Written questions

3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

48 Group

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2025 to Question 25448 on 48 Group, whether Minsters are permitted to attend meetings of the 48 Group.

19 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Foreign Investment in UK: National Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many transactions under review under the National Security and Investment Act remain under review beyond the 30-working-day statutory deadline.

19 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Remote Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 17764 on Civil Servants: Remote Working, what the (a) author, (b) title, (c) publication and (d) publication date was of each of the studies on remote worki

19 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Financial Markets

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued on (a) the rules surrounding the communication of market sensitive information to the media and the public and (b) how the Market Abuse Regulation applies to government de

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Succession Select AI tool published by his Department on 17 December 2024, whether the First Civil Service Commissioner was consulted about the use of AI for Civil

19 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of (a) 26 November 2024 to Question 14705 and (b) 21 October 2024 to Question 8434 on Prime Minister: Aviation, whether the Cabinet Office collates information on which flights (i) use Su

19 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government People Group

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question 18401 on Government People Group: Civil Service, what is the (a) remit and (b) function of the 836 staff in the Government People Group; and what the annual

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Katharine Birbalsingh

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date the minutes of her meeting with Katharine Birbalsingh were (a) written and (b) edited.

18 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many business units are in his Department; what the names are of those business units; what their allocated full-time equivalent headcounts were for each month in 2024-25; and what their actual headcounts we

18 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Vetting: Standards

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in what ways he plans to use funding previously allocated to the Vetting Transformation Programme to improve United Kingdom Security Vetting.

18 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Secondment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release on making the state more like a start up, published on 9 December 2024, what his target is for the number of secondments; and over what time period.

18 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Official Gifts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2024 to Question 14635 on Prime Minister: Official Gifts, if he will list the gifts and hospitality received by the Prime Minister within the remit of the Ministerial Code r

18 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Official Gifts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of (a) 26 November 2024 to Question 14635 on Prime Minister: Official Gifts and (b) 21 January 2025 to Question 24487 on Members' Interests, where the Register of Members’ Financial Intere

18 Mar 2025 · 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 21 February 2025 to Question 29025 on Department for Work and Pensions: Political Impartiality, what her Department's timetable is for the conclusion of the local investigation

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 29146 on Department for Work and Pensions: Equality, if she will list (a) each item of expenditure on (i) specific equality and diversity training

18 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Official Residences: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) restoration, (b) renovation and (c) building works are currently taking place at No. (i) 10, (ii) 11 and (iii) 12 Downing Street.

18 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office and Labour Party: Data Protection

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has agreed a data protection agreement between the Cabinet Office and the Labour Party.

18 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Press Conferences

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of 14 January and 20 February 2025 to Questions 22185 and 30473 on Prime Minister: Furniture and Prime Minister: Press Conferences, for what reason a Labour Party lectern was used at the

18 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many flights using Government (a) owned and (b) chartered planes the Prime Minister has taken in the United Kingdom since 4 July 2024.

18 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Corporate Hospitality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the document entitled Cabinet Office: The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP Gifts - 5 July to 31 October 2024, published on 19 February 2025, on what date the Prime Minister purchased the Taylo

18 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Official Hospitality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the transparency data entitled Rt hon. Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP and Rt hon. Rishi Sunak MP official charity receptions, July to September 2024, updated on 30 January 2025, if he will publish

18 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Cleaning Services

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when 10 Downing Street cleaners are due to strike; and whether temporary cover will be organised for the Prime Minister’s (a) offices and (b) residence during the strike action.

18 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2025 to Question 21390 on Armed Forces: Equality, whether the previous Government commissioned a review into equality, diversity and inclusion (a) policies and (b) spending in

18 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the consultation entitled UK Green Taxonomy, published on 13 November 2024, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of a green taxonomy on trends in the level of divestment in the

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2025 to Question 30700 on Department for Business and Trade: Staff, how many officials in his Department worked in roles relating to international trade in each ye

11 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animals were housed in UK (a) laboratories, (b) breeding centres and (c) universities but not used in scientific procedures in 2023; and how many animals were not used in scientific procedure

11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency uses (a) placenta-on-a-chip and (b) other modern test methods in drug testing.

10 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Large Goods Vehicles: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will postpone changes to taxation to double-cab pick-up trucks for 12 months.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Companies: Audit

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the largest (a) private and (b) public companies to publish a triennial Audit and Assurance Policy mandating them to report (i) intern

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Interest

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to widen the definition of a public interest entity to include the largest companies not listed on the main London Stock Exchange.

Source: official written-questions record.