Written answers

Monday, 10 March 2025

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Pharmacy: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the 2024-25 pharmacy contract.

    • Pharmacy: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pharmacies his Department expect to close in the next financial year if the pharmacy contract remains unchanged.

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 26770 on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services, whether the results from the...

      Lung Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding he plans to provide for the national lung cancer screening programme in each the next three years; and on what...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for the covid-19 vaccination from...

      Gambling: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities will begin to distribute funding generated from the statutory Gambling Levy.

      Prostate Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the National Screening Committee on the evidence that will be used to inform the criteria for a...

      Smoking: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department plans to provide for smoking cessation programmes in the 2025-26 financial year.

      Cancer: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including a dedicated chapter within the National Cancer Plan on children and...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure the National Cancer Plan includes prevention measures to help tackle the wider...

      Dental Services and Health Services: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of poverty on access to (a) health and (b) dental care.

      Incontinence: Men

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release of 28 November 2024 entitled, Secretary of State commits to first ever men’s...

      Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the meeting between PANS PANDAS and his Department on 19 November 2024, what recent assessment he has made of the...

      Bile Duct Cancer: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the level of deprivation on the incidence rate of cholangiocarcinoma.

      Rare Cancers: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to targeted treatments for patients with rare cancers, such as Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis...

      Glioblastoma: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of patent lengths on research into treatments for glioblastoma.

      Bile Duct Cancer: Thames Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with NHS England to help improve (a) early diagnosis rates of and (b) access to treatments for cholangiocarcinoma...

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31569 on Coronavirus: Protective Clothing, if he will make an estimate of the (a)...

      Bile Duct Cancer: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to grant funding for cholangiocarcinoma research.

      Rare Cancers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include policies on rare cancer prognosis in the national cancer plan.

      Leukaemia: Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the level of participation in clinical trials for (a) leukaemia patients diagnosed with acute...

      Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to publish a plan for improving outcomes for people living with musculoskeletal conditions.

      Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of existing cancer stages.

      Midwives: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of midwife training with respect to (a) pay and (b) conditions and (i) the impact to...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to strengthen (a) early intervention and (b) prevention strategies to reduce the number of people entering the cancer...

      NHS: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has a policy on unconscious bias training in the NHS.

      Streptococcus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that Group B Streptococcus-specific enriched culture medium testing is available in hospital laboratories.

      Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure a regular supply of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy medication in the North East London NHS...

      Anaesthetics: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding for additional higher anaesthetic training places will continue in 2025-26.

      Obesity: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NICE on expanding the list of weight-related comorbidities on their tirzepatide guidance to include...

      Surrogacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to publish its full response to the Law Commission’s report Building Families Through Surrogacy: A New...

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to ambulance trusts to help ensure adequate (a) coverage and (b) response times.

      NHS Business Services Authority: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2025 to Question 23858 on NHS Business Services Authority: Workplace Pensions, how many remedial...

      Health Professions: Oxfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support hospitals to (a) recruit and (b) retain clinical staff in Oxfordshire.

      Mental Health Services: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been accepted by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in (a) Salford and (b) Wigan in each of the last...

      NHS: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) British nationals, and (b) foreign nationals were given residency positions in each year since 2020.

      Dyslexia: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis of dyslexia in children in (a) Somerset and (b) the South West.

      Pain: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce the gender pain gap for women.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Royal Mail: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of times Capita has made overpayments in relation to (a) tax-free lump sums and (b) regular pension...

    • Cabinet Office: Food

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of food procured by his Department is sourced in the UK.

      Public Bodies: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that the new legal duty of candour established in response to Phase 2 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry will be applicable...

      Domestic Visits: Huntingdon

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government ministers have visited Huntingdon constituency since 4 July 2024.

      Cybercrime: Russia

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cyber attacks were conducted by (a) Russia and (b) Russian-sponsored actors against (i) Government and (ii) Government-affiliated systems in...

      Covid-19 Inquiry

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much each Department has spent on legal costs in responding to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

      Infected Blood Compensation Authority

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has had discussions with the Infected Blood Compensation Authority on the potential cost to the public purse of using external...

      Small Businesses: South Holland and the Deepings

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the UK Statistics Authority has made of the number of small businesses in South Holland and the Deepings constituency in each of the last...

      Cybercrime: Iran

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cyber attacks were conducted by (a) Iran and (b) Iranian-sponsored actors against (i) Government and (ii) Government-affiliated systems in the...

      Cybercrime: China

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cyber attacks were conducted by (a) China and (b) Chinese-sponsored actors against (i) Government and (ii) Government-affiliated systems in...

      Smart Devices: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of whether the Procurement Act includes adequate measures to limit the procurement of Chinese-made...

      Cabinet Office: Social Media

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many social media accounts their Department operates; and how much their Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements...

      Prime Minister: Aviation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) air miles and (b) flights the Prime Minister has completed since 5 July 2024.

      Remote Working

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information he holds on the number of workers who work full-time from home.

      Public Sector: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's National Procurement Policy Statement published on 13 February 2025, whether he has made an estimate of compliance...

      Government Departments: Security

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Ministers have met with security staff workers and their representatives to discuss possible strikes.

      Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of the suitability of adopting similar international government models including the (a) US Office of...

      Prime Minister: Social Media

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many social media accounts the Prime Minister's Office operates; and how much the Prime Minister's Office spent on social media (a) subscriptions...

      Arms Length Bodies

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Arm's-Length Bodies there were (a) on 4 July 2024 and (b) as of 5 March 2025; and how many of the latter have an annual operating expenditure...

      Prime Minister: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister plans to respond to the letter of 15 February 2025 from the Rt hon. Member for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge on the...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Paedophilia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reviewing and (b) changing the probation guidelines to prevent convicted paedophiles...

    • Prisoners: Repatriation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the 200 Albanian nationals were returned under the agreement made with Albania on 24 May 2023.

      Offenders: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it her policy to automatically recall to prison any released offender who (a) seeks and (b) obtains employment in a position they are...

      Crimes of Violence: Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders convicted of actual bodily harm and sentenced to under four years in prison have been released early from prison since 5 July 2024.

      Prisons: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biological males are currently serving a custodial sentence in a women's prison.

      Administration of Justice: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to take steps to increase funding for the judicial system.

      Legal Profession: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the impact of the administration of (a) SSB Law and (b) other firms on...

      Sexual Offences: Crown Court

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the backlog of (a) rape and (b) sexual offence cases in the Crown Court.

      Domestic Abuse: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that victims of domestic violence do not have the sentencing hearings of their abusers postponed...

      Asylum: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of providing legal advice to immigrants seeking asylum in each of the last five years.

      Prisoners' Release: Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners released under the early release scheme have been rearrested.

      Sexual Offences: Crown Court

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 29896 on Sexual Offences: Crown Court, what plans her Department has to evaluate the pilot scheme...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Balkans: People Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering people smuggling in the Balkans in...

    • Ukraine: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to (a) support and (b) provide...

      Ukraine: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) fund and (b) support the Superhumans war trauma centre in Ukraine.

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Mauritius

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Mauritius has the right to define an Economic Exclusion Zone around the British Indian Ocean Territory.

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will consider appealing the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ruling on the UK's sovereignty of...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria were used to determine the regional and country-level allocations of Official Development Assistance...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Mauritius

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2025 to Question 24737 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Mauritius, what...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the reduction in ODA, which (a) sectors and (b) regions will be prioritised for allocation that...

      Georgia: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the risk of interference by Russia in Georgia.

      British Overseas Territories: Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Overseas Territories' registers of beneficial ownership...

      Denmark: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 23270 on Denmark: Politics and Government, whether the...

      Development Aid: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has considered conducting an assessment of the potential impact of proposed Official Development...

      Development Aid: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that reductions in Official Development Assistance spending do not...

      Hague Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the UK joining the Hague Group.

      Development Aid: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the potential impact of...

      Pakistan: Ahmadiyya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his Pakistani counterpart on the arrest of Ahmadi Muslims in Daska,...

      Ukraine: International Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve unity amongst his European counterparts on the provision of support to Ukraine...

      China: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the decision to reduce official development...

      Freezing of Assets: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it her policy to use frozen Russian assets to provide compensation for Ukrainian (a) war survivors...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has plans to publish an international development strategy on the reduction in official development...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Espionage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of all people (a) intercepted and (b) detained in the British Indian Ocean Territory...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government of Mauritius will assume responsibility for asylum seekers arriving in the Chagos Islands...

      Taliban: Crimes against Humanity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the application by the...

      Commonwealth: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions (a) he, (b) his ministers and (c) officials from his Department have had with counterparts in the...

      Developing Countries: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support debt relief for poorer nations.

      Alaa Abd El-Fattah

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Egyptian Government on consular access for Alaa Abd el-Fattah.

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department was consulted on the decision to reduce official development assistance spending by 2027.

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official...

      Undocumented Migrants: Organised Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30375 on Undocumented Migrants: Organised Crime, what the...

      Ukraine: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the withdrawal of US support on Ukrainian independence.

      Chelsea Football Club: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 10916 on Chelsea Football Club: Sales, for what reason the...

      Undocumented Migrants: Organised Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30375 on Undocumented Migrants: Organised Crime, how he...

      Undocumented Migrants: Organised Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30375 on Undocumented Migrants: Organised Crime, when the...

      Mauritius: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will list ministerial contacts with (a) ministers and (b) representatives of the government of Mauritius...

      Overseas Trade: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to ban UK firms from insuring supplies and products to and from Russia.

      China: Cook Islands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his New Zealand counterpart on the signed strategic agreement between the...

      China: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his EU counterparts on the use of AI in China to target and persecute...

      Indonesia and Laos: Methanol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with this counterparts in (a) Indonesia and (b) Laos on (i) tackling methanol...

      World Economic Forum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many officials from his Department attended the World Economic Forum 2025.

      Israeli Settlements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) bringing forward legislative...

      UNRWA: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official...

      Syria: Radicalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering extremism in Syria in each of the...

      Iran: Capital Punishment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to take steps to intervene in the case of Iranian citizens Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi...

      West Bank: Ceasefires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 25538 on West Bank: Ceasefires, if he will have discussions...

      Pakistan: Ahmadiyya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Pakistani counterpart on the legal recognition of Ahmadiyya Muslims in...

      West Bank: Culture and Educational Institutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterparts on Israeli settler attacks on (a) schools, (b)...

      Syria: Kurds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to secure help peace between Kurdish forces and the Syrian government; and what...

      Israel: Arms Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the steps his Department is taking to help prevent the use of...

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Oral Statement from the Minister for Development of 28 January 2025 on Gaza: Humanitarian...

      Pakistan: Hinduism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart in relation to reports that Hindu students in Karachi...

      Occupied Territories: Unmanned Air Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether UK surveillance drones have been flown from Jordan over (a) Gaza and (b) the West Bank in Occupied Palestine.

      Middle East: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Middle East on (a) the territorial integrity of the West...

      Pakistan: Ahmadiyya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Pakistani counterpart on taking steps to help prevent the...

      Pakistan: Ahmadiyya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on the desecration of Ahmadiyya mosques in that country.

      North Africa: People Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering people smuggling in North Africa in...

      Iran: Democracy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met with pro-democracy campaigners in Iran since 4 July 2024.

      Iran: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to (a) protect and (b) promote the freedom of religion...

      Pakistan: Ahmadiyya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on the rights of Ahmadi Muslims in that country.

      Israel: Syria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help international aid agencies provide (a) humanitarian aid and (b) assistance to...

      Occupied Territories: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the situation of Christians in (a) Gaza and (b) the Occupied Palestinian...

      Israel: West Bank

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions the Prime Minister has had with his Israeli counterpart on adhering to international law in the...

      Journalism: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect British journalists who have been arbitrarily detained abroad.

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with local authorities to ensure adequate educational provision for schoolchildren with an education, health and care plan.

    • Extracurricular Activities: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the continuation of funding for (a) the Holiday Activities and Food, (b) School...

      Specialist Schools: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of specialist school placements available within Slough.

      Teachers: Bureaucracy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce the workload of teachers.

      Special Educational Needs: North East Hertfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of special educational provision in North East Hertfordshire constituency.

      Special Educational Needs: Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing individual health plans for every child with epilepsy.

      Disability: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by Together Trust and National Star entitled What...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing school-based whole family support practitioners to support the SEND system.

      Pupils: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support children living in temporary accommodation to ensure their access to a stable education in (a) Thurrock and (b)...

      Social Services: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support children's services in Lincolnshire.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Social Rented Housing: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what obligations local authorities have to provide state-subsidised housing to people with refugee status; and what...

    • Planning: Powers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the legal status of (a) Local Plans and (b) Neighbourhood Plans will be impacted in circumstances where the...

      Members' Constituency Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Minister for Housing and Planning will meet with the hon. Member for Newton Abbot.

      Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of rent increases on recent trends in the level of tenants...

      Housing Associations: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including housing associations under the Freedom of...

      Affordable Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to table 1b of Homes England's report entitled 2016 to 2021 Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes...

      Social Rented Housing: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase funding for social housing, in the context of the forthcoming spending review.

      Housing and Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) new planning proposals and (b) increased house building do not (i)...

      Empty Property: Gloucester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of empty homes in Gloucester.

      Social Rented Housing: Mould

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of social rented homes with (a) mould and (b) damp in Gloucester.

      Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the publication entitled Approved Document B: Fire...

      Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25th February to Question 31290 on Housing: Standards, whether levels of lead...

      Planning Permission: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2025 to Question 22643 on Planning Permission: Applications and to the Answer of...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether national security is a material planning consideration.

      Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has had discussions with (a) the Planning Inspectorate and (b) Lowick communications...

      Conservation Areas and Listed Buildings: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2025 to Question 25922 on Conservation Areas and Listed Buildings: Energy, which...

      Local Government: Devolution and Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question HL4177 on Local Government: Devolution and Elections, whether...

      National Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 23793 on National Identity, for what reason establishing...

      Radicalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 26030 on Radicalism, what his planned timetable is for the...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 29001 on Local Government: Elections, whether the scheduled...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment on the potential impact of a planning authority being subsumed into a new unitary...

      Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her statement of 30 July 2024 entitled, Building the homes we need, what steps she has taken to help...

      Birds: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure building construction sites secure cavity nesting bird habitats.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the updated Homes for Ukraine Scheme on Ukrainian refugees'...

      Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the cost to the public purse of local government reorganisation in Essex.

      Property Development: Environmental Impact Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 26559 on Property Development: Environmental Protection, what...

      Local Government: Devolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how new local authorities with overlapping national park authorities will (a) interact with each other, (b) have...

      Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date she expects the Planning Inspectorate to submit its report on the Chinese Embassy planning inquiry.

      Council of the Nations and Regions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2025 to Question 27157 on Council of the Nations and Regions: National Identity,...

      Affordable Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 27567 on Affordable Housing: Construction, how many units of...

      Housing: Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the installation of (a) flood doors,...

      Local Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether new mayors in combined county authorities will have powers to (a) revoke, (b) amend or (c) disregard the...

      Housing: Forest of Dean

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase the supply of housing in the Forest of Dean.

      Unitary Councils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2025 to Question 26691 on Unitary Councils, which unitary authorities were...

      Affordable Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28051 on Affordable Housing: Construction, what the level of...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 30361 on Local Government: Elections, whether she had...

      Rents: Shared Ownership

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a cap on rent increases for those shared...

      Public Bodies: Translation Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question HL3663 on Public Bodies: Translation Services, if she will...

      Communities and Recovery Steering Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 23866 on Communities and Recovery Steering Group, if she will...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Special Advisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has appointed a foreign affairs adviser.

      Regeneration: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to (a) regenerate town centres and (b) reduce the number of derelict properties.

      Charities: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of the £233 million funding for homelessness services is expected to be spent on...

      Politics: Public Participation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on steps to improve public engagement with politics.

      Absent Voting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to facilitate the registration of postal voters.

      Parks: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the inclusivity of public parks for children with Special Educational Needs and Disability.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Companies: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to (a) the minimum wage and (b) employer National Insurance contributions on...

    • Post Boxes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 28323 on Post Boxes, if he will hold discussions with Ofcom on the potential merits of...

      EU External Trade: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the imposition of tariffs by the European Union on the United States on levels of...

      Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans his Department has to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with the United States.

      Business: Environment Protection and Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to require regulators to help support businesses to meet their fiduciary responsibilities to...

      Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of transparency of pre-pack administration procedures.

      Technology: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on support for small technological...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Reserve Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the current shortfall in the (a) Army Reserve, (b) RAF Reserve, (c) Royal Navy Reserve and (d) Royal Marines...

    • Strategic Defence Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many draft versions of the Strategic Defence Review he has received from Lord Robertson.

      China: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential security risk posed by Chinese-made electric vehicles being used by (a) senior officers and (b)...

      Ministry of Defence: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on diversity and inclusion programmes relating to (a) employment, (b) pensions, (c) recruitment and (d) other matters...

      LGBT Veterans Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will fully implement the findings of the Etherton Review.

      VE Day: Anniversaries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe.

      Army Foundation College: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 9 May 2024 to Question 24728 on Army Foundation College: Sexual Offences, how many (a) perpetrators were involved and...

      Army Foundation College: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what safeguarding training is provided to new instructors at the Army Foundation College before working with recruits.

      Vale of Glamorgan: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Strategic Defence Review on employment opportunities for veterans in the Vale of Glamorgan;...

      Armed Forces: Private Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of VAT on school fees on military families.

      Armed Forces: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) quantity of apprenticeships within the (i) Armed Forces and (ii) associated supply chains.

      Military Aviation Authority: Uncrewed Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, assessment he has made of the preparedness of the Military Aviation Authority for uncrewed testing.

      Cybersecurity: Cheltenham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, column 631, what assessment he has...

      Unmanned Marine Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress the Royal Navy has made on the (a) development and (b) deployment of autonomous maritime mine hunting technologies.

      Army: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the most recent survey of Army personnel on the quality of food served to them was undertaken.

      Reserve Forces: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of pension entitlements for Armed Forces reservists.

      HMS Argyll

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Royal Navy has for the future of HMS Argyll.

      Armed Forces: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2025 to Question 33149 on Armed Forces: Protective Clothing, what the difference in cost is between the Peltor...

      Armed Forces: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2025 to Question 33149 on Armed Forces: Protective Clothing, how many pairs of Peltor ComTac XP/XPI ear defenders...

      Vale of Glamorgan: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Government’s defence innovation announcements on businesses in St Athan and the wider Vale...

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Defence SME Hub will be fully operational.

      Uncrewed Systems: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to allow SMEs greater access to ranges owned by his Department for the testing of uncrewed systems.

      Artillery: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the workshare on M270 MLRS will be British; and whether this figure has changed since 5 July 2024.

      Boxer Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Boxer armoured vehicles will be primarily manufactured in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Germany.

      Ministry of Defence: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to appoint a permanent National Armaments Director.

      China: Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessmenhis Department has made of the (a) prevalence of and (b) security risks posed by Chinese-manufactured technology used in UK defence...

      HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral statement of the Prime Minister of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, column 631, whether it remains...

      Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to increase his Department's support for (a) Commonwealth veterans and (b) British army veterans born outside of the UK.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's target is for direct SME spending in the 2024-25 financial year.

      Defence: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of defence spending went to SMEs in 2023-24 by region.

      USA: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to comments by President Trump on support for Ukraine, whether he is taking steps to re-allocate funding to domestic (a) procurement, (b)...

      USA: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to divest from defence procurement from the US.

      USA: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the UK defence budget is spent on the procurement of (a) items and (b) services from the US.

      Firearms: Ammunition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many 5.56mm rifle rounds were manufactured in the UK (a) between 11 July 2023 and 4 July 2024 and (b) since 5 July 2024.

      Thales: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department made an assessment of the value-for-money of the award the contract to Thales Northern Ireland for lightweight-multirole missiles...

      Army: Beef

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries the Army sourced beef from for its personnel's meals in the past five years.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Heat Batteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of heat batteries on (a) peak electricity demand and (b) grid flexibility in...

    • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many (a) air miles and (b) flights he has completed since 5 July 2024.

      Offshore Industry: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had to ensure that Rosebank and Jackdaw Oil Fields continue in production.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) mitigate the impact for consumers of the recent increase in the energy price cap and (b) ensure that...

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding remains available in Phase 3 of the Energy Company Obligation 4 (ECO4) scheme.

      Warm Homes Plan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) VAT reductions or grants and (b) other financial...

      Heat Batteries: Warm Homes Plan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of heat battery technology to the Warm Homes Plan; and what...

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether households with existing underfloor foam insulation are eligible for funding through the Energy Company Obligation 4 (ECO4)...

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding his Department plans to allocate to Phase 4 of the Energy Company Obligation 4 (ECO4) scheme.

      Carbon Emissions: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that the skilled workforce can shift to (a) Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage and (b)...

      Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether protections exist to prevent energy companies from selling windfarm projects once planning permission is received.

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department’s policy is on energy alternatives to wind power.

      Agriculture: Land Use

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many acres of agricultural land of (a) Grade 1, (b) Grade 2, (c) Grade 3a and (d) Grade 3b have had planning applications for...

      Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much compensation was paid to windfarm operators because they were instructed to stop operating due to high winds in the last...

      Wind Power: Fylde

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2024 to Question 20865 on Wind Power: Fylde, what assessment he has made of the (a) capacity...

      Infrastructure: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many approved nationally significant infrastructure projects use greater than (a) 50%, (b) 60%, (c) 70% and (d) 80% of best and...

      Photovoltaics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the obsolescence date of the current generation of photovoltaic panels.

      Energy: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the security risks posed by the use of Chinese-manufactured technology in (a) smart...

      Energy: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will restrict Chinese-manufactured components in the UK’s energy infrastructure projects.

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of food procured by his Department is sourced in the UK.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Public Libraries: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with local authorities to help maintain community libraries in Lincolnshire.

    • Live Comedy Association: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to provide support to the Live Comedy Association's initiative to consult with the sector on (a)...

      Sports: Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken to support local sports teams across the UK.

      Schools: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the School Games Organisers in supporting school children.

      Gambling: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of gambling advertising on the uptake of gambling by children.

      Planning Permission: Local Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 1 December 2020 to Question 119355 on Planning Permission: Local Press, what her Department's policy is...

      Sports: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support all-weather sports facilities in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) rural areas.

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Freedom of Expression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure organisations funded by her Department promote free speech.

      UK Youth Parliament: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of whether the funding of the UK Youth Parliament delivers value for money to taxpayers; and whether she...

      Anniversaries: World War II

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to include local communities in (a) VE and (b) VJ Day commemorations.

      Television

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential resilience value of the UK’s hybrid model of television distribution..

      Television Licences: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of not renewing the licences for terrestrial television which expire in 2034 on...

      Food: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is updating its impact assessment on restrictions on advertisements for less healthy food and drink products.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment: Dyslexia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to support the diagnosis of dyslexia in adults in the workplace.

    • Job Centres: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of job centres on economic growth in Lincolnshire.

      Employment: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support disabled people into work in Lincolnshire.

      Child Maintenance Service: Powers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to increase the powers of the Child Maintenance Service to obtain accurate data on self-employed parents.

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of individual stipends for people using access to work.

      Social Security Benefits: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) improve response times and (b) ensure mandatory reconsiderations are adequately assessed.

      Identity Cards: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has considered the introduction of an official ID scheme for (a) disabled people and (b) their carers.

      Local Housing Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of local housing allowance rates.

      Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of young people claiming Personal Independence Payments for mental health conditions receive enhanced support for (a) daily...

      Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged between 18 and 24 were in receipt of Personal Independence Payments for mental health conditions (a) this year and (b) in...

      Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Personal Independence Payment claims for mental health conditions over the next three years.

      Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment claims for mental health conditions are required to undergo reassessment.

      Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment (a) claims are and (b) spending is for mental health-related conditions.

      Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual expenditure on Personal Independence Payments for mental health conditions was in the most recent financial year for which...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase transparency in her Department.

      Employment: Gloucester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support (a) parents and (b) single parents to access employment in Gloucester.

      Access to Work Programme: Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of his Department's adherence to Access to Work scheme guidelines, published in May 2024, when working with...

      Agriculture: Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many agricultural workers are claiming Universal Credit.

      Temporary Accommodation: Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of uprating temporary accommodation subsidy rates on local authorities.

      Carer's Allowance: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many carers have received a Carer’s Allowance overpayment since (a) 16 October and (b) 9 December 2024.

      Temporary Accommodation: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to provide financial support to people in temporary accommodation.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture: Basic Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by Joanna Poulton, Jak...

    • Water: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve the resilience of water infrastructure.

      Sewage: Cambridgeshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the lifespan of pumping station infrastructure in Cambridgeshire under the...

      Whisky

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the value of single malt English whisky to the economy.

      Whisky

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the value of single malt Welsh whisky to the economy.

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure food allergy labels are visible and legible; and whether he has made an...

      Fly-tipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of fly-tipping.

      Cremation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of delays to the Environment Agency’s guidance on the...

      Nutrition: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of (a) science and (b) other innovation to the...

      Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of improving the nutritional content of foods through a...

      Plastics: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take with local authorities to reduce the amount of plastic pollution in public parks.

      Whisky

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the percentage of whisky distilleries in (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c)...

      Whisky: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of whisky distilled in England that is currently labelled as (a)...

      Property: Climate Change and Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Record investment to protect thousands of UK homes and...

      Property: Climate Change and Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Record investment to protect thousands of UK homes and...

      Flood Control: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Record investment to protect thousands of UK homes and...

      Marine Protected Areas: Fishing Gear

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning the use of bottom-towed fishing gear within marine...

      Marine Protected Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to establish new offshore Marine Protected Areas.

      Rivers: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce sewage in rivers.

      Sustainable Farming Incentive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total SFI agreement uptake has been per quarter since the beginning of the launch of the 2021 pilot scheme.

      Flood Control: Somerset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to help residents protect their property from frequent flooding in South Somerset.

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what lessons his Department has learned from the (a) avian inflluenza outbreak in Scotland in 2022-23 and (b) other avian...

      Flood Control: South Somerset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of preventative measures to tackle recurring flooding in South Somerset.

      Flood Control: Somerset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help farmers reduce the level of agricultural run-off in Somerset.

      Agriculture: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 1488 on Agriculture: Food Supply, what preparations his Department has...

      Glyphosate: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whetherhis Department plans to renew the licence for glyphosate for agricultural use in 2025.

      Flood Control: Rivers and Wildlife

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Record investment to protect thousands of UK homes and businesses,...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is using AI software in responding to written parliamentary questions.

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what precautions his Department is taking regarding the ongoing avian influenza outbreak to prevent its spread among (a)...

      Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made of the potential merits of strengthening protections for cruelty against (a) dogs, (b)...

      Dogs: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure all dog rescue organisations adhere to a standardised national framework for...

      Poultry: Avian Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether compensation will be available for commercial poultry farmers for flock losses due to avian influenza control measures.

  • Treasury

    • Economic Growth: Forest of Dean

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken to help increase economic growth in the Forest of Dean.

    • Freezing of Assets: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the amount of interest accrued from frozen Russian assets that has been used to provide military aid to Ukraine.

      Economic Situation: China

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she discussed China’s economic practices during her visit to Beijing in January 2025.

      Holiday Accommodation: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 27456 on Holiday Accommodation: Tax Allowances, what estimate her Department has made of the total...

      Employee Ownership

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support businesses in offering employee share schemes.

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of people made bankrupt by the Loan Charge.

      Treasury: Social Media

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many social media accounts her Department operates; and how much her Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each...

      Holiday Accommodation: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 27711 on Holiday Accommodation: Taxation, what quantitative information her Department holds on (a)...

      Personal Care Services: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies on VAT of the British Hair Consortium’s report entitled Securing the...

      Independent Review of the Loan Charge

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Independent Review of the Loan Charge.

      Pre-school Education: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered amending the eligibility criteria for the Employment Allowance to include pre-schools.

      National Wealth Fund

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the £1.8 billion allocated in the National Wealth Fund for the upgrade of port infrastructure and supply chain facilities will be open for...

      Gambling: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of raising taxation on gambling operators.

      Civil Servants: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to locate GRS Research Government Scheme Jobs in Northern Ireland.

      Electric Vehicles: China

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Chinese made electric vehicles were imported into the UK in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.

      Income Tax: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential cost to the public purse of abolishing the (a) High Income Child Benefit Charge and (b) reductions in...

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving Ukrainians with temporary residence the option to apply for visas longer...

    • Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Home Office Firearms Fees Working Group met in 2022 and 2023; what conclusions it reached on firearms licensing fees; and...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will extend Ukrainian’s UK student visas.

      Police: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the police grant for 2025-2026 on levels of crime in Lincolnshire.

      Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will steps to ensure that bodies working with young people are required to verify an individual’s DBS certificate directly with...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who arrived on small boats and have had their asylum application refused have not been deported.

      Electric Cables: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of power cable thefts in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) England in each of...

      Biometrics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of facial recognition misidentifications on the public.

      Asylum: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of industrial action by Northern Ireland immigration...

      British Nationality: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Good character: caseworker guidance, updated on 13 February 2025, whether her...

      Immigration: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the granting of Indefinite Leave to Remain for Afghans as part of a scheme under the Afghan Resettlement Programme are categorised...

      British Nationality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2025 to Question 33156 on British Nationality, what is meant by (a) estimated unit cost and (b) maxima...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30583 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, on how many days Border Force...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Mobile Phones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) people and (b) businesses are not disrupted by loss of mobile phone network coverage...

    • Near Earth Objects and Space Debris

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which government departments and agencies are responsible for (a) civil contingency planning, (b) warning and (c) mitigation...

      Broadband: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure schools in rural areas have access to full fibre broadband.

      Shared Rural Network

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether there are funds available under the Shared Rural Network; and whether he has plans to use the network to eliminate...

      Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to increase the uptake of broadband provision (a) across the country and (b) in rural areas.

  • Department for Transport

    • Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33910, how many staff were employed at the Fraud team at the DVSA at the end of (a) 2019, (b) 2020,...

    • Travel: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate travel disruptions caused by flooding in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents involving horses took place between 2019 and 2024 in (a) England, (b) East Anglia and (c) South West Norfolk constituency.

      A35: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that road infrastructure works on the A35 Sea Road South are not indefinitely delayed due to funding...

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria her Department uses to determine the level of prioritisation of road improvement schemes.

      Motor Vehicles: Dangerous Driving and Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential connection between excessively noisy vehicles and dangerous driving.

      High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse for legal costs relating to compulsory purchase orders made for...

      Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to improve DVSA’s online booking service to ensure it can handle the demand for driving tests without technical issues.

      Road Works: Kent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps National Highways is taking with (a) other road agencies, (b) utility companies and (c) local councils to help ensure minimal disruption...

      Roads: East Sussex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to (a) publish her long-term transport strategy and (b) make a decision on the Major Road Network project put forward by East Sussex...

      Driving Instruction: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve (a) recruitment and (b) retention of driving examiners in high cost of living areas.

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Secondment

      To ask the Solicitor General, how many of her Department's officials have been seconded from (a) the Institute for Economic Affairs, (b) the Policy Exchange, (c) the Adam Smith Institute and (d)...

    • Attorney General: Social Media

      To ask the Solicitor General, how many social media accounts their Department operates; and how much their Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social...

  • Scotland Office

    • Radio and Television: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the long-term future of free-to-air terrestrial TV and radio services in Scotland.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Incontinence: Products

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the document Guidance for the provision of absorbent products for adult incontinence, published by the Association of...

    • Gambling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what additional resources will be allocated to the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities to support their role as lead commissioning body of the use of...

      Office for Health Improvement and Disparities: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many employees in the Department of Health and Social Care are working for the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.

      Long Covid: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government what research they are funding, and at what cost, into treatment options for long Covid, including clinical trials.

      Peripheral Arterial Disease: Medical Treatments

      To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Baroness Merron on 27 January (HL4224 and HL4225), what steps they are taking to ensure hospitals meet the Commissioning for...

      Health: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of predictive AI models in NHS England to forecast when someone is likely to become ill.

      NHS: Administration

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make administrative processes in the NHS a priority for staff and patients, and to set goals for improving and measuring people’s...

      Tomography

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that medical-grade probe covers are used in ultrasound procedures instead of non-medical materials, such as condoms.

      Contraceptives: Labelling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that known allergens and perfumes present in condoms are labelled on condom packaging.

      NHS: Workplace Pensions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of funding for the NHS is spent on pensions.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Industry

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish their industrial strategy.

    • Digital Service Providers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Competition and Markets Authority accelerates the Digital Markets Unit's strategic market status designation for...

      Company Accounts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the discrepancy between the Financial Reporting Council's Guidance on the Going Concern Basis of Accounting and Related...

      Trade Agreements

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will detail the bilateral and multilateral trade deals and arrangements they have signed or acceded to since coming into office.

      Elon Musk

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for the Department for Business and Trade on 26 November 2024 (HC15163), why they are unable to...

      Fair Work Agency

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following reports in the Sunday Times on 26 January about the forced labour of at least 16 people in a McDonald’s restaurant, a car wash and a...

  • Treasury

    • Welsh Government: Public Expenditure

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether their agreement with the Welsh Government on the Welsh Government’s fiscal framework, published on 19 December 2016, is under review.

    • Public Works Loan Board

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have had discussions with local authorities regarding the prospect of providing interest repayment holidays on loans issued to local authorities...

      Financial Services: Economic Situation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether their Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy will include policies to encourage more firms to list on the London Stock Exchange.

      Employers' Contributions: Rebates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide employers with a national insurance rebate calculated at 40 per cent of the total combined salaries of each new employee...

      Halifax Bank of Scotland: Reading

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish any correspondence they hold with Lloyds Bank related to frauds at the Reading branch of HBOS.

      Carbon Emissions: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they (1) are preparing, and (2) will provide, guidance to businesses in Northern Ireland on the impact of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.

      Stamp Duties: Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the link between stamp duty rates and house prices.

      VAT: Tax Evasion

      To ask His Majesty's Government how often since 2017 has the joint liability rule been used to pursue an online marketplace for VAT which a seller on that marketplace has evaded; and with what...

  • Home Office

    • Journalism: Detainees

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any abuse of Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in detaining journalists.

    • Community Relations

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the Rapid Analytical Sprint reports leaked on 28 January, whether they plan to retain the previous Government’s policy on community engagement or...

      Islam

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has a working definition of Islamism.

      Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships

      To ask His Majesty's Government why the HM Passport Office General Register Office Death Certificate Application Form (for events registered overseas) asks a question about marital...

      Immigration: Ukraine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to enable Ukrainian individuals currently living legally in the UK under temporary visas to convert these visas into a permanent...

      Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proposals, if any, they have received from the European Union regarding a youth mobility scheme.

      Youth Mobility Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals entered the UK under the Youth Mobility Scheme in each of the past five years from (1) Australia, (2) Canada, (3) New Zealand, and (4) South...

      Non-crime Hate Incidents

      To ask His Majesty's Government what analysis, if any, they have undertaken to measure the effectiveness of the police recording non-crime hate incidents in reducing hate crime.

      Gender Based Violence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in rolling out the "Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) 100" approach to every police force in the country.

      Slavery: Victims

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following reports in the Sunday Times on 26 January about the support that forced labour victims received from victim navigators at the charity Justice and Care,...

      Police: Recruitment

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many police officers in England and Wales have been recruited in each of the past five years without proper references being obtained prior to their employment.

      Angiolini Inquiry

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 Report will be published.

      Non-crime Hate Incidents

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the terms of reference for the review on the use and effectiveness of non-crime hate incidents, conducted by the National Police...

  • Department for Transport

    • Egnos

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the feasibility of underwriting or otherwise guaranteeing the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service Safety-of-Life...

    • Egnos

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial and operational implications of continuing to rely on ground-based precision approach infrastructure (such as...

      Motor Vehicles: Hydrogen

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 11 February (HL4960), what is the reason for the delay between the close of the consultation on...

      Egnos

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the European Commission and other relevant EU bodies on securing the reinstatement of UK access to the European...

      Egnos

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the removal of localiser performance with vertical guidance approaches on general aviation, emergency medical...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Parish and Town Councils: Internet

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether, and if so why, they are advocating for parish councils to change to ‘gov.uk’ domain names and associated email addresses for councillors; and...

    • Egnos

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the reasons why the European Union has provided European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service services to non-EU...

      Public Sector: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to upskill public sector workers in artificial intelligence (AI) to improve productivity; and what training in AI is given to civil servants.

      Government Departments: Digital Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch on 13 February (HL4576), what are the 29 government services that have reached the...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • Palace of Westminster: Asbestos

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by the Senior Deputy Speaker on 17 February (HL4749), what are the specific quantities of asbestos found in the Palace of...

    • Parliament: ICT

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what the implications are for the security of parliamentary data and devices of the decision by Apple to reduce the security features they make available to UK users.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • UK Trade with EU: Import Controls

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in negotiating a sanitary and phytosanitary agreement with the EU, and when they expect such an agreement to be concluded.

    • Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government how the Circular Economy Taskforce will engage with ministers and the healthcare sector to coordinate work to develop a circular health economy.

      Public Lavatories: Men

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the provision of more sanitary bins in (1) public, and (2) workplace, toilets for men.

      Proteins: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government what grants have been made since 4 July 2024 to fund research into alternative proteins for human consumption.

      Poultry: Animal Welfare

      To ask His Majesty's Government what the egg-laying hen population in the UK is; how many of those are kept in caged systems; what proportion of eggs laid in the UK come from caged hens; and what...

      Seed Potatoes: UK Internal Trade

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the tonnage of seed potatoes which (1) Northern Ireland sent to Scotland, and (2) Scotland sent to Northern Ireland, in the past five years, broken down...

      Public Footpaths: Coastal Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 18 February (HL4686), whether they will now answer the question put, namely how many miles...

      Land Use: Livestock

      To ask His Majesty's Government what impact they expect their proposed Land Use Framework to have on livestock production.

      Plants: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have had discussions with the European Union about amending the Windsor Framework to allow Northern Ireland consumers to buy plants from online...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Gaza: Israel

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reliability of the war-related death statistics issued by the Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have undertaken an impact assessment or preparatory policy work ahead of their plans to introduce an EU–UK youth mobility scheme, and if...

    • Government Departments: Civil Servants

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 11 February (HL4476), how many departments have implemented the Central Employee Identifier; which...

      Carbon Emissions: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to ensure that the principles of the Windsor Framework are not compromised as a result of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.

      Overseas Students

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to exclude international students from the net migration statistics.

      Government Departments: Contracts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the number and value of government contracts awarded to companies with criminal convictions.

      Disease Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization, what plans they have to ensure sufficient long-term resources for the...

      Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government what investigatory powers for the Infected Blood Compensation Authority to detect and investigate fraudulent claims they intend to establish under the draft...

      Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether it is their intention that overpayments to the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme will be treated solely as a civil debt under regulation 80(4) of the...

      UK Relations with EU

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office on 6 February (HC Deb col 964), what is the breakdown by department of...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Private Rented Housing: Energy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what powers they have to alter the minimum mandated energy standards for the private rented sector.

    • Clean Energy: Planning

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure their plans for clean energy (1) meet sustainable development targets, and (2) protect the environment; and how they plan to...

      Clean Energy: Impact Assessments

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have undertaken an impact assessment of the decision to cap the supply of projects in the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan and the risk of driving up...

      Offshore Industry

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ban the practice of non-emergency venting and flaring from oil and gas infrastructure.

      Clean Energy: Scotland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision in the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan to allow only 700 megawatts of additional Scottish onshore wind capacity to...

      Great British Energy: Parliamentary Scrutiny

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish Great British Energy’s framework document; and what parliamentary scrutiny the framework document will be subject to.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for use of artificial intelligence in writing CVs and cover letters to boost employment levels.

    • Personal Independence Payment: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in the current and each of the last four financial years, how many 16–24 year olds are receiving personal independence payments at (1) the lower rate for...

      Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 10 February (HL4426), what are the numbers and proportions of lead carers in couples with children broken...

      Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many couples receiving Universal Credit have earnings.

      Tell Us Once Programme

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficiency and effectiveness of their Tell Us Once service.

      Universal Credit: Bank Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 10 February (HL4426), what are the numbers and proportions of lead carers in couples with children...

      Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 10 February (HL4425), what is the breakdown of the number of couples receiving Universal Credit where the...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to increase military aid to Ukraine.

    • Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what military aid and equipment they expect to have supplied to Ukraine by the end of the 2024–25 financial year; and what military aid and equipment they...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what resources they have provided to Ukraine through military equipment and aid since the start of the Russian invasion.

      Council of Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that the external scrutiny team of the Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations will remain independent of the Ministry of Defence if...

      Armed Forces: Complaints

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Coaker on 14 February (HL4757), what assessment the Service Complaints Ombudsman has made, if any, of (1) the average...

      Armed Forces: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to enhance the (1) welfare, and (2) safety, of female members of the armed forces.

  • Department for Education

    • Pupils: Assessments

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many pupils took examinations in summer 2024; how many GCSEs each pupil took on average; and what was the average grade achieved by the worst-performing 10 per...

    • Education: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as generative AI, will affect education, particularly in (1)...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Gambling: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help young people to avoid the dangers of gambling.

    • Religious Buildings: Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect and promote Cluniac sites; and what discussions they have had with the European Federation of Cluniac Sites about their...

      Arts Council England

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect free speech within the law and the expression of gender critical beliefs in relation to (1) views expressed by staff of...

      Sports: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what financial support UK Sport is offering to squash, baseball/softball, flag football, lacrosse and T20 cricket in the build-up to the Los Angeles Olympic Games...

      Sports: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to promote heart screening for young people engaged in sport, and (2) to increase the availability of such screening.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Carbon Emissions: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism's impact on the cost of electricity for households and businesses in Northern Ireland.

  • Wales Office

    • Higher Education: Reform

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Welsh Government on higher education reforms including how universities are funded and governed, and how students are...

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