Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the oral Answer of 20 November 2025, Official Report, Column 834, on Motorists, and further to the point of order of 25 November 2025, Official report, Column 261, on what date was she first aware of the proposal to introduce a national pay-per-mile Electric Vehicle Excise Duty scheme in the Budget 2025.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Secretary of State has regular discussions with HM Treasury ministers about a range of topics, but final tax decisions are for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to make and are announced at the Budget.
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the (a) name, (b) job title, (c) annual remuneration, (d) time commitment and (e) expected end date is for each direct ministerial appointment in his Department.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The information requested is attached.
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, what the (a) name, (b) job title, (c) annual remuneration, (d) time commitment and (e) expected end date is for each direct ministerial appointment made by the Law Officers.
Answered by Ellie Reeves - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The AGO has not made any direct ministerial appointments.
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the (a) name, (b) job title, (c) annual remuneration, (d) time commitment and (e) expected end date is for each direct ministerial appointment in her Department.
Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question 74274 on 26 September 2025.
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) name, (b) job title, (c) annual remuneration, (d) time commitment and (e) expected end date is for each direct ministerial appointment in his Department.
Answered by Hilary Benn - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Within my Department, the following direct ministerial appointments have been made to non-statutory offices:
Intertrade UK - Chair and Members
Name and Job Title: Baroness Arlene Foster, Chair of Intertrade UK
Annual Remuneration: N/A
Time Commitment: Approximately 1 day per month
Expected End Date: 18 months from date of appointment. The Chair may be reappointed for no more than 18 months (so may serve for a maximum of three consecutive years).
Names and Job Title: Dr Esmond Birnie, Kirsty McManus, Suzanne Wylie, Roger Pollen, Angela McGowan - Members of Intertrade UK.
Annual Remuneration: N/A
Time Commitment: Approximately 1 day per month
Expected End Date: 18 months from date of appointment. Members may be reappointed for no more than 18 months (so may serve for a maximum of three consecutive years).
Windsor Framework Independent Monitoring Panel
Names and Job Title: Alastair Hamilton (Chair), Anna Jerzewska, Aidan Reilly - Chair and Panel Members of the Windsor Framework Independent Monitoring Panel.
Annual Remuneration: N/A
Time Commitment: The Panel is expected to report to the Government on a six-monthly basis and therefore Panelists should have the capacity to do so.
Expected End Date: 24 months from date of appointment with the possibility of an extension subject to Ministerial agreement.
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) name, (b) job title, (c) annual remuneration, (d) time commitment and (e) expected end date is for each direct ministerial appointment in his Department.
Answered by Jake Richards - Assistant Whip
The Ministry of Justice makes information on its direct ministerial appointments available in line with Cabinet Office guidance on transparency. This information is available on GOV.UK and kept under review to ensure it is up to date.
Name(s) | Job Title | Press Release |
Kate Green; Dr Tom McNeil; Katy Swaine Williams; Dr Shona Minson; Bernie Bowen-Thomson; Michaela Booth; Anne Fox; Lady Edwina Grosvenor; Dame Vera Baird DBE KC; Pia Sinha | Members of Women’s Justice Board | |
Dame Carol Black; Ed Bathgate; Andi Brierley; Vicki Markiewicz; Dr Sunil Lad; Ranjan Bhattacharyya; Dr Ed Day. | Members of Drug and Alcohol Recovery Expert Panel | Drug and Alcohol Recovery Expert Panel: Terms of Reference - GOV.UK |
Dame Lynne Owens | Lead Independent Reviewer into Releases in Error | Appointment of Dame Lynne Owens as independent reviewer - GOV.UK |
Her Honour Deborah Taylor | Chair of the Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board | New Chair of the Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board appointed - GOV.UK Extension of Deborah Taylor's term as Chair of the Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board - GOV.UK |
Chair of the Nottingham Inquiry | Chair appointed for public inquiry into Nottingham attack - GOV.UK | |
The Rt Hon Sir Brian Leveson | Chair of the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts | |
Shaun McNally, Chris Mayer, Jay Bangle, Katie Atkinson, David Ormerod | Expert Advisers to the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts | |
HHJ Sarah Munro KC | Chair of the Andrew Malkinson Inquiry | Judge appointed to chair independent Malkinson Inquiry - GOV.UK |
Lord Philip Sales, The Right Hon. Sir Colin Birss, The Honourable Justice Joanna Smith, Mark Evans, Kirsty Brimelow KC, Dame Elizabeth Gloster DBE, Richard Bamforth, Jonathan Wood, Kevin Nash, Lucy Greenwood, Clare Ambrose, Christina Blacklaws, Charles Clark, Professor Richard Susskind CBE KC (Hon), Dr Linda Yueh, James Palmer CBE, John Foster, Marcus Peffers, Dame Linda Dobbs DBE, Farzana Baduel | Members of English Law Promotion Panel |
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the (a) name, (b) job title, (c) annual remuneration, (d) time commitment and (e) expected end date is for each direct ministerial appointment in her Department.
Answered by Jo Stevens - Secretary of State for Wales
There are currently no direct ministerial appointments at the Wales Office.