Written questions

1,304 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many disciplinary cases were concluded against civil servants in (a) the Department and (b) its agencies broken down by (i) outcome and (ii) whether the primary allegation related to (A) performance and (B)

17 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost was of (a) settlement agreements and (b) special severance payments made to departing staff in the last year.

17 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Performance Appraisal

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of staff in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.

17 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Career Development

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of staff were promoted (a) in-grade and (b) to a higher grade in the last year broken down by (i) performance marking in the previous year and (ii) grade.

17 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Sick Leave

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average number of working days lost to sickness absence per full-time equivalent member of staff was in (a) the Department and (b) its executive agencies in the last year; and how many formal performanc

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are exempt from the household benefit cap because they meet the earnings rule.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households have been assessed as qualifying for each exemption from the household benefit cap in each of the last 12 months.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households received more than £1,835 per month in benefits in the last period for which data is available.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households received benefit payments above the level of the household benefit cap in each of the last 12 months.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households left the benefit cap by reason of being in receipt of an exempting benefit and where the exempting benefit was receiving Universal Credit with limited capability for work and work-re

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households left the benefit cap by reason of being in receipt of an exempting benefit and where the exempting benefit was PIP during each of the following periods: the quarter to August 2025, t

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households left the benefit cap by reason of being in receipt of an exempting benefit during each of the following periods: the quarter to August 2025, the quarter to May 2025, the quarter to F

16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many disciplinary cases were concluded against civil servants in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies broken down by (i) outcome and (ii) whether the primary

16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the total cost was for (a) settlement agreements and (b) special severance payments made to departing staff from his Department in the last year.

16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Performance Appraisal

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of his Department's staff in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.

16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of staff in his Department were promoted (a) in-grade and (b) to a higher grade in the last year broken down by (i) performance marking in the previo

16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average number of working days lost to sickness absence per full-time equivalent member of staff was in (a) the Department and (b) its executive agencies in the last yea

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, in the past twelve months, how many disciplinary cases were concluded against civil servants in (a) the Department and (b) its agencies broken down by (i) outcome and (ii) whether the p

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the total cost was of (a) settlement agreements and (b) special severance payments made to departing staff in the last year.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Performance Appraisal

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of staff in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of staff were promoted (a) in-grade and (b) to a higher grade in the last year broken down by (i) performance marking in the previous year and (ii) grade.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the average number of working days lost to sickness absence per full-time equivalent member of staff was in (a) the Department and (b) its executive agencies in the last year; and

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Senior Civil Servants

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2025 to Question 96808 on Department for Business and Trade: Career Development, how many and what proportion of Senior Civil Servants were rated in each of the bo

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Met Office: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the DSIT Main Estimate memoranda for the years 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026, for what reason there has been an increase in the capital spending allocated to the Met O

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to DSIT Main Estimate memorandum 2025 to 2026, if she will provide a breakdown of past and planned capital spending in the category of 'Science and Society'; and for what

15 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in the past twelve months, how many disciplinary cases were concluded against civil servants in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies broken down by (i) outcome and (ii) whether the primary allegation related t

15 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of (a) settlement agreements and (b) special severance payments made to departing staff in the last year.

15 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Performance Appraisal

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of staff in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.

15 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of staff were promoted (a) in-grade and (b) to a higher grade in the last year by (i) performance marking in the previous year and (ii) grade.

15 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of working days lost to sickness absence per full-time equivalent member of staff was in (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies in the last year; and how many formal performance

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