Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on radio adverts in the last five years broken down by radio station.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Government is strongly supportive of the radio sector and recognises the great value that it offers to communities across the UK. Radio plays an important role in our cross channel strategy, with the merits of its use being assessed in relation to this.
Government public information campaigns utilise a wide range of channels to maximise reach and engagement and to ensure our messaging reaches as many people as possible.
The Cabinet Office has spent a total of £58,547,372 on radio advertisement in the last 5 years, covering large scale cross-Government campaigns such as UK Transition, Covid-19 and Help for Households.
Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the original agreement between Fullbrook Strategies and the Government for the secondment of the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Mark Fullbrook included provision for a severance payment in the event of redundancy.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
Mr Fullbrook is not employed by the Government under a secondment agreement, therefore I can confirm that no such agreement exists.
Mr Fullbrook is employed directly by the Government under the Model Contract for Special Advisers, which sets out the terms of employment for special advisers, including provision for severance payments. Together with the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers and the Civil Service Code, this constitutes a special adviser’s contract of employment with the Crown.
As required by legislation, Special Adviser costs and salaries are routinely published on GOV.UK by the Cabinet Office. The next annual publication is due in 2023.
All special adviser salaries are set within the pay ranges specified in this report.
Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (a) what fee was originally agreed with Fullbrook Strategies for the secondment of the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Mark Fullbrook and (b) whether this amount was greater than the equivalent highest recommended Cabinet Office pay band for UK Government Special Advisors.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
Mr Fullbrook is not employed by the Government under a secondment agreement, therefore I can confirm that no such agreement exists.
Mr Fullbrook is employed directly by the Government under the Model Contract for Special Advisers, which sets out the terms of employment for special advisers, including provision for severance payments. Together with the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers and the Civil Service Code, this constitutes a special adviser’s contract of employment with the Crown.
As required by legislation, Special Adviser costs and salaries are routinely published on GOV.UK by the Cabinet Office. The next annual publication is due in 2023.
All special adviser salaries are set within the pay ranges specified in this report.
Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the salary agreed with the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Mark Fullbrook following his recent direct employment by the Government on a Special Adviser contract is within the current recommended Cabinet Office pay bands for UK Government Special Advisors.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
Mr Fullbrook is not employed by the Government under a secondment agreement, therefore I can confirm that no such agreement exists.
Mr Fullbrook is employed directly by the Government under the Model Contract for Special Advisers, which sets out the terms of employment for special advisers, including provision for severance payments. Together with the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers and the Civil Service Code, this constitutes a special adviser’s contract of employment with the Crown.
As required by legislation, Special Adviser costs and salaries are routinely published on GOV.UK by the Cabinet Office. The next annual publication is due in 2023.
All special adviser salaries are set within the pay ranges specified in this report.
Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it his policy that there will be public consultations on the replacement of retained EU law with new legislative proposals.
Answered by Jacob Rees-Mogg
It is the responsibility of Government Departments to consult on policy or legislative change.
Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the value of unsecured debt owed by individuals in each income decile in each year since 2010.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.