Written questions
2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Palantir
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the Exit Management Plan for the UK MoD Enterprise Agreement with Palantir Technologies UK Ltd.
9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Palantir
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2026 to Question 110806 on Palantir, whether the Office of the UK Defence Attache holds any record of the meeting.
9 Mar 2026 · Leader of the House
Leader of the House: Written Questions
To ask the Leader of the House, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of Departmental answers to written Parliamentary Questions where information is refused because a document is not already in the public domain.
9 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Prime Minister: Bute Energy
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether civil servants working in Number 10 have had meetings with Bute Energy since 4 July 2024.
9 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
10 Downing Street: Security
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2025 to Question 96206 on Lord Alli, whether people receiving No10 security passes were subject to security checks before the passes were given to then.
9 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Jonathan Powell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what visits the Special Envoy for negotiations between the UK and Mauritius on the exercise of sovereignty over the BIOT undertook while he was in that role.
9 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
10 Downing Street: Visits
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what period of time is information on visits held on the Downing Street visitor notification system; and what happens to that information after that period of time.
9 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 116167 on Peers, what information his Department holds on whether the Duke of York requested that he was removed from the Roll of the Peerage.
9 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Palantir
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2026, to Question 111829 on Palantir, whether his Department holds a copy the presentation.
9 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether non-corporate communications including private email accounts are in scope of the Humble Address of 4 February 2026.
9 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Social Media
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 116149 on Cabinet Office: Social Media, on what campaigns in (a) France and (b) the United States social media influencers were used; what messaging they promot
9 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Palantir
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office of 12 February 2026, Official Report, Column 925, on Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address Motion, if
6 Mar 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, and with reference to the policy development referenced in the answer of 3 February 2026, to Question
6 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 1 April 2025, to Question 40914, on Prime Minister: Email, and Pursuant to the answer of 4 April 2025, to Question 41645, on Cabinet Office: Email, whether (a) the Cabinet Office and (b
6 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Morgan McSweeney
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2026, to Question 110815, on Special Advisers: ICT, what the status is of electronic records held on non-corporate communication devices by Morgan McSweeney; and what is the
6 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Career Development
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance has the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Civil Service People Group given to the Civil Service and Whitehall Departments on the potential implications of the Employment Tribunal decision of Renowden v Of
6 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Ministerial Powers
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026, to Question 104191, on Ministers: Public Appointments, whether new or amended desk notes are formally approved by Ministers.
6 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Peers
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026, to Question 104191, on Ministers: Public Appointments, whether the Cabinet Office holds desk notes on the appointment of peers.
6 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Baroness Limb
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on Ann Limb, what is the status of the issuing the Letters Patent under the Great Seal for Ann Limb’s peerage.
6 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Chris Wormald
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether special advisers provided advice to the Prime Minister on the appointment of the new Cabinet Secretary.
6 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the Government will publish a list of the categories of documents within scope, identifying (a) which have been disclosed, (b) which have been referred to the ISC and
6 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Government Departments: Barclays
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for July to September 2025, published on 25 December 2025, and the (a) Provision of Merchant Acquirer Serv
6 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Public Appointments: Retirement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will introduce a mandatory retirement age for (a) regulated public appointments and (b) direct ministerial appointments.
6 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Ministers: Maternity Leave
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Ministers who are providing cover for a Minister who is on maternity leave receive an exit payment if they leave Ministerial office at the end of the maternity cover period.
5 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Public Appointments: Political Activities
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 23 February 2026 to Question HL14053 on Public Appointments: Political Activities, if he will place in the Library a copy of the full political activity data for each public appoi
5 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, whether the competition for the Parliamentary and Political Service honour
5 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2026 to Question 110815 on Special Advisers: ICT, whether he is taking steps to prevent information in scope of the Humble Address of 4 February 2026 being auto-deleted.
5 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Government Communication Service
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2026 to Question 113608 on Government Communication Service, whether departmental efficiency savings agreed at the Spending Review 2025 will reduce the net size of the Gover
5 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many job advertisements were published on the Civil Service jobs website in 2025 which were (a) available on public website and (b) only available to Civil Services within the passworded website.
5 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 108235 on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, what the (a) departments and (b) job titles are of the 90 senior civil servants recruited internally.
Source: official written-questions record.