Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Publications: Gender

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 104160 on Publications: Gender, which publishers were assessed but not included in the inclusion list.

27 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Breakfast Clubs and Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 99527 on Breakfast Clubs and Pay, if he will list the influencers who received funding from the Government.

27 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Admiralty House: Official Residences

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2026 to Question 103786 on Admiralty House: Official Residence, which business unit of the Cabinet Office determines which individual civil servants may use Admiralty House f

27 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Property Agency: Empty Property

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2026 to Question 103795 on Government Property Agency: Empty Property, if he will list the addresses of the 13 vacant properties and their last Government occupier.

27 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments: Internet

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to update the Announcements: Direct Ministerial Appointments portal with details of current post-holders.

27 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Facilities Agreements

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2025 to Question 99835 on Cabinet Office: Facilities Agreements, whether (a) his and (b) the Permanent Secretary's approval is required for the use of paid facility time for

27 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Youth Mobility Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the status of the negotiations with the European Union on the Youth Experience Scheme, and whether the UK is discussing making financial contributions to the EU.

27 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Performance Appraisal and Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the written statement of 20 January 2026, on Rewiring the State, if he will place in the Library a copy of the revised Senior Civil Service performance management and recruitment guidance.

27 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Advertising

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 103787 on Governments Departments: Advertising, if he will provide a breakdown of spending by (a) programme and (b) campaign.

27 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Policy

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a list of extant desk notes held by his Department.

27 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments: Political Activities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026, to Question 103784, on Public Appointments: Political Activities, what the (a) name and (b) position is of each person who declared political activity.

27 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Publications: Gender

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026, to Question 104160, on Publications: Gender, which publishers were assessed but not included in the inclusion list.

27 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Facilities Agreements

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department work on the team that collates trade union facility time data; and what databases are used to store the information (a) requested and (b) collected.

27 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Specialised Committee on Citizens' Rights

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 104802 on Specialised Committee on Citizens’ Rights, whether his Department retained a copy of that presentation.

27 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

WPP: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 104797 on WPP Media: Contracts, what the latest estimated value is of each individual Lot of the RM6364 framework between 2026 and 2030; and whether the tota

27 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Incentives

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes he plans to make to the cash bonus criteria for civil service servants.

27 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Publications: Gender

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026, to Question 104160, on Publications: Gender, how many published have been assessed and included in the inclusion list.

26 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 105247 on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who took the decision to recall the papers.

26 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how he plans to change the hiring criteria for Senior Civil Servants.

26 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Mission Boards

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 16 December 20254 to Question 98794 on Mission Boards, which Secretary of State leads each Mission Board.

26 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 42994 on Government Departments: Aviation, whether helicopter travel under the Central Cabinet Office Corporate Travel Agency Contract has been commissioned sin

26 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Official Cars

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance on the provision of official cars to Ministers outside the Government Car Service by (a) the Metropolitan Police and (b) private contractors.

26 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026, to Question 104805, on Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay, whether the former Cabinet Secretary’s exit payment was made through the (a) the Civil Service Compensatio

26 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Specialised Committee on Citizens' Rights

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 104803, how much the two annual pay awards were; and whether the FDA is recognised as a trade union.

26 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 103794,on Ministers: Aviation, which business unit of his Department holds the data referenced in the VIP International Flights privacy notice.

26 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 104162 on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, what the department, grade and job title was of the 90 civil servants recruited that were advertised across gov

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of dynamic alignment with the EU electricity market on deregulation.

26 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has received representations from Inter Mediate on sanctions on the Syrian government.

26 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Government Actuary's Department: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2026, to Question 101383, on Government Actuary's Department: Freedom of Information, what the total cost would be in cash terms over 99 y

26 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Inter Mediate

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2025, to Question 69770, if he will publish information on meetings held with officials.

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