Written questions

994 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hemp

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department intends to take steps to support the uptake of industrial hemp farming, in the context of challenges around licensing and investment in the sector.

10 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 10 November 2025, to Question 85191, on Parliament: Public Expenditure, how much of the (a) resource and (b) capital expenditure in each year was notionally allocated to support Restoration

10 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Productivity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on productivity; and what information his Department holds on the OBR having made such an assessment.

10 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Government Departments: Consultants

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what metrics and data points HM Treasury collates on government spending on consultancy.

10 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Budgets: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what formal safeguards are in place to ensure that publication of the Electronic Financial Statement via HM Treasury does not compromise the operational independence of the Office for Budget Responsibility.

10 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Budgets: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost of implementing the technical and procedural changes recommended in the Budget Information Security Review (February 2026) has been assessed as.

10 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Budgets: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Budget Information Security Review, published on 9 February 2026, whether her Department has identified the (a) individual and (b) entity that accessed the El

10 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Termination of Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026, to Question 105533, on Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay, and to Question 105534, on Public Sector: Pay whether departments are required to report details of civil service

10 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026, to Question 105534, on Public Sector: Pay, if he will publish the names of the three departments or public bodies that were rejected through the senior pay approvals proces

10 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Budgets: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Budget Information Security Review, February 2026, paragraph 5.20, whether the Macpherson Principles will apply to the briefing of non-market sensitive Budget information.

10 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Government Departments: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Guidance on Public Sector Exit Payments: Use of Special Severance Payments, November 2025, whether payments made under the £150 million government employee exit scheme fund will be reportable u

10 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs and Treasury: Remote Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) her Department check the office attendance of individual civil servants.

10 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Chagos Islands: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 1 September 2025 to Question HL9555 on Chagos Islands: Defence, what the percentage split is between the two Departments.

10 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Diplomatic Service: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Diplomatic Service’s policies are regarding intimate relationships between colleagues; whether (a) junior and (b) senior civil servants are permitted to enter into s

10 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ministers: Languages

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Ministers have received any coaching in foreign languages funded by the department since July 2024.

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2026, to Question 107044, on Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Remote Working, for what reason the department does not follow the s

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Government Art Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2025, to Question HL12794, on Government Art Collection, if he will list the (a) FOI reference numbers, (b) date of disclosure, (c) a summary of the informat

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the reference numbers and topics of the National Archives papers that were due for release in December 2025 in relation to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor that were subsequently recal

9 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

King Charles III: Artworks

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2025, to Question 62993, on King Charles III: Artworks, whether (a) Royal Armouries Museum, (b) Royal Museums Greenwich, (c) Historic Royal Palaces, (d) Royal Parks and (e) Board

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department has issued to charities on listing (a) private sector and (b) public sector donors making grants to the charity in their annual accounts.

9 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Treasury: Parliamentary Questions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what system (a) officials and (b) special advisers in her Department use to determine how Parliamentary questions should be answered.

9 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Central Bank Digital Currencies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to create a central bank digital currency.

9 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 105537 on Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness, what datasets are Departments required to submit to her Department quarterly as part of the Government Effi

9 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Government Departments: Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has issued guidance to Cabinet colleagues on making spending commitments over more than a 10 year period.

9 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the implications of the Laffer Curve on net tax income receipts due to the 60% marginal rate of income tax on incomes between £100,000 and £125,140.

9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence

F-35 Aircraft: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who will (a) provide and (b) maintain nuclear weapons for use on the UK’s new F-35A aircraft.

9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence

King Charles III: Paintings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the (a) National Museum of the Royal Navy, (b) Royal Air Force Museum, (c) Royal Marines Museum and (d) Royal Navy Submarine Museum accepted a free portrait of the King.

9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87342 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, whether there will be a public report on how the 5% NATO target is met.

9 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Government Departments: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 110416 on Government Departments: Publicity, whether there are plans for HM Government Communications Centre to remove t

9 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Signal Group has undertaken work for the UK Government's Embassy in the United States.

Source: official written-questions record.