Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UK Soft Power Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last attended the UK Soft Power Council.

8 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Lord Mandelson (a) completed and (b) passed his STRAP clearance process when Ambassador.

8 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 3351 on Lord Mandelson, whether Lord Mandelson as Ambassador provided advice in relation to the (a) decision of the Governme

8 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 8067 on FCDO: Industrial Dispute, what is the request or ask of the PCS trade union that is the subject of the industrial d

8 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Publications

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to reference “sex” rather than “gender” in future departmental publications.

8 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sanctuary Counsel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 13197 on Sanctuary Counsel, if she will provide relevant hyperlinks and reference numbers to each of the payments made to Sa

8 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Lord Mandelson was investigated for misconduct under the Civil Servant Code or Diplomatic Service Code prior to his dismissal.

8 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Audit

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 7429 on Cabinet Office: Audit, if he will set out the nature of the serious breach relating to the Prime Minister’s Office, and what was the job title of the po

6 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 5780 on Lord Mandelson, whether the Gordon Brown correspondence on Lord Mandelson was passed to the Metropolitan Police.

3 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Buildings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the specific event was for each of the individual room hires since 4 April 2025 other than Civil Service Live and the Infected Blood Inquiry.

3 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Metropolitan Police: Palantir

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will instruct the Cabinet Office Procurement Review Unit to review the decision of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime not to approve the Metropolitan Police's contract with Palantir.

3 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

UK Integrated Security Fund: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Integrated Security Fund annual report 2024 to 2025, published on 30 October 2025, and the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025], why th

3 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, if he will publish the completed UKSV tick box vetting form relating to Lord Mandelson.

3 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who first suggested to the Prime Minister that Peter Mandelson should be appointed as Ambassador to the United States.

3 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the documents relating to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson that have been withheld at the request of the Metropolitan Police include communications between Lord Mandelson and the Prime Minister.

3 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, whether electronic communications between Lord Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney have been copied to the officia

3 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, what role the Cabinet Secretary played in the appointment of Lord Mandelson as Ambassador to the United State

3 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to publish Lord Mandelson's completed conflicts of interest form and declarations in a future volume of the Humble Address return.

3 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the statement of 11 March 2026, Official Report, Column 364, on Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address Motion, for what reason she did not receive the r

3 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson included information that had been held by civil servants who had left Crown Service.

3 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, whether Lord Mandelson used a non-government email address for government business while he was Ambassador to

3 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, whether people mentioned in the Government return to the Humble Address were consulted on any (a) exclusions

3 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, what the terms of reference were of the fact-finding exercise of the General Counsel to the Prime Minister in

3 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volume 1 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, who was interviewed by the General Counsel to the Prime Minister in his fact-finding exercise in the context of the

3 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Global Counsel

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, whether papers relating to Global Counsel were in scope of the response to the Humble Address of 4 February 2

2 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments: Business Interests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 20 March 2026, to Question 119894, on Gambling Commission: Managers, if he will make it his policy to ask the Civil Service Commission to review the business appointment provision

2 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Public Expenditure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2026, to Question 2081, on Prime Minister: Public Expenditure, how much was spent on each of the individual suppliers listed and which items were purchased.

2 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Charlesbye

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants have received representations in writing from Charlesbye Limited.

2 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026, to Question 108235, on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, how many of the 90 SCS roles which were not recruited externally, broken down by pay band, were in his Dep

2 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2026, to Question 9084, on Lord Mandelson, what information his Department holds on whether the Intelligence and Security Committee had access to independent legal advice other

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