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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What guidance he has issued on whether (a) an applicant's and (b) their parent's socio-economic background should be considered in (i) promotion and (ii) employment decisions in the Civil Service.
The socio-economic background of applicants or their parents does not form part of the promotion or employment decisions in the Civil Service. All Civil Service Recruitment is governed by the Civil Service Recruitment Principles. They outline the legal re...
Pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 5052 on Government Departments: Disclosure of Information, what his planned timetable is for the launch of the new transparency portal for consolidated gov
This government is committed to looking at how the range of transparency data published can be improved and made as useful as possible.
Whether he plans to uprate the salaries of Lords Ministers in line with inflation.
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.
Whether there is a regular cross-departmental meeting of special advisers.
I refer the Rt Hon member to PQ7444.
Pursuant to the Answer of 25 September 2024 to Question 5051 on Civil Servants: Trade Union Officials, if he will publish the (a) supporting guidance and (b) facility time agreements signed by his Department.
As was the case when the Rt Hon member was a minister in the department, this agreement and supporting guidance are not published.
Pursuant to the Answer of 30 August 2024 to Question 1256 on 10 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance, what the estimated budget for refurbishment is for this financial year; and what works have taken place si
I refer the Rt Hon Member to my answer to Question 1256 on 31 July 2024. As was the practice under the previous Administration, there is a £30,000 redecoration and modernisation allowance.
What steps he is taking to ensure that all Departments use an appropriate level of evaluation to assess the (a) design, (b) implementation and (c) outcomes of new interventions.
The Evaluation Task Force continues to work with Departments to ensure robust and proportionate evaluations of government programmes are carried out and published.
Whether he plans to change the (a) reporting regime and (b) threshold at which Ministers must declare (i) hospitality and (ii) gifts.
I refer the Right Honourable Member to the debate in the House on Reporting Ministerial Gifts and Hospitality, debated on Monday 14 October 2024. The Government will set out further details in due course.
Whether he has issued guidance to public bodies on using public funds to subscribe to Stonewall.
Cabinet Office has not issued any specific guidance to arm’s length bodies (ALBs) on using public funds to subscribe to organisations.ALBs are subject to the principles of sound financial management as set out in the Managing Public Money guidance.
Whether he has requested a leak inquiry in relation to media reports about Sue Gray's salary.
It is the longstanding policy of successive governments not to comment on leak investigations.
If he will list the (a) Freedom of Information and (b) Environmental Information Regulation requests received by his Department since 2024 by (i) information requested, (ii) decision taken and (iii) exemption us
As was the case when the Rt Hon member was a minister in the department, the Cabinet Office publishes statistics for FOI and EIR requests for all central government departments and other monitored bodies which can be found on www.gov.uk at https://www.gov...
Whether his Department plans to publish a consultation on enacting the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010.
We will commence the socio-economic duty in section 1 of the Equality Act 2010 through a commencement order when parliamentary time allows. We will engage widely to ensure that its implementation is as effective as possible.
Pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 4695 on Government Communication Service, whether the Government plans to reduce spending on official photographers in order to meet the savings on communi
The referenced savings from the ‘Fixing the foundations’ document relates to spend on communications and marketing campaign activity. The review has concluded and it will deliver immediate savings to support HM Treasury efficiencies.
Pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 4658 on Civil Servants: Recruitment, if he will publish the Time To Hire data.
Since question 4658 was answered the data has been updated. The Time To Hire data, for campaigns completed between April and June 2024, indicates the median averages for the Whitehall 17 departments range between 25 and 69 calendar days for grades AA to G...
What methodology the Government uses to assess whether someone is a working person for the purposes of policy development; and whether pensioners are included in that demographic.
Each government department is responsible for assessing potential policies to ensure they deliver the Government’s objectives.
With reference to the three entries totalling £189,870 for Fujitsu Services Ltd under the GPG - Interoperability One Data Programme, in his Department's transparency data entitled Cabinet Office: spend data over
In January 2024, Fujitsu said it would withdraw from bidding for contracts with new Government customers until the Post Office Horizon inquiry concludes – it would only bid for work with existing Government customers where it already has a contract with t...
What his Department's policy is on the use of (a) Tiktok, (b) WeChat and (c) Telegram on (i) Government communications devices and (ii) Ministers' non-corporate communications devices.
In March 2023 the previous government introduced a precautionary ban specifically on the TikTok application on government mobile devices following a security review, alongside announcing new policy on the control of all third-party applications on governm...
Pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2024, to Question 5052, on Government Departments: Disclosure of Information, whether his Department has cancelled the launch of the transparency portal for consolidated go
This government is committed to looking at how the range of transparency data published can be improved and made as useful as possible.
Pursuant to the Answers of 13 September 2024 to Questions 4350 and 4352 on Smoking, whether his Department plans to ban (a) smoking and (b) vaping in (i) public gardens and (ii) outdoor recreational spaces at (A
The Government will soon introduce the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which stands to be the most significant public health intervention in a generation and will put us on track to a smoke-free UK.Action on smoking will help to reduce 80,000 preventable deaths, r...
If the vacancy for the position of the Second Permanent Secretary, Head of Mission Delivery Unit, was (a) publicly advertised and (b) for how long.
The appointment follows a Civil Service wide recruitment competition overseen by the Civil Service Commission. The application process was open for five days.