Lords Chamber
Combating Disinformation: Freedom of Expression - Tue 13 Feb 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) because that report by Big Brother Watch suggested that during the pandemic, politicians, journalists and civil - Speech Link
2: Viscount Camrose (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Information on NSOIT is posted on GOV.UK, and I am happy to share that location with the noble Lord. - Speech Link
3: Viscount Camrose (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The unit comprises civil servants who sit within DSIT, and it occasionally makes use of external consulting - Speech Link
4: Viscount Camrose (Con - Excepted Hereditary) As part of the Civil Service, NSOIT would have robust internal measures to verify and check its own work - Speech Link
5: Lord Pannick (XB - Life peer) My Lords, if this unit consists of civil servants and external advisers, why is it impermissible for - Speech Link

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Deposited Papers
Home Office

Mar. 14 2012

Source Page: Hillsborough Independent Panel - terms of reference. 7 p.
Document: DEP2012-0481.pdf (PDF)

Found: members of the public who have provided written observations on events associated with the tragedy; b) civil

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Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Ministry of Defence

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: Defence Serious Crime Unit (DSCU)
Document: Defence Serious Crime Unit (DSCU) (webpage)

Found: This includes regulars and reserves who are supported by civil servants and contracted colleagues.

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Deposited Papers

Dec. 15 2023

Source Page: Places for Growth relocations data report, 2020-2023. 16p.
Document: Places_for_Growth_Relocations_Report_2020-2023.pdf (PDF)

Found: In Scope Roles Roles in scope of the PfG relocation programme are: ●Civil Servants employed directly

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Written Question

Civil Servants: Location

Tuesday 30th July 2024

Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) headcount and (b) full time equivalent number of civil servants located outside of London was under the Places for Growth programme in the most recent period for which figures are available; and in which locations those civil servants worked.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

For the most recent period for which figures are publicly available (Civil Service Statistics, March 2023):

• Headcount number of Civil Servants based outside of London was 409,820

• Full-time equivalent number of Civil Servants based outside of London was 381,720.

As of December 2023, 18,283 government roles were relocated from London to the regions and nations across the UK under the Places for Growth Programme (PfG). The locations that received the most role relocations as of December 2023 were Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and Sheffield.

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Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Government Property Agency

Apr. 24 2024

Source Page: Working smarter: how we can set the new standard for workplaces
Document: Working smarter: how we can set the new standard for workplaces (webpage)

Found: delivering a smaller, better connected, better quality, and greener property estate to support the work of Civil

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Select Committee

Twenty-Third Report - Civil service workforce: Recruitment, pay and performance management

Report Mar. 22 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: Twenty-Third Report - Civil service workforce: Recruitment, pay and performance management HC 452 Report

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Deposited Papers
Cabinet Office

Dec. 14 2010

Source Page: The Cabinet Manual – Draft. A guide to laws, conventions, and rules on the operation of government. 150 p.
Document: DEP2010-2259.pdf (PDF)

Found: They are supported by civil servants, non - partisan servants of the Crown.

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