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
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
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
AskedHow many times the Cabinet Office Board has met since 4 July 2024.
ReplyDetails of the Cabinet Office Board meetings are published in the yearly Annual Report and Accounts.
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.
7 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 2872 on Political Parties: Donors, whether transparency data will include ministerial meetings with Lord Alli.
ReplyDetails 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.
7 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2024 to Question 2304 on Prime Minister: Aviation, how many (a) domestic and (b) overseas flights for Prime Ministerial travel have been carbon offset since 5 July 2024.
ReplyI have nothing further to add to the answer given to the Rt Hon Member on 4 September 2024.
7 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether people in receipt of a Civil Service pension who then re-join as a special adviser are subject to abatement.
ReplyAs temporary civil servants, special advisers are subject to the usual Civil Service Pension Scheme rules.
7 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedHow many times each Mission Board has met since 4 July 2024.
ReplyIt 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.
7 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant 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.
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
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2024 to Question 2870, what guidance his Department issues for Ministers on the prevention of potential (a) conflicts of interest and (b) perceived conflicts of interest.
ReplyThe Ministerial Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of all ministers. It is the personal responsibility of each minister to decide whether and what action is needed to avoid a conflict or the perception of a conflict, taking account of any a...
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
AskedWho the members are of the Special Advisers Remuneration Committee.
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
AskedWhat guidance his Department issues on the circumstances in which hospitality received by Ministers at party conferences should be declared.
ReplyThe Ministerial Code sets out rules on the acceptance of gifts and hospitality in a ministerial capacity. Any hospitality, above the relevant thresholds, received by a minister in their capacity as MP or Peer should be declared on the parliamentary regist...
7 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhether she has made an assessment of the level of interference in the trade union movement by (a) Russia, (b) North Korea and (c) Iran.
ReplyThe 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 r...
7 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2024 to Question 4638, whether he plans to provide details of that individual's (a) name and (b) position in the next edition of his Department's organogram published on go
ReplyThe Cabinet Office senior staff organogram shows all roles at SCS1 level and above. As was the practice under the previous administration it does not include the names of individuals at SCS1 level (Deputy Director), which is the level of this post.
7 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhat 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.
ReplyAs 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 o...
7 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedIf he will take steps to ensure that consultant lobbying with special advisers is recorded by the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists.
ReplyThe Government will consider whether any reforms are needed to the regulation of lobbying as part of its wider work on ethics and integrity.
7 Oct 2024·Treasury·Answered
AskedWhether the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has held recent discussions with the Premier League on (a) statutory football regulation and (b) the taxation of football clubs.
ReplyI have not held any discussions with the Premier League in my capacity as the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.