Alex Burghart MP: written questions
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Lord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9084More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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
Answer: 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...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9083More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minster had communications with Lord Mandelson that (a) have deleted due to disappearing messages and (b) were not in scope of the Humble Address.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement, release of information and the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister’s comments made directly on this matter on 1 June and in the general debate on 3 June, in response to the Humble Address.
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Relations: RussiaCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9082More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of UK-affiliated (a) public relations and (b) public affairs firms contracting with businesses associated with Russia from 2022.
Answer: The Government has introduced robust mechanisms to ensure transparency and monitor how foreign actors engage with contracting with businesses associated with Russia.In July 2025, the Government operationalised the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, in...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWritten Questions: Artificial IntelligenceCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9081More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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
Answer: The use of generative AI across governments is governed by the cross-government AI Playbook for the UK Government (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-playbook-for-the-uk-government), which set out the principles for the safe, responsible and ef...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordEU Cohesion FundTreasuryTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9080More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the SPS agreement with the EU will require payments to the EU Cohesion programme.
Answer: The SPS agreement with the EU will not require payments to the EU Cohesion Programme.
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: EU CountriesCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9079More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has received from the European Commission on international fees charged to EU students studying at UK universities.
Answer: 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...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9078More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Ministers requested to provide material for the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson provided a nil return originally and subsequently provided information.
Answer: 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...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Trade with EU: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9077More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the EU's new custom and handling fees from (a) July and (b) November 2026 on (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) Great Britain exporters into the EU.
Answer: The facilitations under the Windsor Framework are unaffected by the EU's plans to remove their relief for low-value imports from 1 July 2026. The government has confirmed that the vast majority of goods will not be subject to duty on entry to Northern Ire...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordJonathan PowellCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9076More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much Jonathan Powell has claimed on expenses since he was appointed a special adviser; and whether any expense claims have been submitted but not approved.
Answer: The National Security Adviser claims expenses in the usual way, in line with Cabinet Office policies.
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Electronic MessagingCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9075More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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
Answer: Further details of the independent review, including the name of the reviewer, will be announced to the House before the review commences.
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Electronic MessagingCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9074More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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
Answer: 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...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9073More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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
Answer: 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.
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9056More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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
Answer: 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...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: MeetingsCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9055More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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.
Answer: As under previous administrations, party political meetings are not a matter for the Government. Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on gov.uk.
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Written QuestionsTreasuryTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9053More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to facilitate the answering of written Parliamentary Questions by Hon Members about operational matters of (a) the Financial Conduct Authority and (b) Bank of England, by copying or de
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England write directly to Honourable Members on operational matters falling within their independent remits, and the Treasury deposits copies of those letters in the Commons Library.
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: PalantirCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8638More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason his Department ceased using Palantir software; and on what date the contract ended.
Answer: The previous government signed a contract with Palantir between 31 August 2020 and 31 August 2024 for the development and delivery of a Border Flow Tool. The service was for the provision of data to support decision making for the EU exit transition perio...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDisclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8637More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has a policy on commenting on the conclusions of a publicly announced leak inquiry once that inquiry is no longer live.
Answer: In line with the policy of successive administrations, we do not routinely comment on the details of leak inquiries.
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8636More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what metadata is held in relation to WhatsApp messages transferred to the Government to respond to the Humble Address.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, in response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Government has available for...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8635More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any individual refused to provide information to the Government for the Humble Address.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, in response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Government has available for...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOfficial CarsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8634More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether individual Departments are required to record spending on official cars for Ministers and officials separately.
Answer: The Government Car Service (GCS) provides vehicles to departments as a shared resource.Individual departments are responsible for their own internal financial management and record keeping arrangements.
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Mobile PhonesCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8633More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his stolen phone was a Government device; and whether official Government information was held on that phone when it was stolen.
Answer: In answer to the question, it has been confirmed that the Cabinet Minister’s stolen phone was a personal device and not a Government device.In addition the policy for using non-corporate communication channels (e.g. WhatsApp, private email, SMS) for gover...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EU: ContributionsTreasuryTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8632More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Treasury's policy paper entitled Joint statement following the twelfth meeting of the Specialised Committee on Financial Provisions, published on 4 June 2026, if she will place in the Library (
Answer: HM Treasury discloses the invoices under the UK-EU Financial Settlement under the Withdrawal Agreement in the EU Finances Statement (EUFS). This includes the UK payments to and from the EU, as well as the line-by-line breakdown of the payments under each ...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordFreedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8631More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to amend (a) secondary legislation introduced under the Freedom of Information Act and (b) guidance on the Freedom of Information regime.
Answer: The Government is committed to Freedom of Information (“FOI”) and continues to monitor the performance and implementation of the FOI Act to ensure it is operating as intended by Parliament. There are no current plans to amend secondary legislation or guid...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: CorrespondenceCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8630More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister's oral contribution during the debate on Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address of 3 June 2026, Official Report column 1264, if he will place in th
Answer: The Cabinet Secretary wrote to all Heads of Department on 1st June 2026 to remind them of their responsibilities to ensure that their departments maintain accurate official records, have systems in place to protect sensitive information, and preserve reco...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Electronic MessagingCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8629More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister's oral contribution during the debate on Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address of 3 June 2026, Official Report column 1264, who is conducting the
Answer: The Independent Reviewer’s name and further details about the review will be announced to the House before its work commences.
Answered 23 Jun 2026
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