Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 3339, on Special Advisers: Public Appointments, whether his Department (a) has appointed or (b) will be appointing delivery advisers as a Department in its
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what conclusion the Cabinet Office’s Propriety and Ethics Team under the previous Government reached on the ownership of the electronic messages held on non-corporate devices relating to official government busi
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2026 to Question 2043 on Government Departments: Whatsapp, what the terms of reference are of the independent review into non-corporate communication channels; who will undertake
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much Jonathan Powell has claimed on expenses since he was appointed a special adviser; and whether any expense claims have been submitted but not approved.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the EU's new custom and handling fees from (a) July and (b) November 2026 on (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) Great Britain exporters into the EU.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Ministers requested to provide material for the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson provided a nil return originally and subsequently provided information.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has received from the European Commission on international fees charged to EU students studying at UK universities.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the SPS agreement with the EU will require payments to the EU Cohesion programme.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 84244 on Government: Artificial Intelligence, whether his Department has issued guidance to civil servants on using AI to draft answers to written Parl
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of UK-affiliated (a) public relations and (b) public affairs firms contracting with businesses associated with Russia from 2022.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minster had communications with Lord Mandelson that (a) have deleted due to disappearing messages and (b) were not in scope of the Humble Address.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2026, to Question 204, on Lord Mandelson, whether the Cabinet Office provided the support of separate independent legal counsel to the Intelligence and Security Committee to ass
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether any Memorandums of Understanding and other non-legally binding agreements that do not have the status of a treaty have been agreed by (i) her Department and (ii) its Arm’s Lengt
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of guidance to schools on the [i] sourcing of meats for school dinners and [ii] labelling of meat based on methods of slaughter for school dinners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to WPQs 2849, 2850 and 2851 answered on 9 June 2026 about Steroid Drugs: Young People, if he will have discussions with UK Anti Doping on the findings of their 2026 Clean Sport Survey on t
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to WPQs 2849, 2850 and 2851 answered on 9 June 2026 about Steroid Drugs: Young People, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on con
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to WPQs 2849, 2850 and 2851 answered on 9 June 2026 about Steroid Drugs: Young People, if he will ensure that issues surrounding Anabolic Steroids, IPEDs and SARMs are included in work to
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Financial Conduct Authority has made of the impact of their three-month contract with Palantir on (a) ethical risk, (b) reputational risk, (c) supplier dependency, (d) public trust, (e) national
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has received a (a) data protection impact assessment, (b) social value assessment, (c) human rights assessment, (d) supplier dependency assessment and (e) digital sovereignty assessment conduc
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms exist to prevent Palantir from learning, retaining or reusing Financial Conduct Authority (a) investigative workflows (b) financial crime typologies (c) intelligence methodologies and (d) risk indica
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Conduct Authority has adequate in-house technical capability to supervise Palantir’s access to sensitive regulatory intelligence data and methods.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many premises in Arundel and South Downs constituency were included in the original Project Gigabit contract awarded to CityFibre for East and West Sussex; and how many premises are
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the length of time Credit Reference Agencies retain information on defaults; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of limiting that length of time,
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5096 on Military Aircraft: Training, if he will list the stage of the fast jet training pipeline that each trainee fast jet pilots is currently at.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has should demand from farmers seeking to enter the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 and those wishing to replace expiring Countryside Stewardsh