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1700142

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) full time and (b) part time civil service personnel there were in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	20987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of civil servants working full time and part time in each year from 2019 to 2023 on the stated reference date were:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reference date</p></td><td><p>Full-time</p></td><td><p>Part-time</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/03/31</p></td><td><p>344,050</p></td><td><p>102,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/03/31</p></td><td><p>350,790</p></td><td><p>104,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/03/31</p></td><td><p>392,140</p></td><td><p>112,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/03/31</p></td><td><p>409,040</p></td><td><p>102,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/03/31</p></td><td><p>418,170</p></td><td><p>102,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Figures are from the ONS public sector employment statistics publications. The total may differ slightly from other published figures due to rounding.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/04/2024 16:27:44 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1689096

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Information Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many posts there are for (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications staff in his Department; and what the salary band is for each post.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	14025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office press and media team is made up of 17 employees. Roles range from grades HEO to SCS1 and have salaries between £32,250 - £117,800.</p><p>This figure is for Cabinet Office central departmental press office and media team only.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 26/02/2024 17:46:58 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1684446

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what targets his Department has set to help achieve the Government's commitments on net zero.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	11070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office Core Estate is currently focused on reducing its carbon emissions by 52% against its Greening Government Commitment 2017/18 baseline and the Net Zero target of 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Government set out how we would meet our commitments in the Net Zero Strategy in 2021 which included a detailed breakdown of actions required across all sectors in the economy. This was updated in 2023 through the publication of ‘Powering Up Britain’.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has halved its emissions, ahead of every other major economy, and we have grown our economy by over 70% since 1990. The UK over-achieved against the first and second carbon budgets, and the latest projections show that we are on track to meet the third.</p><p> </p><p>We have one of the most ambitious decarbonisation targets in the world, and we have set more stretching targets for 2030 than most countries. We plan to cut emissions by 68% by 2030, which is more than the EU, Japan or the United States.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 31/01/2024 17:24:49 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1673354

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Service: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the responsibilities of the Cabinet Secretary being covered by other civil servants during the Cabinet Secretary's absence on the effectiveness of the Civil Service.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	3779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Secretary is currently on a period of medical leave. He is expected back in January. At the beginning of his medical leave, Ministers approved temporary arrangements under which a number of permanent secretaries and other senior officials are covering his responsibilities.</p><p>This includes Alex Chisholm, as Chief Operating Officer of the Civil Service and Chair of the Civil Service Board, Chris Wormald, as Chair of the Senior Leadership Committee, and Sarah Healey, as Chair of the People Board. These arrangements remain in place and are working well.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 05/12/2023 17:17:31 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1669510

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much each Secretary of State who has resigned in the last three years received as severance pay.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	1536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Details of the severance payments made to ministers when leaving office are published in departments’ annual reports and accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/11/2023 17:15:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1660803

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding his Department has requested from the Exchequer for next year’s Conflict, Security and Stability Fund allocation.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	199574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>As announced in March, the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) fund will be replaced by a new UK Integrated Security Fund (UKISF) from 2024/25. The new Fund will support the implementation of key Integrated Review Refresh (IRR) objectives, funding projects both at home and overseas to tackle some of the most complex national security challenges facing the UK and its partners. As part of this approach, funding will be raised to almost £1 billion in 2024/25.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 22/09/2023 10:32:33 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1655956

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of British Citizens who were born overseas by country.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	196016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 1 September is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 11/09/2023 14:17:09 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ196016.pdf title UK Statistics Authority
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1655965

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the EU on references to the United Kingdom being removed from EU tender.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	196025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Following the UK’s exit from the EU, the UK is no longer bound by EU procurement laws. Through the Procurement Bill, we now have an opportunity to develop and implement a new procurement regime.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, UK and EU suppliers continue to enjoy reciprocal access to each other's public procurement marketplaces through our commitments in free trade agreements such as the UK/EU Trade &amp; Cooperation Agreement and the WTO Government Procurement Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 11/09/2023 10:06:06 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1656299

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to introduce legislation to amend the Ministerial Salaries Act 1975 to cover all ministerial positions.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	196251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to amend the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act (1975), which covers all types of ministerial office.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 11/09/2023 16:55:32 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1611925

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Uyghurs: Forced Labour
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that goods produced by the forced labour of Uyghur Muslims in China are not included in any Government procurement contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	181468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>HM Government is committed to preventing modern slavery occurring in public sector supply chains. The Cabinet Office has published commercial policy and guidance setting out the steps that all Government departments must take to identify and mitigate modern slavery and labour abuse risks throughout the commercial life cycle - focusing on the areas of highest risk. This policy is mandatory for all Central Government Departments, their Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has taken a number of measures to help ensure that no British organisations are profiting from or contributing to human rights violations against the Uyghurs or other minorities. We have introduced guidance for UK businesses on the risks of conducting business in Xinjiang, implemented enhanced export controls, and committed to introducing new procurement guidance for Government bodies as well as financial penalties for non-compliance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Procurement Bill, which is being considered by Parliament, strengthens the rules around excluding suppliers due to serious misconduct anywhere in their operations, including the supply chain. This includes explicit provision for suppliers to be prevented from bidding for contracts where there is evidence of their involvement in modern slavery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 26/04/2023 16:04:44 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord