Every parliamentary written question tabled by Ashley Fox this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of alternatives to Fixed Recoverable Costs for lower-value clinical negligence claims.
Currently, the Government is considering the way forward on a wide range of matters, including clinical negligence costs reform, and we will announce our position in due course.
Whether his Department has taken recent steps to reform the fixed recoverable costs for lower-value clinical negligence claims.
Currently, the Government is considering the way forward on a wide range of matters, including clinical negligence costs reform, and we will announce our position in due course.
Whether she has had discussions with the Welsh Government on the proposed increase in the number of Senedd members.
I have had no discussions with the Welsh Government on this matter in my capacity as Secretary of State, as the Bill became law prior to the General Election.As would be expected, this government respects devolution and the powers of the Senedd to determi...
Pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 12890 on Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Ministers’ Private Offices, if she will published an itemised breakdown of that spending.
All furniture and AV equipment has been, and must be, sourced from the GPA's Approved Supplier's catalogue.An itemised breakdown of spending is as follows (all costs are excluding VAT unless otherwise specified):Furniture for existing Ministerial Offices:...
Pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 12890 on Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Ministers’ Private Offices, what items were purchased to equip the office of the additional Minister.
All furniture and AV equipment has been, and must be, sourced from the GPA's Approved Supplier's catalogue.An itemised breakdown of spending is as follows (all costs are excluding VAT unless otherwise specified):Furniture for existing Ministerial Offices:...
What steps her Department is taking to promote safe use of motorways.
This Government takes road safety seriously, and we are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads.The Government’s THINK! Campaign addresses priority road safety issues driving the highest fatalities, including speeding, d...
How much and what proportion of victim support funding from the Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner is spent on support for victims of sexual offences; and on what services this funding is spent.
The 42 Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in England and Wales receive annual grant funding from the Ministry of Justice’s victim and witness budget to commission local practical, emotional, and therapeutic support services for victims of all crime typ...
How much money has been allocated to be spent on motorway upgrades in the South West for financial year (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26; and if she will publish a list of all scheduled motorway upgrades for this pe
The Department does not routinely publish a schedule of works to the level of granularity requested. However, National Highways do publish on an annual basis a breakdown of delivery and investment in its Delivery Plan Update and Annual Report and Accounts...
What steps her Department is taking to support victims of serious and deliberate breaches of sexual harm prevention orders.
All individuals subject to sexual harm prevention orders (SHPOs) are managed under multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA). This is a process through which the police, probation and prison services work together and with other agencies to asse...
Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9826 on Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Buildings, how many individual desks were occupied in her Department’s H
Heads of Department have agreed that 60% minimum office attendance for most staff continues to be the best balance of working for the Civil Service. Office occupancy data for the period July - September has been published, with further publications on a q...
Pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9603 on Attorney General: Buildings, how many individual desks were occupied in her Department’s HQ office in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; a
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is based in one location in London, at 102 Petty France. For the period 28 October to 22 November 2024, an average of 27 desks were occupied. For the same period, 57 civil servants were assigned to work at the AGO and o...
Pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2024 to Question 9286 on Department for Work and Pensions: Civil Servants, how many individual desks were occupied in her Department’s HQ office in the most recent f
Office occupancy data for the period July - September has been published, with further publications on a quarterly basis. The data is published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-hq-occupancy-data
Pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2024 to Question 9280 on Department for Transport: Buildings, how many desks were occupied in her Department’s headquarter office in the most recent four weeks for which fig
For the 4-week period from 7 October 2024 to 1 November 2024 a total of 21,710 desks were occupied in our London office against a maximum available desk capacity of 25,220. In that same 4-week period 3,201 different Department for Transport staff attended...
How many civil servants are assigned to work in the Parole Board headquarter office; and how many individual desks are available in that office.
Parole Board staff are public servants, not civil servants. The Parole Board has 54 desks allocated to it at 10 South Colonnade, London, part of the core Ministry of Justice estate.
Pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 9283 on Wales Office: Buildings, what the average number of staff was that attended her Department's headquarters in the most recent working period for which fi
The average number of staff attending the Department's HQ building in the most recent working period for which figures are available is 62%.
How many individual desks were occupied in each of the Parole Board’s headquarter offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff assigned to each of those offices attend
The Parole Board is a nationally dispersed organisation with its headquarters located at 10 South Colonnade. As public servants, the Parole Board is responsible for determining the level of monitoring required on office attendance in accordance with its o...
With reference to the Answer of 18 September 2024 to Question HL835 on Government Departments: Remote Working, what the requirement is for Parole Board staff to physically attend the office, in terms of average d
Parole Board staff are not civil servants. As public servants, the Parole Board is independent and sets its own policies on office attendance.
Pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 9611 on Ministry of Defence: Buildings, how many individual desks were occupied in his Department’s HQ office in the most recent four weeks for which figures
Heads of Department have agreed that 60% minimum office attendance for most staff continues to be the best balance of working for the Civil Service. Office occupancy data for the period July - September has been published, with further publications to now...
How many cases of mis-sold Equity Release schemes have been referred to the Financial Ombudsmen in the last two years.
This is a matter for the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), which is an independent, non-governmental body. The FOS will respond to the Honourable Member by letter, and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House of Commons.
Pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2024 to Question 9268 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS): Buildings, how many individual desks were occupied in HMCTS’s main office in the most recent four weeks for w
For the purposes of this reply, we have interpreted reference to the Ministry of Justice’s headquarters building and the main office for HMCTS as being 102 Petty France.The new Government has recently committed to keep to the current guidance on civil ser...