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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

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

1728550

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	Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment
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 26 July 2024 to Question 1260 on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, how many of the appointments for the Director Generals in charge of the five Mission Delivery Boards have been externally advertised; and for what length of time have vacancies been open to apply for those posts.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	5027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>Five Directors General (DG) have been selected as Senior Responsible Officers (SROs) for each of the five Missions. All five were selected by the Cabinet Secretary and relevant Permanent Secretary, in consultation with their Secretary of State, on the basis of their expertise and experience.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould grouped question UIN 5031 question first answered 23/09/2024 14:12:58 answering member 5305
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728554

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	Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment
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 26 July 2024 to Question 1260 on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, how many of the appointments for the Director Generals of the five Mission Delivery Boards have been internally advertised; and how long have those vacancies been advertised.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	5031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>Five Directors General (DG) have been selected as Senior Responsible Officers (SROs) for each of the five Missions. All five were selected by the Cabinet Secretary and relevant Permanent Secretary, in consultation with their Secretary of State, on the basis of their expertise and experience.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould grouped question UIN 5027 question first answered 23/09/2024 14:12:58 answering member 5305
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728566

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	Prime Minister: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff (a) excluding and (b) including special advisers are employed by 10 Downing Street broken down by (i) headcount and (ii) full-time equivalent, as of 10 September 2024.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	5043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>For management and staffing purposes the Prime Minister’s Office is part of the Cabinet Office. As of 31 August 2024 there are 240 (237.4 FTE) permanent civil servants employed by the Cabinet Office and allocated to the Prime Minister’s Office.</p><p> </p><p>As was the case under the previous Administration, information about Special Adviser numbers will be published in the Annual report on Special Advisers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 23/09/2024 14:12:19 answering member 5305
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728180

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	Civil Servants: Incentives
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 giving (a) bonuses and (b) reward-based pay to civil servants in the form of shopping vouchers.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	4697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, non-cash vouchers of small amounts may be used to mark the significant contributions of staff who have worked on specific projects outside of formal performance management processes.</p><p> </p><p>All individual awards follow an established approval process to ensure value for money.</p><p> </p><p>It is also important to confirm that shopping vouchers are not used by government departments to pay traditional end of year performance bonuses - for those departments who still adopt that approach these end of year bonuses are paid as cash payments through payroll.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 19/09/2024 14:17:11 answering member 5305
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen