Deputy Prime Minister's Questions
Every fourth Tuesday of the month, the Deputy Prime Minister takes his own questions (DPMQs). The deputy leader of the Opposition is allowed three questions. The first formal question on the Order Paper, posed by simply saying "Number one, Mr. Speaker", is usually to ask the Deputy Prime Minister "if he will list the government's plans for the future".
| Deputy Prime Minister | Deputy Leader of the Opposition | Years |
| Nick Clegg | Jack Straw | 2010 |
| Harriet Harman | 2010- |
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