Shivani Raja MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing IndustriesCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28081More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information her Department holds on the number of people who were employed in the automotive manufacturing sector in each month since January 2026.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon lady Parliamentary Question of 8th September is attached.
Answered 16 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: AviationCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26689More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 17031 on Government Departments: Aviation, how many of the 32 occasions on which an aircraft was commissioned were for Ministers in each Government department.
Answer: Of the 32 occasions on which aircraft were commissioned, 22 were for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, 8 for the Cabinet Office, one for the Home Office, and one for HM Treasury. All aircraft commissioned were for Ministers in accordance w...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEmergencies: Mobile PhonesCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22518More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what maintenance and licensing fees are paid to mobile network operators and technical providers for the infrastructure powering the Emergency Alert system.
Answer: The Cabinet Office is committed to delivering value for money to the public. There is no additional or marginal cost of issuing a nationwide Emergency Alert; the most recent activation of the Emergency Alert capability on 14 August was issued at no cost t...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEmergencies: Mobile PhonesCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22519More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of planning, executing and reviewing the recent Emergency Alert regarding wildfires by department, mobile network operator and third-party contractors.
Answer: The planning and activation of the Emergency Alert capability on 14 August was issued at no cost to the taxpayer.
Answered 21 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22400More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps she is taking to hold Civil Service Pension Scheme administrators accountable for the time taken to respond to urgent queries from scheme members and parliamentary offices.
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The delays and unacceptable standard of communication facing scheme members and parliamentary offices are enti...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: TemperatureCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 22374More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the education system in circumstances where a national emergency alert is required to advise members of the public not to light fires during periods of hot an
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22378More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the impact of a persistent lack of responses to pension enquiries on (a) retiring civil servants and (b) bereaved families; and what is her planned timeline for resuming normal se
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The delays and unacceptable standard of communication facing scheme members and parliamentary offices are enti...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22358More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what her timeline is for clearing the backlog of unacknowledged correspondence regarding Civil Service Pensions; and what contractual penalties are being applied for the administrator not meeting response target
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The delays and unacceptable standard of communication facing scheme members and parliamentary offices are enti...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22381More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps she is taking to hold the Civil Service Pension Scheme administrators accountable for failures to respond to urgent queries from scheme members and parliamentary offices.
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The delays and unacceptable standard of communication facing scheme members and parliamentary offices are enti...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: LGBT+ PeopleCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22333More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2026 to Question 10289 on Equality: Gender and Intersex and to the Written Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question HL1591 on Civil Service: Gender Recognition, whether the decision n
Answer: New model Gender Reassignment guidance has been issued to Civil Service departments for them to use as a template for their own departmental guidance. Internal HR policies and guidance are not published externally. The Cabinet Office also believes disclos...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Gender RecognitionCabinet OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19162More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether government departments are revising their own policies with reference to the model Policy and Guidance: Supporting Trans and Non-binary Employees issued on 22 May 2026.
Answer: Departments are undertaking consultation with relevant stakeholders to revise their own policies.
Answered 16 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Gender RecognitionCabinet OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19161More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question HL1591, what public interest factors were weighed in reaching the decision not to disclose the model Policy and Guidance: Supporting Trans and Non
Answer: It is long established that effective policy development relies on the ability of ministers and their officials to exchange views and provide free and frank advice on the options available. Disclosing the requested information is likely to have a detrimen...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Questions: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19160More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question HL1591, whether it is his Department's policy that exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 determine what information may be provided in answ
Answer: In line with the Ministerial Code, Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest which should be decided in accordance with the relevant statutes and the F...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Gender RecognitionCabinet OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19159More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14th July to Question HL1591, which Minister acted as the qualified person under section 36(5)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in respect of that request; and on what date tha
Answer: The MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, Chris Ward, acted as the qualified person and gave his opinion on 24 June 2026, during his time as Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office.
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Gender RecognitionCabinet OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19158More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 14 July to Question HL1591, on Civil Service: Gender Recognition, in determining the public interest under section 2(2)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 what weight did h
Answer: The Cabinet Office fully accounted for the status of the requested information when making the public interest assessment under section 2(2)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. While the central model policy templates are finalised, broader rollout...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
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