Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the Prime Minister first became aware that Lord Mandelson had not received full security vetting clearance.

20 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date (a) civil servants, (b) No10 political office staff and (c) special advisers in the Office of the Prime Minister first became aware that Lord Mandelson had not received full security vetting clearan

20 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people have been appointed to posts in her Department requiring developed vetting (DV) clearance despite DV clearance not being awarded since 5 July 2024.

17 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Diplomatic Service: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether ambassadors are required to have Developed Vetting security clearance in order to take up their role; and in what circumstances can any requirements be waived.

17 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Vetting

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the UK Security Vetting document entitled DV - Guidance Pack for Applicants, updated on 23 September 2024, if he will set out the circumstances in which senior civil servants can be appointed t

15 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Cabinet Office guidance entitled May 2026 Elections: guidance on conduct for civil servants, updated on 2 March 2026, has affected the timing of the publication of the Defence Investment Plan.

15 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Muslim Council of Britain

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has a policy on Ministers attending events with the Muslim Council for Britain in a non-Ministerial capacity.

15 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Propriety and Constitution Group: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 April 2026 to Question 113778 on Propriety and Constitution Group: Recruitment, for what the reason the recruitment process did not open when Darren Tierney moved to the ONS in August

15 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Gordon Brown

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 27 March 2026 to Question 110816 on Gordon Brown, whether the letter from Gordon Brown and reply will be disclosed as part of the response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson.

15 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Reviews

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 113783 on Cabinet Office: Reviews, whether staff previously employed by Labour Together were involved in the fact finding exercise.

15 Apr 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

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

OCO Global: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the government transparency data, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for October to December 2025 for all departments, published on 31 M

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling Commission: Legal Opinion

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Gambling Commission's Corporate Governance Framework, paragraph 45, whether the prior approval process applies to staff members who join (a) law firms or (b) consultancies t

13 Apr 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

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the transparency data, Expenditure Over £25,000 - February 2026 (Cabinet Office Core) published on 26 March 2026, which advertising, communications and marketing campaigns related to the expend

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the transparency data, Expenditure Over £25,000 - February 2026 (Cabinet Office Core), published on 26 March 2026, what is the purpose and nature of the expenditure relating to GRS - SURGE CONT

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the transparency data 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 Council of Eur

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the transparency data, Expenditure Over £25,000 - February 2026 (Cabinet Office Core), published on 26 March 2026, what was the purpose of the expenditure relating to (a) Marketing & Communicat

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of 18 March 2026 to Question 119321 and of 2 June 2025 to Question 54277 on Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information, if he will place in the Library the version of the handbook released un

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 120317 on Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information and with reference to the Cabinet Office guidance on Non-corporate communication channels for government busin

13 Apr 2026 · Women and Equalities

Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to publish a (a) summary of responses and (b) response to the Equality law call for evidence, published on 7 April 2025, for the measures not covered by the Consultation on mandatory ethnicit

13 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Clean Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2026 to Question 114438 on Clean Energy: China, how many (a) Memorandums of Understanding and (b) non-legally binding agreements have be

13 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food Standards Agency: Eville and Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the government transparency data, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for October to December 2025 for all departments, published on

13 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 120877 on Ministry of Defence: Procurement, whether DEFCON516 requires private sector suppliers to follow the public sector equality duty; and whether there is

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

ICF Consulting Services: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the government transparency data, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for October to December 2025 for all departments,

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Cranston Inquiry: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 70519 on Public Inquiries, what has been the total cost to the public purse to date of the Cranston inquiry.

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2026 to Question 119909 on Erasmus+ Programme, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) outbound and (b) inbound students in the first year of UK participation in Erasm

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2026 to Question 114747 on Erasmus+ Programme, if she will place in the Library the guidance for higher education institutes to apply for the Erasmus Charter for Higher Educat

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Opportunity Mission Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 25 March 2026 to Question 119897 and of 3 February 2026 to Question 108241 on Mission Boards, on what dates the Break Down Barriers to Opportunity Mission Board has met since November

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

UK Export Finance: Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the transparency data entitled Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for October to December 2025 for all departments, published on 31 Marc

Source: official written-questions record.