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 29 October 2024 to Question 10442 on Government departments: communication and public consultation, what non-essential spending in each Department has been stopped to deliver the £50 millio
To identify savings in Communications spending for 2024-25 and 2025-26, the UK Government conducted a comprehensive review of communications campaigns through the Spending Review. This review looked at the strategic logic, join-up, role for communications...
Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8809 on 11 Downing Street: Art Works, what was the cost to the public purse of removing the artworks.
It is standard practice, as followed by the previous government, of which he was a member, for new ministers to select works from the Government Art Collection for their ministerial offices. All such changes of displays of works from the Government Art Co...
Pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2024 to Question 16761 on Employers’ Contributions: Public Sector, what the assumed unit cost per (a) headcount and (b) FTE employee of the estimated increase in National Insuran
The Government plans to update Parliament on the allocations of support by department in due course.
Pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2024 to Question 16761 on Employers’ Contributions: Public Sector, if she will publish the methodology used to draw up the estimates of support.
The Government plans to update Parliament on the allocations of support by department in due course.
If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the ban on retail derivatives for crypto.
Whether to allow the sale of cryptoasset derivatives to retail consumers is a matter for the independent Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The FCA has stated that it considers these products to be ill-suited for retail consumers because they cannot be re...
Which Department is responsible for (a) leading on and (b) delivering blockchain technology.
The primary existing use-case for blockchain technology is in cryptoassets. The Treasury has confirmed government’s intention to proceed with a financial services regulatory regime for cryptoassets, which will provide valuable protections for consumers an...
What type of regression model is used in the Automated Valuation Model of the Valuation Office Agency.
The Automated Valuation Model uses multiple regression with an advanced spatial modelling technique called Gaussian Markov Random Fields to better reflect the impact of location.
Whether she attends meetings of the Mission Boards.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the Chair of the Growth Mission Board and attends other mission boards as and when appropriate. Beyond this, it is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and ...
Whether she plans to publish the declaration of interests of (a) public appointments, (b) special advisers and (c) direct ministerial appointments.
HM Treasury follows relevant central guidance on handling declarations of interest for special advisers, public appointments and direct ministerial appointments. Any relevant interests of special advisers are published in the Treasury’s Annual Report and ...
Pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8950 on Office for Value for Money, whether the Chair is a regulated public appointment; and whether he was selected via open and fair competition.
The appointment of the independent Chair of the Office for Value for Money is a Direct Ministerial Appointment, which is not a regulated appointment.
Pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8813 on Government Departments: Communications and Consultants, what the baseline figures on expenditure on (a) communications and (b) consultants are in each De
Cabinet Office provided estimates of communications spending during the Public Spending Audit in July 2024. Estimates were based on internal Government Communication Service data on campaigns planned by Departments and arm's length bodies at the time of c...
What estimate she has made of the revenue generated by proposed changes to the non-domiciled tax regime in the next five financial years.
The further reforms to the non-domiciled tax regime announced at Autumn Budget are estimated to raise £12.7bn over the next five financial years. We published costings for these further reforms on 30th October. Page 32 of the Autumn Budget Policy Costings...
Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 2.81 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, what assumption her Department has made of the level of council tax receipts to be raised in England in 2025-2
Decisions on council tax levels are for individual local authorities. In line with OBR forecasts made under the previous government, the government will maintain a core 3% referendum principle and a 2% adult social care precept.
Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024, to Question 8196 on Business Rates and Council Tax: Valuation, whether the Automated Valuation Model for Wales is adaptable to be used in England.
The Automated Valuation Model for Wales approach may be adaptable for use in other locations. However, as with Wales, this would require further investigation and significant preparatory work.
Pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12457 on Music Venues: Business Rates, what the cost of Retail, Hospitality and Leisure business rate relief was in 2024-25.
Discretionary relief is given to Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) properties at 75% for 2024-25, up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business. Based on local authorities’ Non-Domestic Rates form (NNDR1) returns, RHL relief is forecast to cost £2.4bn in ...
Pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8130 on Public Sector: Pay, what the gross cost was of the pay mandates for rail staff.
Indicative DfT analysis estimates that the pay award mandates issued since July 2024 for rail staff could cost approximately £135m in FY 24/25. These estimates reflect the cost above prior TOC and Network Rail budgets. Rail strikes under the last governme...
With reference to the published correspondence from the Office for Budget Responsibility of 27 October 2024 to the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice provide
It is a longstanding principle, maintained across multiple administrations, that official advice remains confidential. As such I do not intend to publish any official advice in relation to this matter.
If she will make an estimate of the number of estates that will be eligible to pay inheritance tax for each year till 2028.
The OBR has published Table 3.13 as a part of the detailed forecast tables from the October 2024 Economic and fiscal outlook at https://obr.uk/download/october-2024-economic-and-fiscal-outlook-detailed-forecast-tables-receipts/?tmstv=1732014425. Table 3.1...
If she will reimburse women’s domestic violence refuges from the higher cost of employers national insurance contributions.
To repair the public finances and help raise the revenue required to increase funding for public services, the government has taken the difficult decision to increase employer National Insurance.The Government recognises the need to protect the smallest b...
Pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2024 to Question 4696 on Government Department: Cost Effectiveness, if she will list each efficiency saving and its value for the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial years.
In July the Government published a list of immediate savings for both 2024-25 and 2025-26 within the Fixing the foundations: public spending audit 2024-25. These savings included reducing spending on consultancy, administration budgets, communications, an...