Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

UK Relations with EU

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK-EU Summit: Common Understanding, published on 19 May 2025, if he will list the policy areas that dynamic alignment will apply to.

19 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

UK Relations with EU: Channel Islands and Gibraltar

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the publication of the EU/UK Common Understanding of 19 May 2025, whether any of the measures directly affect (a) the Channel Islands and (b) Gibraltar.

19 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 14 of the policy paper entitled UK-EU Summit: Common Understanding, published on 19 May 2025, whether young people will be given voting rights in local elections in (a) England and (b

19 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

EU Countries: Immigration Controls

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 16 of his Department's policy paper entitled UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, published on 19 May 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the commencement of

19 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 14 of the policy paper entitled UK-EU Summit: Common Understanding, published on 19 May 2025, whether he has estimated the number of EU participants in the Erasmus+ programme who will

19 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 13 of the policy paper entitled UK-EU Summit: Common Understanding, published on 19 May 2025, what estimate he has made of the annual number of EU visitors there would be under a yout

19 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

European Court of Justice

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK-EU Summit: Common Understanding, published on 19 May 2025, in which areas the European Court of Justice would have oversight that is not permitted by existing treat

19 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

UK Relations with EU

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK-EU Summit: Common Understanding, published on 19 May 2025, whether (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation will be (i) repealed and (ii) amended to facilitate the

19 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Visits Abroad

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance to Ministers on whether they can undertake a personal holiday following an official visit to a foreign country.

12 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his written statement of 14 May 2024 on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Civil Service, whether his Department plans to issue guidance to civil service diversity networks.

1 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Boston Consulting Group

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 38758 on Cabinet Office: Boston Consulting Group, whether any subsequent (a) call-offs, (b) uplifts, (c) extensions or (d) variations to the arrangement were a

1 May 2025 · Women and Equalities

Government Departments: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 15471 on Office for Equality and Opportunity: Gender and Sexuality, what definition of (a) gender, (b) sexual orientation and (c) gender identity are used

1 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13820 on Government Departments: Staff, whether his Department has met the requirements listed in the Cabinet Office’s transparency publication schedule.

1 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Flags

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13326 on Government Departments: Flags, which flags are owned by his Department.

1 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Buildings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2024 to Question 8641 on Cabinet Office: Buildings, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of publishing a percentage figure on security and safety.

1 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Official Hospitality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 15186 on 10 Downing Street: Official Hospitality, whether he plans to provide costs for individual receptions in 10 Downing Street in the Cabinet Office Ann

1 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies: Mobile Phones

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to undertake further local or national testing of the mobile phone Emergency Alert service.

1 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants and Special Advisers: Vetting

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers are asked to provide details of (i) spent and (ii) unspent criminal convictions when applying for (A) CTC and (B) SC security clearance.

1 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Secondment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6083 on Civil Servants: Secondment, whether his Department's HR are informed when an individual is seconded to the Cabinet Office.

1 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to reduce delays for applicants to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

1 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government-branded merchandise and away days banned, published on 6 April 2025, whether this ban will extend to Senior Civil Service away days.

1 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Bodies: Reviews

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Hundreds of quangos to be examined for potential closure as Government takes back control, published on 7 April 2025, whether the review will include (a)

1 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Lanyards

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government-branded merchandise and away days banned, published on 6 April 2025, whether this ban will extend to banning Progress Flag-branded lanyards.

1 May 2025 · Women and Equalities

Equality: Impact Assessments

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the regulatory cost of producing Equality Impact Assessments; and whether the Government plans to take steps to reduce the compliance cost of producing them.

1 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 42050 on Registrar of Consultancy Lobbyists, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow the Registrar to regulate foreign-based consultant

1 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Elish Angiolini

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 42043 on Elish Angiolini, whether the Government was aware of the legal restriction before the public announcement of Lady Angiolini as the Lord High Commission

1 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Email

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 41645 on Cabinet Office: Email, whether the same provisions apply to non-Ministerial inboxes in Downing Street.

1 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 32585 on NHS: Training, what assessment he has made of the (a) efficiency and (b) effectiveness of NHS spending on unconscious basis training.

30 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Boston Consulting Group

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42462 on Cabinet Office: Boston Consulting Group, on what date the Cabinet Office Investment Committee approved the commercial arrangement with Boston Consultin

30 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Arms Length Bodies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication Setting Up a New Arm’s-Length Body (ALB): Guidance for Departments, published on 9 May 2024, whether he plans to revise this guidance.

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