Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2026 to Question 1188 on Government Departments: Procurement, what transparency requirements do Departments have on publishing expenditure for tendered services to individual org

23 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Digital ID Advisory Group

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release, Business and civil society leaders brought together to help build digital ID system that works for the public, of 10 June 2026, whether the Advisory Group of Experts have mad

23 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Written Questions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 4217 on Cabinet Office: Written Questions, whether any other codes are assigned to Parliamentary Questions other than those relating to (a) Commons or Lords, or

23 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Marketing

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4163 on Government departments: marketing, whether each of the Cabinet Office’s Arm’s Length Bodies have undertaken any expenditure on branded goods since the Go

23 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 4176 on Monarchy: information, whether he has considered initiating legal action to obtain official information held by the Crown retained by Lord Mandelson and

23 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Codes of Practice

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to have discussions with trade unions on the refresh of the Civil Service Code; whether his Department plans to share the draft Code with the relevant (a) Commons and (b) Lords Selec

23 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Facilities Agreements

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the yearly cost of trade union facility time under the 2026 Facility Time Framework to his Department.

23 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, Volume II Part I, HC2-I, publi

23 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

WPP: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 13 January 2026, to Question 102672, on WPP Media: Contracts, whether he has set Key Performance Indicators for the WPP Media contract.

23 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Mobile Phones

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2026 to Question 6440 on Prime Minister: Mobile Phones, and with reference to paragraph 24 of the Cabinet Office guidance, Non-corporate communication channels for government bu

23 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: ICT

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the dependency of government departments and agencies on IT systems provided by (a) Microsoft and (b) Google; and whether the Government is contracted to those suppliers.

18 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Electronic Messaging: Copyright

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance the Cabinet Office provides to Departments on the (a) copyright and (b) ownership of electronic messages retained on non-corporate devices relating to official government business after a (i) civil

18 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Facilities Agreements

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether changes (a) have been made and (b) are being made to the (i) staff resources and (ii) facilities being allocated to facility time in (A) the Cabinet Office and (B) its agencies as a consequence of the up

18 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Communication Service: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 5 June 2026, to Question 3763, on Government Communications Service: Staff, what is the timetable for the 2026 Data Collection to be completed.

18 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

UK Trade with EU: Dispute Resolution

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 5 June 2026, to Question 3298, on UK Trade with EU: Dispute Resolution, whether he plans for the individuals appointed by the Government to be posted on the Direct Ministerial Appointme

18 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Facilities Agreements

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the average amount of Civil Service facility time as a percentage of the paybill in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2025-26.

18 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Manual

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans for the updated Cabinet Manual to seek to establish new conventions.

18 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2026, to Question 4189, on Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions, whether there is a target date for deferred members to (a) receive a full 2024-25 pension statement and (b) have ac

18 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Government Procurement Card spend over £500 - April 2026 (Cabinet Office Core), published on 28 May 2026, what was the conference or event relating to the

18 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Unpaid Work

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the policy of the Civil Service People Group is on (a) departments and (b) Arm's Length Bodies restricting access to internship schemes on the basis of (i) race and (ii) ethnicity.

18 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists has powers to fine individuals for breaches of the registration requirements if their consultant lobbying firm has subsequently become insolvent.

18 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Subject Access Requests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2026 to Question 1190 on Cabinet Office: Subject Access Requests, whether the internal Subject Access Request manual has been updated since 2018.

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

National Security Online Information Team: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the answer of 4 March 2024, to Question HL2530, National Security Online Information Team: Social Media, what are the current Ministerial approved remits of the Nation

18 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 110793, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Flexible Working, how many and what proportion of full-time staff on full p

18 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Treaties: Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 28 April 2026, to Question HL16533, on Treaties: Parliamentary Scrutiny, whether any Memorandums of Understanding and other non-legally binding agreements, that do not

18 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Home Office: Secondment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the names of the organisations that have had (a) departmental Civil Servants seconded to them and (b) seconded organisational staff to the Department since July 2024.

18 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Government: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Key Performance Indicators for the Government’s most important contracts, Data for October to December 2025 for all departments, published on 31 March 2026, if he will list the f

18 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Home Office: Flags

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 27 April 2026, to Question 128597, on Home Office: Flags, what flags have been authorised by the Permanent Secretary since July 2024 to be flown, other than the Union f

18 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Safer Streets Mission Board

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 25 March 2026, to Question 111987, on Safer Streets Mission Board, whether any Ministers are members of the Safer Streets Mission Delivery Board.

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UK Relations with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026, to Question 216, on UK Relations with EU, whether the UK will also be required to contribute to the EU Cohesion programme in order to participate in the

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