9 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2024, to Question 4702 on Public Bodies, if he will outline the process in place for considering whether to approve the creation of a new public body.
ReplyThe approvals process for new arms length bodies (ALB) is outlined in the Public Bodies Handbook - Part 2.
9 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhat the percentage (a) employee and (b) employer pension contribution is for Ministerial pensions.
ReplyThis information is publicly available on the Parliamentary Contribution Pension Fund (PCPF) website.
9 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedOn what statutory basis the salary of a special adviser is set.
ReplyThe statutory basis is that provided by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.
9 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the answer of 10 September 2024, to Question 5001, on Prime Minister: Correspondence, what the 10 Downing Street fax number is for public correspondence.
ReplyThe fax number is 020 7925 0918, which remains unchanged from the previous administration.
9 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedHow many officials in her Department attended this year’s Labour Party Conference.
ReplyGuidance on Party Conferences is published on gov.uk and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-servants-and-party-conferences-guidance There is no central record of any Cabinet Office civil servants attending this year’s Labo...
9 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhat is the timetable for publication under the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 of trade union facility time data for 2023-24.
ReplySelf-reported public-sector trade union facility time data, collected under the Facility Time Regulations, will be published before the end of the year. This is in line with our standard timelines for this data set and the timelines under the previous adm...
9 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhat guidance his Department issues on Environmental, Social and Governance requirements in government procurement.
ReplyThe National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS) will set out the Government’s strategic policy priorities for public procurement to create a mission-led procurement regime delivering value for money, economic growth, social value, and driving up standard...
8 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether changes have been made to the Border Target Operation Model since 5 July 2024; and what his latest estimate is of the (a) timetable and (b) budget for the introduction of related controls.
ReplyImplementation of the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) is ongoing. On 7 October HMRC announced that the waiver on Safety and Security declarations for EU imports would be extended until 31 January 2025. HMRC readiness activity is now underway. On 8 Oc...
8 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking to ensure that the exemptions in his Department's Guidance on using the Evaluation Registry do not unduly limit scrutiny of Government interventions.
ReplyThe Evaluation Task Force continues to work with Departments to ensure good quality, proportionate evaluation of all policies, programmes and projects is carried out. The guidance on exemptions to using the Evaluation Registry has not changed since the Rt...
8 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 4677 on Ministers: training, if he will publish the induction briefing that was provided to Ministers in his Department on ethics and standards.
ReplyGuidance for ministers on propriety is, ultimately, set out in the ministerial code. This will be published shortly.
8 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedHow many civil servants are allocated Admiralty House as an office workplace; and at which department or public body those civil servants are employed.
ReplyThere are no civil servants currently assigned to Admiralty House as an office workplace.
8 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether Mariana Mazzuccato is employed as a Government special adviser.
8 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2024 to Question 5031 on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of externally advertising the five mission delivery board
ReplyThe internal appointment of Directors General (DGs) as Mission Senior Responsible Officers was undertaken as part of the standard management of roles within the DG workforce. As such, there was no need to assess the merits of advertising these roles exter...
8 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedHow changes to the Ministerial reporting regime will affect (a) gifts and (b) hospitality (i) under and (ii) over £300.
ReplyInformation on the acceptance of gifts and hospitality by ministers, including details on reporting, will be set out in the Ministerial Code.
8 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2024 to Question 4642 on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, what the process is by which a recruitment principles exception application to the Civil Service Commission is
ReplyEach department will have its own process for authorising the use of exceptions, in accordance with the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles 2018 and the Civil Service Management Code. Details of these processes are not held centrally.
8 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2024 to Question 2870 on Ministers: Members' Interests, whether the established process for the declaration and management of ministers’ private interests requires Minsters
ReplyPublished Lists of Ministers’ Interests, which are available on GOV.UK, set out the categories of interests that ministers are required to declare to their permanent secretaries and the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests.
8 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhat steps he plans to take in response to departments that do not register evaluations on the Government Evaluation Registry by the required deadlines; and whether penalties are imposed for repeated non-complia
ReplyThe Evaluation Task Force undertakes quarterly monitoring and compliance checks to ensure that Departments are registering their planned evaluations on the Government Evaluation Registry. In any cases where evaluations are not registered, the Evaluation T...
7 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedIf he will publish the (a) terms of reference and (b) rules of procedure of the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations, and Medals.
ReplyThe Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (known as the HD Committee) is the policy-making body for the honours system. It was established in 1939 to coordinate the award of medals to the Armed Forces. After World War Two, its remit ex...
7 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether the Special Adviser Remuneration Committee has met to (a) set policy, (a) amend the framework and (c) make individual decisions on special adviser pay since the general election.
ReplySpecial advisers’ salaries are determined by the Special Adviser People Board, in line with the special adviser pay framework. The People Board is chaired by a senior official acting under delegated authority from the Prime Minister. The majority of Board...
7 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether there is a regular cross-government meeting of special advisers.
ReplySpecial advisers across government meet regularly in the course of their duties.