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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