8 Jan 2025·Treasury·Answered
AskedWhether she plans to decolonise the (a) artwork and (b) heritage assets in (i) her Department, (ii) HMRC, (iii) the Valuation Office Agency and (iv) the other arm’s length bodies in her Department.
ReplyThere has been no change in HM Treasury’s management of artwork or heritage assets since the previous administration.The responsibility for creating policy and guidance for artwork sits with HMRC, the VOA and each individual arm’s length body, rather than HMT.
8 Jan 2025·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, whether she plans to decolonise the (a) artwork and (b) heritage assets in (i) her Department and (ii) each of its arm’s length bodies; what the policy of the Government Art Collection is on decolonisation of government art; and what guidance she has issued to (A) museums and (B) National Archives on decolonisation of their collections.
ReplyNo, we have no such plans and have issued no such guidance.
8 Jan 2025·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, whether she plans to decolonise the (a) artwork and (b) heritage assets in (i) her Department and (ii) each of its arm's length bodies.
ReplyThe Art displayed within MHCLG is part of the Government Property Art Collection. Our only heritage asset is New Burlington House, and the day to day management including decisions on cultural issues falls to the tenants who occupy the building.As separate entities, the responsibility for creating policy and guidance for artwork sits with each individual Arm’s Length Body, rather than with the Department.
8 Jan 2025·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhether she plans to decolonise the (a) artwork and (b) heritage assets in (i) her Department and (ii) each of its arm’s length bodies.
ReplyThe department does not hold art or heritage assets.The department borrows art from the government Art Collection for use in the Ministerial suite. There has been no change in the Cabinet Office’s management of artwork or heritage assets since the previous administration.The department occupies Sanctuary Buildings in London, a partially Grade II listed building (predominantly its façade). Sanctuary Buildings is leased from a private landlord via the Government Property Agency.As separate entities, the responsibility for creating policy and guidance for artwork and heritage assets sits with each individual Arm’s Length Body, rather than with the department. However, they do not hold art or heritage assets.
8 Jan 2025·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat industrial disputes are ongoing within (a) her Department and (b) each of the arm’s length bodies connected to her Department; how many (i) staff and (ii) contractors are involved in each dispute; what the form of industrial action is in each dispute; which recognised trade union is involved in each dispute; what the substantive matter is that is being disputed in each case; and what steps she plans to take to end each dispute.
ReplyThere are no industrial disputes ongoing within the Department for Education or any associated Arm’s Length Bodies.
8 Jan 2025·Wales Office·Answered
AskedWhether she plans to decolonise the (a) artwork and (b) heritage assets in (i) her Department and (ii) each of its arm’s length bodies; and what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the publication entitled Public Commemoration in Wales: Guidance for Public Bodies, published by the Welsh Government in March 2024.
ReplyThere has been no change in the Wales Office’s management of artwork or heritage assets since the previous administration. The Wales Office does not have any arm’s length bodies. While we have made no formal assessment of the implications of the publication ‘Public Commemoration in Wales: Guidance for Public Bodies’, the Wales Office would consult the guidance, as appropriate, in the context of any activity led by the department on future public commemorations in Wales.
8 Jan 2025·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedWhether she plans to decolonise the (a) artwork and (b) heritage assets in (i) her Department, (ii) each of its arm’s length bodies and (iii) railway stations.
ReplyThe Department borrows art from the Government Art Collection and does not own artwork. As separate legal entities, the responsibility for creating policy and guidance for artwork sits with each individual Arm’s Length Body, rather than with the Department.
8 Jan 2025·Attorney General·Answered
AskedWhether she plans to decolonise the (a) artwork and (b) heritage assets in (i) the Attorney General's Office and (ii) each of its arm’s length bodies.
ReplyThere has been no change in the Attorney General’s Office’s management of artwork or heritage assets since the previous administration.As separate entities, the responsibility for creating policy and guidance for artwork sits with each individual Arm’s Length Body, rather than with the ministerial department.
8 Jan 2025·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Welsh Government’s guidance entitled Public commemoration in Wales: guidance, updated on 15 November 2024.
ReplyNo, because it is a devolved matter.
8 Jan 2025·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedWhether she plans to decolonise the (a) artwork and (b) heritage assets in (i) her Department and (ii) each of its arm’s length bodies.
ReplyThere has been no change in the Department’s management of artwork or heritage assets since the previous administration. As separate entities, the responsibility for creating policy and guidance for artwork sits with each individual Arm’s Length Body, rather than with the Department.
8 Jan 2025·Ministry of Defence·Answered
AskedWhether he plans to decolonise the (a) artwork, (b) heritage assets in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its arm’s length bodies and (iii) Armed Forces premises of the Armed Forces (A) in and (B) outside the United Kingdom.
ReplyThere are no such plans currently under consideration. As a Department, the Ministry of Defence borrows art from the Government Art Collection. There has been no change in the Cabinet Office’s management of artwork or heritage assets since the previous administration. The Ministry of Defence does not have a separate additional policy on artwork and heritage assets.
8 Jan 2025·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to decolonise the (a) artwork and (b) heritage assets in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its arm’s length bodies.
ReplyThe department borrows art from the Government Art Collection and does not own artwork. As separate legal entities, the responsibility for creating policy and guidance for artwork sits with each individual arm’s length body, rather than with the department.
7 Jan 2025·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps his Department is taking to (a) improve access to neurology services for people with multiple sclerosis and (b) increase funding for research into neurological conditions.
ReplyThere are several initiatives supporting service improvement and better care for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in England, including the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme for Neurology, the RightCare Progressive Neurological Conditions Toolkit, and the Neurology Transformation Programme (NTP).The GIRFT National Specialty Report made recommendations designed to improve services nationally and to support the National Health Service to deliver care more equitably across the country. The report highlighted differences in how services are delivered and provided the opportunity to share successful initiatives between trusts to improve patient services nationally. In addition, the NTP has developed a model of integrated care for neurology services to support integrated care boards to deliver the right service, at the right time for all neurology patients, including providing care closer to home.Once diagnosed, and with a management strategy in place, most people with MS can be cared for through routine access to primary and secondary care. NHS England commissions the specialised elements of MS care that patients may receive from 27 neurology centres across England. Within specialised centres, neurological multidisciplinary teams ensure patients can access a range of health professionals, including specialist nurses, psychologists, and allied health professionals such as dieticians and speech and language therapists, and that they can receive specialised treatment and support, according to their needs.The Department delivers research into neurological conditions via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). In 2023/24, the most recent year we have data for, the NIHR spent £72.9 million on research into neurological conditions across research projects, programmes, and infrastructure.The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including neurological conditions, including MS. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made based on the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.
6 Jan 2025·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedIf he will publish the latest modelling conducted by his Department or its agencies of (a) energy supply and demand and (b) network capacity constraints.
ReplyThe Department's Energy and Emission Projections are updated and published annually; these show projected energy demand and electricity generation under policies that have been implemented and those that are planned where the level of funding has been agreed, and the design of the policy is near final. The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is responsible for managing network constraints and publishing constraint forecasts: *ETYS 2023. As set out in our Clean Power 2030 Action Plan, Government is working to accelerate the build of electricity network infrastructure to increase capacity and enable a cheaper and secure energy system for Britain.
19 Dec 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedHow many (a) days and (b) hours per week (i) county, (ii) family, (iii) magistrates and (iv) youth courts were open for in 2024.
ReplyCourt opening times/hours are distinct from court sitting days/hours and are the hours in which the public can access HMCTS buildings. In practice in most ordinary working weeks, courts are open to the public for five days a week for a minimum of eight ho...
18 Dec 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedIf he will publish the (a) countries of origin, (b) value, and (c) volume of imported (i) oil and (ii) gas in each year since 2010.
ReplyAnnual oil and gas imports volume and value figures are published in the Digest of UK Energy Statistics, Annex Table G.1: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dukes-foreign-trade-statistics More detailed import volume data are also published in indivi...
18 Dec 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reform the current right to roam regime.
ReplyOur countryside and green spaces are a source of great national pride, but too many across the country are left without access to the great outdoors. That is why the last Labour Government expanded public access by introducing the Countryside and Rights o...
18 Dec 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether the Prime Minister and the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East discussed (a) delivering UNRWA operations in Hamas-controlled areas a
ReplyI refer the Hon Member to the read-out of the meeting on GOV.UK
18 Dec 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat the size of the current court case backlog is in England and Wales.
ReplyWe publish court open caseloads across the criminal court, family court, and tribunals jurisdictions in the following publications:Criminal court statistics quarterly: July to September 2024 - GOV.UK.HMCTS management information - September 2024 - GOV.UK....
18 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhat estimate he has made of the number of employers in the (a) private and (b) public sector that have recognised a trade union in 2024.
ReplyThe Management and Wellbeing Practices Survey estimates the percentage of employers with recognised unions and employers with union members included within the table below: Estimated employer size (number of workers) with recognised unions and workers in ...