Written questions

3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

National Security Adviser

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the new National Security Adviser can direct civil servants; and for what reason he was appointed as a special adviser.

17 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Prime Minister’s oral contribution in response to the question from the hon. Member for Birmingham Hall Green and Mosely, of 27 November 2024, Official Repo

17 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Union Recognition

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) lowering the required member percentage from 10% to 2% for the statutory trade union recognition ballot process, (b) removing the

17 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Union Recognition

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information (a) his Department, (b) the Certification Officer and (c) the Central Arbitration Committee hold on (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful trade union recognition ballots in each of the

17 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, what his timetable is for publishing the National Procurement Policy Statement; and whether he plans to consult with st

17 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gonorrhoea: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on providing a new gonorrhoea vaccine through the NHS.

16 Dec 2024 · Leader of the House

Written Questions: Government Responses

To ask the Leader of the House, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Government's compliance with section 9.8 of the Ministerial Code in the context of answers provided to written parliamentary questions.

12 Dec 2024 · Church Commissioners

Marriage: Relatives

To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church plans to amend the Table of Kindred and Affinity to exclude first cousins from marriage.

11 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hereditary Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was provided by NHS England to the Culturally Sensitive Genetic Literacy project in the current financial year.

11 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many close relative marriage neonatal nurses there are in the NHS.

11 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ed Miliband

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on whether the former Leader of the Opposition, the Rt. hon. Member for Doncaster North, accepted a severance payment upon his departure as Leader of the Opposition via the

11 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Non-departmental Public Bodies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-departmental public bodies has the Government (a) announced it will open, (b) opened, (c) announced it will close and (d) closed since 4 July 2024.

11 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Cabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13746 on FCDO: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, for what reason the Cabinet Office postponed the September 2024 tra

11 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Public Relations

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information the Government Communications Service holds on the level of cross-government spending on external public relations firms in the last year for which figures are available.

11 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

MyCSP: Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Civil Service pension scheme administrator MyCSP is a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

10 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of houses that will be built in the (a) 2024-25, (b) 2025-26, (c) 2026-27, (d) 2027-28, (e) 2028-29 and (f) 2029-30 financial

10 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Migration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of levels of net migration in (a) 2024-25, (b) 2025-26, (c) 2026-27, (d) 2027-28, (e) 2028-29 and (f) 2029-30.

9 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Official Visits

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13327 on DCMS: Official Visits, when he plans to announce when he plans to publish the (a) Q1 and (b) Q2 transparency data.

9 Dec 2024 · Church Commissioners

Archbishops: Termination of Employment

To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church of England has a formal process for the removal of an Archbishop.

6 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 19 November 2024 to Question HL2359 on Ministers: Pay, which Minister is paid by the Labour Party; and whether they receive a Ministerial pension contribution.

6 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Freedom of Information - FOI Clearing House Review, updated on 14 December 2023, if he will make it his policy to produce a regular digest of Round Robin list

6 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government People Group: Civil Servants

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants work in the Government People Group; and what the annual cost of the Group is.

6 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 25 November 2024 to Question 15230 on 10 Downing Street: Government Art Collection, whether the Government Art Collection website shows what artworks have been removed f

6 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Media: Meetings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's transparency data on meetings with senior media figures, whether (a) Meta, (b) X and (c) other social media organisations are classed as media.

6 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 13821 on Infrastructure and Projects Authority: Departmental Responsibility, which Minister will be responsible for the National Infrastructure and Service

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Trade Unions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Government's policies on departmental check-off arrangements of Supreme Court judgment [2024] UKSC 41 relating to (a) Secretary of State for the Department

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

King Charles III: Artworks

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled Conclusion of His Majesty the King’s free portrait scheme, published on 28 November 2024, which local authorities did not request a portrait, excluding town and paris

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

King Charles III: Artworks

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Conclusion of His Majesty The King’s free Portrait Scheme, published on 28 November 2024, if he will list each (a) UK, (b) Welsh and (c) Scottish Governm

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Convictions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Ministers are required to declare (a) spent and (b) unspent criminal convictions when they are formally appointed.

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of variations in practice on the publication of Government Procurement Card and Electronic Purchasing Card transaction data by Governm

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