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Written Question
Anti-corruption Ministerial Group
Monday 5th September 2016

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Inter-Ministerial Group on Anti-Corruption will continue to exist.

Answered by Ben Gummer

Departments are working to progress the anti-corruption agenda, including work that was set out at the London Anti-Corruption Summit on May 12. However, the new government will wish to consider its approach to specific anti corruption policies, and the governance structures that will oversee this work.


Written Question
Prime Ministers Policy Unit
Thursday 21st July 2016

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, how many people have (a) resigned and (b) been dismissed from the Number 10 Policy Unit since 13 July 2016.

Answered by Theresa May

Information relating to the number of staff employed at Downing Street and their salaries is published as part of the Cabinet Office Staff and Salary Data, and is available on the gov.uk website.


Written Question
Prime Ministers Policy Unit
Thursday 21st July 2016

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, who she has appointed to the Number 10 Policy Unit.

Answered by Theresa May

Information relating to the number of staff employed at Downing Street and their salaries is published as part of the Cabinet Office Staff and Salary Data, and is available on the gov.uk website.


Written Question
Ministers: Resignations
Thursday 21st July 2016

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, whether she held exit interviews with Ministers leaving the Government.

Answered by Theresa May

Ministerial reshuffles are handled in the same way as previous administrations.


Written Question
Prime Minister: Ministerial Policy Advisers
Thursday 21st July 2016

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, what appointments she has made as her new special advisers since taking up her post.

Answered by Theresa May

A list will be published in due course.


Written Question
Departmental Responsibilities
Thursday 21st July 2016

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, what estimate she has made of the cost of the changes to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Energy and Climate Change as a result of recent machinery of government changes.

Answered by Theresa May

I refer the hon. Member to the Written Statement I made about Machinery of Government Changes on 18 July 2016, HCWS94.


Written Question
Government Departments: Recruitment
Thursday 21st July 2016

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, when she expects the new Departments for (a) International Trade, (b) Exiting the European Union and (c) Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to be fully staffed and functioning.

Answered by Theresa May

I refer the hon. Member to the Written Statement I made about Machinery of Government Changes on 18 July 2016, HCWS94.


Written Question
Government Departments: Recruitment
Thursday 21st July 2016

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, how many new civil servants will be recruited to staff the Departments for (a) International Trade, (b) Exiting the European Union and (c) Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Answered by Theresa May

I refer the hon. Member to the Written Statement I made about Machinery of Government Changes on 18 July 2016, HCWS94.


Written Question
Prime Ministers Policy Unit
Thursday 21st July 2016

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, who the director of the Number 10 Policy Unit is.

Answered by Theresa May

I refer the hon. Member to the press release issued by my office on 14 July 2016. This is available on the gov.uk website.


Written Question
Ministers: Pay
Thursday 21st July 2016

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, which Ministers in the Government are unpaid.

Answered by Theresa May

The full list of Ministerial appointments has been published on the gov.uk website.