Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Addresses to the Crown

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster's response to the urgent question of 19 May 2026, whether information within scope of the Humble Address will be withheld or redacted on grounds of comm

29 May 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will list each international agreement signed since 4 July 2024 that does not have the formal status of a treaty, and which otherwise has not been announced to Parliam

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Addresses to the Crown

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster's response to the urgent question of 19 May 2026, what is the name of the independent KC who is advising the Government on the response to the Humble Ad

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Ministers' Private Offices

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a copy of internal guidance on how and what information is recorded on PMPost.

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value is of the (a) service credits and (b) financial penalties levied against Capita for failing to meet its Service Level Agreements in the first 90 days of the CSPS contract; and whether he plans to

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Equality Act 2010

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations, 2026, published on 21 May 2026, whether (a) the Cabinet Office or (b) Office for Equality and Oppo

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Freud Communications

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Cabinet Office has spent under contracts with Freuds since July 2024, including contracts sub-contracted to Freuds.

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Gordon Brown

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Gordon Brown has been allocated an office or workspace in his role as Special Reviewer on Global Finance and Cooperation; and whether staff have been assigned to support him.

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the timetable for Civil Service Pension Scheme (a) active and (b) deferred members who (i) are and (ii) are not subject to the McCloud pensions remedy to receive their 2024-25 annual pension statements.

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Codes of Practice

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter by the Minister for the Cabinet Office to the Institute for Government of 14 October 2025, Reference MC2025/12660, if he will publish the Cabinet Office's clarified guidance to Depar

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 2086 on Civil Servants: Media, what his planned timetable is for updating that guidance; and whether the guidance will be less restrictive on civil servants spea

29 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Deputy Prime Minister: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual budget is of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Summer Internship Programme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many applications have been made to the Civil Service 2026 summer internship scheme; and how many have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected.

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 27 April 2026 to Question 125694 on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, if he will publish the letter sent to selected households inviting them to attend; whether any types of

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Counselling

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department provides dedicated counselling sessions for staff with specific protected characteristics.

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 113703 on Lord Mandelson, whether Lord Mandelson’s application to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and response in relation to Global Coun

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Lord Mandelson provided advice on the Ministerial reshuffle on 5 September 2025 to the Office of the Prime Minister.

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Official Hospitality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Freedom of Information request response of 30 April 2026, FOI 2026/06323, what the cost was of the Chanukah reception hosted by the Prime Minister on 16 December 2025; and how many individu

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Addresses to the Crown

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what definition of (a) official and (b) personal information his Department is using to consider whether information is in scope of Humble Addresses.

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Gender: Statistics

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, through what mechanisms the ONS is exploring user needs for data on gender identity, gender reassignment and trans status.

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Addresses to the Crown

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether party political communications are in scope of Government responses to a Humble Address.

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Monarchy: Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether official information is considered to be held by the Crown when a Crown Servant leaves Crown service and retains such information on (a) personal devices and (b) non-government communication channel.

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Communication

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 124130 on Government Departments: Communication, whether the special advisers who reviewed the branding guidance included special advisers from the Offic

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office was asked to contribute to the Cabinet Office and Downing Street due diligence process on the appointment of Lord Mandelson as Ambassador to the United St

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to reform the Freedom of Information Act.

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Morgan McSweeney

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether messaging data was lost as a consequence of Morgan McSweeney's phone being stolen but not (a) backed up and (b) stored in the cloud; and whether his Department holds information on foreign involvement in

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Addresses to the Crown

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether correspondence from the Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary on the Humble Address will be included in the next Government response to the Humble Address.

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Act response, reference FOI2026/04975, dated 13 April 2026.

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lobbying: Finance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 122495 on Lobbying: Finance, whether his Department holds information on the grants for 2024-25 in relation to (a) his and (b) other Departments which ha

29 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

UK Relations with EU

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with the European Commission on rejoining the EU Single Market for goods.

Source: official written-questions record.