Written questions

514 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Dual Nationality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any restrictions are in place in relation to dual nationals (a) holding Civil Service roles and (b) being involved in procurement relating to national security matters.

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there be a Volume 3 response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson once the Metropolitan Police’s investigations have concluded.

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Facilities Agreements

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what differences are there between the Cabinet Office 2012 Facility Time Framework and the 2018 Facility Time Framework.

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 9334, on DSIT: Public Appointments, and further to the Cabinet Office publication, Guidance on Making Direct Ministerial Appointments of 1 June 2026, what guid

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lobbying Transparency (In-house Lobbyists) Bill [HL]

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Lobbying Transparency (In-house Lobbyists) Bill [HL].

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Manual

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will consult the Leader of His Majesty’s Opposition on the revised Cabinet Manual.

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Peers: Retirement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans for the proposed mandatory retirement age for peers to be introduced through primary legislation.

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to initiate legal action to obtain official information owned by the Crown held by Lord Mandelson within scope of the Humble Address.

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Calder Conferences

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, With reference to the answer of 24 September 2025, to Question 71230, on Cabinet Office: Calder Conferences, what venues have been booked through Calder Conferences since 24 September 2025.

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Members: Retirement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a committee to consult on a mandatory retirement age for the House of Commons.

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Muslim Council of Britain

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance, other than the Ministerial Code, has the (a) Cabinet Office Propriety and Ethics Team and (b) Prime Minister, given to Ministers on whether Ministers can engage with (i) the Muslim Council of Brit

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Labour Turnover

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has (1) his Department and (2) Civil Service People Group made of the (i) level and (ii) frequency of churn in Civil Service positions, in relation to (A) staff moving positions within department

24 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Winston Churchill

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her department has had discussions with The National Portrait Gallery on the recent Sir Winston Churchill display and video installation.

24 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance the Charity Commission has given to charities on issuing political commentary on (a) the Government and (b) opposition political parties.

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Honours

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister intends to submit (a) a Resignation honours list and (b) a Resignation peerages list.

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Labour

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has authorised access talks to be given by the Civil Service to Labour MPs, further to the planned change in Prime Minister, and what criteria are used to determine whether a specific Member will be g

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Duty Costs Allowance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he intends to review or uprate Public Duty Cost Allowance.

24 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to publish the Defence Investment Plan.

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the correspondence of 30 October 2025 from the former Cabinet Secretary to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance

17 Jun 2026 · Women and Equalities

Bank Notes: Design

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Bank of England's Banknote imagery advisory group minutes - October 2025, meeting held on 14 October 2025, Item 3, published on 17 April 2026, what engagement the Cabinet Office has had w

15 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Facilities Agreements

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Deposited Paper, DEP2026-0371, committed on 19 May 2026, on Civil Service facility time framework and guidance, if he will publish the previous 2018 Facility Time Framework.

11 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether any Memorandums of Understanding and other non-legally binding agreements that do not have the status of a treaty have been agreed by (i) her Department and (ii) its Arm’s Lengt

11 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2026, to Question 204, on Lord Mandelson, whether the Cabinet Office provided the support of separate independent legal counsel to the Intelligence and Security Committee to ass

11 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minster had communications with Lord Mandelson that (a) have deleted due to disappearing messages and (b) were not in scope of the Humble Address.

11 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Relations: Russia

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of UK-affiliated (a) public relations and (b) public affairs firms contracting with businesses associated with Russia from 2022.

11 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Written Questions: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 84244 on Government: Artificial Intelligence, whether his Department has issued guidance to civil servants on using AI to draft answers to written Parl

11 Jun 2026 · Treasury

EU Cohesion Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the SPS agreement with the EU will require payments to the EU Cohesion programme.

11 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Overseas Students: EU Countries

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has received from the European Commission on international fees charged to EU students studying at UK universities.

11 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Ministers requested to provide material for the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson provided a nil return originally and subsequently provided information.

11 Jun 2026 · Treasury

UK Trade with EU: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the EU's new custom and handling fees from (a) July and (b) November 2026 on (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) Great Britain exporters into the EU.

Source: official written-questions record.