Written questions
2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Public Inquiry Response Unit is involved in compliance with the Humble Address motion of 4 February 2026.
25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether guidance has been issued to Ministers and officials in relation to messages that were subject to automatic deletion timers and existed at the time the Humble Address motion of 4 February 2026 was passed
25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Propriety and Constitution Group
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Proprietary and Constitution Group is involved in ensuring compliance with the Humble Address motion of 4 February 2026.
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, what the terms of reference are for the expert report for the
25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Equality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office contractfinder publication, Provision of Equalities Case Studies, 14 November 2025, Ref: CCZZ25A11, what the terms of reference are of the social research being commissioned;
25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Senior Civil Servants: Standards
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his speech Move fast. Fix things, delivered on 20 January 2026, by what mechanism Ministers will set KPIs for the Senior Civil Service; and whether those KPIs will be issued in writing.
25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Senior Civil Servants: Standards
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the speech, Move fast. Fix things, delivered on 20 January 2026 by the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, what proportion of the Senior Civil Service had (a) primary career experience in po
24 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Senior Civil Servants: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes are planned to the Success Profiles framework for Senior Civil Service appointments following his speech of 20 January 2026; and what specific competencies will be added, removed or reweighted.
24 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Facilities Agreements
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which official was the authoriser of the use of paid trade union facility time for trade union activities as set out in the Cabinet Office guidance on facility time.
24 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2026 to Question 107144, on Cabinet Office: Repairs and Maintenance, who requested that the No9 media room was refurbished; and who authorised the expenditure.
24 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Redundancy
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2026 to Question 105705 on Civil Servants: Redundancy, if he will publish the data on projected exits collated through the management of the Redundancy and Compensation contr
24 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Public Bodies: Facilities Agreements
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 16 January 2026 to Question 104159 on Public Bodies: Facilities Agreement, whether his Department holds a list of the public sector organisations who were (a) contacted and (b) reminded
24 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Chris Wormald
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's Ministerial direction of 16 February 2026, what the value of the special severance payment was.
24 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
National Security Adviser: 48 Group
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the National Security Adviser (a) is and (b) was a member of the 48 Group.
24 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Social Media
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2025 to Question 93743 Cabinet Office: Social Media, whether this includes spending by the Prime Minister's Office.
24 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Chris Wormald
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Sir Chris Wormald undertook a formal exit interview upon leaving the post of Cabinet Secretary.
24 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who is responsible for (a) undertaking and (b) overseeing the due diligence process in relation to the appointment of a Cabinet Secretary; and how potential conflicts of interest are managed.
24 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Secretary’s review into matters relating to Lord Mandelson will include consideration of any introductions made during his time as a Minister that were subsequently relevant to applications t
24 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lords Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the material to be disclosed pursuant to Humble Address of 4 February 2026 relating to Lord Mandelson will include internal communications conducted via (a) Signal, (b) Telegraph, (c) Microsoft Teams, in
24 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Permanent Secretaries: Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2025 to Question 95641 on Permanent Secretaries: Contracts, if he will publish the model Permanent Secretary contract in operation in 2012.
23 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Jonathan Powell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Jonathan Powell was paid as Special Envoy for BIOT negotiations; and whether he completed a declaration of interests as Envoy.
23 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what dates Jonathan Powell had meetings with her Department to discuss the Chagos Islands in the period between 4 July 2024 and his appointment as Special Envoy in Septemb
23 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the salary is of the (a) former and (b) new Cabinet Secretary.
23 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Erasmus+ Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the legislative provisions of the European Commission, Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and ot
23 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Hannah Bronwin
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2026 to Question 110807 on Hannah Bronwin, when his Department plans to publish her entry on the Announcements: Direct Ministerial Appointments portal.
23 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Public Appointments: Political Activities
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2026 to Question 111711 on Ministers: Public Appointments, whether this process requires (a) previous political activity to be declared prior to appointment and (b) current
23 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Global Counsel
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the transparency data entitled Cabinet Office special advisers hospitality, January to March 2025, published on 26 June 2025, who attended the Global Counsel (a) dinner on 27 February and (b) d
23 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Dame Antonia Romeo appointed as first female Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service to drive change and implement the government’s agenda, of 19
23 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Home Office: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 73331 on Home Office: Redundancy Pay, whether severance payments made to departing special advisers are subject to the £30,000 tax-free allowance.
23 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
List of Ministerial Responsibilities
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 22 December 2025 to Question 99535 on List of Ministerial Responsibilities, if he will list the full Ministerial responsibilities of the hon. Member for Makerfield.
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