Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Official Hospitality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the potential cost to the public purse was of (a) alcohol and (b) meat-based food at the recent Diwali reception in No 10 Downing Street.

19 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Paintings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office; for what reason painting GAC 0/34 was removed from 10 Downing Street.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Elon Musk

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether Elon Musk was invited to attend the International Investment Summit in October 2024.

19 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 6077 on Public Appointments, if the Prime Minister will list each individual Direct Ministerial Appointment which was signed off by 10 Downing Street accordi

19 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what weight is given to the Prime Minister's views through his Principal Private Secretary on the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals.

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: TikTok

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Prime Minister, (b) his special advisers and (c) officials in his Department met with representatives of Tiktok between 5 July and 7 October 2024.

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Official Gifts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the gifts and hospitality received by the Prime Minister since 5 July 2024 and subsequently repaid or returned, broken down by (a) the nature of each gift or hospitality donated, (b) value, (c) d

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ethics and Integrity Commission

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the new Ethics and Integrity Commission will be established on a statutory basis.

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Chequers: Official Visits

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 5577 on Chequers: Official Visits, how many external guests have visited Chequers since 5 July 2024.

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Correspondence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6071 on Prime Minister: Correspondence, if he will publish the Prime Minister’s response.

15 Nov 2024 · Women and Equalities

Equality: Public Sector

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the Government’s policy is on the scope of the public sector equality duty in relation to private sector organisations that provide goods and services to the public sector.

14 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Contracts for Services: Trade Unions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 October 2024 to to Question 5121 on Employment, what requirements will private firms bidding for public sector contracts have to ensure (a) trade union access, (b) collective bargaini

14 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Special Advisers: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the paragraph 36 of the policy paper entitled Next steps to make work pay, published on 8 November 2024, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Government’s proposals to c

13 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Permanent Secretaries: Dismissal and Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the Government response to the House of Lords Constitution Select Committee's 17th Report on Permanent Secretaries: their appointment and removal, published i

13 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Location

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Places for Growth Formative Evaluation Report, published on 30 October 2024, what steps his Department is taking to reach the targets of (a) 50% UK based Senior Civil Service outside of Lon

13 Nov 2024 · Women and Equalities

Castes

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to commence the caste provisions in the Equality Act 2010 as amended.

13 Nov 2024 · Women and Equalities

Equality: Men

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is to support equality of opportunity for young white working class males.

13 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Special Advisers: Codes of Practice

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to update guidance for special advisers on the acceptance of gifts and hospitality, further to the te special advisers' code of conduct, in the context of updated guidance for Ministers.

13 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are in the parliamentary branch of 10 Downing Street.

13 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Senior Leadership Committee

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference paragraphs 28 to 32 of the Government's response to he House of Lords Constitution Select Committee's 17th Report entitled Permanent Secretaries: their appointment and removal, HL 257, published i

13 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Conflict of Interests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraphs 11 and 19(a) of the guidance entitled Declaration and Management of outside Interests, published on 6 November 2024, what the threshold is for determining whether a close personal re

30 Aug 2024 · Home Office

Civil Disorder: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to establish Riot Claims Bureaux to handle claims for recent riots.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hospitality Industry: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of staff shortages in the hospitality sector, and if he will have discussions with representatives from the Hospital

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electrical Goods: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to prevent the sale of unsafe electrical appliances on online marketplaces.

22 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is Government policy to maintain the Universal Service Obligation for Royal Mail, including the obligation to deliver mail six days a week.

9 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Coronavirus

What assessment his Department has made of the effect of state aid limits on the distribution of covid-19 support for businesses in the hospitality and retail sectors.

29 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of covid-19 outbreaks that have been traced to (a) Cashino venues and (b) amusement arcades.

6 May 2020 · Department for International Trade

beoutQ

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions officials in her Department have had with their Saudi Arabian counterparts on that country's role in the operation of the pirate broadcaster beoutQ and the effect of that pirate broad

6 May 2020 · Department for International Trade

BeoutQ

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of (a) Saudi-based pirate broadcaster beoutQ and (b) piracy more widely, on the value of exports from the UK’s creative industries; and if she wil

20 Mar 2019 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Education

What steps she is taking to ensure that the most marginalised children in developing countries receive an education.

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