23 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2024 to Question 2633 on Admiralty House, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) renting out the empty flats and (b) converting the empty flats to off
ReplyThe Cabinet Office currently has no plans to rent out or convert the flats in Admiralty House.
23 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhich categories of (a) individual and (b) organisation are eligible to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
ReplyThe answers to the questions raised are available in the public domain and can be found on the member and employer sections of the Civil Service Pension website and also the UK Government Legislation website.
23 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2024 to Question 4682 on Prime Minister's Chief of Staff: Workplace Pensions, whether other public bodies hold information on the Cash Equivalent Transfer Value of civil se
ReplyI refer the RH member to PQ9163.
23 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWith reference Answer of 26 September 2024 to Question HL978 on Ministers: Members' Interests, whether declarations made by Ministers to the House of Commons or House of Lords register of Members’ interests cons
ReplyThe ministers’ interests process, which is set out in the Ministerial Code, is distinct from the parliamentary regimes that exist for Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords to register interests as parliamentarians. All ministers must comply w...
23 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether direct ministerial appointments are eligible for the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
ReplyDirect ministerial appointments are not employees of their sponsor department, and therefore not members of the civil service.It is only civil servants and persons serving in an office or employment listed in Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972 who ...
23 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWith reference to the answer of 16 September 2024 to Question HL667 on Government Departments: Remote Working, when he plans to provide an update on future publication plans.
ReplyCivil Service Headquarters (HQ) Occupancy Data publication resumed on 24 October 2024, for the period July - September 2024, with further publications to now happen on a quarterly basis. Data can be found on GOV.UK.
23 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedHow many evaluations relating to Government policies, projects or programmes have been exempted from publication due to national security concerns in the last 12 months; and what steps his Department is taking t
ReplyDepartments are responsible for making determinations about whether evaluation plans and findings should be withheld from publication on the grounds that publication would threaten national security. In cases where departments determine that evaluation pl...
23 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1214 on Ministers: Official Residences, whether the Prime Minister has allocated the remaining official residences.
ReplyThe following official residences have been allocated by the Prime Minister since the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1214: Chequers, Chevening, Dorneywood, Hillsborough Castle, 1 Carlton Gardens; and a flat in Admiralty House on a time limited basis.
22 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedHow many people will be subject to an annual allowance tax charge due to the retrospective application of the McCloud remedy on Civil Service pensions.
ReplyIt is not possible for the Cabinet Office to determine which members are subject to a tax charge. This will depend on their personal circumstances and in particular the total pension contributions (including other pension schemes they might contribute to)...
22 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 4649 on Members: Correspondence, and with reference to the letter from the Cabinet Secretary to the Rt hon. Member for Salisbury, dated 12 September 2024,
ReplyThere are no plans to place a copy of induction training guidance into the House of Commons Library.
22 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether the Mission Delivery Boards are classified as cabinet sub-committees; and how often they will meet.
ReplyIt is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its committees - including mission boards - is not normally shared publicly.
22 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2024 to Question 4654 on public sector: trade unions, what is the current practice of government Departments on check-off; and how many Departments (a) charge trade unions
ReplyThe Cabinet Office does not collect or hold information on check-off arrangements in place in each Department.
22 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether the Special Adviser Remuneration Committee has met since 4 July 2024.
ReplyI refer the RH member to PQ7440. The Special Adviser People Board has met and will continue to meet as required.
22 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhat guidance his Department issues to (a) press officers and (b) special advisers on briefing correspondence to the media.
ReplyGuidance to civil service press officers on how they should deliver their role can be found here: https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/media/.The Code of Conduct for Special Advisers includes provisions on contact with the media for Special Advisers a...
22 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 4698 on Civil Servants: Temporary Employment, what steps the Government is taking to reduce reliance on contingent labour; and what guidance his Department
ReplyI refer the Honourable Gentleman to his previous question of September 9th of this year, the details of which remain the same. Further information will be announced in due course.
15 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 2323 on Cabinet Office: Flags and with reference to the guidance entitled Union Flag flying guidance for UK government buildings, updated on 5 February 2024
ReplyI have nothing further to add to the response to PQ 2323.
15 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 4683 on Civil Service: Equality, what the average salary is of civil servants in the (a) Government Equalities Office and (b) his Department working in rol
ReplyCabinet Office does not routinely collate information on specific words within job titles and collating this information would come at a disproportionate cost.
15 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2024 to Question 4682 on Prime Minister: Special Advisers, which public authority under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 holds information on the Cash Equivalent Transfe
ReplyI refer the Right Hon. member to my previous answer of 17 September 2024, Official report, 4682. The Cash Equivalent Transfer Value of an individual's civil service pension is a matter for the scheme administrator, MyCSP.
15 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2024 to Question 4655 on Public Sector: Directors, if he will list those Non-Executive Directors by Department.
ReplyPursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2024 to Question 4655 on Public Sector, details of Non-Executive Directors who have left government departments are published in the relevant Annual Report and Accounts for the respective department and can be found ...
15 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether the Office for National Statistics (a) has a role in and (b) has made representations to Government on the public sector classification of (i) Hinkley Point C and (ii) Wylfa.
ReplyThe information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Rt. Hon. Gentleman Question of 15/10/2024 is attached.