Written questions
994 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department provides funding for the Equality Fund.
9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Palestine: Flags
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has issued recent guidance to public bodies on deemed planning consent in England for the Palestinian flag.
9 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department provides funding for the Global Equality Fund.
5 Mar 2026 · Women and Equalities
Boys: Social Mobility
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will publish a strategy on improving social mobility for white working class boys.
5 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Budget November 2025: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any crown servant has been (a) dismissed and (b) disciplined for sharing information related to the Budget 2025 without authority.
5 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Cryptocurrencies
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2026, to Question 105914, on Cryptocurencies, what information her Department holds on the Financial Conduct Authority and the Financial Stability Board conducting a review into
5 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Growth Mission Board: Membership
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to answer of 4 February 2026, to Question 108748, on Growth Mission Board: Membership, if she will list each of the internal and external members who attended the most recent meeting of the Growth Mission B
5 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Stonewall: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has provided funding to Stonewall in 2025-26.
5 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Flags
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43485 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Flags, whether the (a) transgender, (b) asexual and (c) bisexual fla
5 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Grandview Institution
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has held meetings with the Grandview Institution in 2025.
5 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Clean Energy Mission Board: Membership
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026, to Question 106733, on Clean Energy Mission Board: Membership, if he will list the (a) internal and (b) external members who attended the Mission Bo
5 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Facilities Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026 to Question 106735 on DESNZ: Facilities Agreements, who authorised the use of paid trade union facility time for trade union activities; and on what
5 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Great British Energy and Great British Energy-Nuclear
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) Great British Energy and (b) Great British Energy – Nuclear are separate public bodies; what the statutory basis is of each; and whether those bodies share back offices, staff and
5 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Freedom of Information Act disclosure, reference FOI2025/11799, of 10 September 2025.
5 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Senior Civil Servants who underperform against Ministerially set KPIs but subsequently win another Senior Civil Service role through fair and open competition will be permitted to take up that appointmen
5 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many of the recommendations of the report entitled Independent review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender, published on 19 March 2025 she has implemented.
5 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026, to Question 104623, on Cabinet Office: Proof of Identity, whether his department will be required to make savings to help fund the digital ID scheme.
5 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Information Commissioner's Office: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the average period of time is for the Information Commissioner to decide whether to assign an Freedom of Information Internal Review request for investigation; and what is the aver
5 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Ofcom: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 11 February 2026, to Question 110421, on Ofcom: Public Appointments, for what reason the application deadline was extended, and whether this was approved by Mi
5 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2026, to Question 107041, on DSIT: Public Appointments, and to the answer of 28 January 2026, to Question 106743, on DBT: Public Appointments, how m
4 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
British Library: Trade Unions
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which trade unions are recognised by the British Library; and how much facility time is allocated to each expressed as (a) headcount and (b) FTE staff members, in the most recent period of time f
4 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Copyright
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the new policy on copyright assertion.
4 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to comply with the Cabinet Office’s guidance not to hire standalone EDI roles.
4 Mar 2026 · 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 13 May 2025, to Question 50572, on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Artworks, if she will publish the FOI response Ref: FOI2025/05106, of 8 July 2025.
4 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Government Art Collection: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2026, to Question 107382, on Government Art Collection, if she will publish the substantive responses to the 45 FOI requests, redacting the name of the applic
4 Mar 2026 · Women and Equalities
Gender: Public Consultation
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, further to the answer of 7 January 2025, to Question 21052, on Gender: public consultation, if she will place the 404 responses in the Library, redacting the names of individuals.
4 Mar 2026 · Women and Equalities
LGBT+ People: Equality
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, further to the answer of 13 October 2025, by Baroness Smith of Malvern, to Question HL10203, on LGBT+ People: Equality, whether any of those gender identities are recognised by government.
4 Mar 2026 · Women and Equalities
Equal Pay: Gender
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the gender pay gap guidance, "Preparing your data", updated 11 August 2025, what is the definition of a man and woman for the purposes of the reporting requirements.
4 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
EU Budget: Contributions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, 22 December 2025, whether he intends that the UK Government will make additional financial contributions to the European Union as a consequence of the provisio
4 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Orgreave: Public Inquiries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the written statement of 21 July 2025, HCWS855, on Events at Orgreave, whether the Chair of the inquiry has provided a declaration of interests, including any declaration of political acti
Source: official written-questions record.