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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With reference to the HMRC internal manual EIM01450 - Employment income: gifts and other voluntary payments, what guidance HMRC has provided her Department on whether gifts of (a) glasses and (b) clothing are subject to (i) income tax and (ii) National Insurance.
The normal rules for employment-related benefits apply to employment-related gifts, as described in HMRC guidance at https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/employment-income-manual/eim20020
Pursuant 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 to declare which trade union they are a member of.
Published 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.
If she will commission a regulatory impact assessment on the proposed commencement of the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010.
The Government is committed to commencing the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010. The duty will require public bodies, when making strategic decisions, to actively consider how their decisions might help to reduce the inequalities associated with socio-economic disadvantage. To ensure effective implementation, we will be undertaking the necessary assessments. We will be updating Parliament on this in due course.
What 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.
The 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 Honourable member was a minister in the department.
Pursuant 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.
Guidance for ministers on propriety is, ultimately, set out in the ministerial code. This will be published shortly.
Whether Mariana Mazzuccato is employed as a Government special adviser.
No.
How many civil servants are allocated Admiralty House as an office workplace; and at which department or public body those civil servants are employed.
There are no civil servants currently assigned to Admiralty House as an office workplace.
Whether the International Investment Summit Adviser has (a) had meetings with representatives of Arden Strategies and (b) arranged meetings between Arden Strategies clients and officials in her Department since 5 July 2024.
The IIS Adviser has engaged with a number of different businesses and trade bodies in the run up to the International Investment Summit – including Arden Strategies - to help coordinate meetings with key investors as part of the usual course of business.
Pursuant 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 civil service roles.
The 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 externally.
What 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-compliance.
The 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 Task Force will seek to resolve the issue with the relevant department or, where necessary, via the Office for Statistics Regulation.
If he will publish the (a) terms of reference and (b) rules of procedure of the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations, and Medals.
The 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 expanded to providing advice to The Sovereign on general honours issues. Its terms of reference are to consider general questions relative to the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals; to review the Scales of award, both civil and military, to consider questions of new awards, and changes in the conditions governing existing awards. Information about its role, and its membership, is published on gov.uk. The Government has no current plans to publish anything further in relation to its operation.
Who the members are of the Special Advisers Remuneration Committee.
Special 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 members are senior officials. Members of the Prime Minister’s special adviser leadership team also attend, as has been the case under successive administrations.As special advisers cannot authorise expenditure of public funds, final decisions of special adviser salaries are made by civil servants. Information on Special Adviser numbers and costs will be published in the Annual Report on Special Advisers as per the requirements of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, as was the case under the previous administration.
How many times each Mission Board has met since 4 July 2024.
It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its committees - including mission boards - their attendance, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.
Pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 2872 on Political Parties: Donors, whether transparency data will include ministerial meetings with Lord Alli.
Details of official meetings held in a ministerial capacity with external organisations or individuals are declared quarterly on GOV.UK, alongside details of all meetings with senior media figures.
Whether there is a regular cross-government meeting of special advisers.
Special advisers across government meet regularly in the course of their duties.
How many times the Cabinet Office Board has met since 4 July 2024.
Details of the Cabinet Office Board meetings are published in the yearly Annual Report and Accounts.
Whether she has made an assessment of the level of interference in the trade union movement by (a) Russia, (b) North Korea and (c) Iran.
The Government’s first duty is to protect our national security and keep our country safe. We keep potential threats to the UK under constant review and, where necessary, we use all the tools at our disposal to mitigate these threats.The UK has a strong record of responding robustly to state threats. Alongside our existing operational response, new legislation has been brought in through the National Security Act 2023 to deal with the range of modern state threats, including foreign interference. The Act includes a Foreign Interference Offence, which contributes to the toolkit available to law enforcement and the intelligence agencies to disrupt foreign interference activity, protect the British public and address the evolving threat to our national security.As a matter of long-standing policy, the Government does not comment on the detail of matters of national security or on individual cases. This Government is committed to tackling the threat of foreign interference, wherever it originates.
Whether people in receipt of a Civil Service pension who then re-join as a special adviser are subject to abatement.
As temporary civil servants, special advisers are subject to the usual Civil Service Pension Scheme rules.
What guidance his Department issues to senior officials on declaring (a) gifts and (b) hospitality received by them and a Parliamentarian who is a family member.
As under the previous government, the Department holds a comprehensive policy and guidance on accepting and giving gifts and hospitality. All Civil Servants are required to declare gifts and hospitality both given and received via a central register and obtain approvals.
Pursuant to the Answer of 25 September 2024 to Question 5037 Special Advisers: Pay, if he will place a copy of the (a) special adviser pay framework and (b) associated documentation in the Library.
Special 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 members are senior officials. Members of the Prime Minister’s special adviser leadership team also attend, as has been the case under successive administrations.As special advisers cannot authorise expenditure of public funds, final decisions of special adviser salaries are made by civil servants. Information on Special Adviser numbers and costs will be published in the Annual Report on Special Advisers as per the requirements of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, as was the case under the previous administration.