Alex Burghart MP: written questions 2026
366 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Muslim Council of BritainCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12780More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance, other than the Ministerial Code, has the (a) Cabinet Office Propriety and Ethics Team and (b) Prime Minister, given to Ministers on whether Ministers can engage with (i) the Muslim Council of Brit
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 17 March 2026, Official Report, PQ 118753.
Answered 7 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Labour TurnoverCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12779More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has (1) his Department and (2) Civil Service People Group made of the (i) level and (ii) frequency of churn in Civil Service positions, in relation to (A) staff moving positions within department
Answer: Assessments of turnover and time in post are made routinely on an annual basis. The available figures for each point are:A - Figures on movements within departments for the Civil Service as a whole are not available centrally, however estimates for the ce...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordWinston ChurchillDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her department has had discussions with The National Portrait Gallery on the recent Sir Winston Churchill display and video installation.
Answer: The National Portrait Gallery is curatorially independent of the Government, and DCMS has therefore had no discussions with the NPG on this matter. The artwork has now been withdrawn from display at the artist’s request, and the Gallery has issued a state...
Answered 3 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCharities: Political ImpartialityDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance the Charity Commission has given to charities on issuing political commentary on (a) the Government and (b) opposition political parties.
Answer: The Charity Commission has long-standing clear guidance for charities on what is permitted within the limits of charity law in relation to campaigning and political activity. The Commission also has a 'five-minute guide' on political campaigning to help t...
Answered 2 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHonoursCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12776More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister intends to submit (a) a Resignation honours list and (b) a Resignation peerages list.
Answer: Any update on honours and peerages would be made in the normal way.
Answered 7 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: LabourCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12775More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has authorised access talks to be given by the Civil Service to Labour MPs, further to the planned change in Prime Minister, and what criteria are used to determine whether a specific Member will be g
Answer: The Prime Minister has agreed with the Cabinet Secretary that access talks can take place with declared candidates for the Labour Leadership.Access talks will be led and coordinated by the Cabinet Secretary.
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Duty Costs AllowanceCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12774More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he intends to review or uprate Public Duty Cost Allowance.
Answer: The Public Duty Costs Allowance has an annual limit of £115,000. The level of the limit is reviewed by the Prime Minister at the start of a Parliament and annually. PDCA has been frozen at this level since 2011 and remains frozen for the 2026/27 financial...
Answered 7 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to publish the Defence Investment Plan.
Answer: The Defence Investment Plan was published on 30 June 2026.
Answered 3 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12772More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the correspondence of 30 October 2025 from the former Cabinet Secretary to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the former Cabinet Secretary’s letter of 11 November 2025 to the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, to which the guidance is annexed.
Answered 7 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordBank Notes: DesignWomen and EqualitiesTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10697More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Bank of England's Banknote imagery advisory group minutes - October 2025, meeting held on 14 October 2025, Item 3, published on 17 April 2026, what engagement the Cabinet Office has had w
Answer: There has been no engagement between Cabinet Office or Equalities Ministers and the Bank of England on banknote design and imagery. Officials in the Office for Equality and Opportunity engaged with a Bank of England counterpart in August 2025 in relation ...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Facilities AgreementsCabinet OfficeTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9655More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Deposited Paper, DEP2026-0371, committed on 19 May 2026, on Civil Service facility time framework and guidance, if he will publish the previous 2018 Facility Time Framework.
Answer: A copy of the previous Cabinet Office Facility Time Framework was deposited in the House Library in response to a previous written parliamentary question (UIN 49389, tabled on 30 April 2025).
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: International CooperationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether any Memorandums of Understanding and other non-legally binding agreements that do not have the status of a treaty have been agreed by (i) her Department and (ii) its Arm’s Lengt
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and our arms-length bodies including UKRI have signed a range of non-legally binding agreements since July 2024 with partner countries at both state and other levels of government and with supranationa...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9084More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2026, to Question 204, on Lord Mandelson, whether the Cabinet Office provided the support of separate independent legal counsel to the Intelligence and Security Committee to ass
Answer: Cabinet Office officials engage routinely and constructively with the Committee and will continue to do so. The Cabinet Office has recently agreed to the Committee’s requested uplift on budgeting and resourcing, which will help it to continue to undertake...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9083More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minster had communications with Lord Mandelson that (a) have deleted due to disappearing messages and (b) were not in scope of the Humble Address.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement, release of information and the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister’s comments made directly on this matter on 1 June and in the general debate on 3 June, in response to the Humble Address.
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Relations: RussiaCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9082More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of UK-affiliated (a) public relations and (b) public affairs firms contracting with businesses associated with Russia from 2022.
Answer: The Government has introduced robust mechanisms to ensure transparency and monitor how foreign actors engage with contracting with businesses associated with Russia.In July 2025, the Government operationalised the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, in...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWritten Questions: Artificial IntelligenceCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9081More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 84244 on Government: Artificial Intelligence, whether his Department has issued guidance to civil servants on using AI to draft answers to written Parl
Answer: The use of generative AI across governments is governed by the cross-government AI Playbook for the UK Government (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-playbook-for-the-uk-government), which set out the principles for the safe, responsible and ef...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordEU Cohesion FundTreasuryTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9080More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the SPS agreement with the EU will require payments to the EU Cohesion programme.
Answer: The SPS agreement with the EU will not require payments to the EU Cohesion Programme.
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: EU CountriesCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9079More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has received from the European Commission on international fees charged to EU students studying at UK universities.
Answer: Most new EU students who were not lawfully resident in the UK before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 pay international tuition fees. Changes to tuition fees status for EU students were not agreed at the May 2025 Summit and do not form...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9078More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Ministers requested to provide material for the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson provided a nil return originally and subsequently provided information.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June in response to the Humble Address, in particular the section entitled 'Government methodology in complying with the Humble Address' in the document laid before Par...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Trade with EU: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9077More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the EU's new custom and handling fees from (a) July and (b) November 2026 on (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) Great Britain exporters into the EU.
Answer: The facilitations under the Windsor Framework are unaffected by the EU's plans to remove their relief for low-value imports from 1 July 2026. The government has confirmed that the vast majority of goods will not be subject to duty on entry to Northern Ire...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordJonathan PowellCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9076More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much Jonathan Powell has claimed on expenses since he was appointed a special adviser; and whether any expense claims have been submitted but not approved.
Answer: The National Security Adviser claims expenses in the usual way, in line with Cabinet Office policies.
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Electronic MessagingCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9075More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2026 to Question 2043 on Government Departments: Whatsapp, what the terms of reference are of the independent review into non-corporate communication channels; who will undertake
Answer: Further details of the independent review, including the name of the reviewer, will be announced to the House before the review commences.
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Electronic MessagingCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9074More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what conclusion the Cabinet Office’s Propriety and Ethics Team under the previous Government reached on the ownership of the electronic messages held on non-corporate devices relating to official government busi
Answer: Official information, wherever stored, is considered to be held by the Crown.I refer the Member for Brentwood and Ongar to the Government’s 2023 ‘Guidance on Using Non-Corporate Communication Channels for Government Business’, that was produced and publis...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9073More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 3339, on Special Advisers: Public Appointments, whether his Department (a) has appointed or (b) will be appointing delivery advisers as a Department in its
Answer: The Cabinet Office is working with departments to develop support and guidance on the appointment of delivery advisers and will provide an update in due course.
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9056More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the statement by the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister of 1 June 2026, on Lord Mandelson, what is the legal basis for the Government not recovering official government information from former Crow
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June in response to the Humble Address, in particular the section entitled 'Government methodology in complying with the Humble Address' in the document laid before Par...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →