Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office Propriety and Ethics Team has undertaken due diligence in relation to the Ministerial appointment of the new First Secretary of State.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government Department has responsibility for the National Fraud Initiative.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the answer of 20 July 2026, to Question HL1330, on Taxation: Self-assessment, whether the outgoing Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Chancellor plan to publish their tax returns on gov.uk.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any staff who were working on Digital ID have been given voluntary or compulsory redundancy.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and to the answer of 14 July 2026, to Question 14979, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Gover
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the lobbying guidance to NDPBs on obtaining permission from the Cabinet Office to use PR or marketing consultants (a) only applies to spending above the Cabinet office Commercial Assurance Review or Appr
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the updated Special Adviser model contract published on 29 July 2026, if she will place a copy of the updated Special Adviser Pay Policy in the Library.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026, to Question 17344, on Public Sector: Procurement, if she will list each SME and VCSE organisation and trade union, and other relevant stakeholders, who were consulted, and
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 20 July 2026 to Question 16502 on Defence: Finance, what (a) transport and (b) telecommunications expenditure is being classed by the UK Government under the 1.5% NATO target.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026, to Question 15353, on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, if she will list the title of each Cabinet Office SCS role that was not recruited via open competition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 119945 on Syria: Inter Mediate, whether Inter Mediate (a) currently works for any foreign governments that receive f
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 8069 on Treaties, and to the answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 16921 on Treaties: Parliamentary Scrutiny, through what mec
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 114881, on Jonathan Powell, what was the content of the Envoy declaration in relation to Jonathan Powell’s work for Int
To ask the Prime Minister, whether the First Secretary of State is the designated Minister to deputise for the Prime Minister.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to travel to No10 North, in whole or in part, by domestic air travel; and what use of private planes has been made to date in relation to such travel.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what grace and favour residences are now allocated to each Minister following the recent change in Prime Minister, other than the allocation of the official residences of Downing Street and Chequers to the Prime
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister intends to adopt a (a) written or (b) codified UK constitution.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Section 18 of the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, whether the Prime Minister has recused himself on matters relating to appointments in the Church of England.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Rt Hon Member for Tottenham is still residing in 1 Carlton Gardens, or whether the residence has been allocated to another Minister.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Ministers have donated a book to the Prime Minister’s Library since 4 July 2024.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet has spent money on (a) cosmetics and (b) make-up artists for media appearances since the change in Prime Minister.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many communications staff currently work in the Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet, as (a) FTE and (b) headcount.
To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to appoint a Minister for Investment.
To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 17753 on Prime Minister: Facilities Agreements, whether information on trade union facility time within Downing Street is held by the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, i
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the press release, "No10 North open for business as the Government’s new situation room for making Britain better", of 23 July 2026, what consideration was made of consulting or undertaking a bidding