John Glen MP: written questions
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Intelligence Services: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10989More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether individuals of pension age receiving a pension from the security and intelligence services are able to accrue a civil service pension if employed by the civil service.
Answer: The security and intelligence services' pension scheme is separate from the Civil Service Pension Scheme. It is possible for an individual, in receipt of benefits from the pension scheme for the security and intelligence services, to accrue a Civil Servic...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: RecruitmentTreasuryTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10988More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2024 to Question 4258 on Treasury: public appointments, if she will provide this data by the recruitment principles exception used by each grade.
Answer: Since 30 May 2024, the following appointments by exception have been made:Exception 1 (Temporary Appointments) – 22 appointments. The grades of these appointments are Student, Senior Executive Officer, Grade 7, and SCS2.Exception 3 (Secondments) – 8 appoi...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10987More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 4703 on Public Sector: Pay, if he will take steps to collate this information.
Answer: This information was not collected centrally by previous administrations, including the administration in which the Right Honourable member served as a minister in this department, and there are no plans to do so in the future.
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: DirectorsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10986More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2024 to Question 4655 on Public Sector: Directors, which Non-Executive Board Members have left which Departments since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The list of Non-Executive Board Members who have left government departments since 4 July 2024 was provided in my previous answer of 13th November, PQ 9162.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10967More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 5052 on Government Departments: Disclosure of Information and with reference to the when he plans to start to publish (a) transparency data for (i) Ministe
Answer: Transparency reporting requirements remain in place, with data regularly being published on GOV.UK.I refer the Right Honourable Member to the debate in the House on Reporting Ministerial Gifts and Hospitality, debated on Monday 14 October 2024. The Govern...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10709More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2024 to Question 4682 on Prime Minister's Chief of Staff: Workplace Pensions, whether other public bodies hold information on the Cash Equivalent Transfer Value of civil se
Answer: I refer the RH member to PQ9163.
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10708More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2024 to Question 5009 on Government Departments: Disclosure of Information, whether he has issued guidance to Departments on the frequency of publishing (a) core and (b) ot
Answer: Transparency reporting requirements remain in place, with data regularly being published on GOV.UK. I refer the Right Honourable Member to the debate in the House on Reporting Ministerial Gifts and Hospitality, debated on Monday 14 October 2024. The Gover...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCybersecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10707More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 September 2024 to Question 2301 on Cyber-security: EU law, whether the National Cyber Security Centre has made an assessment of the potential risks to (a) public and (b) private secto
Answer: Technical experts at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have reviewed this issue, including in the context of the global IT outage that occurred in July. Allowing third party software into the kernel is still necessary to ensure a vibrant, diverse,...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10706More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which categories of (a) individual and (b) organisation are eligible to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
Answer: The answers to the questions raised are available in the public domain and can be found on the member and employer sections of the Civil Service Pension website and also the UK Government Legislation website.
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Freedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10705More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) substantive information requested and (b) decision was for each (i) Freedom of Information Act and (ii) Environmental Information Regulation request received by his Department since the general elec
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer I gave on 22 October. (UIN 8811)
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMinisters: Members' InterestsCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10704More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference Answer of 26 September 2024 to Question HL978 on Ministers: Members' Interests, whether declarations made by Ministers to the House of Commons or House of Lords register of Members’ interests cons
Answer: The ministers’ interests process, which is set out in the Ministerial Code, is distinct from the parliamentary regimes that exist for Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords to register interests as parliamentarians. All ministers must comply w...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10703More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2024 to Question 2633 on Admiralty House, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) renting out the empty flats and (b) converting the empty flats to off
Answer: The Cabinet Office currently has no plans to rent out or convert the flats in Admiralty House.
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10702More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether direct ministerial appointments are eligible for the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
Answer: Direct ministerial appointments are not employees of their sponsor department, and therefore not members of the civil service.It is only civil servants and persons serving in an office or employment listed in Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972 who ...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10701More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance has been provided by (a) the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff or (b) Cabinet Office special adviser HR to special advisers on the Alpha Civil Service Pension scheme.
Answer: As with other Civil Servants, special advisers are provided with guidance regarding Civil Service Pension schemes and are directed to published Civil Service Pension scheme resources.
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Remote WorkingCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10700More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 16 September 2024 to Question HL667 on Government Departments: Remote Working, when he plans to provide an update on future publication plans.
Answer: Civil Service Headquarters (HQ) Occupancy Data publication resumed on 24 October 2024, for the period July - September 2024, with further publications to now happen on a quarterly basis. Data can be found on GOV.UK.
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProcurement: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10699More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many evaluations relating to Government policies, projects or programmes have been exempted from publication due to national security concerns in the last 12 months; and what steps his Department is taking t
Answer: Departments are responsible for making determinations about whether evaluation plans and findings should be withheld from publication on the grounds that publication would threaten national security. In cases where departments determine that evaluation pl...
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMinisters: Official ResidencesCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10698More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1214 on Ministers: Official Residences, whether the Prime Minister has allocated the remaining official residences.
Answer: The following official residences have been allocated by the Prime Minister since the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1214: Chequers, Chevening, Dorneywood, Hillsborough Castle, 1 Carlton Gardens; and a flat in Admiralty House on a time limited basis.
Answered 13 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: ContractsTreasuryTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10697More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Covid Corruption Commissioner will be a direct Ministerial appointment.
Answer: The government will shortly appoint a Covid Corruption Commissioner - this follows an open competition that closed on 30 September. The details can be found at https://apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8362?titleSearch=&bodySearch=&...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10444More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people will be subject to an annual allowance tax charge due to the retrospective application of the McCloud remedy on Civil Service pensions.
Answer: It is not possible for the Cabinet Office to determine which members are subject to a tax charge. This will depend on their personal circumstances and in particular the total pension contributions (including other pension schemes they might contribute to)...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil ServantsTreasuryTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10443More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason it is the Government's to lift the Civil Service headcount cap that had been announced by the previous administration; and if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of this policy.
Answer: This government moved away from capping civil service headcount to an approach that ensures departments consider overall value for money in resourcing decisions.To this end it has introduced of a 2% target for reduction to administration budgets in financ...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Communication and Public ConsultationTreasuryTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10442More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2024 to Question 2628 on Government departments: communication and public consultation, what data her Department holds on (a) government and (b) departmental spending on communi
Answer: HMT does not hold data on all government spending on communications and marketing. However, communications and marketing spend above £100,000 is subject to central spending control and, as such, is published by each government department alongside other s...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: RecruitmentTreasuryTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10441More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2024 to Question 4258 on Treasury: public appointments, what the recruitment principles exception was for each appointment made by exception to her Department since 30 May 2024.
Answer: Since 30 May 2024, the following appointments by exception have been made: Exception 1 (Temporary Appointments) – 22 appointments. The grades of these appointments are Student, Senior Executive Officer, Grade 7, and SCS2. Exception 3 (Secondments) – 8 app...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers Remuneration CommitteeCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10440More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Special Adviser Remuneration Committee has met since 4 July 2024.
Answer: I refer the RH member to PQ7440. The Special Adviser People Board has met and will continue to meet as required.
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Temporary EmploymentCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10439More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 4698 on Civil Servants: Temporary Employment, what steps the Government is taking to reduce reliance on contingent labour; and what guidance his Department
Answer: I refer the Honourable Gentleman to his previous question of September 9th of this year, the details of which remain the same. Further information will be announced in due course.
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMission BoardsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10438More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Mission Delivery Boards are classified as cabinet sub-committees; and how often they will meet.
Answer: It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its committees - including mission boards - is not normally shared publicly.
Answered 30 Oct 2024
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