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Written questions by Glen.

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.

Department:All (840)Cabinet Office (479)Treasury (138)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (42)Department of Health and Social Care (32)Department for Business and Trade (23)Department for Education (19)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (18)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (15)Women and Equalities (11)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (9)Department for Culture, Media and Sport (9)Ministry of Defence (8)

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10 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2024 to Question 2296 on Business Interests: Civil Servants and Ministers, if he will hold discussions with the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments on increasing the

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Officials meet with ACOBA on a regular basis to discuss its performance, including processing time of applications.

10 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2024 to Question 2065 on 10 Downing Street, if he will list the (a) supplementary job titles and (b) specific role responsibilities for each special adviser in 10 Downing St

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Special adviser appointments are published annually. In line with the approach under previous administrations, the Government does not publish specific role titles or responsibilities of individual special advisers.

10 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2024 to Question 2301 on Cyber-Security: EU law, what assessment the Cyber Security Centre has made of the potential cyber risks to the (a) public and (b) private sector pos

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The government is conducting a lessons learned review of the July 2024 global IT outage and will share its findings in due course.

10 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2024, to Question 5009, on Government Departments: Disclosure of Information, whether the Government plans to publish all transparency data on a monthly basis.

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The Government publishes a wide range of transparency data. Reporting requirements remain in place, with data regularly being published on GOV.UK.

10 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Whether the Northern Ireland Civil Service Pension Scheme is separate to the GB Civil Service Pension Scheme.

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Yes, the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) Pension Scheme is separate from the GB Civil Service Pension Scheme.

10 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2024 to Question 4661, if he will (a) make an assessment of the potential impact of repealing the Trade Union Act 2016 on levels industrial action and (b) review the indust

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The Government is publishing an impact assessment of the repeal of the Trade Union Act 2016 shortly. This will be in line with the HMT Green Book and the Better Regulation Framework, and consideration will be given to potential wider impacts.All risks in ...

10 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2024 to Question 2304 on Prime Minister: Aviation, on what proportion of Prime Ministerial (a) domestic and (b) overseas flights sustainable aviation fuel has been used; and

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The Government uses sustainable aviation fuel wherever possible. My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Transport set out to the House on 22 July 2024 our plans to support the development, production, and use of sustainable aviation fuel.

10 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the answer of 13 September 2024 to Question 4702 on Public Bodies, whether the process in place for considering whether to approve the creation of a new public body is different to Classification Of

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The Classification of Public Bodies: Guidance For Departments sets out the different categories of the UK’s public bodies and provides a high-level introduction to the early decision making process for establishing a public body. There is specific guidanc...

10 Oct 2024·Treasury·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 8 August 2024 to Question HL519 on Public Expenditure, for what reason parts of that speech were redacted; and whether the Permanent Secretary had a role in that redaction.

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The speech was redacted to remove political content.Following the recognition of an administrative error within hours of the Chancellor’s speech being uploaded to GOV.UK, HM Treasury swiftly amended the text, and an updated, redacted version was uploaded,...

10 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024, to Question 4646, on Civil Servants: Remote Working, if he will cite each of the research studies that his Department reviewed to inform the expectations on office an

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There are a range of studies and data in the public domain that consider the evidence and trends on the benefits of hybrid working practices which were considered. Sources included published reports from organisations such as the Chartered Institute of Pe...

10 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 2316 on Equality, if she will publish guidance on the application of the socio-economic duty to (a) special advisers and (b) ministerial appointments.

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The socio-economic duty has not yet commenced. I refer the Hon Member back to PQ 2316.

10 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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What the timetable is for publication of up to £150,000 senior salaries transparency data on gov.uk; and whether this list will include special advisers.

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The Cabinet Office publishes an annual list of named senior civil servants and senior officials in departments, agencies and non-departmental public bodies earning £150,000 and above. The previous administration did not publish a 2023 list. The Cabinet Of...

10 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2024 to Question 4654 on Public Sector: Trade Unions, what the Government's policy is on check-off; and how many departments (a) charge trade unions for levying check-off a

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I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer given to PQ 4654 on 12 September 2024. Data on check-off provisions in the Civil Service can be found in the impact assessment published under the previous administration alongside The Trade Union (Deduction of Un...

10 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2024 to Question 5043 on Prime Minister: Staff, how many staff work in (a) press, (b) marketing and (c) communications roles.

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As a modern communications service, the Prime Minister’s communications team covers a wide range of functions, including press, digital, strategic comms and private office support. In addition to supporting directly the work of the Prime Minister, Downing...

9 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2024 to Question 4661 on Strike Ballots, whether his Department plans to review the industrial action sections of the National Risk Register.

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The UK is facing an ever-changing and growing set of risks. All risks in the National Risk Register are kept under review to ensure that they are the most appropriate scenarios to inform emergency preparedness and resilience activity and to reflect the ri...

9 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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Pursuant 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.

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The approvals process for new arms length bodies (ALB) is outlined in the Public Bodies Handbook - Part 2.

9 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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On what statutory basis the salary of a special adviser is set.

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The statutory basis is that provided by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.

9 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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What steps he is taking to tackle misogyny in the Civil Service.

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​​​​The Civil Service is committed to creating a safe and supportive work environment for its employees, including women, and will not tolerate any form of harassment, unacceptable behaviour, abuse, or misogynistic behaviour by any party, towards any empl...

9 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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What the Prime Minister’s current (a) claimed annual salary and (b) entitled annual salary is (i) including and (ii) excluding his Parliamentary salary.

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The Prime Minister’s claimed annual salary is £75,440. His entitled annual salary is £80,807. His parliamentary salary is £91,346. His total annual claimed salary is therefore £166,786.

9 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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What the timetable is for publication on gov.uk of 2024 data for Organograms of Staff Roles and Salaries for each Department.

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The requirements for the publication of departmental Senior Civil Service (SCS) organograms remain in place. Each individual department is required to publish this information regularly on gov.uk and is responsible for their own publication.

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