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Written questions by Williamson.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Gavin Williamson this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

Department:All (117)Cabinet Office (24)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (14)Treasury (13)Department of Health and Social Care (13)Ministry of Justice (9)Department for Transport (7)Department for Business and Trade (7)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (5)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (5)Department for Culture, Media and Sport (5)Department for Education (4)Home Office (4)

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28 Oct 2024·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What is the estimated carbon footprint of her recent visit to Washington DC.

Reply

Due to the recent nature of the trip it is not currently possible to estimate the carbon footprint of this visit. Further details for the trip will be published as part of the quarterly Ministers overseas travel at the following link. HMT ministers' meeti...

28 Oct 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
Asked

What is the estimated carbon footprint of his recent visit to Washington DC.

Reply

All Ministerial travel is subject to an assessment of the value of the engagement against a number of factors, including the mode of travel.

28 Oct 2024·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
Asked

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what is the estimated carbon footprint of his recent visit to Samoa.

Reply

An essential aspect of the Foreign Secretary's role is to represent the UK's interests on the global stage and ministerial travel is undertaken using efficient and cost-effective arrangements. The information required to calculate the carbon footprint of ...

28 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
Asked

What is the estimated carbon footprint of the Prime Minister's recent visit to Samoa.

Reply

Ministerial travel is undertaken using efficient and cost-effective travel arrangements. Security considerations are also taken into account. It has been the practice that official Prime Ministerial flights are carbon offset and use Sustainable Aviation F...

14 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
Asked

What the salary for a Minister will be in each of the next five financial years.

Reply

Salary entitlements for ministers are set out by the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975. The salaries ministers will claim in this government will be confirmed in due course and published on gov.uk.

8 Oct 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
Asked

What proportion of funding for the carbon capture, utilisation and storage scheme will be raised by a levy on energy bills from 2029 onwards.

Reply

Track 1 projects are expected to be funded through a mixture of levy and exchequer funding. We expect levy funded projects to become operational from late 2028. The exact split of levy and exchequer funding across Track 1 will be determined in due course ...

8 Oct 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
Asked

If he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the carbon capture, utilisation and storage scheme on energy bills.

Reply

Track 1 projects are expected to be funded through a mixture of levy and exchequer funding. We expect levy funded projects to become operational from late 2028. The exact split of levy and exchequer funding across Track 1 will be determined in due course ...

4 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
Asked

How many times Lord Alli has entered 10 Downing Street since 5 July 2024.

Reply

I refer the Rt Hon Members to the answer given by the then Prime Minister on 7 February 2017, Official Report, PQ 62542. Following the practice followed by past administrations, the Government does not comment on security matters.

4 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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How much was spent on energy bills for the residential section of 10 Downing Street in the last year.

Reply

The Downing Street estate is metered as one and no residential split is available.

4 Oct 2024·Treasury·Answered
Asked

Whether gifts of clothing are a taxable benefit in kind.

Reply

The normal rules for employment-related benefits apply to employment-related gifts, as described in HMRC guidance at https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/employment-income-manual/eim20020

4 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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How much was spent on energy bills for the residential section of 11 Downing Street in the last year.

Reply

The Downing Street estate is metered as one and no residential split is available.

4 Oct 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
Asked

Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to maintain the single occupancy council tax discount.

Reply

The Government currently has no plans to change the single person discount. Decisions on future local authority funding will be a matter for the next Spending Review and Local Government Finance Settlement. The Government is committed to keeping taxes on ...

4 Oct 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
Asked

Whether he plans to sign a free trade agreement with Algeria.

Reply

In 2023, the UK and Algeria established a Trade Taskforce, a forum for the two countries to discuss how we can strengthen our trade and investment relationship on a regular basis, which may include formal trade agreements. The Taskforce had its inaugural ...

4 Oct 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
Asked

When she plans to respond to the letter of 12 August 2024 from the Rt hon. Member for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge on the M54/M6 Link Road.

Reply

I responded to the honourable member’s letter on 27 September 2024.

4 Oct 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
Asked

Whether funding allocated for ticketless travel in the Network North plan is now being used to implement the scheme.

Reply

This government remains committed to improving the passenger experience and improving the railways. We are already working with local authorities to improve ticketing in the West Midlands and Greater Manchester. The previous Government made a number of fu...

12 Sept 2024·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

What estimate she has made of the cost of compliance with the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.

Reply

An estimate of costs associated with the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech Act) 2023 was provided in the Impact Assessment published with the Act. The Act was paused to consider options for its future, including repeal, and no final decision has been ma...

12 Sept 2024·Department for Education·Answered
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Whether her Department has made an estimate of the cost to educational institutions of stopping the implementation of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.

Reply

An estimate of costs associated with the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech Act) 2023 was provided in the Impact Assessment published with the Act. The Act was paused to consider options for its future, including repeal, and no final decision has been ma...

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