Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Insolvency: Subject Access Requests

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has issued guidance on whether firms in administration are subject to Subject Access Requests.

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Chris Wormald

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 113712 on Chris Wormald, whether the settlement agreement included a non-disclosure provision.

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Josh Simons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant 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 matter w

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Crown Commercial Service: Microsoft

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Government's Crown Commercial Service (CCS) agreement with Microsoft.

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Life Peers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 119406 on Ian Horobin, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a new convention covering the withdrawal of Government nominations t

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Permanent Secretaries: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the provisions of the model Permanent Secretary contract applies to Permanent Secretaries who were in post before the introduction of the fixed term contract.

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Case

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the exit payment given to Chris Wormald was above the cap of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme used to determine the exit payment to Simon Case.

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Former Ministers

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 of protecting the interests of former Gover

13 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Prime Minister was (a) consulted on and (b) approved the exit payment to Lord Mandelson.

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Ministerial Responsibility

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Ministers can have Ministerial responsibilities removed and remain in post.

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Business Rates: Canary Wharf

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with JP Morgan on business rate discounts on offices in Canary Wharf.

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

9 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 25 March 2026 to Question 116506 on 9 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance, what the transaction number, value and date is for the reimbursed payment to the Government Property Agenc

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the severance payment to the outgoing Cabinet Secretary included a monetary provision for forgone employer pension contributions.

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Electricity: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 16 March 2026, on Government Response to the Nuclear Regulatory Review 2025, HCWS1398, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-EU Electricity Agre

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Performance Related Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2025 to Question 109554 on Civil Servants: Performance Related Pay, if he will publish the minimum standards for diversity and inclusion in the SCS performance management frame

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Peers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant 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.

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Peers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 118531 on Peers, whether the Cabinet Office holds a desk note that is separate from the Governance Code on the processes to be followed for appointing politica

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Inquiry: Costs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 70519 on Public Inquiries, what the total cost to the public purse to date of the Infected Blood inquiry has been; and whether there is a total budget for t

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant 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 Secret

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether government-related text messages held personally by former No10 special advisers are in scope of the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson.

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Covid-19 Inquiry

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement, HCWS1456, on UK Government Response to Covid-19 Inquiry Module 2 Report, of 25 March 2026, what his planned timetable is for the proposed commencement of the socio-econom

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office news story published on 26 March 2026, Modernising public procurement: backing British businesses and building a fairer economy, if he will publish his new definition of soci

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Jonathan Powell and Inter Mediate

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 112179 on Ethics and Integrity Commission and Lobbying, whether conflict of interest (a) restrictions and (b) mitigations were implemented in relation to (i) J

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether UK (a) schools, (b) colleges, (c) universities and (d) teacher training institutions participating in the Erasmus+ programme, will be required to follow the publicity requirements set out by the Europea

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling Commission: Business Interests

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 1 April 2026, to Question 123211, on Gambling Commission: Managers, how many members of Gambling Commission staff have left to take up employment in or related to the ga

10 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 is the timetable for the publication of the strategic workforce plan.

10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2026, to Question 116771, on Vetting, whether Lord Mandelson’s Developed Vetting considered his links to Jeffery Epstein.

10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Official Hospitality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the 10 Downing Street Events and Tours team holds data on the (a) cost of individual official receptions that take place in Downing Street and (b) the number of attendees or accepted invitations.

10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Department of Health and Social Care: Permanent Secretaries

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2025, to Question 52906, on Department of Health and Social Care: Permanent Secretaries, what was the benchmark used to set the salary of the new DHSC Permanent Secretary.

10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 25 March 2026, to Question 119977, on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, for what reason 16 and 17 year olds are not eligible to join the People's Panel, and whether they are deemed

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