Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a definitive list of prerogative powers currently exercisable by the Government.

Prerogative powers have changed over time with legislation clarifying the limit and extent as well as in some cases the existence of the prerogative, and as such there is no definitive list. The Cabinet Manual sets out that the bulk of prerogative powers are exercised by Ministers on behalf of the Sovereign which include powers in relation to foreign affairs, to deploy the Armed Forces and to grant mercy.