Written questions
2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Freedom of Information: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Information Commissioner has issued guidance on the amount of time that a Freedom of Information request applicant should wait following a decision notice before (a) seeking
30 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Mr Money Jar
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 24 October 2025 to Question 82329 on Department for Business and Trade: Mr Money Jar, whether his Department has paid Mr Money Jar for social influence or digi
29 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allow trade union representatives to access NHS buildings on strike days.
29 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 77460 on Department for Business and Trade: Social Media, on which campaigns influencers were used.
29 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Nigel Topping
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether Nigel Topping has made a declaration of political activity.
29 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78297 on Department for Work and Pensions: Social Media, which campaigns influencers were used on.
29 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Home Office: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) disciplinary actions and (b) dismissals of Home Office officials have there been for unauthorised access to personal data since July 2024.
29 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Alex Chisholm and Lord Case
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when severance payments to (a) Simon Case and (b) Alex Chisholm were approved by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
29 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Government: Cryptoassets
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 73352 on Government: Cryptoassets, in which accounting funds cryptocurrency assets are assigned; and whether external companies are used to hold the crypto asse
29 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Inter Mediate: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will her Department's contracts with Inter Mediate.
29 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department has spent on external training courses involving actors since July 2024.
29 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Civil Servants: Resignations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2025 to Question 74773 on Civil Servants: Resignations, whether any civil servants have resigned in response to the letter from the Per
29 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has had recent discussions with the Chinese government on the planning application for the Chinese Embassy in London.
29 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government paid a second homes council tax premium in (a) March and (b) April 2025 for the then Deputy Prime Minister’s official residence in Admiralty House.
29 Oct 2025 · Women and Equalities
Business: Codes of Practice
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to Annex 1 of the Better Regulation Framework Guidance, September 2023, whether the court judgment exemption will be applied in relation to the requirement for a Regulatory Impact Assessment for
27 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Parliament: Public Expenditure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 59028 on Public Expenditure, what the monetary value is of the indicative (a) capital and (b) resource departmental expenditure limit settlement budgeted for Parlia
27 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Public Expenditure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the correspondence entitled DAO 02/25 Updates to Managing Public Money, published on 12 June 2025, what the business case was for the changes of guidance on (a) the propriety of using the Companies
27 Oct 2025 · Treasury
National Wealth Fund: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisation administers the defined contribution staff pension scheme for the National Wealth Fund; and what information her Department holds on the proportion of the funds are invested outside the UK.
27 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Growth Mission Board
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the Growth Mission Board has met; and on what dates she attended.
27 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Redundancy Pay
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's Guidance on Public Sector Exit Payments: Use of Special Severance Payments, updated on 28 July 2025, for what reason the guidance no longer requires all special severance payments
27 Oct 2025 · Women and Equalities
Equal Pay Regulatory and Enforcement Unit
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 51461 on the Equal Pay Regulatory and Enforcement Unit, whether the Unit will be separate to the Fair Work Agency.
27 Oct 2025 · Women and Equalities
Equality: Regulation
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will issue guidance to regulators that they should not impose equality, diversity and inclusion requirements which have not been approved by legislation.
27 Oct 2025 · Women and Equalities
Office for Equality and Opportunity: Finance
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the budget for the Office for Equality of Opportunity has increased since October 2024.
27 Oct 2025 · Women and Equalities
Discrimination
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow claims for combined discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.
27 Oct 2025 · Women and Equalities
Ethnic Groups
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether White Irish is included in the Government’s ethnicity definition of White Other.
27 Oct 2025 · Women and Equalities
Equality and Human Rights Commission and Office for Equality and Opportunity: Unpaid Work
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether there are restrictions on internship applications to the (a) Office for Equality and Opportunity and (b) Equality and Human Rights Commission in (i) 2025 and (ii) 2026.
27 Oct 2025 · Women and Equalities
Public Bodies: Equality
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to extend the number of public bodies subject to the socio-economic duty under section 2 of the Equality Act 2010.
23 Oct 2025 · Women and Equalities
Equality and Human Rights Commission: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 62348o n EHRC: Public Appointments, whether he will announce to appointment on conclusion of the competition on the Public Appointments website.
23 Oct 2025 · Women and Equalities
Equality and Human Rights Commission: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 62348 on EHRC: Public Appointments, what interests of regulated appointees by the Governance Code on Public Appointments are required to be published.
23 Oct 2025 · Women and Equalities
Equality: Research
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has commissioned any external research on the proposed socio-economic duty.
Source: official written-questions record.