Martin Wrigley MP: written questions

Written questions

• Artificial Intelligence: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28531More

  Question: To ask the Minister for Cabinet Office, pursuant to the question from the member for Kingston and Surbiton at PMQs on 9 September 2026, what steps is the Department taking to ensure that Britain’s AI Security Institute retains access to future advanced AI

  Answer: The AI Security Institute is in daily conversations with AI developers and works closely with our allies and partners around the world on the risks posed by increasingly capable systems. Further detail is provided in Written Statement UIN HCWS314 'Artific...

  Answered 21 Sept 2026

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• Artificial Intelligence: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28530More

  Question: To ask the Minister for Cabinet Office, what assessment has the department made of the potential impact of Anthropic's decision not to provide the UK AI Security Institute with pre-release access to its latest frontier AI model on UK AI safety and nationa

  Answer: The UK's AI Security Institute (AISI) has built trusted, voluntary relationships with the world's leading AI labs. This collaborative approach lets us keep pace with a fast-moving technology and adapt as it evolves and has allowed AISI to secure privilege...

  Answered 18 Sept 2026

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• El NiñoCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26247More

  Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to prepare the UK for El Nino in 2027.

  Answer: The current El Niño is now growing rapidly, with Met Office forecasts suggesting it is likely to be a very large event. A large El Niño increases the likelihood of elevated global mean temperatures in 2026, and particularly 2027, which is likely to exceed...

  Answered 29 Sept 2026

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• Capita: StandardsCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26250More

  Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment was made of the adequacy of Capita's performance in administering other public-sector pension schemes as part of the procurement process for the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension S

  Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded Capita the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme in November 2023 under the previous government. The current delays facing scheme members are entirely unacceptable, and this Government has taken firm action to ...

  Answered 7 Sept 2026

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• Civil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26249More

  Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse is of additional staff and other resources deployed to help resolve the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme by Capita since December 2025; and how much of that co

  Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded Capita the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme in November 2023 under the previous government. The current delays facing scheme members are entirely unacceptable, and this Government has taken firm action to ...

  Answered 7 Sept 2026

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• Emergencies: Mobile PhonesCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 23564More

  Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the recent usage of the Emergency Alert System on victims of domestic violence with concealed phones.

  Answer: No published answer in this record yet.

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• Cabinet Office: Freedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17527More

  Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to FOI2025/18430 and Internal Review IR2026/03033, concerning background papers relating to the meeting on 28 August 2019 attended by Boris Johnson, Peter Thiel and Dominic Cummings, what specific

  Answer: As set out in its response of 4 February 2026, the Cabinet Office recognises that there is a public interest in the transparency in how it makes decisions on responses to written parliamentary questions. However, effective responses to written parliamenta...

  Answered 17 Jul 2026

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• Palantir: ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17526More

  Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 117973, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the (a) scale, (b) scope and (c) criticality of the services provided by Palantir with the servi

  Answer: Suppliers are chosen as cross Government Strategic Suppliers following a supplier segmentation exercise based on the scale, scope and criticality of the services they provide. Those that are viewed as having the highest levels against these three criteria...

  Answered 14 Jul 2026

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• Youth Mobility SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16701More

  Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will consider the implementation of enabling powers within the European Partnership Bill to support a future UK-EU youth mobility scheme for young professionals.

  Answer: The European Partnership Bill will provide a framework of powers to ensure agreements with the European Union can be implemented now and in the future. Any youth experience scheme with the EU would provide a dedicated immigration pathway for young people ...

  Answered 13 Jul 2026

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