Written answers

Friday, 2 May 2025

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Data (Use and Access) Bill (HL)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of the (a) music and (b) arts sector on the Data (Use and...

    • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether their Department plans to amend its policies on access to (a) toilets, (b) changing facilities and (c) other...

      Nostrada.ai

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether (a) he and (b) his Department have had discussions with Nostrada.ai since 5 July 2024.

      Ofcom: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many people work for Ofcom’s Online Safety directorate as of 5 April 2025.

      Solar Events: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for the total estimated cost to the public purse of experiments to dim the Sun.

      Instagram: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Meta's age assurance methodology for teenage accounts on Instagram.

      Media: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of poor media literacy skills on young people's (a) employability and (b)...

      Media: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of (a) civil society and (b) community organisations in delivering...

      Public Health: Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help tackle health misinformation due to levels of media literacy.

      Media: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to ensure that media literacy programmes are part of (a) local and (b) regional strategies.

      Arts: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) artists and (b) creators retain control over the use of their (i)...

      Social Media: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of design features on social media platforms that promote excessive use...

      Internet: Pornography

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the Independent Pornography Review to help tackle the...

      Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his planned timeline is for responding to the Sullivan Review.

      Innovation: Business

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding to support the growth of innovative UK businesses.

      Patents: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment the Intellectual Property Office has made of the potential behavioural impact of (a) the risk of injunction...

      Digital Technology: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress his Department has made with the Digital Poverty Alliance on providing re-purposed Government laptops to people...

      Ministers: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help protect Ministers' (a) social media and (b) personal email accounts from...

      Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an estimate of the proportion of large artificial intelligence language models that are...

      Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to provide capital funding to manufacturing companies in the semiconductor sector.

      Innovate UK: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the Innovate UK technology awards to focus more on capital...

  • Home Office

    • Neighbourhood Policing: Aldridge-Brownhills

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of named neighbourhood police officers in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.

    • Cambridgeshire Constabulary: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources from her Department were used to organise her visit to the Cambridgeshire Police headquarters on 10 April 2025.

      Shellfish: Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to include decapod crustaceans in the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

      Financial Services: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle fraud through buy now, pay later schemes.

      Home Office: Sanitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21687 on Home Office: Sanitation, what assessment she has made of the potential impact...

      Delivery Services: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help protect the safety of home delivery drivers.

      Delivery Services: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider including retail home delivery drivers within the definition of assaults on retail workers.

      Migrants: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting migrants in employment from the Immigration Health Surcharge.

      Deportation: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of conducting an analysis of the potential cost saving to the public purse of each...

      Public Spaces Protection Orders: Enforcement

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 25 February 2025 to Question HL4920 on Public Spaces Protection Orders: Enforcement, what assessment she has...

      Pornography: Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of unregulated online pornography on violence against women and girls.

      Asylum: Interviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department uses artificial intelligence to transcribe asylum interviews.

      Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the (a) safety and (b) privacy of biological women in single-sex spaces.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Development Aid: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) value for money of supporting (i) women's rights and...

    • Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has learned lessons from the implementation of Official Development Assistance reductions...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support community-driven development initiatives in overseas aid projects.

      Voluntary Service Overseas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Voluntary Service Overseas ACTIVE programme...

      Development Aid: Natural Disasters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of planned levels of future official development assistance...

      Development Aid: Farmers and Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of planned changes to the level of future spending...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the decision to set annual aid budgets from...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Question v of the letter of 25 March 2025 from the Minister for the Indo-Pacific to the Chair of...

      Belarus: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to monitor the potential impact of the Mutual Security treaty between...

      Belarus: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on accountability for the actions of the Lukashenko regime.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Magistrates: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the sentencing powers of magistrates on court backlogs since October 2024.

    • Custodial Treatment: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will conduct an audit of (a) prisons and (b) other justice-system jnfrastructure classified as critically important to national interests to...

      Law Reporting: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her oral contribution of 22 April 2025, Official Report, column 911, what her Department's requisite level of accuracy is for AI...

      Prisons: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of halal food served in prisons.

      Weddings: Religion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to lay the legislative reform order consulted on by the previous government on allowing faith groups to hold outdoor religious weddings.

      Prison: Crimes against the Person

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on prison staff there have been in each of the last five years, by religion of the prisoner.

      Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much and what proportion of Legal Aid exceptional case funding was spent on (a) the means test assessment process and (b) operational costs in the...

      Empty Dwelling Management Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025, to Question 41312 on Empty Dwelling Management Orders, what information HM Courts and Tribunals Services holds...

      Prisons: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what exemptions exist in prisons for Muslims not to be searched by sniffer dogs on religious grounds.

      Juries: Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure that individuals carrying out jury duty do not experience financial hardship.

  • Department for Education

    • Holiday Activities and Food Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has assessed the potential merits of enabling local authorities to expand eligibility criteria for the Holiday Activities and Food...

    • Holiday Activities and Food Programme: Low Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions in the level of funding for holiday activities and food programmes on children from...

      Pre-school Education: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve recruitment in the early years sector.

      Breakfast Clubs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of levels of breakfast club funding.

      Pupils: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the extent to which standardised behaviour policies in schools reflect evidence on (a) executive...

      Media: Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will ensure that media literacy becomes a core component of the Curriculum and Assessment Review in the context of generative AI.

      Relationships and Sex Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she taking to ensure that children receive sex and relationship education.

      Teachers: Design and Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve retention rates among Design and Technology teachers.

      Pupils: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on developing a cross-departmental strategy to improve outcomes...

      Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding through the National Funding Formula for (a) small schools and (b) rural schools.

      Media: Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that media literacy is included in the Curriculum and Assessment Review.

      Special Educational Needs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to reduce SEND funding differentials between local authorities.

      Special Educational Needs: Parents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to increase guidance available to parents on SEND (a) provision and (b) support.

      Ramsden Hall Academy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding is available to Ramsden Hall Academy to help secure the school site; and if she will meet the Rt hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay...

      Holiday Activities and Food Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging local authorities to adopt the HAF Plus model of delivering the Holiday...

      Schools: Meat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2025 to Question 40687 on Schools: Meat, if she will take steps to ensure that parents are informed of whether meat...

      Schools: Hate Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help tackle misogyny in schools.

      Childcare: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 44536 on Childcare: Finance, what role ministers played in allocation decisions; and in what way...

      Apprentices: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge programme for raising awareness of (a) apprenticeships,...

      Higher Education: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing student number controls to address competition in the sector.

      Apprentices: Personal Care Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the British Hair Consortium's report entitled Securing the future of UK hairdressing and beauty: the economic, fiscal & societal...

      Higher Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an alternative to the fee-based funding model for higher education.

      T-levels: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 18 September 2023 to Question 199977 on T-levels: Expenditure and to the Answer of 23 March 2025 to Question 35993 on...

      Further Education: Bedfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 2.72 of the Spring Statement 2025, whether any of the Technical Excellence Colleges will be in Bedfordshire.

      Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 42191 on University of Sussex: Disciplinary Proceedings and with reference to her oral statement of...

      Overseas Students: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to visa rules for dependants of Master's students on international student recruitment.

      Skills England: Parliamentary Scrutiny

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that Skills England is subject to parliamentary scrutiny.

      Schools: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) state schools and (b) independent schools Ministers in her Department have visited since 4 July 2024.

      Pupil Exclusions: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of the rate of (a) fixed-term and (b) permanent exclusions for pupils with ADHD in mainstream...

      Girls: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support the mental health of girls in schools.

      Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund: Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund on children with foetal alcohol...

      Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the current Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund fair access limit on the...

      Media: Adult Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to increase access to adult education on media literacy.

      Carers: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Carer's Trust press release entitled Carers Trust launches landmark young carers covenant to transform the lives of over one...

      Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence base was used to inform the new per-child funding allocation of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.

      Medicine: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling medical students to receive their student loan provision at the same rate as...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Corruption: Bangladesh

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Propriety and Ethics Team has (a) carried out investigations into and (b) provided the Prime Minister with advice on (i) allegations of and...

    • 10 Downing Street: Flags

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he considered flying the NATO flag from 10 Downing Street on 4 April 2025.

      Civil Defence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to provide a manual for householders on safety measures in the event of (a) military and (b) natural dangers.

      UK Relations with EU: Fisheries

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the European Union on fishing rights.

      Public Bodies: Standards

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance on the (a) use of evidence and (b) status of the findings of (i) non-statutory and (ii) statutory inquiries...

      Equality: Private Sector

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to stop public bodies imposing equality, diversity and inclusion requirements on private sector companies which are not...

      Prime Minister: Surveys

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2024 to Question 12079 on Civil Service: Surveys, if he will publish the September to October 2024 People Survey...

  • Treasury

    • Digital Assets: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies on (a) crypto and (b) digital asset regulation of policies on those matters in...

    • Digital Assets

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals on (a) crypto and (b) digital assets.

      Ukraine: Overseas Loans

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2025 to Question 41839 on Ukraine: Overseas Loans, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 31991 on Public Expenditure, what definition her Department uses of (a) a saving and (b) efficiency for...

      Office for Value for Money: Aviation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Office for Value for Money has made an assessment of the use of non-scheduled flights for foreign travel.

      Government Departments: Consultants

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 32970 on Government Departments: Consultants, if she will list the outturn figures for the spending on...

      Libraries: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on (a) public and (b) school library funding.

      Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to include sustainable funding for domestic abuse perpetrator intervention programmes in the Comprehensive Spending Review.

      Mitie: Contracts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Mitie is eligible for additional funding through Government contracts for the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions.

      National Wealth Fund: Investment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the expected return on investment for investments in the National Wealth Fund.

      Digital Assets

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure continual engagement with the crypto and digital asset industry.

      Financial Services: Education

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of (a) trends in the level of financial literacy in the UK and (b) the potential impact of improving young people's financial...

      Venture Capital: USA

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her polices of recent trends in levels of capital provision by US venture capital...

      Remittances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the amount of overseas remittances by (a) nationality and (b) country of receipt in each of the last 10 years.

      Digital Assets: Bank Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that (a) UK crypto and digital asset businesses and (b) businesses and sectors associated with the digital asset...

      Digital Assets: Registration

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps the Financial Conduct Authority has taken to register (a) crypto and (b) digital asset businesses.

      Renewable Energy: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of changes in the cost of (a) electricity, (b) goods and (c) services arising from (i) direct and (ii)...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin scheme in each year since 2003.

    • Electricity: Distribution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost of Distribution Use of System charges since 2002.

      Renewable Energy: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of Transmission Network Use of System charges that were caused by the (a)...

      Renewable Energy: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of Balancing Services Use of System charges that were caused by the...

      Great British Energy: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many people are employed by GB Energy; and how many full-time equivalent roles are filled at GB Energy.

      Offshore Industry: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the (a) Rosebank and (b) Jackdaw oil and gas fields not receiving consent to...

      Utilities: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that increased charges by utility providers are put towards maintaining (a) clean...

      Offshore Industry: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an estimate of the proportion of UK North Sea (a) oil and (b) gas which would be produced by the...

      Carbon Emissions: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of banning the advertising of (a) sports utility vehicles,...

      Smart Export Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of the smart export guarantee on annual costs to consumers in each year since 2020.

      Energy Intensive Industries: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of Behind the Metre energy systems for energy-intensive industries.

      Utilities: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to take steps to allow consumers to challenge the charges of a privately owned utility when no other...

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to help support the adoption of smart technologies in environmental (a) data collection and (b)...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Tuberculosis: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) vaccination status, (b) ethnicity, (c) travel history, (d) source of infection and (d)...

    • Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of concerns raised by the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) stakeholder community on the speed of progress being...

      Radiotherapy: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of AI-based auto contouring on radiotherapy waiting times.

      Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the removal of the target to increase the percentage of cancers...

      Death Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to review the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death process to speed up that process in (a) Boston...

      Home Care Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support improvement in domiciliary care providers that have been issued with warning notices by the Care...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of investing in mental health services to help tackle substance abuse.

      Alcoholism: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with relevant authorities to help prevent alcohol-related deaths in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.

      Transplant Surgery: Sikhs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of Sikhs who are on the register waiting for a transplant.

      Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason cross-party talks on social care have not yet taken place.

  • Department for Transport

    • Road Traffic Offences: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will include measures to help tackle uninsured driving in the forthcoming road safety strategy.

    • Aviation: Alternative Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of commencing negotiations with prospective Sustainable Aviation Fuel producers prior to the...

      High Speed 2 Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for making available land acquired by the Government for cancelled northern legs of HS2.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Personal Independence Payment: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment recipients are in work in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) St Helens Local Authority,...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications posts there are in his Department; and what the salary band is for each post.

    • Longannet Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last met with Scottish Power to discuss the future of the former generating station at Longannet.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • European Islamic Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department engages with the European Islamic Centre.

    • Night-time Economy: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Government calls ‘last orders’ on red tape choking pubs,...

      Council Tax: Probate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an exemption for Council Tax on properties...

      Community Infrastructure Levy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of retrospective Community Infrastructure Levy requirements on small-scale...

      Permitted Development Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2025 to Question 41465 on Permitted Development Rights, whether local authorities...

      Social Rented Housing: Teignbridge

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure Teignbridge District Council receives additional funding for the building of social homes.

      Fire and Rescue Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that fire and rescue services have the expertise required to meet...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Film: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support is available from her Department to independent film production companies.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Local Government: Equal Pay

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of equal pay legislation and case law on levels of industrial action in local authorities.

    • Hate Crime: Women

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help tackle misogyny against girls and young women.

      Candidates: Equality

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 32140 on Candidates: Gender, whether she plans to consult the Parliamentary Parties Panel on this...

      Civil Partnerships and Marriage

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of enabling opposite-sex couples to convert a civil partnership to marriage.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Technology: Monopolies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle monopolistic practices in the technology sector.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Veterans: Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential impact of the replacement of the Work Capability...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Royal Visits Committee

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 3 April (HL6029), what are the names of the current members of the Royal Visits Committee.

    • Donald Trump

      To ask His Majesty's Government when a meeting of the Royal Visits Committee was held to agree that an invitation for a state visit should be offered to President Trump, which members of the...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect that the Department of Transport will be reporting on the performance of trains, including on running times, cancellations, and staff absences,...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Nurseries: School Milk

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend entitlement for children who are under five to receive free milk in nurseries and schools to the end of the academic year in which...

    • NHS: Negligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce the projected cost of clinical negligence claims over the course of the Parliament.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Inflation

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Lister of Burtersett on 3 April (HL6131), what is their estimate of the total cash amount of the Universal...

    • Personal Independence Payment: Reform

      To ask His Majesty's Government, under the proposals for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) contained in the Green Paper Pathways to Work, how many current PIP claimants, based on their present...

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