Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 14613 on DHSC: Freud Communications, why the activity was not undertaken through in-house communications staff in DHSC or NHS England.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes have been made to the role of Parliamentary Private Secretaries and the activities that they can undertake.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 15722 on Metropolitan Police: Palantir, whether the PPRS may review individual decisions not to award a contract to a particular supplier.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 16039 on WPP: Contracts, whether there is one central Influencer Platform, or whether each contracted company would provide one.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff does the Chief of Staff to the AI Minister (a) direct and (b) line manage.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the answer of 23 July 2026 to Question HL1906 on Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Buildings, what is the policy of the (a) Government Property Agency and (b) Office for Government Property on
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 17739 on Arms Length Bodies: Equality, what assessment she has made of the level of non-reporting by other ALBs for the financial year 2024-25: and what steps h
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 16928 on Equality: Impact Assessments, through what mechanism have other government departments been informed of the approach to equalities impact assessments;
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Cabinet Office press release, AI to power change at the heart of government as Lord Vallance appointed chair of new PM AI Taskforce, of 24 July 2026, what are the differences in responsibilities a
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the planned timetable for publishing an updated (a) List of Ministerial Interests and (b) List of Ministerial Responsibilities.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 18040, on Cabinet Office: Secondment, if she will publish a list of each organisation that has (a) seconded staff in and (b) had civil servants seconded staff
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 18647, on Lobbying: Finance, whether stakeholder engagement of parliamentarians through external public affairs or lobbying firms is permitted by NDPBs; and wh
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 18042, on Freedom of Information, if she will place in the Library a copy of the most recent Round Robin guidance on answering incoming Freedom of Information
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will list the name of each business unit in each of the restructured (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and (c) OneGov Delivery Agency.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 18633, on Review into the Organisation, Performance, and Transformation of the Permanent Civil Service: Public Appointments, whether the external expert adviso
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, for what reason Heron House, Lincoln Square was not included in that list.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 14356, on Cabinet Office: Staff, whether the Cabinet Office Mission Delivery Unit has been closed or renamed in the recent restructuring.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the full-year (a) target headcount and (b) forecast of the Government Media Unit once it is fully established; and what proportion of staff will be (I) new staff and (II) reassigned from existing communi
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the RM6364 Framework schedule 1 specification: lot 1 media strategy planning and buying v2, whether there (a) has been any central government spend or (b) any contracts agreed, under Lot 1, acc
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2026 to Question 13151 on Government Communication Service: Staff, what is the total headcount of staff in the Department who are members of the Government Communication Servi
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has the Office for National Statistics made for the reason in the discrepancies between the number of payrolled jobs recorded in (a) the Labour Force Survey and (b) HMRC’s Real Time Information d
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the ONS job vacancy published on Civil Service jobs, Programme Financial Support - Census, Reference 461707, closing date 4 August 2026, for what reason the vacancy was only available to candid
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the ONS job vacancy published on Civil Service jobs, Programme Financial Support - Census, Reference 461707, closing date 4 August 2026, what is the policy of the Cabinet Office on Civil Servic
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many phones have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in the Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet since 20 July 2026.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the No10 press release entitled No10 North open for business as the Government’s new situation room for making Britain better, of 23 July 2026, what are the full terms of reference of the Natio