Written questions

994 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Communication and Marketing

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 27919 on Government Departments: Communications and Marketing, what the aggregate figure for spending on communications and marketing is on which the estima

27 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 25452 on Cabinet Office: Staff, how many staff were attached to the Skills Match Hub on 1 February 2025.

27 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy: National Security Adviser

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ensure that the National Security Adviser gives evidence to the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy.

26 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 23884 on 10 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance, if he will publish the Freedom of Information Act response with reference FOI2025/01530.

26 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has used AI software to help respond to (a) Freedom of Information Act requests and (b) written parliamentary questions.

26 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what guidance his Department has issued on the use of third-party AI tools in relation to topics with a security classification; and what assessment he has made of whether such AI tools

26 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Information Rights User Group

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 34456 on Information Rights User Group, whether the decision not to hold a meeting of the Group since April 2024 was made by (a) Ministers and (b) officials.

26 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Procurement Policy Note 002: Social Value Model, published in February 2025, what estimate he has made of the regulatory cost to the public sector of such contract compliance requirements o

26 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

House of Lords Appointments Commission

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2025 to Question 37807 on Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and House of Lords Appointments Commission, what the existing Memorandum of Understanding or equivalent do

26 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Assets

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2025 to Question HL5388 on Government Departments: Assets, if he will place in the Library a copy of each department’s most recent Strategic Asset Management Plan.

26 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance has been issued to civil servants on how Diversity and Inclusion considerations should be embedded in all decision-making and delivery.

26 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Email

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the length of time before an email in his Department's inbox is subject to automatic deletion; whether such deleted emails remain searchable on the Server; and whether (a) manually deleted and (b) auto-dele

26 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to publish a further round of the UK National Action Plan for Open Government; and which department is the lead for progress on previous action plans.

26 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to publish guidance on diversity networks.

26 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Office for National Statistics: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 37425 on Office for National Statistics: Industrial Disputes, what the disputed issues are.

26 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Dismissal

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36677 on Senior Civil Servants: Performance Appraisal, whether he plans to make changes to facilitate the dismissal of under-performing civil servants.

26 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Mass cancellation of government credit cards in crackdown on wasteful spend, published on 18 March 2025, if he will require Departments to publish Govern

26 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Special Advisers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2024 to Question 18212 on Prime Minister: Special Advisers, when he plans to publish a list of special advisers and their salaries.

25 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Public Sector: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether some public sector pension schemes have a retire and return option.

25 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

9 Downing Street: Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question HL4627, on 9 Downing Street: Media, for what reasons the media room in 9 Downing Street was refurbished.

25 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Remote Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's Civil Service HQ occupancy data transparency data, last updated on 28 February 2025, which changes in reporting methodology lead to a revision of the figures.

25 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Ministers can consider applications to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments which have not been considered when making Government appointments.

25 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Telephone Services

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2025 to Question 32906, on Government Departments: Telephone Services, whether the Government Communication Service provides a departmental press office telephone number to

25 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons was there no public consultation on the new joint Framework Agreement for Civil Service Commission, Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and Commissioner for Public Appointments.

25 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 29022 on Ministers: Aviation, what the cost-metric is by which carbon offsetting is calculated; and if he will place a copy of the EDF contract in the House

25 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Arms Length Bodies: Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, through which mechanisms non-ministerial departments are accountable to Parliament.

25 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Software

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which divisions in his Department hold information on (a) the number of software licences his Department has paid for and (b) usage of those software licences.

25 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Mass cancellation of government credit cards in crackdown on wasteful spend, published on 18 March 2025, how many Government Procurement Cards are held b

25 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Non-departmental Public Bodies: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1208 on Government Communication Service, if he will publish a breakdown of the staff for each of the non-departmental public bodies that are not included in th

25 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Performance Related Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2024 to Question 5282, on Senior Civil Servants: Pay, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing performance related incentives in the junior civil ser

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