Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department.
Answered by Steve Baker
The Department for Exiting the European Union occupies space in buildings managed by other government departments. As such, it does not directly employ cleaners, and instead contributes to the general cleanliness and upkeep of each building through the service charges it pays to the landlord departments.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many hours of overtime have been worked by staff in his Department in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Steve Baker
The Department for Exiting the European Union is committed to ensuring staff maintain a work-life balance. The Department has a range of flexible working policies in place to avoid excess working hours. On occasion staff are required to work above their conditioned hours but all overtime is pre-agreed with line managers.
Please note the below data relates to the month in which the claims were logged, they may not necessarily be the months when the overtime hours were worked.
Month | Overtime Hours logged |
February 2017 | 497.8 |
March 2017 | 486 |
April 2017 | 831.2 |
May 2017 | 439.06 |
June 2017 | 700.5 |
July 2017 | 555.5 |
August 2017 | 1307.05 |
September 2017 | 1102.2 |
October 2017 | 1009.7 |
November 2017 | 398 |
December 2017 | 855.45 |
January 2018 | 835.04 |
February 2018 | 562.2 |
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many times he has met with the governments of (a) Gibraltar, (b) Crown Dependencies and (c) other UK Overseas Territories in the last 12 months.
Answered by Robin Walker
The Government is committed to fully involving the Governments of the Crown Dependencies, Gibraltar and the other Overseas Territories as we leave the EU and we speak regularly at official and Ministerial level to ensure we are fulfilling this commitment.
I am responsible for engagement with these governments and speak regularly with them, including through regular phone conversations, visits and meetings. In total, over the past twelve months, I have met a) the Government of Gibraltar on eight occasions; b) the governments of the other UK Overseas Territories’ on two occasions; and c) the governments of the Crown Dependencies on seven occasions. I have also visited Gibraltar and each of the Crown Dependencies within the last year.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with (a) The Mayor of London and (b) Members of the GLA on the effect on London of the Greater London Authority report, Preparing for Brexit, published in January 2018.
Answered by Suella Braverman
The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union has met with the Mayor of London several times since the Referendum. At their last meeting on the 11 September 2017 they discussed key issues relevant to London with regard to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
The Government is committed to positive and productive engagement with the Mayor of London and will continue to work closely with him to understand the potential impact and opportunities presented by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether he has discussed the letter of 16 February to the Prime Minister from the European Research Group with any of the officers of the European Research Group.
Answered by Robin Walker
Ministers regularly engage with MPs to discuss a wide range of topics, however, as the European Research Group does not have a published list of members, the Department does not hold information pertaining to the group. Details of Ministerial and senior official meetings are published in the Department’s Quarterly Transparency Returns, which are made publicly available on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many times he or ministers of his Department have met the with the European Research Group since taking office.
Answered by Robin Walker
Ministers regularly engage with MPs to discuss a wide range of topics, however, as the European Research Group does not have a published list of members, the Department does not hold information pertaining to the group. Details of Ministerial and senior official meetings are published in the Department’s Quarterly Transparency Returns, which are made publicly available on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate has been made of the number of single use disposable cups that are (a) used each year and (b) sent for recycling by his Department.
Answered by Steve Baker
The Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) is accommodated in buildings owned by other government departments. The provision of disposable cups and the management of their disposal is overseen by the landlords for each building.