Written questions

Members of the Senedd can ask Welsh Government ministers, the Counsel General and the Senedd Commission questions in writing. The answers are published on the Senedd's website.

Members have tabled 2,443 written questions in the Seventh Senedd so far. 2,288 have been answered and 155 are awaiting an answer. Of the 2,374 questions whose due date has passed, 708 (30%) were answered by that date. Half of the answers were published within 9 days of the question being tabled.

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What guidance does the Welsh Government follow on when the civil service and public bodies in Wales should sponsor a visa rather than recruit from the domestic labour market?
Francesca O'BrienReformTo Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness & the Constitution
Answered 22 Oct 2026
8 days after tabling
Tabled 14 Oct 2026
What is the number of full-time equivalent Welsh Government civil servants whose principal role relates to constitutional reform, further devolution or the proposed national commission on the constitution, and what is the total annual salary cost of those posts?
Joshua KimReformTo Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness & the Constitution
Answered 15 Oct 2026
6 days after tabling
Tabled 9 Oct 2026
What specific datasets held by the Welsh Government or funded by public bodies are being provided to Cosine for model training, and what copyright or licensing terms govern this transfer?

Days are calendar days, from the date a question was tabled to the date its answer was published. The due date is the date the question was listed for answer on the Senedd's Order Paper.