Alex Burghart MP: written questions
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Chief Secretary to the Prime MinisterCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125690More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the responsibilities are of the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister; and whether they have changed since the departure of the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister.
Answer: The Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister's responsibilities are available on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/people/darren-jones
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123319More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, When he will answer Question 119975, tabled on 11 March 2026, on Prime Minister: Correspondence.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the Rt Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment was made of the potential impact of Lord Mandelson's shareholdings in Global Counsel on his suitability to be appointed as UK Ambassador to the United States
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government's statement and release of information on 11 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 transpare...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120383More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the information Lord Mandelson provided as part of the vetting process for his appointment to UK Ambassador to the United States impacted his dismissal from that role.
Answer: 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 transpa...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Lord Mandelson was investigated for misconduct under the Civil Servant Code.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government's statement and release of information on 11 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 transpare...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonTreasuryTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120381More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to pages 106 and 107 of the 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 1,
Answer: The Chancellor did not have any discussions with the Foreign Secretary on this issue.
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinisters: Codes of PracticeCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120380More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has provided guidance to Cabinet colleagues on recording overlay advice to Ministers.
Answer: The term “overlay advice” is not in general use, so no such guidance has been issued.
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120379More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his statement on Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address Motion of 11 March 2026, Official Report, Column 360, which document had a limited redaction.
Answer: 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 transpa...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the 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 W
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government's statement and release of information on 11 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 transpare...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLobbyingCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120377More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Ethics and Integrity Commission plans to undertake a public consultation on the review into lobbying, disclosure and access to government.
Answer: The Ethics and Integrity Commission (EIC) is independent of the government. The EIC has set out further information about the review, including a call for evidence, on its website at the following link: https://eic.independent-commission.uk/what-we-do/rep...
Answered 2 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120376More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who was interviewed by the General Counsel to the Prime Minister in his fact-finding exercise in the context of the return to the Humble Address; and how many people were interviewed.
Answer: 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 transpa...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120375More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he considers papers relating to Global Counsel to be in scope of the response to the Humble Address of 4 February 2026.
Answer: I refer you 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 ...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120374More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Propriety and Ethics Team who produced the due diligence on Lord Mandelson were involved in the substantive response to the Humble Address motion of 4 February 2026.
Answer: Staff from across the Cabinet Office including but not limited to the Public Inquiry Response Unit and the Propriety and Constitution Group are involved in compliance with the Humble Address motion as necessary.
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPeersCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120355More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 116167 on Peers, whether a sitting peer removed from the Roll of the Peerage is eligible to be receive a Writ of Summons from the Lord Chancellor to Parliament.
Answer: The Roll of the Peerage is an officially compiled and maintained list, intended to contain the names of all living peers. If a title has been removed from the Roll of the Peerage, it can no longer be used in official documents. Removal would not affect an...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordWelfare StateCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120354More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to extend Universal Basic Services across government.
Answer: Universal Basic Services is not a government policy and is not being explored by the Cabinet Office.
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament record10 Downing Street: LibrariesCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120353More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ask the Prime Minister to reinstate the conventions on the Prime Minister's Library and the policy of acquisitions from current and former members of the Cabinet.
Answer: The Government is taking the necessary steps to allow Cabinet Ministers to make donations to the Library.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPropriety and Constitution Group: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119986More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2025 to Question 94697, whether the temporary promotion to the Director General position was made via full and open competition.
Answer: As set out in the Recruitment Principles, temporary promotions are an exception to the requirement for fair and open competition.
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: Digital TechnologyCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119985More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the consultation entitled Making public services work for you with your digital identity, of 10 March 2026, CP1498, whether there are circumstances in which private companies would have access
Answer: The new digital ID system will help to personalise and join up public services. The UK has a strong set of data protection laws that will apply to this system, and robust enforcement of those laws. We won't be watering them down for this system and there ...
Answered 15 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119984More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been for the recruitment and deployment of reconciliation teams from other Departments to assist Capita in managing the backlog of pension queries; and whether this cost wil
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in receiving their p...
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119983More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many documents due to be disclosed in the Government’s response to the Humble Address will not be disclosed until after the legal proceedings being investigated by the Metropolitan Police.
Answer: As per the statement from the Metropolitan Police on 4th February 2026, they are asking us to refrain from publishing any relevant documents that could prejudice their investigation. We do not comment on ongoing police investigations. The Government stand...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Products: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the (a) sale and (b) marketing of meat-branded products that do not contain meat will be permitted under the proposed sanitary and phytosanitary deal with the EU; and whether o
Answer: part of the UK-EU SPS Agreement currently being negotiated, the Government is making a sovereign choice in the national interest to align in some areas where it makes sense to do so, as set out in the Government’s recently published announcement on legisl...
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119981More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 17 of the Civil Service Recruitment Framework, updated 2022, whether the appointment of a Senior Civil Servant SCS3 (a) on temporary promotion and (b) without open and fair competitio
Answer: Appointments of existing civil servants on temporary promotion are internal moves and permissible within fair and open recruitment. Paragraph 17 of the Civil Service Recruitment Framework relates to permanent redeployment moves.
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: Digital TechnologyCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119980More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the consultation paper on Digital ID, published on 10 March 2026, CP1498, which company will be administering the People’s Panel for Digital ID; and what cost the cost will be.
Answer: We need to make sure digital ID works for everyone, and that’s why we’re establishing a People’s Panel on digital ID, which brings together a diverse group of people - selected to be broadly representative of the population of the UK - to consider differe...
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119979More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Intelligence and Security Committee has authority to publish unredacted information from the Government response to the Humble Address if it disagrees with the Government’s proposed redactions.
Answer: I refer you to the Oral Statement on the 23rd February and 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...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119978More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria his Department plans to use to determine proposed (a) national security and (b) international relation redactions in the context of the Government’s response to the humble Address laid before the H
Answer: 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 transpa...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
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