Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the findings were of Civil Service People Surveys undertaken between July 2019 to September 2021 for staff working in the private offices of Ministers in his Department.
Answered by David Rutley
The People Survey is an annual survey that all Civil Servants have the opportunity to participate in. It provides us with valuable insights into the experiences and thoughts of our staff, and therefore has strict controls to protect the anonymity of respondents. As part of these controls, we do not release data for sub-teams that have a small number of staff - this prevents individual staff members from being identified by their responses. FCDO's overall scores for the survey has been published and can be found here: Civil Service people surveys - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-service-people-surveys#full-publication-update-history
Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff worked for his Department in September 2021.
Answered by David Rutley
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office headcount on 30 September 2021 was 7242.
Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff are employed at Chevening.
Answered by Vicky Ford
Chevening House is managed by an independent trust. The number of staff employed is a matter for the trustees.
Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) polling services in 2021.
Answered by Vicky Ford
The information requested could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish the transparency data relating to Guests to Chevening for the last three years.
Answered by Vicky Ford
Chevening House is managed by independent trustees. Information about overnight stays by Ministers is not collected centrally.
Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total cost to the public purse was of the use of the Government Airbus A321 for her visit to Australia between 18 and 23 January 2022.
Answered by James Cleverly - Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
In accordance with the Ministerial Code the FCDO publishes the costs related to an overseas visit made by the Foreign Secretary as part of the Quarterly Transparency Return https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/minister-data#2020.