29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWith reference to the answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 122495 on Lobbying: Finance, whether his Department holds information on the grants for 2024-25 in relation to (a) his and (b) other Departments which ha
ReplyThe information requested by the Hon. Member is not held.
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWith reference to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster's response to the urgent question of 19 May 2026, whether information within scope of the Humble Address will be withheld or redacted on grounds of comm
ReplyI refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWith reference to the answer of 21 January 2026 to Question 105551 on Jaggaer and Oxygen Spend: Expenditure, whether those companies produce summary reports; and who can access the spending reports from those co
ReplyBoth Jaggaer and Oxygen Finance produce summary reports and data analytical tools regarding procurement expenditure.Jaggaer provides a centralised spend analysis console on behalf of central government, which generates summary reports from data submitted ...
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedFor what reason the dataset of Key Performance Indicators for government’s most important contracts was published on 25 December 2025.
ReplyThe timetable for publishing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is set by the Government Commercial Function (GCF). Data for July to September 2025 was published on time, and in the usual way, with publication usually on the final Thursday of the month. Si...
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWith reference to the Government Response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Sixty-eighth to the Seventy-fifth reports from Session 2024-26, CP 1587, May 2026, page 19, if he will publish departmental da
ReplyThe government is committed to transparency regarding its use of external resources. In line with our response to the Committee of Public Accounts, the relevant departmental data on spending on consultancy, contingent labour, and professional services wil...
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedIf he will publish the Internal Q&A for the King’s Speech Background Brief held by the Office of the Prime Minister.
ReplyAs has been the case for successive administrations, internal briefings are not routinely published. I refer the Hon Member to Kings Speech 2026 background briefing pack, available on gov.uk.
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWith reference to the Freedom of Information request response of 30 April 2026, FOI 2026/06323, what the cost was of the Chanukah reception hosted by the Prime Minister on 16 December 2025; and how many individu
ReplyAs under previous administrations, details of official receptions are published in quarterly transparency returns on gov.uk.
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether the Prime Minister has spoken to Lord Mandelson in an official capacity since his dismissal as US Ambassador.
ReplyI refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether party political communications are in scope of Government responses to a Humble Address.
ReplyI refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedIf he will publish the fact finding report produced by his Department on Labour Together and Josh Simons.
ReplyI refer the Hon Member to the answer provided to PQ 3796.
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhat his planned timetable is for issuing an updated List of Ministerial Responsibilities.
ReplyAn updated List of Ministerial Responsibilities is still in production due to a number of further ministerial changes announced on 12 and 14 May 2026, and will be published in due course.
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWith reference to the answer of 4 February 2026 to Question 108674 on Admiralty House: Official Residences, how many permissions for temporary overnight stays have been granted permission by the Prime Minister’s
ReplyI refer the Hon Member to the answer of 14 May 2026, Official Report, PQ 1215.
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWith reference to the Answer of 3 February 2026 to Question 108665 on Publications: Gender, if he will list the (a) 55 medium risk sites and (b) eight high risk sites.
ReplyThere are no plans to publish this information.
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWith reference to the Independent research into government transparency releases published by the Ethics and Integrity Commission on 12 May 2026, paragraph 32 onwards, what steps the Cabinet Office is taking to
ReplyThe EIC’s review into lobbying, disclosure and access to government includes looking at whether the current arrangements for transparency around lobbying are sufficient, including the government's publication of monthly and quarterly integrity data; and t...
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWith reference to para 1.3 of the Treasury's document Budget Information Security Review, February 2026, published in February 2026, what recommendations were made by his Department's leak inquiry into the Finan
ReplyI refer the Honourable Member to PQ 116492 answered on 11 March 2026. The recommendations from the Cabinet Office leak inquiry have been published and are included in the HM Treasury Budget Information Security Review.
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWith reference to the Independent research into government transparency releases published by the Ethics and Integrity Commission on 12 May 2026, page 23, whether (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants met with Ch
ReplyThe government publishes, quarterly, details of ministers' and certain senior officials' meetings with all external individuals and organisations. Full guidance on the publication of information about ministerial meetings can be found at: https://www.gov....
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether his Department assigns (a) codes and (b) traffic light ratings to written parliamentary questions.
ReplyThe department does not apply traffic light ratings.
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedIf he will list any datasets that the UK Government is still obliged to send to the European Commission, and what changes have been made to EU reporting requirements since July 2024.
ReplyThe UK acts in accordance with the reporting and information sharing provisions set out in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal Agreement, including the Windsor Framework, all of which were agreed by the previous government. The UK and E...
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the answer of 19 May 2026 to Question 1187 on Cabinet Office and Prime Minister: Email, whether (a) his Department and (b) 10 Downing Street Freedom of Information team determine that Government emai
ReplyThe Cabinet Office adheres to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the 2018 FOI Code of Practice, and the relevant guidance set out by the Information Commissioner.
29 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhat definition of (a) official and (b) personal information his Department is using to consider whether information is in scope of Humble Addresses.
ReplyI refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...