Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department's guidance on away days has been updated since the publication of the press release entitled Government-branded merchandise and away days banned on 6 April 2025.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the Government Campus training course materials entitled Equality Analysis: Making Scrutiny Relevant to Promoting Equality.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51453 on Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of amending the (a) Classic, (b) Classic Plus and (c) Premium

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Directors

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who the members are of the Cabinet Office Board.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2025 to Question 24138 on Prime Minister: Artificial Intelligence, whether the Downing Street Private Office uses the AI Redbox tool.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51389 on Civil Service: Equality, what his planned timetable is for issuing the guidance.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Remote Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51159 on Civil Servants: Remote Working, whether his Department collects workforce attendance data for buildings other than headquarters.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Honours

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what propriety and probity checks are undertaken on people proposed for honours.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Directors

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he considered making the Government Lead Non-Executive Director a regulated public appointment.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the statistical validity of ethnicity pay reporting in small sample sizes, in the context of the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Honours

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether members of honours committees have a role in identifying people to receive honours.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51968 on Civil Service: Redundancy Pay, whether he plans to introduce clawback arrangements for people who return to an organisation that uses the Civil Service

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 44474 on Government Departments: Disclosure of Information, if she will take steps to ensure that transparency data is published in (a) one central searchable

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the M6364 Media and Creative Framework Preliminary Market Engagement will include expenditure on (a) branded goods and (b) external public relations.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has had discussions with the Public and Commercial Services Union on the industrial action relating to outsourced staff at (a) OCS, (b) ISS and (c) G4S.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government Procurement Cards are held by staff in 10 Downing Street.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Energy

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51956 on 10 Downing Street: Energy Performance Certificates, what steps his Department has taken to improve the energy efficiency of 10 Downing Street since July

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Photographs and Video Recordings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance has been issued by (a) his Department and (b) the Government Communications Service on whether (i) photographs and (ii) video footage produced by the Civil Service which is not (A) in the public do

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Lanyards

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the (a) cost to the public purse, (b) number and (c) designs for lanyards bought by (i) 10 Downing Street, (ii) the Office for Women and Equalities, (iii) the Civil Servi

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Disaster Relief and Emergencies: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the UK Resilience Academy have issued on the consideration of equality, diversity, inclusion and equity in relation to (i) civil contingencies, (ii) emergency planning an

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Non-departmental Public Bodies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to merge the chair roles of Cabinet Office advisory non-departmental public bodies.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Bodies: Statistics

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance the UK Statistics Authority has provided to public bodies on the use of Social Time Preference Rate discounting when presenting the cost of public policies.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Directors

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Lead Government Non-Executive Director is a non-executive member of the Cabinet Office Board.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Directors

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press notice entitled Appointment of Cabinet Office Board Lead Non-Executive Board Member, published on 26 May 2025, whether the new Cabinet Office Lead Non-Executive Board Member has made

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Official Cars

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) the Government Car Service have issued to Ministers on the provision of official cars for travel inside London.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Press Conferences

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question 47333 on Government Departments: Press Conference, which section of that guidance provides information on using party political fittings and furniture at officia

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Crown Representatives: Political Activities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what political (a) activity and (b) interests have been declared by each Crown Representative.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Official Residences: Internet and Telephone Services

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who is responsible for paying for the (a) internet broadband, (b) wi-fi and (c) telephone lines for the Ministerial residences of (i) 10 Downing Street, (ii) 11 Downing Street, (iii) Admiralty House, (iv) Dorney

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Special Advisers: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what pay rise will be given to special advisers for the 2025-26 pay round; and whether it will be subject to negotiation with the First Division Association trade union.

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to protect the UK food supply in the event of a (a) cyber or (b) physical attack.

Source: official written-questions record.