Written questions
3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Artworks
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 45908 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Cultural Heritage, which pieces of work have been (a) installed and (b) deinstalled in e
7 May 2025 · House of Commons Commission
Winston Churchill: Artworks
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 44585 on Winston Churchill: Artworks, which Members’ offices removed the portrait of Churchill; and whe
7 May 2025 · House of Commons Commission
Parliamentary Estate: Artworks
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2025 to Question 44587 on Parliamentary Estates: Artworks, what the (a) nature, (b) title and (c) artist is of each item
7 May 2025 · Treasury
Office for Value for Money
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff by headcount are currently assigned to the Office for Value for Money; and what is the annual budget for the business unit.
7 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information his Department holds on the number of Departments that use the Redbox AI chatbot.
6 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Government Digital Service: Gender and Sex
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answers of 25 April 2025 to Question 46855 and 46855 on Government Digital Service: Gender and Government Digital Service: Sex, what his timetable is for the review of t
6 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Government Digital Service: Gender and Sex
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2025, to Question 46855 on Government Digital Service: Gender and Government Digital Service: Sex, whether Stonewall advised on the previous guidance.
6 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Living Wage and Minimum Wage: Publicity
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the public awareness campaign entitled millions got a pay rise, (a) how many beer mats were (i) printed and (ii) distributed and (b) whether communications consultancies advised on th
6 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Union Recognition
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to change the 21 employee threshold for the recognition of a trade union.
6 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Passenger Standards Authority: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether appointments to the Passenger Standards Authority will be included in the Public Bodies Order in Council.
6 May 2025 · Women and Equalities
Equal Pay
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Regulatory Policy Committee's publication Status of Post Implementation Reviews, published on 24 April 2025, for what reason the post-implementation review of the Equality Act 2010 (Gende
6 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Admiralty House
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 45659 on Admiralty House, what use is being made of the two unoccupied flats in Admiralty House; and whether those flats are furnished as dwellings.
6 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Civil Service Commission's publication entitled How Departments are doing on fair and open recruitment: what the Commission’s audits found, published in April 2025, if he will place in the
6 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to speed up the roll out electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
6 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage garage and repair networks to offer (a) accessible and (b) affordable (i) battery health testing and (ii) other maintenance services for owners of electric vehic
6 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Batteries
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on implementing a standardised battery health certification scheme for electric vehicles.
6 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Secondhand Goods
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to support buyers of second-hand electric vehicles.
6 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the EU's Security Action for Europe procurement programme of the effectiveness of the UK’s defence procurement; and what assessment he has made o
2 May 2025 · Department for Education
Teachers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for School Standards of 28 April 2025, Official Report, column 7, if she will make an estimate of the proportionate pay rise that could be provided to tea
2 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Civil Service: Equality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 41077 on Civil Service: Equality, what his planned timetable is for the publication of EDI exemptions data; how this will be published; and whether each Depart
2 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Policy
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of changes to the write-round process introduced since July 2024.
2 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Policy
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes have been made to the write-round process in relation to allowing the Chair of the Sub-Committee to obtain clearance without a substantive response from the members of the Sub-Committee since 4 July
2 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Civil Service: Unpaid Work
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which ethnic groups are eligible to apply to the Civil Service Early Diversity Internship Programme.
2 May 2025 · Leader of the House
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Leader of the House, if she will review the practices of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport on disclosing information under (a) FOI and (b) parliamentary question.
2 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Ministers: Corporate Hospitality and Official Gifts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to chapter three of the Ministerial Code, published in November 2024, whether any further guidance has been provided by (a) his Department and (b) HMRC on paying tax on (i) gifts and (ii) hospital
2 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2025 to Question 39113 on Armed Forces: Equality, when he took the decision to (a) pause and (b) cancel the review into armed forces equality, diversity and inclusion.
29 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of the cost of the increase in employers National Insurance contributions that will be met by (a) additional support from her Department and (b) schools i
29 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of school budgets spent on (a) teaching staff, (b) other staff and (c) non-staff costs.
29 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Business and Voluntary Organisations: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43474 on Business: Regulation, whether the target to reduce the cost of compliance will be net of the cost of regulation on (a) business and (b) the v
29 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Business: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43474 on Business: Regulation, whether the target to reduce the cost of compliance includes the costs of assimilated EU law.
Source: official written-questions record.