Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps did Darren Tierney, then the head of the Propriety and Constitution Group, take to ensure that Lord Mandelson was personally interviewed before his appointment as Ambassador.

26 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Science: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Collection entitled Areas of Research interest of June 2017, whether there are plans to update the Government Office for Science's area of research interests.

26 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Mobile Phones

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government phones were (a) lost and (b) stolen in the Prime Minister’s Office since 4 July 2024.

26 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Theft

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance to special advisers on speaking to the police about stolen Government property.

25 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether electronic communications between Lord Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney have been copied to the official record and retained for the Humble Address.

25 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary sent guidance on the transfer of group electronic messages to the Cabinet Office division handling the Humble Address.

25 Mar 2026 · Treasury

EU Cohesion Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the UK Government will be required to contribute to EU Cohesion Funds as a consequence of the UK/EU reset.

25 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Labour Together

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the status of the Cabinet Office fact-finding investigation into Labour Together, separate to the report by the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards.

25 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments: Business Interests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 20 March 2026, to Question 119894, on Gambling Commission: Managers, which specific public sector regulators (a) are and (b) are not subject to the Business Appointments Applications pr

25 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

EU Emissions Trading Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding on linking the Emission Trading Systems of the European Union and the United Kingdom, of December 2025, what assessment he has made o

25 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2026, to Question 111932, on Lord Mandelson, what assessment has been made of why the letter from Lord Glasman to the Prime Minister's Office on the probity of Lord Mandelson wa

25 Mar 2026 · Leader of the House

Government Bills: Impact Assessments

To ask the Leader of the House, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the number of Impact Assessments for Bills that were published late in the process.

25 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Artworks

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2026, to Question 118010, on FCDO: Artworks, if she will publish information on artworks installed at her Department’s headquarters in London since 4 July 2024.

25 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling Commission: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2026 to Question 119894 on Gambling Commission: Managers, what the status is of employees of the Gambling Commission.

25 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Conduct

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance on whether a Minister can be suspended.

25 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Morgan McSweeney

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether all communications on Morgan McSweeney’s mobile phone were uploaded to Government servers.

25 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Metropolitan Police has asked the Government to not publish any communication between Morgan McSweeney and Peter Mandelson.

24 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

King Charles III: Artworks

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department took between 4 July and August 2024 to promote the take up of the King's portrait programme.

24 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Parliamentary and Political Service Honours Committee: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2026 to Question 120625 on Parliamentary and Political Service Honours Committees: Public Appointments, which two members were appointed by a reserve list; and for what reason

24 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 117761 on Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure, for what reason expenditure by the Prime Minister's Office is not counted as Cabinet Office expenditure.

24 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2026 to Question 116770 on Public Appointments: Internet, whether departments have a deadline for adding Direct Ministerial Appointments to the portal.

24 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lampard Inquiry: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what has been the total cost to date of the Lampard Inquiry.

24 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Cabinet Office: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department gives weight to written consultation responses from organisations which are deemed extremist.

24 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Peers: Retirement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason he plans to introduce a mandatory retirement age for the House of Lords.

24 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Email

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2026 to Question 121096 on Cabinet Office: Email, whether Lord Mandelson was copied into any of those emails.

24 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling Commission: Managers

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 20 March 2026, to Question 119894, on Gambling Commission: Managers, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Employee Code of Conduct.

24 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling Commission: Managers

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 20 March 2026, to Question 119894, on Gambling Commission: Managers, which individual(s) reviewed and approved the conflicts of interest in relation to the departing sta

24 Mar 2026 · Northern Ireland Office

Omagh Bombing Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 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 Inquiry into the preventability of the Omagh bombing.

24 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Thirlwall Inquiry: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what has been the total cost to date of the Thirlwall Inquiry.

24 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the full termination payments to Lord Mandelson will be listed with direct reference to his name and the final amounts paid in the FCDO annual report and accounts.

Source: official written-questions record.