25 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 4166, on Equality: Gender and Intersex, whether his Department consulted (a) trade unions, (b) Cabinet Office diversity networks, and (c) cross-Government Civil
ReplyAs with any other model policy, the Cabinet Office engaged with a range of stakeholders during development of the model Policy and Guidance: Supporting Trans and Non-binary Employees.
25 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhat his policy is on whether European Union citizenship is considered to be a conflict of interest in relation to Civil Service staff working in the EU Relations Secretariat.
ReplyAll appointments and secondments must be made in accordance with the Civil Service Nationality Rules, which are statutorily based. All employees are also subject to the terms of the Civil Service Code. Posts in the EU Relations Secretariat are non-reserve...
24 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Pending
AskedWith reference to the answer of 19 January 2026, to Question 104195, on Government Communication Service: Staff, if he will breakdown the data by individual public body, including individual Arms Length Bodies,
23 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Pending
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 4217 on Cabinet Office: Written Questions, whether any other codes are assigned to Parliamentary Questions other than those relating to (a) Commons or Lords, or
23 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Pending
AskedWhat assessment he has made of the dependency of government departments and agencies on IT systems provided by (a) Microsoft and (b) Google; and whether the Government is contracted to those suppliers.
23 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Pending
AskedPursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 4176 on Monarchy: information, whether he has considered initiating legal action to obtain official information held by the Crown retained by Lord Mandelson and
23 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Pending
AskedWhether his Department plans to have discussions with trade unions on the refresh of the Civil Service Code; whether his Department plans to share the draft Code with the relevant (a) Commons and (b) Lords Selec
23 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Pending
AskedWhat estimate his Department has made of the yearly cost of trade union facility time under the 2026 Facility Time Framework to his Department.
23 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWith reference to the press release, Business and civil society leaders brought together to help build digital ID system that works for the public, of 10 June 2026, whether the Advisory Group of Experts have mad
ReplyMembers of the Digital ID Advisory Group completed declarations of interests prior to the Group’s first meeting. They are not ministerial appointments.
23 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4163 on Government departments: marketing, whether each of the Cabinet Office’s Arm’s Length Bodies have undertaken any expenditure on branded goods since the Go
ReplyThe information requested is not held centrally and therefore cannot be answered without incurring disproportionate costs.
23 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedFurther to Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, Volume II Part I, HC2-I, publi
ReplyI refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question 5975.
23 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2026 to Question 6440 on Prime Minister: Mobile Phones, and with reference to paragraph 24 of the Cabinet Office guidance, Non-corporate communication channels for government bu
ReplyI refer the Hon. Member to the answer of 10 June 2026, PQ 6440.
23 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWith reference to the answer of 13 January 2026, to Question 102672, on WPP Media: Contracts, whether he has set Key Performance Indicators for the WPP Media contract.
ReplyKey Performance Indicators for the Media and Creative Services framework agreement (RM6364), under which WPP Media is appointed, are detailed within Framework Schedule 4 (Framework Management).The framework documentation is publicly available on the Gover...
23 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2026 to Question 1188 on Government Departments: Procurement, what transparency requirements do Departments have on publishing expenditure for tendered services to individual org
ReplyThe government takes transparency and accountability seriously, and publishing data is key to this.Under the Grants Functional Standard, central government departments and their arm's length bodies (ALBs) are required to provide details of their grants sc...
18 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Pending
AskedWith reference to his Department's publication entitled Government Procurement Card spend over £500 - April 2026 (Cabinet Office Core), published on 28 May 2026, what was the conference or event relating to the
18 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Pending
AskedWhether the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists has powers to fine individuals for breaches of the registration requirements if their consultant lobbying firm has subsequently become insolvent.
18 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the answer of 5 June 2026, to Question 3298, on UK Trade with EU: Dispute Resolution, whether he plans for the individuals appointed by the Government to be posted on the Direct Ministerial Appointme
ReplyThe list of expert panellists is for agreement by the Trade Specialised Committee on Level Playing Field for Open and Fair Competition and Sustainable Development under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The individuals listed in PQ 3298 are not d...
18 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether changes (a) have been made and (b) are being made to the (i) staff resources and (ii) facilities being allocated to facility time in (A) the Cabinet Office and (B) its agencies as a consequence of the up
ReplyNo changes have been made to Cabinet Office staff resources or allocated facility time in the Cabinet Office or agencies since the publication of the Civil Service Facility Time Framework and Guidance.
18 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether his Department plans for the updated Cabinet Manual to seek to establish new conventions.
ReplyThe Cabinet Manual is a record of fact that describes the existing laws, rules, and conventions affecting the operation of government. It does not create new rules or establish new conventions.
18 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhat the policy of the Civil Service People Group is on (a) departments and (b) Arm's Length Bodies restricting access to internship schemes on the basis of (i) race and (ii) ethnicity.
ReplyIndividual departments are responsible for recruitment decisions and they are required to meet all obligations of relevant legislation, including the Equality Act 2010. If a department wants to restrict an internship programme to a specific group or group...