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To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many cybersecurity incidents affecting government departments in each of the last three years originated in or involved a third-party supplier; and what steps are being taken to strengthen cybersecurity requirements throughout government supply chains.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many cybersecurity incidents affecting government departments in each of the last three years originated in or involved a third-party supplier; and what steps are being taken to strengthen cybersecurity requirements throughout government supply chains.
The Government is aware of the risk created by supply chain cyber security incidents and is taking a range of steps to strengthen cyber resilience across government’s supply chains. These include embedding cyber security considerations into commercial and procurement activity, promoting the adoption of recognised cyber security standards, and working across government to identify and manage supply chain cyber risks.
In addition, the Government is engaging directly with its Strategic Suppliers through the Government Cyber Charter. As part of this work, all 39 Strategic Suppliers have been invited to sign the Government Cyber Resilience Pledge, which was launched last week as a public commitment to strengthening organisational cyber resilience. More than 20 Strategic Suppliers have already joined the first cohort of signatories, including major suppliers to government such as Microsoft, Accenture, Deloitte, Vodafone and Capgemini. Through the Charter, Government is working with Strategic Suppliers to strengthen cyber governance, increase the adoption of the National Cyber Security Centre’s Cyber Essentials scheme throughout supply chains, and improve secure software development and AI practices.
The Government Cyber Action Plan, published in January 2026, sets out how Government will improve incident reporting over the next 3 years.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 10 July (HC13240), what are the current overseas posts and locations classified as qualifying hardship posts for the purpose of additional journeys for staff posted overseas.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 10 July (HC13240), what are the current overseas posts and locations classified as qualifying hardship posts for the purpose of additional journeys for staff posted overseas.
Given the large number of posts and locations in the scope of the Noble Lord's question, I will arrange for a list to be placed in the library, containing details of: (a) the 150 locations classified as qualifying hardship posts for the purpose of additional journeys for staff posted overseas, at the time that the previous government left office in July 2024; and (b) the six locations that have subsequently been removed from that list.
The Noble Lord will see from the aforementioned list that these arrangements are not new, and indeed have applied consistently under successive governments for a number of decades.
Below, in reference to HL2091 (tabled on 14 July 2026), is a list of the 150 locations worldwide, which – at the end of the previous government’s term in office in July 2024 – were classified as qualifying ‘hardship’ posts for the purpose of additional journeys for staff posted overseas. In the subsequent two years, up to July 2026, six locations have been removed from the qualifying list: Bamako, Buenos Aires, Panama City, Pyongyang, Santiago and Sarajevo.
Abidjan
Abu Dhabi
Abuja
Accra
Adamstown
Addis Ababa
Ahmedabad
Algiers
Al-Khobar
Almaty
Amman
Ankara
Antananarivo
Apia
Ascension Island
Ashgabat
Asmara
Astana
Asuncion
Baku
Bali
Bamako
Bandar Seri Begawan
Bangkok
Banjul
Beijing
Beirut
Belmopan
Bengaluru
Bishkek
Bogota
Brades
Brasilia
Buenos Aires
Bujumbura
Cairo
Cape Town
Caracas
Casablanca
Castries
Chandigarh
Chennai
Chisinau
Chongqing
Colombo
Conakry
Dakar
Dar Es Salaam
Dhaka
Djibouti
Doha
Dubai
Dushanbe
Freetown
Gaborone
Georgetown
Grand Turk
Guangzhou
Guatemala City
Hanoi
Harare
Havana
Ho Chi Minh City
Honiara
Hyderabad
Islamabad
Istanbul
Jakarta
Jakarta (ASEAN)
Jamestown
Jeddah
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Kampala
Karachi
Kathmandu
Khartoum
Kigali
Kingston
Kingstown
Kinshasa
Kolkata
Kuala Lumpur
Kuwait
La Paz
Lagos
Lahore
Lilongwe
Lima
Luanda
Lusaka
Male
Manama
Manila
Maputo
Maseru
Mbabane
Mexico City
Minsk
Monrovia
Monterrey
Moscow
Mumbai
Muscat
Nairobi
N'Djamena
Nassau
New Delhi
Niamey
Nouakchott
Nuku'alofa
Panama City
Phnom Penh
Port au Prince
Port Moresby
Port of Spain
Port Vila
Pretoria
Pristina
Pyongyang
Quito
Rabat
Rio de Janeiro
Riyadh
San Jose
San Salvador
Santiago
Santo Domingo
Sao Paulo
Sarajevo
Shanghai
St George's
St John's
Stanley
Suva
Tashkent
Tehran
Tel Aviv
Tirana
Tristan da Cunha
Tunis
Ulaanbaatar
Victoria
Vientiane
Windhoek
Wuhan
Yangon
Yaounde
Yekaterinburg
Yerevan
In the vast majority of cases, the locations listed above have been classified as qualifying ‘hardship’ posts since that system of classification – and accompanying staff allowances – were introduced more than three decades ago. Assessments of ‘hardship’ take into account a number of factors that apply irrespective of the financial wealth and standard of living in each post, but which may mean that members of staff are required to take additional respite breaks for the benefit of their physical or mental health, in locations where – for example – there are high levels of air pollution (e.g. New Delhi or Beijing), high levels of crime (e.g. Port of Spain or Pretoria), or regular and ongoing security threats (e.g. Tel Aviv or Riyadh).
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161 on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by the Department since the Government Chief Commercial Officer letter was sent; and on what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161 on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by the Department since the Government Chief Commercial Officer letter was sent; and on what...
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) can confirm that it has incurred no expenditure on branded goods and events.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the then Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 6 February (HC109545) and to the Government press release New PM cuts tax on household electricity bills to give breathing space on cost of living, published on 21 July, whether the...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the then Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 6 February (HC109545) and to the Government press release New PM cuts tax on household electricity bills to give breathing space on cost of living, published on 21 July, whether the...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Solicitor General on 16 May 2025 (HC50518), what plans they have to review the guidance for assessing legal risk across government.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Solicitor General on 16 May 2025 (HC50518), what plans they have to review the guidance for assessing legal risk across government.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential operational and national-security risks arising from government departments deploying a small number of cloud-service providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential operational and national-security risks arising from government departments deploying a small number of cloud-service providers.
The State of Digital Government Review, published in January 2025, highlighted that concentrating workloads on a limited number of suppliers creates systemic concentration risks. The National Risk Register 2026, published on 14 July, further identifies disruption to third-party suppliers and digital infrastructure as a significant resilience risk.
Existing Government cyber policy and technology frameworks already support a range of resilience measures to tackle this, by requiring departments to assess security, resilience and business continuity risks when procuring and operating cloud.
The Government's Cloud First policy encourages organisations to consider all suitable suppliers and supports competition in cloud procurement, while the Multi‑Region Cloud Policy promotes deployment across multiple regions to improve resilience. Public procurement seeks to maintain a diverse supplier base, while the Competition and Markets Authority is independently examining competition in the UK cloud market.
Alongside this, Government is tackling these risks through the implementation of the Government Cyber Action Plan, which sets out our approach to enhancing cyber security and resilience across the public sector, including through enhanced cyber assurance and oversight.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to implement the recommendations in the report by the Ethics and Integrity Commission, Lobbying, Business Appointment Rules and Disclosure, published on 9 July.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to implement the recommendations in the report by the Ethics and Integrity Commission, Lobbying, Business Appointment Rules and Disclosure, published on 9 July.
The Government thanks the Ethics and Integrity Commission for its thorough and considered work on these important issues.
As set out in the review’s terms of reference, we will now carefully consider the report’s findings and present the Government’s response to Parliament in due course thereafter.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the policy of the Government Communication Service on (a) departments and (b) Ministers posting on the X platform.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the policy of the Government Communication Service on (a) departments and (b) Ministers posting on the X platform.
All government paid advertising on X has been suspended since April 2023, meaning that no taxpayers money has been spent with the platform.
Individual departments manage their own organic accounts, ensuring that activity is proportionate, appropriate, and relevant to their audiences.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 12787, on Government Departments: Public Appointments, whether the approach on GDPR applies to declarations in relation to ministerial appointments.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 12787, on Government Departments: Public Appointments, whether the approach on GDPR applies to declarations in relation to ministerial appointments.
Ministerial appointments are distinct to public appointments and subject to separate processes. Ministers are appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister. The process for the declaration and management of ministers’ interests is set out in the Ministerial Code. Relevant interests are published in the List of Ministers’ Interests on a quarterly basis.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 14 July (HL710), whether they will publish a copy of the internal guidance on UK Government branding that was released by the Cabinet Office in the corrected Freedom of Information Act response of 8 July...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 14 July (HL710), whether they will publish a copy of the internal guidance on UK Government branding that was released by the Cabinet Office in the corrected Freedom of Information Act response of 8 July...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information (a) his Department and (b) the Government Property Agency holds on which government offices are based in Greater Manchester, across which Departments and agencies.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information (a) his Department and (b) the Government Property Agency holds on which government offices are based in Greater Manchester, across which Departments and agencies.
The GPA holds information on all government offices in greater Manchester. The information includes tenure, lease dates, EPC information and occupiers. Buildings, Departments and ALB information listed below;
The Hive, 51 Lever St, Manchester M1 1FN | • DCMS (AC) |
Sunlight House, Little Quay St, Manchester M3 3HP | • CPS |
2 St Peter's Square 2 St Peter's Square, Manchester, M2 3AA | • DWP |
1 Circle Square 1, Circle Square, 3 Symphony Park, Manchester M1 7FS | • OFCOM |
Arndale House 122A Market St, Manchester M4 3AG | • DEFRA (NE) |
Bloc 17 Marble St, Manchester M2 3AW | • DCMS |
Citygate City Gate, 51 Mosley St, Manchester M2 3HQ | • PHSO |
Rodwell Tower Piccadilly, Manchester M1 2HY | • DCMS (NLHF) |
3 Piccadilly Place 3 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 3BN | • DBT (ACAS) |
Piccadilly Gate 26 Store St, Manchester M1 2WD | • DFT (NH) |
Square One 4 Travis St, Manchester M1 2NY | • DfT (NR) |
Canada House 3 Chepstow St, Manchester M1 5FW | • DCMS (HE) |
Bridgewater Hse, Manchester M15 4SW | • FCDO (BC) |
3 New Bailey, 3 New Bailey St, Salford M3 5FS | • HMRC |
Metro Building Salford M5 3EY | • MoJ (HMCTS) |
Soapworks & Boiler House Colgate Ln, Salford M5 3LZ | • HO |
1 New Bailey 1 New Bailey St, Salford M3 5JL | • DBT (CMA) |
Dallas Court Dallas Ct, Salford M50 2GF | • HO |
Anchorage Anchorage Quay, Salford | • DWP |
Trinity Bridge House, 2 Dearmans Pl, Salford M3 5DS | • HMRC |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking through its cross-government data strategy to develop a secure, unified data-sharing framework with the Department for (a) Energy Security and Net Zero and (b) Work and Pensions to map and mitigate fuel poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking through its cross-government data strategy to develop a secure, unified data-sharing framework with the Department for (a) Energy Security and Net Zero and (b) Work and Pensions to map and mitigate fuel poverty.
The Digital Economy Act 2017 (‘DEA’) Part 5, Chapter 1 Public Service Delivery Powers enable information sharing between certain public authorities and gas and electricity suppliers. This information sharing power enables government departments (such as the DWP or DESNZ) to match household data against energy supplier records to deliver financial assistance and other targeted support.
Additionally, the Government’s forthcoming strategic data roadmap will set out the plan to transform how data is protected, shared and used across the public sector so it delivers more value for citizens, businesses, public services and the economy.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the cost of preparing Ministers for Westminster Hall Debates across all government departments.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the cost of preparing Ministers for Westminster Hall Debates across all government departments.
The Cabinet Office does not hold this information.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2026 to Question HL58 on Government departments: Artificial Intelligence, how many consultations are currently open according to the AI tool.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2026 to Question HL58 on Government departments: Artificial Intelligence, how many consultations are currently open according to the AI tool.
The AI tool identifies statutory consultation duties, not open consultations. Open consultations can be found on gov.uk.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2026 to Question 9028 on Government Departments: Industrial Disputes, if he will list each live industrial dispute, by department and Arm’s Length Body, nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2026 to Question 9028 on Government Departments: Industrial Disputes, if he will list each live industrial dispute, by department and Arm’s Length Body, nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.
There is no centrally held definitive list covering all industrial disputes within the civil service and its Arm’s Length Bodies.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2026, to Question 4282, on Government Departments: Aviation, on how many occasions have aircraft been commissioned for (a) domestic and (b) foreign travel, since July 2024.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2026, to Question 4282, on Government Departments: Aviation, on how many occasions have aircraft been commissioned for (a) domestic and (b) foreign travel, since July 2024.
The department has commissioned an aircraft on 32 occasions, all of which were for foreign travel.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has the Government Property Agency made of the number of government buildings which have gender-neutral toilets that are not fully enclosed self-contained universal toilets, and the number of such toilets in each building with them.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has the Government Property Agency made of the number of government buildings which have gender-neutral toilets that are not fully enclosed self-contained universal toilets, and the number of such toilets in each building with them.
The GPA has completed an audit of toilet provision across its managed estate. This assessment confirms that all facilities designated as 'Universal Provision' align with the GPA design guide; these are fully enclosed, self-contained rooms intended for individual use, containing a WC, washbasin, and hand-drying facilities. The audit identified no instances of universal facilities that deviate from these standards—specifically, facilities that are not fully enclosed or not self-contained—within the assessed portfolio.
To ask His Majesty's Government, following delays in recent years in the recruitment and appointment process for inspectorate and regulatory roles leading to (1) the extension of the contract for the current HM Chief Inspector for Prisons to 2027, and (2) the appointment of interim post holders for the Independent...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following delays in recent years in the recruitment and appointment process for inspectorate and regulatory roles leading to (1) the extension of the contract for the current HM Chief Inspector for Prisons to 2027, and (2) the appointment of interim post holders for the Independent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on updating Government Buying Standards relating to food procurement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on updating Government Buying Standards relating to food procurement.
Defra is considering the policy options available to deliver further on its ambitions for public sector food, including potentially updating the Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering Services.
Defra has not yet made any decisions on the content, scope, application or implementation of any future changes.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 12162 on Government Departments: Procurement, whether there are exemptions for not publishing grant information to specific organisations through the GGIS process.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 12162 on Government Departments: Procurement, whether there are exemptions for not publishing grant information to specific organisations through the GGIS process.
Under the Grants Functional Standard (GovS 015), central government departments and their arm’s length bodies (ALBs) are required to provide details of their grant schemes and awards to the Cabinet Office via the Government Grants Information System (GGIS).
The Cabinet Office publishes this data and accompanying official statistics on GOV.UK each year. In instances where central government departments determine that grant information should not be published as part of these annual grants statistics, relevant exemptions may apply. Such exemptions can include, but are not limited to, considerations regarding national security.