Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Management

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the terms of reference of the Cabinet Office Staff Board.

18 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish current Civil Service guidance on speaking to the media.

18 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Josh Simons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 31 March 2026 to Question 113783 on Cabinet Office: Reviews, whether the Propriety and Ethics Team took a preliminary view on whether the Ministerial Code was broken before the ma

18 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Matt Hancock

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has had discussions with Matthew Hancock on the copyright and ownership of electronic messages held on non-corporate devices relating to official government business from his time as Healt

18 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Vetting

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the revised terms of reference are for the review into security vetting led by Sir Adrian Fulford; who will he report to; and whether the review will be made public.

18 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Vetting

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what are the terms of reference of the review into the FCDO and UKSC vetting process; and who it will report to.

18 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Public Expenditure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Act response, reference FOI2026/04975 dated 13 April 2026, on Downing Street expenditure, if he will list the suppliers for the (a) goods and (b) servi

14 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

9 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 25 March 2026 to Question 116506 on 9 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance, if he will place in the Library a copy of the OCS invoice dated 6 November 2025 relating to the work

14 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Secretary's objectives 2026-27 published on 7 April 2026, what steps the Cabinet Secretary plans to take to deliver her 2026-27 objective that the civil service retains the confiden

14 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Senior Civil Servants

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Secretary's objectives 2026-27, published on 7 April 2026, how the new Cabinet Secretary's objectives differ from those set for (a) Simon Case and (b) Chris Wormald.

14 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Cabinet Office has spent on safes since July 2024.

14 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Subject Access Requests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Cabinet Office Subject Access Request (SAR) Manual.

14 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Private Investigators: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which department is the lead for the regulation of the private intelligence industry.

14 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 26 March 2026 to Question 122723 on Inter Mediate: Contracts, whether his Department has provided guidance on (a) the difference between (i) commercial contracts and (ii) grants a

14 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office and Prime Minister: Email

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) his Department and (b) 10 Downing Street Freedom of Information determine Government emails held on tape backups to be information held by the public authority.

14 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Departmental Records

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 120843 on Government Departments: Communication, if he will publish the most recent version of his Department's (a) information and records management po

14 May 2026 · Women and Equalities

Council of Europe: LGBT+ People

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the transparency data entitled Expenditure Over £25,000 - February 2026 (Cabinet Office Core), published on 26 March 2026, what activities will be funded through the LGBT programme to the Cou

14 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Josh Simons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 26 March 2026 to Question 122152 on Josh Simons, whether the Independent Adviser had access to the APCO Worldwide report commissioned by Labour Together.

14 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Business Rates: Canary Wharf

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the (a) Prime Minister and (b) Prime Minister's Chief Secretary has had discussions with JP Morgan on business rate discounts on offices in Canary Wharf.

14 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Permanent Secretaries: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, what plans he has to consult (a) permanent secretaries and (b) the First Division Asso

14 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

9 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124839 on 9 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance, whether the OCS invoice for the works in the data for November 2025 is transaction (a) HZ820722, (b)

14 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Peers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 118531 on Peers, whether the Governance Code on Public Appointments applies to the appointment of peers to the House of Lords.

14 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Deposited Paper DEP2025-0353, committed on 6 June 2025, what the cost to the public purse was of the Prime Minister's domestic flights in 2025.

14 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Ministers' Private Offices

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to (a) review and (b) update his Department's document entitled Guidance for the management of Private Office information and records, following Lord Mandelson’s appointment.

14 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 16 January 2026 to Question 98104 on DWP: Public Appointments, whether any of those appointments made declarations of political activity.

14 May 2026 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 77988 on Department for Education: Social Media, how much has been spent on influencers in aggregate since 4 July 2024; and on which campaigns and pro

14 May 2026 · Department for Education

Opportunity Mission Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what dates the Break Down Barriers to Opportunity Mission Board has met since November 2025.

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 73331 on Home Office: Redundancy Pay, whether the £30,000 tax-free redundancy allowance also applied to the severance payment to the outgoing Cabinet

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Public Consultation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, whether his Department compiles statistics on the number of open consultations across

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

UK Relations with EU

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the EU press release entitled EU-UK relations: Council greenlights talks on electricity and cohesion deals, published on 30 March 2026, what the planned timetable is for (a) completion of the n

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