Every parliamentary written question tabled by Charlie Dewhirst this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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With reference to the Register Of Interests Of Members' Secretaries And Research Assistants, published on 11 October 2024, whether Nicholas Garland (a) attends meetings in her Department and (b) has provided policy
Nicholas Garland is not a Special Adviser to the Chancellor or a Civil Servant and therefore does not attend meetings or provide policy advice to the Chancellor in this capacity.
How many meetings Kamella Hudson attended with her Department since 5 July 2024.
All meetings held by Ministers are published on a quarterly basis on gov.uk. Any meetings held between July and September will be published in late December here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overs...
Pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13512 on Employers’ Contributions: Public Sector, if she will publish a list of each public body within the public sector boundary for the purpose of compensati
The Government will provide support for departments and other public sector employers for additional Employer National Insurance Contributions costs only. This funding will be allocated to departments, with the Barnett formula applying in the usual way.Th...
Pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 5747 on Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness, if she will publish a table of the monetary value of the 2% reduction in administration budget of each public
As part of the measures the Chancellor took following the spending audit, departments were asked to reduce their admin budgets by 2%, saving £225 million across departments. All savings and investments announced at the July statement have been factored in...
Pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 6995 on Public Expenditure: Impact Assessments, if she will publish the equality and environmental assessment that her Department conducted.
As highlighted previously, officials conducted Equalities and Environmental impact assessments of the savings measures put forward by Departments within the July ‘Fixing the Foundations’ statement, and HM Treasury has processes in place to ensure that it ...
Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7021 on Treasury: Official Cars, whether the Car Service in her Department is provided to senior officials for departmental travel.
HM Treasury has one departmental car that is available to the Chief Secretary or other junior ministers for official travel. HM Treasury follows the guidance set out by the Propriety and Ethics team in the Cabinet Office on use by Senior Officials.
Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7020 on Treasury: Official Cars, whether the car is an electric car.
Due to driver working patterns HM Treasury’s pool car is not always the same make and model. Cars used include ones that are electric, plug-in hybrid petrol or hybrid petrol.
Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7020 on Treasury: Official Cars, what form of vehicular transport does the Chancellor of the Exchequer use to travel on official business; and what was the cost
We do not comment on the specific arrangements in place for the Chancellor because of security.
What meetings (a) Ministers and (b) her officials have held with external stakeholders since 5 July 2024.
Details relating to the department’s meetings with external stakeholders at ministerial level are published in line with Cabinet Office guidelines as part of the transparency reporting commitment. The details relating to the period in question will form p...
How many people who pay income tax via PAYE also paid capital gains tax across (a) basic, (b) higher rate and (c) additional rate taxpayers in the most recent year for which figures are available.
HMRC does not routinely produce estimates of how many capital gains taxpayers are in each PAYE-specific Income Tax band. A reliable estimate would only be available at disproportionate cost. HMRC does produce estimates of the number of capital gains taxpa...
What her Department's policy is on the allocation of Government Car Service cars to senior officials; what the policy was on 24 May 2024; and which senior officials have been granted access to the service since 4 Ju
HM Treasury follows the guidance set out by the Cabinet Office on use by Senior Officials, which has been in place since before 24 May 2024.
Pursuant to the Answers of 6 September 2024 to Questions 2306 and 2308 on Ministers: Official Cars, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have (i) been allocated a dedicated vehicle and (ii) access
HM Treasury has one departmental car that is allocated to the Chief Secretary, and it is used by other Treasury junior ministers when available. Due to driver working patterns it is not always the exact same make and model of car. The budget for this serv...
With reference to Table 2, page 9 of her Department’s publication entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published in July 2024, for which savings measures set out in that Table her Departme
As per standard practice, HMT officials conducted an equality and environmental assessment of all savings measures put forward by Departments within the July ‘Fixing the Foundations’ statement. In developing proposals, the Treasury took care to consider t...
Pursuant to the answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 2637 on Office for Value for Money, what plans she has for targeted interventions; and what estimate she has made of operating cost of the office in its first f
As a new venture, the Office is developing its workplan and will make more information public as it develops.The Office for Value for Money is currently a part of HM Treasury. Existing departmental resources will be reprioritised to fulfil the needs of th...
Pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 2631 on Civil Service: Pay, what estimate she has made of the potential cost of the civil service pay award for 2024-25 (a) in total and (b) for senior civil se
Pay for civil servants outside of the Senior Civil Service is not set centrally; rather, departments and bodies have freedom to make decisions on pay within the parameters of the Pay Remit Guidance published annually by the Cabinet Office. The Pay Remit G...
With reference to the Government Finance Function guidance on the Government Efficiency Framework, published in July 2023, whether she is taking steps to ensure consistency in departmental interpretation of (a) tech
The Government Efficiency Framework, published in July 2023, sets out what an efficiency is and how it should be categorised, including the difference between technical and allocative efficiencies. It states that an efficiency should not mean deferring co...
Whether provisions are in place for the independent audit of efficiency savings reported by departments in line with the Government Efficiency Framework to ensure that non-cash-releasing savings are not used as a me
The Government Efficiency Framework, published in July 2023, sets out what an efficiency is and how it should be categorised, including the difference between technical and allocative efficiencies. It states that an efficiency should not mean deferring co...
Pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2024, to Question 2625, on Prime Minister: Public Expenditure, what the monetary value is of the 2% administrative savings that each individual government department and public
As part of the tough measures the Chancellor is taking to address the £22bn inheritance, departments were asked to reduce their admin budgets by 2%, saving £225 million across departments. 2024-25 administration budgets are set out in 2024 Public Expendit...
How much her Department has spent on (a) branding, (b) communications and (c) marketing in relation to her Fixing the Foundation (i) announcement, (ii) speech and (iii) documentation.
The Department's in-house communications team is responsible for producing branding and communicating key messages as part of its core function. Any costs related to the Chancellor’s Fixing the Foundations announcement and speech were met within the Depar...
Pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2024, to Question 2627, on Public Sector: Pay, what estimate (a) her Department and (b) the Office for Budget Responsibility have made of the limited increase in (i) inflation a
HM Treasury have assessed the impact of the public sector pay rises announced at the Chancellor’s July Statement on inflation and wage expectations to be negligible given they were broadly in line with private sector wage growth, at the time of the announ...