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Written Question
Strikes: Economic Growth
Monday 11th September 2023

Asked by: Liam Fox (Conservative - North Somerset)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the ONS has made of the impact of strike action on growth in (a) each of the last three quarters and (b) June.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 1 September is attached.


Written Question
Civil Servants: Dismissal
Wednesday 3rd May 2023

Asked by: Liam Fox (Conservative - North Somerset)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employees have been dismissed from the civil service in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

The number of dismissals in the Civil Service for each of the last 10 years are shown in the table below. The number of dismissals for the year ending 31 March 2023 are scheduled for release on 26 July 2023 as part of the National Statistics bulletin Civil Service Statistics 2023. The number of staff leaving, by leaving cause, is published as one of the standard tables and all of the dismissal data presented in the answer is already in the public domain.

Table 1: Number of dismissals in the Civil Service, 2012/13 to 2021/22

Year ending

Number

31 March 2013

2,390

31 March 2014

2,340

31 March 2015

2,460

31 March 2016

2,570

31 March 2017

2,590

31 March 2018

2,220

31 March 2019

2,360

31 March 2020

2,570

31 March 2021

1,880

31 March 2022

1,950

Source: Annual Civil Service Employment Survey, Cabinet Office

Figures rounded to nearest 10


Written Question
Scottish Government: Permanent Secretaries
Monday 22nd March 2021

Asked by: Liam Fox (Conservative - North Somerset)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, who the line manager is of the Scottish Government's Permanent Secretary.

Answered by Julia Lopez

Simon Case, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, line manages the permanent secretaries of the Devolved Administrations, including Leslie Evans as Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government.


Written Question
Blood: Contamination
Monday 4th May 2020

Asked by: Liam Fox (Conservative - North Somerset)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's timeframe is for holding discussions with victims and families of the contaminated blood scandal on a framework for compensation.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt

In January 2020, the then Minister for the Cabinet Office and the Minister for Patient Safety met campaigners representing the people infected and affected, and campaigners raised a number of issues about the support that would assist them outside of the Inquiry process. Ministers have committed to looking at these issues carefully, including to consider a request to look at a framework for compensation before the Inquiry reports, and to report back on where progress can be made. The Paymaster General is the lead Minister for the Inquiry and is taking forward these actions.