10 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 908 on Government Departments: Public Consultation, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure compliance by Departments with principle J.
ReplyThe Consultation Principles are high level guidance to help departments manage their consultations. The Cabinet Office provides advice to departments on these principles on request. Individual departments are legally responsible for the consultations they...
10 Sept 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhether the Prime Minister plans to appoint an anti-corruption champion.
ReplyI refer the Rt.Hon Member to my previous response, reference UIN 3572, answered on the 4th September 2024.
10 Sept 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the answer of 31 July 2024, to Question 1220, on Public Service: Harassment, if she will place in the House of Commons Library a copy of the minutes for the roundtable to discuss political
ReplyThere are no plans to place a copy of the minutes of the roundtable discussion on political intimidation in the House of Commons Library.The discussions are considered confidential.
10 Sept 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1226 on Community Relations, what policies the Prime Minister plans to implement to (a) reduce divisions and (b) promote unity.
ReplyThe Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has established an interministerial Communities & Recovery Steering Group, chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister, that will oversee the ongoing response to recent violent unrest in the medium te...
9 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedIf he will publish the staff guidance on obtaining a pass to exit 70 Whitehall via the Horse Guards cyclist entrance; and whether staff not travelling by bicycle are permitted to use that entrance.
ReplyThe Government Property Agency is responsible for ensuring that staff working within 70 Whitehall have the necessary guidance on accessing and using the cyclist entrance at 70 Whitehall. This is not shared outside of the department for security reasons.
9 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedIf he will issue guidance on impartiality in Government communications.
ReplyMaintaining a high standard of propriety and ethics within government communications is fundamental to preserving trust in public institutions. It is the job of the Government Communication Service (GCS) to explain the policies of the government and suppo...
9 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 921 on Government Communication Service, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the configuration of (a) staffing and (b) other resou
ReplyOn the 29th July, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, as part of her statement, announced that the government will review spending on cross government on communications and marketing campaigns, with a view to making reductions. This review is on-going. We re...
9 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 921 on Government Communication Service, what job vacancies have been advertised by the Government Communication Service (a) internally within Government, (b) i
ReplyOn the 29th July, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, as part of her statement, announced that the government will review spending on cross government on communications and marketing campaigns, with a view to making reductions. This review is on-going. We re...
9 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhat data his Department holds on the number of staff in each department that work in (a) communications and (b) marketing, by (i) headcount and (ii) full-time equivalent; and whether the Government has plans to
ReplyOn the 29th July, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, as part of her statement, announced that the government will review spending on cross government on communications and marketing campaigns, with a view to making reductions. This review is on-going. We re...
9 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedHow many staff in terms of (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent are employed in roles relating to communications by (i) department and (ii) public body, according to figures held by the Government Communic
ReplyOn the 29th July, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, as part of her statement, announced that the government will review spending on cross government on communications and marketing campaigns, with a view to making reductions. This review is on-going. We re...
9 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 921 on Government Communication Service, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the decision not to change the size of the Government Communication
ReplyOn the 29th July, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, as part of her statement, announced that the government will review spending on cross government on communications and marketing campaigns, with a view to making reductions. This review is on-going. We re...
9 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1244 on Ministers: Training, whether those induction briefings included guidance on (a) anti-bullying, (b) allyship and (c) unconscious bias.
ReplyAll Ministers have received induction briefings to support them in their ministerial duties. Typically, this would include information on their areas of responsibility, ethics and standards, security, managing public money and legislation.
9 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedIf he will provide hon. Members with an updated list of email addresses and telephone numbers of Government Ministerial private offices for correspondence inquiries.
ReplyThe List of Ministerial Responsibilities, which includes correspondence addresses for Government departments, will be published in due course.
9 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1214 on Ministers: Official Residences, what the timetable is for allocating each of the remaining official residences.
ReplyAs has been the case under successive administrations, the Prime Minister allocates official residences to ministers, either on the grounds of security or to allow them to better perform their official duties.There is no set timeline for the Prime Ministe...
9 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedHow many members sit on his Department's Audit and Risk Committee.
ReplyA list of members can be found on the department’s governance page on gov.uk.
9 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWith reference to his Department's guidance entitled Practitioner Guidance on the 2024-25 Senior Civil Service Pay Framework, published on 30 July 2024, if he will list the statutory office holders whose pay is
ReplyA list of statutory office holders whose pay is directly linked to the Senior Civil Service pay bands is not held by the Cabinet Office.
9 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhat the average salary is of civil servants working in roles relating to diversity, equality and inclusion.
ReplyAverage salary data for civil servants working in roles relating to diversity, equality and inclusion is not held by the Cabinet Office.
9 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether he plans to publish an updated version of the Directory of Civil Service Guidance, last published on 21 September 2010.
ReplyThe government has no immediate plans to publish an updated version of the Directory of Civil Service Guidance.
9 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhen the Cabinet Secretary will reply to the letter from the Rt Hon Member for Salisbury of 25 July 2024 on special adviser appointments.
ReplyA response has been issued.
9 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedIf he will hold discussions with the Cabinet Secretary on when he plans to reply to the correspondence of 25 July 2024 from the Rt Hon Member for Salisbury on the Casement Stadium.
ReplyA response has been issued.