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Lords HL3503
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to withdraw the Home Office leaflet Do not photograph or film people in public, in light of the guidance from the Association of Chief Police Officers, Guidance for Photographers, publish...
Tabled: 2026-09-14
Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
Lab
To: Home Office
Answered 2026-10-12
The Government has no plan to withdraw the document.
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Lords HL1948
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to counteract AI-generated disinformation ahead of future elections, including what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of current AI labelling requirements, and whether they wi...
Tabled: 2026-07-13
Baroness Alexander of Cleveden
Baroness Alexander of Cleveden
Lab
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-10-12
Government recognises the challenges AI-generated content online, including deepfakes, can pose to democratic processes. Under the Online Safety Act (OSA), in-scope services must assess and mitigat...
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Lords HL3587
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that increasingly capable frontier artificial intelligence models are subject to independent safety evaluation before deployment.
Tabled: 2026-09-15
Lord Taylor of Warwick
Lord Taylor of Warwick
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-10-12
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 ad...
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Lords HL3641
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Anthropic’s decision not to provide its Claude Mythos 5.1 model to the UK AI Security Institute for pre-release testing; whether the Institute has subsequently been provided with ac...
Tabled: 2026-09-16
Lord Nagaraju
Lord Nagaraju
Lab
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-10-12
AISI maintains strong relationships with all frontier AI developers, that whilst voluntary, are bound by memoranda of understanding, and continues to test the world’s most capable models prior to t...
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Lords HL3157
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Cabinet Office was aware of the dossier compiled by Christopher Steele on Lord Mandelson (1) before, or (2) after, he was appointed as Ambassador to the United States.
Tabled: 2026-09-07
Baroness Finn
Baroness Finn
Con
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-10-12
I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1 June 2026 in response to the Humble Address: The documents published in the first and second tranches contain t...
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Lords HL3708
To ask His Majesty's Government what the total number of job losses has been since June 2024; how many job vacancies currently exist in the labour market; and whether the number of vacancies now is higher or lower than in July 2024.
Tabled: 2026-09-17
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
DUP
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-10-12
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.Please see the letter attached from the Permanent Secretary for the Office for National Statistics:The Rev.Dr the Lord...
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Lords HL3242
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the then Minister for the Cabinet Office on 20 October 2025 (HC81873), whether there is longer internal guidance or a desk note on the council tax policy other than the cited respon...
Tabled: 2026-09-08
Baroness Finn
Baroness Finn
Con
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-10-12
The scope of the policy is set out in the response to PQ 81873: Departments are asked to make their Ministers who are allocated an official residence aware of their relevant responsibilities, in li...
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Lords HL3018
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Statement by the Prime Minister on 1 September (cols 25-80), what is the meaning of a “triple-helix approach to economic development”.
Tabled: 2026-09-02
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Con
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-10-12
I refer the Noble Lord to the Prime Minister's words in his statement repeated in the House of Lords on 2 September 2026, Official Report, Volume 859 Column 170:We will back local industrial strate...
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Lords HL3615
To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the command paper Protecting What Matters, published on 9 March (CP 1540), with which (1) individuals, (2) groups, (3) organisations, (4) businesses, and (5) bodies, will the Cabinet Office work t...
Tabled: 2026-09-16
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Con
To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 2026-10-09
It is for individual organisations and employers to determine which training offer and provider is best suited to their sectors. As set-out in Protecting What Matters, tackling religious hatred req...
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Lords HL3541
To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the command paper Protecting What Matters, published on 9 March 2026, which (1) individuals, (2) groups, (3) organisations, (4) businesses, and (5) bodies will support the roll out of training on ...
Tabled: 2026-09-15
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Con
To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 2026-10-09
It is for individual organisations and employers to determine which training offer and provider is best suited to their sectors. As set-out in Protecting What Matters, tackling religious hatred req...
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Lords HL3539
To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the command paper Protecting What Matters, published on 9 March 2026, whether they plan to publish the details of which 40 areas they assess social cohesion to be under pressure and in line for th...
Tabled: 2026-09-15
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Con
To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 2026-10-09
The list of neighbourhoods funded and full details of the selection methodology employed are available online here.
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Lords HL2835
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they made of alternative delivery models, including direct commissioning from UK universities and specialist training providers, before awarding new Civil Service learning and development contracts t...
Tabled: 2026-09-01
Baroness Deech
Baroness Deech
XB
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-10-09
The National School of Government and Public Services will provide world-class learning and development for civil servants, supporting public sector excellence and preparing our people for the futu...
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Lords HL2686
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Minister of State in the Cabinet Office (Minister without Portfolio) on 19 March (HCWS1422), what changes they plan to make to the budget, timetable, business case, and scope...
Tabled: 2026-07-23
Lord Gilbert of Panteg
Lord Gilbert of Panteg
Con
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-10-09
There are currently no plans to establish the No10 North office within the Manchester Digital Campus. Consequently, the outline business case will not be reviewed on this basis.The Manchester Digit...
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Lords HL3239
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 9 July (HL1331), whether the Prime Minister identifies as working class.
Tabled: 2026-09-08
Baroness Finn
Baroness Finn
Con
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-10-09
The Prime Minister is focused on delivering for working people across the country, no matter where they live or their background.
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Lords HL3221
To ask His Majesty's Government why the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology was closed; and on what basis they determined which departments should be assigned its responsibilities.
Tabled: 2026-09-08
Lord Birt
Lord Birt
XB
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-10-09
The Prime Minister has made a number of changes to the Machinery of Government to rewire the state and drive economic growth across the country, including transforming how the Government is structu...
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