Written questions
2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 Aug 2025 · Women and Equalities
Common Purpose: Finance
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Cabinet Office has funded Common Purpose since 4 July 2024.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Chagos Islands: Statistics
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54804 on Public Bodies: Statistics, whether the (a) UK Statistics Agency and (b) ONS have reviewed the use of Social Time Preference Rate discounting by the Gove
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Buildings
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to introduce a (a) minimum and (b) maximum permitted workplace temperature in central government buildings.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education
Teach First: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of supplier neutral procurement branding requirements on Teach First schemes.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Training
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Work Order for Project_7114 published on Contracts Finder on 9 July 2025, how value for money will be assessed in relation to (a) strategic storytelling, (b) coaching and (c) experimental d
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Trade Union Officials
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the public sector trade union facility time data for the 2024-25 financial year.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Lobbying
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 July 2025 to Question 69066 on Lobbying, whether he plans to (a) change the consultant lobbying regime and (b) undertake post-legislative scrutiny of the lobbying measures in the Tra
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Communication Service: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on (a) advertising and (b) other services for the recruitment of the Director of the Government Communications Service.
29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Deputy Prime Minister: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on (a) signage, (b) furniture, (c) artwork and (d) stationery for the Deputy Prime Minister’s office in her Department.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which public body is responsible for investigating corruption in government procurement.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Disinformation
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Government Communications Service uses third-party providers to (i) assess, (ii) index and (iii) identify disinformation.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Marketing
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2025 to Question 65885 on Cabinet Office: Marketing, which digital and social media channels were used for paid advertising; whether this included digital influencers; and what
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
UK Multi-Stakeholder Forum for Open Government
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the UK Multi-Stakeholder Forum for Open Government has met in 2025.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Pay: Statistics
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data the Office for National Statistics holds on the average income of people by (a) class and (b) type of profession.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Communication Service: Staff
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the headcount of staff included within the Government Communications Service is.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Contracts for Services
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many suppliers were invited to bid for contract CCZZ24A18 under the Dynamic Purchasing System; how many bids were submitted; and for what reason the University of Birmingham was selected.
29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Defence and Security: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish any (a) external and (b) internal guidance produced for NATO members on what types of spending may be included in the definition of spending for (i) defence and (ii) security and resilience.
29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence
F-35 Aircraft: Nuclear Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who will (a) procure and (b) own the nuclear weapons to be deployed on the F35-A fighter jets; and whether permission will be required from (i) NATO and (ii) the USA to (A) deploy and (B) launch them.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Motorcycles: Bus Lanes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow motorcycles to access bus lanes by default.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
New Media Unit: Staff
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are (a) permanently assigned and (b) loaned to the New Media Unit; and what is the target for the total number of staff once it is fully recruited.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Communication Service: Staff
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 16512 on Government Communication Service, and with reference to the FOI Internal Review response IR2025/05101 of 29 May 2025, if she will place in the Libra
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Communication Service
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the FOI Internal Review response IR2025/05101 of 29 May 2025, if he will make it his policy to reduce the size of the Government Communication Service.
29 Aug 2025 · Treasury
10 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department provides an annual allowance for works on the Chancellor’s flat in Downing Street.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average annual value of London weighting for civil servants in his Department was in the latest period for which data is available.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Communication Service: Audit
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his planned timetable is for the next audit of the Government Communication Service.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2025 to Question 41438 on Government Departments: Conditions of Employment, whether his Department has issued guidance on the use of (a) zero hour contracts and (b) contingent la
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
National Energy System Operator: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether appointments to the National Energy Systems Operator will be included in the Public Bodies Order in Council; whether the Chair appointment will be classified as a Significant Appointm
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Communication Service: Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the estimated average salary of a civil servant in the Government Communications Service, in the most recent period for which data is available; and what is the estimated monetary value of the employer c
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants in the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Civil Service claim a London weighting on their salary, in the most recent period for which data is available.
29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Pay and Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the estimated (a) mean and (b) median salary of a civil servant in (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-26, and what is the estimated monetary value of the employer contribution to their Civil Service pensions.
Source: official written-questions record.