Written questions

3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has organised away days for Senior Civil Service officials since the dissolution of Parliament.

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Advertising

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Civil Service Jobs advertisement reference 378636, why four positions are being recruited; whether they are new positions; and whether the former incumbents left since 4 July 2024.

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Social Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there are plans for 10 Downing Street to communicate via the Blue Sky social media channel.

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Convictions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has a policy on appointing Ministers of the Crown with (a) spent and (b) unspent criminal convictions.

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Special Advisers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers in 10 Downing Street cover foreign affairs.

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether members of the Lobby may take photographs on flights travelling with the Prime Minister.

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Sue Gray

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when Sue Gray's employment as a special adviser ended.

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to amend the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991.

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Louise Haigh

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister became aware of the previous fraud conviction of the former Transport Secretary, the Rt Hon. Member for Sheffield Heeley.

5 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish the (a) environmental principles and (b) equalities impact assessment for the Chagos Islands handover decision.

5 Dec 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Parthenon Sculptures

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions the Prime Minister has had with (a) representatives of the British Museum and (b) the Greek government on the Elgin Marbles.

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Former Prime Ministers: Convictions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 4 December 2024, Official Report, column 291, on what evidential basis he stated that two of the Leader of the Opposition’s predecessors had conviction

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Convictions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information the Government holds on how many Ministers have criminal convictions.

5 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Self-assessment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to publish his tax return on gov.uk for 2023-24.

2 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment on (a) primary care, (b) hospitals and (c) Pharmacy First.

2 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Trusts: Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of changes in the number of firms offering bank accounts for trusts.

2 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Inheritance Tax: Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes in liability for inheritance tax on levels of tax avoidance.

2 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Clubs: Fees and Charges

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether club memberships are paid for from the public purse for (a) staff, (b) contractors and (c) other employees.

2 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of (a) HIV and (b) AIDS have been diagnosed due to mandatory opt-out testing in hospitals.

28 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15241, if he will make an estimate of the number of veterans who are (a) eligible for Pension Credit and (b) have an income of less than £12,500 a year.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Coal: Imports and Mining

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) importing coal from overseas and (b) mining coal in the UK on the environment.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Guardianship and Parents: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to collate a national register of pupils with (a) parents and (b) primary carers in prison.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Mathematics and English language: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to increase the number and proportion of pupils attaining a pass grade in GSCE (a) maths and (b) English by the age of (i) 16 and (ii) 18.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Sixth Form Colleges: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to ensure that pay rates of teachers in sixth form colleges match those of school teachers.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding her Department has provided to help support small and medium-sized enterprises to export in each of the last 15 years; and how much funding his Department has made available for this p

27 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects and (b) properties built on the grey belt have access to sufficient quantiti

27 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Discretionary Trusts: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes made to agricultural property relief and business property relief at the Autumn Budget 2024 on discretionary trusts.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing further skills boot camps to help tackle specific sectoral shortages.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department plans to provide for level seven apprenticeships in each of the next three financial years; and on what categories of apprenticeship this funding will be spent.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovate UK: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding he plans to allocate to Innovate UK in each of the next three years.

Source: official written-questions record.