Richard Holden MP: written questions
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Non-departmental Public BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19414More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-departmental public bodies has the Government (a) announced it will open, (b) opened, (c) announced it will close and (d) closed since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Cabinet Office maintains records and oversight of formally established Arm’s Length Bodies, including NDPBs. No NDPBs have been formally established since 4 July 2024. Similarly, there have been no formal closures of NDPBs since 4 July 2024.
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card SolutionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13746 on FCDO: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, for what reason the Cabinet Office postponed the September 2024 tra
Answer: The data relating to Government Procurement Card (GPC) covering June 2022 - October 2024 was published on 28 November and is available here. The FCDO interpreted the communication regarding the postponement to also apply to GPC spend, as the FCDO's genera...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Public RelationsCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19412More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information the Government Communications Service holds on the level of cross-government spending on external public relations firms in the last year for which figures are available.
Answer: This information is not centrally held by the Cabinet Office.
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMyCSP: Freedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19411More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Civil Service pension scheme administrator MyCSP is a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Answer: MyCSP is a private company and carries out most of the day-to-day administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme, under a contract with the Cabinet Office. As a private company, MyCSP is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The Cabinet Offic...
Answered 27 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of houses that will be built in the (a) 2024-25, (b) 2025-26, (c) 2026-27, (d) 2027-28, (e) 2028-29 and (f) 2029-30 financial
Answer: The government’s Plan for Change includes a hugely ambitious milestone of building 1.5 million safe and decent homes in England in this Parliament. Progress will be measured through the number of net additional dwellings and we will update Parliament in t...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMigrationHome OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of levels of net migration in (a) 2024-25, (b) 2025-26, (c) 2026-27, (d) 2027-28, (e) 2028-29 and (f) 2029-30.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Official VisitsCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18670More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13327 on DCMS: Official Visits, when he plans to announce when he plans to publish the (a) Q1 and (b) Q2 transparency data.
Answer: Quarterly transparency data for 1 April to 30 June 2024 was published on 28 November 2024. Quarterly transparency data for 1 July to 30 September 2024 will be published shortly.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArchbishops: Termination of EmploymentChurch CommissionersTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18669More
Question: To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church of England has a formal process for the removal of an Archbishop.
Answer: The duration of appointments of office holders in the Church of England is governed by statutory provisions. Under section 3 of the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure 2009, the term of office of a person who holds office under Common Tenure...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMinisters: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18403More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 19 November 2024 to Question HL2359 on Ministers: Pay, which Minister is paid by the Labour Party; and whether they receive a Ministerial pension contribution.
Answer: The Member for Lewisham West and East Dulwich is paid by the Labour Party for her position as party chair. She also serves as the Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office. She does not receive a salary under the provisions of the Ministerial and O...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFreedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18402More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Freedom of Information - FOI Clearing House Review, updated on 14 December 2023, if he will make it his policy to produce a regular digest of Round Robin list
Answer: Details of the FOI Round Robin process are published on GOV.UK at:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-and-freedom-of-information. As with the previous administration, this Government will continue to look into the possibility of prod...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment People Group: Civil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18401More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants work in the Government People Group; and what the annual cost of the Group is.
Answer: As at 9th December 2024, 836 (789 full time equivalent) civil servants work in Government People Group. Government People Group also currently directly employs 2097 Fast Streamers, through 14 centrally managed, profession based Fast Stream leadership deve...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament record10 Downing Street: Government Art CollectionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 15230 on 10 Downing Street: Government Art Collection, whether the Government Art Collection website shows what artworks have been removed f
Answer: The Government Art Collection website has all artworks belonging to the Collection and their current location. You can also search for all artworks in a specific location.The website does not have lists of works removed from a location.
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMedia: MeetingsCabinet OfficeTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18399More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's transparency data on meetings with senior media figures, whether (a) Meta, (b) X and (c) other social media organisations are classed as media.
Answer: Guidance on ministers’, special advisers’, and senior officials’ transparency returns is published on GOV.UK and includes details of who would be considered senior media figures for these purposes.
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority: Departmental ResponsibilitiesCabinet OfficeTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18398More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 13821 on Infrastructure and Projects Authority: Departmental Responsibility, which Minister will be responsible for the National Infrastructure and Service
Answer: The Government will confirm the responsible Minister for the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority in due course.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Trade UnionsCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18221More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Government's policies on departmental check-off arrangements of Supreme Court judgment [2024] UKSC 41 relating to (a) Secretary of State for the Department
Answer: Departments are responsible for the development of their own workforce policies, subject to the framework of instructions set out in the Civil Service Management Code. This includes the administration of check-off arrangements.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordKing Charles III: ArtworksCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18220More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled Conclusion of His Majesty the King’s free portrait scheme, published on 28 November 2024, which local authorities did not request a portrait, excluding town and paris
Answer: Public authorities throughout the United Kingdom were given an opportunity to apply for a free portrait of His Majesty The King if they wanted to display it in their building. This was a voluntary scheme to mark the accession of His Majesty The King. The ...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordKing Charles III: ArtworksCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18219More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Conclusion of His Majesty The King’s free Portrait Scheme, published on 28 November 2024, if he will list each (a) UK, (b) Welsh and (c) Scottish Governm
Answer: Public authorities throughout the United Kingdom were given an opportunity to apply for a free portrait of His Majesty The King if they wanted to display it in their building. This was a voluntary scheme to mark the accession of His Majesty The King. The ...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMinisters: ConvictionsCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18218More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Ministers are required to declare (a) spent and (b) unspent criminal convictions when they are formally appointed.
Answer: There is an established process in place for the appointment of ministers.Expectations of the standards of conduct expected of all government ministers are set out in the Ministerial Code.
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Electronic Purchasing Card SolutionCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18217More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of variations in practice on the publication of Government Procurement Card and Electronic Purchasing Card transaction data by Governm
Answer: The policy setting out the requirement to publish Government Procurement Card transactions over £500 remains in place. This is available to all government departments on gov.uk at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5e8b4026...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: TrainingCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18216More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has organised away days for Senior Civil Service officials since the dissolution of Parliament.
Answer: From the dissolution of Parliament on 30 May 2024 until the State Opening of Parliament on 17 July 2024, the Cabinet Office has not organised any away days for Senior Civil Servants (SCS). There have been two SCS Leadership Conferences since then, one on ...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: AdvertisingCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18215More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Civil Service Jobs advertisement reference 378636, why four positions are being recruited; whether they are new positions; and whether the former incumbents left since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The roles advertised are to support No10 buildings facilities team. They are replacement roles due to vacancies and upcoming retirement, which existed under the previous government – not new roles.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament record10 Downing Street: Social MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18214More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there are plans for 10 Downing Street to communicate via the Blue Sky social media channel.
Answer: The Government continues to look at ways to make sure the government’s digital communications better reflect the way the public now consumes information online.
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMinisters: ConvictionsCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18213More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has a policy on appointing Ministers of the Crown with (a) spent and (b) unspent criminal convictions.
Answer: There is an established process in place for the appointment of ministers.Expectations of the standards of conduct expected of all government ministers are set out in the Ministerial Code.
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Special AdvisersCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18212More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers in 10 Downing Street cover foreign affairs.
Answer: Special adviser appointments are published annually.
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: AviationCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18211More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether members of the Lobby may take photographs on flights travelling with the Prime Minister.
Answer: The lobby is able to take photographs on flights with the Prime Minister when conditions allow.
Answered 16 Dec 2024
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