Written questions
2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Apr 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.
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Media and Public Speaking
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 26 February 2026, to Question 114869, on Civil Servants: Media and Public Speaking, what is the timeline for the policy development in this instance.
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Honours
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2026, to Question 119321, on Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information, what is the timetable of the revisions to the Honours Handbook to be completed.
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Email
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 April 2026, to Question 122728, on Cabinet Office: Email, whether John Pond's emails be transferred to the National Archives.
10 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Clean Energy Mission Board
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 25 March 2026, to Question 119897, and of 3 February 2026, to Question 108241, on Mission Boards, on what dates the Make Britain a Clean Energy Superpower Mission Bo
10 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Electricity: UK Trade with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether a Regulatory Impact Assessment has been produced in relation UK membership of the EU Electricity Market and the ETS scheme.
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Mission Board
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what dates the An NHS Fit for the Future Mission Board met since it ceased to be a Cabinet committee in November 2025.
10 Apr 2026 · Treasury
Government Departments: Public Expenditure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 March 2026, to Question 119056, on Government Departments: Public Expenditure, what is the total cost of the commitments made in those 10-year settlements for the period beyond the Spend
10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Andrew Malkinson Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2025, to Question 70519, on Public Inquiries, what has been the total public cost to date of the Andrew Malkinson Inquiry.
10 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, to whom will schools, and school teacher training organisation, need to apply.
10 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2025, to Question 70519, on Public Inquiries, what has been the public cost to date of the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry.
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Senior Civil Servants
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Secretary has permission to speak to the press directly.
10 Apr 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.
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Public Consultation
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office press release, "Ministers rip up consultation culture", published on 26 March 2026, whether his Department compiles statistics on the number of live consultations across gove
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Labour Together
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2026 to Question HL15096 on Labour Together, whether the Cabinet Office has a policy of non-engagement with Labour Together.
10 Apr 2026 · Treasury
Erasmus+ Programme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2026 to Question 117762 on Erasmus+ Programme, when she plans to publish (a) the decision on Erasmus+ and (b) the associated technical amendments to Protocol I of the Trade and Coo
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Independent Inquiry into the Issues Raised by the David Fuller Case
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2025, to Question 70519, on Public Inquiries, what has been the total public cost to date of the Fuller Inquiry.
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Permanent Secretaries: Accountability
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture published of 26 March 2026, if he will publish the new accountability framework for Permanent Secretaries.
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Business Interests
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the business appoint rules apply to Crown Servants who work for regulators who are not classed as Civil Servants.
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Ministers: Social Media
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2026, to Question 44467, on Government Departments: Social Media, if he will request that the Ethics and Integrity Commission consider this issue as part of their commissioned r
10 Apr 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
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
UK Relations with EU
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the EU press release, of 30 March 2026, EU-UK relations: Council greenlights talks on electricity and cohesion deals, what is the cost to the UK taxpayer from these financial commitments in (a)
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
UK Trade with EU: Dispute Resolution
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's policy paper, EM on Level Playing Field for Open Competition (COM(2026)89), published on 24 March 2026, how will the UK panellists be selected; and whether they will be regulat
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's news story entitled Modernising public procurement: backing British businesses and building a fairer economy, published 26 March 2026, if he will publish the hyperlinks to the
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
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, if he will place in the Library the revised guidance issued to the Civil Service on co
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant 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 and (b)
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Ethics and Integrity Commission
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 the terms of reference will include revolving door issues of civil servants and regulators jo
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Prime Minister: Ministers' Private Offices
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what types of information are routinely recorded from the Number 10 private office on the internal PMPost system for the official record.
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Foreign Relations: China
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the the State Council of the People's Republic of China's press release entitled, China's top diplomat holds talks with British prime minister's national security adviser, published on 15 July
10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Collective Responsibility
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 26 March 2026 on Sludgebusting: Simplifying Government Processes to Drive Delivery, HCWS1467, what changes have been made to the write-round process for collective Cabi
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