Every parliamentary written question tabled by John Glen this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 943 on Civil Service: Trade Union Officials, what guidance his Department has issued on the (a) proportion of the total Civil Service paybill that should be all
Under the previous administration, the Cabinet Office provided departments with a facility time framework agreement, and supporting guidance, which departments must use when agreeing their facility time and facilities usage agreements with their recognise...
Pursuant to the answer of 23 July 2024 to Question 1247 on Special Advisers: Pay, whether the salaries of all special advisers have been agreed; and who is responsible for determining those salaries.
Special adviser salaries are set according to the special adviser pay framework. Information on Special Adviser numbers and costs will be published in the Annual Report on Special Advisers as per the requirements of the Constitutional Reform and Governanc...
Pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1253 on 10 Downing Street: Contract, whether he plans to insource contracts for the maintenance of (a) 10 Downing Street and (b) 70 Whitehall.
The Government Property Agency’s current maintenance contracts, which were negotiated under the previous Administration, which cover nearly 90 Buildings across the current government estate, commenced on 1st November 2023 for a minimum period of 5 years.
How many (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent staff work in No. 10 digital communications; and at what pay bands.
Information about departmental resourcing is set out in relevant annual reports (or published elsewhere in the relevant document). Decisions about future financial years will be made by the civil service in the usual way.
Whether the Prime Minister plans to (a) increase and (b) reduce the (i) spending on and (ii) staff working on digital communications in Downing Street.
Information about departmental resourcing is set out in relevant annual reports (or published elsewhere in the relevant document). Decisions about future financial years will be made by the civil service in the usual way.
Pursuant to the answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1251 on the Ethics and Integrity Commission, whether the Ethics and Integrity Commission will replace the (a) the Committee on Standards in Public Life and (b)
I refer the right honourable member to the answer given to PQ 1251 on 23 July 2024.
If he will provide hon. Members with an updated list of email addresses and telephone numbers of Government Ministerial private offices for correspondence inquiries.
The List of Ministerial Responsibilities, which includes correspondence addresses for Government departments, will be published in due course.
Pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1244 on Ministers: Training, whether those induction briefings included guidance on (a) anti-bullying, (b) allyship and (c) unconscious bias.
All Ministers have received induction briefings to support them in their ministerial duties. Typically, this would include information on their areas of responsibility, ethics and standards, security, managing public money and legislation.
Pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 921 on Government Communication Service, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the decision not to change the size of the Government Communication
On the 29th July, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, as part of her statement, announced that the government will review spending on cross government on communications and marketing campaigns, with a view to making reductions. This review is on-going. We re...
How many staff in terms of (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent are employed in roles relating to communications by (i) department and (ii) public body, according to figures held by the Government Communic
On the 29th July, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, as part of her statement, announced that the government will review spending on cross government on communications and marketing campaigns, with a view to making reductions. This review is on-going. We re...
What data his Department holds on the number of staff in each department that work in (a) communications and (b) marketing, by (i) headcount and (ii) full-time equivalent; and whether the Government has plans to
On the 29th July, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, as part of her statement, announced that the government will review spending on cross government on communications and marketing campaigns, with a view to making reductions. This review is on-going. We re...
Pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 921 on Government Communication Service, what job vacancies have been advertised by the Government Communication Service (a) internally within Government, (b) i
On the 29th July, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, as part of her statement, announced that the government will review spending on cross government on communications and marketing campaigns, with a view to making reductions. This review is on-going. We re...
Pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 921 on Government Communication Service, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the configuration of (a) staffing and (b) other resou
On the 29th July, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, as part of her statement, announced that the government will review spending on cross government on communications and marketing campaigns, with a view to making reductions. This review is on-going. We re...
If he will issue guidance on impartiality in Government communications.
Maintaining a high standard of propriety and ethics within government communications is fundamental to preserving trust in public institutions. It is the job of the Government Communication Service (GCS) to explain the policies of the government and suppo...
If he will publish the staff guidance on obtaining a pass to exit 70 Whitehall via the Horse Guards cyclist entrance; and whether staff not travelling by bicycle are permitted to use that entrance.
The Government Property Agency is responsible for ensuring that staff working within 70 Whitehall have the necessary guidance on accessing and using the cyclist entrance at 70 Whitehall. This is not shared outside of the department for security reasons.
How many work desks are available for civil servants in 70 Whitehall; and how many staff are assigned to work in 70 Whitehall.
It has been the practice of successive governments not to comment, on grounds of both national security and staff safety, on the physical capacity or staffing numbers for individual buildings of the government estate.
Whether the appointment of civil servants by Ministers without open and fair competition is classified as a direct ministerial appointment.
Direct ministerial appointments are temporary public office holders who generally hold short-term roles providing expert, independent advice to the Government of the day.
With reference to his Department's guidance entitled Classification Of Public Bodies: Guidance For Department, published on 27 April 2016, whether it is his policy that setting up new public bodies should be a l
It is for the relevant Ministers to decide if policy within their portfolio should be delivered through the creation of a new public body. The Cabinet Office and the Treasury have a detailed process in place for the approval of new public bodies to ensure...
When the Cabinet Secretary will reply to the letter from the Rt Hon Member for Salisbury of 25 July 2024 on special adviser appointments.
A response has been issued.
Whether he plans to publish an updated version of the Directory of Civil Service Guidance, last published on 21 September 2010.
The government has no immediate plans to publish an updated version of the Directory of Civil Service Guidance.