Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
197,624 questions
Batteries: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the regulations to be made under the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 will include provisions to prevent the sale of unsafe batteries, chargers and conversion kits
Cabinet Office: Audit
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 7429 on Cabinet Office: Audit, what the nature of the serious breach relating to the Central Digital and Data Office was; and what the job title of the position
National School of Government and Public Services: Expenditure
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 26 June 2026 to Question 10641 on National School of Government and Public Services, whether he plans to roll out the clay modelling and ethnography across the Civil Service.
Cabinet Office: Marketing
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 12159 on Cabinet Office: Marketing, whether the Government Property Agency has undertaken any expenditure on branded goods since the Government Chief Commercial
Office for Statistics Regulation and UK Statistics Authority: Accountability
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will review governance arrangements for the (a) UK Statistics Authority and (b) Office for Statistical Regulation to make them more accountable to Parliament.
Horizon Europe: Copernicus Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what is the annual cost of payments to (a) Horizon Europe and (b) Copernicus; and what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the EU’s proposed Multiannual Financial F
Budget November 2025: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to the Answer of 13 April 2026 to Question HL15584 on Budget November 2025: Disclosure of Information, what assessment he has made of the impact of the trailing or announcing of Budget policy ahead of the Bud
Private Members' Bills
To ask the Leader of the House, which of the Private Member's Bills introduced in the last session were originally Government handout Bills, and which in this session is the Government putting forward to Hon Members and noble peers; and whether the Assist
Ministers' Private Offices
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will review (a) his Department's and (b) the Prime Minister’s Office's compliance with the Cabinet Office Guidance for the management of Private Office information and records, published in December 2023.
Olly Robbins
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has been made by the (a) Civil Service People Group and (b) Cabinet Office of whether the normal processes were followed when Oliver Robbins was dismissed as Permanent Secretary.
Overseas Students: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether HMRC's new international student levy will be charged on (a) EU students and (b) Erasmus+ students studying in the UK.
Government: Policy
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to Question 12791, on Government: Policy, publish the Cabinet Secretary letter and guidance.
Government Property Agency: Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Government Property Agency annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC489, of 13 July 2026, which central public body is Project Neptune for.
Government Property Agency: Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Government Property Agency annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC489, of 13 July 2026, where will the civil servants allocated to the Manchester Digital Campus be housed prior to the estimated com
10 Downing Street: Official Hospitality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Information Commissioner Decision Notice, 7 October 2025, Ref: IC-363007-Q0B5, what was the final total cost of the event in 10 Downing Street.
Government Property Agency: Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Government Property Agency's press release entitled 14 government buildings closed in the past year, as savings for the taxpayer reach over £43 million, published on 13 July 2026,if he will place
Civil Servants: Redundancy
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what powers (a) the Prime Minister and (b) Ministers have to dismiss civil servants.
Gambling Commission: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make his policy to review the business appointment provisions of the Gambling Commission as part of the response to the Ethics and Integrity Committee’s July 2026 submission to the Government on busin
Cabinet Office: Calder Conferences
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026, to Question 12782, on Cabinet Office: Calder Conferences, what was the cost of each individual booking, including any associated hospitality.
Property Management Companies: Service Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) transparency and (b) accountability in the setting of service charges on privately managed housing estates.
Service Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the forthcoming Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill will include measures to strengthen protections for residents against unfair or disproportionate service charge incre
Artificial Intelligence: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of online retention algorithms on adult social media consumers, particularly those with accessibility needs.
Artificial Intelligence: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of regulating the use of online retention algorithms directed at adult consumers.
Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote greater user content viewing control on social media platforms for adult consumers.
Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote healthier social media consumption for adult consumers.