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Written questions by Dewhirst.

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.

Department:All (819)Cabinet Office (269)Treasury (110)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (65)Home Office (52)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (40)Department of Health and Social Care (40)Ministry of Defence (38)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (32)Department for Business and Trade (31)Department for Culture, Media and Sport (24)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (24)Department for Transport (17)

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30 Oct 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
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Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2024 to Question 7018 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Official Cars, how many of those allocated two vehicles are electric cars.

Reply

For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.

30 Oct 2024·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
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Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7010 on Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Official Cars, how many of those vehicles are electric.

Reply

For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.

30 Oct 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
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Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers of 16 October 2024 to Questions 7018 and 7019 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Official Cars, which senior officials have access to a government car; and whether those officials had that access before the general election.

Reply

For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.

30 Oct 2024·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
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Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 7011 on Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Official Cars, if she will publish a list of senior officials in his Department with access to a government car; and whether those officials had access to a government car before the general election.

Reply

For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.

30 Oct 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7006 on Department for Business and Trade: Official Cars, how many of those allocated three vehicles are electric cars.

Reply

For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.

30 Oct 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7007 on Department for Business and Trade: Official Cars, which senior officials in his Department have access to a government car; and whether those officials had that access before the general election.

Reply

The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.

30 Oct 2024·Treasury·Answered
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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 body that aggregates to £225 million.

Reply

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 into the departmental budgets for 24-25 which were set out on 30 October as part of the Spending Review. The split between programme and administration spending will be published as part of the Supplementary Estimates.

30 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7022 on Home Office: Official Cars, how many of those vehicles are electric.

Reply

For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.

30 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7022 on Home Office: Official Cars, if she will publish a list of senior officials with access to a government car.

Reply

For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.

30 Oct 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answers of 14 October 2024 to Questions 7031 and 7032 on Department for Transport: Official Cars, which senior officials in her Department have access to a government car; and whether those officials had that access before the general election.

Reply

The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles.The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service is set out in the Civil Service Management Code.There has been no change in this policy since the general election.

30 Oct 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7000 on Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Official Cars, what proportion of journeys taken in a shared vehicle from the Government Car Service by (a) him and (b) Ministers in his Department were in an electric car in the latest month for which information is available.

Reply

The Government Car service (GCS) provides vehicles to a number of Government departments. Due to logistical and operational reasons the type of vehicles deployed at each department can vary on a daily or weekly basis. The vehicle fuel type can vary depending on which car has been allocated to cover on that day. Generally, the cars are electric or hybrid.

30 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6999 on Cabinet Office: Official Cars, if he will publish a list of senior officials in his Department with access to a government car.

Reply

For security reasons specific details of car allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.

30 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 6998 on Cabinet Office: Official Cars, how many of those vehicles are electric.

Reply

For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.

30 Oct 2024·Treasury·Answered
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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.

Reply

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 complies with its legal requirements. Impact assessments are a core part of the internal decision-making process, and they are not usually published.

30 Oct 2024·Ministry of Defence·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2024 to Question 7008 on Ministry of Defence: Official Cars, how many of those vehicles are electric.

Reply

For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.

30 Oct 2024·Ministry of Defence·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 7009 on Ministry of Defence: Official Cars, if he will publish a list of senior officials with access to a government car.

Reply

For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.

30 Oct 2024·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
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Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2024 to Question 7002 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Official Cars, how many journeys in cars provided by the London Car Service every day were undertaken by Ministers in his Department in the latest month for which data is available, broken down by week; and what proportion of those journeys were by electric car.

Reply

For security reasons specific details of usage patterns and allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.

29 Oct 2024·Northern Ireland Office·Answered
Asked

Which organisation provides for official cars for Government transport in Northern Ireland.

Reply

For security reasons, the Northern Ireland Office is unable to disclose specific details on car travel for Ministers and officials in Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

29 Oct 2024·Northern Ireland Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7013 on Northern Ireland Office: Official Cars, which organisation provides official cars for his Department's transport in Great Britain.

Reply

For security reasons, the Northern Ireland Office is unable to disclose specific details on car travel for Ministers and officials in Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

29 Oct 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7025 on Ministry of Justice: Official Cars, which specific senior officials in the Department have use of the five cars; and whether these senior officials had access to a government car before the general election.

Reply

For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.

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