Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of total annual public sector expenditure on Microsoft software licences, cloud services and related support contracts across central government; and what assessment they have made of the impact of competition in software and cloud markets on value for money for taxpayers.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Information on total annual public sector expenditure on Microsoft software licences, cloud services and related support contracts is not held centrally. Responsibility for IT procurement is devolved to individual contracting authorities, which are responsible for determining their operational requirements and managing their own commercial arrangements.

In support of value for money, the Government Commercial Agency manages the Strategic Partnership Arrangement 2024 with Microsoft. This Memorandum of Understanding is designed to enable the public sector to benefit from government-wide scale in securing preferential pricing, while requiring individual customers to undertake compliant procurement processes and appropriate market testing for specific procurements.

The Government recognises the importance of effective competition in software and cloud markets in supporting value for money for taxpayers. It therefore seeks to maintain competitive tension and to reduce dependency on any single supplier by promoting a diverse technology estate across a range of cloud and software providers. The Cabinet Office also keeps under review relevant market investigations undertaken by the Competition and Markets Authority to help ensure that public sector digital procurement remains open and competitive.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions her Department has had with the European Commission on the protection of UK nationals’ rights under the Withdrawal Agreement.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK Government is committed to ensuring that the rights of all UK nationals who are beneficiaries of the Withdrawal Agreement are protected. The UK Government is working closely with the European Commission on this matter, including technical discussions between officials, the Specialised Committee on Citizens’ Rights and the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee set up by the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement. I discussed citizens' rights with my counterpart, Commissioner Maros Šefčovič, in our most recent meeting last week.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential relationship between environmental criteria in the Social Value Model and the Government's commitment that 50% of publicly procured food should be local or produced to higher environmental standards.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The government remains committed to its ambition of 50% local or higher environmental product standards.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether public bodies will continue to be able to take account of environmental outcomes when evaluating bids for food procurement contracts under the revised Social Value Model.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The government remains committed to its ambition of 50% local or higher environmental product standards.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 109179, and of 21 January 2026, to Question 105241, on Public Sector: Reform, for what reason publishing the key performance indicators for the Test, Learn & Grow programme, further to the Statements of Work agreed under the contract, are commercially confidential.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

I refer the hon. Member to Question 105241 answered on 21 January 2026 and to Question 109179 answered on 5 February 2026.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 109179, and of 21 January 2026, to Question 105241, on Public Sector: Reform, if she will publish the job titles and organisations of the people on the evaluation panel.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

I refer the hon. Member to Question 105241 answered on 21 January 2026 and to Question 109179 answered on 5 February 2026.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office is paying a second homes council tax premium to Westminster Council for any Ministerial residence in 2026-27.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Councils in England may apply the second homes premium to Council Tax for dwellings which are substantially furnished but have no resident. Westminster City Council has applied the second homes premium to Council Tax charges for 2026/27 in respect of all such properties for which the Cabinet Office is currently responsible, and payments are being made as a matter of routine.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how much Capita has been paid so far for the civil service pension scheme contract; and how much has been withheld or reclaimed for performance or other reasons.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Current service levels are unacceptable, and the Government is taking robust action to hold Capita to account This includes withholding £9.9 million in contract payments for undelivered milestones, alongside confirmation that the Government surge team costs will be recovered directly from Capita.

Exact costs are subject to an ongoing commercial reconciliation as we comprehensively evaluate the latest service data. While specific operational figures remain commercially sensitive at this stage of the recovery plan, we continue to use all available commercial levers to manage performance and return to acceptable service standards.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what specific roles in the diplomatic service the Office of the Prime Minister considered facilitating for Lord Doyle.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

I refer the Noble Lord to the answers given on this matter by the former Prime Minister on 22 April 2026 at Prime Minister's Questions, Official Report, Column 314, copied below:

"Matthew Doyle worked for many years in public service for me as Prime Minister and other Ministers. When people leave roles in any organisation, there are often conversations about other roles that they want to apply for, but nothing came of this."

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, in light of the transfer of the Public Fraud Authority away from the Cabinet Office to the Department of Work and Pensions, how they intend to operate this transfer, recognising the powers given as core functions of the Minister of the Cabinet Office as set out in Part 1 of the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

As per the standard legal process of a Machinery of Government change, officials are preparing the transfer in relation to the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025, and other legislation underpinning the work of the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA).

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil servants, broken down by department, are currently working under (1) flexitime, and (2) compressed hours arrangements; and what estimate they have made of the cost of administering these schemes.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

This information is not held centrally.

Decisions on terms and conditions of employment, including flexible working, are made by the employing department, depending on their specific business requirements and the nature of the role.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Minister of State for Development and Africa will attend Cabinet.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

A full list of ministers, including their status at Cabinet, is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers, and is copied below:

• The Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Minister for the Union
• The Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP, First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for the Cabinet Office
• The Rt Hon John Healey MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
• The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department
• The Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for Defence
• The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
• The Rt Hon Alex Norris MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
• The Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP, Secretary of State for Education
• The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade; President of the Board of Trade
• The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
• The Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP, Secretary of State for Transport
• The Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
• The Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• The Rt Hon Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• The Rt Hon Sir Chris Bryant MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for Scotland
• The Rt Hon Stephen Kinnock MP, Secretary of State for Wales
• The Rt Hon Anneliese Midgley MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
• The Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Basildon, Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the House of Lords
• The Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP, Lord President of the Council, Leader of the House of Commons
• The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP, Minister for Women and Equalities

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Independent Adviser of Ministerial Standards cross-referencing interests relating to residential property ownership with areas subject to selective licensing designations when reviewing the List of Ministerial Interests.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

There is an established process in place for the declaration and management of private interests held by ministers, as set out in the Ministerial Code. This process ensures that steps are taken to avoid or mitigate any actual or perceived conflicts of interest. Relevant interests are published in the List of Ministers’ Interests on a quarterly basis. Further information on the process for compiling the List of Ministers’ Interests can be found in Part B Chapter 3 of the Ministerial Code, as well as the List of Ministers’ Interests and the Independent Adviser’s Annual Report which can all be found on GOV UK

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the public authorities they expect to be subject to clause 10 of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill already have a code of ethical or professional conduct applying to their public officials.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The requirement to adopt a Code of Ethical Conduct is intended to sit alongside, not replace, existing ethical or candour frameworks.

In many cases public authorities will be able to satisfy the requirement by updating or amending existing codes to meet the minimum standards. For example, the Civil Service Code will act as the Code of Ethical Conduct for the Civil Service.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will make it her policy to to build a searchable platform for government transparency data and facilitate monthly publication as set out in the previous Government's report entitled Strengthening Ethics and Integrity in Central Government, published in July 2023.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Government is currently considering its response to the Ethics and Integrity Commission’s review of Lobbying, Business Appointment Rules and Disclosure, including its recommendations to change the way transparency data is currently published, and publication frequency.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether civil servants currently based in (1) London, and (2) regional offices outside Manchester, will be required to work on a temporary basis in Number 10 North.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Yes if their role requires it.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Special adviser data releases: numbers and costs, July 2026, footnote 4, for what reason each of the salaries was temporarily uplifted.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Salaries may be uplifted to reflect a temporary increase in responsibilities, such as covering a higher grade. It would not be appropriate to comment on responsibilities of individual special advisers.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the revised Cabinet Office facility time framework on expenditure by her Department on facility time relative to the 2023-24 base.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Whilst an official assessment has not been made, the difference in expenditure between 2023/24 and 2024/25 increased by £38,483. Facility time for 2025-26 was not reported, as it is no longer a requirement following the repeal of the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 in February 2026. The Cabinet Office published facility time data for the last time in 2024/25.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which existing codes applying to public authorities differ in respect of honesty, candour, record keeping, disclosure, correction of known error, reasons for decisions, protected reporting, complaints, investigation and sanctions.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Public authorities are responsible for adopting and maintaining their organisational Code of Ethical Conduct. It is for each public authority to ensure that their organisation’s Code complies with the requirements set out in Chapter 2, Clause 10 of the Bill. This includes providing information about how staff can make protected disclosures and make complaints about the conduct of an organisation.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 14 July (HL710), whether they will publish a copy of the internal guidance on UK Government branding that was released by the Cabinet Office in the corrected Freedom of Information Act response of 8 July 2026.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

In the response to the referenced Freedom of Information response, we confirmed that the formal branding guidance remains publicly available, and confirmed that additional internal guidance exists in the form of an internal email.

We provided the relevant extract below which addresses the brand. The remaining sections of the email discuss internal processes around managing the brand. There are no current plans to publish this information.

UK Government

All central Government communications should now carry the UK Government logo (or its international version), rather than Departmental logos, unless a specific exemption request is submitted in advance.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government which existing codes of ethical or professional conduct they obtained and considered when preparing clause 10 of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill; and whether they will place copies of, or links to, those codes in the Library of the House.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The provisions set out in the Bill have been developed on the basis of the Seven Principles of Public Life (the Nolan Principles). Codes must be used to drive ethical behaviour in a public authority and to be embedded in all aspects of their organisation’s work - the delivery of public services.

Public authorities will be required to take steps to make their staff aware of the Code and the consequences of failing to comply with it. Public authorities are required to publish their respective Code of Ethical Conduct.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government why the costs and resource implications of clause 10 of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill were not separately quantified in the Bill’s impact assessment; and whether they will publish a supplementary assessment before the beginning of Committee stage in the House of Lords.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Most, if not all, public bodies will already be covered by a form of a Code of Ethical Conduct. Therefore, it is not anticipated that the impact in terms of costs will be substantial.

The scale of these costs can only be fully determined after Royal Assent. A further assessment of impact will, therefore, be undertaken at the appropriate stage.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government which Arms Length Bodies have been shut down as a result of the ALB Review launched in April 2025.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Arm’s Length Bodies (ALB) review, launched in April 2025, is an ongoing, multi-phase programme designed to ensure public bodies provide value for money, eliminate duplication, and remain directly accountable to Ministers and Parliament.

Since the announcement of the review on 7 April 2025, the following bodies have been abolished or merged, with their essential functions either absorbed into other ALBs, repatriated to parent departments, or ceased where no longer required:

• Valuation Office Agency (HM Revenue and Customs) – Dissolved as a standalone executive agency in April 2025 (functions integrated into HMRC)

• Infrastructure and Projects Authority (Cabinet Office/HM Treasury) – Closed and replaced by the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority, also incorporating the functions of the National Infrastructure Commission, in April 2025

• Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Department for Education) – Closed June 2025

• Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Cabinet Office) – Closed October 2025

• Committee on Standards in Public Life (Cabinet Office) – Merged into the Ethics and Integrity Commission in October 2025

• Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons (Ministry of Defence) – Closed November 2025

• Building Digital UK (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) – Repatriated into the former DSIT in November 2025

• Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) – Reclassified as an expert committee in November 2025

• Committee on Fuel Poverty (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) – Reclassified as an expert committee in November 2025.

• Independent Medical Expert Group (Ministry of Defence) – Reclassified as Expert Committee in December 2025

• LocatED (Department for Education) – Repatriated into DfE in April 2026

• UK Space Agency (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) – Repatriated to the former DSIT in April 2026

• Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (Home Office) – Abolished, functions transferred to the Fair Work Agency in April 2026

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of annual central government expenditure on Microsoft products relates to software licensing, including Microsoft 365, Windows Server and SQL Server.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Information on the specific proportion of annual central government expenditure on Microsoft products allocated to software licensing is not held centrally.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans her Department has to consider leasehold service charges in the cost-of-living taskforce.

Answered by Sally Jameson - Parliamentary Secretary and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Reforms to leasehold service charges remains a matter led by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 27 January 2025, to Question 25755, on Emergencies: Mobile Phones, if she will place the One Year Evaluation Report in the Library.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The One Year Evaluation delivered in September 2024 contains detailed information regarding the operation and processes of the Emergency Alerts system. The capability represents a key part of the UK’s crisis response ability and therefore is unable to be shared publicly in order to maintain the integrity of the system.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost of resettlement packages for civil servants who move to work in No. 10 North.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

It is standard practice for employers to support staff when they are required to move between locations. Any resettlement packages would be covered by existing departmental budgets.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the document, Frequency Asked Questions about Emergency Alerts, published by the Cabinet Office in 2023, what are the latest criteria for use of the Emergency Alert service in relation to (a) localised alerts and (b) nationwide alerts.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The threshold considerations for issuing an emergency alert include considering whether there is a risk to life, and whether those receiving the message need to take urgent action.

There is no separate criteria for issuing alerts locally and nationally.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans are currently being considered to make Britain more resilient to extreme weather.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

Enhancing Britain’s resilience to extreme weather events requires coordination and collaboration between different Government departments. The Cabinet Office is the lead government department responsible for severe weather, including severe storms, extreme heat and extreme cold. The Cabinet Office plays a coordinating role, bringing together departments with responsibility for leading the response planning and longer term resilience of the sectors they represent.

Work is underway across government to increase resilience to extreme weather events. From £710 million to fund upgrades to the school estate to the construction of nine new reservoirs across the country. Between April 2024 and March 2026, the government invested £2.65 billion to construct new flood schemes and repair existing defences. Funding for the fire service has also increased by £100 million and water companies have been directed to step-up their work to fix leaks and preserve water.

In July, we announced that we will be delivering a campaign to raise awareness of the simple steps households can take to keep themselves safe during everyday emergencies, like extreme weather. We’ll be announcing more information and beginning the campaign later this year.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Sir Stephen Lovegrove remains her Special Representative on AUKUS.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

Sir Stephen Lovegrove remains the Prime Minister’s Special Representative on AUKUS.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings her Department held with other departments on the cross-departmental consequences of an energy supply shortage in the last 12 months; and whether there is a fixed schedule for future such meetings.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

Cabinet Office Ministers and officials regularly engage with other government departments on a wide range of cross-cutting resilience matters, including the impacts of any potential energy supply shortages.

Cross-departmental engagement occurs on a continuous basis, and there have been a large number of ministerial and official meetings held on broader resilience over the past 12 months, at which this topic can arise. To provide more detailed information would exceed the threshold and incur a disproportionate cost to the Cabinet Office.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the status is of civil defence planning in relation to threats from Russian hostile actors.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The Government already has plans to manage the most severe risks to the UK, and constantly reviews a broad range of scenarios with allies and industry. The Home Defence Programme supports these joint efforts, delivering the various related commitments from the Strategic Defence Review, National Security Strategy and Resilience Action Plan. In the 2026 Annual Statement on National Resilience, the Government announced that we have accelerated our Home Defence Planning to reflect the complex, novel and interconnected risks that face the UK.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 14865 on Labour, if she will place the guidance provided to departments in the Library.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Government does not routinely publish internal guidance.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that strategic suppliers build resilience into their delivery chains.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

In 2019, the Government introduced arrangements for the monitoring and management of strategic suppliers through Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) agreed between the Government and each strategic supplier. Under the MoU, strategic suppliers agree to provide the Government with information required to monitor and manage risks across their supply chains.

In addition, the Government regularly publishes Key Performance Indicators for its most significant contracts to maintain visibility of delivery performance. Individual contracting authorities are responsible for undertaking appropriate due diligence as part of their procurement processes.

The Procurement Act 2023 further strengthens the ability of contracting authorities to respond to poor performance and to mitigate risks across public sector supply chains.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what digital devices are issued to Ministers as part of their roles; and who is responsible for keeping an inventory of devices.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

As part of their roles, Ministers in the Cabinet Office are issued standard Official Windows or MacBook Laptops and a standard iPhone or Android Official device. In some circumstances a tablet device may also be requested. These devices are managed by the internal Cabinet Office Digital teams, who are also responsible for maintaining the assets & inventory of all end user issued devices.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Lord Hermer accepted a ministerial severance payment upon leaving office as Attorney General.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Details of ministerial severance payments are published in the relevant department’s annual report and accounts.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps she has taken to ensure retired civil servants receive pension a) quotes and b) payments on time.

Answered by Sally Jameson - Parliamentary Secretary and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The Cabinet Office awarded Capita the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme in November 2023 under the previous government.

The current delays facing scheme members are entirely unacceptable, and this Government has taken firm action to resolve them through a clear recovery plan with strict delivery milestones. We have deployed additional resources to expedite priority cases, ensuring that serving and former staff receive the high standard of service they deserve. Regular progress updates remain available to members via the pension portal and GOV.UK.

While Capita committed to a complete return to standard contractual service levels

by the end of June 2026, they have failed to meet this critical milestone. The Government is taking robust action to hold Capita to account. This includes withholding £9.9 million in contract payments for undelivered milestones, alongside confirmation that the Government surge team costs will be recovered directly from Capita.

To enforce strict compliance, independent auditors are being deployed to conduct a technical systems review, and an on-the-ground Remedial Adviser has been appointed, at Capita’s expense. Further commercial, legal, and operational options remain on the table during the consideration of long-term structural delivery options.

We have established a new, dedicated virtual surgery process for MPs and their offices. Facilitated by the Cabinet Office Pensions Recovery Taskforce, these sessions run every weekday (Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm) and offer 45-minute slots for one-to-one updates.

We have already had good uptake of these sessions and if your team has not already, I would encourage them to book a session via the booking link here:

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/t/csps-mp-surgeries/

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department (a) uses or (b) is taking steps to install rooftop solar panels on its premises.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

(a) The Cabinet Office estate isn’t currently using rooftop solar panels.

(b) Feasibility studies are currently being conducted at a number of Cabinet Office locations. Where opportunities are identified that rooftop solar panels can be installed, the earliest opportunity to commence delivery would be from the financial year 2027-28.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department has taken steps to require James Purnell to divest his shareholdings, share options and residual financial interests in Flint Global, its associated holding companies and private equity owners; and whether there are restrictions on contact with his former firm.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

There is an established system in place for the declaration and management of special advisers' interests. As has been the case under successive administrations, interests deemed relevant for publication for special advisers in No10 and the Cabinet Office are published on an annual basis by the Cabinet Office.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026, to Question 18037, on Civil Service: Trade Unions, whether her Department has a policy on the level of trade union (a) membership and (b) recognition within the Civil Service.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Cabinet Office does not have a policy on the level of trade union membership within the Cabinet Office, nor the level of trade union recognition within the Cabinet Office.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 14356, on Cabinet Office: Staff, whether the Cabinet Office Mission Delivery Unit has been closed or renamed in the recent restructuring.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Mission Delivery Unit closed in 2025 and the delivery and monitoring capabilities of that unit were integrated into joint teams working across Downing Street and the Cabinet Office. Since the restructure, these teams now form part of the Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC).

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Procurement Policy Note 002: The Social Value Model has been repealed.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

No.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter, "Simplification and Agency of Government - Letter to all ministers", of 7 September 2026, whether the Cabinet Office Consultation Principles will be amended; and if she will place in the Library the new general guidance circulated by officials.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

To align with the government’s revised approach to consultation and public participation, we will amend the Cabinet Office Consultation Principles. There is no current plan to place the new general guidance in the library.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 18648 on Government departments: artificial intelligence, how much statutory consultation duties have been identified by the AI tool for which the latest data is available.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Using the AI tool, the Cabinet Office has identified approximately 7000 statutory duties to consult.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the No10 press release entitled No10 North open for business as the Government’s new situation room for making Britain better, of 23 July 2026, what are the full terms of reference of the National Economic Council; who are its (i) temporary/ad hoc and (ii) permanent members; and how the National Economic Council differs from the Council for the Nation and Regions in relation to combined authority mayors attending.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The list of Cabinet committees, including their memberships and terms of reference will be published on gov.uk in due course.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are assigned to work permanently in Number 10 North; and how many staff are assigned to the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Cabinet Office does not hold the information requested in the specified format.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 July 2026 on Annual Statement on National Resilience, HCWS244, whether printed material will be delivered to households as part of the national resilience public awareness campaign.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The three-year household resilience public information campaign will launch later this year. The government is developing resources and materials that will be hosted on GOV.UK for partners to download, adapt and distribute locally.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether government departments are revising their own policies with reference to the model Policy and Guidance: Supporting Trans and Non-binary Employees issued on 22 May 2026.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Departments are undertaking consultation with relevant stakeholders to revise their own policies.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps she is taking to ensure the AI Security Institute is able to access the newest frontier models before their release.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)

The UK's AI Security Institute (AISI) has built trusted, relationships with the world's leading AI labs. This collaborative approach lets us keep pace with a fast-moving technology and adapt as it evolves and has allowed AISI to secure privileged access that has identified dozens of vulnerabilities that developers fixed before public release. AISI is in daily conversation with industry partners, including Anthropic, and works closely with allies and partners around the world on the risks posed by increasingly capable AI systems.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a (a) target and (b) budgeted headcount for No10 North.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

We will recruit the necessary people to No 10 North in Manchester to continue to support good growth in every postcode. This will be covered by existing departmental budgets.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the OneGov Delivery Agency will charge departments for its services.

Answered by Sally Jameson - Parliamentary Secretary and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The services transferring to the OneGov Delivery Agency are expected initially to continue to charge other government departments in accordance with existing agreements or Memoranda of Understanding. Work to establish OneGov has commenced and will consider issues such as longer-term funding models and scope of service delivery.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information her Department holds on the number of people who were employed in the automotive manufacturing sector in each month since January 2026.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon lady Parliamentary Question of 8th September is attached.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the cost of the Emergency Alert sent to England and Wales on 14 August 2026.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The activation of the Emergency Alert capability on 14 August was issued at no cost to the taxpayer.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister gave authorisation for the national emergency alert sent in August 2026.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The Emergency Alert broadcast on 14 August was authorised by the First Secretary of State following a request from the National Fire Chiefs Council. Every Emergency Alert is carefully coordinated with responding public bodies and agencies.

This tool is only used in emergency scenarios and where the need is greatest. The Cabinet Office remains committed to reviewing every alert request on a case-by-case basis.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government (a) announcements, (b) initiatives and (c) funding decisions have been delayed beyond their initial deadline since 4 July 2024.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Government does not centrally record or hold timelines for all individual departmental announcements, initiatives, and funding decisions, including delays. Departments are responsible for tracking delivery with oversight and support from the centre of Government on the priorities that matter most to the public.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 20825, on Cabinet Office: Facilities Agreements, and with reference to pages 11-12 of her Department's Document entitled Civil Service facility time framework and guidance, published in April 2026 (DEP2026-0371), if she will publish the figures for the Cabinet Office facility time data for 2025-26 that are maintained by the Cabinet Office.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Facility time for 2025-26 will not be published, as it is no longer a requirement following the repeal of the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 in February 2026.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 28 August 2026, to Question 18828, on Gambling Commission: staff, what other central government public bodies have public servant staff which are neither crown servants or civil servants.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Out of a total of 304 Arm’s Length Bodies in 2023/24, 241 ALBs employed staff who were neither crown servants nor civil servants. The vast majority of this non-civil service workforce was concentrated within Executive NDPBs, where 118 ALBs accounted for 150,847 FTE staff.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much HM Government has spent on consultations since 4 July 2024.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The information requested is not held centrally.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of staff assigned to No10 North are loaned.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Surge capability was inserted on a temporary basis from a range of government departments and secondees from local government.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of public authorities that will be required to establish and maintain a code of ethical conduct under clause 10 of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill; and how any such estimate is broken down by (1) type of public authority, and (2) government department responsible for oversight.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

All core public authorities will be required to establish and publish a Code of Ethical Conduct, including all central government departments, National Health Services bodies, local authorities, police forces and state funded schools. Approximately six million public sector workers across the public sector are within scope of the Bill.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the rate of compensation being delivered by the Infected Blood Delivery Authority to those affected.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

HMG has regular engagement with IBCA to discuss progress. However, the delivery of compensation is a matter for the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA), which has opened its service to all cohorts including affected people. IBCA is contacting people across all cohorts in line with the prioritisation criteria recommended by the Infected Blood Inquiry in its July 2025 Additional Report. These criteria provide that any claims for people that are at the end of life, with advanced liver disease, or from someone aged 75 or over, will be prioritised across all groups.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of levels of economic cooperation with the EU on businesses.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

The message we are getting from businesses is clear: they are facing more barriers and increased costs as a result of how we left the EU. For example, in a survey published by the British Chambers of Commerce in December 2025, more than half of its exporting members disagreed that the Trade and Cooperation Agreement was enabling their business to grow or increase sales.

The deals we are striking with the EU will bring down barriers that stop businesses trading and investing with our closest partner and biggest market. The food and drink deal and emissions trading agreements alone will add up to £9 billion a year to the UK economy by 2040.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Home Office's transparency data entitled Small boat arrivals: last 7 days, updated on 9 September 2026, has the status of official statistics; and whether the UK Statistics Authority has reviewed data reporting by the Home Office.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 10th September is attached.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many prosecutions have been brought in connection with the infected blood scandal; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Whether individuals are prosecuted is rightly a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service and is independent of Government. Given the nationwide scope of the Infected Blood Inquiry, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) has engaged experienced senior investigators to conduct a review of available evidence.

Since the review began following the Infected Blood Inquiry’s May 2024 report, the NPCC has published regular updates on its progress. The review’s initial scope was limited to chapters 1 and 2, but the NPCC’s most recent statement in August explained that it will be extending the scope of the review to all 7 chapters of the Inquiry’s May 2024 report. The Government has committed to making any and all relevant information around the Infected Blood Inquiry available to the relevant authorities where requested.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers in Government have the title of Chief of Staff.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Lead Special Advisers in departments may be titled ‘Chief of Staff’ to their appointing minister. Therefore there are approximately 17 Special Advisers with the title of ‘Chief of Staff’.

This does not change these individuals’ terms of employment. As per paragraph 2 of the Model Contract for Special Advisers (Job title and duties) which can be found on GOV.UK, the formal job title of all special advisers is ‘Special Adviser’.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether all (a) departments and (b) arm’s length bodies, including NHS England, are to act in line with the Government’s revised approach to prioritising British jobs and growth in public procurement; and whether (i) the Department of Health and Social Care and (ii) NHS England (A) have or (B) will have any exemption from that approach with regard to NHS England’s 2027 carbon reduction plan requirements.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The government has been clear that all departments should use public procurement to deliver jobs and skills opportunities.

Procurement Policy Notes (PPNs) are applicable to Central Government Departments, Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies unless otherwise stated in the PPN.

All other public bodies are routinely encouraged to adopt PPNs.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 19336 on Death: Statistics, what estimate the Office for National Statistics has made of the average and maximum revisions to provisional daily numbers of deaths by date of occurrence after (a) 7, (b) 14, (c) 21, (d) 28 and (e) 56 days.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Rt. Hon lady Parliamentary Question of 9th September is attached.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 19336 on Death: Statistics, what proportion of deaths occurring on a given date in England and Wales are, on average, registered within (a) 1 day, (b) 3 days, (c) 7 days, (d) 14 days, (e) 21 days and (f) 28 days of the date of death.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Rt. Hon lady Parliamentary Question of 9th September is attached.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the publication, Expenditure Over £25,000 - July 2026 (Cabinet Office Core), 27 August 2026, what training was provided in relation to transaction, GCS SKILLS AND STANDARDS, PROVERSITY.ORG LTD, Ref: 1037287441; and for whom.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

This relates to the provision of development, design and support for provision of GCS Advance, the flagship development programme for government communicators.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Further to the written statement of 1 September 2026, HCWS296, on Canada’s entry I to force with the UK in CPTPP, what steps are being taken to ensure that the EU/UK reset supports the ability of the United Kingdom to maintain its existing free trade deals and sign new ones with non-EU countries and organisations.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK and EU are committed to building a closer relationship and are negotiating agreements that will boost trade, enhance energy security and create opportunities for young people. The government will ensure that these agreements are consistent with its wider international obligations.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the (a) Summary Business Case and (b) Full Business Case for the Manchester Digital Campus have been written.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Manchester Digital Campus programme is progressing well, with its Outline Business Case approved earlier this year. The Full Business Case is currently in development, with submission targeted for 2027. A summary Business Case has not been produced. Any future publication of the approved business case for the Manchester Digital Campus (MDC) will be assessed in accordance with government guidance, taking into account standard exemptions.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20855 on Civil Service Commission: Conflict of Interests, whether the Civil Service Commission informed the Minister for the Civil Service that responsibility for determining complaints under the Recruitment Principles, Civil Service Code appeals and departmental audit scores had been delegated to the Chief Executive.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

I refer the hon. Member to the response to Question 20845.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics has assessed the feasibility of publishing deaths by individual date of occurrence subject to a fixed publication lag of (a) 14, (b) 21 and (c) 28 days.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Rt. Hon lady Parliamentary Question of 9th September is attached.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 19336 on Death: Statistics, whether any statistical criteria prevent publication of death-registration figures by individual date.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Rt. Hon lady Parliamentary Question of 9th September is attached.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 19 March 2026, to Question 116770, whether Cabinet Office's Direct Ministerial Appointments portal entries on gov.uk should be amended once the Direct Ministerial Appointment leaves their post.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The responsibility for the publication of information on Direct Ministerial Appointments on the announcement portal rests with individual sponsor departments. The primary function of the portal is to bring together, into a central resource, announcements of new Direct Ministerial Appointments from across government. While the portal records the expected length of term of individual new appointments, it does not record actual end dates for those appointments that come to an end. Questions about the status of individual appointments would be for sponsor departments.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the government is taking to ensure that that public contracts are not awarded to companies blacklisting workers.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010 prohibit the compilation, usage, sale or supply of blacklists of workers.

Suppliers may be excluded for blacklisting offences under the exclusion regime in the Procurement Act in certain circumstances.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 18632 on Departmental Responsibilities, on what data her Department’s strategic plan was updated; and if she will publish that data.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

We expect the plan to be updated in due course reported on in the usual way, including via the Annual Report and Accounts.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any unused Ministerial residences in Admiralty House are paying the empty homes council tax premium to Westminster City Council.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Council tax premiums for empty homes do not apply to the Ministerial residences in Admiralty House.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will publish the address of every office building maintained by the Government Property Agency for use by civil servants; and which public bodies have staff in each of those buildings.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

As has been the case under successive Governments we are unable to release a list of occupants and addresses of Government office buildings in order to safeguard national security. Occupier locations are generally available via each department's website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 19336 on Death: Statistics, what proportion of deaths occurring on a given date would ordinarily have been registered 12 days after that date.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Rt. Hon lady Parliamentary Question of 9th September is attached.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to Question 20824, on Civil Servants: Nationality, what was the nationality of each (a) job applicant, and (b) employed applicant, for roles in the EU Relations Secretariat in the period for which information is held.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Individual data regarding the nationality of job applicants and successful appointees cannot be provided, as this information is confidential. However, data on the wider Civil Service, including nationality, is published regularly on gov.uk.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Mission Boards are operational.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Mission Boards were established under the previous administration and their operation was the responsibility of the lead Secretaries of State.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2026 to Question HL2445, on Home Office: X Corp, what guidance has been given by the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Government Communications Service on the use of the complimentary Premium service status by X.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

No guidance has been given by Cabinet Office or the Government Communication Service on the use of complimentary Premium service status by X.

Departments individually manage their X accounts.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 19336 on Death: Statistics, whether the ONS will make daily counts by (a) date of death and (b) date of registration available as a downloadable dataset.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Rt. Hon lady Parliamentary Question of 9th September is attached.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Office for National Statistics has made of whether the risk of misinterpretation of daily mortality figures could be mitigated through (a) provisional-data labelling, (b) publication of completeness estimates, (c) revision indicators, (d) seven-day rolling averages and (e) delaying publication of the most recent observations.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Rt. Hon lady Parliamentary Question of 9th September is attached.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics will publish historical daily numbers of deaths in England and Wales by (a) date of occurrence and (b) date of registration for periods sufficiently historic that registration delay is no longer a material source of incompleteness.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Rt. Hon lady Parliamentary Question of 9th September is attached.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 19336 on Death: Statistics, what quantitative analysis supports the Office for National Statistics' conclusion that publication of daily death figures could increase the risk of misinterpretation and misleading conclusions.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Rt. Hon lady Parliamentary Question of 9th September is attached.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what statistical criteria the Office for National Statistics uses to determine that weekly, rather than daily, publication represents the appropriate level of granularity for mortality statistics; and whether those criteria have been published.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Rt. Hon lady Parliamentary Question of 9th September is attached.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of 7 September 2026 to Question 19361 on Public Appointments: Equality and of 8 September 2026 to Question 20975 on Civil Service Recruitment, whether the socio-economic background of an applicant is a material consideration or determining factor in the appointment process for civil servants through the (a) Civil Service Masterclass and (b) the listed Going Forward into Employment recruitment schemes.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Socio-economic background is one of the considerations that determines whether individuals can apply for the Going Forward into Employment pathways listed below.

• DCMS Learn & Grow Pathway

• DWP Social Mobility Apprenticeship

• Crown Prosecution Service Diversifying CPS Careers

• MHCLG Masterclass Pathway (sometimes referred to as the Civil Service Masterclass)

• Home Office Pathway to Employment

More information on GFiE Pathway opportunities for people from Low Social Mobility Backgrounds can be found on the GFiE Civil Service Careers site: https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/gfie-pathways/#social-mobility. This site is visible in the public domain.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Cabinet Office Procurement Policy Note 026 published on 5 August 2026 (a) applies to and (b) is mandatory for (i) local government and (ii) non-Civil Service Arm’s Length Bodies.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Procurement Policy Notes (PPNs) should be adopted and actioned by Central Government Departments, their Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies. Primary legislation would be required to set social value requirements for local government and non-Civil Service Arms Length Bodies. However, the PPN can be adopted on a voluntary basis.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 18641 on Cabinet Office: Public Relations, whether her Department holds the name of firms and external contractors used since July 2024 to undertake public (a) relations and (b) affairs activity.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

This information is not centrally held across the Cabinet Office.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has the ONS made of the real terms change in house prices in each of the last twenty years in the (a) UK, (b) each constituent nation of the UK and (c) each local authority area of the UK.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon gentleman Parliamentary Question of 9th September is attached.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many searches of bank accounts have been executed since they have gained additional powers through the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025; and how many searches resulted in fraud (1) identified and (2) recovered.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) has not used any powers under the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act (PAFER) 2025 to conduct any searches of bank accounts.

The PSFA is obliged to hold information on the use of the powers under the PAFER Act and once the Act is fully implemented PSFA will report its use of the powers to Parliament annually.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the UK fishing and seafood processing sectors in each year since 2015.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 10th September is attached.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of employment in coastal fishing communities since 2020.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 10th September is attached.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 21041 on EU Cohesion Fund, whether the European Commission has asked the UK to make payments to the EU Cohesion Fund in any other area.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK is not currently contributing to the EU Cohesion Fund. As referred to in the previous response, the EU is seeking to establish a mechanism for an appropriate UK financial contribution towards reducing economic and social disparities between the regions of the EU as part of UK participation in the Internal Electricity Market. Any UK financial contribution would be subject to negotiations with the EU, and no contributions have yet been made or agreed upon.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Buy British procurement policy on the likelihood of the European Union adopting a Buy European procurement policy which discriminates against British imports.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The EU is a close trading partner. Our supply chains are highly integrated and maintaining trade in strategic sectors benefits both the UK and EU to achieve our economic objectives.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures her Department is taking to ensure the safe development and deployment of agentic AI.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)

The Government will continue to a take long-term, science-led approach to understand and prepare for emerging risks from AI. The UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) maintains strong relationships with all frontier AI developers and continues to test the world’s most capable models prior to their deployment to build a rigorous scientific understanding of their capabilities and risks, and make sure policy decisions are grounded in evidence.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the loss-of-control scenarios contained in the Government’s AI Risk Register have associated likelihood assessments.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)

The Government's AI Risk Register includes a range of risks, spanning a number of sectors, and contains a number of different inputs informed by technical expertise from the AI Security Institute and across-Whitehall.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to protect national security from potential impacts of inappropriate use of AI.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)

We are committed to ensuring the UK is prepared for the changes AI will bring.

UK laws protect against AI-driven security risks across many sectors and domains – for example cyber resilience, data protection, online safety, product safety, civil contingencies, and critical national infrastructure sectors. The Department for Business, Innovation, Science & Trade, works alongside the Cabinet Office, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and others to anticipate and respond to risks emerging from inappropriate use of AI.

This is informed by technical experts, including in NCSC and AISI, who ensure government understands current and emerging AI risks and works with partners to develop safeguards against them.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Officer, what estimate her Department has made of the annual value of UK (a) imports from and (b) exports to Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 2 September is attached.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the biosecurity risks arising from increasingly capable artificial intelligence models; and what safeguards are in place to assess and mitigate those risks before advanced models are deployed.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)

The AI Security Institute works proactively with frontier laboratories to test the capability of AI models and advise them on where safeguards can, and should, be strengthened to prevent biological risks emerging.

The UK Biological Security Strategy sets out our ambition and approach to building national resilience to a spectrum of biological risks by 2030. This includes strengthening our sovereign capabilities to respond to naturally occurring pandemics, biological weapons and emerging biosecurity threats, such as those exacerbated or accelerated by AI.

The UK Biological Security Strategy Implementation Report, published in July this year, sets out the tangible actions we are taking to reduce biological risks, including around £1bn of investment in health protection measures to strengthen domestic resilience.

Earlier this year, the Ministry of Defence announced an investment of £115 million to raise the UK’s defences against the threats from AI, including using AI to improve our biological security and mitigate risks posed by autonomous AI agents. This is alongside investment of over £1.83 billion to establish a Network of National Biosecurity Centres, including £1 billion in Weybridge, £580 million in Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Porton Down, and £250 million over this Parliament in Harlow to bolster defences against biological incidents, accidents and attacks.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for Cabinet Office, what assessment has the department made of the potential impact of Anthropic's decision not to provide the UK AI Security Institute with pre-release access to its latest frontier AI model on UK AI safety and national security.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)

The UK's AI Security Institute (AISI) has built trusted, voluntary relationships with the world's leading AI labs. This collaborative approach lets us keep pace with a fast-moving technology and adapt as it evolves and has allowed AISI to secure privileged access that has identified dozens of vulnerabilities that developers fixed before public release. AISI is in daily conversation with industry partners, including Anthropic, and works closely with allies and partners around the world on the risks posed by increasingly capable AI systems. Further detail is provided in Written Statement UIN HCWS314 'Artificial intelligence update'.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the total combined cost of flexitime, compressed hours, overtime, Time Off in Lieu and paid volunteering leave across the civil service; and whether they have compared the prevalence of these schemes with equivalent arrangements in the private sector.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Decisions on pay and terms and conditions of employment are made by individual departments, depending on their specific business requirements. As such, the Cabinet Office does not collect this information centrally.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish the list of Cabinet committees and interministerial groups, including their memberships and terms of reference.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The list of Cabinet committees has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses and published on GOV.UK. We do not publish a list of other ministerial groups.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many days of paid volunteering leave were taken by civil servants in each of the last three years, broken down by department; and what the total cost of this type of leave has been in each of those years.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Cabinet Office does not collect or hold information across departments centrally.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average number of Time Off in Lieu (TOIL) days accrued and taken per civil servant in each of the last three years; and whether they monitor the operational cost of unworked TOIL hours across departments.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Cabinet Office does not collect or hold information across departments centrally.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its approach to AI safety of recent evidence of advanced artificial intelligence systems engaging in (a) deceptive behaviour and (b) unauthorised actions when given access to external tools and online environments.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)

The Government takes the risks from advanced AI extremely seriously and recognises the importance of ensuring our approach keeps pace with a rapidly evolving technology. The work of the AI Security Institute to build a rigorous, scientific understanding of the capabilities of the most advanced AI systems and the risks they pose, ensures that policy decisions on frontier AI are grounded in evidence. Further detail is provided in Written Statement UIN HCWS314 'Artificial intelligence update'.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of existing testing and oversight arrangements for advanced artificial intelligence models in light of recent increases in their capabilities; and whether he plans to introduce further safeguards.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)

In light of the capability developments demonstrated by the instances of unauthorised behaviour by AI models, AISI has reviewed its testing practices and made updates to increase the security of testing evaluations to reflect model capabilities. AISI recently completed pre-deployment testing of OpenAI’s newest model, GPT-6 Astra. We maintain daily contact with leading AI developers on AI security testing. Further detail is provided in Written Statement UIN HCWS314 'Artificial intelligence update'.

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Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Cabinet Office’s 2026 National Capabilities Assessment, what steps her Department is taking to establish greater oversight of food supply chain resilience preparedness.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

As set out in the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, the Cabinet Office provides scrutiny of response capabilities across the UK Government through National Capabilities Assessments which take place every two to three years. Defra considers these assessments and works work the Cabinet Office, other Government departments and industry to ensure the food supply chain is fully incorporated in emergency preparedness planning.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department’s procedures permit special advisers to require that a proposed response to a Freedom of Information request is not issued pending their agreement, and which ministerial or official role has final responsibility for authorising disclosure.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Special advisers may be consulted as part of the Home Office's handling of Freedom of Information requests. Where a case has been referred as part of the Department's internal processes, the response would not normally be issued until that stage of the process has been completed. Consistent with Cabinet Office guidance, special advisers may provide advice but do not make decisions on whether information is released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Final decisions on the application of the Act and the disclosure of information are taken in accordance with the Department's delegated decision-making arrangements and ordinarily rest with the responsible official, although ministers may have a decision-making role in specific circumstances, including for the purposes of section 36 of the Act.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 3.1.19 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, by when does he plan to deliver a national conversation campaign on defence and security in order to (a) raise public awareness of the threats to the UK, (b) how Defence deters and protects against them and (c) why Defence requires support to strengthen the nation’s resilience.

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

The National Conversation is a programme of public engagement led by the Cabinet Office as part of the Home Defence Programme. Delivery is already underway and will continue through 2027.

Defence is supporting this work through planned public engagement activities and a coherent programme of communications. These have been designed to improve understanding of the threats facing the UK, explain the role of Defence in deterrence and national resilience, and encourage practical participation by individuals, communities and employers.

Defence also works with the Cabinet Office to deliver the public facing National Risk Register (NRR), (updated in July 2026), and the internal National Security Risk Assessment which informs the Government’s assessment of the likelihood and potential impact of a broad range of risks that may directly affect the UK and its interests. The NRR demonstrates publicly what the Government is doing to plan against these risks and raises public awareness of the threats enabling a whole of society approach to strengthening the nation’s resilience. Defence is also supporting the upcoming Cabinet Office-led national resilience public awareness campaign, announced in the Annual Statement on National Resilience delivered to Parliament on July 14, 2026.

Success will be measured by increased public preparedness, participation and resilience. Government messaging on defence and security will continue to build ahead of ALBISTON SHADOW, a major UK Home Defence exercise, and NATO’s Crisis Management Exercise in spring 2027.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase UK food system and supply chain resilience, with reference to the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The UK’s Nature Security Assessment examined how global biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation could affect the UK’s national security, resilience and prosperity, including potential disruptions to food systems.

To boost domestic food and supply chain resilience, this Government is investing £120 million in 2026 through grants to increase farming productivity and innovation, while Environmental Land Management schemes support practices that improve resilience and reduce reliance on artificial fertiliser.

Defra will continue strengthening preparedness for risks to our food supply including working closely with Cabinet Office, other Government Departments, Devolved Governments on resilience planning and food security.

Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 September 2026 on Driving Opportunity in Every Postcode, HCWS322, what the current headcount staff of the Social Mobility Commission is; and how many of those staff will be transferred within the Civil Service (a) in the interim as it is wound down and (b) following its abolition.

Answered by Satvir Kaur - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Officials are currently working through the implementation of the creation of a new Class Unit and closure of Social Mobility Commissioner to ensure a smooth, staged transition. All changes will be carried out with appropriate consultation and full support for affected staff. Changes will be handled in line with Cabinet Office policies, and in consultation with HR and Trade Unions.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government what work the Ethics and Integrity Commission and the Cabinet Office duty of candour team have undertaken on the proposed statutory guidance and common framework for codes of ethical conduct; when that work began; what public authorities and existing codes have been examined; and when the resulting material will be published.

Answered by Lord Lemos - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

In October 2025, the Ethics and Integrity Commission (EIC) was commissioned to report on how public bodies can develop, distribute and enforce Codes of Conduct so that they effect meaningful cultural change, ensuring that public officials act with honesty, integrity and candour at all times.

When published, the EIC will act as a ‘Centre of Excellence’ for public sector Codes of Conduct and provide guidance and best practice to public bodies. As an independent body, the EIC is responsible for setting the scope and direction of its work.

Statutory guidance will be published to support public authorities to comply with the duties in clause 10 of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of annual cost of requiring social value obligations.

Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The Ministry of Defence commercial policy requires the application of the Cabinet Office Social Value Model to all in-scope procurements conducted under the Procurement Act 2023, which was enacted by the last Government.

Suppliers should not assume that costs associated with delivering social value commitments will be passed on to the contracting authority.

Contracting authorities are encouraged to consider whether it is appropriate to cap tendered prices to ensure that the delivery of social value does not result in additional costs that fail to represent value for money.

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether civil servants in her Department who are assigned to London but permanently move to No10 North will lose their London weighting allowance; and whether they will be paid a relocation allowance.

Answered by Jim McMahon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Civil Servants who are permanently recruited to new departments move to the relevant terms and conditions of their new department. Number 10 North formally operates as part of the Cabinet Office and therefore any relevant pay and allowances for permanent positions recruited to in Number 10 North for staff moving from Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) would be determined by Cabinet Office policies and practices rather than those applicable within MHCLG.

MHCLG does not pay a separate London weighting allowance. MHCLG does operate National and London pay bands, and has policies in place regarding the transfer to National pay bands from London pay bands upon a change in office location within the department. No relocation package is currently available in MHCLG at this point in time.

If there was a Machinery of Government change involving a formal transfer of staff and responsibilities under the Cabinet Office Statement of Practice (COSoP) the relevant terms and conditions would be considered in light of legislative practice.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to recommendation 17 of the document entitled The Rycroft Review: Report of the independent review into countering foreign financial influence and interference in UK politics, updated on 27 April 2026, her Department's document entitled The Rycroft Review: HM Government response, published on 6 July 2026, and the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 1 September 2026 on Direction of Government, Official Report, columns 36 and 46, whether the Home Office's Permanent Secretary remains the lead on democracy and elections across Government following the recent restructuring of Government.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The Home Office Permanent Secretary is the lead for defending democracy, having been appointed by the Cabinet Secretary following Recommendation 17 of the Rycroft Review. This is in support of my role as chair of the Defending Democracy Taskforce (DDTF).

Responsibility for elections policy sits with the Minister for Homelessness, Democracy, Communities and Faith.

The Joint Election Security and Preparedness Unit (a joint Cabinet Office and Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government Unit) leads on election security and preparedness, and is a member of the DDTF.

The Cabinet Office are leading on assembling a new cross-Government task and finish team, which will be in conjunction with the work already delivered by the DDTF. The Taskforce operates across government to tackle the full range of national security threats to our democracy.

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to The Seventh National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP7): Analysis of initial evidence gathering, published on 4 August 2026, for what reason the proposals on strengthening the Local Government Transparency Code were not adopted as government policy.

Answered by Jim McMahon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The call for evidence for the Seventh National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP7) was undertaken by Cabinet Office to assess the potential for the co-creation of open government commitments, but did not adopt any specific policy proposals, and the development of commitments is currently ongoing. MHCLG is keeping the Local Transparency Code under review in the context of wider policy relating to local government accountability including reforms to the local audit system and simplifying local authority accounting.

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026, to Question HL2688, on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, and with reference to the answer of 9 December 2025, to Question 96190, on Identity Cards: Digital Technology, if she will set out the methodology in (a) the estimate by the OBR of £1.8 billion over three years and (b) that adopted by the Cabinet Office, further to the statement that the OBR estimate was not an accurate cost of the programme.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

The £1.8 billion over three years was a provisional forecast published by the OBR. The OBR is an independent body and is best placed to provide details on the methodology it uses when producing forecasts.

As this was a provisional forecast it was not acknowledged by the Cabinet Office as an accurate cost estimate for implementing the national Digital ID programme.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to WPQ 13718 answered on 1 July 2026 about Fires, what steps she is taking with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to assess the effectiveness of the joint arrangement on wildfire risk anticipation following the wildfires in 2026; and whether the arrangement should be reviewed.

Answered by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

MHCLG and Defra are jointly coordinating work on current and future risk mapping, including risk hotspots and national-level risk assessments.

Measures have been taken to reduce wildfire risk including the ban on the sale of disposable barbecues introduced on 14 August as well as the use of the emergency alert system within parts of the UK. The Secretary of State for MHCLG also wrote to local authorities across England reminding them of the powers available to restrict activities that could increase fire risk, including the use of Public Spaces Protection Orders to limit barbecues, campfires and other forms of open fire in vulnerable areas.

This sits alongside wider measures including advice being made more visible, including through social media during high-risk periods, the Cabinet Office Prepare website, the Fire Kills campaign and StayWise, the NFCC-led education platform.

Addressing wildfire requires more than emergency response, it depends on coordinated action across prevention, preparedness, response and recovery, with clear roles for MHCLG, Defra, fire and rescue authorities, land managers and wider partners.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all DHSC Arm's Length Bodies reported external EDI expenditure to the Cabinet Office for 2024-25 in line the Cabinet Office EDI expenditure guidance.

Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The information requested is not held by the Department. Civil Service Arm’s Length Bodies are responsible for managing their external expenditure in line with the Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Guidance. The guidance only applies to Civil Service organisations.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State Work and Pensions, which Government Department has responsibility for the National Fraud Initiative.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced a series of changes to the Machinery of Government on 22 July. This included the Public Sector Fraud Authority’s (PSFA) transfer to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - whilst retaining its sponsorship by HM Treasury. The National Fraud Initiative (NFI) is part of the PSFA’s Data Analytics Service.

The Cabinet Office still maintains responsibility for the NFI - and the powers underpinning the NFI in the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 can continue to be exercised on behalf of the Minister for the Cabinet Office - until those powers are transferred or amended as part of the machinery of government. Under the Ministers of Crown Act 1975, a Transfer of Functions Order (TFO) may be made where there is legislation that requires amendment to ensure a relevant Minister taking over the functions, as well as any related powers, in that legislation can properly exercise them.

The functions and operations of the NFI continue as normal - supporting over 1,000 public and private sector organisations in enhancing their fraud response through the use of data and analytics.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that prisoners are delivered on time to Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) closely monitors Prisoner Escort and Custody Service (PECS) contractors through formal contract management arrangements and assured performance reporting. Where contractor failures are identified, contractual remedies are available. These include service credits, fixed-cost remedies and improvement actions. In addition, the ministerially-chaired Prisoner Delivery Oversight Board is coordinating activity across criminal justice system partners to address the causes of delays in prisoner movements and court appearances.

Delays to court proceedings are recorded by H M Courts & Tribunals Service by means of court exception reports (CERs). CERs record delays arising from a range of factors and agencies across the criminal justice system, including prisons and courts, as well as prisoner-related issues and PECS. In the year to 31 July 2026, 22 CERs were submitted relating to cases where the late arrival of a prisoner had contributed to a delay at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court. Of these, two were attributable to the PECS contractor.

HMPPS routinely monitors PECS contractor performance through a range of measures, including contract delivery indicators (CDIs). Information on contractor performance against three key CDIs is published through the Cabinet Office transparency reporting process. The Department keeps its reporting arrangements under review and continues to consider how best to ensure transparency while supporting effective contract management.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of releasing statistics on the adequacy of Prisoner Escort and Custody Services contractors’ performance.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) closely monitors Prisoner Escort and Custody Service (PECS) contractors through formal contract management arrangements and assured performance reporting. Where contractor failures are identified, contractual remedies are available. These include service credits, fixed-cost remedies and improvement actions. In addition, the ministerially-chaired Prisoner Delivery Oversight Board is coordinating activity across criminal justice system partners to address the causes of delays in prisoner movements and court appearances.

Delays to court proceedings are recorded by H M Courts & Tribunals Service by means of court exception reports (CERs). CERs record delays arising from a range of factors and agencies across the criminal justice system, including prisons and courts, as well as prisoner-related issues and PECS. In the year to 31 July 2026, 22 CERs were submitted relating to cases where the late arrival of a prisoner had contributed to a delay at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court. Of these, two were attributable to the PECS contractor.

HMPPS routinely monitors PECS contractor performance through a range of measures, including contract delivery indicators (CDIs). Information on contractor performance against three key CDIs is published through the Cabinet Office transparency reporting process. The Department keeps its reporting arrangements under review and continues to consider how best to ensure transparency while supporting effective contract management.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court are delayed due to the late arrival of prisoners.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) closely monitors Prisoner Escort and Custody Service (PECS) contractors through formal contract management arrangements and assured performance reporting. Where contractor failures are identified, contractual remedies are available. These include service credits, fixed-cost remedies and improvement actions. In addition, the ministerially-chaired Prisoner Delivery Oversight Board is coordinating activity across criminal justice system partners to address the causes of delays in prisoner movements and court appearances.

Delays to court proceedings are recorded by H M Courts & Tribunals Service by means of court exception reports (CERs). CERs record delays arising from a range of factors and agencies across the criminal justice system, including prisons and courts, as well as prisoner-related issues and PECS. In the year to 31 July 2026, 22 CERs were submitted relating to cases where the late arrival of a prisoner had contributed to a delay at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court. Of these, two were attributable to the PECS contractor.

HMPPS routinely monitors PECS contractor performance through a range of measures, including contract delivery indicators (CDIs). Information on contractor performance against three key CDIs is published through the Cabinet Office transparency reporting process. The Department keeps its reporting arrangements under review and continues to consider how best to ensure transparency while supporting effective contract management.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what value for money reviews her Department has commissioned into asylum procurement contracts awarded prior to July 2024.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

Since 2021, the Home Office has carried out two financial audits into its existing Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC).

The Home Office has a rigorous regime of oversight of its asylum contracts, including delivery performance, finance performance and of value for money. This includes continued negotiation of rates paid for services at contracted hotels, with ongoing work to end the use of hotels across the UK. This work has delivered significant cost reductions to date across the asylum portfolio.

All procurements carried out by the Home Office follow Cabinet Office guidance on protecting Value for Money for the taxpayer.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the percentage office workplace attendance requirement in each of the department’s offices, broken down by location; and whether attendance statistics are collated for each of those individual offices.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

The requirement to attend a workplace will depend on an employee’s role. Where employees are not in customer-facing roles or otherwise designated as office-based they have access to hybrid working, which is a type of voluntary flexible working arrangement, blending a combination of all workplace options (including home) with an office identified as a base and which remains the contractual place of work.

In line with Cabinet Office guidance, hybrid working is explicitly offered informally on a non-contractual basis. Where employees outside customer-facing / office-based roles take up the hybrid offer, in compliance with a collective note from all permanent secretaries in 2023, they must attend their DWP office for a minimum 60% of their hours – that is averaging 3 days out of 5 for a full-time colleague.

Regarding whether attendance statistics are collated for each of the individual offices, the information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 106 of his department’s Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what steps his Department is taking to maintain reaction systems through which allies can track potential threats together.

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

As part of working with other government departments and commercial partners, the Royal Navy is working closely with the Cabinet Office, DSIT, DESNZ, DfT, the Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC), industry partners and international allies to strengthen the security and resilience of the UK's undersea infrastructure.

Alongside the continued work with JEF, NATO and international partners to track potential threats, further efforts are focused on clarifying departmental responsibilities, enhancing maritime domain awareness and intelligence sharing, improving cross-Whitehall coordination and developing advanced surveillance and response capabilities through initiatives such as Atlantic Bastion. Within this framework, the Royal Navy is emerging as the lead operational authority for countering state-based threats to UK undersea infrastructure, while supporting wider government and commercial partners responsible for regulation, resilience and recovery.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 36 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in enabling the Royal Navy to play a leading and coordinating role in securing the UK’s critical undersea infrastructure and maritime traffic.

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

As part of working with other government departments and commercial partners, the Royal Navy is working closely with the Cabinet Office, DSIT, DESNZ, DfT, the Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC), industry partners and international allies to strengthen the security and resilience of the UK's undersea infrastructure.

Alongside the continued work with JEF, NATO and international partners to track potential threats, further efforts are focused on clarifying departmental responsibilities, enhancing maritime domain awareness and intelligence sharing, improving cross-Whitehall coordination and developing advanced surveillance and response capabilities through initiatives such as Atlantic Bastion. Within this framework, the Royal Navy is emerging as the lead operational authority for countering state-based threats to UK undersea infrastructure, while supporting wider government and commercial partners responsible for regulation, resilience and recovery.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 92 of his Department’s Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what progress he has made on exploring options for the protection of CNI in partnership with private-sector and allied operators.

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

Defence is continuing to work closely with the Cabinet Office and other Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) Lead Government Departments to deliver the Strategic Defence Review recommendations for a new deal for the protection of CNI.

Defence recognises that effective protection of the UK’s CNI requires close partnership between Government, industry and international allies. Communicating the threat and risk to the private sector is key in ensuring the protection of the UK's CNI and mitigating the impact of any potential hostile activity. Lead Government Departments for the CNI sectors maintain regular engagement with industry, while Government provides advice and support to CNI operators through the expertise of the National Technical Authorities.

We are also working across Government to take a data-driven approach to identifying the CNI most essential to the UK’s ability to sustain and respond to conflict. By contributing Defence data to the Cabinet Office's CNI Knowledge Base, we are fulfilling the commitments set out in the Resilience Action Plan and improving our understanding of the infrastructure, dependencies and vulnerabilities that would be most critical in a conflict scenario.

This analysis is informing our Home Defence planning by ensuring that we align Defence resources and capabilities to the protection of the most important infrastructure against a broad spectrum of threats, from hybrid activity through to conventional conflict. It will also help to identify what Defence could contribute to support the protection of other priority CNI that is essential to the functioning of the country.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on building national resilience since the Strategic Defence Review.

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

The Government has worked to build national resilience through the Cabinet Office-led Home Defence Programme. This has seen extensive engagement across Government, and with industry experts, academia, devolved administrations, and local partners to improve national preparedness. Across the Home Defence Programme, Defence plays a key role in aligning military and civil coordination and planning, developing the cross-government National Conversation, building the resilience of Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), and developing proposals for legislation.

The Defence Investment Plan includes significant investment in new capabilities which will support national resilience. This includes additional funding for Integrated Air and Missile Defence, cyber and electromagnetic services, and space-based capabilities.

Alongside the Government’s commitment to rewriting the War Books, the Government is also preparing a comprehensive exercising and testing programme for Spring 2027, including ALBISTON SHADOW, the largest UK home defence exercise in decades. We will test and exercise those plans both in the UK and with our NATO allies.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in a) developing options for the protection of CNI in the event of crisis or conflict, including a new Reserve Force, and b) presenting new plans to the Secretary of State by December 2026, as outlined in Recommendation 27.

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

Defence is continuing to work closely with the Cabinet Office and other Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) Lead Government Departments to deliver the Strategic Defence Review recommendations on the protection of CNI. A number of options for providing supplementary contingent forces are under consideration and plans will be presented to the Secretary of State by December 2026.

We are working across Government to take a data-driven approach to identifying the CNI most essential to the UK’s ability to sustain and respond to conflict. By contributing Defence data to the Cabinet Office's CNI Knowledge Base, we are fulfilling the commitments set out in the Resilience Action Plan and improving our understanding of the infrastructure, dependencies and vulnerabilities that would be most critical in a conflict scenario.

This analysis is informing our Home Defence planning by ensuring that we align Defence resources and capabilities to the protection of the most important infrastructure against a broad spectrum of threats, from hybrid activity through to conventional conflict. It will also help to identify what Defence could contribute to support the protection of other priority CNI that is essential to the functioning of the country.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 26 to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what recent progress has he made in launching a national conversation on defence and security.

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

The National Conversation is a programme of public engagement led by the Cabinet Office as part of the Home Defence Programme. Delivery is already underway and will continue through 2027. It is intended to improve public understanding of defence and national security, strengthen societal resilience and help ensure the UK is better prepared for any future shocks or challenges. The Cabinet Office, as the lead Government Department for the Home Defence Programme, is responsible for the overarching strategy.

Defence is playing a full and active role in delivering the National Conversation, through undertaking dedicated communications activities, which are designed to build public awareness of the evolving security environment. The Armed Forces continue to undertake regular community engagement events across the UK, including through Armed Forces Day, while opportunities to serve in, and contribute to, Defence are being promoted through national outreach and media activity. Defence has also strengthened engagement with Local Resilience Forums and community partners through a comprehensive programme of testing and exercising activities.

Looking ahead, Defence will continue to support delivery of the National Conversation, with Government messaging on defence, security and resilience becoming increasingly visible in advance of planned Tier 1 national Home Defence exercises in spring 2027.

Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, further to the answer of 8 July 2026, to Question 14349, on Civil Service: Temporary Employment, if they will list each of the internship schemes have been made available in the last 12 months through the (1) Office for Equality and Opportunity and (2) Equality and Human Rights Commission, other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The OEO took part in the pilot Cabinet Office Future Leaders Policy Internship scheme during summer 2026. This was organised by Cabinet Office HR with OEO volunteering to accept two candidates for an 8 week internship.

The EHRC is an independent arm’s length body that is operationally independent of the Government. As an independent arm's length body, it is for the EHRC to decide on how it allocates its budget and operational activity. The Equality Act 2006 sets out the legal duty for the Secretary of State to lay before Parliament a copy of EHRC's Annual Reports and Accounts for the previous financial year. On 8 July, the EHRC published its Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year 2025-2026, which can be found here: https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/about-us/transparency-and-corporate-reporting/annual-reports

Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will list each industrial dispute live within the (1) Office for Equality and Opportunity and (2) Equality and Human Rights Commission, including the nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Industrial disputes are handled at a departmental level. The Office for Equality and Opportunity is a business unit that is in the process of moving from the Cabinet Office to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. These departments would have handled any relevant industrial disputes.

The EHRC is an independent arm’s length body that is operationally independent of the Government.

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, what is the percentage office workplace attendance requirement in each office of the Attorney General’s Office and each of its superintended departments offices, broken down by location; and whether attendance statistics are collated for each of those individual offices.

Answered by Andy Slaughter - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) requires staff to attend the workplace for a minimum of 60% of their contracted working time, in line with the Civil Service office attendance expectation. The AGO operates from a single office location in London. Attendance data is collated at a departmental level.

As the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is a geographically dispersed organisation with staff working across offices, courts, police stations and other government departments' buildings, local leadership provide assurance of compliance with CPS’s hybrid working policy and conduct local monitoring, but attendance statistics are not specifically collated at a national level.

The Government Legal Department (GLD), irrespective of site, has a 60% attendance expectation, but we do not currently collect attendance statistics for each of our individual sites.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) requires 40% workplace attendance, which is an exception to the Cabinet Office guidance for 60% occupancy. This is due to the SFO having reduced its space at its current office (Canada House) based on 40% attendance and secured space in its new office (Cabot Square, Canary Wharf) based on the same. The SFO operates from a single office site, currently at Canada House and is set to move to Cabot Square before the end of the financial year. However, employees also work from other locations, including court or across the country when conducting executive action. Attendance is currently managed locally by line managers and statistics are not collated automatically.

For HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI), the nature of the work is such that inspectors are frequently “on-site” for inspection work in the offices of those they inspect. HMCPSI staff meet at both the London and York offices regularly for inspection and other meetings as per their inspection methodology as business need dictates. All staff are required to attend a mandated office day once a month as well as all staff days and all-inspector days, which are mandated, in addition to the above. Central attendance statistics are not collated for either office by HMCPSI as they share space in both locations with other departments.

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