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Written questions by Fox.

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.

Department:All (376)Department for Transport (58)Ministry of Justice (31)Department of Health and Social Care (30)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (28)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (27)Department for Work and Pensions (21)Home Office (21)Department for Business and Trade (21)Department for Education (19)Treasury (15)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (15)Cabinet Office (14)

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5 Nov 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9615 on Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Ministers' Private Offices, how much the Government Property Agency spent on (a) new furniture and fitti

Reply

The Government Property Agency has confirmed £42,095.42 excluding VAT was spent on new furniture and fittings plus other refurbishment (including moves) in relation to private offices for the Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero ministers. This is...

5 Nov 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2024 to Question 9827 on Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Ministers' Private Offices, how much the Government Property Agency spent on (a) new furniture and

Reply

The Government Property Agency has confirmed £18074.22 excluding VAT was spent since the dissolution of parliament on 30th May on new furniture and fittings plus other refurbishment (including moves) in relation to private offices for the Department for S...

1 Nov 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
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Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposals to require all rented homes to reach an EPC C standard by 2030 on the level of social housebuilding.

Reply

In the Housing Minister's answer to Question UIN 11383 on 31 October 2024, he set out the measures the Government is taking to deliver the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation.The Government is committed to working with ...

1 Nov 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
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Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) section 42 of the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 and (b) fire safety regulations introduced since the Grenfell T

Reply

In the Housing Minister's answer to Question UIN 11383 on 31 October 2024, he set out the measures the Government is taking to deliver the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation.The Government is committed to working with ...

1 Nov 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
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Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) section 42 of the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 and (b) fire safety regulations introduced since the Grenfell T

Reply

In the Housing Minister's answer to Question UIN 11383 on 31 October 2024, he set out the measures the Government is taking to deliver the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation.The Government is committed to working with ...

30 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

What steps his Department is taking to help improve public awareness of (a) the importance of early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease and (b) recognition of early symptoms.

Reply

NHS England is working to detect people at risk of kidney disease through the NHS Health Check Programme. The programme, which is available for everyone between the ages of 40 and 74 years old, who is not already on a chronic disease register, assesses pe...

30 Oct 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
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Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for the publication of the UK Chemicals Strategy.

Reply

The Government is committed to protecting human health and the environment. This Government has wasted no time in announcing a rapid review of the Environmental Improvement Plan to deliver on our legally binding targets to save nature and this includes ho...

24 Oct 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

How many prisoners released via the Early Release Scheme on 22 October 2024 are registered as residing in Bridgwater constituency.

Reply

Data on SDS40 releases forms a subset of data intended for future publication.

17 Oct 2024·Northern Ireland Office·Answered
Asked

How much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in his Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this was spent.

Reply

Since the dissolution of the last Parliament on 30 May 2024, one three-seater office sofa for the Ministerial Office was purchased at a cost of £811.14.

17 Oct 2024·Scotland Office·Answered
Asked

How much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in his Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this was spent.

Reply

The Scotland Office has not spent any money on new furniture and fittings and other refurbishments of Ministerial offices since the dissolution of the last Parliament.

17 Oct 2024·Northern Ireland Office·Answered
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How many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of his Department’s offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each office in person in

Reply

The Northern Ireland Office employs a desk booking system (Matrix) to monitor desk occupancy. Staff can book desks in advance of their intended attendance, or the same day. The following data was gathered from Monday 23 September until Friday 18 October 2...

17 Oct 2024·Northern Ireland Office·Answered
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How many civil servants are assigned to work in each of his Department's offices; and how many desks are available for staff to work in that individual office.

Reply

The total number of people by full-time equivalent hours (FTE) at 30 September 2024 is 159.96, which is 165 headcount; 86 members of staff are based in the Belfast office and 79 are based in the London office.There are 121 bookable desks available in tota...

17 Oct 2024·Scotland Office·Answered
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How many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of his Department’s offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each office in person in the sam

Reply

For the 4-week period from 2 September 2024 to 27 September 2024, the Scotland Office’s London Office had an average of 17 staff attend per day and an average of 56% of desks occupied. Please note that part of this reporting period included recess when we...

17 Oct 2024·Scotland Office·Answered
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How many civil servants are assigned to work in each of his Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.

Reply

The Scotland Office currently has 39 civil servants assigned to its London Office and 46 assigned to its Edinburgh Office. There are 30 desks available in the London Office and 26 desks in the Edinburgh Office.

17 Oct 2024·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
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Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of his Department’s offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each o

Reply

Heads of Department have agreed that 60% minimum office attendance for moststaff continues to be the best balance of working for the Civil Service. Officeoccupancy data for the period July - September has been published, with furtherpublications to now ha...

17 Oct 2024·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
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Innovation and Technology, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in his Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items

Reply

The Department is a customer of the Government Property Agency (GPA) at all its office locations. The office where the Department’s ministers are located is a GPA building, where GPA is the landlord and building manager and the Department is a tenant. GPA...

17 Oct 2024·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
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Innovation and Technology, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of his Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.

Reply

The number of civil servants assigned to the Department’s office locations, and how many desks are available in each office location, are shown below:LocationHeadcount Desks10 Victoria Street, London183105100 Parliament Street, London56456622 Whitehall, L...

17 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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How many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of (a) his Department’s and (b) Government Equalities Office offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff

Reply

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 hap...

17 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
Asked

How many civil servants are assigned to work in each of (a) his Department's and (b) Government Equalities Office offices; and how many desks are available in each office.

Reply

Owing to security considerations, I am unable to provide information specifically relating to the number of desks in each office for which you have requested information. However, the total full-time equivalent headcount of Civil Servants is provided in t...

17 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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How many civil servants are assigned to work in each office of the Office for National Statistics; and how many desks are available in each office.

Reply

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon Gentleman’s Question of 17 October is attached.

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