Written questions

4,857 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: OMD Group

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the statement of requirements for the provision of media planning agency procurement to be delivered under the terms of the contract CCIT23A11 agreed between his Department and OMD Group Ltd o

27 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June to Question 189509 on Prime Minister: Aviation, in which section of his Department's quarterly ministerial transparency data can details of domestic flights taken by the Prime M

14 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many domestic flights for the purposes of government business were taken by the Prime Minister in the (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23 financial years.

14 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to sub-target two of the Greening Government Commitments reporting requirements for 2021 to 2025 last updated on 15 December 2022, whether his Department follows the encouragement in that guidance

14 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s publication of the number of migrants detected crossing the English Channel in small boats on 10 June 2023, first published on 11 June 2023, what was the nature of t

14 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Treasury: Meetings

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s declaration of ministerial meetings first published on 15 December 2022, what was the nature of the revision made in the updated version of the document published on 13 June 2023.

14 Jun 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Manchester and Middlesbrough

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s Early Legal Advice Pilot Scheme, how many clients received legal advice under the terms of the scheme in (a) Manchester and (b) Middlesbrough from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 202

12 Jun 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Evidence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications to admit bad character into evidence against (a) witnesses and (b) defendants in criminal trials were (i) made to and (ii) allowed by (A) Crown and (B) Magistrates Courts in England and Wale

12 Jun 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Evidence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications to admit bad character into evidence against defendants were (a) made to and (b) allowed by, Crown Courts in England and Wales in trials for (i) rape and (ii) sexual assault in each of the l

8 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for September 2022, published on 31 May 2023, what the purpose was of the conference for which the Kia Oval was paid £

8 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for July 2022, what was the (a) nature and (b) purpose of the services for which Barnard and Westood Ltd. were paid £1

7 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many domestic flights were undertaken by his Department in financial years (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23; and how many of those flights were by helicopter in each of those years.

7 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Helicopters

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Table 2 of the Greening Government Commitments Annual Report 2020-21, published in April 2023, how many of the 90 domestic flights for which his Department was responsible were undertaken by he

25 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has commissioned a survey to identify buildings within the Jobcentre estate which may have been constructed with Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.

25 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has held discussions with representatives from (a) Network Rail and (b) other station operators in England on the potential merits of those organisations commissioning surveys to identify any railway

25 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) IT and communications equipment, (b) chairs, desks and other furniture and (c) electronic fans, heaters and other equipment used for temperature control, to enable staff in

25 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) IT and communications equipment, (b) chairs, desks and other furniture and (c) electronic fans, heaters and other equipment used for temperature control, to enable staff in hi

25 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) IT and communications equipment, (b) chairs, desks and other furniture and (c) electronic fans, heaters and other equipment used for temperature control, to enable staff in hi

25 May 2023 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Remote Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on (a) IT and communications equipment, (b) chairs, desks and other furniture and (c) electronic fans, heaters and other equipment used for temperature control, to enable staff in h

25 May 2023 · Home Office

Home Office: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on (a) IT and communications equipment, (b) chairs, desks and other furniture and (c) electronic fans, heaters and other equipment used for temperature control, to enable

25 May 2023 · Treasury

Treasury: Remote Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on (a) IT and communications equipment, (b) chairs, desks and other furniture and (c) electronic fans, heaters and other equipment used for temperature control, to enable staff in his c

25 May 2023 · Treasury

Bank of England and Department for Transport: Research

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £25,000 for March 2022, what the nature was of the research carried out by (a) the Bank of England and (b) the Department for Transport for which those

25 May 2023 · Treasury

Office for National Statistics: Research

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £25,000 for March 2022, what the nature was of the research carried out by the Office for National Statistics for which that organisation was paid £1,3

25 May 2023 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Official Residences

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 59556, to which Ministers has the Prime Minister assigned use of the official residences at (a) 1 Carlton Gardens, (b) the three flats in Admiralty House, (c

25 May 2023 · Home Office

Home Office: Photography

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s transparency data entitled Home Office procurement card spend over £500: March 2023, for what purpose her Delivery Directorate hired an event photographer on 16 Marc

19 May 2023 · Attorney General

Government Legal Department: Training

To ask the Attorney General, how many staff in the Government Legal Department received public sector equality training in the period between (a) 13 February 2020 to 2 August 2022, (b) 3 August 2022 to 6 September 2022, and (c) 7 September 2022 to 15 May

17 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ministerial Boxes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2023 to Question 184022 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ministerial Boxes, how many times the decision was taken that a Mini

16 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Corporate Governance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May to Question 184326 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Corporate Governance, on which dates did the two meetings of his Departme

15 May 2023 · Home Office

Public Sector: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Home Office public sector equality duty training numbers 2023, published 15 May 2023, how many of the 3,514 staff trained from December 2019 to March 2023 received their training

12 May 2023 · Home Office

Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2023 to Question 183671 on Fraud, whether the data published on the Action Fraud website includes attempted fraud; and whether the statement in the data section of the

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