Written questions by Burghart.

Whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Lobbying Transparency (In-house Lobbyists) Bill [HL].

Awaiting answer.

Whether the Prime Minister intends to submit (a) a Resignation honours list and (b) a Resignation peerages list.

Awaiting answer.

Whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a committee to consult on a mandatory retirement age for the House of Commons.

Awaiting answer.

With reference to the correspondence of 30 October 2025 from the former Cabinet Secretary to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance

Awaiting answer.

Whether he intends to review or uprate Public Duty Cost Allowance.

Awaiting answer.

What differences are there between the Cabinet Office 2012 Facility Time Framework and the 2018 Facility Time Framework.

Following the introduction of The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017, the Cabinet Office Facility Time Framework was updated. The update was to inform departments that they were required to publish the relevant data in t...

Pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 9334, on DSIT: Public Appointments, and further to the Cabinet Office publication, Guidance on Making Direct Ministerial Appointments of 1 June 2026, what guid

The Governance Code on Public Appointments requires the public disclosure of political activity within the last five years for successful candidates. The Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies also requires appointees to comply with the rules ...

Whether he has authorised access talks to be given by the Civil Service to Labour MPs, further to the planned change in Prime Minister, and what criteria are used to determine whether a specific Member will be g

The Prime Minister has agreed with the Cabinet Secretary that access talks can take place with declared candidates for the Labour Leadership.Access talks will be led and coordinated by the Cabinet Secretary.

Whether any restrictions are in place in relation to dual nationals (a) holding Civil Service roles and (b) being involved in procurement relating to national security matters.

Departments are responsible for applying the Civil Service Nationality Rules, which govern employment within the Civil Service on the basis of nationality. This includes which roles should be reserved to UK nationals only and where additional restrictions...

If he will consult the Leader of His Majesty’s Opposition on the revised Cabinet Manual.

The Government is committed to ensuring that the Cabinet Manual continues to be a non-party political record of fact that can be used from one administration to the next. We will seek feedback from parliamentary committees on the draft text later this yea...

With reference to Deposited Paper, DEP2026-0371, committed on 19 May 2026, on Civil Service facility time framework and guidance, if he will publish the previous 2018 Facility Time Framework.

A copy of the previous Cabinet Office Facility Time Framework was deposited in the House Library in response to a previous written parliamentary question (UIN 49389, tabled on 30 April 2025).

With reference to the answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 84244 on Government: Artificial Intelligence, whether his Department has issued guidance to civil servants on using AI to draft answers to written Parl

Awaiting answer.

What conclusion the Cabinet Office’s Propriety and Ethics Team under the previous Government reached on the ownership of the electronic messages held on non-corporate devices relating to official government busi

Official information, wherever stored, is considered to be held by the Crown.I refer the Member for Brentwood and Ongar to the Government’s 2023 ‘Guidance on Using Non-Corporate Communication Channels for Government Business’, that was produced and publis...

If he will publish a list of meetings the Prime Minister held with external organisations or individuals not in a ministerial capacity between February and September 2025.

As under previous administrations, party political meetings are not a matter for the Government. Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on gov.uk.

Pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2026, to Question 204, on Lord Mandelson, whether the Cabinet Office provided the support of separate independent legal counsel to the Intelligence and Security Committee to ass

Cabinet Office officials engage routinely and constructively with the Committee and will continue to do so. The Cabinet Office has recently agreed to the Committee’s requested uplift on budgeting and resourcing, which will help it to continue to undertake...

Further to the statement by the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister of 1 June 2026, on Lord Mandelson, what is the legal basis for the Government not recovering official government information from former Crow

I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June in response to the Humble Address, in particular the section entitled 'Government methodology in complying with the Humble Address' in the document laid before Par...

Whether any Ministers requested to provide material for the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson provided a nil return originally and subsequently provided information.

I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June in response to the Humble Address, in particular the section entitled 'Government methodology in complying with the Humble Address' in the document laid before Par...

Pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2026 to Question 2043 on Government Departments: Whatsapp, what the terms of reference are of the independent review into non-corporate communication channels; who will undertake

Further details of the independent review, including the name of the reviewer, will be announced to the House before the review commences.

What representations he has received from the European Commission on international fees charged to EU students studying at UK universities.

Most new EU students who were not lawfully resident in the UK before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 pay international tuition fees. Changes to tuition fees status for EU students were not agreed at the May 2025 Summit and do not form...

With reference to the Answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 3339, on Special Advisers: Public Appointments, whether his Department (a) has appointed or (b) will be appointing delivery advisers as a Department in its

The Cabinet Office is working with departments to develop support and guidance on the appointment of delivery advisers and will provide an update in due course.