John Glen MP: written questions
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Civil Service: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to use Al to (a) increase productivity and (b) reduce headcount in the civil service.
Answer: The Digital Centre and individual departments are exploring the potential benefits of AI to enhance productivity. CDDO has and will continue to assess the potential impacts of AI on public service productivity, and is collaborating with departments to exp...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil ServiceCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 919More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to increase productivity in the (a) Civil Service and (b) wider public sector.
Answer: This government will focus on improving the productivity of the public sector to deliver high quality public services, achieve value for money and deliver on the Government's core mission of economic growth.As part of this focus the government will develo...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Trade UnionsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 918More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) ministerial meetings with, (b) hospitality provided by and (c) hospitality provided to trade unions will be reported in quarterly transparency returns.
Answer: Details of Ministers’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK alongside details of all hospitality received in a ministerial capacity.Hospitality expensed to departments by Senior Officials at the ...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Collective BargainingCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 917More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to introduce collective bargaining in the civil service.
Answer: Pay arrangements for civil servants below the Senior Civil Service are delegated to departments as separate employers. Departments each have their own local pay bargaining units to engage with trade unions as departments deal with many different workforce...
Answered 1 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: SanitationCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 916More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to (a) reduce and (b) increase the number of (i) gender-neutral and (ii) specific-sex toilets on the Government Property Agency estate.
Answer: GPA's current Design Guide is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-government-workplace-design-guide.
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 915More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the (a) headcount and (b) full time equivalent size of the civil service in the most recent period for which figures are available by (i) department and (ii) agency.
Answer: National Statistics on the number of civil servants, both overall and by government department and agency, are published each quarter by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as part of their Public Sector Employment statistical release. The latest ava...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 914More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed in the public sector by (a) headcount and (b) full time equivalent in the most recent period for which figures are available by sector.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon. Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 22nd July 2024 is attached.
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: LocationCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 913More
Question: 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
Answer: 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 409,820Full-time equivalent number of Civil Servants based outside of London was 381,...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: BuildingsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 912More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the size was of the public sector estate managed by the Government Property Agency in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answer: In 2022/23, the Government Property Agency grew its management to 45% of the government office portfolio, over 840,000 m². Further details can be found in the Agency’s 2023/24 Business Plan:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b6891271749c0013...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 911More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to publish an updated version of the report entitled Public Bodies 2020, published on 15 July 2021.
Answer: An updated version of the Public Bodies landscape, covering data from 2022-23 will be published on gov.uk in due course.
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordNon-departmental Public Bodies: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 910More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) full-time equivalent and (b) total staff are employed by each non-Departmental public body that is not part of the civil service in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answer: An updated version of the Public Bodies landscape, covering data from 2022-23, will include data on FTE staff employed by NDPBs, and will be published on gov.uk in due course.
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Bodies: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 909More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) full-time equivalent and (b) total staff are employed by each public corporation that is not part of the civil service in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answer: Data on the number of total staff employed by each public corporation is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Public ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 908More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on the (a) minimum length of time a Government consultation should be open and (b) maximum length of time before a response is published to a closed consultation.
Answer: The Government’s Consultation Principles provide guidance to departments on conducting consultations. Principle E states that departments should determine a proportionate amount of time to run the consultation, taking into account the nature and impact of...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Public ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 907More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office guidance on consultation principles, what guidance his Department is providing to other departments on publishing responses to consultations that were initiated under the pre
Answer: The Cabinet Office advises departments that a new administration may respond to a consultation that was initiated under a previous administration if they choose to do so.
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordFormer Ministers: LobbyingCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 906More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to introduce a five year lobbying ban on Ministers and special advisers who leave Government.
Answer: The government has committed to reviewing and updating the post-government employment rules. This will include restrictions on ministers lobbying for the companies they used to regulate, with meaningful sanctions for breaching the rules.
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 905More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has plans to amend the Civil Service Pension Scheme in addition to implementation of the Mccloud judgment.
Answer: In 2023, regulations were made relating to the implementation of the McCloud judgement. The Government has no plans to amend the Civil Service Pension Scheme, other than such amendments necessary for technical or clarification purposes, or in order to con...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 904More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his planned timetable is for the proposed gov.uk webpage on transparency data going live.
Answer: This Government is fully committed to transparency and openness and publishes quarterly transparency data on Gov.uk. The Government is committed to looking at how the range of information published can be improved and made as useful as possible.
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Trade Union OfficialsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 903More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on public sector trade union facility time transparency.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring there is sufficient facility time for all trade union representatives, in both the public and private sector, so that they have capacity to represent and defend workers, negotiate with employers and conduct training...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Trade UnionsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 902More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on check-off in the public sector.
Answer: The Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations, also known as the ‘Check-off Regulations’ were brought in by the previous government. This Government values the role of trade unions and is supportive of empl...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
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