Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 26 June 2026 to Question 9333 on Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Disclosure of Information and Lobbying, if he will state the relevant

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 9085 on DSIT: Internal Cooperation, if he will list each of the international agreements that have been signed since July 2024, a

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 113799 on Telephone Exchanges: Tower Hamlets, and of 9 March 2026 to Question HL14715 on Chinese Embassy: Construction, whi

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Deposited Paper reference DEP2025-0822, committed on 3 December 2025, on the declaration of criminal convictions, whether new Ministers in this Administration have been asked if they have a pre

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2026, to Question 16030, on Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness, and further to the ONS letter of 9 July 2026, whether an efficiency report was submitted by ONS to HM Tre

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 8050, Intelligence and Security Committee: Finance, whether this uplift allows for the Committee to commission independent legal advice, separate from the Gove

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 14865 on Labour, if she will place the guidance provided to departments in the Library.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Annual Publication of Relevant Special Adviser Interest, published on 16 July 2026, if she will list each of the specific mitigations that were agreed for Varun Chandra and the associated o

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 24 September 2025 to Question 16028 on Cabinet Office: Ministers, whether any investigations have taken place on such behaviours since July 2024.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 24 September 2025 to Question 71230 on Cabinet Office: Calder Conferences, what the (a) title and (b) purpose were of the (i) The Old Ship Hotel, (ii) Westminster Chapel and (iii)

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026, to Question 13821, on Cabinet Office: Government Communications Service, whether all embedded communicators in government are members of the Government Communications Servi

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department produces internal guidance on the subject of due diligence.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether trade union facility time can be used for publicising union’s political views on official matters.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026, to Question 13822, on UK Statistics Authority: Remote Working, what (a) physical and (b) electronic mechanism does her Department use to collect data on the daily workforce

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department has issued guidance on GDPR and the publication of the political activity of Direct Ministerial Appointments.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026 to Question 13824 on Summer Internship Programme, how many and what proportion of people who applied to the 2026 Civil Service summer internship scheme were rejected on the

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the updating of the Cabinet Manual will be minimalist.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Civil Service People Group report entitled Launch of new model Policy and Guidance: Supporting Trans and Non-binary Employees, published on 21 May 2026.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether special advisers have been re-hired under the new administration; and whether there are probationary periods for existing special advisers.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the House of Lords Appointments Commission has provided guidance to (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) 10 Downing Street on the period of time that should be given to the Commission to allow it to undertake

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the House of Lords Appointments Commission has issued guidance on whether political parties who make recommendations for inclusion of proposed peers in a Political List should be given the option of subm

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 16501 on Cabinet Office: Glasgow, if she will list the dates that Cabinet Office Ministers have visited the Glasgow office since July 2024.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current annual administrative cost is of the Darlington Economic Campus; and what the planned budget is in light of its expansion.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the new facilities guidance and covering note to Estates Directors distributed by the Civil Service People Group in May 2026, and any associated new or revised guidance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the annual administrative cost is of the Cabinet Office’s Second Headquarters in Glasgow; and what the planned budget is following its expansion.