Written questions

1,575 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 20339, how much his Department spent on external recruitment consultants in 2021.

10 Oct 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Consultancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on external management consultants in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.

10 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Secondment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether individuals working for the Government on secondment are governed by the Civil Service Code of Conduct.

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many units of personal protective equipment are currently in storage in shipping containers; and what is the cost to the public purse of that storage.

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2022 to Question 18920, on Department of Health and Social Care: Protective Clothing, when her Department began employing three full-time equivalent staff at the S

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June to Question 17170, if she will publish a breakdown of her Department's spending on consultants in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June to Question 24604, how much her Department spent on external recruitment consultants in 2021.

7 Sep 2022 · Cabinet Office

Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests: Resignations

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Urgent Question on 16 June 2022 on Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests Resignation, Official Report, column 429, whether allegations of Islamophobia experienced by the hon. Member for Wea

7 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Lord Bamford

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he last met Lord Bamford.

7 Sep 2022 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Codes of Practice

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister will make it her policy to update the Ministerial Code.

7 Sep 2022 · Cabinet Office

Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister will appoint a new Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests.

7 Sep 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) Government officials and (b) officials in his Department are employed to oversee the storage of personal protective equipment overseas.

7 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) Government officials and (b) officials in her Department are employed to oversee the storage of personal protective equipment.

7 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with which other Departments her Department has had discussions on the storage of PPE since 1 January 2022.

7 Sep 2022 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many emergency procurement rules introduced in March 2020 are in place as of 7 September 2022.

7 Sep 2022 · Cabinet Office

Development and Use of Supply Chain Finance (and associated schemes) in Government Review

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which recommendations of the Boardman Review are yet to be implemented.

6 Sep 2022 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Furniture

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a breakdown of the full cost of the new Downing Street lectern.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hospitality Industry: Gratuities

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an estimate of the total value of deductions in tips from front of house staff by their employers across the hospitality sector in 2021.

5 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions since 1 January 2022 has (a) he or (b) his predecessor received requests from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss the cost of the storage of personal protective equipme

15 Jul 2022 · Cabinet Office

Chequers: Catering

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) food, (b) drink and (c) catering costs at Chequers are paid for by the public purse.

15 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chevening Scholarships Programme: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff are employed at Chevening.

15 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public Opinion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) polling services in 2021.

15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 April 2022 to Question 125078 on Protective Clothing: Storage, how many units of personal protective equipment were in storage in warehouses as of 14 February 2022; and

15 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Photographs and Video Recordings

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many (a) photographers and (b) video producers were employed by his Department in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021.

11 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department holds a minute of the meeting on 18 January 2021 between Lord Brownlow and herself.

4 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what systems his Department used to record the results of the due diligence checks on suppliers of PPE during the covid-19 outbreak.

4 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what systems his Department used to record the results of the due diligence checks on suppliers of PPE during the covid-19 outbreak.

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what consultation he has undertaken on the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022.

28 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Protective Clothing: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in his Department are employed to oversee the storage of personal protective equipment (a) in the UK and (b) overseas.

28 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many officials in his Department are employed to oversee the storage of personal protective equipment overseas.

Source: official written-questions record.