Charlie Dewhirst
Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds
3,125 (7.3%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 4th July 2024
3 APPG memberships (as of 9 Oct 2024)
Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage, Child of the North, UK Food SecurityDivision Voting information
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.
Sparring Partners
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(2 debate interactions)
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
(2 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(3 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(722 words contributed)
Latest EDMs signed by Charlie Dewhirst
Social Security
Tabled by: Rishi Sunak (Conservative - Richmond and Northallerton)That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (S.I., 2024, No. 869), dated 22 August 2024, a copy of which was laid before this House on 22 August 2024, be annulled.
(Most recent: 10 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 75
Independent: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 2
Scottish National Party: 1
Team GB and ParalympicsGB at Paris 2024
Tabled by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)That this House congratulates every athlete selected to represent Team GB and ParalympicsGB at Paris 2024 and wishes them every success at the Games; notes the extraordinary recent performances of Great Britain & Northern Ireland’s Olympic and Paralympic teams; and further notes the vital contribution of UK Sport and The …
(Most recent: 2 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 4
Labour: 2
Green Party: 2
Liberal Democrat: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Charlie Dewhirst, 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.
Charlie Dewhirst has not been granted any Urgent Questions
1 Adjournment Debate led by Charlie Dewhirst
Charlie Dewhirst has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
Charlie Dewhirst has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 50 Written Questions
(View all written questions)Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre/officials, as under previous administrations.
The Attorney General’s Office is currently allocated two vehicles including allocated and shared vehicles.
For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.
The average cost to a department for a single DPC (Department Pool Car) in 2024/25 financial years is £108K per annum.
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles.
The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service is set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
There has been no change in this policy since the general election.
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles.
The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service is set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
There has been no change in this policy since the general election.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles. This policy has not changed since the general election.
The Cabinet Office is currently allocated 13 vehicles (this is a mix of full and part time allocations) including shared vehicles. This is for Cabinet Office only and other entities listed are managed separately.
For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.
The average cost to a Department for a single DPC (Department Pool Car) in 2024/25 financial year is £108K per annum.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Decisions on the future size of the Civil Service will form a part of the comprehensive Spending Review.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Guidance published on 14 May 2024 remains in place.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Accredited Official Statistics on the number of civil servants, both overall and by government department and agency, on an FTE and headcount basis are published each quarter by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as part of their Public Sector Employment statistical release. The latest available statistics were published 11 June 2024 and showed the number of civil servants as at 31 March 2024.
The latest statistics and all previous and upcoming releases can be found on the ONS website at https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/publicsectoremployment/previousReleases.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Prime Minister’s Office is a business unit of the Cabinet Office. Campaigns run by the Cabinet Office are subject to the review of communications and marketing expenditure announced on 29 July 2024. The review is currently in progress and no decisions have yet been made.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
For management and staffing purposes the Prime Minister’s Office is a business unit of the Cabinet Office. Following the Chancellor's announcement, the Cabinet Office, like other Government Departments, will be going through a comprehensive spending review process which will factor in any administrative savings in the round.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
These are not government-owned buildings, so therefore the Cabinet Office does not centrally hold information or data on the freeholds and leaseholds of these buildings.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
As the Chancellor announced on 29 July, the government will review the cost of the political system, which includes eligibility for ministerial severance payments. The Cabinet Office will conduct this review which will take place ahead of the Spending Review.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has set out this Government’s commitment to reducing consultancy spend across Government by 50%.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
A review of planned government communications and marketing is currently in progress.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Departments set out their spend on consultants in their Annual Reports and Accounts (ARAs).
Details of all communications activity expenditure for departments is not held centrally.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
As of 11 September, all residential flats at Admiralty House are currently unoccupied.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Official Statistics for 2024 have not yet been published. Information covering January to July 2024 are planned to be released by November 2024.
The UK operates one of the most transparent export licensing systems in the world. We publish quarterly and annual statistics on all our export licensing decisions. These can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data
We do not publish monthly licensing statistics, but we have published quarterly statistics for 2023:
Reporting period | Number issued |
2023 | 11,746 |
2023Q1 | 2,853 |
2023Q2 | 2,987 |
2023Q3 | 2,967 |
2023Q4 | 2,939 |
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
No changes to export licensing procedures have been made since 5 July 2024.
All export licence applications are assessed on a case by case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. We are satisfied that these Criteria continue to provide a thorough forward-looking risk assessment process for all export licence applications.
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre/officials, as under previous administrations.
The Department for Business and Trade is currently allocated three vehicles including allocated and shared vehicles.
For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.
The average cost to a Department for a single DPC (Department Pool Car) in 2024/25 financial year is £108K per annum. This includes the cost of a car and driver time.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles.
The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service is set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
There has been no change in this policy since the general election.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Details of Ministers’ and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Published declarations include the purpose of the meeting and the names of any additional external organisations or individuals in attendance.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
DESNZ contracts with the Government Car Service for the provision of two cars for the use of Ministers.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-car-service
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
DESNZ contracts with the Government Car Service for the provision of two cars for the use of Ministers.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-car-service
Due to logistical and operational reasons the type of vehicles deployed can vary on a daily or weekly basis. The budget allocation for the 2024-25 financial year is £288,000.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
3 Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Questions
(View all Charlie Dewhirst's DSIT questions)Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre/officials, as under previous administrations.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is currently allocated 5 vehicles including allocated and shared vehicles.
For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.
The average cost to a Department for a single DPC (Department Pool Car) in 2024/25 financial year is £108K per annum.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles.
The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service is set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
There has been no change in this policy since the general election.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
3 Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Questions
(View all Charlie Dewhirst's DCMS questions)Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The Government Car Service offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles.
The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service is set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
There has been no change in this policy since the general election.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The Government Car Service offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre/officials, as under previous administrations.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is currently allocated 1 vehicle including allocated and shared vehicles.
For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.
The average cost to a Department for a single Department Pool Car in 2024/25 financial year is £108K per annum.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Details of Ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles.
The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service is set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
There has been no change in this policy since the general election.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
7 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions
(View all Charlie Dewhirst's Defra questions)To date, the Rural Payments Agency has received 92 applications. Of these, 37 have been approved, 1 has been rejected due to ineligibility, 55 are still being appraised. The deadline to receive full applications is June 2025.
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Defra recognises that sufficient storage is fundamental to good slurry management. The Water Resources (Control of Pollution) (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) (England) Regulations 2010, also known as SSAFO, set the standards for slurry storage and the Department works closely with the Environment Agency (EA) to ensure these standards are met.
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to Government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles.
The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the GCS are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
There has been no change in this policy since the general election.
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Government Car Service offers vehicles to Government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre/officials, as under previous administrations.
Defra is currently allocated two vehicles including allocated and shared vehicles. For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.
The average cost to a department for a single Department Pool Car in 2024/25 financial year is £108K per annum.
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
We will deliver a resilient and healthy food system, with a new deal that ensures fairness for farmers. We recognise that fairness in the supply chain is critical for farmers across all sectors. We want all farmers to get a fair price for their products and are committed to tackle contractual unfairness where it exists.
We will continue the work closely with the pig sector, and all farming sectors, on the best way to achieve this.
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre/officials.
The Department for Transport is currently allocated 1 x Hybrid Land rover Discovery Sport, 2 x Electric Jaguar I-Pace and 1 x Hybrid Ford Mondeo. These vehicles were not purchased in the 2024-25 financial year and were provided from the existing fleet. Cabinet Office is responsible for the management of the Government Car Service.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre/officials. Cabinet Office is responsible for the management of the Government Car Service.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The previous Government made a number of funding commitments in the Network North Command Paper and these will be examined closely by my Government in the coming months.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre/officials, as under previous administrations.
The Department for Work and Pensions is currently allocated one vehicle including allocated and shared vehicles. For security reasons specific details of the allocation including make and model of the vehicle is not issued.
The average cost to a Department for a single DPC (Department Pool Car) in 2024/25 financial year is £108K per annum.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles. The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service is set out in the Civil Service Management Code. There has been no change in this policy since the general election.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to Government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles.
The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the GCS are set out in the Civil Service Management Code. There has been no change in this policy since the 2024 General Election.
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Government Car Service offers vehicles to Government departments as a shared resource. Each Department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre/officials, as under previous administrations. The Department is currently allocated three vehicles including allocated and shared vehicles.
For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued. The average cost to a Department for a single Department Pool Car in 2024/25 financial year is £108,000 per annum.
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)