Every parliamentary written question tabled by Alex Burghart this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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How many reviews under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 have resulted in the Government requiring companies to take mitigation measures since 5 July 2024.
Transparency is a crucial part of the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act, whilst also balancing commercial and reputational considerations. Information related to publication of final orders is available on GOV.UK. The Government also publishes an...
How many and what proportion of transactions under review under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 relate to links to a company owned in (a) part and (b) whole by a foreign state.
Transparency is a crucial part of the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act, whilst also balancing commercial and reputational considerations. Information related to publication of final orders is available on GOV.UK. The Government also publishes an...
Whether (a) he and (b) the Paymaster General has met the Ulster Farmers Union since the general election.
Details of official meetings held in a ministerial capacity with external organisations or individuals are published quarterly on GOV.UK
If he will publish a list of the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals' sub-committees.
The Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (known as the HD Committee) has one sub-committee, the Advisory Military Sub-Committee. The terms of reference for this committee can be found on gov.uk.
Whether senior representatives of Tiktok are classified as as senior media executives for the purposes of gov.uk transparency returns by Ministers, special advisers and senior officials.
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.
Whether non-executive director appointments to HM Revenue and Customs are classified as regulated public appointments.
The bodies and offices that are classified as regulated appointments are listed, by department, in Schedules 1 and 2 of the Public Appointments (No. 2) Order in Council 2023. Appointments to the Board of HM Revenue and Customs, as a non-ministerial depart...
Whether framework agreements with Arm’s Length Bodies can be unilaterally changed by Departments.
As per the guidance set out by HM Treasury Framework Agreements are agreed between the department and the Arm’s Length Body jointly and then submitted to the Treasury Officer of Accounts.
Whether (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) Civil Service Pensions holds data on the salary of each civil servant.
The Cabinet Office holds data of the salary of each civil servant as at the 31st March in each year, through the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey collection.The pension scheme administrator, MyCSP, holds essential contribution, salary and other sche...
If he will list the members of the Permanent Secretary Remuneration Committee.
The Committee is chaired by the Government Lead Non-Executive. Membership includes two other Departmental Non-Executive Directors and the Chair of the Senior Salaries Review Body. The Civil Service members are: the Cabinet Secretary/Head of the Civil Serv...
If he will list all formal notifications his Department has submitted to the Commissioner for Public Appointments since 4 July 2024.
Since 4 July 2024 the Cabinet Office has engaged with the Commissioner for Public Appointments to seek approval of Senior Independent Panel Members for two recruitment campaigns: the Chair of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the Chair...
If he will publish the framework agreement between his Department and the House of Lords Appointments Commission.
The House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC) is an independent advisory non-departmental body of the Cabinet Office. As was the case when the honourable member was a Minister in the department, there is not currently a Framework Document between HOL...
If he will publish the framework agreement between his Department and the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.
The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACoBA) is an independent body sponsored and funded by the Cabinet Office. ACoBA is part of the ‘Independent Offices’ and shares a secretariat and Accounting Officer with the Civil Service Commission and the...
Whether framework agreements between his Department and Arms Length Bodies are approved by Ministers.
Ministers have direct involvement in approving the strategy, outputs and objectives of Arms Length Bodies (ALBs). This ensures that ALBs remain aligned and can effectively deliver the commitments and objectives of the government. Ministers are responsible...
When he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enact reforms to the House of Lords other than those set out in the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill.
The Government’s manifesto set out a number of commitments to reform of the House of Lords. The manifesto was clear that, as an immediate reform, it would introduce legislation to remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords....
With reference to the Government response of January 2024 to the17th Report of the House of Lords Constitution Select Committee of Session 2022/23 on Permanent Secretaries: their appointments and removal, HL 258
The Senior Appointment Protocol is being updated and will be published in due course.
How many Government procurement cards have been issued across the Civil Service.
The number of Government procurement cards issued across the Civil Service is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.
With reference to the Office for Statistics's press release entitled New partnership between statistical authorities of the UK and the EU, published on 9 October 2024, what role Ministers had in approving this a
Article 730 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) negotiated between the UK and EU in 2021 provides that ‘Eurostat and the United Kingdom Statistics Authority may establish an arrangement that enables cooperation on relevant statistical matters’. T...
Whether he plans to increase the pay bands of Permanent Secretaries.
The Government is committed to delivering value for money for the taxpayer. We will publish written evidence to the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) later this year, and will consider any recommendations from the SSRB on the remuneration of Senior Civil...
How much has been spent on (a) new furniture, backdrops and fittings in and (b) other refurbishment of the 9 Downing Street Press Briefing Room since 30 May 2024; and on what items this was spent.
No money has been spent on new furniture, backdrops, fittings or other refurbishment of the Press Briefing Room in 9 Downing Street since 30 May 2024.
How many private secretaries each Minister in his Department has.
There are 34 members of staff, at multiple grades, who support the seven Cabinet Office ministers.