Asked by: Lord Field of Birkenhead (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants by (a) government department, (b) executive agency and (c) non-departmental public body are located (i) in London and (ii) outside London.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
In March 2018, 83,530 Civil Servants were reported as employed in London and 343,680 in locations outside London on a headcount basis.
Civil Service employment by Government department and region is available in Table 12 ‘Civil Service employment; regional distribution by government department’ as part of the annual National Statistics publication, Civil Service Statistics at the following link: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics.
A table presenting the number of civil servants employed by government department, executive agency and Crown Non Departmental Public Body located in London and outside London has been placed in the library.
Information on the regional employment of Non-Departmental Government Bodies is not collected centrally.
Asked by: Lord Field of Birkenhead (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government Minister authorised the press statement issued by the Cabinet Office Press Department on 15 July 2018 on the legal costs associated with the Tower Hamlets Election Court case against Lutfur Rahman.
Answered by Chloe Smith
In order to satisfy the high volume and varied nature of media queries in a prompt manner, not all responses issued by departmental spokespeople to journalists are required to be individually approved by ministers. Information is routinely provided by government media officers to help journalists understand the policies and the background of the department’s policy
Asked by: Lord Field of Birkenhead (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the total value of contracts outsourced by central Government to the private sector.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
Central Government spends around £49 billion annually through contracts with the private sector.
Asked by: Lord Field of Birkenhead (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Cabinet Office, whether all members of the Government who attend Cabinet meetings have had access to the legal opinion on the Withdrawal Agreement.
Answered by David Lidington
On 5 December, the Government published the Attorney General’s advice to Cabinet on the legal effect of the Withdrawal Agreement. This is the final advice, in full, that the Attorney General provided to all members of the Cabinet on 14 November.
Cabinet Ministers have had all the necessary materials to take informed collective decisions on the UK’s withdrawal from, and future relationship with, the EU.