Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49766 on Cabinet Office: Staff, for what reason the EU Relations Secretariat appears in the February 2025 dataset but not in the May 2025 dataset.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025, to Question 49766 on Cabinet Office: Staff, and the associated SCS data, for what reason there no salary data for the EU Relations Secretariat Senior Civil Service staff in

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Senior Civil Servants

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49766 on Cabinet Office; staff, what are the job responsibilities of the Deputy Director for Meaningful Work.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Admiralty House: Council Tax

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 50220 on Admiralty House, how much the council tax is for the two unoccupied flats in Admiralty House in 2025-26.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

9 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he considered preparing a business case for the refurbishment of the media room in 9 Downing Street.

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Location

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office press release entitled Thousands of Civil Service roles moved out of London in latest reform to the state, published on 14 May 2025, whether civil servants who are relocated

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Thousands of Civil Service roles moved out of London in latest reform to the state, published on 14 May 2025, whether civil servants relocated outside of

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether business units in his Department are required to produce business cases to undertake expenditure on refurbishment.

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Central Government: Empty Property

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which central Government non-residential properties are unoccupied.

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the response to the Freedom of Information Act request reference FOI2025/05759, dated 16 May 2025.

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 50568 on Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence, for what functions his Department uses Redbox; and in which offices it is used.

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average cost was of domestic flights taken by the Prime Minister since July 2024.

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Publicity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he approved a communications spending control exception for the spending on the Government-branded beer mats.

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Sanitation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has received representations from PCS on guidance on using female (a) toilets and (b) changing rooms in Government buildings.

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Zero Hours Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 46749 on Cabinet Office: Zero Hours Contracts, which business units the 423 staff work for.

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Women

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2025 to Question 50575 on Cabinet Office: Women, if he will publish that intranet update.

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Directors

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether non-executive board members have to declare (a) past and (b) current membership of a political party; and what guidance he has issued to Departments on that subject.

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 50576 on Cabinet Office: Recruitment, which SCS roles were not advertised externally; and for what reason those roles were not advertised externally.

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Flags

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 51165 on Government Departments: Flags, who provided the Pride flag; and whether that flag was a Progress flag.

21 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, through what mechanism the UK Statistics Authority will communicate its response once it has considered the (a) findings and (b) recommendations in the Sullivan Review.

21 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 49956, and the Answer of 16 January 2025 to Question 21390, both on Armed Forces: Equality, what his Department's policy is on spending on equality, diversity an

21 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average salary is of civil servants at each grade in his Department.

21 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to update the transparency data entitled Cabinet Office senior officials high earners salaries.

21 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

UK Relations with EU: Civil Servants

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) junior and (b) senior civil servants are working in the European Union Relations Secretariat.

21 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

1 Carlton Gardens

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) bedrooms, (b) living rooms, (c) bathrooms and (d) kitchens the ministerial residence in 1 Carlton Gardens has.

21 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Official Residences

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which central government residential properties are unoccupied, according to data held by the InSite database.

21 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether procurement guidance has been issued by (a) his Department and (b) the Crown Commercial Service to public bodies on equality, diversity and inclusion requirements for private sector companies which wish

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

Alcoholic Drinks: Marketing and Production

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the EU-UK Common Understanding, published on 19 May 2025, whether the dynamic alignment with the EU will apply to standards and regulations on the production and mark

21 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants and Special Advisers: Termination of Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on (a) permanent civil servants and (b) special advisers who choose to resign and work for a public affairs company or in-house lobbyists; and whether his Department has a policy on moving suc

21 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Embassies: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance to local planning authorities on the (a) enforcement of and (b) inclusion of a (i) deposit and (ii) bond in section 106 agreements made

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