Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 27 September (HL1033), whether the Government Digital Service has a list of banned words and phrases.

The Government Digital Service issues guidance outlining how to write in the GOV.UK style, which is used by teams across government when publishing information to the website. This guidance is publicly available on GOV.UK. It provides examples of words and terms to avoid and specifies that publishers must not use offensive language.

GDS continuously reviews and updates this guidance to ensure content across the website is consistent, easy to understand and accessible to everyone.