Asked by: Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to his Department have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last three years.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The following table includes the number of lost or stolen ministerial red boxes from the Cabinet Office between 2021 and 2023.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Lost | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stolen | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The departmental security unit records and investigates each reported loss from the Department. If appropriate, the police are invited to undertake further inquiries.
Asked by: Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any refurbishments have been made to ministerial offices in her Department in each of the last two years.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
There was a refurbishment of ministerial offices in 2023 in the Department. There was no refurbishment of ministerial space in 2022.
Asked by: Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Lifetime ISA withdrawal charges there were in the latest available financial year, broken down by local authority.
Answered by Bim Afolami - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
The number of individuals making unauthorised withdrawals from Lifetime ISAs in the tax year 2022 to 2023 is published in the LISA tables of the HMRC Annual Savings Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2023
Geographical information on Lifetime ISA withdrawals is not reported to HMRC. Matching the Lifetime ISA records to other HMRC data sources with geographical data would be incomplete and could only be done at a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to his Department have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last three years.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
There have been no reports of any lost or missing Ministerial Red Boxes within the Ministry of Defence during the last three years.
The Departmental security unit records and investigates each reported loss from the Department. If appropriate, the police are invited to undertake further inquiries.
Asked by: Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2024 to Question 11390 on Cabinet Office: Ministers' Private Offices, how much was spent on each of those refurbishments.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Ministerial Offices in 70 Whitehall, redecorated due to water damage in April 2023, cost a total of £19,956.50 exclusive of VAT.
The redecoration of the Ministerial Waiting Room in 70 Whitehall with furniture alterations (partly necessary due to historic mould issues, and completed in November 2023) cost a total of £13,359.11 exclusive of VAT.
The decoration of the Ministerial corridor (due to complete in March 2024) is taking place as part of planned building-wide programme of annual maintenance. As part of this programme, a number of corridors throughout the building are being repainted. Therefore it is not possible to distinguish the cost of the redecoration of the Ministerial corridor from the wider programme.
Asked by: Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether any refurbishments have been made to ministerial offices in her Department in each of the last two years.
Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Department was created on 7 February 2023. Since then, the ministerial offices were moved to collocate them with the Department’s Secretary of State, but this did not involve the refurbishment of any office space.
Asked by: Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any refurbishments have been made to ministerial offices in his Department in each of the last two years.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
There has been no refurbishment of the Ministry of Justice’s ministerial offices in the last two years.
Asked by: Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether any refurbishments have been made to ministerial offices in her Department in each of the last two years.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Department was created on 7 February 2023, and following this its ministers moved into a new Government Property Agency (GPA) Hub building at 55 Whitehall, London. GPA refurbished the ministerial office space in 55 Whitehall ahead of the Department's moving into the building.
Asked by: Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to his Department have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last three years.
Answered by Alister Jack - Secretary of State for Scotland
The Scotland Office has not had any ministerial red boxes reported lost or stolen in the last three years. The departmental security unit records and investigates each reported loss from the Department. If appropriate, the police are invited to undertake further inquiries.Asked by: Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any refurbishments have been made to ministerial offices in his Department in each of the last two years.
Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Refurbishments made to ministerial offices in Defra (all in Marsham Street, London) in each of the last two years have been:
Each of these refurbishments strives to strike a balance between value for the taxpayer and ensuring that staff are able to do their job effectively.