Written questions

514 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Treasury: Secondment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, If she will list the names of the organisations that have (a) had departmental Civil Servants seconded to them since July 2024 and (b) seconded organisational staff to her Department.

18 May 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Treaties: Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the answer of 28 April 2026, to Question HL16533, on Treaties: Parliamentary Scrutiny, if she will list the Memorandums of Understanding and other non-legal

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Sanctions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any (a) exemptions and (b) licences have been given by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation for the provision of (i) public relations and (ii) public affairs services to (A) sanctioned individual

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Social Media

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 11 March 2026 to Question 117539, on Revenue and Customs: Social Media, who was the specialist agency used to hire the social media influencers for HMRC; and how much was spent on inf

18 May 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagos Islands: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the answer of 10 February 2026 to Question 108749, on Government Actuary’s Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of the full specification of

18 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Palantir

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 113614 on Prime Minister: Palantir, whether Palantir was in attendance in the White House when the Prime Minister met President Trump on 27 February 2025

18 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

National Security Adviser

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times Jonathan Powell, the Prime Minister’s National Security Adviser, has given oral evidence to Parliament since his appointment.

18 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Alli

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 11 December 2025 to Question 96206 on Lord Alli, what the role or job function of Lord Alli was at that time.

18 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Act response, reference FOI2026/04975 dated 13 April 2026, on Downing Street expenditure, what was the precise nature of expenditure entitled "Storage

18 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Ministers and Parliamentary Private Secretaries: Resignations

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a copy of each resignation letter from Ministers and Parliamentary Private Secretaries who have resigned in the last month, and a copy of the Prime Minister’s reply in each case, that have not

18 May 2026 · Home Office

Internet: Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Ministerial resignation letter to the Prime Minister by the Hon Member for Birmingham Yardley of May 2025, what is the status of the legislation on online child sex abuse.

18 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: WhatsApp

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the findings of the Intelligence and Security Committee outlined in the Committee's press notice of 15 May 2026 on the use of W

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Codes of Practice

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Secretary's objectives 2026-27 published on 7 April 2026, what is the timetable for refreshing the Civil Service Code; in what manner will the code be refreshed; and whether politic

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter from the Cabinet Secretary to the Hon Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 25 April 2026, section 3, what was the reason for the delay between the passing of the Humble Address resoluti

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter from the Cabinet Secretary to the Hon Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 25 April 2026, section 2, what was the reason why the Prime Minister's readout from the submission to appoint

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

List of Ministerial Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 22 December 2025, to Question 99535, on List of Ministerial Responsibilities, what is the reason the updated list of Ministerial Responsibilities following the September 2025 resh

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Erasmus+ Programme: Finance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 26 March 2026 to Question 113590 on Erasmus+ Programme: Finance, what the planned timetable is for the negotiation of the next Multiannual Financial Framework.

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Josh Simons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish in full the initial view or opinion that the Cabinet Office Propriety and Ethics Team gave to the Hon Member for Makerfield on the Ministerial Code, before the matter was referred to the Indep

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Treaties

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has signed any international agreements, including with supranational organisations, that do not have the formal legal status of treaties since July 2024.

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Manual

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Secretary plans to issue a new edition of the Cabinet Manual in 2026-27.

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Josh Simons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards to the Prime Minister of 27 February 2026 relating to the conduct of the hon. Member for Makerfield, whether any substantive (a)

13 May 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the answer of 23 February 2026 to Question 111183 on Prime Minister: Correspondence, what her timetable is for responding to the formal (a) stage 2 complain

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Facilities Agreements

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the PCS trade union press release, of 6 May 2026, on Improved Cabinet Office guidance on time off for union reps secured, if he will publish the (a) updated Facility Time Framework and (b) revi

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Treasury: Furniture

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has (a) HM Treasury and (b) its PFI contractors spent on outdoor furniture in the last 12 months.

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the 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 1, HC1774-I, 11 Mar

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ensure that the paused review into Lord Mandelson is recommenced once a decision on charging is made by the Metropolitan Police.

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will amend legislation to make the Ministerial Pension Scheme subject to forfeiture proceedings in cases where a Minister of the Crown is found to have broken the law in relation to their Ministerial dutie

13 May 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Independent Football Regulator

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the press release entitled Five Non-Executive Directors appointed to the Independent Football Regulator, of 19 February 2026, whether the Prime Minister was consulted on those b

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Prime Minister is taking to improve trust between ministers and the Civil Service.

13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Baroness Harman

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to publish expanded terms of reference for the Prime Minister's Adviser on Women and Girls.

Source: official written-questions record.