Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Bank Notes: Design

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with the Bank of England on the removal of historic figures from UK bank notes.

18 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Bank Notes: Design

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Bank of England still has a sitting Banknote Character Advisory Committee.

16 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the creators’ template contract used by the Cabinet Office and its creative agency.

16 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Press

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 116158 on Prime Minister: Press, whether the Parliamentary Press Gallery was (a) informally and (b) formally consulted before the afternoon lobby media briefin

16 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Resolution Foundation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 115825 on Resolution Foundation, which (a) senior official and (b) Minister approved the award of the contact to the Resolution Foundation.

16 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 10 March 2025, to Question 118208, on Parliamentary and Political Service Honours Committee: Public Appointments, when the competition for the Parliamentary and Political Service honour

16 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Google: Special Advisers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance to special advisers on using Google Docs.

16 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Communication

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the guidance entitled Non-corporate communication channels for government business, published on 30 March 2023, whether his Department has any other information management policies.

16 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Disclosure of Information: Inquiries

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the authorisation process is for starting a leak inquiry.

16 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Lord Mandelson completed his register of interests form electronically.

16 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

National Security Council: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will initiate a leak inquiry into the media reports of 12 March 2025 on the discussions in the National Security Council of 27 February, including who was responsible for the media briefing

16 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government response to the Humble Address will include records of phone calls made to Lord Mandelson’s mobile phone from Downing Street connected through the No10 switchboard.

16 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Global Counsel

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the entry for Global Counsel Limited, published on the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme register, which special advisers since July 2024 were contacted by Global Counsel in relation to Qat

16 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Doyle

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason Matthew Doyle was asked to undertake supplementary due diligence on Lord Mandelson being appointed as Ambassador, and whether the nature of Mr Doyle’s relationship with Mandelson was (a) declared

16 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Ministerial Boxes

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, through what oral, written or electronic mechanism does the Prime Minister provide his feedback to Ministerial submissions in his daily box.

16 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office or 10 Downing Street have asked former special advisers to provide material they personally hold as part of the return for the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, and whether the fact th

16 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff work in the Cabinet Office Command Unit.

13 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 114888 on Treasury: pay, how many of the Direct Ministerial Appointments are (a) paid and (b) unpaid.

13 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2026, to Question 117761 on Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure, whether the Prime Minister’s Office a Department in its own right.

13 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 2025 to Question 37424 on Parliamentary and Political Service Honours Committee: Public Appointments, in how many cases have reserve lists been used to appoint a member to an h

13 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether advice on the (a) strengths and (b) weaknesses of individual appointable candidates were given to the Prime Minister by the Civil Service on the appointment of the (i) previous and (ii) current Cabinet S

13 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the speech Move fast. Fix things, delivered on 20 January 2026, whether Ministers will have the authority to prevent Senior Civil Servants subject to performance processes from taking up new po

13 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) her Department and (b) the British Embassy in Washington has an auto-deletion policy on emails relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson.

13 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 given the London Allowance after he was dismissed as Head of Mission and returned to the United Kingdom and before he left the Civil Service.

13 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to W

13 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2026, to Question 112197, on Lord Mandelson, if he will publish Gordon Brown’s letter to the Cabinet Secretary and the reply; and whether that information is within scope of th

13 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Doyle

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2026, to Question 114884, on Lord Doyle, whether (a) the Cabinet Office, (b) No10 Political Office or (c) Prime Minister’s Office will be giving evidence to the Review into Lor

13 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, Volume 1, HC1774-I, 11 Mar

13 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Humble Address of 4 February 2026 relating on the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, how many separate volumes of returns he anticipates publishing..

13 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the Humble Address dated 4 February 2026 on what basis was a payout made to Lord Mandelson.

Source: official written-questions record.