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1728154

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many applications for Recruitment Principles exceptions has the Civil Service Commission rejected since 4 July 2024; and how many breaches of the Recruitment Principles have been identified in the same period.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	4673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Where the Civil Service Commission does not believe that a proposed appointment by exception is justified either by the needs of the Civil Service or to enable the Civil Service to participate in a government employment initiative, it may reject the proposal or impose additional conditions. As has been long-standing practice under successive administrations, this information is not published.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Commission also issues breaches where non-compliance with the Recruitment Principles has been identified. This information is published in the Commission’s annual report, which can be found at https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/publications/annual-reports/</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 25/09/2024 10:19:05 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728560

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Special Advisers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 23 July 2024 to Question 1247 on Special Advisers: Pay, whether the salaries of all special advisers have been agreed; and who is responsible for determining those salaries.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	5037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Special adviser salaries are set according to the special adviser pay framework. Information on Special Adviser numbers and costs will be published in the Annual Report on Special Advisers as per the requirements of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, as was the case under the previous Administration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 25/09/2024 10:20:03 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728574

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Trade Union Officials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 943 on Civil Service: Trade Union Officials, what guidance his Department has issued on the (a) proportion of the total Civil Service paybill that should be allocated to facility time and (b) maximum percentage of time that individual Civil Service staff may spend on facility time.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	5051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Under the previous administration, the Cabinet Office provided departments with a facility time framework agreement, and supporting guidance, which departments must use when agreeing their facility time and facilities usage agreements with their recognised trade unions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 25/09/2024 10:19:27 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1729063

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to transfer Cabinet Office-sponsored (1) functions, and (2) agencies, to other Government departments.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	uin	HL979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Following the 4th July 2024 election, there have been two Written Ministerial Statements outlining several Machinery of Government changes, all of which impact the Cabinet Office. The Written Ministerial Statement laid on 24th July 2024 (HCWS19) announced:</p><ul><li><p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs will move from the Cabinet Office to the Ministry of Defence</p></li><li><p>Digital functions (i.AI, Government Digital Service, Central Digital and Data Office) will move from the Cabinet Office to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology</p></li><li><p>Ministerial oversight of the EU relationship (existing agreements and the future relationship) will move from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to the Cabinet Office</p></li><li><p>Government Car Service will move from the Department for Transport (DfT) to the Cabinet Office</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A later Written Ministerial Statement laid on 5th September set out:</p><ul><li><p>Responsibility for Union and devolution policy across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is moving from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to the Cabinet Office</p></li></ul><p>Cabinet Office staff are now working on the implementation of the above Machinery of Government Changes, including scoping and impact assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 25/09/2024 10:44:20 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

1729651

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: LGBT+ People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 7 August (HL345), how many staffing hours are allocated to the Civil Service LGBT+ Network, and across how many staff members.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
	uin	HL1057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Allocation of working time spent on cross-government staff networks is an agreement between the staff network volunteers and their departments as employers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The majority of staff time spent on the Civil Service LGBT+ Network is voluntary and unpaid. There are no central records on how many staff members participate in the network.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 25/09/2024 10:46:55 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1729652

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Service: Equality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 12 August (HL517), what applications for an equality, diversity and inclusion spending control exemption have been (1) applied for, (2) accepted, and (3) rejected, since the general election.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
	uin	HL1058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Applications and decisions about applications for external Equality Diversity and Inclusion expenditure lie with individual departments. No exemptions have been centrally reported since the General Election.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 25/09/2024 10:46:35 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1726555

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office of 30 July (HC923), whether paragraphs 207–208 of the Cabinet Office's Guide to Parliamentary Work (November 2022) on the relationship between the treatment of requests for information under Parliamentary Questions and the Freedom of Information Act 2000 remain their policy when answering Parliamentary Questions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	uin	HL668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2024 answer text <p>The Guide to Parliamentary Work is published by the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-parliamentary-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-parliamentary-work</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government's position regarding the relationship between the treatment of requests for information under Parliamentary Questions and the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is unchanged. It is a routine courtesy and a recognised fundamental right of Parliament that Members receive full and timely responses to parliamentary questions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 24/09/2024 12:48:10 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

1728472

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Chequers and Dorneywood
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether changes have been made to the Government-appointed trustees of (a) Dorneywood and (b) Chequers since 4 July 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	4989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>No changes have been made by the government with regard to government-appointed trustees on the boards of Dorneywood or Chequers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 23/09/2024 14:13:27 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728509

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the former Prime Minister's letter entitled Government transparency and open data, published on 14 December 2017, whether the content of the letter remains Government policy; and when Government departments plan to publish updated structure charts and organograms.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	5009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>Transparency reporting requirements remain in place, with data regularly being published on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 23/09/2024 14:13:46 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728510

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Special Advisers: Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on its special advisers (a) posting political opinions and (b) commenting on Government business on social media.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	5010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>The Code of Conduct for Special Advisers sets out Special Advisers’ obligations with regards to the media, including social media.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 23/09/2024 14:11:44 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen