Contact the Cabinet Office

The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. We are also the corporate headquarters for government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and we take the lead in certain critical policy areas.

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Check if the Cabinet Office is the relevant department for your enquiry.

Whilst all submissions are read and carefully considered, we can only respond to areas the Cabinet Office is responsible for. Please see the below links which may be helpful in assisting your query:

• Civil Service Pension Scheme
• Civil Service / Public Sector reform
• Constitution and House of Lords reform, including the Royal Names Memorialisation Public Guidance
• EU policy and relations
• Government efficiency, transparency and accountability, Correspondence policy, Freedom of Information policy and Cabinet Office arm’s length body sponsorship
• Government Inquiries, including the Government’s response to the Infected Blood Inquiry
• Oversight of Government functions, including the Government People Group (formerly Civil Service HR) and the Government Property Agency
• Honours
• Lord-Lieutenants
• National security (coordinating the government’s response to crises and managing the UK’s cyber security), including:
  • COBR
  • Resilience policy
  • National Security and Investment Act
  • Government Security Group, including UK Security Vetting
• Propriety and ethics, including the Ministerial Code and the Civil Service Code

The Cabinet Office is also responsible for the Office for Equality and Opportunity, which covers:

• The Equality Act (2010) including Disability Rights
• Equality Advisory Support Service (EASS) 
• LGBT+ Rights
• Race Equality Unit 
• Women and Equality Unit,, including Gender Pay Gap Reporting
• Equality (Race and Disability) Bill

If your message is not about one of these areas, you should send it directly to the relevant department, agency or public body.

We aim to respond to correspondence within 20 working days, when a response is required.

We may not respond if your query:

• contains offensive language
• has already been answered in a previous reply to you
• is illegible
• is selling or promoting a product
• is for information only

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