Written questions

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Government Securities

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many uncovered auctions there have been for Government gilts since 4 July 2024.

4 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2025 to Question 53898 on Senior Civil Servants: Pay, whether that list will be published in 2025.

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Political Parties: Conferences

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to amend the (a) funding and (b) qualifying spending for Party Political Conference Security Grants.

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Labour Party: Conferences

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was given to the Labour Party for Party Political Conference Security Grant in each year since 2019.

3 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Summer Internship Programme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Internship Scheme To Get More Working Class Students Into Civil Service, published on 1 August 2025, whether children of asylum seekers that (a) are perm

3 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 58020 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission and further to the correspondence from the MHCLG Planning Casework Unit to DP9 of

3 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Domestic Visits: Doncaster

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 July 2025 to Question 57266 on Domestic Visits: Doncaster, which events the special advisers who travelled with the Prime Minister to Doncaster took part in on 10 April 2025.

3 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the terms and conditions for non-executive board member appointments agreed to by Alan Milburn.

2 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 64049 on Alcoholic Drinks, what those international conventions are.

2 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chinese Embassy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department responded to the correspondence from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government of 6 August 2025 on the proposed Chinese Embassy.

2 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what due diligence was undertaken for the appointment of the UK ambassador to the US.

2 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Council Tax

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason his Department pays council tax on Ministerial residences which are deemed to be second homes.

2 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much council tax was paid by his Department on the Deputy Prime Minister’s flat in Admiralty House in each month since 4 July 2024.

1 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Special Advisers: Elections

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has issued guidance to special advisers on undertaking (a) national and (b) local political activities during working hours when accompanying Ministers in a local election purdah period.

1 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Special Advisers: Political Parties

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance to special advisers on undertaking opposition research involving individual politicians.

1 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Labour Infrastructure Forum

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has provided guidance on whether Ministerial meetings arranged through the Labour Infrastructure Forum should be declared in Ministerial transparency returns.

1 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: ICT

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 68481 on 10 Downing Street: ICT, whether Number 10 has its own operational Bloomberg terminal, independent from the Treasury ones.

1 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Admiralty House: Council Tax

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 54875 on Admiralty House: Council Tax, whether Council Tax (a) discount, exemption, disregard and (b) premium is applied to the Government's bill for each of th

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question 68785, on Greater Manchester Combined Authority: Housing Investment Programmes, whether Homes England has been involved in the

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the letter to the Hon Member for Thirsk and Malton, from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, of 15 August 2025, when the Minister of State for Housing and

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government’s Elections Strategy, published on 17 July 2025, whether prepaid cards will be permitted as voter identification.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Castle Point

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 62882 on Elections: Essex, for what reason Castle Point district council is listed as having elections in May 2026.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Political Parties

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2025 to Question HL9888 on Elections: Political Parties, which smaller political parties or third parties have been restricted from dual regist

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 62596 on Greater Manchester Combined Authority: Property Development, how many affordable homes have been built in developments

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 68763 on Alcoholic Drinks, for what reason domestic alcohol production is excluded from green bonds.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Treasury: Training

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will place in the Library a copy of the presentation materials for the Guilt of Being British seminar given by her Department's race network.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Darren Jones

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has had with business organisations arranged through the (a) Labour Infrastructure Forum and (b) Bradshaw Advisory since July 2024.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Treasury Board: Public Appointments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the press release entitled Senior business leaders bolster Treasury board of 13 August 2025, whether the three new Board members had declarable political activity.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Low Alcohol Drinks

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 July 2025 to Question 66478 on Innovation: Beer and Public Houses, for what reason implementation of provisions on raising the upper alcohol limit for drinks labelled a

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Cyprus: Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether trade envoys are permitted to visit northern Cyprus.

Source: official written-questions record.