Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contractors have been hired by the Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street since 12 December 2019.
Answered by Chloe Smith
Further to the answer given by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister at Prime Minister’s Questions on 26 February 2020 (Official Record, Vol.672, Col 313), and the answers given by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and myself to Oral Questions and Topical Questions on 27 February 2020 (Official Record, Vol.672, Col 456-457, 461-466), Andrew Sabisky was hired as a contractor between 10 and 17 February, and not as a Special Adviser.
Contractors are subject to the principles of the Civil Service Code. Information about the numbers of contingent labour workers in the Cabinet Office, which also covers 10 Downing Street, is published annually.
Government contractors are paid for from departmental budgets. The Government does not normally comment on individual personnel matters such as pay, or recruitment processes. The Government also does not normally disclose the names of individual line managers.
It has been the practice of successive administrations that the Government does not disclose details of internal meetings. Classified information is made available only to those with appropriate security clearance and whose responsibilities require it.
It would be inappropriate to comment further on the vetting status, checks or contractual arrangements of any individual.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contingent workers work for the Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.
Answered by Chloe Smith
Further to the answer given by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister at Prime Minister’s Questions on 26 February 2020 (Official Record, Vol.672, Col 313), and the answers given by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and myself to Oral Questions and Topical Questions on 27 February 2020 (Official Record, Vol.672, Col 456-457, 461-466), Andrew Sabisky was hired as a contractor between 10 and 17 February, and not as a Special Adviser.
Contractors are subject to the principles of the Civil Service Code. Information about the numbers of contingent labour workers in the Cabinet Office, which also covers 10 Downing Street, is published annually.
Government contractors are paid for from departmental budgets. The Government does not normally comment on individual personnel matters such as pay, or recruitment processes. The Government also does not normally disclose the names of individual line managers.
It has been the practice of successive administrations that the Government does not disclose details of internal meetings. Classified information is made available only to those with appropriate security clearance and whose responsibilities require it.
It would be inappropriate to comment further on the vetting status, checks or contractual arrangements of any individual.
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Written Evidence Mar. 04 2020
Inquiry: The economics of Universal CreditFound: The appointment of Andrew Sabisky, with his endorsement of “universal contraception”, highlights the
Written Evidence Mar. 04 2020
Inquiry: The economics of Universal CreditFound: The appointment of Andrew Sabisky, with his endorsement of fiuniversal contraceptionfl, highlights the
I asked 26 questions to the Government about the hiring of Andrew Sabisky and got this vacuous nonsense in return. As a former Tory PM said: sunlight is the best disinfectant, and this Government needs lots of it. https://t.co/g2M6CVgCwk https://t.co/9vlf9UdfBu
No 10 under pressure to say whether it vetted 'racist' Andrew Sabisky https://t.co/F0rAfWPjgo
Andrew Sabisky was hired as a ‘Super Forecaster’ - how come he didn’t realise he would only last 5 minutes in the job? Any fool could forecast that.
Good - he should never have been hired let alone defended for those abhorrent views: Number 10 adviser Andrew Sabisky quits after controversial comments revealed | Politics News | Sky News https://t.co/5fNeAIg3h3
It is good that Andrew Sabisky has quit. Eugenics has no place in government. However, by refusing to condemn these views, Boris Johnson revealed so much about his own character. https://t.co/576DCbMccS