Written questions

947 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Cabinet Office’s Government Procurement Card spend over £500 - July 2024, what the purpose was of the payments to (a) the Cookie Jar on 8 July 2024 and (b) Borgo Egnazia 6 on 17 July 2024.

4 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster's letter to the Senior Salaries Review Body of 30 September 2024, whether public sector pay rises will be linked to productivity improvements in financial y

4 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Civil Service Fast Stream Recruitment Data 2024 published on 27 September 2024, for what reason the diversity data is collected by gender rather than sex.

4 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Foreign Investment in UK: National Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to table 5 of the National Security and Investment Act 2021: Annual Report 2023-24, published on 10 September 2024, for what reason each of the withdrawals from a called in acquisition withdrew; a

4 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Civil Servants and Ministers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.51 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, what her Department's policy is on the application of inheritance tax to (a) unused pension funds and (b) death benef

4 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 10967 on Government Departments: Disclosure of Information, if he will outline (a) potential changes to the scope, manner and frequency of Ministerial report

4 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he the Government has plans to reduce the use of non-scheduled flights by Ministers.

1 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Foreign Investment in UK: National Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled National Security and Investment Act 2021: Annual Report 2023-24, published on 10 September 2024, for what reason there was the reduction in the average ti

1 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 May 2024 on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Civil Service, HCWS464, and pursuant to the Answers of 19 September 2024 to Question 5049 and of 16 September 20

1 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Official Gifts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing guidance on (a) accepting and (b) declaring (i) donations in kind, (ii) gifts and (iii) sponsorship of retail goods or services by commercial orga

31 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Households: Single People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will ask the Office for National Statistics to publish data on the number and proportion of households that have only one adult in each local authority.

31 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Senior Civil Servants

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many senior civil servants in the Prime Minister's office have (a) left and (b)announced their intention to leave since 4 July 2024.

31 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Equipment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will re-install the customer experience machines at 10 Downing Street.

31 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Surveys

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has conducted a Civil Service people survey since 4 July 2024.

31 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Council of the Nations and Regions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who has line management responsibility for the Envoy for the Nations and Regions.

30 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Special Advisers: Business Interests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 September 2024 to Question 5039 on Special Advisers: Business Interests, if he will publish that register before 19 December 2024.

30 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Parthenon Sculptures

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has received representations from the Greek Government on (a) loaning and (b) donating the Elgin Marbles to Greece.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Amy Lamé

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) officials, (b) Ministers and (c) special advisers in his Department have (a) met and (b) corresponded with the Mayor of London's Night Czar on the issue of London's night-time economy since

29 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Corporate Hospitality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to update the guidance entitled (a) Special advisers’ gifts and hospitality received, and meetings with Senior Media Figures, published on 2 April 2024, and (b) Senior Officials’ business expens

29 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a (a) staff and (b) budget allocation for the Deputy Prime Minister other than those allocated to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.

29 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Committees

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is an (a) informal and (b) formal quadrilateral committee or sub-committee of the Cabinet.

29 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Conduct

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2024 to Question 2060 on Ministers: Conduct, what steps the Prime Minister is taking to ensure that paragraph 9.1 is followed by all Departments.

29 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Prime Minister: Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to take legislative steps to amend the Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013.

29 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Varun Chandra: Business Interests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what financial interests have been declared by Varun Chandra.

29 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Arsenal FC

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has been made of the value of the donation in kind from Arsenal to the Prime Minister of use of the Directors Box in the next twelve months.

29 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Special Advisers: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of special advisers have signed a contract.

29 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Cats

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a cost to the public purse of the upkeep of cats at 10 Downing Street.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has held recent discussions with the Premier League on the potential implications for his policies of foreign investment in football.

28 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government: Ethics

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister is responsible for ethics and integrity in government.

28 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

National Security Council: Special Advisers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which special advisers (a) are members of and (b) attend as observers of the National Security Council.

Source: official written-questions record.