Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Mar 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 24 February 2026 to Question 113596 on Mission Boards, if he will publish the current terms of reference of the Make Britain a Clean Energy Superpower Mission Board;

19 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Peers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 116167 on Peers, if he will set out how the removal from the Roll of the Peerage relates to the status of a peer under the preamble to the House of Lords Preced

19 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Baroness Limb

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2026 to Question 118530 on Baroness Limb, what discussions (a) 10 Downing Street and (b) the Cabinet Office has had with Baroness Limb on whether she intends to take up her sea

19 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Diplomatic Service: Washington

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether diplomats based in the British Embassy in Washington pay UK (i) income tax and (ii) National Insurance on (a) Cost of Living Addition (COLA) and (b) Diplomatic Servic

19 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will place in the Library a copy of Peter Mandelson’s full contract as Ambassador.

19 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office's due diligence on Lord Mandelson included an assessment of Global Counsel's work for (a) Palantir and (b) OpenAI.

19 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

National Security Committee: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timetable is for the Government Security Group inquiry into unauthorised disclosures relating to the National Security Committee.

19 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Josh Simons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards’ investigation into Labour Together and the hon. Member for Makerfield took evidence from third parties.

19 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Social Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2026, to Question 118776, on Cabinet Office: Social Media, whether the requirements on influencers require them (a) to tag the social media post as an advertisement and (b) to

19 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Muslim Council of Britain

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Ministers are allowed to engage with the Muslim Council of Britain in a (a) Parliamentary or (b) political capacity.

19 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2026, to Question 115826, on Propriety and Constitution Group, whether the staff who produced, reviewed and approved the due diligence guidance on Lord Mandelson are involved i

19 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2026, to Question 119062, on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, what were the specific (a) Freedom of Information Act and (b) UK GDPR exemptions that were applied to exempt the inform

19 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Email

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 April 2025, to Question 43463,on Prime Minister: Email, whether emails which are removed from staff inboxes after 90 days remain accessible on the Microsoft server by the Downing Stre

19 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 April 2025, to Question 43463, on Prime Minister: Email, what steps have been taken to ensure that Downing Street emails in scope of the Humble Address do not automatically delete aft

19 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister made consideration of personally interviewing Lord Mandelson for the role of Ambassador, before Lord Mandelson was appointed.

18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Electronic Messaging

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the No10 private office uses disappearing messages on its corporate (a) WhatsApp and (b) Signal messaging.

18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Facilities Agreements

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any changes are being made to the requirements of Whitehall departments and their agencies to publish trade union facility time information in their annual report and accounts, and the broader collection

18 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has considered clawing back the exit payment made to Lord Mandelson under common law.

18 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Lord Mandelson was granted STRAP clearance.

18 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: Iran

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 118003, on Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, whether the absence of Iran on the public Foreign Influence Registration Scheme register is becau

18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2026, to Question 98795, on Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House, if he will place in the Library the letter from the Government Property Agency to Westminster City Council s

18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Peers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question HL14990, on Lord Mandelson, whether the policy intention is the new legislation to remove peerages will include power to remove peerages of individuals who ar

18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the input of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office was requested by the Cabinet Office Propriety and Ethics Team in producing the due diligence on Lord Mandelson.

18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Propriety and Ethics Team utilised AI tools to produce due diligence on Lord Mandelson.

18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Alex Chisholm and Lord Case

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason Simon Case and Alex Chisholm were given differing exit payments.

18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 117004, whether those provisions applied to the recent Cabinet Secretary recruitment process.

18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Ministerial Boxes

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Prime Minister’s Office takes to retain information relating to Ministerial submissions; and whether Prime Ministerial feedback on a submission is copied to and recorded on the internal PMPost sys

18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the legal mechanisms to join Erasmus will be subject to the Treaty ratification process under Part 2 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.

18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Cabinet Office consultation paper on Digital ID, 10 March 2026, CP1498, page 57, if he will list examples of cultural communities with less engagement in mainstream society, other than religious c

18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, Volume 1, whether electronic messages in media other than emails will be included in a future Volume to the Return.

Source: official written-questions record.