The government has engaged with a number of different businesses and trade bodies in the run up to the International Investment Summit – including Arden Strategies - to help coordinate meetings with key investors as part of the usual course of business. I...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordIan CorfieldTreasuryTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7750More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she made a ministerial declaration of interest in relation to her donation from Ian Corfield.
Answer: Ian Corfield was appointed on a short-term basis to carry out urgent work in support of the government’s International Investment Summit in October. A full recruitment process could not have been completed in the time available. He has since been appointe...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTaxation: Gifts and EndowmentsTreasuryTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7749More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HMRC internal manual EIM01450 - Employment income: gifts and other voluntary payments, what guidance HMRC has provided her Department on whether gifts of (a) glasses and (b) clothing are subjec
Answer: The normal rules for employment-related benefits apply to employment-related gifts, as described in HMRC guidance at https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/employment-income-manual/eim20020
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMission BoardsCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7447More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times each Mission Board has met since 4 July 2024.
Answer: It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its committees - including mission boards - their attendance, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Departmental BoardsCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7446More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Cabinet Office Board has met since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Details of the Cabinet Office Board meetings are published in the yearly Annual Report and Accounts.
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: Official GiftsCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7445More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues to senior officials on declaring (a) gifts and (b) hospitality received by them and a Parliamentarian who is a family member.
Answer: As under the previous government, the Department holds a comprehensive policy and guidance on accepting and giving gifts and hospitality. All Civil Servants are required to declare gifts and hospitality both given and received via a central register and o...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial AdvisersCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7444More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a regular cross-government meeting of special advisers.
Answer: Special advisers across government meet regularly in the course of their duties.
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTrade Unions: SubversionHome OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the level of interference in the trade union movement by (a) Russia, (b) North Korea and (c) Iran.
Answer: The Government’s first duty is to protect our national security and keep our country safe. We keep potential threats to the UK under constant review and, where necessary, we use all the tools at our disposal to mitigate these threats.The UK has a strong r...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: CommunicationCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7442More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of 27 September 2024 to Questions 4998 and 4988 on Prime Minister: Communication, on which page of the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2022-23 is the information on (a) spending
Answer: Information about overall departmental resourcing is set out in relevant annual reports (or published elsewhere in the relevant document). Annual reports do not include a breakdown by individual teams. This remains unchanged in size since the election.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers Remuneration CommitteeCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7441More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who the members are of the Special Advisers Remuneration Committee.
Answer: Special advisers’ salaries are determined by the Special Adviser People Board, in line with the special adviser pay framework. The People Board is chaired by a senior official acting under delegated authority from the Prime Minister. The majority of Board...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7440More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Special Adviser Remuneration Committee has met to (a) set policy, (a) amend the framework and (c) make individual decisions on special adviser pay since the general election.
Answer: Special advisers’ salaries are determined by the Special Adviser People Board, in line with the special adviser pay framework. The People Board is chaired by a senior official acting under delegated authority from the Prime Minister. The majority of Board...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7439More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether people in receipt of a Civil Service pension who then re-join as a special adviser are subject to abatement.
Answer: As temporary civil servants, special advisers are subject to the usual Civil Service Pension Scheme rules.
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Senior Civil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7438More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the appointment of the Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister was by open and fair competition.
Answer: The Cabinet Secretary recommended a range of candidates and the Prime Minister interviewed a number of them before selecting his Principle Private Secretary.
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPropriety and Constitution Group: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7437More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2024 to Question 4638, whether he plans to provide details of that individual's (a) name and (b) position in the next edition of his Department's organogram published on go
Answer: The Cabinet Office senior staff organogram shows all roles at SCS1 level and above. As was the practice under the previous administration it does not include the names of individuals at SCS1 level (Deputy Director), which is the level of this post.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7436More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 September 2024 to Question 5037 Special Advisers: Pay, if he will place a copy of the (a) special adviser pay framework and (b) associated documentation in the Library.
Answer: Special advisers’ salaries are determined by the Special Adviser People Board, in line with the special adviser pay framework. The People Board is chaired by a senior official acting under delegated authority from the Prime Minister. The majority of Board...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
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