Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 14349 on Civil Service: Temporary Employment, if she will list each of the internship schemes that have been made available in the last 12 months through the Department, other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department for Transport Central has not made available any internship schemes in the last 12 months other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the answer of 4 June 2026, to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by the Financial Conduct Authority since the Government Chief Commercial Officer letter was sent; on what items, and at what cost.

Answered by Lucy Rigby - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is a non-governmental body which is operationally independent from the Treasury and is funded via a levy on financial services firms.

The Government has no role in the FCA's budget and does not hold the information requested.

Information about the FCA’s budget, spending and staff numbers can be found in its annual report. Its 2025-26 annual report was laid before Parliament on 26 August 2026 and can be found at https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/annual-reports/annual-report-2025-26

As an arm’s-length body, staff at the FCA who meet the eligibility criteria are eligible to join the Government Communication Service. The Treasury does not hold figures on how many members of FCA staff are members.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 on Government Communications Service: Staff and 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many Financial Conduct Authority headcount staff are (a) members of the Government Communication Network and (b) are embedded communicators who are not counted as members of the Government Communication Network.

Answered by Lucy Rigby - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is a non-governmental body which is operationally independent from the Treasury and is funded via a levy on financial services firms.

The Government has no role in the FCA's budget and does not hold the information requested.

Information about the FCA’s budget, spending and staff numbers can be found in its annual report. Its 2025-26 annual report was laid before Parliament on 26 August 2026 and can be found at https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/annual-reports/annual-report-2025-26

As an arm’s-length body, staff at the FCA who meet the eligibility criteria are eligible to join the Government Communication Service. The Treasury does not hold figures on how many members of FCA staff are members.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in her Department's London headquarters.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

On 1 September 2026, the percentage of desks provided for staff as a proportion of the total number of staff assigned to work in 55 Whitehall and 3-8 Whitehall Place in London, was 38.8%.

The calculation has not been adjusted to take into account predictions around planned and unplanned absences.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any internship schemes managed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies are restricted to applicants on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social class and (iii) both.

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

Neither HM Treasury nor any of its Arm’s Length Bodies operates an internship scheme that restricts applications on the basis of ethnicity, social class, or both.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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 department, other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme.

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

Other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme, the Government Economic Service (GES) Summer Scheme has been made available in the last 12 months. The scheme is administered by the Government Economic and Social Research (GESR) team, based in HM Treasury, on behalf of participating government organisations.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 17754, on Government Departments: Industrial Disputes, if they will list each industrial dispute live within the department, including the nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.

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

There are currently no live industrial disputes within HM Treasury and therefore no associated industrial action.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the percentage of desks provided for staff as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in the department's London headquarters.

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

The current percentage of workstations as a proportion of HMT staff assigned to 1 Horse Guards Road is 67%.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the department has spent on social media influencers since July 2024.

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

The department has spent £0 on social media influencers since July 2024.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161 on Government departments: marketing, what was the cost to the public purse of branded goods and merchandise by the National Wealth Fund since the Government Chief Commercial Officer's letter was sent.

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

The National Wealth Fund has not purchased any branded goods or merchandise since the Government Chief Commercial Officer’s letter was issued. The cost to the public purse is therefore nil.

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the outturn spending by the department on communications, marketing and advertising in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Secretary of State for Wales

The Wales Office's expenditure on communications, and advertising was £20,248.40 in 2024-25 and £28,593.56 in 2025-26.

The spend was on the UK Government campaign to promote the availability of the UK Government and Tata Steel Transition Board funding. The campaign aimed to raise awareness of the support available to steelworkers affected by the decarbonisation transition at Tata Steel UK in Port Talbot, including access to skills funding for those leaving the business. It also highlighted funding opportunities for local businesses impacted by the transition.

There was no spend on marketing during this period.

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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 Stephen Kinnock - Secretary of State for Wales

Staff in the Wales Office are expected to spend at least 60 per cent of their time in the office or on official business, which can include conducting site visits or meeting stakeholders.

The Department collates occupancy statistics for its headquarters office. Attendance statistics are not collated for individual offices.

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by the department since the Government Chief Commercial Officer letter was sent; on what items, and at what cost.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Secretary of State for Wales

The Wales Office has not spent any money on branded goods and merchandise since April 2025.

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on social media influencers since July 2024.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Secretary of State for Wales

The Wales Office has not spent any money on social media influencers since July 2024.

Question

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the outturn spending was by the Electoral Commission on communications, marketing and advertising in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.

Answered by Jeremy Wright

The Commission has a statutory duty to run public awareness campaigns about electoral systems and connected matters, including ensuring all eligible voters understand how to participate.

It spent approximately £16.8 million in 2024/25 on informing voters, and £10.9 million in 2025/26, excluding staff costs. The budgets are agreed in advance with the relevant parliaments.

Question

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in the Electoral Commission are (a) members of the Government Communication Network and (b) embedded communicators who are not counted as members of the Government Communication Network.

Answered by Jeremy Wright

The 36 communications staff in the Commission’s Communications and External Affairs Directorate are not part of the Government Communications Service.

Question

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what is the percentage office workplace attendance requirement in the Electoral Commission; and whether attendance statistics are collated.

Answered by Jeremy Wright

The Electoral Commission requires office-based staff to spend at least 40% of working time in the office. Attendance is managed by line managers.

Question

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether any internship schemes managed by the Electoral Commission are restricted to applicants on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social class and (iii) both.

Answered by Jeremy Wright

The Electoral Commission does not currently offer an internship programme.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in his Department's London headquarters.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

It has been the practice of successive governments not to comment, on grounds of both national security and staff safety, on the physical capacity or staffing numbers for individual buildings of the government estate.

Question

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what was the outturn spending by the National Audit Office on communications, marketing and advertising in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.

Answered by Clive Efford

In 2024-25, the total non-headcount budget spent by the National Audit Office (NAO) on external communications was £360,363. In 2025-26 it was £451,465. The budget includes use and monitoring of communications channels such as the NAO’s website and social media, stakeholder research, exhibiting at events such as Civil Service Live, for the purposes of communicating reports and the outcomes of work to stakeholders such as Members of Parliament and government.

Question

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in the National Audit Office are (a) members of the Government Communication Network and (b) embedded communicators who are not counted as members of the Government Communication Network.

Answered by Clive Efford

As an independent public body, the National Audit Office (NAO) is not part of the Government Communications profession. The NAO currently has a permanent headcount of 15 communications professionals working on external and internal communications.

Question

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what is the percentage office workplace attendance requirement in the National Audit Office; and whether attendance statistics are collated.

Answered by Clive Efford

The National Audit Office (NAO)’s workplace attendance requirement is for all staff to routinely spend a minimum of two days a week working in either NAO offices or those of a body audited by the NAO. The NAO collects data on compliance with this requirement. In the months from April to June 2026, compliance with the policy ranged from 75% to 83% of NAO employees.

Question

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, further to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 10189, on Databases: EU law, if they will list the data and reporting requirements that the National Audit Office must make to the European Commission and its agencies.

Answered by Clive Efford

The National Audit Office (NAO) has no standing data and reporting requirements that it must make to the European Commission and its agencies. The NAO would determine an appropriate response should any request for information be received.

Question

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, whether any internship schemes managed by the National Audit Office are restricted to applicants on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social class and (iii) both.

Answered by Clive Efford

The National Audit Office (NAO)’s 2026 Diversity internship scheme is a 6-week scheme for university students. Applicants must meet at least one of the following protected characteristics: lower socio-economic background; black heritage background; female.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, 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 Jim McMahon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Office attendance statistics are collated for all offices.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any internship schemes managed by (a) her Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies are restricted to applicants on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social class and (iii) both.

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

For the Ministry of Housing Community and Local Government (MHCLG), the only internship scheme that restricted eligibility on the basis of social class was the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme. MHCLG did not manage any internship schemes that restricted eligibility on the basis of ethnicity. Consequently, MHCLG did not manage any internship schemes that restricted eligibility on the basis of both ethnicity and social class.

MHCLG does not hold records on internship schemes managed by Arm’s Length Bodies.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in her Department's London headquarters.

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

It has been the practice of successive governments not to comment, on grounds of both national security and staff safety, on the physical capacity or staffing numbers for individual buildings of the government estate.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will list each industrial dispute live within her Department, including the nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.

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

The Public and Commercial Services Union has declared a Trade Dispute with the Department which includes planned closures of six offices as part of the department's location strategy, office attendance requirements and recruitment policies. There is a mandate for industrial action in the form of strike and action short of a strike. Discussions with Trade Union representatives are continuing.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what written representations have Ministers received from the Mayor of Greater Manchester since July 2024.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

It is not routine to disclose correspondence between Ministers or Permanent Secretaries and any individual or organisation.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in his Department's London headquarters.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

It has been the practice of successive governments not to comment, on grounds of both national security and staff safety, on the physical capacity or staffing numbers for individual buildings of the government estate.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has spent on social media influencers since July 2024.

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

Today’s media landscape is unrecognisable compared with even a decade ago, and the way the public receives information and communicates has changed drastically in this time. Government has a duty to engage with the public where they are, using channels and voices they trust to ensure all citizens can access government services, information and support - meeting audiences where they are.

The total spend since July 2024 is £114,831.95, which includes agency and wider fees.

Social media content creators are paid fairly for their services, time and expertise in content creation. Their work reaches people directly on the channels they use daily. Without targeted campaigns to inform the public on subjects like renters’ rights reform or social housing tenants’ rights, millions of citizens would miss out on the services and support to which they are entitled. Guidelines for influencer and content creator marketing were created by the Government Communication Service and first published internally in November 2023.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what specific diversity and inclusion (a) days, (b) weeks and (c) months, were recognised and marked by (i) the department and (ii) each of its agencies, in the calendar year 2025.

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

The Department (i) does not hold an official list of approved diversity and inclusion days, weeks, or months. All commemorative days, weeks, or months are considered on a case- by-case basis in discussion with our employee networks and senior sponsors including their alignment to broader departmental and civil service equality, diversity and inclusion objectives.

Specific diversity and inclusion days, weeks and months recognised and marked corporately by the department in 2025:

• Diversity and inclusion days in 2025: Holocaust Memorial Day; International Women's Day; UK Windrush day.

• Diversity and inclusion weeks in 2025: Anti-bullying week; Interfaith week; National inclusion week.

• Diversity and inclusion months in 2025: Black history month; East and South East Asian heritage month.

Information on the Department’s (ii) agencies is not held centrally and can only be collected at a disproportionate cost to the department.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, further to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 10189, on Databases: EU law, if they will list the data and reporting requirements that the department must make to the European Commission and its agencies.

Answered by Blair McDougall - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The UK and EU share information and data as part of our broader cooperation on trade, economy and security.

The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade acts in accordance with the reporting and information sharing provisions set out in the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal Agreement, including the Windsor Framework. This includes publishing information on trade agreement implementation, customs and trade facilitation cooperation, regulatory cooperation, subsidy control, and the operation of UK-EU governance bodies established under those agreements.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the total cost of facility time to the department in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were 100% facility time; and whether funding was provided for trade union activities in each of those years.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice has published information on trade union facility time as part of its previous Annual Report and Accounts, including the number and full-time equivalent of trade union representatives, facility time costs, and the proportion of paid facility time spent on trade union activities. This information is publicly available through the Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts, published on GOV.UK.

For the purposes of this response, funding for trade union activities has been interpreted as paid facility time for trade union activities.

In 2023-24, the Ministry of Justice reported 622 trade union representatives, no representatives were reported as spending 100% of their working hours on facility time, and facility time costs of £3,063,170.47. The published return recorded 0% paid trade union activities.

In 2024-25, the Ministry of Justice reported 647 trade union representatives, no representatives were reported as spending 100% of their working hours on facility time, and facility time costs of £3,286,702.78. The published return recorded 0% paid trade union activities.

Information for 2025-26 is not currently available. Following changes introduced through the Employment Rights Act, departments were no longer required to publish trade union facility time data through the previous statutory reporting arrangements. While some MoJ business areas continued to record facility time information during 2025-26, equivalent Department-wide information has not been collated and quality assured and is therefore not currently available.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what specific diversity and inclusion (a) days, (b) weeks and (c) months, were recognised and marked by (i) the department and (ii) each of its agencies, in the calendar year 2025.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

(a) The Department for Education and its agencies recognised the following diversity and inclusion days in 2025:

• Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January)
• International Women’s Day (8 March)
• Holi (14 March)
• Transgender Day of Visibility (31 March)
• Vaisakhi (14 April)
• Easter Sunday (20 April)
• Guru Purnima (10 July)
• Bi Visibility Day (23 September)
• Diwali (20 October)
• International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December)
• Christmas Day (25 December)

(b) The Department for Education and its agencies recognised the following diversity and inclusion weeks in 2025:

• Dementia Action Week (19-25 May)
• Carers Week (9-15 June)
• Men’s Health Week (9-15 June)

(c) The Department for Education and its agencies recognised the following diversity and inclusion months in 2025:

• LGBT+ History Month (February)
• Women’s History Month (March)
• Stress Awareness Month (April)
• Adenomyosis Awareness Month (April)
• Autism Awareness Month (April)
• Social Mobility Month (June)
• Pride Month (June)
• Disability Pride Month (July)
• South Asian Heritage Month (18 July to 17 August)
• Black History Month (October)
• National Care Leavers’ Month (November)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on social media influencers since July 2024.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

Today’s media landscape is unrecognisable compared to even a decade ago, and the way the public receives information and communicates has changed drastically in this time.

The Government has a duty to engage with the public where they are, using channels and voices they trust to ensure all citizens can access government services, information and support - meeting audiences where they are.

The total spend is £206,140 since July 2024. Please note this cost includes agency and wider fees.

Content Creators are paid fairly for their services, time and expertise in content creation. There work reaches people directly on the channels they use daily. Without targeted campaigns, millions of citizens would miss out on services, rights, and support to which they are entitled.

The guidelines for influencer and content creator marketing were created by the Government Communication Service and first published internally in November 2023.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual cost from April 2028 of extending Triple Lock uprating to the additional State Pension and Graduated Retirement Benefit of persons who (a) reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016 and (b) were contracted out of the additional State Pension through service in the Armed Forces.

Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

No estimate has been made of the cost of this proposal.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the total cost of facility time to the department in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were 100% facility time; and whether funding was provided for trade union activities in each of those years.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Annual facility time returns are published at Public-sector trade union facility time data - GOV.UK for 2023/24 and 2024/25. The requirement was then removed by legislative changes. For 2025/26, the requested figures are shown in the table below:

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what specific diversity and inclusion (a) days, (b) weeks and (c) months, were recognised and marked by (i) the department and (ii) each of its agencies, in the calendar year 2025.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, 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 Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (“BIST”) applies a consistent departmental workplace attendance expectation across its office estate. Delegated grade staff are expected to spend 40% of their time in the office while Senior Civil Servants and Early Careers colleagues are expected to attend 60% of the time.

BIST continues to operate a self-reporting attendance tool for staff from the former Department for Business and Trade (“DBT”) following recent Machinery of Government change. We have not yet finalised a position on future attendance reporting for all staff across the new Department.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by each of the Department’s Arm’s Length Bodies since the Government Chief Commercial Officer letter was sent; on what items, and at what cost.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Spend data for this category of cost is not held and the requested data could only be collated and verified at disproportionate cost. Senior managers are aware of the revised guidance and their responsibilities relating to branded goods and merchandise. The Department and its Executive Agencies have implemented processes to ensure compliance and continue to review and adapt these as needed.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on social media influencers since July 2024.

Answered by Kirsty McNeill - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The requested data is not centrally held by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 10189, on Databases: EU law, if they will list the data and reporting requirements that the department must make to the European Commission and its agencies.

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

The UK and EU share information and data as part of our broader cooperation on trade, economy and security. The UK acts in accordance with the reporting and information sharing provisions set out in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal Agreement, including the Windsor Framework.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, further to the answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 14349 on Civil Service: Temporary Employment, if he will list each of the internship schemes that have been made available in the last 12 months through the department, other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

In the last 12 months, in addition to the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme, the following internship schemes have been made available through the former Department for Business and Trade: The Government Economic Service Summer Placement Scheme and the Government Statistical Service Summer Placement Scheme.

The following internship scheme has been made available through the former Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in addition to the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme: the Care Leavers Internship scheme.

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the total cost of facility time to the department in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were 100% facility time; and whether funding was provided for trade union activities in each of those years.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Secretary of State for Wales

The department has one trade union representative who undertakes union-related duties as part of their role. The headcount of staff undertaking facility time was one in each of the years. No staff were engaged on 100% facility time during this period. The department does not provide funding for trade union activities.

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many departmental Senior Civil Service away days have taken place in calendar year 2026 to date; in what specific venues; at what cost; and if there was any associated social or team-building activity at public expense.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Secretary of State for Wales

There has been one departmental Senior Civil Service (SCS) away day in calendar year 2026 to date. The away day was held in a meeting room at the UK Government Hub in Cardiff. There was no venue hire or event cost associated with the away day. There was no associated social or team-building activity at public expense.

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in his Department's (a) Welsh and (b) London headquarters.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Secretary of State for Wales

The Wales Office currently has 25 civil servants assigned to its Cardiff Office and 23 assigned to its London Office. The number of desks provided as a proportion of assigned staff is 60% in Cardiff and 121% in London.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many departmental Senior Civil Service away days have taken place in calendar year 2026 to date; in what specific venues; at what cost; and if there was any associated social or team-building activity at public expense.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

In 2026 to date, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has held three Senior Civil Service offsite events. These events focused on Departmental Priorities and planning, as well as aspects of senior leadership development on areas such as AI.

• 26^th January 2026, Park Plaza London Waterloo.

• 11^th May 2026, Broadway House Toothill Street London.

• 7^th July 2026, Leonardo Royal Hotel St Pauls.

The total cost across the three leadership offsites was £51,345.12. The January 2026 cost includes a reasonable apportionment of supplier costs from a broader contract that covered broader leadership development interventions.

No associated social or team building activities were undertaken at public expense.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by (a) the department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies since the Government Chief Commercial Officer letter was sent; on what items, and at what cost.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

Since 5 April 2025, the following expenditure has been identified as being approved through the Ministry of Justice's advertising and marketing controls:

This expenditure was approved in accordance with the relevant departmental controls to support operationally critical activity.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in (a) the Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies are (i) members of the Government Communication Network and (ii) embedded communicators who are not counted as members of the Government Communication Network.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 10189, on Databases: EU law, if they will list the data and reporting requirements that the department must make to the European Commission and its agencies.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The UK and EU share information and data as part of our broader cooperation on trade, economy, and security. The UK acts in accordance with the reporting and information sharing provisions set out in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal Agreement, including the Windsor Framework.

The Department for Transport, its agencies and public bodies provide information where required to support the implementation and governance of those arrangements including in relation to road transport, air services and aviation safety.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, further to the answer of 3 June 2026, to Question 3339, on Special Advisers: Public Appointments, how many delivery advisers have been appointed to date, broken down by (a) special advisers, (b) Direct Ministerial Appointments, (c) civil servants appointed by exception, and (d) permanent civil servants appointed through open competition.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

No such appointments have been made. However, the Department has considerable delivery experience and expertise and is looking to bolster this further through upcoming Non-Executive Board appointments. We also support the work the Cabinet Secretary is leading on the Future Civil Service programme to improve public service delivery.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what specific diversity and inclusion (a) days, (b) weeks and (c) months, were recognised and marked by (i) the department and (ii) each of its agencies, in the calendar year 2025.

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

The information requested is not collated centrally and as approaches may vary across the Department and DWP’s Arm’s Length Bodies, including how activities are organised, recorded and celebrated within each area, undertaking this exercise would require the coordination and analysis of a significant volume of information. This could therefore only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what was the outturn spending by the department on communications, marketing and advertising in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

This information will be available in the quarterly transparency spend published by the Department at the following link:

DESNZ: spending over £25,000 - GOV.UK

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any internship schemes managed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies are restricted to applicants on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social class and (iii) both.

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

The DWP takes part in the Summer Internship Programme (SIP) which is a scheme run by the Cabinet Office. The SIP gives people from lower socio-economic backgrounds the opportunity to see what a career in the Civil Service is like with the opportunity to gain a fast pass onto the fast stream programme.

This year DWP has supported over 30 Summer Interns through the Internship Programme.

DWP’s Arm’s Length Bodies do not run internship schemes.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in (a) the Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies are (i) members of the Government Communication Network and (ii) embedded communicators who are not counted as members of the Government Communication Network.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department’s (a) Permanent Secretary and (b) Ministers have had correspondence with Flint Global since July 2024.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

It is not routine to disclose correspondence between Ministers or Permanent Secretaries and any individual or organisation.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether any internship schemes managed by (a) her Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies are restricted to applicants on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social class and (iii) both.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Department does not manage any internship schemes that are restricted by ethnicity, socio-economic background, or a combination of both. The Department also does not hold information on internship schemes managed by its Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs).

Additional information: The Department does utilise two internship programmes that include socio-economic eligibility criteria:

• The Summer Internship Programme, which is managed by the Cabinet Office.
• The upReach Internship Programme, which is managed by the external organisation upReach.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department’s (a) Permanent Secretary and (b) Ministers have had correspondence with Flint Global since July 2024.

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

It is not routine to disclose correspondence between Ministers or Permanent Secretaries and any individual or organisation.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in (a) her Department's London headquarters and the (b) Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and (c) Government Property Agency.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

It has been the practice of successive governments not to comment, on grounds of both national security and staff safety, on the physical capacity or staffing numbers for individual buildings of the government estate.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the total cost of facility time to the department in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were 100% facility time; and whether funding was provided for trade union activities in each of those years.

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

Information on trade union facility time in the public sector for 2023-24 and 2024-25 is published on gov.uk Public-sector trade union facility time data - GOV.UK. This includes the information requested for the Department for Work and Pensions. Information for 2025-26 is not yet available. The Department for Work and Pensions does not provide funding for trade union activities.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in each of the department’s Arm’s Length Bodies are (a) members of the Government Communication Network and (b) are embedded communicators who are not counted as members of the Government Communication Network.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade does not hold this requested data.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department’s (a) Permanent Secretary and (b) Ministers have had correspondence with Flint Global since July 2024.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

It is not routine to disclose correspondence between Ministers or Permanent Secretaries and any individual or organisation.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, further to the answer of 3 June 2026, to Question 3339, on Special Advisers: Public Appointments, how many delivery advisers have been appointed to date, broken down by (a) special advisers, (b) Direct Ministerial Appointments, (c) civil servants appointed by exception, and (d) permanent civil servants appointed through open competition.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

A list of special advisers is published each year in the Annual Report on Special Advisers.

The department has made one direct ministerial appointment.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what written representations have Ministers received from the Mayor of Greater Manchester since July 2024.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

It is not routine to disclose correspondence between Ministers or Permanent Secretaries and any individual or organisation.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many departmental Senior Civil Service away days have taken place in calendar year 2026 to date; in what specific venues; at what cost; and if there was any associated social or team-building activity at public expense.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

Senior Civil Servants (SCS) are brought together to discuss departmental priorities. In 2026 there were three centrally delivered SCS conferences. Two events for Directors General and Directors in February (venue: Imperial College - £1,530) and July (venue: Abbey Centre - £4,661.68), the third for all SCS in April (venue: The Emirates - £45,156.64). The April event cost reflected that no suitable free-of-charge government or alternative venues were available. Costs include catering and AV production. Associated Travel and Subsistence costs are not included. There were no social or team-building activities at public expense. This applies to former DBT activity.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much her Department has spent on social media influencers since July 2024.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Today’s media landscape is unrecognisable compared to even a decade ago, and the way the public receives information and communicates has changed drastically in this time.

The Government has a duty to engage with the public where they are, using channels and voices they trust to ensure all citizens can access government services, information and support - meeting audiences where they are.

The total spend is £176,100 since July 2024. Please note this cost includes agency and wider fees.

Content Creators are paid fairly for their services, time and expertise in content creation. Their work reaches people directly on the channels they use daily. Without targeted campaigns, millions of citizens would miss out on services, rights, and support to which they are entitled.

The guidelines for influencer and content creator marketing were created by the Government Communication Service and first published internally in November 2023.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what written representations have Ministers received from the Mayor of Greater Manchester since July 2024.

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

It is not routine to disclose correspondence between Ministers or Permanent Secretaries and any individual or organisation.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in (a) the Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies are (i) members of the Government Communication Network and (ii) embedded communicators who are not counted as members of the Government Communication Network.

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

All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how much his Department has spent on social media influencers since July 2024.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade has previously spent a total of £39,700 on social media influencer promotion in 2025. Please note this figure is inclusive of whole costs, including agency fees.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what was the total cost of facility time to the department in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were 100% facility time; and whether funding was provided for trade union activities in each of those years.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

Trade union facility time for The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) predecessor department the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is published in DBT’s Annual Reports and Accounts for 2023-24 and 2024-25. For BIST’s other predecessor Department, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), facility time costs can be found here for 2023-24 and 2024-25. The reports include facility time costs, the number of relevant union officials, the percentage of working time spent on facility time, and information on trade union activities in facility time. Following the repeal of the publication requirements by the Employment Rights Act 2025, information for 2025-26 is not published and is not held centrally.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 10189, on Databases: EU law, if they will list the data and reporting requirements that HMRC must make to the European Commission and its agencies.

Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General

HMRC provides the following trade in goods information to Eurostat (the statistical office of the European Union):

• monthly aggregate data relating to movements of goods between Northern Ireland and the EU and non-EU counties

• annual information on business size and economic activity used to compile trade by enterprise statistics

• data sent biannually concerning information on the currency used on commercial invoices.

HMRC shares information each month regarding the movement of excise goods between Northern Ireland and the EU. This data includes details from the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS) and Excise Trader Data Service (ETDS) including information on individual movements, approved excise businesses and details relating to requests for information/cooperation. In addition, the supply of tobacco products to, and within, Northern Ireland must be reported to the EU’s Tobacco Track and Trace system.

HMRC shares a monthly list of VAT registered business operators trading in goods between Northern Ireland and the EU, as well as certain VAT return information provided by those businesses relating to that trade, including the EU’s One Stop Shop and Import One Stop Shop schemes. HMRC also shares and receives details relating to requests for administrative information and cooperation, and mutual assistance recovery, under the VAT and Debt Protocol to the EU-UK Trade Cooperation Agreement.

HMRC shares relevant customs data with the European Commission to support the Northern Ireland customs arrangements.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on social media influencers since July 2024.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Today’s media landscape is unrecognisable compared to even a decade ago, and the way the public receives information and communicates has changed drastically in this time.

The Government has a duty to engage with the public where they are, using channels and voices they trust to ensure all citizens can access government services, information and support - meeting audiences where they are.

The total spend is £302,873.83 since July 2024. Please note this cost includes agency and wider fees.

Content Creators are paid fairly for their services, time and expertise in content creation. Their work reaches people directly on the channels they use daily. Without targeted campaigns, millions of citizens would miss out on services, rights, and support to which they are entitled.

The guidelines for influencer and content creator marketing were created by the Government Communication Service and first published internally in November 2023.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what was the total cost of facility time to the department in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were 100% facility time; and whether funding was provided for trade union activities in each of those years.

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

Funding for Trade union activities is defined as paid trade union facility time for activities. Facility time spend for 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 is published on Public-sector trade union facility time data - GOV.UK. Data for 2025-2026 is not available.

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 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 department, other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme.

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

In addition to the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government made the following schemes available:

• Government Statistical Service (GSS) summer student placement scheme
• GSS sandwich student placement scheme
• Government Economic Service Summer Scheme (GES) summer student placement scheme
• GES sandwich student placement scheme
• Government Operational Research Service (GORS) summer student placement scheme

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in (a) the Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies are (i) members of the Government Communication Network and (ii) embedded communicators who are not counted as members of the Government Communication Network.

Answered by Calvin Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)

All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on social media influencers since July 2024.

Answered by Calvin Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)

Since July 2024, the Ministry of Defence has spent £123,173 on third-party independent content creators. This figure includes all costs, such as agency fees.

This expenditure relates solely to the Royal Navy. Independent content creators can offer a highly effective way of reaching new audiences through targeted campaigns. The aim is to increase awareness of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, foster favourability and support, and aid recruitment. Direct messaging also supports retention by recognising the influence of families, friends and veterans.

The Royal Navy’s recruitment and attraction team leads recruitment efforts, supported by Royal Navy communications. Their role is to create a positive impression of the Royal Navy among key audiences and social influencers.

All communications campaigns undergo thorough planning and evaluation to ensure value for money for the taxpayer.

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, if she will list each industrial dispute live within her Department, including the nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.

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

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has no live industrial disputes. Accordingly, there is no industrial action being taken within the department.

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether any internship schemes managed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies are restricted to applicants on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social class and (iii) both.

Answered by Sarah Owen - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)

The Northern Ireland Office does not place any restrictions to applicants on the basis of ethnicity, social class and/or both. The Northern Ireland Office has not recruited for any internship schemes in the last 12 months.

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 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 Sarah Owen - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)

The Northern Ireland Office follows the cross Civil Service expectation that all staff spend at least 60% of their time at a Government building or on official business, such as visiting stakeholders, unless they have an agreed workplace adjustment or other exception. Following a search of our records, we have established that the information you requested is not held by the Northern Ireland Office. Deputy Directors monitor records of team office attendance and therefore data is not held centrally.

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, further to the answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 14349 on Civil Service: Temporary Employment, if he will list each of the internship schemes that have been made available in the last 12 months through the department, other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme.

Answered by Sarah Owen - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)

The Northern Ireland Office has not recruited for any internship schemes in the last 12 months.

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in his Department's (a) Northern Ireland and (b) London headquarters.

Answered by Sarah Owen - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)

It has been the practice of successive governments not to comment, on grounds of both national security and staff safety, on the physical capacity or staffing numbers for individual buildings of the government estate.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, further to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 10189, on Databases: EU law, if they will list the data and reporting requirements that the department must make to the European Commission and its agencies.

Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The UK and EU share information and data as part of our broader cooperation on trade, economy, and security.

It is the Erasmus+ National Agencies which provide the European Commission with information and reports required for the effective management, monitoring and evaluation of the Programme. As the National Authority, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, has oversight of the programme and is required to submit an annual report on its monitoring and supervision activities.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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 Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

For employees from EA to Grade 6, the department expects staff to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office or another work setting, while SCS employees are expected to spend between 60% and 100% of their working time in the office or another work setting. Limited exceptions may be agreed by line managers in exceptional circumstances. Office attendance expectations apply across all departmental office locations. The department does not centrally collate attendance statistics for individual offices.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in each of the Department’s Arm’s Length Bodies are (a) members of the Government Communication Network and (b) embedded communicators who are not counted as members of the Government Communication Network.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The Government Communication Service (GCS) completes an annual data collection for government communicators. The figures provided are from the commission completed in July 2026, where the department provided figures on behalf of its Arm’s Length Bodies.

There are no embedded communicators within the figures provided.

As non-ministerial departments, Ofsted and Ofqual have responsibility for their own staffing. I have asked His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, and Ofqual’s Chief Regulator, Sir Ian Bauckham CBE, to write directly to the hon. Member for Bridlington and the Wolds. A copy of each reply will be placed in the libraries of both Houses.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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 department, other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

In the last 12 months, the following internship schemes have been made available through the department, aside from the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme:

• Care Leaver Internship Scheme
• Supported Internships
• Sheffield Policy Campus Summer Internship Scheme
• Sheffield Policy Campus Year Long Placement Scheme
• Teaching Internships Programme.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any internship schemes managed by (a) her Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies are restricted to applicants on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social class and (iii) both.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The department and its Arm’s Length Bodies do not manage any internship schemes that are restricted to applicants on the basis of ethnicity, social class, or both.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will list each industrial dispute live within her Department, including the nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department for Transport is not aware of any live industrial disputes and therefore has no information to provide on the nature of any dispute or the level of industrial action.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what was the outturn spending by the department on communications, marketing and advertising in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

The DBT Annual Report and Accounts for 2024/25 and 2025/26 reported a Departmental Group spend on Advertising and Publicity as £29m and £41m respectively.

These figures are available on page 179 of the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2025/26, link below.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-business-and-trade-annual-report-and-accounts-for-2025-to-2026

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will list each industrial dispute live within his Department, including the nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

Following the Machinery of Government changes announced in July 2026, the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (“BIST”) is working to confirm the associated transfer of functions and staff. At present BIST only has direct sight of industrial disputes concerning the former Department for Business and Trade (“fDBT”), pending the formal transfer of roles into BIST.

Regarding fDBT, Trade Unions and the department engage constructively on departmental issues; including organisational changes, HR policies and pay. There are disagreements but at present there exists only one formal industrial dispute:

Industrial Dispute: Home Office Check-off case, PCS Union – May 2025 - Nature of Dispute: Breach of contract in regard to removal of check off from 01 January 2016 - Level of industrial action: Collective dispute listed in the High Court

This is an active yet stayed case against former BEIS which will transfer over to BIST once a decision on the Home Office case has been issued.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by each of the department’s Arm’s Length Bodies since the Government Chief Commercial Officer letter was sent; on what items, and at what cost.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

The information is not readily available/held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether any internship schemes managed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies are restricted to applicants on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social class and (iii) both.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology does not operate its own internship schemes. The former Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has hosted the Cabinet Office-run Summer Internship Programme for which the Cabinet Office sets the eligibility criteria, manages recruitment and determines placements. The Summer Internship Programme is restricted to applicants from lower socio-economic backgrounds. The scheme is not restricted on the basis of ethnicity. Former DBT’s Arm’s Length Bodies do not operate any internship schemes which are restricted to applicants on the basis of ethnicity, social class, or both. As above, they may host interns from the Cabinet Office-run Summer Internship Programme.

Former Department for Science, Innovation and Technology also does not operate its own internship schemes. The only internship programmes hosted by the Department are the Cabinet Office-run Summer Internship Programme and Care Leavers Internship Programme. The Cabinet Office sets the eligibility criteria, manages recruitment and determines placements. The Summer Internship Programme is restricted to applicants from lower socio-economic backgrounds. The Care Leavers Internship Programme is restricted to eligible care leavers. Neither scheme is restricted on the basis of ethnicity.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to the answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 14349 on Civil Service: Temporary Employment, if he will list each of the internship schemes that have been made available in the last 12 months through the department, other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme.

Answered by Calvin Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is not aware of any internship schemes managed by the Department or its Arm's Length Bodies that are restricted to applicants solely on the basis of ethnicity or social class. The MOD participates in the Civil Service Summer Internship Programme. The only internship scheme made available through the MOD in the last 12 months, other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme, was the Autism Exchange Internship Programme. No other Departmental internship schemes have been identified.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any internship schemes managed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies are restricted to applicants on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social class and (iii) both.

Answered by Calvin Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is not aware of any internship schemes managed by the Department or its Arm's Length Bodies that are restricted to applicants solely on the basis of ethnicity or social class. The MOD participates in the Civil Service Summer Internship Programme. The only internship scheme made available through the MOD in the last 12 months, other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme, was the Autism Exchange Internship Programme. No other Departmental internship schemes have been identified.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many departmental Senior Civil Service away days have taken place in calendar year 2026 to date; in what specific venues; at what cost; and if there was any associated social or team-building activity at public expense.

Answered by Calvin Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)

The Ministry of Defence does not maintain a centrally held list of away days undertaken by Senior Civil Servants. Away days are organised by individual Civil Servants at the local level and therefore the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Departmental policy requires that costs for away days should be kept to a minimum and must represent value for money.

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by the department since the Government Chief Commercial Officer letter was sent; on what items, and at what cost.

Answered by Melanie Ward - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)

The Scotland Office has not spent any money on branded goods and merchandise since April 2025.

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, further to the answer of 3 June 2026, to Question 3339, on Special Advisers: Public Appointments, how many delivery advisers have been appointed to date, broken down by (a) special advisers, (b) Direct Ministerial Appointments, (c) civil servants appointed by exception, and (d) permanent civil servants appointed through open competition.

Answered by Melanie Ward - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)

The Scotland Office has not appointed any delivery advisers to date.

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what specific diversity and inclusion (a) days, (b) weeks and (c) months, were recognised and marked by (i) the department and (ii) each of its agencies, in the calendar year 2025.

Answered by Melanie Ward - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)

Minister McNeill, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Scotland Office, held two stakeholder receptions in 2025 to mark International Women’s Day and International Coming Out Day.

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, further to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 10189, on Databases: EU law, if they will list the data and reporting requirements that the department must make to the European Commission and its agencies.

Answered by Melanie Ward - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)

The Scotland Office does not have any data and reporting requirements to the European Commission and its agencies.

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, further to the answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 14349 on Civil Service: Temporary Employment, if he will list each of the internship schemes that have been made available in the last 12 months through the department, other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme.

Answered by Melanie Ward - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)

The Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme is the only internship scheme that the Scotland Office has participated in over the last 12 months.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the outturn spending by the department on communications, marketing and advertising in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.

Answered by Calvin Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)

A full departmental response could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Full external communications, advertising and marketing costs for the department are not held centrally. The majority of advertising and marketing expenditure is accounted for by advertising for the Royal Navy, Army, RAF and Ministry of Defence Police to aid recruitment.

All spending is subject to regular review to ensure it delivers value for money.

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list each industrial dispute live within his Department, including the nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.

Answered by Melanie Ward - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)

There are no live industrial disputes within the Scotland Office.

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the total cost of facility time to the department in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were 100% facility time; and whether funding was provided for trade union activities in each of those years.

Answered by Melanie Ward - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)

The total cost to the Scotland Office of facility time in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26 was nil, with no headcount number of facility staff time in either of the years requested. No funding was provided for trade union activities in any of those years.

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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 Melanie Ward - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)

The Scotland Office follows the civil service attendance expectation of 60% for all of the department’s offices. Attendance statistics are not collated for individual offices.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what written representations have Ministers received from the Mayor of Greater Manchester since July 2024.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

It is not routine to disclose correspondence between Ministers or Permanent Secretaries and any individual or organisation.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department’s (a) Permanent Secretary and (b) Ministers have had correspondence with Flint Global since July 2024.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

It is not routine to disclose correspondence between Ministers or Permanent Secretaries and any individual or organisation.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will list each industrial dispute live within her Department, including the nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

There are currently no live industrial disputes within the department.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list each industrial dispute live within her Department, including the nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.

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

There are currently no live industrial disputes within the Home Office.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department’s (a) Permanent Secretary and (b) Ministers have had correspondence with Flint Global since July 2024.

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

Information on meetings and correspondence with external organisations is published through the Home Office's quarterly transparency returns for Ministers and senior officials. Details of any engagement by Home Office Ministers with Flint Global since July 2024 can be found in the Department’s published ministerial transparency data, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/home-office-ministers-hospitality-data. [gov.uk]

Details of any meetings between the Home Office Permanent Secretary and external organisations are published in the Department’s quarterly senior officials’ transparency returns, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/home-office-senior-officials-business-expenses-and-meetings. [gov.uk]

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the total cost of facility time to the department in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were 100% facility time; and whether funding was provided for trade union activities in each of those years.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The total cost of facility time and the number of staff undertaking facility time in each year was:

No employees spent 100% of their working time on facility time in 2023/24, 2024/25 or 2025/26.

For the purposes of this response, 'funding for trade union activities' has been interpreted as paid trade union facility time for activities. The department did not provide separate funding for trade union activities in these years.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 10189, on Databases: EU law, if they will list the data and reporting requirements that the department must make to the European Commission and its agencies.

Answered by Lucy Rigby - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

The UK and EU share information and data as part of our broader cooperation on trade, economy, and security.

HM Treasury acts in accordance with the reporting and information sharing provisions set out in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal Agreement, including the Windsor Framework. HM Treasury also supports other Government Departments as required with reporting and information sharing.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by the Department's Arm’s Length Bodies since the Government Chief Commercial Officer letter was sent; on what items, and at what cost.

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

The information sought would only be available at disproportionate costs.

The Home Office have implemented the policy but do not collate this data centrally.

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, further to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 10189, on Databases: EU law, if they will list the data and reporting requirements that the department must make to the European Commission and its agencies.

Answered by Sarah Owen - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)

The UK and EU share information and data as part of our broader cooperation on trade, economy and security. The Northern Ireland Office does not share or transfer information and data outside of the United Kingdom. However, the UK acts in accordance with the reporting and information sharing provisions set out in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal Agreement, including the Windsor Framework.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, further to the answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 14349 on Civil Service: Temporary Employment, if she will list each of the internship schemes that have been made available in the last 12 months through the department, other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

In the last 12 months the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has delivered the following internships:

• Care Leavers Internship
• Upreach
• Change100
• UKRI Policy Internships scheme

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by each of the department's Arm’s Length Bodies since the Government Chief Commercial Officer letter was sent; on what items, and at what cost.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero does not hold the requested information in a form that can be extracted without incurring disproportionate cost. Providing the information would require extensive manual analysis of records and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, further to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 10189, on Databases: EU law, if they will list the data and reporting requirements that the department must make to the European Commission and its agencies.

Answered by Martin McCluskey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero supplies monthly crude oil data to the European Commission.

The UK’s obligation to provide crude oil data to the Commission is included in article 15(3d) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, reference Annex 2, S47 to Council Regulation (EC) No 2964/95 on crude oil imports and deliveries in the Community.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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 HMRC, other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme.

Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General

HMRC has made the following internship and short-term placement schemes available during the last 12 months:

DWP Movement to Work

Cabinet Office Going Forward Into Employment:

• Care Leavers
• Veterans, Military Spouses and Partners
• People with Convictions

Supported Internships

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, 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 Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The office workplace attendance requirement is a minimum of 40% at all the Department’s office locations.

The Department collates anonymised and aggregated occupancy statistics for some of its locations:

Belfast – Erskine House

Darlington – Feethams House

Edinburgh – Queen Elizabeth House

Leeds – 7-8 Wellington Place

London – 55 Whitehall & 3-8 Whitehall Place.

Additionally, the Department provides quarterly data to the Cabinet Office for its main London building, showing average building occupancy for each month in the quarter. This is published on GOV.UK.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total cost of facility time to HMRC in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were 100% facility time; and whether funding was provided for trade union activities in each of those years.

Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General

HMRC's total expenditure on facility time was
• 2023-24: £2,040,621.65
• 2024-25: £2,290,590.51
• 2025-26: £2,349,325.71

The number of trade union representatives with facility time arrangements was:
• 2023-24: 766.70 FTE
• 2024-25: 719.95 FTE
• 2025-26: 682.82 FTE

Number of trade union representative that spent 100% of their working time on facility time:
• 2023-24: 0
• 2024-25: 1
• 2025-26: 0

No facility time was used for trade union activities in any of the years requested.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will list each industrial dispute live within her Department, including the nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

PCS has notified the Department that it considers itself to be in dispute over a range of matters, including pay, HR Policy and level of engagement. The Department is in discussion with Trade Union colleagues to understand the nature of their concerns and will continue to work with them to seek a mutually agreeable resolution.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC Senior Civil Service away days have taken place in 2026.

Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General

HMRC held one leadership conference in 2026 to which all Senior Civil Servants in the Department were invited.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list each industrial dispute live within HMRC, including the nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.

Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General

There are no live trade disputes or industrial action being undertaken in HMRC.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

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

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

There are no centrally run internship programmes within the Cabinet Office other than the Summer Internship Programme (SIP). Individual Business Units and Arms’ Lengths Bodies run small local internship schemes that are not managed or overseen by the centre of Cabinet Office.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what specific diversity and inclusion (a) days, (b) weeks and (c) months, were recognised and marked by (i) the department and (ii) each of its agencies, in the calendar year 2025.

Answered by Calvin Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not maintain a centrally held list of every diversity and inclusion initiative recognised across the Department and each of its agencies; the requested information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The MOD believes that support and recognition of these initiatives is vital in promoting an inclusive working environment and celebrating the contributions of all our people from different backgrounds.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what was the total cost of facility time to the department in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were 100% facility time; and whether funding was provided for trade union activities in each of those years.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

2025/26 not recorded as requirement to record was repealed.

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Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026 to Question 117534 on Cyber & Specialist Operations Command: Costs, what was the business case for the branded lanyards.

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

I refer the hon. Member to the answer provided to the hon. Member for Bridlington and the Wolds (Charlie Dewhirst) on the 11 March 2026, which states the cost for lanyards until March 2026.

Additional staff lanyards were procured for £1156.80 in July 2026.