Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people, other than special advisers, have been appointed to civil service posts in her Department without open competition since 4 July 2024; what their (a) job titles and (b) salary bands are; and on what basis each was appointed.
Answered by Mike Kane
Our records are dated as from 1 July 2024.
Of the exception decisions that are delegated to the Department for Transport, 5 have been made since 1 July 2024. The information requested on these appointments is provided in the table below:
(a) Job title | (b) Salary band | (c) Exception |
Marine Office Dedicated Oral Examiner (Surveyor) | SEO | Exception 5 – Former civil servant |
Data Protection Compliance Support Officer Apprentice | EO | Exception 2 – Support for government employment programme |
Driving Examiner | EO | Exception 5 – Former civil servant |
Driving Examiner | EO | Exception 5 – Former civil servant |
UK Search and Rescue Second Generation | SCS 1 | Exception 1 – temporary appointment |
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) direct ministerial and (b) other public appointments to her Department and associated bodies have (i) been (A) removed from their posts and (B) asked to resign and (ii) made since 4 July 2024.
Answered by Mike Kane
No Direct Ministerial Appointments or other Public Appointments to the Department for Transport and associated bodies (Public Bodies) have been removed from their posts or asked to resign since 4 July 2024.
The following appointments have been announced since 4 July 2024:
Direct Ministerial Appointments
Shadow Great British Railways, Chair.
Public Appointments
Office of the Traffic Commissioners, Traffic Commissioner North-West
Network Rail (NR), Acting Chair.
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of people that have been appointed to posts in her Department, other than special advisers, who have (a) worked for and (b) been seconded to (i) the Labour party and (ii) the office of a Labour hon. Member since 4 July 2024.
Answered by Mike Kane
Of the appointments made to the Department for Transport where an exception to the recruitment principles have applied, none involved people who have (a) worked for and (b) been seconded to (i) the Labour party and (ii) the office of a Labour Honourable Member since 4 July 2024.
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which Ministers have been allocated a dedicated vehicle from the Government Car Service.
Answered by Mike Kane
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre.
Presently, GCS has allocated 27 electric vehicles to various government departments and maintains an additional pool of electric vehicles for ad hoc requests. Due to logistical and operational considerations, these numbers are subject to regular change.
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Ministers have been allocated an electric vehicle from the Government Car Service.
Answered by Mike Kane
The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre.
Presently, GCS has allocated 27 electric vehicles to various government departments and maintains an additional pool of electric vehicles for ad hoc requests. Due to logistical and operational considerations, these numbers are subject to regular change.
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total amount his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
Answered by Claire Perry
(a) This information on ministerial travel is shown below:
Year | Number of cars | Contracted cost |
2007-08 | 4 | £272,700 |
2008-09 | 4 | £289,800 |
2009-10 | 3 | £282,979 |
(b) The Department for Transport ministerial travel by car would have been in Official Cars provided by the Government Car & Despatch Agency during these periods.