Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments: Secondment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2026, to Question 3350, on Public Appointments, from which organisation has the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Energy and Net Zero been seconded; what is the length of the s

25 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Darlington Economic Campus: 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 estimatehas the Government Property Agency made of the average workplace attendance of civil service sta

25 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 12 June 2026, to Question 7163, on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, if he will place in the Library a copies of the presentations and handouts given to the members of the People's

25 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on phone calls to Lord Mandelson’s phones which were connected through No10 switch.

25 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Mobile Phones

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the technical arrangements for backing up messages on official No10 iphones include backing up officially-installed Whatsapp.

25 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2026, to Question 4222, on Erasmus+ programme, what is the definition of a (a) direct action and (b) indirect action, in relation to the policy on financial corrections.

25 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2026, to Question 4222, on Erasmus+ programme, what information his Department holds on (a) how the reduction in the grant amount would be determined and (b) whether reductions

25 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Marketing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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 since the Government Chief Commercial Of

25 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Government Communication Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the answer of 5 June 2026, to Question 3763, on Government Communications Service: Staff, and of 19 January 2026, to Question 104195, on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headc

25 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Secondment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026, to Question 4241, on Department for Education: Secondment, what information her Department holds on the reason for (a) staff having been seconded to Serco UK Limited and

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Communication Service: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 19 January 2026, to Question 104195, on Government Communication Service: Staff, if he will breakdown the data by individual public body, including individual Arms Length Bodies,

24 Jun 2026 · Northern Ireland Office

Murder of Patrick Finucane Independent Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what has been the total public cost to date of the inquiry into the death of Patrick Finucane.

24 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Orgreave Inquiry: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the total public cost to date of the Orgreave inquiry.

24 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has taken steps in 2 Marsham Street to prevent the installation of unauthorised cameras.

24 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisation will replace MHCLG when it vacates the 2 Marsham Street offices for the Government Offices Great George Street; and what are the potential implications for the PFI liabilities of th

24 Jun 2026 · Northern Ireland Office

Robert Hamill Inquiry: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what has been the total public cost to date of the Robert Hamill Inquiry.

24 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Home Office: Marketing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on branded goods and merchandise since the Government Chief Commercial Officer letter was sent.

24 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Home Office: Government Communication Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many headcount staff in her Department are (a) members of the Government Communication Network and (b) are embedded communicators but are not counted as members of the Government Communication Net

24 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the comments of the Republic of Ireland's Barry Andrews MEP, on Irish visas being exploited by hostile actors from Russia.

24 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Passports: Sex

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to require that the Passport Office records the legal sex not the gender of the passport applicant.

24 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Sturgess Inquiry: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 4 September 2025, to Question 70519, on Public Inquiries, what the total public cost to date of the Independent inquiry relating to Dawn Sturgess Inquiry has been.

24 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Council Tax: Surcharges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026, to Question 5347, how many staff HMRC plans to recruit for the High Value Council Tax Surcharge work; and whether there is a total target amount for the number of current and n

24 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Social Media

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2026, to Question 2051, on Revenue and Customs: Social Media, how many separate influencers were hired for the £436,700 of aggregate spending.

24 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Remote Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HMRC has made of the number of staff who have not attended the office for more than six months.

24 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Cryptocurrencies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the monetary value of crypto-currency (a) seized and (b) non-seized assets currently held by HM Treasury.

24 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Income Tax: Tax Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list each third party database that HMRC has access to for the purposes of income tax collection.

24 Jun 2026 · Treasury

EU Institutions: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Government has contributed to the European Commission and EU institutions in each of the last ten years.

23 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Sanctions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 May 2026 to Question 2052 on Sanctions, whether the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation has granted any licences relating to sanctioned Russian individuals and expenditure on pu

23 Jun 2026 · Treasury

10 Downing Street: Libraries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 3790 on 10 Downing Street: Libraries, whether she has donated a book to the Prime Minister’s library.

23 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Youth Mobility Scheme: Australia and New Zealand

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 May 2026 to Question 2755 on Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries, whether the Australia and New Zealand schemes allow for (a) benefit payment eligibility and (b) families

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