Written questions

947 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests is able to initiate an investigation into the conduct of a Minister without the consent of the Prime Minister.

10 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Trade Union Officials

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 903 on Public Sector: Trade Union Officials, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the repeal of the Trade Union Act 2016 on the statutory requ

10 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Public Consultation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant 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.

10 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Public Sector: Productivity

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to (a) promote public sector reform and (b) increase public sector productivity.

9 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Civil Service: Equality and Trade Union Officials

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Office for Value for Money will investigate value for money in (a) Equality, Diversity and Inclusion spending and (b) trade union facility time in the civil service.

9 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Aviation: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) her Department and (b) the Office for Value for Money plans to issue guidance on the value for money of (i) domestic and (ii) international flights.

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ministers' Private Offices

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide hon. Members with an updated list of email addresses and telephone numbers of Government Ministerial private offices for correspondence inquiries.

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is his policy that all civil service appointments should be advertised on gov.uk.

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Families

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on applying the family test to new policies.

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Labour Turnover

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Government Departments collect information on staff turnover.

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with 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

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Bodies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Classification Of Public Bodies: Guidance For Department, published on 27 April 2016, whether it is his policy that setting up new public bodies should be a l

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ethics and Integrity Commission

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1251 on the Ethics and Integrity Commission, whether the Ethics and Integrity Commission will replace the (a) the Committee on Standards in Public Life and (b)

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Communication

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will issue guidance on impartiality in Government communications.

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Political Impartiality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what disciplinary investigations have taken place in the last 12 months in relation to civil servants breaching political impartiality restrictions by campaigning in (a) Parliamentary by-elections and (b) the ge

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Temporary Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government’s policy is on the use of contingent labour in the Civil Service.

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Incentives

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on giving (a) bonuses and (b) reward-based pay to civil servants in the form of shopping vouchers.

9 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what government efficiency savings planned by the previous government she plans to (a) continue and (b) discontinue.

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Communication Service

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant 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

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Correspondence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Secretary has responded to the letter from the former Prime Minister, Liz Truss, of 18 July 2024.

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Communication

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how 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

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Civil Service's policy is on employing people who were previously employed in roles in a party political capacity, other than as special advisers.

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Special Advisers: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the 2024-25 Senior Civil Service Pay Framework, what changes are being made to (a) the Pay Band 4 ceiling and (b) other special adviser pay bands relative to the rates previously set out in the

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Communication

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what 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

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Communication Service: Vacancies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant 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

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the (a) number of and (b) full-time equivalent staff there are in each Department that have roles relating to equality, diversity and inclusion; and whether each Departme

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Communication Service

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant 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

9 Sep 2024 · Women and Equalities

Public Sector: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 12 August 2024 to Question HL421 on Employment, what steps she plans to take to implement the Government's policy on strengthening equality impact assessments for public sector bodies

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Ethics

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report entitled Strengthening Ethics and Integrity in Central Government, published in July 2023, CP 900, who is responsible for upholding ethics and integrity in each Department.

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press notice by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) entitled PCS demands Cabinet Office meeting over Gaza, published on 26 July 2024, whether he has had recent discussions with t

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