Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to Government Departments in relation to the transfer to another Department of (a) written and (b) oral Parliamentary Questions to another Government Department to answer.

Guidance on responding to Parliamentary Questions, and details of ministerial responsibilities, can be found on Gov.uk.

As stated in the Parliamentary Questions: recent issues briefing paper published by the House of Commons Library: Ministers, via their departments, may choose to transfer the question if they think responsibility lies with another department.