Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland r

6 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2025, to Question 88284, on Military Aircraft, what is the aggregate volume of CO2 emissions that have been reported for domestic and overseas Ministerial flights on the Envo

6 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Defence: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the forecast profile of yearly (a) defence and (b) security spending to meet the respective 3.5% and 1.5% GDP NATO targets by 2035.

6 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for July to September 2025, published on 25 December 2025, and the Defence Digital contracts with KPMG LLP, for wha

6 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 2 January 2025, to Question 98109, on Ministry of Defence: public appointments, whether any of those appointments made a declaration of political activity.

2 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Arms Length Bodies: Operating Costs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 April 2025, to Question HL6032, on Arms Length Bodies, whether there is an updated list of the new Arms Length bodies that have been announced since July 2024.

2 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Government Social Research Profession: Gender

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2025, to Question 88660, on Elections: Proof of Identity, what is the policy of Government Social Research on using the terms (a) sex and (b) gender.

18 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are registered as coaches on the Internal Coaching Service platform.

18 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists: Costs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to pages 131–132 of the Cabinet Office Annual report and accounts 2024-2025, HC1372, 23 October 2025, what the annual cost is of operating the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists; whet

18 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Government Actuary's Department: Freedom of Information

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the Freedom of Information Act disclosure released by the Government Actuary’s Department on 4 August 2025 with reference Internal Review response to FOI252626.

18 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Management

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Resilience and Security Committee met between April 2024 and March 2025; and what the attendance record of each member was.

18 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has a policy on access to (a) diary and (b) private secretaries for senior civil servants.

18 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the guidance entitled Fast Stream and Emerging Talent (FSET) data privacy notice, updated on 13 November 2025, what questions are asked to ascertain an applicant's socio-economic background.

18 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Crown Commercial Service: Investment Income

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office Annual report and accounts 2024-2025, HC1372, 23 October 2025, whether any of the £90 million of Crown Commercial Service dividend income retained by his Department was (a) p

18 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Honours and Medals

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many applications for the restoration of (a) honours and (b) medals have been received since February 2021; and how many have been granted.

18 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the guidance entitled Fast Stream and Emerging Talent (FSET) data privacy notice, published on 13 November 2025, for what reason the Fast Stream data is collected by gender.

18 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Revenue and Customs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the 2017 Memorandum of Understanding between HMRC and the Cabinet Office has been updated since the introduction of the Data Protection Act 2018; and on what basis data transfers for honours probity chec

18 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

New Media Unit: Finance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 83803 on New Media Unit: Finance, what the estimated expenditure is by (a) his Department and (b) the New Media Unit on social media influencers through thi

18 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Buildings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of his Department's (a) leased and (b) owned estate meets a BREEAM rating of A or above.

18 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Leadership

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost will be to the public purse of delivering the National Leadership Forum 2026 including venue costs, external speakers, staffing costs and preparatory work.

18 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Trade Unions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of trends in the level of discrimination against civil servants not a member of a trade union in (a) employment and (b) promotion decisions.

17 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Office for the Impact Economy: Finance and Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the annual budget and target headcount for the Office for the Impact Economy.

17 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Alex Chisholm and Lord Case

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2025, to Question 87336, on Alex Chisholm and Simon Case, whether Ministers in his Department (a) were consulted on and (b) approved the severance payment.

17 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Department has made of the total cost in staff time arising from the Internal Coaching Service, including the time spent by civil servants who act as coaches and the time spent by civil servant

17 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Official Cars

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2025, to Question 90730, on Ministers: Official Cars, if he will provide equivalent figures for how much has been invoiced to each department in each month since July 2024 f

17 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Varun Chandra

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings Varun Chandra has had with external organisations excluding senior media executives since his appointment.

17 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the model contract for senior civil servants.

17 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Lord-Lieutenants

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2025 to Question 90252 on Cabinet Office: Lord-lieutenants, whether his Department handled complaints concerning Lord Lieutenants, Vice Lord Lieutenants and Deputy Lieutenan

17 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Remote Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how his Department checks the office attendance of individual civil servants.

17 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Official Cars

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has received relating to the Government Car Service since 1 April 2025; and how many have been (a) refused and (b) disclosed.

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