Written questions

947 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Special Advisers: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff and (b) the Cabinet Office have developed contingency plans for (i) a strike and (ii) a work to rule by special advisers.

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will list his Department's trade envoys.

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Political Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1206 on Political Levy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on trade union members that have not previou

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Political Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1206 on Political Levy, whether trade unions will be required to inform members of the right to opt-out (a) on membership forms and (b) in yearly memb

28 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UK Special Representative for Climate

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the new Special Representative for Climate is a direct ministerial appointment; what the terms of reference were for this appointment; and whether she has made any de

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Green Finance Institute and Lisbet Rausing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had discussions with (i) the Green Finance Institute and (ii) Lisbet Rausing since 5 July 2024.

28 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Facsimile Transmission

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many faxes his Department has (a) sent and (b) received since the general election.

24 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Government Hospitality: Spirits and Wines

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 2067 on Government Hospitality: Wines, what the (a) full name, (b) vintage and (c) cost was of each (i) wine and (ii) s

24 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Ministers: Private Property

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether theft of a Minister’s personal possessions while on official business is covered by Departmental insurance.

24 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Zero Hours Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Civil Service has employed any (a) staff and (b) contractors on zero-hours contracts since 5 July 2024.

24 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Trade Union Officials

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 September to Question 5051 on Civil Servants: Trade Union Officials, whether the Government plans to (a) issue new guidance on and (b) renegotiate existing facility time agreements.

24 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Intelligence Services: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether individuals of pension age receiving a pension from the security and intelligence services are able to accrue a civil service pension if employed by the civil service.

24 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Treasury: Recruitment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2024 to Question 4258 on Treasury: public appointments, if she will provide this data by the recruitment principles exception used by each grade.

24 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 4703 on Public Sector: Pay, if he will take steps to collate this information.

24 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Directors

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2024 to Question 4655 on Public Sector: Directors, which Non-Executive Board Members have left which Departments since 4 July 2024.

23 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 5052 on Government Departments: Disclosure of Information and with reference to the when he plans to start to publish (a) transparency data for (i) Ministe

23 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Special Advisers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2024 to Question 4682 on Prime Minister's Chief of Staff: Workplace Pensions, whether other public bodies hold information on the Cash Equivalent Transfer Value of civil se

23 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2024 to Question 5009 on Government Departments: Disclosure of Information, whether he has issued guidance to Departments on the frequency of publishing (a) core and (b) ot

23 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Cybersecurity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 September 2024 to Question 2301 on Cyber-security: EU law, whether the National Cyber Security Centre has made an assessment of the potential risks to (a) public and (b) private secto

23 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which categories of (a) individual and (b) organisation are eligible to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

23 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) substantive information requested and (b) decision was for each (i) Freedom of Information Act and (ii) Environmental Information Regulation request received by his Department since the general elec

23 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Members' Interests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference Answer of 26 September 2024 to Question HL978 on Ministers: Members' Interests, whether declarations made by Ministers to the House of Commons or House of Lords register of Members’ interests cons

23 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Admiralty House

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2024 to Question 2633 on Admiralty House, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) renting out the empty flats and (b) converting the empty flats to off

23 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether direct ministerial appointments are eligible for the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

23 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Special Advisers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance has been provided by (a) the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff or (b) Cabinet Office special adviser HR to special advisers on the Alpha Civil Service Pension scheme.

23 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Remote Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 16 September 2024 to Question HL667 on Government Departments: Remote Working, when he plans to provide an update on future publication plans.

23 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Procurement: National Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many evaluations relating to Government policies, projects or programmes have been exempted from publication due to national security concerns in the last 12 months; and what steps his Department is taking t

23 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Official Residences

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1214 on Ministers: Official Residences, whether the Prime Minister has allocated the remaining official residences.

23 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Coronavirus: Contracts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Covid Corruption Commissioner will be a direct Ministerial appointment.

22 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people will be subject to an annual allowance tax charge due to the retrospective application of the McCloud remedy on Civil Service pensions.

Source: official written-questions record.