Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Prime Minister, whether the new Prime Minster has spoken to the Chinese Government since his appointment.
To ask the Prime Minister, whether he uses Whatsapp on his phone to communicate with representatives foreign governments; and whether his phone is in scope of the review into non-corporate communications.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to Cabinet Office: spend control data for April to June 2025, published on 26 September 2025, what is the timetable for the Cabinet Office to publish spend control data for the periods since June 2025.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether departments are required to list Direct Ministerial Appointments on the gov.uk DMA portal.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the Cabinet Office’s policy on giving compensation in the form of pension contributions as part of a Civil Service Compensation Scheme package when Permanent Secretaries and Cabinet Secretaries leave Cro
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Direct Ministerial Appointments are required to make a declaration of political activity.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Cabinet Office civil servants are on contracts that allow them to work remotely from home permanently; and whether any contracts allow for working from home from a foreign country.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there will be reductions to other departmental and business unit spending and budgets to pay for the Government Media Unit.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the budget for the development of the Manchester Digital Campus.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of 9 July 2026 to Question 16036 on Lobbying and to Question 14432 on Lobbying Finance, for what reason the Answer to Question 14432 does not reference her Department's guidance entitled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2026, to Question 14616, on Angling: Licensing, if she will list each spending control approval for communications, marketing and advertising spend from July 2025, listing the pu
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Provision of Future Civil Service contract awarded to GuideHouse Europe Limited of 2 July 2026, reference CCCC26A06, if she will set out the (a) full terms of reference and project specific
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps her Department is taking to help identify the person who impersonated President Trump's Chief of Staff in messages to the Prime Minister; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of pr
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2026, to Question 14610, on Erasmus+ Programme: Per capita costs, what assessment has been made of the reasons for the higher per student cost of the Erasmus+ programme compared
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2026, whether the EU Support, Advanced Learning and Training Opportunities (SALTO) guidance applies to the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2026, to Question 13153, on Erasmus+ Programme, whether the UK Government or British Council would be liable for any financial corrections as a result of grant reductions for br
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2026, to Question 11487, on Erasmus+ programme, whether the £810 million non-discounted cost will be the default payment in second year of affiliation.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 9611, on Council of Europe: LGBT+ People, what steps the department is taking to ensure its funding of the Council of Europe does not undermine the lawful ex
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2026, whether she has issued guidance to departments on how the Supreme Court judgement of For Women on biological sex affects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has discussed the building of a new Chinese Embassy in London with the Chinese Government by HM Government since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on whether the British Council has produced guidance on grant reductions relating to the Erasmus programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Foreign Secretary has been allocated a Ministerial residence or residences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date the Rt Hon Member for Tottenham vacated 1 Carlton Gardens, and whether the residence has been allocated to another Minister.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will publish the full text of the electronic message exchanges between the Prime Minister and the hoaxer pretending to be the Chief of Staff to President Trump.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total cost of National Insurance to Civil Service employers in each year from 2023-24.