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Alex Burghart

Conservative - Brentwood and Ongar

5,980 (12.4%) majority - 2024 General Election

First elected: 8th June 2017

Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

(since July 2024)

Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

(since November 2024)

Alex Burghart is not an officer of any APPGs
2 APPG Memberships
Autism, Boxing
5 Former APPG Officer Positions
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Assistive Technology, Boxing, Children, Looked After Children and Care Leavers
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
27th Oct 2022 - 5th Jul 2024
Procurement Bill [HL]
25th Jan 2023 - 21st Feb 2023
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
20th Sep 2022 - 27th Oct 2022
Pension Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) Bill
19th Oct 2022 - 26th Oct 2022
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
16th Sep 2021 - 6th Jul 2022
Skills and Post-16 Education [HL] Bill
24th Nov 2021 - 7th Dec 2021
Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill
22nd Sep 2021 - 27th Oct 2021
Standing Orders
1st Nov 2017 - 6th Nov 2019
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
18th Dec 2017 - 25th Feb 2019
Work and Pensions Committee
11th Sep 2017 - 11th Feb 2019


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Alex Burghart has voted in 198 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

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Sparring Partners
Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker)
(31 debate interactions)
Hilary Benn (Labour)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
(24 debate interactions)
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour)
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
(17 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Cabinet Office
(77 debate contributions)
Northern Ireland Office
(34 debate contributions)
Department of Health and Social Care
(3 debate contributions)
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Brentwood and Ongar Petitions

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If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.

If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).

Petitions with highest Brentwood and Ongar signature proportion
Petitions with most Brentwood and Ongar signatures
Alex Burghart has not participated in any petition debates

Latest EDMs signed by Alex Burghart

10th September 2025
Alex Burghart signed this EDM on Wednesday 10th September 2025

Conduct of Lord Mandelson

Tabled by: Gavin Williamson (Conservative - Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge)
That this House notes the concerning revelations regarding Lord Mandelson’s close friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein; expresses its concern at his lack of transparency regarding this relationship; requests for parliamentary time to be made available to debate this urgent matter; and calls for Lord Mandelson to resign as …
22 signatures
(Most recent: 15 Sep 2025)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 18
Independent: 2
Traditional Unionist Voice: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
4th June 2025
Alex Burghart signed this EDM on Thursday 5th June 2025

Mauritius Treaty

Tabled by: Kemi Badenoch (Conservative - North West Essex)
That the Agreement, done at London and Port Louis on 22 May 2025, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Mauritius concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia, should not be ratified.
107 signatures
(Most recent: 1 Jul 2025)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 92
Reform UK: 5
Independent: 4
Democratic Unionist Party: 3
Traditional Unionist Voice: 1
Ulster Unionist Party: 1
Labour: 1
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Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Alex Burghart, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


2 Urgent Questions tabled by Alex Burghart

Alex Burghart has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

Alex Burghart has not introduced any legislation before Parliament


Latest 50 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
3 Other Department Questions
21st Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Office for Equality and Opportunity formally recognises any (a) genders, (b) sexual orientations and (c) gender identities.

There is no list of genders, sexual orientations or gender identities formally recognised by the Office for Equality and Opportunity.

13th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to commission an equality impact assessment on the proposed commencement of the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010.

The Government is committed to commencing the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010. The duty will require public bodies, when making strategic decisions, to actively consider how their decisions might help to reduce the inequalities associated with socio-economic disadvantage. To ensure effective implementation, we will certainly give due regard to the equality impacts of commencement.

12th Nov 2024
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2024 to Question 8129 on Ministers: Workplace Pensions, what the percentage employer contribution to the Parliamentary Contribution Pension Fund for the Ministerial Pension Scheme is in the 2024-25 financial year.

The exchequer contribution to the Ministerial Pension Scheme in the financial year 2024–25 is 10.5% of pay per annum.

2nd Sep 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014.

I refer the Hon Member back to PQ54767 and PQ69066.

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
2nd Sep 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 August 2025 to Question 62335 on Senior Civil Service: Training, if he will list the external venues that have been authorised for hire since 4 April 2025; and the cost for each hire.

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

Chris Ward
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
2nd Sep 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his planned timetable is for updating the webpage entitled Salaries of members of His Majesty's Government on gov.uk.

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.

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
2nd Sep 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2025, to Question 64830, on Civil Service: Equality, whether his Department has consulted trade unions in relation to planned updates to the Guidance for Civil Service Staff Networks.

National trade unions have had the opportunity to provide feedback during the development of the Staff Network Policy.

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
2nd Sep 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister has any line management responsibilities for (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in 10 Downing Street; and whether the (i) responsibilities and (ii) remit of the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister have changed since the appointment of the Chief Secretary.

It would not be appropriate to comment on staffing matters or individuals’ remits and responsibilities.

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
25th Jun 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Departments will be required to produce internal Outcome Delivery Plans (a) to monitor spending outlines in the Spending Review 2025 and (b) as part of the Mission Board delivery programme.

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.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
25th Jun 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what metrics are tracked on his Department's internal dashboards; and if he will make it his policy to publish them on gov.uk.

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.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
25th Jun 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the standard template for submissions to (a) Cabinet Office Ministers and (b) the Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary.

I refer the Hon Member to the answer on 17 February 2025 (PQ HL4631) and on 7 April 2025 (PQ 42819).

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
25th Jun 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the appointment of the (a) chair and (b) members of the Ethics and Integrity Committee will be (i) a regulated public appointment and (ii) subject to Select Committee pre-appointment scrutiny.

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.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
4th Mar 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of trade tariffs imposed on the EU by the United States on businesses in Northern Ireland.

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.

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
6th Jan 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar dated 29 November 2024.

A response will be sent in due course.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
19th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled New partnership between statistical authorities of the UK and the EU, published by the Office for National Statistics on 9 October 2024, if he will publish the agreement between the Office for National Statistics and Eurostat.

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.

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
19th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled New partnership between statistical authorities of the UK and the EU, published by the Office for National Statistics on 9 October 2024, whether the agreement with Eurostat was approved by Ministers in his Department.

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.

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
19th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in what circumstances people in receipt of a civil service pension who re-join the civil service are subject to abatement.

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/.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
19th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 18 September 2024 to Question HL835 on Government Departments: Remote Working, whether the Civil Service meets the requirement to attend the office or work face-to-face with colleagues at least 60% of the time.

The Civil Service Headquarters (HQ) Occupancy statistics are published quarterly on GOV.UK.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
19th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a Framework Agreement between his Department and the Senior Salaries Review Body.

A Framework Agreement between the Cabinet Office and the Senior Salaries Review Body will be finalised in due course.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
19th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance on non-contingent labour contracts.

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.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
19th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether members of the Senior Salaries Review Body have made declarations of political activity.

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

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
19th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy that the Civil Service Commission should be informed of recent political donations from people appointed to the Civil Service by exception.

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.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
19th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to issue Outcome Delivery Plans.

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.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
19th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to publish the civil service EDI dataset.

We are considering the Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Review commissioned by the previous Government.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
17th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many referrals to his Department under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 of acquisitions of UK firms in the (a) defence, (b) cybersecurity and (c) AI sectors have resulted in a transaction being (i) modified, (ii) delayed and (iii) blocked since 5 July 2024.

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.

17th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many acquisitions of UK firms in the (a) defence, (b) cybersecurity and (c) AI sectors have been referred to his Department under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 since 5 July 2024.

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.

17th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an updated transparency report on decisions made under the National Security and Investment Act 2021.

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.

17th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many reviews under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 have resulted in the Government requiring companies to take mitigation measures since 5 July 2024.

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.

17th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of transactions under review under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 relate to links to a company owned in (a) part and (b) whole by a foreign state.

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.

9th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) he and (b) the Paymaster General has met the Ulster Farmers Union since the general election.

Details of official meetings held in a ministerial capacity with external organisations or individuals are published quarterly on GOV.UK

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
13th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether non-executive director appointments to HM Revenue and Customs are classified as regulated public appointments.

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.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
13th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether senior representatives of Tiktok are classified as as senior media executives for the purposes of gov.uk transparency returns by Ministers, special advisers and senior officials.

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.

13th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals' sub-committees.

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.

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
13th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether framework agreements with Arm’s Length Bodies can be unilaterally changed by Departments.

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.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
13th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) Civil Service Pensions holds data on the salary of each civil servant.

  1. 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.

  2. The pension scheme administrator, MyCSP, holds essential contribution, salary and other scheme data which is provided by employers monthly via an electronic monthly interface.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
13th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the members of the Permanent Secretary Remuneration Committee.

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.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
13th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the framework agreement between his Department and the House of Lords Appointments Commission.

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.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
13th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the framework agreement between his Department and the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

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.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
13th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list all formal notifications his Department has submitted to the Commissioner for Public Appointments since 4 July 2024.

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).

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
13th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether framework agreements between his Department and Arms Length Bodies are approved by Ministers.

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.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
12th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government response of January 2024 to the17th Report of the House of Lords Constitution Select Committee of Session 2022/23 on Permanent Secretaries: their appointments and removal, HL 258, published on 20 October 2023, what progress he has made on updating the Senior Appointments Protocol; and if he will publish the updated Protocol.

The Senior Appointment Protocol is being updated and will be published in due course.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
12th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Office for Statistics's press release entitled New partnership between statistical authorities of the UK and the EU, published on 9 October 2024, what role Ministers had in approving this arrangement; and if he will publish the text of the agreement and any associated documentation.

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.

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
12th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enact reforms to the House of Lords other than those set out in the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill.

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.

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
12th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent on (a) new furniture, backdrops and fittings in and (b) other refurbishment of the 9 Downing Street Press Briefing Room since 30 May 2024; and on what items this was spent.

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.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
12th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government procurement cards have been issued across the Civil Service.

The number of Government procurement cards issued across the Civil Service is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
12th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many private secretaries each Minister in his Department has.

There are 34 members of staff, at multiple grades, who support the seven Cabinet Office ministers.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
12th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants (a) are members of the Alpha pension scheme, (b) are members of the Partnership pension scheme and (c) have opted out of both schemes.

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.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
12th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to increase the pay bands of Permanent Secretaries.

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.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
12th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason his Department's About Us web page lists the Government's priorities for 2021-22.

This page has been amended and will be updated further in due course.

Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)