Laura Trott MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Treasury: Civil ServantsTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4257More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the (a) names and (b) job titles of all senior civil service jobs in her Department at Deputy Director level and above (i) offered and (ii) appointed since 30 May 2024.
Answer: The below appointments to Senior Civil Service roles at Director level and above have been made since 4 July 2024: 1. Louise Tinsley - Director of Special Advisers & Chancellor Engagement2. Timothy Power - Director, Business and International Tax Ian ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Senior Civil ServantsTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4256More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the (a) names and (b) job titles of all senior civil service jobs in her Department at director level and above (i) offered and (ii) appointed since 30 May 2024.
Answer: The below appointments to Senior Civil Service roles at Director level and above have been made since 4 July 2024: 1. Louise Tinsley - Director of Special Advisers & Chancellor Engagement2. Timothy Power - Director, Business and International Tax Ian ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Senior Civil ServantsTreasuryTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4027More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how many and (b) of which grades staff are line managed by the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement.
Answer: The correct processes were followed in the appointment of the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement. Louise Tinsley has been a civil servant for 7 years. She had passed a selection board for a role at director level prior to the election ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: RecruitmentTreasuryTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4026More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a job evaluation for senior posts was conducted for the role of Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement.
Answer: The correct processes were followed in the appointment of the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement. Louise Tinsley has been a civil servant for 7 years. She had passed a selection board for a role at director level prior to the election ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4025More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many passes for HM Treasury have been issued to (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Following the practice followed by past administrations, the government does not comment on security matters.
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: RecruitmentTreasuryTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4024More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the post of Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement was advertised openly.
Answer: The correct processes were followed in the appointment of the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement. Louise Tinsley has been a civil servant for 7 years. She had passed a selection board for a role at director level prior to the election ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLouise TinsleyTreasuryTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4023More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she requested the promotion of Louise Tinsley.
Answer: The correct processes were followed in the appointment of the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement. Louise Tinsley has been a civil servant for 7 years. She had passed a selection board for a role at director level prior to the election ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic FinanceTreasuryTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3116More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 1370 on Public Finances, if she will publish assumptions made by the Government's (a) special advisers and (b) Ministers used as the basis for financial estimates o
Answer: On 29th July, the Chancellor set out the £21.9bn pressure on departmental budgets in the 2024-25 financial year. This was accompanied by the ‘Fixing the Foundations’ paper you refer to, which sets out the detail of the pressures on the public finances tha...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic FinanceTreasuryTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1628More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had access to papers produced (a) for and (b) by the previous Administration in the course of her review of public finances.
Answer: The guidance on access to papers of a previous administration is set out in in the Cabinet Manual and the Directory of Civil Service Guidance and has been followed.
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic FinanceTreasuryTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1370More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her speech of 8 July 2024, whether her review of public finances has been based on assumptions made by (a) special advisers and (b) Ministers; and if she will publish any such assumptions provided
Answer: The Chancellor has made a statement to Parliament on 29 July. The details of the spending audit are published in the Command Paper, ‘Fixing the foundations’.
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordEconomic GrowthTreasuryTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1369More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her speech of 8 July 2024, whether estimates of growth were based on assumptions made by (a) special advisers and (b) Ministers; and if she will publish assumptions provided to officials to underta
Answer: The Chancellor said that, had the UK economy grown at the average rate of OECD economies over the fourteen years from 2010, it would be £143.3 billion larger. This is a comparison based on outturn data, not requiring assumptions. A methodological note set...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
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