Written answers

Friday, 16 May 2025

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Neuroendocrine Cancer: Radiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to update NHS commissioning policy to include funding for Selective Internal Radiation Therapy for patients with...

    • NHS: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 46103 on NHS: Energy, over what period he has estimated that these measures would pay...

      Health Professions: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of qualified medical professionals unable to progress in their training pathways in the most...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure NHS trusts do not have to (a) reduce substantive staff posts and (b) scale back service provision to...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to reinstate a national target for local health systems to improve dementia diagnosis rates in future...

      Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of NHS hospital trusts unable to deliver comprehensive eyecare services to (a)...

      Cataracts: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients to have undergone NHS cataract surgery in private clinics in each of the last six years.

      Pharmacy: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent community pharmacy closures in (a) rural and (b) deprived areas.

      Visual Impairment: Charities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support charities who help (a) blind and (b) visually-impaired people.

      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting lists for ADHD treatment in Devon.

      Hormone Replacement Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate availability of Premarin in the NHS; and what steps he is taking to support...

      Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the long-term sustainability of palliative and end of life care services.

      Medical Records: Information Sharing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce barriers to the sharing of medical records between NHS trusts in cases when those trusts are treating...

      Doctors: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the number of specialty training places for doctors in...

      NHS: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's implementation of the recommendations on stronger clinical leadership...

      Doctors: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered reformulating unfilled training posts to enable them to be given to medical students in their second foundation...

      NHS England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 44000 on NHS England, what ongoing assessments his Department is currently...

      Junior Doctors: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) career and (b) job search support provisions available to junior doctors.

      Integrated Care Boards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the publication entitled Working together in 2025/26 to lay the foundations for reform, published on 1 April 2025, if...

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include policies on self-care within the forthcoming 10-year Health Plan.

      Antidepressants: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children were prescribed antidepressants in each year since 2007.

      Restless Legs Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of restless leg syndrome with (a) GPs and (b) neurologists.

      Cardiovascular Diseases: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered appointing a clinical director for vascular and venous disease.

      Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the three main contributory factors are in the recent trends in the level of (a) Type 2 diabetes, (b) Coronary heart disease and (c)...

      Community Diagnostic Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Community Diagnostic Centres patients could attend after being referred for a scan as of 30 April 2025; and what the addresses are...

      Postnatal Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) access to weigh in services with health visitors and (b) other postnatal support...

      Active Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on promoting the (a) mental, (b) physical and (c) wellbeing aspects...

      NHS: Negligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data is held by NHS Resolution on the breakdown of Claimant costs in clinical negligence claims under £25,000.

      Sodium Valproate: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to provide a timeline for responding to the recommendations of the Valproate Redress Campaign.

      NHS: Negligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of introducing fixed recoverable costs in lower-value clinical negligence cases on...

      Infant Foods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to amend regulations on the (a) composition, (b) marketing and (c) labelling of commercial infant and toddler foods, in...

      Infant Foods: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increased regulation on the nutritional value of baby food.

      Fast Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 45023 on Fast Food, how the Food Standard Agency defines fast food outlets.

      Breast Cancer: Jews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information the NHS holds on the number of Jewish people with breast cancer.

      Measles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with measles have been admitted to hospital in the last 12 months.

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people under the age of 21 have been diagnosed with brain tumours in the last 12 months.

      Respiratory Diseases: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of levels of deprivation on lung health in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency, (b)...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Discipline

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has received reports of (a) instances where inmates have been physically punished for failing to comply with informal...

    • HMP Frankland: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to appoint a chair to conduct the independent review of the attack on prison officers at HMP Frankland on 12 April 2025; and when the...

      Prisons: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to publish the outcome of her Department's review into whether protective body armour should be made available to frontline prison staff.

      Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 50727 on Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority: Standards, what proportion of the respondents to...

      Child Arrangements Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many barring orders have been made by family courts to prevent a parent from applying for child arrangements orders where (a) rape and (b) domestic...

      Civil Proceedings: Judges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of District Judges in hearing civil litigation cases.

      Small Claims: Electronic Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Money Claim Online in delivering civil remedies for small claims legal disputes.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Film: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive on the potential impact of US tariffs on...

    • Cricket: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to provide (a) support and (b) funding for cricket nets in rural communities.

      Sports: Public Participation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage local authorities to develop strategies to bring (a) schools, (b) grassroots sports...

      Sports: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to support the provision of sports (a) clubs and (b) facilities in (i) rural communities and (ii) Yeovil...

      Government Departments: Documents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of National Archives documents misplaced while on loan to Departments.

      Royal Collection Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the Royal Collection Trust on the potential merits of publishing a list of items which are held in...

      Government Art Collection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answers of 28 April 2025 and 4 December 2024 to Questions 47334 and 16604 on DCMS: Art Works and 11 Downing Street:...

      Film: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with his US counterpart on the future of Hollywood-funded film production in the UK.

      Universal Studios: Bedfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps with local authorities in Bedfordshire to plan for increased guest accommodation in the context of the...

      Universal Studios: Bedfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps with local leaders to establish a Local Visitor Economy Partnership in Bedfordshire in the context of the...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Artificial Intelligence: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure sustainable energy use in AI growth zones.

    • Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information his Department holds on the number of Departments that use the Redbox AI chatbot.

      Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when he plans to make a policy announcement on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, following the consultation on which...

      Project Gigabit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans his Department has to ensure access to gigabit broadband for (a) homes and (b) businesses not covered by (i)...

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing spending on research and development.

      Research: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he has taken to prevent hostile state actors from exploiting UK research institutions; and what assessment her...

      Telecommunications: Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Cabinet Siting and Pole Siting Code of Practice 2016 on the number...

      Life Sciences: Cardiovascular Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that cardiovascular disease is included in the upcoming Life Sciences Plan.

      Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Geoengineering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what reason funding was allocated to the Advanced Research and Invention Agency to support research into solar radiation...

      Project Gigabit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking with (a) broadband network infrastructure providers, (b) local authorities and (c)...

      Project Gigabit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to ensure Project Gigabit includes addresses with (a) PE30 3RW, (b) PE30 3BZ and (c) PE30 3NQ postcodes.

      Artificial Intelligence: Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) development and (b) deployment of artificial intelligence to reduce...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Blasphemy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will ensure that blasphemy laws are not reintroduced.

    • Combatting Hate Against Muslims Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which (a) charities and (b) organisations have received funding from the Combatting Hate Against Muslims Fund.

      Polygamy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of polygamous marriages approved by sharia law courts in the most recent...

      Freeport East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to extend the boundary of Freeport East.

      Local Government: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on boycotting (a) goods and services associated with and...

      Estate Agents: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment made of the potential impact of the Renters’ Rights Bills on employment...

      Social Rented Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her timeline is for (a) consultation and (b) implementation of the updated Decent Homes Standard.

      Affordable Housing: First Time Buyers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of working with private sector organisations to expand...

      Affordable Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State fir Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of property aggregation by wealth...

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision of social housing.

      Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Regulatory Policy Committee's report entitled Status of Post Implementation Reviews published on...

      Assured Shorthold Tenancy Notices and Prescribed Requirements (England) Regulations 2015

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to conduct a post-implementation review of The Assured Shorthold Tenancy Notices and Prescribed...

      Theme Parks: Bedfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the planning system in Bedfordshire to manage planning applications...

      Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Rivers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on the health of chalk...

      Planning: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she had made of the potential impact of a new national scheme of delegation in the Planning and...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a formal requirement for local planning...

      Housing: RAF Wyton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to question 46975 on Housing: Construction, what is the definition of a...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2025 to Question 43882 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:...

      Disadvantaged: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to tackle pockets of deprivation in rural local authority areas.

      Planning Permission: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure existing sports facilities are not detrimentally impacted by changes to...

      Buildings: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to ensure that all (a) newly constructed and (b) refurbished public (i) buildings and (ii)...

      Housing: Bricks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of mandating the inclusion of swift bricks in new...

      Council Tax: Arrears

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will make an estimate for the number of people who are in council tax arrears broken down by (a)...

      New Towns

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2025 to Question 45389 on New Towns, whether new towns will be designated where the...

      Property: Foreign Investment in UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of accumulation of UK residential property by foreign...

      Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the level of (a) debt and (b) liabilities held by...

      Mayors: Police and Crime Commissioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which metro mayors (a) hold and (b) do not hold the Police and Crime Commissioner function; and in which locations...

      Help to Buy Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with large banks on the potential merits of re-introducing the help to buy...

      Listed Buildings: Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued on the classification of (a) annexes and (b) sculleries in listed buildings...

      Flags: Festivals and Special Occasions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to support Historic County Flag Day; and which public body organises the event.

      Community Housing: Cooperatives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) cooperatives, (b) community land trusts and (c) other community-led...

      Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) climate change and (b) extreme weather events that...

      Emergency Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to increase precept flexibility to devolve spending decisions closer to Police and Fire and Rescue...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to financially support local authorities in (a) providing rent subsidies and (b) providing homelessness services...

    • Migrant Workers: Care Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the decision to end overseas recruitment of care workers.

      Emigration: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of British nationals who have emigrated to India to work.

      Community Development and Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) reduce net migration and (b) promote social integration and community cohesion.

      Undocumented Migrants: Iran

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Iranian nationals have been detected arriving in the United Kingdom via small boat crossings in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025 to date.

      Undocumented Migrants: Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK's membership of the ECHR on its capacity to summarily deport illegal...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to systematically collect data on safeguarding incident outcomes on asylum seekers in receipt of government...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of Serco's performance against the key performance indicators in their Asylum...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department provides to hotels contracted to accommodate people seeking asylum for (a) restoration and (b) maintenance of...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Translation Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided...

    • Pension Protection Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing compensation relating to pre-1997 pensionable service for Pension...

      Disability: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure people with physical disabilities are able to access job opportunities in (a) Fylde constituency and (b)...

      Personal Independence Payment: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department’s planned reforms to Personal Independence Payments on the mental...

      Employment Schemes: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential contribution of grassroots sports clubs to providing (a) training, (b) experience and...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the letter of 9 April 2025 from the hon. Member for Aberdeen North, reference ZA32718, case CMPT12025/33740.

      Restart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Serco's performance against key performance indicators in the Restart Scheme contract.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of households that claim Universal Credit and are affected by the two-child limit (a) were affected from the...

      Personal Independence Payment: Yeovil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she had made of the potential impact of her Department's proposed changes to Personal Independent Payments on people with...

      Personal Independence Payment: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether existing Personal Independence Payment claimants of pension age with a planned award review from November 2026 will be required to...

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish an impact assessment on the potential impact of the proposed changes to disability benefits on voluntary organisations...

      Employment and Support Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children live in households claiming (a) income-based employment and support allowance and (b) new style employment and support allowance.

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment on people with severe...

      Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase (a) transparency and (b) control for consumers in the defined contribution pension transfer...

      Jobcentres: Advisory Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) improve work coach support and (b) provide tailored employment support for jobseekers.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of mandating 60 per cent office-working by departmental staff by September 2025 on...

      Winter Fuel Payment: Impact Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department made local-level equality impact assessments on the changes in Winter Fuel Payment eligibility.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Minister for the Armed Forces plans to reply to correspondence from the hon. Member for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry of 28 January 2025.

    • Boxer Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be supported by the Boxer contract during this Parliament.

      Territorial Army: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether experiencing acne (a) in the past and (b) at present is used as a criterion within the online recruitment process for selecting potential future...

      RAF Wyton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 50267 on Armed Forces: Housing, what discussions the new taskforce has had on RAF Wyton.

      RAF Wyton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 50259 on Armed Forces: Housing, when the workshop with Homes England to discuss RAF Wyton is scheduled...

      Military Aircraft: Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many jobs will be supported by the New Medium Helicopter contract during this Parliament.

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many jobs will be supported by the Ajax contract during this Parliament.

      Artillery: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many jobs will be supported by the RCH 155 contract during this Parliament.

  • Treasury

    • Revenue and Customs and Valuation Office Agency: Remote Working

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average office attendance is for (a) Valuation Office Agency and (b) HM Revenue and Customs staff, adjusting for VOA work that requires off-site...

    • Business Rates and Council Tax: Valuation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many outstanding (a) council tax and (b) business rate challenges are still open and unresolved in relation to (i) 2022-23, (ii) 2023-24 and (iii)...

      Valuation Office Agency: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff the Valuation Office Agency employs; and whether she has set a target for a reduction to that number.

      Childcare: National Insurance Credits

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the backlog of applications for Specified Adult Childcare Credits.

      Employers' Contributions: India

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed exemption of Indian (a) based employers and (b) multi-national corporations with...

      Revenue and Customs and Valuation Office Agency

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what form of legislation her Department plans to bring forward to merge the Valuation Office Agency with HM Revenue and Customs.

      Illicit Tobacco Taskforce

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an illicit tobacco taskforce.

      Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress she has made in implementing a new business rates regime.

      Apprentices: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of SMEs using National Insurance relief for apprentices aged under 25 in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.

      Revenue and Customs and Valuation Office Agency: Consumers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what customer service metrics are collated into (a) Valuation Office Agency and (b) HM Revenue and Customs.

      Inheritance Tax: Divorced People

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an additional allowance for divorced persons before inheritance tax is payable by...

      Soft Drinks: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits increasing...

      Processed Food: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a tax on ultra-processed food.

      Revenue and Customs and Valuation Office Agency

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what locations the (a) Valuation Office Agency and (b) HM Revenue and Customs have offices; and whether any offices are shared.

      Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: China

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the document entitled HM Treasury: Ministers' Hospitality - February 2025, published 25 April 2025, whether the Economic Secretary to the...

      Financial Institutions and Pension Funds: China

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate she has made of the UK’s exposure to Chinese (a) sovereign debt and (b) state-backed entities through (i) public pension funds...

  • Attorney General

    • Government Departments: Legal Opinion

      To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2025 to Question 45656 on Government Departments: Legal Opinion, for what reason changes were made to the previous edition; and if...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether it remains his policy to reduce energy bills by £300 a year.

    • Offshore Industry: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure the North Sea Transition Authority maximises the economic recovery of oil and gas in the North Sea.

      Electrification: Business

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of full electrification on (a) fish and chip shops, (b) other...

      Gas Cookers: Catering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) fish and chip shops and (b) other catering businesses will be required to replace existing gas cooking equipment.

      Housing: Wiltshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of (a) cold and (b) energy-inefficient homes occupied by...

      Carbon Emissions: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether any funding his Department has provided for Greater Lincolnshire devolution is ringfenced for net zero initiatives.

      Local Government: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on reporting requirements for net zero targets.

      Carbon Capture and Storage: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) Norwegian authorities and (b) other international partners on the...

      Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 46114 on Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme: Finance, what the projected...

      Batteries: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the renewables industry on its reliance on imports of batteries from China.

      Electricity Interconnectors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support interconnector infrastructure.

      Hydrogen: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is taking steps to develop a strategic framework to enable the integration of hydrogen into future net zero energy systems.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Consumer Goods: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 27 December 2024 to Question 20869 on Consumer Goods: Safety, what steps his Department is taking to support sole...

    • Foreign Investment and Overseas Trade: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the coordination of (a) trade and (b) investment policies relating...

      Electric Bicycles: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential risk of e-bike battery fires caused by products manufactured outside the (a) UK and (b) EU.

      Ammunition: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many bullets has been shipped to Israel since October 2023.

      Sustainable Development: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to consult stakeholders on (a) alignment with international reporting standards and (b) the potential impact on companies as...

      Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the vehicle manufacturing industry.

      Groceries Code Adjudicator

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the (a) funding, (b) resources and (c) powers available to the Groceries...

      Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of Royal Mail’s compliance with its Universal Service Obligation in areas experiencing...

      Vans: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support van manufacturers in the context of US tariffs.

      Sugar Beet: Import Duties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increasing the Autonomous Tariff Quota on the domestic sugar beet industry.

      Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-US trade agreement on the UK (a) steel and (b) aluminium sectors.

      Defence Equipment: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many shipments of military items have been made from the UK to Israel since October 2023.

      Poultry Meat: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to prohibit the import of chlorine-washed poultry in trade deals.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many shipments under commodity code 87 10 00 00 were made to Israel since October 2023.

      Business: Natural Gas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on businesses’ reliance on gas for profitable...

      Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress he has made towards publishing the Small Business Command Paper.

      Small Businesses: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support small businesses to develop AI investment plans.

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Poultry: Animal Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will launch a consultation on the (a) production, (b) import and (c) sales of eggs from caged hens.

    • Farms: Kent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 24563 on Farms: Domestic Visits, when he next plans to visit a farm in Kent.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to answer Question 36241, tabled on 6 March.

      Farms: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms the Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs visited in the period (a) before and (b) after the...

      New Forest

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) review and (b) update the Ministers mandate for the New Forest.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Myanmar: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of sanctions on imports of aviation fuel on Myanmar.

    • Myanmar: Arms Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of multilateral arms embargos on Myanmar.

      Xinjiang and Tibet: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on the treatment of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and...

      Alaa Abd El-Fattah

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when officials in his Department last had contacted with their Egyptian counterparts on the case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah.

      Myanmar: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure UK aid to Myanmar (a) reaches people impacted by the recent...

      Myanmar: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether a proportion of UK aid to Myanmar will be ringfenced for healthcare provision.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of vehicles rented by his Department are electric vehicles.

      Hong Kong: Civil Liberties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the state of freedoms in Hong Kong; and what steps the Government...

      China: Audit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 17 March 2025 to Question 36633 and 29 April 2025 to Question 45904 on China: Audit,...

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 37986 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, if she will hold discussions with the Minister for...

    • Shipping: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 48569 on Shipping: Training, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for...

      Shipping: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s expenditure on support for the maritime training scheme in 2024-25.

      Shipping: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release of 8 May 2025 entitled Seafarer cadets funding secured for extra 12 months by Maritime and Coastguard...

      A19: Roundabouts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the economic impact of congestion at Moor Farm Roundabout between the A19, A1 and A189 in each of the last...

      Railways: Climate Change and Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) climate change and (b) extreme weather events on the railway network.

      Railways: Climate Change and Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations she has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for additional funding to mitigate the impact of (a) climate change and (b)...

      A19: Roundabouts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the average delay in minutes as a result of congestion at Moor Farm Roundabout between the A19, A1 and A189...

      Railways: Climate Change and Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which railway routes are most at risk from (a) climate change and (b) extreme weather events.

      Railways: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what emergency plans (a) her Department and (b) Network Rail has made for future extreme weather events.

      Public Transport: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to increase funding for public transport infrastructure in Teesside.

      Shipping: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's statistics entitled Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry: 2024, published on 26 February 2025, if she will work...

      Bus Services: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to help (a) improve local bus services, (b) increase routes and (c) reduce fares in rural parts of Teesside.

      Shipping: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 48569 on Shipping: Training, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for...

  • Department for Education

    • George Dixon Primary School

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her spokesperson's comments in the Birmingham Mail article entitled The reason staff at a Birmingham school decided a last resort...

    • National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the governance arrangements of the National Foundation for Educational Research.

      Special Educational Needs: Cambridgeshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been granted (a) 25%, (b) 50%, (c) 75% and (d) 100% Special Educational Needs Inclusion Funding in each constituency in...

      Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has produced an impact assessment for the recently announced changes to grants available under the Adoption and Special...

      Apprentices: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage SMEs to participate in the apprenticeships scheme.

      Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ringfencing the skills levy for funding apprenticeships.

      Children in Care: Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of looked after children (a) were and (b) were not Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children in each year since 2005.

      Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applicants for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support fund were unsuccessful in each year since 2015.

      Sports: Public Participation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve links between grassroots sports clubs and schools, in the context of efforts to (a) improve physical...

      Special Educational Needs: Private Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve access to independent special schools for children with complex needs in regions where maintained provision is (a)...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of regional disparities in the time taken for education, health and care plan...

      Class Sizes: Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available to schools in Devon with class sizes over 35 pupils.

      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Primary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessments she had made of the potential merits of screening for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in primary schools in (a) Yeovil...

  • House of Commons Commission

    • House of Commons: Catering

      To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will ensure that the Adjournment restaurant reopens in the mornings.

  • Leader of the House

    • Pathways to Work

      To ask the Leader of the House, when she plans to provide parliamentary time for the House to debate the Pathways to Work Green Paper.

    • House of Commons: Electronic Voting

      To ask the Leader of the House, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing electronic voting for divisions in the House of Commons.

  • Cabinet Office

    • 10 Downing Street: Flags

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will fly the Middlesex flag from 10 Downing Street to celebrate Middlesex Day on 16 May 2025.

    • Public Sector: Misconduct

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that wrongdoing within public services is (a) identified and (b) sanctioned in the context of the...

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress he has made on reducing the time taken to provide full compensation to people affected by the infected blood scandal; and what...

      Admiralty House

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the two unused Ministerial residences in Admiralty House are now paying the empty homes council tax premium to Westminster City Council in 2025-26.

      Cabinet Office: Women

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what official internal communications (a) his Department, (b) the Civil Service's diversity networks, (c) the Civil Service People Group and (d) the...

  • Department for Education

    • Home Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure the availability of free and accessible educational materials suitable for KS3 and KS4, particularly for elective home education.

    • School Milk: Expenditure

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total annual spend on free and subsidised milk schemes for schools.

      School Milk: Free School Meals

      To ask His Majesty's Government what arrangements are in place to monitor schools to ensure that they provide free milk to pupils who receive free school meals.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many of those granted asylum in 2024 were accommodated in (1) dispersal accommodation, (2) hotel accommodation, and (3) other accommodation provided under Part...

    • Offenders: Foreign Nationals

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish an update on the note published by the Home Office on 24 February 2022, Statistical note: FNO appeals lodged and allowed on human...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Sustainable Farming Incentive

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend that any future reinterpretation of the Sustainable Farming Incentive would comprise a universal scheme open to all farm types on an equal basis.

    • Agriculture: Genetically Modified Organisms

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have conducted a review on the balance of public investment between agricultural genetic modification and alternative strategies for sustainable...

      Agriculture: Genetically Modified Organisms

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much public funding has been allocated to research and development for the commercialisation of crops, livestock, foods and micro-organisms produced by...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Electronic Government

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many, and which, of the 39 outcomes in the National Cyber Security Centre Cyber Assessment Framework are complied with by Gov.uk One Login; and what steps they...

    • Artificial Intelligence: New Businesses

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that artificial intelligence start-up firms founded in the United Kingdom remain based here as they scale their businesses.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Artificial Intelligence: Carbon Emissions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how current net zero targets will affect the adoption of artificial intelligence technologies and investment in these technologies.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Myanmar: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what value of humanitarian aid they have provided to Myanmar following the recent earthquake.

    • Turkey: NATO

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Turkey's financial, military, and political ties with the proscribed terrorist organisation Hamas; and what plans they have...

      Ahmed al-Doush

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that Ahmed al-Doush is released by the government of Saudi Arabia.

      Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reported attacks in Khoznavar in Armenia allegedly by Azerbaijan in April, and what representations they have made to...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch on 16 April (HL6564), whether they plan to insist on a loosening of impediments to access of...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Sexual Dysfunction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance NHS England provides to people who are prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) on the risks of developing post-SSRI...

    • NHS and Social Services: Digital Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report published on 8 May by the Health Foundation, Digitising the NHS and adult social care.

      Doctors: Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the General Medical Council about reforming regulatory procedures for doctors using powers under section 60 of the Health Act 1999.

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