Written questions by Wood.

Pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 116167 on Peers, if he will set out how the removal from the Roll of the Peerage relates to the status of a peer under the preamble to the House of Lords Precedence Act 1539.

The Roll of the Peerage is an officially maintained list of living peers; removal from the Roll determines whether a title can be used in official documents and the precedence attached to it. The 1539 Act concerns the seating and internal precedence of members within the House of Lords. As noted in Erskine May, these arrangements are in practice modified in line with modern arrangements in the House. Removal from the Roll of the Peerage does not change an individual’s legal right to a peerage, nor their eligibility to membership of and a seat in the House, which can only be removed by an Act of Parliament.

Pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2026 to Question 118530 on Baroness Limb, what discussions (a) 10 Downing Street and (b) the Cabinet Office has had with Baroness Limb on whether she intends to take up her seat and receive the Writ of Summons.

It would not be appropriate to comment on whether there have been any private discussions.

Pursuant to the answer of 9 April 2025, to Question 43463,on Prime Minister: Email, whether emails which are removed from staff inboxes after 90 days remain accessible on the Microsoft server by the Downing Street IT department.

I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 12 May 2025, Official Report, PQ 49752.

Whether the Prime Minister made consideration of personally interviewing Lord Mandelson for the role of Ambassador, before Lord Mandelson was appointed.

The relevant process in place at the time for a political appointee was followed. There was no requirement for a formal interview with the Prime Minister as part of that process.

Pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2026, to Question 119062, on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, what were the specific (a) Freedom of Information Act and (b) UK GDPR exemptions that were applied to exempt the information from publication.

Minor redactions were made to the temporarily withdrawn file, which contained references to a number of individuals, to comply with the following Freedom of Information Act exemptions: section 37(1)(a); section 37(1)(aa); section 37(1)(ab); section 40(2) and section 41.

Further to the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, Volume 1, whether electronic messages in media other than emails will be included in a future Volume to the Return.

I refer the Hon Member to the Government's statement and release of information on 11th March, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The Government is working to ensure that Parliament’s instruction is met with the urgency and transparency that it deserves.

Pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2026, to Question 98795, on Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House, if he will place in the Library the letter from the Government Property Agency to Westminster City Council sent in June 2025.

I refer the Honorable Member to the response to PQ 105774

Whether any changes are being made to the requirements of Whitehall departments and their agencies to publish trade union facility time information in their annual report and accounts, and the broader collection of such data by departments.

The current published HMT financial reporting manual (FReM) requires organisations in scope of FReM to report facility time data in their annual accounts. However, the FReM requirement is linked to the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017. These regulations were repealed on 18 February 2026, when the relevant provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025 came into force.Therefore, Whitehall departments and agencies do not need to report facility time in their accounts published following the repeal.

Pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 118003, on Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, whether the absence of Iran on the public Foreign Influence Registration Scheme register is because (a) there has been no recorded political influence activities relating to Iran or (b) they have not been published on the public register.

Unless an exception to publication applies, registrations relating to political influence activity are published on the register once processed by the FIRS case management team. Publication of political influence activities will ensure that the public is informed of influence over issues which may affect their daily lives, such as policy decisions, votes in parliament, the proceedings of a political party or an election or referendum. Registrations under the enhanced tier which do not relate to political influence activity will not be published.The Government will be publishing an annual report setting out, among other things, the number of registrations under both tiers, number of information notices issued, the number of persons charged with an offence and the number of persons convicted of an offence. The first report will be published as soon as practicable after 30 June 2026.It would not be appropriate to provide separate information outside these processes as to do so could identify information not intended to be published and undermine the scheme’s objectives.

What discussions her Department has had with the Bank of England on the removal of historic figures from UK bank notes.

As set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between HM Treasury and the Bank of England, the Bank of England is entirely responsible for the design, production, issue and distribution of banknotes. HM Treasury has not discussed images for banknote design with the Bank of England.

Whether the input of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office was requested by the Cabinet Office Propriety and Ethics Team in producing the due diligence on Lord Mandelson.

I refer the Hon Member to the former Cabinet Secretary’s letter to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee of 30 October: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/50019/documents/269409/default/

What steps the Prime Minister’s Office takes to retain information relating to Ministerial submissions; and whether Prime Ministerial feedback on a submission is copied to and recorded on the internal PMPost system.

As has been the case under successive administrations, there are a range of different ways that ministers respond to advice, and long- established processes for those responses to be recorded.

Whether the No10 private office uses disappearing messages on its corporate (a) WhatsApp and (b) Signal messaging.

All official business should be conducted using official systems wherever possible. Where official information is created or received on non corporate communication devices, it must be handled in accordance with records management requirements, as set out on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-corporate-communication-channels-for-government-business/using-non-corporate-communication-channels-eg-whatsapp-private-email-sms-for-government-business-html

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Lord Mandelson was granted STRAP clearance.

I refer the Hon Member to the Government's statement and release of information on 11th March, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The Government is working to ensure that Parliament's instruction is met with the urgency and transparency that it deserves.

Further to the Cabinet Office consultation paper on Digital ID, 10 March 2026, CP1498, page 57, if he will list examples of cultural communities with less engagement in mainstream society, other than religious communities and travellers.

The consultation identifies several groups that may face barriers to mainstream digital engagement and is seeking views on how to support these individuals.

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has considered clawing back the exit payment made to Lord Mandelson under common law.

I refer the Hon Member to the Government's statement and release of information on 11th March, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The Government is working to ensure that Parliament's instruction is met with the urgency and transparency that it deserves.

Whether the Propriety and Ethics Team utilised AI tools to produce due diligence on Lord Mandelson.

I refer the Hon Member to the former Cabinet Secretary’s letter to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee of 30 October: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/50019/documents/269409/default/

Pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question HL14990, on Lord Mandelson, whether the policy intention is the new legislation to remove peerages will include power to remove peerages of individuals who are not members of the House of Lords, including the Duke of York title.

Further details about the legislation to create a mechanism to remove peerages from disgraced peers will be announced soon.

Whether the Bank of England still has a sitting Banknote Character Advisory Committee.

The Banknote Character Advisory Committee, whose members had a five-year term starting in 2015, advised the Governor of the Bank of England on the choice of field and character for the current £20 and £50 banknotes. In July 2025 the Bank of England asked the public for their views on what the theme should be for the next series of banknotes. The Bank of England decided the theme for the next series of banknotes based on the feedback from this public consultation and focus groups. The Bank of England will launch another consultation in summer 2026 to seek the views of the public again on images for the next banknote. Further detail can be found on the Bank of England’s website. The final decision about what imagery will appear on the next series of banknotes will be made by the Governor.

Whether the legal mechanisms to join Erasmus will be subject to the Treaty ratification process under Part 2 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.

As was the case with our association to Horizon under the previous Government, the legal mechanism to associate to the Erasmus+ programme will not be subject to the treaty ratification process set out in Part 2 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. Protocol I to the UK-EU Trade Agreement will be amended by a decision of the UK-EU Specialised Committee on Participation in Union Programmes. A decision to amend the Protocol does not require ratification. The power to amend Protocol I to add new programmes is already delegated to this committee. The decision will come into force on adoption by the Committee. Once the Specialised Committee decision is adopted, this will be made publicly available on gov.uk.