Alex Burghart MP: written questions
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Political Parties: FinanceCabinet OfficeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21342More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy that the Civil Service Commission should be informed of recent political donations from people appointed to the Civil Service by exception.
Answer: The Civil Service Commission’s prior approval is required for appointments by exception at SCS PB2 or above. Individual Civil Service departments and organisations have delegated authority to appoint by exception at grades below SCS PB2. For appointments ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20702More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many referrals to his Department under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 of acquisitions of UK firms in the (a) defence, (b) cybersecurity and (c) AI sectors have resulted in a transaction being
Answer: Transparency is a crucial part of the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act, whilst also balancing commercial and reputational considerations. Information related to publication of final orders is available on GOV.UK. The Government also publishes an...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20701More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many acquisitions of UK firms in the (a) defence, (b) cybersecurity and (c) AI sectors have been referred to his Department under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Transparency is a crucial part of the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act, whilst also balancing commercial and reputational considerations. Information related to publication of final orders is available on GOV.UK. The Government also publishes an...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20700More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an updated transparency report on decisions made under the National Security and Investment Act 2021.
Answer: Transparency is a crucial part of the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act, whilst also balancing commercial and reputational considerations. Information related to publication of final orders is available on GOV.UK. The Government also publishes an...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20699More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many reviews under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 have resulted in the Government requiring companies to take mitigation measures since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Transparency is a crucial part of the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act, whilst also balancing commercial and reputational considerations. Information related to publication of final orders is available on GOV.UK. The Government also publishes an...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20698More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of transactions under review under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 relate to links to a company owned in (a) part and (b) whole by a foreign state.
Answer: Transparency is a crucial part of the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act, whilst also balancing commercial and reputational considerations. Information related to publication of final orders is available on GOV.UK. The Government also publishes an...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic GovernmentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which (a) Departments, (b) arms length bodies and (c) Government programmes have (i) migrated to and (ii) plan to migrate to One Login.
Answer: All major government departments have committed to onboarding their services to GOV.UK One Login, and are actively developing delivery plans. They are supported by our Onboarding and Engagement team who share best practices and provide advice and assets t...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUlster Farmers UnionCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18597More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) he and (b) the Paymaster General has met the Ulster Farmers Union since the general election.
Answer: Details of official meetings held in a ministerial capacity with external organisations or individuals are published quarterly on GOV.UK
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: VATTreasuryTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18166More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October to Question 6418 on Further Education: VAT, for what reason further education colleges do not meet the rationale for admission to either refund scheme.
Answer: I refer the member to the answer given on the 14 November to PQ 13459.
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOffice for Equality and Opportunity: Gender and SexualityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15471More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Office for Equality and Opportunity formally recognises any (a) genders, (b) sexual orientations and (c) gender identities.
Answer: There is no list of genders, sexual orientations or gender identities formally recognised by the Office for Equality and Opportunity.
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTikTokCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14117More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether senior representatives of Tiktok are classified as as senior media executives for the purposes of gov.uk transparency returns by Ministers, special advisers and senior officials.
Answer: Guidance on ministers’, special advisers’, and senior officials’ transparency returns is published on GOV.UK and includes details of who would be considered senior media figures for these purposes.
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: DirectorsCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14116More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether non-executive director appointments to HM Revenue and Customs are classified as regulated public appointments.
Answer: The bodies and offices that are classified as regulated appointments are listed, by department, in Schedules 1 and 2 of the Public Appointments (No. 2) Order in Council 2023. Appointments to the Board of HM Revenue and Customs, as a non-ministerial depart...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHouse of Lords Appointments CommissionCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14115More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the framework agreement between his Department and the House of Lords Appointments Commission.
Answer: The House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC) is an independent advisory non-departmental body of the Cabinet Office. As was the case when the honourable member was a Minister in the department, there is not currently a Framework Document between HOL...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAdvisory Committee on Business AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14114More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the framework agreement between his Department and the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.
Answer: The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACoBA) is an independent body sponsored and funded by the Cabinet Office. ACoBA is part of the ‘Independent Offices’ and shares a secretariat and Accounting Officer with the Civil Service Commission and the...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPermanent Secretary Remuneration CommitteeCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14113More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the members of the Permanent Secretary Remuneration Committee.
Answer: The Committee is chaired by the Government Lead Non-Executive. Membership includes two other Departmental Non-Executive Directors and the Chair of the Senior Salaries Review Body. The Civil Service members are: the Cabinet Secretary/Head of the Civil Serv...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCommittee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and MedalsCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14112More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals' sub-committees.
Answer: The Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (known as the HD Committee) has one sub-committee, the Advisory Military Sub-Committee. The terms of reference for this committee can be found on gov.uk.
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14111More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list all formal notifications his Department has submitted to the Commissioner for Public Appointments since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Since 4 July 2024 the Cabinet Office has engaged with the Commissioner for Public Appointments to seek approval of Senior Independent Panel Members for two recruitment campaigns: the Chair of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the Chair...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEquality: Impact AssessmentsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14110More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to commission an equality impact assessment on the proposed commencement of the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: The Government is committed to commencing the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010. The duty will require public bodies, when making strategic decisions, to actively consider how their decisions might help to reduce the inequalities associated wit...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordArms Length BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14109More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether framework agreements with Arm’s Length Bodies can be unilaterally changed by Departments.
Answer: As per the guidance set out by HM Treasury Framework Agreements are agreed between the department and the Arm’s Length Body jointly and then submitted to the Treasury Officer of Accounts.
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordArms Length BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14108More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether framework agreements between his Department and Arms Length Bodies are approved by Ministers.
Answer: Ministers have direct involvement in approving the strategy, outputs and objectives of Arms Length Bodies (ALBs). This ensures that ALBs remain aligned and can effectively deliver the commitments and objectives of the government. Ministers are responsible...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14107More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) Civil Service Pensions holds data on the salary of each civil servant.
Answer: The Cabinet Office holds data of the salary of each civil servant as at the 31st March in each year, through the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey collection.The pension scheme administrator, MyCSP, holds essential contribution, salary and other sche...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament record9 Downing Street: MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13808More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent on (a) new furniture, backdrops and fittings in and (b) other refurbishment of the 9 Downing Street Press Briefing Room since 30 May 2024; and on what items this was spent.
Answer: No money has been spent on new furniture, backdrops, fittings or other refurbishment of the Press Briefing Room in 9 Downing Street since 30 May 2024.
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Parliamentary Private SecretariesCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13807More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many private secretaries each Minister in his Department has.
Answer: There are 34 members of staff, at multiple grades, who support the seven Cabinet Office ministers.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordElectronic Purchasing Card SolutionCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13805More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government procurement cards have been issued across the Civil Service.
Answer: The number of Government procurement cards issued across the Civil Service is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13804More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants (a) are members of the Alpha pension scheme, (b) are members of the Partnership pension scheme and (c) have opted out of both schemes.
Answer: As at 31 October 2024, there were 588,623 active members of the alpha pension scheme. As well as civil servants, the Civil Service Pension arrangements cover employees of certain non-Civil Service organisations, such as non-Departmental Public Bodies, if ...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
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