Written questions
2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026 to Question 13824 on Summer Internship Programme, whether trade union officials have been deemed to be working class for the purposes of the parental occupational assessment
16 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister is responsible for the efficiency of the UK Statistics Authority.
16 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026 to Question 13159 on Public Appointments, and with reference to the entry on the Direct Ministerial Appointments portal for the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Energy and
16 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026 to Question 14355 on Public Appointments: Equality, whether socio-economic background of an applicant is a material consideration in the appointment process for (a) regulate
16 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 3353 on Inter Mediate: Contracts, if he will provide relevant hyperlinks and reference numbers to each payment to Inter Mediate since July 2024, across transpare
16 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the written statement of 30 June 2026, HCWS165, on Defence funding update, what reductions in programme spending will be made to (a) deliver further savings and (b) reduce d
16 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the International Court of Justice's Climate Change advisory opinion of July 2025, whether he plans to pay reparations on climate change.
16 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Accounting Officer and Permanent Secretary has taken since July 2024 to prevent conflicts of interest regarding Quadrature.
16 Jul 2026 · Women and Equalities
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To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Equality and Human Rights Commission plans has to review the Liberal Democrats in the context of the London County Court decision of April 2026, of David Campanale vs. Stone, Glaze and Liberal Demo
16 Jul 2026 · Department for Education
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 15242 on Universities: Admissions, if she will publish the Office for Students guidance on the use of TUNDRA.
16 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what guidance he has issued to Government departments on the impact of advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice on policy decisions.
16 Jul 2026 · Department for Education
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the British Council has a definition of a woman for initiatives supporting women under Erasmus+.
16 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 15714 on Lord Mandelson, for what reason the business case was not sent to Ministers in her Department.
16 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Lord Mandelson as Ambassador made representations within Government on electric vehicle tariffs on China.
16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much Homes England has spent on public affairs services provided by Lexington since July 2024; and for what purposes.
16 Jul 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the Ministerial meeting between the Rt hon. Member for Lothian East and Flint Global of 4 March 2025, whether James Purnell was in attendance; and which of the de
16 Jul 2026 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much the National Lottery Community Fund has spent on public affairs services provided by Lexington since July 2024; and for what purposes.
16 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pension Protection Fund has spent on public affairs services provided by FleishmanHillard UK since July 2024; and for what purposes.
16 Jul 2026 · Department for Education
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) her Department and (b) the Office for Students has spent on public affairs services provided by Public First since July 2024; and for what purposes.
16 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a peer can be removed from the Roll of the Peerage if they do not (a) volunteer and (b) consent for their removal.
15 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Calder Conferences
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026, to Question 12782, on Cabinet Office: Calder Conferences, what was the cost of each individual booking, including any associated hospitality.
15 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
Gambling Commission: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make his policy to review the business appointment provisions of the Gambling Commission as part of the response to the Ethics and Integrity Committee’s July 2026 submission to the Government on busin
15 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Redundancy
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what powers (a) the Prime Minister and (b) Ministers have to dismiss civil servants.
15 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
Government Property Agency: Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Government Property Agency's press release entitled 14 government buildings closed in the past year, as savings for the taxpayer reach over £43 million, published on 13 July 2026,if he will place
15 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
10 Downing Street: Official Hospitality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Information Commissioner Decision Notice, 7 October 2025, Ref: IC-363007-Q0B5, what was the final total cost of the event in 10 Downing Street.
15 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
Government Property Agency: Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Government Property Agency annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC489, of 13 July 2026, where will the civil servants allocated to the Manchester Digital Campus be housed prior to the estimated com
15 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
Government Property Agency: Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Government Property Agency annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC489, of 13 July 2026, which central public body is Project Neptune for.
15 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
Government: Policy
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to Question 12791, on Government: Policy, publish the Cabinet Secretary letter and guidance.
15 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
Overseas Students: Fees and Charges
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether HMRC's new international student levy will be charged on (a) EU students and (b) Erasmus+ students studying in the UK.
15 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
Olly Robbins
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has been made by the (a) Civil Service People Group and (b) Cabinet Office of whether the normal processes were followed when Oliver Robbins was dismissed as Permanent Secretary.
Source: official written-questions record.