Every parliamentary written question tabled by Charlie Dewhirst this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What the cost to the public purse was of Government Campus ministerial induction sessions since July 2024; and what the estimated cost is of future scheduled sessions.
In July 2024, two ministerial induction events were held. One event was in-person and incurred costs of £55.00 for refreshments. One was held online and incurred no specific costs. The cost of future events will depend on the format chosen for delivery, b...
What the mean full-time equivalent salary is of staff in the (a) Office for Equality and Opportunity, (b) Women’s Equality Unit, (c) Race Disparity Unit and (d) Disability Unit in the most recent period for whic
Salaries ranges for each civil servant grade are set by the Cabinet Office and are not at the discretion of the individual business units such as the Office for Equality and Opportunity. The mean full time equivalent salary of staff in the Office for Equa...
For what reason his Department renamed the Cross-Government Women’s Network as the Cross-Government Gender Network.
The network has been operating under this name since it was changed in July 2020, under the previous administration. The decision was made by the Cross-Government network itself, not by the Cabinet Office.
Pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2024 to Question 11965 on Cabinet Office: Official Cars, how many senior officials had use of an official car from the Government Car Service on (a) 3 July and (b) 8 November
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles. For security reasons specific details of car allocations are not issued. The arrang...
Pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2024 to Question 11964 on Cabinet Office: Official Cars, what the security reasons are for not disclosing the number of allocated departmental Government Car Service cars tha
For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles, or any other information which could identify the vehicle are not issued.
Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6999 on Cabinet Office: Official Cars, if he will publish a list of senior officials in his Department with access to a government car.
For security reasons specific details of car allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
Pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 6998 on Cabinet Office: Official Cars, how many of those vehicles are electric.
For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
What meetings (a) Ministers and (b) his officials have held with external stakeholders since 5 July 2024.
Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
What his Department's policy is on the allocation of Government Car Service cars to senior officials; what the policy was on 24 May 2024; and which senior officials have been granted access to the service since
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles.The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service is ...
Pursuant to the Answers of 6 September 2024 to Questions 2306 and 2308 on Ministers: Official Cars, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) his Department, (ii) the Government Equalities Office, (iii) the U
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles. This policy has not changed since the general election.The Cabinet Office is curren...
Pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2024, to Question 2632, on Civil Service: Staff, whether he has a target (a) headcount and (b) FTE size for the civil service.
Decisions on the future size of the Civil Service will form a part of the comprehensive Spending Review.
Pursuant to the answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 2639 on Civil Servants: Recruitment and Training, what guidance (a) the Government Equalities Office, (b) his Department and (c) the Government People Group
The Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Guidance published on 14 May 2024 remains in place.
Pursuant to the answer of 6 September 2024, to Question 2630, on Government Departments: Communication, what the timetable is for the review of planned government communications and marketing.
A review of planned government communications and marketing is currently in progress.
With reference to p.10 of the document entitled Fixing the Foundations: Public Spending Audit 2024-25, published on 29 July 2024, whether the Prime Minister’s Office will be expected to implement 2% administrative savings to its own annual budget sub-heading.
For management and staffing purposes the Prime Minister’s Office is a business unit of the Cabinet Office. Following the Chancellor's announcement, the Cabinet Office, like other Government Departments, will be going through a comprehensive spending review process which will factor in any administrative savings in the round.
With reference to page 17 of HM Treasury's document entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published on 29 July 2024, in what other ways he intends to reduce the cost of politics.
As the Chancellor announced on 29 July, the government will review the cost of the political system, which includes eligibility for ministerial severance payments. The Cabinet Office will conduct this review which will take place ahead of the Spending Review.
With reference to page 10 of the document entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, CP 1133, published in July 2024, whether he plans to take steps to reduce communications and marketing expenditure for Downing Street.
The Prime Minister’s Office is a business unit of the Cabinet Office. Campaigns run by the Cabinet Office are subject to the review of communications and marketing expenditure announced on 29 July 2024. The review is currently in progress and no decisions have yet been made.
With reference to page 10 of the report published by HM Treasury entitled Fixing the Foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, CP 1133, what the (a) headcount and (b) FTE size is of the Civil Service.
Accredited Official Statistics on the number of civil servants, both overall and by government department and agency, on an FTE and headcount basis are published each quarter by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as part of their Public Sector Employment statistical release. The latest available statistics were published 11 June 2024 and showed the number of civil servants as at 31 March 2024.The latest statistics and all previous and upcoming releases can be found on the ONS website at https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/publicsectoremployment/previousReleases.
With reference to page 10 of HM Treasury's document entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published on 29 July 2024, whether he plans to sell the (a) leaseholds and (b) freeholds of (i) the Civil Service Club, (ii) Inn the Park and (iii) Marlborough House.
These are not government-owned buildings, so therefore the Cabinet Office does not centrally hold information or data on the freeholds and leaseholds of these buildings.
With reference to page 9 of HM Treasury's document entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published on 29 July 2024, which planned government communications programmes will be cancelled.
A review of planned government communications and marketing is currently in progress.
With reference to the policy paper entitled Fixing the Foundations: Public Spending Audit 2024-25, published on 29 July 2024, CP 1133, whether he plans to reduce consultancy spending on equality, diversity and inclusion (a) recruitment and (b) training for the civil service.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has set out this Government’s commitment to reducing consultancy spend across Government by 50%.