Written Question
Friday 19th April 2024
Asked by:
Nick Fletcher (Conservative - Don Valley)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with the Cabinet Secretary on the contents of a response to the correspondence sent by the Civil Service Sex Equality and Equity Network in October 2023 on Civil Service impartiality.
Answered by John Glen
It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place between Cabinet ministers and officials is not normally shared publicly. However, as mentioned in the Minister’s speech at the Institute for Government on 23 January 2024, the Cabinet Office will be introducing new impartiality guidance which will support Civil Servants to remain objective and impartial when engaging in diversity and inclusion work.
Written Question
Friday 15th March 2024
Asked by:
Nick Fletcher (Conservative - Don Valley)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) part-time and (b) full-time paid positions the a:gender staff network has; and what the cost to the public purse is of that network.
Answered by John Glen
The costs (covering the period 2022-23) were £82,000. A decision has been made since then that no further funding will be provided.
Some of the information requested is being withheld because disclosure of that information would contravene one of the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation and section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.
Specifically, we consider that disclosure of the information would contravene principle A under article 5(1)(a) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which requires that personal data should be processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently.
We have found that on balance the legitimate interest and necessity in disclosure are overridden by the reasonable expectations of privacy of the individual[s] concerned.
In this case, the numbers concerned are 5 individuals or fewer. We cannot provide details in such cases as the individuals concerned could be identifiable. This is standard statistical reporting.
Written Question
Tuesday 4th April 2023
Asked by:
Nick Fletcher (Conservative - Don Valley)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of deaths in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022 were (i) male and (ii) female.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the Hon Gentlemen’s Parliamentary Question of 27 March is attached.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Oct 2022
Doncaster Sheffield Airport
"I believe that this urgent question has been raised today to take away from the Adjournment debate on this subject tonight. The Opposition have actually shown an interest in this issue for the very first time. We have a combined authority that has been sadly lacking for over three years, …..."Nick Fletcher - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Oct 2022
Doncaster Sheffield Airport
"On 13 July this year, Peel shocked my constituency with the announcement of the potential closure of Doncaster Sheffield Airport. This is the reason for the debate. Let me tell the House the story. I shall start with the place, then the stakeholders, how we got here, where we are …..."Nick Fletcher - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Oct 2022
Doncaster Sheffield Airport
"I will come on to that, because I want a public inquiry to get to the truth of this matter, but I will cover that in my speech.
The combined authority appears never to have properly embraced Doncaster Sheffield Airport as its own airport, and to have badly underestimated the …..."Nick Fletcher - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Oct 2022
Doncaster Sheffield Airport
"Maybe we need to sit down with the Mayor of Teesside and see how he worked it out, because I have been told that he has exactly the same powers as Mayor Oliver Coppard and that Mayor Oliver Coppard has twice as much money as he does, yet he has …..."Nick Fletcher - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Oct 2022
Doncaster Sheffield Airport
"Exactly the same again: Peel did not want to sell to Ben Houchen, but it did sell to Ben Houchen. It is no good sitting there and saying it did not—it did. Oliver Coppard has twice the money and exactly the same powers, and his job is economic growth for …..."Nick Fletcher - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Oct 2022
Doncaster Sheffield Airport
"Yes, massively. The important word in “combined authority” is “combined”—it is Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley and Sheffield coming together. I do not think the combined authority leaders, past and present, have told the leaders of those councils how important the airport is for the growth of the entire area and beyond. …..."Nick Fletcher - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Oct 2022
Doncaster Sheffield Airport
"On the money, the South Yorkshire Mayor has £30 million per year for 30 years. That is £900 million. Ben Houchen, the Mayor for Teesside, has £15 million a year for 30 years. That is £450 million. I believe we are two years behind where we should be because Doncaster …..."Nick Fletcher - View Speech
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