Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
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.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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.
As was the case under the previous Administration, information about Special Adviser numbers will be published in the Annual report on Special Advisers.
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
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.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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.
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
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.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Code of Conduct for Special Advisers sets out Special Advisers’ obligations with regards to the media, including social media.
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
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.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
No changes have been made by the government with regard to government-appointed trustees on the boards of Dorneywood or Chequers.
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
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.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Transparency reporting requirements remain in place, with data regularly being published on GOV.UK.
Sep. 19 2024
Source Page: Cabinet Office: Beyond Boundaries Programme Privacy NoticeSep. 19 2024
Source Page: Cabinet Office: Beyond Boundaries Programme Privacy NoticeAsked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
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.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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.
All individual awards follow an established approval process to ensure value for money.
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.
Asked by: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Smith of Basildon on 4 September (HL Deb col 1157), and to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 4 September (HC2317), whether Nick Thomas–Symonds declared, as a political donation in kind, the reported use of a seconded member of staff from Labour Together to (1) the Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office, or (2) to the Cabinet Secretary, before that member of staff, Jessica Sargeant, was appointed as a Deputy Director at the Cabinet Office by exception; whether they considered recusal; and whether Cabinet Office officials were informed of any political donations when they considered the delegated Recruitment Principles exception request for Miss Sargeant’s appointment to the Cabinet Office’s Propriety and Constitution Group.
Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
There is an established process in place for the declaration and management of private interests held by ministers, which ensures that steps are taken to avoid or mitigate any potential or perceived conflicts of interest.
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Warwick (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to appoint a new investment minister.
Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
My Rt Hon Friends the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Business and Trade are responsible for this Government’s priority of growth and advancing opportunities for investment across the country.