Written questions
2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Biological Weapons: Laboratories
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the US Congress Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party's inquiries into the Reedley bio-laboratory, what assessment has been made of whether the Chinese Government or Chines
12 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what advice the Civil Service Commission provides on departures and appointments of Cabinet Secretaries.
12 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Antonia Romeo
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what role the Cabinet Office had in relation to the investigation into the then Consul General in New York in 2017.
12 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Jonathan Powell was involved in the appointment of Lord Mandelson as Ambassador to the United States.
12 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Doyle
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information was provided to the House of Lords Appointments Commission by (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Downing Street about links Matthew Doyle may have had with a sex offender.
12 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Baroness Limb
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government was aware that of the irregularity in Dame Ann Limb's curriculum vitae on her doctorate prior to her appointment to the House of Lords.
11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Doyle and Sean Morton
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister was made aware of the alleged involvement of Lord Doyle with Sean Morton; and whether this was raised during due diligence for the nomination of a political peerage.
11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Ministers and Special Advisers: Communication
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the compliance of (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers with the guidance entitled Non-corporate communication channels for government business, published on 30
11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Facilities Agreements
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has changed the name, remit or structure of its facility time reporting division.
11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Peers: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the creation of a peerage can be stopped following the (a) announcement of the King signifying his intention to confer a peerage and (b) issuing of a Letters Patent under the Great Seal.
11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Ministers: Public Records
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when Ministerial private office records are transferred to National Archives; and whether some files are retained by the Department.
11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Secretary plans to review Lord Mandelson’s interactions whilst Ambassador with (a) Global Counsel and (b) its clients.
11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Manual
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress he has made on updating the Cabinet Manual.
11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Marketing
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 110416 on Government Departments: Publicity, what the cost was of the re-branding of HM Government as UK Government.
11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
UK Trade with EU
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled Explanatory Memorandum on a UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement or Trade And Cooperation Agreement Governance Document, COM(2025)804, published on 4 February 2026, for what rea
11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
WPP: Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer 5 February 2026 to Question 108662 on WPP Media: Contracts, whether the RM6364 framework replaces both RM6125 (media services) and RM6123 (advertising); and whether there will be a further
11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answers of the Lord Privy Seal of 10 February 2026, Official Report, House of Lords, Column 189, if he will publish a response to the questions raised by Baroness Laing of Elderslie on the
11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Doyle
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who will be conducting the investigation into Lord Doyle, and what are the terms of reference.
11 Feb 2026 · Women and Equalities
Business: Regulation
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026 to Question 106522, on Business: Codes of Practice, whether the correct process she outlined in the answer will require a Regulatory Impact Assessment to be produced u
11 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish the declaration of interest form completed by Lord Mandelson when Ambassador to the United States.
11 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Christian Turner
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled Dr Christian Turner CMG appointed as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the United States of America, of 18 December 2025, whether Dr Tu
11 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Palantir
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there was any communication between his Department and Global Counsel in relation to the visit by the Prime Minister to the Washington offices of Palantir.
11 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Courtsdesk: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Courts and Legal Services of 10 February 2026, Official Report, Column 707, for what reason the data protection breach was sufficient to terminate the c
11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Tim Allan
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish Tim Allan's declaration of interests.
10 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) representations and (b) complaints has the Ethics and Integrity Commission received since its creation relating to Lord Mandelson.
10 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Arms Length Bodies: Lobbying
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2026, to Question 107278, on Department for Transport: Official Hospitality, whether the Cabinet Office has issued any guidance on Arm's Length Bodies using public funds to h
10 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Peers: Children
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office of 29 October 2025, to Question 83801, on Peers and Members: Social Class, and to the answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent of 5
10 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Permanent Secretaries: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the letter from the Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary to the Hon Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 30 January 2026, on severance payments, what is the wider policy of the (a) Civil Service and (b) Ca
10 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance has been given to Ministers on whether they may pro-actively disclose their communications with Lord Mandelson prior to the publication of the Government’s response to the Humble Address.
10 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Doyle
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) his Department and (b) No10 undertook due diligence on the nomination of Matthew Doyle as a peer.
Source: official written-questions record.