Written questions
4,009 written questions tabled, most recent first.
3 Jul 2019 · Attorney General
Attorney General: Overtime
To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the amount of unpaid overtime worked by staff in his Department in the last 24 months.
1 Jul 2019 · Cabinet Office
Political Parties: Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2017 to Question 268970, whether his Department received proposals from the Electoral Commission on the implementation of section 10 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 20
25 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Senior Civil Servants: Education
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of senior civil servants that were educated at (a) Oxford and (b) Cambridge University.
25 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Education
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on the educational background of civil servants.
25 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Senior Civil Servants: Private Education
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the senior civil service that were privately educated.
25 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Political Parties: Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has received representations from the Electoral Commission on the workability of section 10 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009.
25 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Political Parties: Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2019 to Question 266672 on Political Parties: Finance, for what reason the Government considers Section 10 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 to be unworkable.
24 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Ministers
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the transparency data entitled Cabinet Office ministerial meetings January to March 2019, published on 21 June 2019, if he will publish the (a) organisations and (b) individuals that attended (
20 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Interserve
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he (a) has carried out or (b) plans to carry out under section 40 of the Small Business and Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 an investigation into the promptness of payment by Interserve of the subcont
20 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Kier Group
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he (a) has carried out or (b) plans to carry out under section 40 of the Small Business and Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 an investigation into the promptness of payment by Kier of the subcontractor
19 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Kier Group
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the new rules to prevent government suppliers from winning government contracts if they do not pay their suppliers on time are now in force; and whether Kier's recent payment performance falls below the
19 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Interserve
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Interserve has cancelled any public sector contracts since January 2019.
19 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Interserve: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to conduct an investigation into the effect of Interserve's entry into administration on that company's creditors.
19 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Kier Group: Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assurances Kier has given to the Government that Kier's financial situation will not affect its ability to fulfil the public sector contracts it holds.
19 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Kier Group
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Kier has indicated to his Department that it plans to terminate any of the public sector contracts it holds.
19 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Kier Group: Redundancy
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions the Government has had with Kier on the effect of job redundancies at Kier on delivery of public services by that company.
19 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Kier Group: Redundancy
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assurances his Department has received from Kier that any job losses will not affect public services or projects delivered by Kier.
19 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Kier Group: Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions his Department has had with Kier on the financial situation of that company.
19 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Political Parties: Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the Government has not issued a commencement order for Section 10 of the Political Parties Act 2009, in relation to non-resident donors.
17 Jun 2019 · Treasury
Private Finance Initiative
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of PFI contracts in operation by region.
23 May 2019 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of the guidance and regulations that his Department has issued across Government that are active.
22 May 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Public Sector: Land
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria his Department uses to monitor progress against the Government's target of releasing surplus public sector land for at least 160,000 homes.
22 May 2019 · Cabinet Office
One Public Estate Programme: Civil Servants
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants work on the One Public Estate programme; and what the staffing budget is for that programme.
22 May 2019 · Cabinet Office
Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists: Standards
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2019 to Question 254140, how many instances there have been of consultant lobbying firms listing a code of conduct in their entry to the Register that have failed to meet the tes
22 May 2019 · Cabinet Office
Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists: Standards
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2019 to Question 254140, for what reasons the Registrar is launching a consultation on codes of conduct.
22 May 2019 · Cabinet Office
Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists: Standards
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2019 to Question 254140, what the scope will be of the consultation launched by the Registrar into codes of conduct.
21 May 2019 · Department for Education
Backstage Centre: Work Experience
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have undertaken work-based learning opportunities on commercial projects at The Backstage Centre in each of the last 12 months.
21 May 2019 · Department for Education
National College Creative Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will commission a review of the (a) effectiveness and (b) value for money of the National College of Creative Industries.
21 May 2019 · Department for Education
National College Creative Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the studio space occupied by the National College of Creative Industries (a) is hired out to commercial clients and (b) comprises an income-generating business.
21 May 2019 · Department for Education
National College Creative Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Departments policy is on providing prospective partners different EOI submission dates for the opportunity to partner the National College Creative Industries.
Source: official written-questions record.