Written questions

3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Official Cars: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2024 to Question 16598 on Ministers: Official Cars, whether he has a target date for the Government Car Service to move to a fully-electric fleet.

19 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Official Cars

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question HL2999 on Ministers: Official Cars, to which Department each of the (a) electric and (b) hybrid cars was allocated.

19 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Christmas

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Whether his Department has issued guidance to staff in the (a) Cabinet Office, (b) Office for Equalities and Opportunities and (b) Civil Service People Group on holding in-house Christmas parties.

19 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question HL1878 on Armed Forces: Equality, if he will publish the report of the review into equality, diversity and inclusion spending in the Armed Forces.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charity Commission: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 7 November 2024 to Question 12252 on Charity Commission: Correspondence, if she will publish that letter; and if the Charity Commission will issue a public statement on

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charity Commission: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2024 to Question 12252 on Charity Commission: Correspondence, if she will publish the regulatory advice and guidance issued by the Charity Commission to the H

19 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Rachel Reeves: Self-assessment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department’s publication entitled The Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt's schedule of taxable sources of income and gains, published on 9 February 2024, whether she plans to publish her t

19 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Workplace Pensions: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2024 to Question 14298 on Workplace Pensions: Inheritance Tax, whether the pension scheme established under The Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulation

19 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Ownership

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister is the legal owner of 10 Downing Street.

19 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2024 to Question 16510 on Public Sector: Procurement, if he will exempt SMEs from the new National Procurement Policy Statement’s requirements on (a) social value and (b) tr

18 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government: Policy

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech of 5 December 2024 on Plan for Change at Pinewood Studios, what the cost to the public purse was of that event, including the cost of the backdrop and branding.

18 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Qs8 and 17 of the oral evidence given by the Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee on 4 December 2024, HC 463, if he

18 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Aviation: Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department collates information on (a) which flights use sustainable aviation fuel and (b) the proportion of sustainable aviation fuel used for flights (i) from a military airfield and (b) by a milita

18 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2024 to Question 6066 on Helicopters: Official Visits, whether the replacement to the Rotary Wing Command Support Air Transport Helicopter Service will be outsourced to the pri

18 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024,to Question HL1878, on Armed Forces: Equality, if he will list each of the actions from the previous EDI review that were endorsed by his Department's People Committee.

18 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Helicopters: Official Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2024 to Question 6066 on Helicopters: Official Visits, what the budget is for the replacement service to the Rotary Wing Command Support Air Transport Helicopter Service.

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

10 Downing Street: Government Art Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2024 to Question 18400 on 10 Downing Street: Government Art Collection and to the answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 16604 on 11 Downing Street: Art Works

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Government Departments: Flags

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on which flags other than the Union flag should be flown on Government buildings to mark days of (a) national and (b) international significance; and if she will publish her De

18 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Video Recordings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the video on prisons published by her Department on 11 December 2024, what steps she is taking to ensure compliance with the (a) Civil Service Code and (b) Government Communication Service's Pro

18 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Injunctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made and assessment of the potential merits of the reform of super-injunctions; and whether she has had recent discussions with 10 Downing Street on the matter.

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Unpaid Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is (a) his Department's and (b) the Environment Agency's policy on the use of positive discrimination in the recruitment process for internships.

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Pursuant to the answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 15237 on Civil Servants: Political impartiality, whether there has been a disciplinary investigation into party political campaigning by officials

18 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Ministers: Private Property

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2024, to Question 10992, on Ministers: private property, whether the Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention submitted a claim to the Department for the c

18 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to (a) the Crown Prosecution Service, Annual Report and Accounts 2013–14, July 2014, HC6, page 73, and (b) The Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013, what the met

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Union Recognition

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service issue guidance on exemptions to trade union recognition.

17 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Council Tax

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Ministerial residence in 10 Downing Street pays council tax as a (a) sole or main residence and (b) second home.

17 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Artworks

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question HL2664 on 10 Downing Street: Art Works, whether the portrait of Queen Elizabeth I will be permanently installed in 11 Downing Street.

17 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Special Advisers: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish a list of the salaries of special advisers.

17 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Honours

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government’s priorities are for the honours system.

17 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Sue Gray

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason Sue Gray was not appointed as Envoy for the Nation and Regions.

Source: official written-questions record.