Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 22 July 2026, to Question 18835, on National Gallery: Flags, and with reference to the paragraph 8.1 of the Framework Agreement between the National Gallery and

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what is the duration of Sarah Fox's secondment from DCMS to the Commission.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer to 22 July 2026, to Question 18829, on National Gallery, if she will ask the National Gallery to provide the business case for the £250,000 of expenditure on a Cit

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer to 22 July 2026, to Question 18829, on National Gallery, how much members of the National Gallery Citizens’ Assembly are paid.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 22 July 2026, to Question 18834, on Department for Culture, Media and Sport: International Cooperation, whether there is a consolidated list of international ag

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 16029 on Darlington Economic Campus: Remote Working, how many DCMS departmental staff are assigned to work at the Darlington Economic C

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 31 March 2026 to Question 123365 on Nuclear Weapons, if he will make it his policy to repeal the exclusion on facilities intended for the production of weapons grade nuclear material

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what figures does HM Treasury hold of central government expenditure on contingent labour in each year since 2023-24.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2026 to Question HL1393 on Budget November 2025, if he will list each policy that was trialled or announced prior to the November 2025 Budget Statement within the rationale cited in

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's guidance entitled Service Costing in Government, published 6 August 2026, whether the guidance is intended to assist assessments on whether to outsource government functions.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any of his department’s special advisers have been given the title of Chief of Staff.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury holds any evidence of price gouging by (a) supermarkets and (b) petrol stations, following the current instability in the Middle East.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2026, to Question 17649, on National Security: Finance, if he will list the specific items of expenditure, broken down by departmental contribution, that were counted towards the UK

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the OBR forecasts published in the answer of 29 June 2026, to Question 11413, on Council tax, and with reference to table 4.15: Assumed annual path of EU financial settlement in the forecast horizon, for

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 16029, on Darlington Economic Campus: Remote Working, how many HMT departmental staff are assigned to work at the Darlington Economic Campus, how many desks are as

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data HM Treasury holds on the communications (i) outturn spending and (ii) budget of each Whitehall department.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what figures does HM Treasury hold of central government expenditure on consultancy spending in each year since 2023-24.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Treasury closed consultation, Future regulatory regime for benchmarks and benchmark administrators, December 2025, and with reference to the answer of 12 January 2026, to Question 102334, on Def

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 22 July 2026, to Question 18828, on Gambling Commission: Staff, whether Gambling Commission staff are required to follow the principles of the Civil Service Cod

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2026, to Question 14357, on Opinion Polls, whether the polling data has been referenced in the public domain.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Office for the Prime Minister and the Cabinet and (b) her Department has adopted the guidance entitled New Model Policy and Guidance: Supporting Trans and Non-binary Employees of May 2026.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) her Department, (b) the Government Communications Service and (c) the Government Media Unit hold data on the communications (i) outturn spending and (ii) budget of each Whitehall department.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether she has had discussions with the European Commission on technological failures within the EU EES system disrupting travel to and from the EU Schengen zone.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 4166 on Equality: Gender and Intersex, whether the new guidance changes the 13 weeks of paid special leave for transgender staff undergoing gender reassignment.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether data is (a) collated and (b) held on the nationality of individual civil servants when they apply for reserved roles.