Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, when she plans reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Christchurch, dated 18 February 2019.
Answered by Theresa May
A reply will be sent shortly.
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what response the Prime Minister has given to the Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life submitted to her on 3 July 2018; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Committee on Standards in Public Life's report, entitled MPs' Outside Interests, made a number of recommendations to Parliament and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. One recommendation was addressed to Government, which was that all candidates at Parliamentary elections must publish, at nomination, whether they intend to continue to hold any existing interests if elected. The Cabinet Office is considering this recommendation and will respond in due course.
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants received exit payments in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018; and what the (i) average and (ii) highest payment was in each of those years.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Details of high-value exit payments in the Civil Service, including number, type, compensation levels, and cost of exits, are published each year in Departmental Annual Reports and Accounts.
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants received exit payments in excess of £95,000 in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Details of high-value exit payments in the Civil Service, including number, type, compensation levels, and cost of exits, are published each year in Departmental Annual Reports and Accounts.
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse was of exit payments paid to civil servants in excess of £95,000 in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Details of high-value exit payments in the Civil Service, including number, type, compensation levels, and cost of exits, are published each year in Departmental Annual Reports and Accounts.