Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) 10 Downing Street disapplied the automatic deletion policy on emails, in light of the Humble Address of 4 February 2026.

30 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a maximum length of time that a (a) junior and (b) senior civil servant appointed by exception can serve as a civil servant without being appointed by open and fair competition.

30 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments: Secondment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what requirements do departments have to list on the Direct Ministerial Appointments portal when a Direct Ministerial Appointment has been seconded by an external organisation, and what steps are taken to avoid

30 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

China: International Cooperation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 16 April 2026 to Question 126612 on China: Clean Energy, how many (a) Memorandums of Understanding and (b) non-legally binding agreements have been agreed between the (i) the Cabi

30 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Propriety and Constitution Group: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 16 April 2026 to Question HL15091 on Propriety and Constitution Group, whether Ministers will be consulted on (a) the recruitment campaign and (b) the final appointment.

30 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Temporary Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the internship schemes in operation (a) across the Civil Service, and (b) across departments and agencies, according to information held by the Civil Service People Group.

30 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Freedom of Information: Costs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to make changes to Freedom of Information cost thresholds.

30 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister announces new candidate for the Commissioner for Public Appointments, published on 18 June 2026, whether the prefer

30 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Conferences

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether officials (a) in his Department and (b) in Policy Lab attended the Creative Bureaucracy Festival on 11 June 2026.

29 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2026, to Question 4156, on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, what is the monetary value of the payment to attend to recognise time given up.

29 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2026, to Question 4129, on Erasmus+ programme, whether the "Funded by UK Government" branding manual will be updated.

29 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Performance Appraisal

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 6098 on Senior Civil Servants: Performance Appraisal, what (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Civil Service guidance has been produced on performance development plans.

29 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Marketing

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161 on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by the Department, including Downing Street, since the Govern

29 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Redundancy

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026, to Question 7425, how many pension top-ups for mutually agreed exists have been agreed by his Department since July 2024.

29 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to establish whether Lord Mandelson holds official information owned by the Crown which has not been copied or transferred to the official record.

29 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Summer Internship Programme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the children of trade union officials can participate in the Civil Service summer internship scheme.

29 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 16 April 2026, to Question 119976, on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, whether there is a maximum length of time that a (a) junior and (b) senior civil servant appointed on tem

29 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

UK Statistics Authority: Remote Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026, to Question 8058, on UK Statistics Authority: Remote Working, what discussions he has had with the UK Statistics Authority on the attendance rate in its offices on (a) Dar

29 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Government Communication Service

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many headcount staff in the Department, including Downing Street, are (a) members of the Government Communication Network and (b) embedded communicators but not counted as members of the Government Communica

29 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Mission Boards: Senior Civil Servants

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 23 May 2025 to Question 52694 on Mission Boards: Senior Civil Servants, whether Director Generals remain SROs for the missions.

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Opportunity Mission Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026, to Question 5777, on Opportunity Mission Board, if she will list the attendees of the Mission Board in the most recent meeting since the Mission Board was re-designated as

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2026, to Question 1175, on Department for Education: Social Media, how many individual social media influencers were paid in each of those two years.

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Opportunity Mission Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 5 June 2026, to Question 1174, on the Opportunity Mission Board, whether any of the meetings referenced in the answer were formal meetings of the Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity

25 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 4282, how many times aircraft has been commissioned through the Central Travel Contract since 4 July 2024.

25 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Termination of Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 3344 on Senior Civil Servants: Termination of Employment, what was the type of Civil Service exit that Cabinet Secretaries have departed under since July 2024.

25 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to review his policy on forming a customs union with the EU for certain products.

25 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the United Kingdom will be participating in the Erasmus+ programme’s European Solidarity Corps.

25 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 4166, on Equality: Gender and Intersex, whether his Department consulted (a) trade unions, (b) Cabinet Office diversity networks, and (c) cross-Government Civil

25 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates did (a) Cat Little, Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office, and (b) Antonia Romeo, Cabinet Secretary, find out that Lord Mandelson had failed UKSV clearance.

25 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Civil Servants

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on whether European Union citizenship is considered to be a conflict of interest in relation to Civil Service staff working in the EU Relations Secretariat.

Source: official written-questions record.