Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Arms Length Bodies: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 21 October 2025, to Question 76829, on Arms Length Bodies: Equality, whether any assessment has been made of the level of compliance by Arms Length Bodies with the May 2024 EDI spending

27 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Public Sector: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she intends to cap public service pension costs under section 12 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013.

27 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Admiralty House: Council Tax

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2025, to Question 73829, on Admiralty House: Council tax, if he will publish a copy of the council tax bills issued by Westminster City Council to the Government Property Age

27 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) pubs, (b) cafes, (c) restaurants and (d) hotels have had their rateable value (i) increased and (ii) reduced by the Valuation Office Agency during the 2026 business rate revaluation.

26 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 13 October 2025, to Question 73729, on Ministers: Aviation, which other Government-financed planes have their carbon offset.

26 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Office for National Statistics: Buildings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the deposited letter from the Acting National Statistician of 22 May 2025, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2025, to Question 53545, on Office for National Statistics: Buildings, and with reference to

26 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Balkans: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, who the members are of the Quint working group.

26 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the annual cost is of the Senior Leaders Scheme; and how many deputy directors participated in the last year.

26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England: Flags

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance has been issued by (a) his Department and (b) NHS England on expenditure on flags.

26 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Lord Case

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2025 to Question 88283 on Simon Case, what his remuneration is; and whether it includes pension contributions.

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Unite: Conference Centres and Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2025, to Question 88690, on Unite: Conference Centres and Hotels, what steps (a) BDO, (b) the inspector and (c) the Certification Officer taken to ensure that docu

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Jeffrey Epstein

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2025 to Question 88691 on Jeffrey Epstein, whether the records are searchable by keyword.

26 Nov 2025 · Leader of the House

Cabinet Office: Parliamentary Questions

To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the answer of 20 November 2025 to Question 91457, on Written Question: Government Responses, if he will undertake an assessment of whether the Cabinet Office provides full and helpful responses to Parliamentary

26 Nov 2025 · Leader of the House

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment has been made of practices of Hon. Members who will not respond to correspondence from overseas electors who are assigned to their Parliamentary constituency.

26 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2025, to Question 81325, on Baroness Shafik, and further to the revised Cabinet Office guidance on Direct Ministerial Appointments of October 2025, para 21, whether the remun

26 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Tim Allan

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the due diligence on the appointment of special adviser, Tim Allan, included the work of his company, Portland, for the Russian Government.

26 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

The Spectator: Advertising

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 88705, on the Spectator: Advertising, whether the SAFE framework permits government advertising on the (a) Daily Express, (b) GB News and (c) the Morning St

26 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Gladstone's Library

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister will make it his policy to ask the (a) Rt hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne, (b) Rt hon. Member for Sheffield Heeley, (c) hon. Member for Hampstead and Highgate and (

26 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Propriety and Constitution Group: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the recruitment process was for the new Director General of the Propriety, Ethics and Constitution Group; and whether it is a permanent promotion.

25 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office Annual report and accounts 2024-2025, HC1372, 23 October 2025, page 16, what proportion of the £203 million underspend in DEL arose from projects that failed to deliver to pl

25 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Ministers and Special Advisers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) Commons Ministers, (b) Lords Ministers or (c) special advisers are eligible for any form of salary sacrifice in relation to additional voluntary contributions to their pensions.

25 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the Freedom of Information Act response released by Cabinet Office, reference FOI2025/05758 of 10 July 2025 on criminal offences by Ministers.

25 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Audit

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Cabinet Office Annual report and accounts 2024-2025, HC1372, 23 October 2025, page 33, whether the external audit for ISO 14001:2015 accreditation identified any non-conformities or required actio

25 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Starlink

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information the Crown Commercial Service holds on Government use of the Starlink network.

25 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Communication Service: Apprentices

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether applications for the Government Communication Service Apprenticeship in 2026 will be restricted on the basis of (a) socio-economic background and (b) ethnicity.

25 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

King Charles III: Artworks

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2025, to Question 62993, on King Charles III: Artworks, whether (a) NHS England and (b) Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust accepted the offer from the Cabinet Office of a

25 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Admiralty House: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Deposited Paper DEP2025-0726, committed on 21 October 2025, what was the cause of the breakdown in the toilet macerator.

25 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chinese Embassy: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government gave assurances to the Chinese Government on the proposed Chinese Embassy in London after 4 July 2024 and before the previously refused planning applic

25 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Trade Union Officials: Facilities Agreements

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 31 March 2025, to Question 40580, on Trade Union Officials: Facilities Agreements, what is the current target date for the publication of the 2024-25 statistics by the Cabinet Office, b

25 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Trade Union Officials: Facilities Agreements

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance has been given to Departments and Arm's Length Bodies on trade union facility time for union learning representatives.

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