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HANSARDInfected Blood Victims: Compensation PaymentsI thank all those who attended the meeting of the all-party parliamentary group on haemophilia and contaminated blood chaired by the right hon. Lady last week. The Government…16 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Servants: RelocationIt is always a pleasure to share good news with you, Mr Speaker. Just three years into our 10-year programme, we have already hit 50% of our target to relocate 22,000 roles from…16 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Servants: RelocationDepartments select places for role relocations using workforce and locational analysis, as well as many other factors, which I am sure would include those referred to by my hon.…16 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Servants: RelocationIndividual Departments determine the pay and conditions for their civil servants. There are ongoing discussions with officials. I also met members of the PCS in January. We want…16 Mar 2023HANSARDInfected Blood Victims: Compensation PaymentsThe right hon. Lady makes a reasonable challenge. She has battled on this issue for many years. I am focused on that interim report from Sir Brian. We have already had the…16 Mar 2023HANSARDGovernment Projects: Cost to Public PurseThe Infrastructure and Projects Authority’s standards, tools and training for Government projects help to ensure that projects are set up for success. The IPA’s transforming…16 Mar 2023HANSARDGovernment Projects: Cost to Public PurseI agree with my hon. Friend that it is essential that we get value for money from the investments we make in our people. There is a role for well-paid people to deliver important…16 Mar 2023HANSARDGovernment Projects: Cost to Public PurseThere is a difference between a cap and a control, and it is up to Departments to ensure that they are getting value for money in what they spend. Cutting bureaucracy and cutting…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsCivil service pay is determined at delegated levels between the Departments concerned. At the senior ranks of the civil service, it is more of a Cabinet Office responsibility. I…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe good news to share with my hon. Friend is that we have already got halfway to our target of 22,000 jobs moved out of London around the UK, and a huge number of those jobs have…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady has campaigned vigorously on this on behalf of her constituents. I am aware of her absolute focus on this matter of major concern. There is work ongoing; I think we…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsSome of the precision of that would be better answered by my colleagues in the relevant Department, but what I will say to reassure the hon. Gentleman is that the Infrastructure…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe next point in this process will be the second interim report, and when that is published, I will meet the right hon. Lady and her colleagues from the all-party parliamentary…16 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityMy hon. Friend refers to conversations he had with Sue Gray, and says that he does not know whether Sue Gray was having conversations with others at the same time. I am not aware…06 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityMy hon. Friend has expressed his view in his own style. He knows me and will know that my style is to say I am going to await the conclusions that come out of the factual inquiry…06 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityAs my hon. Friend will appreciate, I am in no position to know whether there is a contract, either oral or written, between Sue Gray and the Labour party. Nor am I in any position…06 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityAs I have said, there is work in progress to ensure that all the facts are identified, but I am not aware that there were any such discussions prior to Thursday last week.06 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityThe anti-corruption strategy is run by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Security; I know he works actively on that, and an anti-corruption champion will be appointed in due…06 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityThat would help. I have been pondering the earlier question about the efficacy of people moving from the civil service into party political roles. Clearly that cannot be deemed an…06 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityMy right hon. Friend the Prime Minister is considering proposals made by PACAC, the Committee on Standards in Public Life and Sir Nigel Boardman about how we could improve the…06 Mar 2023