Mark Francois MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
National Armaments Director: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60826More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many candidates are under consideration for the National Armaments Director role.
Answer: An announcement on the outcome of the recruitment process for the National Armaments Director role will be announced in due course.Due to candidate confidentiality we are unable to confirm how many candidates are under consideration.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Armaments Director: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60825More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made in the recruitment process for the National Armaments Director role, announced on 25 October 2024, and what his timeline is for the appointment of a candidate to this position.
Answer: An announcement on the outcome of the recruitment process for the National Armaments Director role will be announced in due course.Due to candidate confidentiality we are unable to confirm how many candidates are under consideration.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence Review: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56742More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is taking steps to investigate a potential breach of paragraph 9.1 of the Ministerial Code in relation to the publication of unredacted hard copies of the Strategic Defence Review to (a) people and (b
Answer: I refer to the statement made to the House by the Leader of the House of Commons on 2 June 2025.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOfficial Visits: MauritiusCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30052More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the UK Government provided any (a) funding, (b) financial assistance or (c) official support for Sir Keir Starmer’s visit to Mauritius in 2013.
Answer: The Prime Minister visited Mauritius in a private capacity in November 2013. This was after stepping down as Director of Public Prosecutions.
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: Peers' InterestsCabinet OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29420More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued on the disclosure of past earnings for members of the Cabinet appointed from the House of Lords.
Answer: Information about the process by which ministers declare interests, including details of the categories of interest declared, is available in the introduction to the List of Ministers’ Interests published on Gov.uk
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBoeing E-7: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25648More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority's annual report 2023-24, last updated 17 January 2025, for what reason the E-7 Wedgetail programme has received a Red rating.
Answer: Compared to the end of financial year 22/23, in the final quarter of 23/24 the Infrastructure and Project Authority's (IPA) Delivery Confidence Assessment (DCA) rating for E-7 Wedgetail decreased from Amber to Red. This was primarily due to affordability ...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego GarciaCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22256More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 20932 on Diego Garcia, what his planned timetable is to publish details of the Prime Minister’s meetings between July and December 2024.
Answer: Details of ministers’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly on GOV.UK.
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego GarciaCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20932More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has had discussions with Philippe Sands KC on Diego Garcia since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on gov.uk as part of the government’s transparency agenda.
Answered 7 Jan 2025
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