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Written Question
Leader of the House of Commons: Staff
Tuesday 14th March 2017

Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, what proportion of Civil Service positions in his Office were vacant for a week or longer in each year since 2010; and what the average turnover rate for civil servants in his Office has been in each year since 2010.

Answered by David Lidington

The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.

I refer the hon. Member to the forthcoming answer from my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office to Question UIN 66684.

Written Question
Leader of the House of Commons: Contracts
Monday 27th February 2017

Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, what the total (a) number and (b) value of Government contracts that have been contracted out by his Office was in each year since 2010; what the value of pro bono costs was in each such year; and what estimate he has made of the number of work days contracted out in each such year.

Answered by David Lidington

The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 27 February 2017, to Question UIN 64401.

Written Question
Leader of the House of Commons: Security
Tuesday 14th February 2017

Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, how many security passes into his Office are issued to people (a) not directly employed by and (b) who are not civil servants who work in his Office.

Answered by David Lidington

The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.


I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 14 February 2017, to Question UIN 63256.

Written Question
Cabinet Office: Pay
Thursday 9th February 2017

Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, what the total pay bill was for (a) male and (b) female employees in his Office in 2015-16; and what the per capita spend from that pay bill for each man and woman was in that year.

Answered by David Lidington

The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.


I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 8 February 2017, to Question UIN 63064.

Written Question
Leader of the House of Commons: Senior Civil Servants
Thursday 9th February 2017

Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, what the (a) ethnicity, (b) gender, (c) disability status, (d) educational background and (e) socio-economic status is of the three most senior officials of his Office.

Answered by David Lidington

The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.


I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 8 February 2017, to Question UIN 62876.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Feb 2015
Members’ Paid Directorships and Consultancies

"Is the Leader of the House not aware that that precise system, though much more rigorous, is already applied in Washington, the home of free enterprise?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Feb 2015
Members’ Paid Directorships and Consultancies

"This has been an interesting debate, although it has not always been of the highest quality. A number of contributions stay in my mind, but I will not have a chance to deal with them all.

My hon. Friend the Member for Newport West (Paul Flynn) pointed out that £67,000 …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Feb 2015
Members’ Paid Directorships and Consultancies

"No, I do not have time.

The central issue that our motion is intended to address is the crisis of legitimacy that the British governing elite is experiencing. We encounter cynicism wherever we go, and in the end it will imperil the very foundations of our democracy unless we somehow …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Feb 2015
Members’ Paid Directorships and Consultancies

"No, I am not going to take any interventions.

If we do not respond to the current mood in the country, we will be lost as a House of Commons. I do not for one minute think that most voters imagine that their elected representatives are somehow superhuman and never …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Feb 2015
Members’ Paid Directorships and Consultancies

"No, I am not going to take any interventions, because I do not have time.

We need to show that we have learned the lessons and changed the rules, to prevent any repetition of those errors in the future. The Opposition contend that it is a mistake for the House …..."
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