Apr. 22 2026
Source Page: I. Letter dated 20/04/2026 from the Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary to Sarah Owen MP, Women and Equalities Committee Chair, regarding pre-election period restrictions in relation to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Code of Practice on Services, Public Functions and Associations. 2p. II. Letter dated 20/04/2026 from Bridget Phillipson MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding deposit of the letter in the House libraries. 1p.Apr. 22 2026
Source Page: I. Letter dated 20/04/2026 from the Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary to Sarah Owen MP, Women and Equalities Committee Chair, regarding pre-election period restrictions in relation to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Code of Practice on Services, Public Functions and Associations. 2p. II. Letter dated 20/04/2026 from Bridget Phillipson MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding deposit of the letter in the House libraries. 1p.Asked by: Mike Wood (Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of UK GDPR data protection principles on his Department's disclosure of Lord Mandelson's personal information under the humble Address.
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
I refer you to the Oral Statement on the 23rd February, in the name of the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, and the Government's response to the Urgent Question tabled on 16th 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.
All relevant material is being prepared for publication, including the appropriate checks relating to national security, international relations, legal privilege and the protection of personal data.
Asked by: Mike Wood (Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2026, to Question 111932, on Lord Mandelson, what assessment has been made of why the letter from Lord Glasman to the Prime Minister's Office on the probity of Lord Mandelson was not copied across to the official record.
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 9 February 2026, Official Report, PQ 111932.
Asked by: Mike Wood (Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 25 March 2026 to Question 116506 on 9 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance, whether (a) all Government Property Agency spending data is published in the quarterly returns by Cabinet Office, or (b) only recharged spending data is published.
Answered by Anna Turley - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
As an Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office, all spend by the Government Property Agency which meets the criteria for disclosure in the Cabinet Office spend data is disclosed in the published reports: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data
Spend which is recharged to the Cabinet Office group entities which meets the criteria is also published, and would be shown as income with the GPA accounts