Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Lord Mandelson was involved in the China Audit.

26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a register of withheld and delayed documents as part of the response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson.

26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants and Ministers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued on pension forfeiture in relation to (a) Civil Service and (b) Ministerial pensions.

26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Aviation: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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, who the customer is for the contract GBNI - Prov

26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether applicants for civil service roles self-certify their ethnicity.

26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Intelligence Services: Summer Internship Programme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether applicants to the Summer Intelligence Internship self-certify their ethnicity; and whether the SIS undertakes an audit.

26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Social Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance to social influencers who are paid by the Government on stating that they are paid by the Government on their social media posts.

26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Press

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the Downing Street Press Office no longer holds afternoon lobby media briefings.

26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Arms Length Bodies: Lobbying

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will issue guidance to Arm’s Length Bodies on stopping the recruitment of Government Relations Advisers to influence central government bodies.

26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Non-departmental Public Bodies: Lobbying

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the guidance entitled Rules on lobbying for non-departmental public bodies, published in October 2010, remains Government policy.

26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Property

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Government Property Agency (i) has made since July 2024 and (ii) plans to make changes to government property spending controls.

26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Flexible Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish (a) Government People Group and (b) his Department's guidance on staff working compressed hours.

26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his speech entitled Move fast. Fix things, delivered on 20 January 2026, whether training delivered under Learning Frameworks 2.0 will cease to be procured from external suppliers.

26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government People Group: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2026 to Question 105252 on Government People Group: Contract, which public body and business unit is the customer under the KPI.

26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Bodies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the Public Bodies Directory for 2025-26.

26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Mission Boards

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance on whether the internal members of Mission Boards should be fixed.

26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Social Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has paid for social media influencers to undertake promotional activity in (a) the United States and (b) other countries outside the United Kingdom.

25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Dual Jobholding

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a register of senior civil servants' secondary paid employment for 2024 to 2025.

25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: ICT

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve the delivery confidence assessment by the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority of the Falcon programme.

25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 21399 on Cabinet Office: Staff, how many headcount staff work in the EU Relations Secretariat as of 20 February 2026; and how many are EU citizens.

25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Communication Service: Devolution

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to ask the Government Communication Service to amend its 2025 Branding Guidelines in relation to advice on Devolved Nations.

25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Resolution Foundation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Contractfinder contract, Expert report - Resolution Foundation - Smith / Brewer, published 25 November 2025, ref: C19SF08RF25, whether the Resolution Foundation was selected via competitive

25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2026 to Question 105244 on Senior Civil Service: Training, if he will publish the training material for the content on inclusion in leadership.

25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Official Hospitality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance the Propriety and Ethics Team has issued to Departments on accepting hospitality from consultant lobbyist firms.

25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the publication, Expenditure Over £25,000 - December 2025 (Cabinet Office Core), of 29 January 2026, what the purpose was of the £40 million payment to Cabinet Office entitled ROCE Dividend.

25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Accenture: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the publication, Expenditure Over £25,000 - December 2025 (Cabinet Office Core), of 29 January 2026, what the purpose was of the payments to Accenture UK Ltd under the heading GCS New Media Uni

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Departments: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has issued guidance to departments on publishing regular lists of Areas of Research Interest.

25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve the delivery confidence assessment by the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority of the Transforming Public Procurement programme.

25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Standards

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his speech entitled Move fast. Fix things, delivered on 20 January 2026, whether Ministers will have the authority to amend KPIs during a performance year.

25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Standards

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his speech entitled Move fast. Fix things, delivered on 20 January 2026, whether KPIs set by Ministers will be subject to consistency checks by his Department.

Source: official written-questions record.