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Theme	Sub-theme	Oral questions	Written questions
Working conditions	Complaints, grievance, and harassment	17	7.4	25	3.8
Diversity and representation	23	10.0	54	8.2
Health and COVID	21	9.1	87	13.2
Pay and hours	14	6.1	32	4.9
Training	6	2.6	5	0.8
Transport	0	0.0	6	0.9
Total	81	35.2	209	31.8
Modernization	IT services	9	3.9	34	5.2
Voting	45	19.6	6	0.9
Waste and environment	9	3.9	33	5.0
Total	63	27.4	73	11.1
Governance	Codes of conduct and reporting	4	1.7	19	2.9
Collections, exhibitions, and commemoration	7	3.0	27	4.1
Commission decision-making and strategy	8	3.5	28	4.3
Costs, budgets, and other finance	16	7.0	104	15.8
Estates	24	10.4	44	6.7
Outreach and engagement	5	2.2	18	2.7
Procurement policies and contracts	18	7.8	47	7.1
Recruitment and HR	3	1.3	58	8.8
Security	1	0.4	31	4.7
Total	86	37.4	376	57.1
Overall total	230	100	658	100

Theme	Sub-theme	Oral questions	Written questions
Working conditions	Complaints, grievance, and harassment	17	7.4	25	3.8
Diversity and representation	23	10.0	54	8.2
Health and COVID	21	9.1	87	13.2
Pay and hours	14	6.1	32	4.9
Training	6	2.6	5	0.8
Transport	0	0.0	6	0.9
Total	81	35.2	209	31.8
Modernization	IT services	9	3.9	34	5.2
Voting	45	19.6	6	0.9
Waste and environment	9	3.9	33	5.0
Total	63	27.4	73	11.1
Governance	Codes of conduct and reporting	4	1.7	19	2.9
Collections, exhibitions, and commemoration	7	3.0	27	4.1
Commission decision-making and strategy	8	3.5	28	4.3
Costs, budgets, and other finance	16	7.0	104	15.8
Estates	24	10.4	44	6.7
Outreach and engagement	5	2.2	18	2.7
Procurement policies and contracts	18	7.8	47	7.1
Recruitment and HR	3	1.3	58	8.8
Security	1	0.4	31	4.7
Total	86	37.4	376	57.1
Overall total	230	100	658	100

Table 4:

PQ themes and sub-themes (July 2014–November 2022)

Theme	Sub-theme	Oral questions		Written questions
Theme	Sub-theme	No. of PQs	% of PQs	No. of total PQs	% of total PQs
Working conditions	Complaints, grievance, and harassment	17	7.4	25	3.8
	Diversity and representation	23	10.0	54	8.2
	Health and COVID	21	9.1	87	13.2
	Pay and hours	14	6.1	32	4.9
	Training	6	2.6	5	0.8
	Transport	0	0.0	6	0.9
	Total	81	35.2	209	31.8
Modernization	IT services	9	3.9	34	5.2
	Voting	45	19.6	6	0.9
	Waste and environment	9	3.9	33	5.0
	Total	63	27.4	73	11.1
Governance	Codes of conduct and reporting	4	1.7	19	2.9
	Collections, exhibitions, and commemoration	7	3.0	27	4.1
	Commission decision-making and strategy	8	3.5	28	4.3
	Costs, budgets, and other finance	16	7.0	104	15.8
	Estates	24	10.4	44	6.7
	Outreach and engagement	5	2.2	18	2.7
	Procurement policies and contracts	18	7.8	47	7.1
	Recruitment and HR	3	1.3	58	8.8
	Security	1	0.4	31	4.7
	Total	86	37.4	376	57.1
Overall total		230	100	658	100

Theme	Sub-theme	Oral questions		Written questions
Theme	Sub-theme	No. of PQs	% of PQs	No. of total PQs	% of total PQs
Working conditions	Complaints, grievance, and harassment	17	7.4	25	3.8
	Diversity and representation	23	10.0	54	8.2
	Health and COVID	21	9.1	87	13.2
	Pay and hours	14	6.1	32	4.9
	Training	6	2.6	5	0.8
	Transport	0	0.0	6	0.9
	Total	81	35.2	209	31.8
Modernization	IT services	9	3.9	34	5.2
	Voting	45	19.6	6	0.9
	Waste and environment	9	3.9	33	5.0
	Total	63	27.4	73	11.1
Governance	Codes of conduct and reporting	4	1.7	19	2.9
	Collections, exhibitions, and commemoration	7	3.0	27	4.1
	Commission decision-making and strategy	8	3.5	28	4.3
	Costs, budgets, and other finance	16	7.0	104	15.8
	Estates	24	10.4	44	6.7
	Outreach and engagement	5	2.2	18	2.7
	Procurement policies and contracts	18	7.8	47	7.1
	Recruitment and HR	3	1.3	58	8.8
	Security	1	0.4	31	4.7
	Total	86	37.4	376	57.1
Overall total		230	100	658	100