Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2025 to Question 32929 on Cabinet Office: Palantir, whether his Department has seconded staff from Palantir between 4 July 2024 and 11 March 2025.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
Secondments are part of a range of ways of bringing talent and experience into the civil service for short periods of time and have been used by successive governments. Secondments are arranged at a business unit level and must follow the processes as set out in the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, however based on the information held centrally, there is no record of any secondees from Palantir.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2025 to Question 36586 on Water Companies: Infrastructure, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of each Direct Procurement for Customers scheme on the annual cost of water bills for households in Yorkshire.
Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Prior to entering into a DPC arrangement, Ofwat considers the value for money of delivering the project as a DPC and also the impact on customer bills. The impacts on customer bills are unlikely to be known until a procurement for a scheme has been run, when the capital and operational costs of the project will be better understood. Currently the estimates provided through the price review are not mature estimates and are likely to change as the projects develop.
Our initial indication based on pathfinder projects is that there could be savings for customers of between 6% and 40% by delivering a scheme through DPC.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report by Oxfam entitled Fast, Fair, Funded and Feminist: A pathway to a just and transformative climate transition within and beyond the UK, published on 10 March; and whether he plans to implement the recommendations on supporting lower-income countries in publicly funded energy transitions.
Answered by Kerry McCarthy
The government’s approach to this transition is built on the principle of fairness – ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to contribute to the transition and reap the benefits – and is core to the UK’s Clean Energy Superpower Mission. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver jobs, growth and prosperity.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff his Department has seconded from Hakluyt since July 2024.
Answered by Justin Madders
The Department for Business and Trade has hosted no secondees from Hakluyt since July 2024.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff their Department has seconded from Hakluyt since July 2024.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Home Office does not have any seconded staff from this organisation.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of his Department's officials have been seconded from (a) the Institute for Economic Affairs, (b) the Policy Exchange, (c) the Adam Smith Institute and (d) Labour Together since July 2024.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
Secondments are part of a range of ways of bringing talent and experience into the civil service for short periods of time and have been used by successive governments. Secondments are arranged at a business unit level and must follow the processes as set out in the Civil Service Recruitment Principles. However, based on the information held centrally, there is no record of any secondees from the above mentioned organisations.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff his Department has seconded from Hakluyt since July 2024.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
Secondments are part of a range of ways of bringing talent and experience into the civil service for short periods of time and have been used by successive governments. Secondments are arranged at a business unit level and must follow the processes as set out in the Civil Service Recruitment Principles. However based on the information held centrally, there is no record of any secondees from Hakluyt.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, how many staff her Department has seconded from Hakluyt since July 2024.
Answered by Lucy Rigby - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
Secondments are one way of bringing talent and experience into the Civil Service for short periods of time and has been used by successive governments.
Secondments are arranged at a business unit level and data is held at business unit Level.
Since July 2024, the Attorney General’s Office has not seconded any staff from Hakluyt.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff their Department has seconded from Hakluyt since July 2024.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
Information about secondments in the Ministry of Justice is not held in a central location, and therefore we are not able to report on the number of employees seconded from Hakluyt since July 2024.
All Civil Servants are subject to a Loans and Secondments policy and the provisions of the Official Secrets Act. HR policies outline the Department’s stance on political activity, with declaration requirements varying by grade. All Civil Servants are expected to abide by rules governing political activities and to avoid situations that lead to conflicts of interest, such as the non-disclosure of sensitive information.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff their Department has seconded from Hakluyt since July 2024.
Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office)
Secondments is one way of bringing talent and experience into the civil service for short periods of time and has been used by successive governments. Secondments are arranged at a business unit level and data is held at Business Unit Level.
There have been no secondments from Hakluyt into the Department since 5th July 2024.