Written questions

994 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line: Bradford and Kingston upon Hull

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the costs to LNER of operating once-a-day train services to (a) Hull and (b) Bradford.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been (a) allocated to and (b) spent by the Great British Railways Transition Team since it was established; and how many external consultants were employed by that team on 28 April 2025.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) Network Rail and (b) the Office of Rail and Road on the necessary provision of information by Network Rail to the Office of Rail and Road, so the Office of Rail and Road ca

25 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the CBI Economics' report entitled The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Changes to BPR and APR, published in March 2025, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the repor

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made with the Office of Rail and Road and Network Rail on (a) identifying unused track access rights and (b) making underused rail capacity available to open access operators.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Train Operating Companies: Land and Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the amount of land owned by Train Operating Companies that is (a) unused, (b) undeveloped and (c) available for commercial use.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Land and Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the amount of (a) land and (b) property estate owned by Network Rail that is (i) unused, (ii) under-developed and (iii) available for commercial use.

22 Apr 2025 · Wales Office

Employers' Contributions: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes in the level of the employer National Insurance contributions on the economy in Wales.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the Terms of Reference for the appointment of Baroness Batters to lead a Farm Profitability Review.

1 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Freedom of Expression

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2024 to Question 14067 on Civil Servants: Freedom of Expression, whether the (a) the Civil Service People Group and (b) Office for Equality and Opportunity are taking steps t

1 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Ministers' Private Offices: Official Cars

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 34459 on Government Departments: Official Cars, whether the decision on whether specific departmental officials may have use of a car from the Government Car Se

1 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

9 Downing Street: Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 25454 on 9 Downing Street: Media, whether his Department has paid OCS; and in which month's transparency data will the cost of the works be published.

1 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled Mass cancellation of government credit cards in crackdown on wasteful spend, published on 18 March 2025, how many Government Procurement Cards were held by 10 Downing

31 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many standalone equality, diversity and inclusion roles are employed by (a) his Department and (b) the Office for Equality and Opportunity.

31 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14976 on Cabinet Office and Prime Minister: Travel and with reference to the Freedom of Information Act response with reference FOI2025/01531, disclosed on

31 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service Commission: Parliamentary Questions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 8.1 of the Civil Service Commission Framework Agreement with the Cabinet Office, published in February 2025, what his policy is on substantively answering parliamentary questions on t

31 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Police: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the National Police Chiefs' Council on the handling of FOI requests by the Central Referral Unit.

31 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Remote Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how his Department monitors the attendance of civil servants in Departmental headquarters outside of London.

27 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Photographs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many photographers are employed by Government Departments.

27 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Flexible Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time civil servants in his Department work a four day working week using compressed hours.

27 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists in regulating lobbying by foreign-based firms.

27 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Vetting

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a data sharing arrangement in place between the Cabinet Office and (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) the National Crime Agency on Ministerial vetting.

27 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

School Support Staff Negotiating Body

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department assessed the reinstatement of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body against the requirement set out in the Approvals Process for the Creation of New Arm’s-Length Bodies that the creati

27 Mar 2025 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund: Public Appointments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether appointments to the National Wealth Fund will be included in the Public Bodies Order in Council; and whether the chair will be classified as a significant appointment.

27 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority: Statistics

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to lay an Official Statistics Order to include the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority.

27 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Buildings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 6416 on Cabinet Office: Building, who owns 36 Whitehall; for what reasons the building is unused; and whether he has considered re-occupying the building.

27 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Muslims

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2024 to Question 5035 on Civil Servants: Muslims, how many hours of network time his Department allocates to that network; and who the senior sponsors are that have been ap

27 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Elish Angiolini

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department held on the eligibility of Lady Elish Angiolini for the position of Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland when her appointment was announced.

27 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the name is of the division of the Cabinet Office formerly known as the clearing house.

27 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Remote Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 18 September 2024 to Question HL835 on Government Departments: Remote Working, what steps his Department is taking to monitor compliance with the attendance requirement for locati

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