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The Cabinet Office’s contract with Calder Conferences Limited to provide Venue Booking Services started in February 2023, under the previous administration.
The below table lists the venues and costs of venues booked by the Cabinet Office through Calder Conferences since 4 July 2024. Of the 223 bookings listed, 198 were commissioned under previous guidance regarding the booking of external venues, and 25 were commissioned following updated guidance issued by this government on 4 April 2025.
To provide further background information on each booking would incur disproportionate costs, but these have included events such as Civil Service Live 2025 and hearings for the Infected Blood Inquiry. These two events account for just over £587,000 of the costs of external venue hires via Calder since 4 April 2025.
This government’s updated guidance on restrictions to booking external venues, issued on 4 April 2025, makes clear that external venues for away days are only to be used when space in government buildings or zero cost venues is unavailable. When it is absolutely necessary to procure an external venue, departments must do so through established procurement routes. Any expenditure related to away days must demonstrate value for money and adhere to reasonable cost expectations.
Bookings commissioned between 04 July 2024 and 4 April 2025
Start Date | End Date | Venue Name | Venue Address | Value (excl. VAT) |
10/07/2024 | 11/07/2024 | Sandy Park Conference and Banqueting Centre Exeter | Exeter EX2 | £7,332.63 |
16/7/2024 | 16/7/2024 | The Great Victoria Hotel | Bradford BD1 | £291.67 |
17/7/2024 | 17/7/2024 | University of Westminster - Marylebone | London NW1 | £192.00 |
22/7/2024 | 22/7/2024 | Leonardo Hotel Manchester Central - Formerly Jurys Inn Manchester | Manchester M1 5 | £284.25 |
30/07/2024 | 30/07/2024 | The Wesley Hotel & Conference Venue | London NW1 | £825.00 |
28/08/2024 | 28/08/2024 | Radisson Blu Hotel Birmingham | Birmingham B1 1 | £345.83 |
29/08/2024 | 29/08/2024 | Townhouse Hotel Manchester | Manchester M1 6 | £938.34 |
09/09/2024 | 10/09/2024 | Park Plaza Leeds | Leeds LS1 | £2,250.00 |
10/09/2024 | 10/09/2024 | Park Plaza County Hall London | London SE1 | £1,675.00 |
11/09/2024 | 11/09/2024 | The Westminster London, Curio Collection by Hilton | London SW1P | £2,206.00 |
13/09/2024 | 13/09/2024 | Chamber Space | Manchester M3 3 | £615.00 |
17/09/2024 | 17/09/2024 | Mary Ward House | London WC1H | £2,445.00 |
17/09/2024 | 17/09/2024 | Radisson Blu Hotel Glasgow | Glasgow G2 8 | £250.00 |
18/09/2024 | 18/09/2024 | Clayton Hotel Glasgow City Centre | Glasgow G1 4 | £3,750.00 |
18/09/2024 | 18/09/2024 | One Great George Street | London SW1P | £3,453.55 |
18/09/2024 | 18/09/2024 | Royal Station Hotel | Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 | £2,670.67 |
18/09/2024 | 18/09/2024 | The Principal York | York YO24 | £747.91 |
19/09/2024 | 19/09/2024 | Clayton Hotel Belfast | Belfast BT2 | £166.67 |
21/09/2024 | 21/09/2024 | Hotel Afa | Pristina 1000 Kosovo | £627.70 |
24/09/2024 | 24/09/2024 | Hotel Afa | Pristina 1000 Kosovo | £631.97 |
24/09/2024 | 24/09/2024 | Macdonald Burlington Hotel | Birmingham B2 4 | £2,437.50 |
24/09/2024 | 24/09/2024 | The Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel, Red Carnation Hotels | London W1J | £630.00 |
24/09/2024 | 24/09/2024 | Wellington Hotel by Blue Orchid Hospitality | London SW1P | £396.75 |
25/09/2024 | 25/09/2024 | Crowne Plaza Birmingham City Centre | Birmingham B1 1 | £487.50 |
26/09/2024 | 26/09/2024 | The Kia Oval | London SE11 | £23,147.50 |
29/09/2024 | 02/10/2024 | Modern City Hotel | Tamale C5Q3 | £5,513.02 |
30/09/2024 | 30/09/2024 | Broadway House | London SW1H | £2,250.00 |
01/10/2024 | 01/10/2024 | The Mermaid London | London EC4V | £56,899.00 |
02/10/2024 | 04/10/2024 | Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham | Birmingham B1 2 | £1,233.55 |
06/10/2024 | 06/10/2024 | The Royal Senchi | Akosombo 0 Ghana | £14,679.38 |
10/10/2024 | 10/10/2024 | The Royal Horseguards and One Whitehall Place | London SW1A | £16,365.00 |
15/10/2024 | 16/10/2024 | Hilton Podgorica Crna Gora | Podgorica 8100 Montenegro | £616.32 |
17/10/2024 | 17/10/2024 | Manchester Marriott Hotel Piccadilly | Manchester M1 2 | £11,673.17 |
17/10/2024 | 18/10/2024 | Wilton Park Conference Centre | Steyning BN44 | £13,815.35 |
22/10/2024 | 22/10/2024 | Hilton Podgorica Crna Gora | Podgorica 8100 Montenegro | £670.46 |
23/10/2024 | 23/10/2024 | Park Plaza County Hall London | London SE1 | £2,158.00 |
29/10/2024 | 31/10/2024 | Bianca Resort & Spa | Kolasin 8121 Montenegro | £4,500.25 |
30/10/2024 | 30/10/2024 | Novotel Bristol Centre | Bristol BS1 | £770.83 |
06/11/2024 | 06/11/2024 | &Meetings - Birmingham | Birmingham B2 5 | £90.00 |
06/11/2024 | 08/11/2024 | Hilton Leeds City | Leeds LS1 | £2,232.96 |
06/11/2024 | 06/11/2024 | The Wesley Hotel & Conference Venue | London NW1 | £3,400.00 |
12/11/2024 | 13/11/2024 | Voco Leicester | Leicester LE2 | £2,100.00 |
13/11/2024 | 14/11/2024 | Central Hall Westminster | London SW1H | £1,176.00 |
14/11/2024 | 14/11/2024 | QEII Centre | London SW1P | £26,253.03 |
14/11/2024 | 14/11/2024 | The Birmingham and Midland Institute | Birmingham B3 3 | £2,210.00 |
15/11/2024 | 15/11/2024 | Fermanagh House | Enniskillen BT74 | £209.00 |
15/11/2024 | 15/11/2024 | Imperial War Museum | London SE1 | £1,380.00 |
19/11/2024 | 19/11/2024 | Radisson Blu Hotel Glasgow | Glasgow G2 8 | £1,099.99 |
20/11/2024 | 21/11/2024 | etc.venues Manchester | Manchester M1 3 | £2,480.00 |
26/11/2024 | 26/11/2024 | Hilton York | York YO1 | £350.76 |
28/11/2024 | 28/11/2024 | Manchester Central | Manchester M2 3 | £26,670.05 |
03/12/2024 | 03/12/2024 | etc.venues County Hall | London SE1 | £1,270.00 |
03/12/2024 | 08/12/2024 | Hilton Podgorica Crna Gora | Podgorica 8100 Montenegro | £4,413.46 |
04/12/2024 | 04/12/2024 | Asia House | London W1G | £3,403.75 |
04/12/2024 | 04/12/2024 | etc.venues Manchester | Manchester M1 3 | £900.00 |
04/12/2024 | 06/12/2024 | Mercure Liverpool Atlantic Tower Hotel | Liverpool L3 9 | £2,700.00 |
04/12/2024 | 04/12/2024 | The Studio Birmingham | Birmingham B2 5 | £1,760.50 |
04/12/2024 | 06/12/2024 | The Birmingham Conference & Events Centre at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre | Birmingham B5 4 | £3,088.33 |
05/12/2024 | 05/12/2024 | Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel & Spa | Cardiff CF24 | £250.00 |
5/12/2024 | 5/12/2024 | The Royal Society | London SW1Y | £2,745.00 |
05/12/2024 | 06/12/2024 | Avari Hotel Lahore | Punjab Pakistan | £717.72 |
09/12/2024 | 10/12/2024 | Dunsilly Hotel | Antrim BT41 | £2,225.84 |
09/12/2024 | 09/12/2024 | Pendulum Hotel & Manchester Conference Centre | Manchester M1 3 | £2,383.33 |
10/12/2024 | 11/12/2024 | Glasgow Training Rooms | Glasgow G3 8 | £1,030.00 |
10/12/2024 | 12/12/2024 | Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington | London W8 5 | £1,204.17 |
10/12/2024 | 12/12/2024 | Grange Clarendon Hotel | London WC1B | £4,550.00 |
11/12/2024 | 11/12/2024 | IET Birmingham: Austin Court | Birmingham B1 2 | £3,080.00 |
11/12/2024 | 11/12/2024 | Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge | London E1 8 | £1,725.00 |
11/12/2024 | 11/12/2024 | Prince Philip House | London SW1Y | £921.60 |
11/12/2024 | 11/12/2024 | Royal Hospital Chelsea | London SW3 | £197.00 |
11/12/2024 | 11/12/2024 | The Royal Horseguards and One Whitehall Place | London SW1A | £7,795.00 |
11/12/2024 | 11/12/2024 | Townhouse Hotel Manchester | Manchester M1 6 | £272.08 |
12/12/2024 | 13/12/2024 | Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham | Birmingham B1 2 | £4,715.01 |
12/12/2024 | 12/12/2024 | The Studio Birmingham | Birmingham B2 5 | £1,054.80 |
13/12/2024 | 13/12/2024 | Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge | London E1 8 | £1,346.14 |
18/12/2024 | 18/12/2024 | Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel | Bristol BS1 | £3,332.48 |
14/01/2025 | 16/01/2025 | CCT Venues-Smithfield | Smithfield EC1A | £10,327.50 |
14/01/2025 | 14/01/2025 | etc.venues Manchester | Manchester M1 3 | £1,410.00 |
14/01/2025 | 14/01/2025 | IET Birmingham: Austin Court | Birmingham B1 2 | £740.00 |
14/01/2025 | 14/01/2025 | Marlin Waterloo | London SE1 | £445.00 |
15/01/2025 | 15/01/2025 | Church House Westminster | London SW1P | £8,461.50 |
15/01/2025 | 15/01/2025 | Churchill War Rooms | London SW1A | £6,651.15 |
20/01/2025 | 22/01/2025 | Hilton Podgorica Crna Gora | Podgorica 8100 Montenegro | £768.90 |
20/01/2025 | 21/01/2025 | Royal Station Hotel | Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 | £1,702.07 |
20/01/2025 | 21/01/2025 | The Hawkhills | Easingwold YO61 | £7,134.17 |
21/01/2025 | 21/01/2025 | etc.venues Manchester | Manchester M1 3 | £2,750.00 |
21/01/2025 | 21/01/2025 | Park Inn by Radisson Aberdeen | Aberdeen AB11 | £270.83 |
22/01/2025 | 22/01/2025 | The Met Hotel, Leeds | Leeds LS1 | £4,691.66 |
23/01/2025 | 23/01/2025 | Church House Westminster | London SW1P | £15,370.00 |
23/01/2025 | 23/01/2025 | Manchester Art Gallery | Manchester M2 3 | £2,496.40 |
27/01/2025 | 30/01/2025 | Radisson Blu Hotel, Edinburgh City Centre | Edinburgh EH1 | £12,012.51 |
27/01/2025 | 29/01/2025 | Stanbrook Abbey Hotel | Worcester WR2 | £3,113.72 |
28/01/2025 | 28/01/2025 | Design Museum | London W8 6 | £10,000.00 |
28/01/2025 | 28/01/2025 | DoubleTree by Hilton London Angel Kings Cross | London N1 9 | £2,245.83 |
29/1/2025 | 29/1/2025 | Design Museum | London W8 6 | £42,000.00 |
30/01/2025 | 30/01/2025 | Broadway House | London SW1H | £679.60 |
30/01/2025 | 30/01/2025 | Crowne Plaza Birmingham City Centre | Birmingham B1 1 | £577.20 |
30/01/2025 | 30/01/2025 | The Union Jack Club | London SE1 | £462.71 |
04/02/2025 | 04/02/2025 | Broadway House | London SW1H | £1,089.00 |
05/02/2025 | 05/02/2025 | Central Hall Westminster | London SW1H | £7,467.58 |
05/02/2025 | 05/02/2025 | The Royal Society | London SW1Y | £30,413.25 |
06/02/2025 | 06/02/2025 | Marlin Waterloo | London SE1 | £445.00 |
06/02/2025 | 06/02/2025 | Townhouse Hotel Manchester | Manchester M1 6 | £428.33 |
10/02/2025 | 10/02/2025 | Broadway House | London SW1H | £823.50 |
10/02/2025 | 10/02/2025 | Broadway House | London SW1H | £1,213.00 |
11/02/2025 | 13/02/2025 | Novotel Manchester Centre | Manchester M1 4 | £416.66 |
11/02/2025 | 11/02/2025 | Townhouse Hotel Manchester | Manchester M1 6 | £385.42 |
12/02/2025 | 14/02/2025 | Crowne Plaza Bandung | Jakarta 4011 Indonesia | £14,580.90 |
12/02/2025 | 12/02/2025 | Hilton Podgorica Crna Gora | Podgorica 8100 Montenegro | £1,891.50 |
12/02/2025 | 12/02/2025 | Royal National Hotel | London WC1H | £6,916.67 |
12/02/2025 | 12/02/2025 | The Wesley Hotel & Conference Venue | London NW1 | £3,141.67 |
13/02/2025 | 13/02/2025 | The Kia Oval | London SE11 | £24,713.76 |
14/02/2025 | 14/02/2025 | One Birdcage Walk | London SW1H | £2,184.60 |
18/02/2025 | 18/02/2025 | Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury | London WC1N | £9,087.50 |
18/02/2025 | 18/02/2025 | Hotel Splendid Conference and Spa Resort | Becici 8531 Montenegro | £1,078.32 |
18/02/2025 | 19/02/2025 | Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel | Manchester M1 4 | £416.67 |
19/02/2025 | 19/02/2025 | Broadway House | London SW1H | £2,400.50 |
19/02/2025 | 21/02/2025 | Park Plaza Leeds | Leeds LS1 | £12,974.16 |
20/02/2025 | 21/02/2025 | Hilton Podgorica Crna Gora | Podgorica 8100 Montenegro | £2,662.51 |
24/02/2025 | 24/02/2025 | Clayton Hotel Birmingham & Conference Centre | Birmingham B5 5 | £650.00 |
24/02/2025 | 26/02/2025 | Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta | Jakarta 1031 Indonesia | £7,264.87 |
25/02/2025 | 25/02/2025 | Thistle London Marble Arch | London W1H | £17,474.99 |
26/02/2025 | 26/02/2025 | Ambassadors Bloomsbury Hotel | London WC1H | £3,932.50 |
27/02/2025 | 28/02/2025 | The Royal Horseguards and One Whitehall Place | London SW1A | £8,481.67 |
04/03/2025 | 04/03/2025 | Broadway House | London SW1H | £2,400.50 |
04/03/2025 | 04/03/2025 | Broadway House | London SW1H | £2,196.00 |
04/03/2025 | 04/03/2025 | Hilton York | York YO1 | £733.33 |
04/03/2025 | 04/03/2025 | Lysses House Hotel | Fareham PO16 | £250.00 |
04/03/2025 | 06/03/2025 | Manchester Marriott Hotel Piccadilly | Manchester M1 2 | £13,509.75 |
05/03/2025 | 05/03/2025 | Mary Ward House | London WC1H | £8,163.80 |
05/03/2025 | 05/03/2025 | National Museums Liverpool | Liverpool L2 2 | £30,384.60 |
11/03/2025 | 11/03/2025 | Bletchley Park | Milton Keynes MK3 | £22,084.00 |
11/03/2025 | 11/03/2025 | Churchill War Rooms | London SW1A | £2,190.00 |
12/03/2025 | 12/03/2025 | etc.venues County Hall | London SE1 | £550.00 |
12/03/2025 | 13/03/2025 | The Milner York, formerly The Principal | York YO24 | £8,615.01 |
17/03/2025 | 17/03/2025 | Admirable Crichton | London SE5 | £2,139.46 |
18/03/2025 | 20/03/2025 | CCT Venues-Smithfield | Smithfield EC1A | £10,042.00 |
18/03/2025 | 21/03/2025 | Novotel Leeds Centre | Leeds LS1 | £4,646.66 |
20/03/2025 | 20/03/2025 | 8 Northumberland Avenue | London WC2N | £21,700.00 |
20/03/2025 | 20/03/2025 | Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham | Birmingham B1 2 | £5,100.00 |
20/03/2025 | 20/03/2025 | Marlin Waterloo | London SE1 | £495.00 |
20/03/2025 | 20/03/2025 | Radisson Blu Hotel Liverpool | Liverpool L3 9 | £725.00 |
24/03/2025 | 26/03/2025 | Nottingham Venues - The Jubilee Hotel & Conferences | Nottingham NG7 | £23,581.97 |
24/03/2025 | 24/03/2025 | The Royal Society | London SW1Y | £6,653.00 |
25/03/2025 | 26/03/2025 | Broadway House | London SW1H | £2,500.00 |
25/03/2025 | 25/03/2025 | etc.venues Manchester | Manchester M1 3 | £2,785.00 |
25/03/2025 | 25/03/2025 | Novotel London Waterloo | London SE1 | £678.33 |
26/03/2025 | 26/03/2025 | Amplitude Event Solutions Ltd | Shipley BD18 | £7,085.00 |
26/03/2025 | 26/03/2025 | Broadway House | London SW1H | £2,110.00 |
26/03/2025 | 26/03/2025 | Civil Service Club | London SW1A | £1,400.34 |
26/03/2025 | 26/03/2025 | Clayton Hotel Manchester City Centre | Manchester M1 3 | £3,404.16 |
26/03/2025 | 28/03/2025 | Hyatt Place & Hyatt House Leeds | Leeds LS1 | £3,741.66 |
27/03/2025 | 27/03/2025 | Delta Hotels by Marriott Liverpool City Centre. | Liverpool L1 1 | £583.33 |
27/03/2025 | 27/03/2025 | Malmaison York | York YO90 | £4,570.84 |
31/03/2025 | 04/04/2025 | Clayton Hotel Glasgow City Centre | Glasgow G1 4 | £2,666.66 |
31/03/2025 | 31/03/2025 | Marlin Waterloo | London SE1 | £755.00 |
01/04/2025 | 01/04/2025 | Body and Soul Charity | London EC1R | £350.00 |
02/04/2025 | 02/04/2025 | Central Hall Westminster | London SW1H | £12,858.50 |
02/04/2025 | 03/04/2025 | The Midland Hotel - Manchester | Manchester M60 | £1,500.00 |
03/04/2025 | 03/04/2025 | 10-11 Carlton House Terrace | London SW1Y | £1,450.83 |
03/04/2025 | 03/04/2025 | Broadway House | London SW1H | £1,620.00 |
03/04/2025 | 03/04/2025 | MGi London Media & Events | London W1B | £2,050.00 |
03/04/2025 | 05/04/2025 | Wilton Park Conference Centre | Steyning BN44 | £16,434.70 |
22/04/2025 | 23/04/2025 | Crowne Plaza Newcastle - Stephenson Quarter | Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 | £1,447.49 |
23/04/2025 | 24/04/2025 | Conference Aston Hotel Birmingham | Birmingham B4 7 | £10,651.41 |
29/04/2025 | 30/04/2025 | Clayton Hotel Manchester City Centre | Manchester M1 3 | £3,946.70 |
29/04/2025 | 29/04/2025 | Radisson Hotel York | York YO1 | £4,179.17 |
30/04/2025 | 30/04/2025 | Cardiff Castle | Cardiff CF10 | £4,550.00 |
30/04/2025 | 30/04/2025 | Park Plaza County Hall London | London SE1 | £2,194.00 |
30/04/2025 | 30/04/2025 | The Birmingham Conference & Events Centre at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre | Birmingham B5 4 | £4,345.00 |
01/05/2025 | 01/05/2025 | QEII Centre | London SW1P | £29,296.45 |
01/05/2025 | 01/05/2025 | The Alan | Manchester M1 4 | £665.00 |
07/05/2025 | 07/05/2025 | etc.venues Manchester | Manchester M1 3 | £2,785.00 |
09/05/2025 | 09/05/2025 | De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms | London WC2B | £7,206.20 |
12/05/2025 | 16/05/2025 | Clayton Hotel Leeds | Leeds LS11 | £5,791.67 |
13/05/2025 | 15/05/2025 | CCT Venues-Smithfield | Smithfield EC1A | £10,042.00 |
13/05/2025 | 14/05/2025 | Radisson Blu Hotel, Sheffield | Sheffield S1 2 | £6,811.67 |
13/05/2025 | 13/05/2025 | RSA House | London WC2N | £6,690.00 |
14/05/2025 | 14/05/2025 | Novotel Manchester Centre | Manchester M1 4 | £1,866.67 |
19/05/2025 | 22/05/2025 | The Met Hotel, Leeds | Leeds LS1 | £8,725.00 |
20/05/2025 | 20/05/2025 | etc.venues Monument | London EC3M | £10,445.00 |
21/05/2025 | 21/05/2025 | De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms | London WC2B | £6,678.33 |
09/06/2025 | 14/06/2025 | Radisson Blu Hotel, Edinburgh City Centre | Edinburgh EH1 | £12,387.50 |
17/06/2025 | 19/06/2025 | Venue Cranfield - Hotel and Conference Centre | Milton Keynes MK43 | £4,097.50 |
23/06/2025 | 23/06/2025 | One Great George Street | London SW1P | £2,702.00 |
24/06/2025 | 25/06/2025 | Utilita Arena Cardiff | Cardiff CF10 | £8,000.00 |
25/06/2025 | 27/06/2025 | Conference Aston Hotel Birmingham | Birmingham B4 7 | £11,428.31 |
30/06/2025 | 03/07/2025 | The Westminster London, Curio Collection by Hilton | London SW1P | £6,225.00 |
01/07/2025 | 03/07/2025 | CCT Venues-Smithfield | Smithfield EC1A | £10,292.50 |
01/07/2025 | 02/07/2025 | Northumbria University | Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 | £19,590.00 |
03/07/2025 | 03/07/2025 | Townhouse Hotel Manchester | Manchester M1 6 | £1,225.00 |
04/07/2025 | 04/07/2025 | Royal National Hotel | London WC1H | £18,280.81 |
07/07/2025 | 09/07/2025 | Excel London | London E16 | £123,843.72 |
14/07/2025 | 15/07/2025 | ACC Liverpool | Liverpool L3 4 | £86,770.00 |
15/07/2025 | 17/07/2025 | The Hawkhills | Easingwold YO61 | £3,420.00 |
16/07/2025 | 17/07/2025 | Sandy Park Conference and Banqueting Centre Exeter | Exeter EX2 | £22,846.67 |
09/09/2025 | 09/09/2025 | RSA House | London WC2N | £15,323.25 |
17/09/2025 | 17/09/2025 | Marlin Waterloo | London SE1 | £653.33 |
TOTAL | £1,364,221.74 |
Bookings commissioned after 4 April 2025
06/05/2025 | 09/05/2025 | Church House Westminster | London SW1P | £163,505.00 |
08/05/2025 | 08/05/2025 | Glasgow Argyle Hotel, Signature Collection by Best Western | Glasgow G3 8 | £395.83 |
12/05/2025 | 12/05/2025 | Broadway House | London SW1H | £1,215.00 |
14/05/2025 | 14/05/2025 | 110 Rochester Row | London SW1P | £4,524.50 |
16/05/2025 | 16/05/2025 | Holiday Inn Cardiff City Centre | Cardiff CF10 | £867.51 |
21/05/2025 | 22/05/2025 | Dynamic Earth | Edinburgh EH8 | £18,336.40 |
21/05/2025 | 22/05/2025 | Manchester Central | Manchester M2 3 | £81,010.43 |
29/05/2025 | 29/05/2025 | The Old Ship Hotel | Brighton BN1 | £494.67 |
04/06/2025 | 04/06/2025 | RSA House | London WC2N | £8,654.00 |
09/06/2025 | 10/06/2025 | Scottish Event Campus (SEC) | Glasgow G3 8 | £53,743.00 |
11/06/2025 | 12/06/2025 | ICC Belfast - Waterfront Hall | Belfast BT1 | £31,499.11 |
11/06/2025 | 11/06/2025 | Mercure Glasgow City Hotel | Glasgow G1 1 | £923.33 |
16/06/2025 | 17/06/2025 | Crowne Plaza Newcastle-Stephenson Quarter | Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 | £1,346.17 |
24/06/2025 | 24/06/2025 | Leonardo Hotel Manchester Central | Manchester M1 5 | £127.50 |
01/07/2025 | 03/07/2025 | Venue Cranfield - Hotel and Conference Centre | Milton Keynes MK43 | £2,134.13 |
07/07/2025 | 10/07/2025 | Courtyard by Marriott Oxford City Centre | Oxford OX1 | £28,220.00 |
09/07/2025 | 10/07/2025 | Linton Lodge Hotel, BW Signature Collection | Oxford OX2 | £687.50 |
09/07/2025 | 09/07/2025 | Westminster Chapel | London SW1E | £23,565.66 |
16/07/2025 | 16/07/2025 | Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham | Birmingham B1 2 | £812.50 |
16/07/2025 | 16/07/2025 | Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge | London E1 8 | £29,226.67 |
22/07/2025 | 22/07/2025 | Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel | Manchester M1 4 | £208.33 |
28/07/2025 | 28/07/2025 | Radisson Blu Hotel Cardiff | Cardiff CF10 | £250.00 |
15/09/2025 | 16/09/2025 | Manchester Hall | Manchester M3 3 | £10,475.00 |
07/10/2025 | 08/10/2025 | Wilton Park Conference Centre | Steyning BN44 | £59,260.00 |
13/11/2025 | 13/11/2025 | St Mary's Marylebone | London W1H | £7,000.00 |
TOTAL | £791,679.26 |
Salary entitlements for ministers are set out by the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975.
The Prime Minister has maintained the pay freeze for ministers who continue to claim a lower salary to their entitlement under law, as per the salary amounts listed on GOV.uk. GOV.UK will be updated in due course.
National trade unions have had the opportunity to provide feedback during the development of the Staff Network Policy.
It would not be appropriate to comment on staffing matters or individuals’ remits and responsibilities.
The Government has published its Plan for Change, which sets out clear and ambitious milestones to reach over this Parliament from each of the Government’s national missions. Detail on wider government commitments will continue to be provided by relevant departments.
The Cabinet Office does not centrally record the total number of metrics captured. Our teams and business units maintain a wide array of dashboards tailored to their specific functions and business requirements. A precise, aggregated figure is not available. The dashboards contain internal management information, and it is not Cabinet Office policy to publish them.
I refer the Hon Member to the answer on 17 February 2025 (PQ HL4631) and on 7 April 2025 (PQ 42819).
We are restoring confidence in government and the highest standards in public life and have already taken steps to improve probity and transparency, including through issuing a new Ministerial Code which highlights the importance of the principles of public life, by strengthening the terms of reference for the Independent Adviser, and by introducing a new monthly Register of Gifts and Hospitality.
An update on the Ethics and Integrity Commission will be provided in due course.
We have a strong and proud tradition over centuries of free trade here in the United Kingdom, and we will continue to make the case for that. With regard to our specific trading relationship with the United States, after conversations between the Prime Minister and the President in the Oval Office in February, we wish to deepen our trading relationship with the United States. We will continue to monitor the impact of any such policy on Northern Ireland and I continue to regularly discuss issues with my European counterpart Maroš Šefčovič.
On 9 October 2024, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Eurostat signed an agreement on statistical cooperation. This arrangement is provided for under Article 730 of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The publication of the text is a matter for the UK Statistics Authority, which operates independently as a Non Ministerial Department. I refer the honourable gentleman to Parliamentary Question 13803.
On 9 October 2024, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Eurostat signed an agreement on statistical cooperation. This arrangement is provided for under Article 730 of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The publication of the text is a matter for the UK Statistics Authority, which operates independently as a Non Ministerial Department. I refer the honourable gentleman to Parliamentary Question 13803.
The circumstances have not changed since the Rt Hon Gentleman was a Minister in the department, and can be found at https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/.
The Civil Service Headquarters (HQ) Occupancy statistics are published quarterly on GOV.UK.
A Framework Agreement between the Cabinet Office and the Senior Salaries Review Body will be finalised in due course.
Departments are directed that Contingent labour contracts should only be used in government where better value alternatives are not available and that a justifiable need to use contingent labour has been identified as part of their workforce plans. Cabinet Office manages a spend control for contingent labour for which guidance is set out at gov.uk.
Political party activity is declared by all members of the Senior Salaries Review Body and is publicly available in the Pay Review Body members’ register of interests: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ome-review-body-members-register-of-interests
The Civil Service Commission’s prior approval is required for appointments by exception at SCS PB2 or above. Individual Civil Service departments and organisations have delegated authority to appoint by exception at grades below SCS PB2.
For appointments by exception delegated to departments, the department is responsible for both carrying out background checks on individuals who may be appointed, and addressing any potential propriety matters.
The Government has published its Plan for Change, which sets out clear and ambitious milestones to reach over this Parliament from each of the Government’s national missions. Detail on wider government commitments will continue to be provided by relevant departments.
We are considering the Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Review commissioned by the previous Government.
Transparency is a crucial part of the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act, whilst also balancing commercial and reputational considerations.
Information related to publication of final orders is available on GOV.UK. The Government also publishes annual reports to provide information about the transactions that it has been notified about and those it subsequently called in for a national security assessment. The NSI Annual Report 2023-24 was published on 10 September 2024. The period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 will be covered in next year’s annual report.
The annual reports include the proportion of notifications for each sector, however, cybersecurity falls under the artificial intelligence sector and is not reported separately.
The reports do not specifically include the number or proportion of transactions that relate to links to a company owned in (a) part or (b) whole by a foreign state, however, they include the number of accepted notifications, call-in notices issued, final notifications issued, withdrawals from a called in acquisition and final orders issued by origin of investment.
Transparency is a crucial part of the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act, whilst also balancing commercial and reputational considerations.
Information related to publication of final orders is available on GOV.UK. The Government also publishes annual reports to provide information about the transactions that it has been notified about and those it subsequently called in for a national security assessment. The NSI Annual Report 2023-24 was published on 10 September 2024. The period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 will be covered in next year’s annual report.
The annual reports include the proportion of notifications for each sector, however, cybersecurity falls under the artificial intelligence sector and is not reported separately.
The reports do not specifically include the number or proportion of transactions that relate to links to a company owned in (a) part or (b) whole by a foreign state, however, they include the number of accepted notifications, call-in notices issued, final notifications issued, withdrawals from a called in acquisition and final orders issued by origin of investment.
Transparency is a crucial part of the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act, whilst also balancing commercial and reputational considerations.
Information related to publication of final orders is available on GOV.UK. The Government also publishes annual reports to provide information about the transactions that it has been notified about and those it subsequently called in for a national security assessment. The NSI Annual Report 2023-24 was published on 10 September 2024. The period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 will be covered in next year’s annual report.
The annual reports include the proportion of notifications for each sector, however, cybersecurity falls under the artificial intelligence sector and is not reported separately.
The reports do not specifically include the number or proportion of transactions that relate to links to a company owned in (a) part or (b) whole by a foreign state, however, they include the number of accepted notifications, call-in notices issued, final notifications issued, withdrawals from a called in acquisition and final orders issued by origin of investment.
Transparency is a crucial part of the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act, whilst also balancing commercial and reputational considerations.
Information related to publication of final orders is available on GOV.UK. The Government also publishes annual reports to provide information about the transactions that it has been notified about and those it subsequently called in for a national security assessment. The NSI Annual Report 2023-24 was published on 10 September 2024. The period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 will be covered in next year’s annual report.
The annual reports include the proportion of notifications for each sector, however, cybersecurity falls under the artificial intelligence sector and is not reported separately.
The reports do not specifically include the number or proportion of transactions that relate to links to a company owned in (a) part or (b) whole by a foreign state, however, they include the number of accepted notifications, call-in notices issued, final notifications issued, withdrawals from a called in acquisition and final orders issued by origin of investment.
Transparency is a crucial part of the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act, whilst also balancing commercial and reputational considerations.
Information related to publication of final orders is available on GOV.UK. The Government also publishes annual reports to provide information about the transactions that it has been notified about and those it subsequently called in for a national security assessment. The NSI Annual Report 2023-24 was published on 10 September 2024. The period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 will be covered in next year’s annual report.
The annual reports include the proportion of notifications for each sector, however, cybersecurity falls under the artificial intelligence sector and is not reported separately.
The reports do not specifically include the number or proportion of transactions that relate to links to a company owned in (a) part or (b) whole by a foreign state, however, they include the number of accepted notifications, call-in notices issued, final notifications issued, withdrawals from a called in acquisition and final orders issued by origin of investment.
Details of official meetings held in a ministerial capacity with external organisations or individuals are published quarterly on GOV.UK
The bodies and offices that are classified as regulated appointments are listed, by department, in Schedules 1 and 2 of the Public Appointments (No. 2) Order in Council 2023. Appointments to the Board of HM Revenue and Customs, as a non-ministerial department, are not classified as regulated public appointments.
Guidance on ministers’, special advisers’, and senior officials’ transparency returns is published on GOV.UK and includes details of who would be considered senior media figures for these purposes.
The Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (known as the HD Committee) has one sub-committee, the Advisory Military Sub-Committee. The terms of reference for this committee can be found on gov.uk.
As per the guidance set out by HM Treasury Framework Agreements are agreed between the department and the Arm’s Length Body jointly and then submitted to the Treasury Officer of Accounts.
The Cabinet Office holds data of the salary of each civil servant as at the 31st March in each year, through the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey collection.
The pension scheme administrator, MyCSP, holds essential contribution, salary and other scheme data which is provided by employers monthly via an electronic monthly interface.
The Committee is chaired by the Government Lead Non-Executive. Membership includes two other Departmental Non-Executive Directors and the Chair of the Senior Salaries Review Body. The Civil Service members are: the Cabinet Secretary/Head of the Civil Service, the Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office, the Chair of the Senior Leadership Committee, and the Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury. The Director of Senior Talent in the Cabinet Office also attends in an advisory capacity.
The House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC) is an independent advisory non-departmental body of the Cabinet Office. As was the case when the honourable member was a Minister in the department, there is not currently a Framework Document between HOLAC and the Cabinet Office. As with all independent advisory bodies, the Government keeps its arrangements with HOLAC under review to ensure they reflect current best practice and standards of corporate governance.
The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACoBA) is an independent body sponsored and funded by the Cabinet Office. ACoBA is part of the ‘Independent Offices’ and shares a secretariat and Accounting Officer with the Civil Service Commission and the Office for the Commissioner for Public Appointments. Work is well advanced on a new Framework Document for the ‘Independent Offices’ which will be published in due course.
Since 4 July 2024 the Cabinet Office has engaged with the Commissioner for Public Appointments to seek approval of Senior Independent Panel Members for two recruitment campaigns: the Chair of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the Chair of the Advisory Committee on Public Appointments (ACOBA).
Ministers have direct involvement in approving the strategy, outputs and objectives of Arms Length Bodies (ALBs). This ensures that ALBs remain aligned and can effectively deliver the commitments and objectives of the government. Ministers are responsible for the appointment of the Chair and Board Members, in most circumstances, through open and fair competition. The Board, once appointed, is responsible for maintaining accountability of senior officials to Ministerial objectives.
Framework Agreements are usually approved by the Principal Accounting Officer / Permanent Secretary on behalf of the department. However when revising a Framework Agreement, or establishing a new ALB, the relevant Minister will be engaged on the contents of the document.
The Senior Appointment Protocol is being updated and will be published in due course.
Article 730 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) negotiated between the UK and EU in 2021 provides that ‘Eurostat and the United Kingdom Statistics Authority may establish an arrangement that enables cooperation on relevant statistical matters’.
The 2024 Lievesley Review of the UK Statistics Authority included a recommendation to prioritise the establishment and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Eurostat in line with Article 730 of the TCA. The Government’s response, led by then Minister Baroness Neville Rolfe, was to agree and stated that: ‘The Cabinet Office supports these recommendations. Given the UKSA’s international standing there should be a continued emphasis on their role as a thought leader among our international peers.’
Following the July election Cabinet Office Ministers have received progress reports on activity to deliver against this recommendation and welcome the new arrangements that are now in place.
The publication of the text is a matter for the Office for National Statistics, which operates independently as a Non Ministerial Department.
The Government’s manifesto set out a number of commitments to reform of the House of Lords. The manifesto was clear that, as an immediate reform, it would introduce legislation to remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords. The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill has now completed its passage through the House of Commons and had its first reading in the House of Lords on 13 November 2024.
This is the first step in reform of the House of Lords and it is right that the Government focuses on completing the passage of this Bill.
No money has been spent on new furniture, backdrops, fittings or other refurbishment of the Press Briefing Room in 9 Downing Street since 30 May 2024.
The number of Government procurement cards issued across the Civil Service is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.
There are 34 members of staff, at multiple grades, who support the seven Cabinet Office ministers.
As at 31 October 2024, there were 588,623 active members of the alpha pension scheme. As well as civil servants, the Civil Service Pension arrangements cover employees of certain non-Civil Service organisations, such as non-Departmental Public Bodies, if they meet the Cabinet Office policy on eligibility for entry and legislative requirements on funding.
As at 30 June 2024 there were 8,748 active members of the partnership scheme.
As at 31 October 2024, a total of 3,894 people had opted out and were not members of either pension scheme.
The Government is committed to delivering value for money for the taxpayer. We will publish written evidence to the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) later this year, and will consider any recommendations from the SSRB on the remuneration of Senior Civil Servants, including Permanent Secretaries, when it reports next year.
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