Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 23 September 2025, to Question 70484, on Government Departments: Training, how many quarterly Statements of Work have been agreed to date under the Work Order for Project 7114; and if h

13 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 23 September 2025, to Question 70484, on Government Departments: Training, who was on the evaluation panel for Project 7114, whether it included officials who had previously worked with

13 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Global Disinformation Index

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office uses the Global Disinformation Index service.

13 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Electricity: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the policy paper, Outcome of the exploratory discussions on the possible participation of the United Kingdom in the European Union’s internal electricity market, published on 22 December 2025, what as

12 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost is of developing, operating and maintaining the Internal Coaching Service digital platform.

12 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Advertising

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he uses external disinformation (a) indexes and (b) metrics when making SAFE framework assessments.

12 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Summer Internship Programme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 1 December 2025 to Question 93376 on Civil Service: Unpaid Work, how the civil service verify self-declarations of the occupation of main household owners when the applicant was 14 year

12 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 23 December 2025 to Question 99838 on Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay, what was the (a) policy basis and (b) business case for the previous Cabinet Secretary being given an exit p

12 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Ann Limb

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's document entitled Political Peerages - Citations, published on 10 December 2025, if he will publish Dame Ann Limb's curriculum vitae given to the House of Lords Appointments Co

12 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Specialised Committee on Citizens' Rights

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the First Division Association (FDA) has been involved in negotiations on special advisers' salaries; and whether special advisers have collectively had an increase in their salaries since July 2024.

12 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Specialised Committee on Citizens' Rights

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Agenda for the Specialised Committee on Citizens’ Rights meeting on 18 December 2025, if he will place in the Library a copy of the presentation by the3million and British in Europe.

12 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Sick Leave

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report entitled Civil Service sickness absence, 2025 published on 16 December 2025, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of Civil Service (a) long-term and (b) short-term sick

12 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

WPP: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled WPP appointed to be UK Government’s lead media agency, published on 22 December 2025, whether the framework in the press release is Crown Commercial Serv

12 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Remote Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025 to Question 90737 on Cabinet Office: Remote Working, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the last meeting for which minutes are held.

12 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Personnel Management

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 73727 on Civil Servants: Personnel Management, whether that guidance has been published.

12 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Remote Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025 to Question 90737 on Cabinet Office: Remote Working, if he will publish the members of the Cross-Government Group on Working Flexibly; and whether it meets remotely, in

8 Jan 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 93745, on Cabinet Office: Social Media, what is the nature of the data withheld due to commercial and wider sensitivities.

8 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Communication Service: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025, to Question, 90238, on Government Communications Service: Staff, if he will publish the number of (a) headcount and (b) FTE Government Communication Service staff in e

8 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Identity Cards: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what consideration has been made of requiring Digital ID to sign into social media accounts.

8 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Social Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 January 2026 to Question 99828 on Cabinet Office: Social Media, what is the campaign or topic associated with (a) Government Digital and Data and (b) Great Futures.

8 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Corporate Hospitality and Official Gifts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 January 2026 to Question 99528 on Ministers: Corporate Hospitality and Official Gifts, whether Ministers are required to inform the Cabinet Office where a gift or hospitality is accep

8 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Ministerial Powers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 January 2026 to Question 99536 on Ministers: Public Appointments, what is an internal desk note; and what legal or constitutional status do they hold.

8 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments: Social Class

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 January 2025 to Question 100334 on Public Appointments: Social Class, and the Commissioner for Public Appointment’s annual report of 2024-25 published in December 2025, on what date i

8 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments: Political Impartiality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 January 2025 to Question 100332 on Public Appointments: Political Impartiality, what was the source of the political activity data for 2024-25 contained within the 2024-25 annual repo

8 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 January 2026 to Question 100340 on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, how many senior civil servants have been recruited to posts not advertised externally in the last 12 months.

8 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 January 2026, to Question 99838, on Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay, what was the business case for making an exit payment greater than that permitted in the model contract.

8 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Publications: Gender

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 January 2026, to Question 99822, on Publications: Gender, on how many occasions since July 2024 has a publication or publisher failed a SAFE assessment.

8 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Bodies: Facilities Agreements

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 January 2026, to Question 99839, on Trade Unions: Facilities Agreements, and with reference to paragraph 233 of the Cabinet Office Guide to Parliamentary Work, if he will provide an o

8 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Tom Kibasi

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 January 2026, to Question 99825, on Tom Kibasi, whether he served the full two month secondment in Downing Street.

8 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2025, to Question 73325, on Armed Forces: Conferences, if he will place in the Library the equivalent Cabinet Office guidance for officials on contact with the media.

Source: official written-questions record.