Alex Burghart MP: written questions
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Members: CorrespondenceNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar dated 27 October 2025.
Answer: I replied to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar on 13 November 2025 by email.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to respond to my letter of 15 August 2025 on Lord Mandelson; and when the Government will formally respond to the (a) Stage 1 and (b) Stage 2 complaints in the
Answer: We apologise for the delay in responding to the Hon Member's correspondence. We will issue a reply shortly.
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the letter of 16 October 2025 from the hon. Member for Brentwood and Onager on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill in Northern Ireland.
Answer: We received the Hon. Member’s correspondence of 16 October 2025 and responded on 4 November 2025.
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Prime Minister plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 15 August 2025 on Lord Mandelson; and when she plans to formally respon
Answer: We apologise for the delay in responding to the Hon Member's correspondence. We will issue a reply shortly.
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security: ChinaCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78429More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made a recent assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the threat level of the (a) Chinese Government and (b) Chinese Communist Party.
Answer: This Government recognises that China poses a series of threats to UK national security - from cyber-attacks, foreign interference and espionage targeting our democratic institutions, to transnational repression of Hong Kongers. We are also alive to the f...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost was of the resettlement package for Lord Mandelson when he moved to the US; and what estimate he has made of the cost of the resettlement package for his return
Answer: The department does not publish details of individuals' cases.
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77118More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any information in the files obtained by Bloomberg relating to Jeffrey Epstein and Lord Mandelson was not previously disclosed during the due diligence process.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the response of the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, in the Emergency Debate on this topic on 16 September (Volume 772, Columns 1384-1391).
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025WithdrawnUIN 77117More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister was informed of the content of the files obtained by Bloomberg relating to Lord Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordRBS Sempra Commodities: JP MorganTreasuryTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76303More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, (b) UK Financial Investments and (c) other Ministers were involved in the disposal of RBS Sempra Commodities to JP Morgan in the 2009-10 financial year
Answer: Public records of HM Treasury ministerial meetings are available from May 2010 onwards. HM Treasury has also conducted a proportionate search of its archives for the relevant period and has found no evidence of correspondence or meetings between Jeffrey E...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what records his Department holds on the (a) meetings and (b) correspondence sent by Lord Mandelson when he was Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade do not hold any records on meetings and correspondence sent by Lord Mandelson as his mailboxes from his time as Secretary of State are held by Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) on behalf of the former Department for...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the press release of the US Committee on Oversight and Government Reform entitled Oversight Committee Releases Records Provided by the Epstein Estate, Chair
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Urgent Question answer in the House of Commons on 11 September, Official Report, volume 772, column 1038.
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSummer Internship ProgrammeCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74515More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government press release entitled Internship Scheme To Get More Working Class Students Into Civil Service, published on 1 August 2025, whether children of Hon. Members will be able to apply
Answer: As we set out in August, we will be opening our Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme exclusively for undergraduates from lower socio-economic backgrounds for 2026. We will determine eligibility based on parental occupation at age 14 in line with guidan...
Answered 26 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for Value for Money: Cost EffectivenessTreasuryTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74514More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the evidential basis is for the Office for Value for Money making almost £14 billion of annual efficiency gains by 2028-29 against planned day-to-day budgets for 2025-26.
Answer: The OVfM has supported departments to develop bespoke technical efficiency targets, underpinned by credible delivery plans. In total, the government identified efficiencies of almost £14 billion a year by 2028-29. The OVfM’s approach was guided by three p...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: TrainingCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74512More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 August 2025 to Question 62335 on Senior Civil Service: Training, if he will list the external venues that have been authorised for hire since 4 April 2025; and the cost for each hire
Answer: The Cabinet Office’s contract with Calder Conferences Limited to provide Venue Booking Services started in February 2023, under the previous administration. The below table lists the venues and costs of venues booked by the Cabinet Office through Calder C...
Answered 24 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74510More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2025, to Question 64830, on Civil Service: Equality, whether his Department has consulted trade unions in relation to planned updates to the Guidance for Civil Service Staff Net
Answer: National trade unions have had the opportunity to provide feedback during the development of the Staff Network Policy.
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74509More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his planned timetable is for updating the webpage entitled Salaries of members of His Majesty's Government on gov.uk.
Answer: Salary entitlements for ministers are set out by the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975.The Prime Minister has maintained the pay freeze for ministers who continue to claim a lower salary to their entitlement under law, as per the salary amounts list...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTransparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014Cabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74507More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member back to PQ54767 and PQ69066.
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament record10 Downing Street: Conditions of EmploymentCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74500More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister has any line management responsibilities for (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in 10 Downing Street; and whether the (i) responsibilities and (ii) remi
Answer: It would not be appropriate to comment on staffing matters or individuals’ remits and responsibilities.
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Rights BillDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the planned (a) commencement and (b) implementation dates are for each substantive policy provision of the Employment Rights Bill.
Answer: On 1 July the Government published the Employment Rights Bill Implementation Roadmap. The Roadmap provides clarity for employers and workers on how and when Government will engage and consult on the detailed implementation of Bill measures once it becomes...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: DirectorsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Business Secretary announces new DBT non-executive directors, published on 17 December 2024, if he will publish the correspondence to and from
Answer: I fully respect the principles of public appointments and the Governance Code for Public Appointments was fully adhered to in this process: the rationale for appointing without competition was made public at the time of announcement, following consultatio...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2024 to Question 54793 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, whether his Department's spending on the deal will count towards meeting the (a) 2.5 percent and (b) 3 perce
Answer: The NATO qualifying status of these costs will be considered in the usual way.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2024 to Question 54793 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, what is the cash terms, monetary value of the Defence payment towards the Chagos deal in each individual yea
Answer: I refer the hon. member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge), in response to Question 59129, on 23 June 2025.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSovereignty: Chagos IslandsTreasuryTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64055More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2024 to Question 54793 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, what proportion of the costs will come from the (a) Ministry of Defence and (b) Foreign, Commonwealth and Devel
Answer: The payments to Mauritius will be split between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Ministry of Defence. They will be published in the normal manner alongside other departmental spend in the annual accounts.
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: StaffTreasuryTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64054More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has a target for the number of staff it plans to employ over the period of the Spending Review.
Answer: The Department’s SR settlement of a 10% real terms reduction to admin budgets by 2028-29 means HM Treasury will need to get smaller, necessitating a reduction in resource in some areas. Headcount reductions will be subject to future business planning wher...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security: ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63032More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Minister for the Cabinet Office's Oral Statement of 24 June 2025 on the National Security Strategy, Official Report, columns 974-76, what estimate he has made of the proportion of GDP spent on broa
Answer: The National Security Strategy 2025 was published on 24 June 2025. It confirms that by combining an increase in funding with recognition of the vital contribution the Single Intelligence Account plays to our national defence, the UK will spend 2.6% on NAT...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
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