Written answers

Tuesday, 20 May 2025

  • Home Office

    • Manufacturing Industries: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the removal of all STEM roles from the immigration salary list on (a) the advanced...

    • Labour Market Evidence Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Labour Market Evidence Group will be set up.

      Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to review the countries eligible for (a) the Registered Traveller service and (b) automatic use of e-gates.

      Immigration Controls: British National (Overseas)

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, published on 12 May 2025, whether...

      Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press notice entitled Prime Minister unveils new plan to end years of uncontrolled migration, published on 12 May...

      Visas: Married People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reform spousal visa regulations.

      Home Office: Translation Services

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

      Taxis: Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues to local licensing authorities on checking the (a) right-to-work and (b) immigration status of...

      Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Prime Minister unveils new plan to end years of uncontrolled migration, published...

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to regulate the fees charged by GPs to applicants for a medical review for a firearms licensing application.

      Visas: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing age stratification in the Skilled Worker visa minimum salary criteria.

      Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposed ten year residence criteria for migrants will include time spent in a third country.

      Essex Police: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ensure that Essex Police's share of national funding from the police funding formula adequately reflects the...

      Cars: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce car-related crimes in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Refugees: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a resettlement scheme for Palestinian refugees seeking to join family...

      Balochistan: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support UK citizens with relatives impacted by the human rights situation in Balochistan.

      Police: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether funding will be allocated to roll out hotspot policing in rural areas.

      Islamic State: Central Asia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to stop ISIS-K members from using conventional visa routes to travel to the UK from the central Asian...

      Security: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) mandatory and (b) voluntary registration processes are in place for businesses seeking to operate within the private security sector.

      Visas: Care Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reform visas for care workers seeking employment in the UK.

      British Nationality: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2025 to Question 30270 on British Nationality: Fees and Charges; for what reason she does not collate...

      Police: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to amend the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 to allow widows to continue to receive pension income following...

      Identification of Criminals: Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) fingerprints, (b) photos and (c) DNA samples have been collected from illegal immigrants arriving in the UK in each of the last...

      Undocumented Migrants: Electronic Tagging

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses to determine which illegal immigrants will be tagged.

      MOD Wethersfield: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to close the Asylum Reception Centre at the former RAF Wethersfield site; and what steps she is taking to ensure...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on contingency accommodation for (a) asylum seekers, (b) people granted asylum and (c) people in the...

      Clearsprings Ready Homes: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the total value of contracts awarded to Clearsprings Ready Homes in relation to housing asylum seekers since 2019.

      Domestic Abuse: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take legislative steps to extend the definition of domestic abuse to include abuse of kinship carers by people in the wider...

      Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) current and (b) historical victims of child sexual abuse in (i) England and (ii)...

      Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2025 to Question 45761 on Women, when the updated Statutory Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions...

      Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions on statelessness applications made in 2024 were challenged through administrative review; how many of those reviews have...

      Pedestrian Areas: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve pedestrian safety in areas of high footfall from potential vehicle incursions.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the individual opt-out agreement under the Working Time Regulations 1998...

    • Aerospace Industry: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the 90 day visa-waiver stay limitation per 180-day period on the UK...

      Import Duties: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the UK leaving the EU on the level of tariffs applied to the UK by the US.

      Directors: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take to prevent company directors from dissolving indebted businesses and then establishing a similar business without...

      British Hallmarking Council: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to section 2 of the policy paper entitled New approach to ensure regulators and regulation support growth, updated on 31 March...

      Beet Sugar: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to prevent anti-competitive practices in the domestic beet sugar industry.

      Toys and Games: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to (a) improve toy safety and (b) protect...

      Department for Business and Trade: Saatchi and Saatchi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department has spent on services provided by Saatchi and Saatchi since July 2024; and for what purposes.

      Companies House: Regulator of Community Interest Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to section 2 of her Department's policy paper entitled New approach to ensure regulators and regulation support growth,...

      Department for Business and Trade: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to increase the number of apprenticeship starts in his Department.

      Beef: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with his US counterpart on the import of hormone-treated beef into the UK.

      British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the number of UK citizens by occupation who reached the end of their 90-day limit for staying in the...

      Minerals: Exploration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding for junior mineral exploration companies in the UK; and if he will...

      Credit Unions: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will request that the British Business Bank make an assessment of the potential merits of support for a central finance facility for...

      Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed UK-US trade agreement on the future of the NHS.

      Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact the UK-US trade deal on meat products sold in the UK.

      Minerals: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to integrate critical minerals recycling into the circular economy strategy; and if he will support the...

      Department for Business and Trade: Translation Services

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

      Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the individual opt-out agreement under the Working Time Regulations...

      Business: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to section 2 of her Department's policy paper entitled New approach to ensure regulators and regulation support growth,...

      UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to remove barriers to trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding her Department has allocated for special educational needs provision to Lancashire County Council since the Autumn Budget 2024.

    • Higher Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the policy paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system: white paper,...

      Apprentices: Electrical Engineering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of electrotechnical apprenticeships in equipping the workforce with skills in renewable...

      Apprentices: Personal Care Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of the number of apprenticeships delivered by the hair and beauty sector.

      Apprentices: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of funding for apprenticeships.

      Education: Career Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to (a) increase educational attainment and (b) improve career opportunities in all regions of the UK.

      Schools: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with (a) school support workers and (b) other relevant stakeholders in the drafting of the Employment Rights Bill.

      Mathematics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what changes her Department has made to the Advanced Maths Support Programme.

      Schools: Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2025 to Question 43284 on Schools: Broadband, whether any of the 343 schools are in Bedfordshire.

      Free School Meals: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding allocated to schools for free school meals is not used for other purposes.

      Higher Education: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to help reduce regional disparities in (a) exam results and (b) access to higher education.

      Renewable Energy: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of apprenticeships in the renewable energy sector.

      Alternative Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support the families of children unable to return to (a) mainstream and (b) special school.

      Pupils: Bullying

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to protect neurodiverse pupils from bullying at school in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) England.

      Special Educational Needs: Cambridgeshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have (a) applied for and (b) had approved an Education, Health and Care Plan by Cambridgeshire County Council in each of the last...

      Pupils: Bullying

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of initiatives to tackle bullying in schools.

      Apprentices: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed removal of funding for the Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge...

      Schools: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many families will be impacted by the reduction in the number of compulsory branded items of school uniform in (a) Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard...

      Vocational Education: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to encourage small and medium businesses to take up technical education opportunities; and if she will take...

      Vocational Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the effective distribution of funding for technical education to meet the needs of (a) students and (b) employers...

      Special Educational Needs: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are on the SEND waiting list in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

      Vocational Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take with (a) Skills England and (b) Technical Excellence Colleges to support the provision of high-quality technical...

      Secondary Education: Gloucestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with the local authority on the number of secondary school placements in Gloucestershire.

      Schools: Attendance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will add young carers to the Daily Attendance reporting programme.

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to reduce fraudulent claims for student loans.

      Schools: Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much capital funding she plans to make available for schools in Devon in the 2026-27 financial year.

      Apprentices: Aldridge-brownhills

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she made of the number of apprenticeship starts in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2023-24.

      Vocational Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps Skills England plans to take with Institutes of Technology to (a) coordinate technical education and (b) ensure that regional skills needs...

      Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Growth and Skills Levy effectively reduces skills gaps identified by Skills England.

      Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to provide guidance to (a) providers and (b) employers on the growth and skills levy.

      Journalism: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help increase the number of journalism clubs in schools.

      Environment: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools teach about the environment.

      Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of funding through the growth and skills levy will employers be able to spend on non-apprenticeship training.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which county councils are failing to meet the 20-week timeframe for delivery of Education, Health and Care Plans.

      Secondary Education: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the guidance on the secondary school admissions process to ensure parents are...

      Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of school buildings in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

      After School Clubs: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of guidelines on (a) financial compensation and (b) protection for parents when an independent...

      After School Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of her Department's processes for monitoring after-school clubs' compliance with Ofsted...

      Sign Language: Pre-school Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce sign language into early years planning for deaf children.

      Breakfast Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that schools participating in the breakfast club programme can provide adequately nutritious free...

  • Department for Transport

    • Taxis: Body Fluids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to extend the availability of DNA spit kits to licensed private hire drivers.

    • Railways: Electrification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the whole-life costs of (a) full and (b) partial railway electrification taking into account (i)...

      Abellio Greater Anglia and c2c: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to (a) ensure the consistency of the passenger experience on trains on (i) C2C and (ii) Greater Anglia services after they...

      Abellio Greater Anglia and c2c: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is planning to take to improve the (a) C2C and (b) Greater Anglia rail networks.

      Railways: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to prevent signal cabling theft on the rail network.

      Railways: Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to protect the rail network from cyber attacks.

      Railways: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will reduce the cost of the Veterans Railcard.

      Govia Thameslink Railway: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 April 2025 to Question 44055 on Govia Thameslink Railway: Fares, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of...

      Railways: Wiltshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of Great Western Railway’s proposals to reduce (a) ticket office windows and (b)...

      Railways: Wiltshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Great Western Railway’s proposed reductions on ticket office staffing...

      Uber: Taxis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Uber accounts are not used by unlicensed taxi drivers.

      Taxis: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing mandatory fare meters in private hire vehicles.

      Public Transport: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on modes of transport used by commuters in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Lisburn-Antrim Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on the Union Connectivity Fund feasibility study for the reopening of the Antrim to Lisburn rail line.

      Network Rail: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much renewable energy generation is delivered from the Network Rail land estate; and which individual facilities generate the largest supplies of...

      Railways: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse of the subsidy required to support the railways was in (a) 2018-9, (b) 2020-1 and (c) 2023-4.

      Network Rail: Business Premises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Network Rail spends on renting commercial space outside London; and how much Network Rail commercial space is empty.

      Great British Railways: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to issue a tender procurement notice to deliver a new Great British Railways online rail ticket retailer.

      Network Rail: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when Network Rail last carried out (a) a survey and (b) audit of its land estate which could be suitable for renewable energy generation; and what...

      Railways: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the (a) adequacy of the service on and (b) potential merits of renovating the Liverpool-to-Manchester railway line.

      Railways: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which open access rail applications are awaiting a decision by the Office of Rail and Road.

      Railways: Electrification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the acceleration capability of trains powered by (a) batteries, (b) overhead catenary systems and (c)...

      Bus Services: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve bus connectivity in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Bus Services: Filey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with Filey Town Council on the return of the Filey Town Centre Bus.

      Bus Services: Wiltshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the £7 million allocated to Wiltshire Council under the bus service improvement plan...

      Bus Services: Hemel Hempstead

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the level of regularity of bus services in Hemel Hempstead constituency on the ability of...

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Q146 of the oral evidence given by the Secretary of State to the Transport Committee on 23 April 2025, HC 346, when the National...

      Shipping: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the operation of the Skilled Worker route for marine and waterways...

      Aviation: Job Creation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps to help promote an increase in the number of jobs available for pilots.

      Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the transport system supports economic growth.

      Driving Tests: Newton Abbot

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help increase access to driving tests in the Newton Abbot constituency.

      Department for Transport: Translation Services

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

      Driving Instruction: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) notice provided and (b) the prior consultation for the new requirement for...

      Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the (a) capacity and (b) adequacy of the supporting infrastructure of (i) the Port of Liverpool, (ii) Manchester...

      Manchester Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to improve access to Manchester Airport from the regions surrounding Greater Manchester.

      Manchester Airport and Port of Liverpool: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of improving infrastructure surrounding (a) Manchester Airport and (b) the Port of Liverpool on...

      Driving Tests: Somerset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for (i) theory and (ii) practical driving tests in Somerset in the last five years.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was to (a) process and (b) pay Access to Work claims once an invoice had been submitted in each of the last five years.

    • Pensions Ombudsman: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Pensions Ombudsman on the adequacy of the time taken for a complaint to be allocated to an adjudicator.

      Pension Credit: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to increase awareness of the availability of Pension Credit in rural areas.

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average amount of basic state pension paid to (a) individuals and (b) couples under the old pension.

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners were in receipt of a full old State Pension on 12 May 2025.

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners are in receipt of a full new State Pension.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of disputes involving the Child Maintenance Service on the backlog of cases in...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people who receive (a) enhanced daily living Personal Independence Payment awards and (b) standard daily living Personal...

      Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of changes to (a) PIP entitlement rules, (b) the Universal Credit health element, (c)...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her Department's consultation on the Health and Disability Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, does not include proposals...

      Students: Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain...

      Social Security Benefits: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken with (a) disabled people and (b) disabled people’s organisations to develop the Health and...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the number of people who are currently in receipt of PIP who are likely to lose their entitlement under the...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund on lives...

    • Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that official development assistance will be used to support the most...

      Development Aid: Sexual and Reproductive Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will (a) uphold funding commitments for (i) the Women’s Integrated Health Services programme and (ii)...

      Nicaragua: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the treatment of Christian...

      Portugal: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that British nationals who are the victims of violent attacks are...

      Conflict Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the (a) science, (b) technology, and (c) research sectors on using his...

      Myanmar: Earthquakes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the recent earthquake in Myanmar on the balance his...

      India: Pakistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage India to meet its obligations under the Indus Waters Treaty.

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) technical and (b) financial support he is providing to Ukraine to help (i) identify and (ii) document...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the number of apprenticeship starts in his Department.

      Gulf of Mexico: Maps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he bring forward legislative proposals to regulate maps used in the UK to ensure that the Gulf of Mexico is not...

      Canada: Migration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making it easier to migrate between the UK and Canada.

      European Defence Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has received from EU member states on conditions for UK participation in the EU's Security...

      MI6: Stonewall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 April 2025 to Question 41270 on MI6: Stonewall, for what reason the Secret...

      China: Audit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2025 to Question 36633 on China: Audit, when he plans to publish the China...

      Guantanamo Bay: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his policy is on the refoulement of former Guantanamo Bay detainees from third countries.

  • Women and Equalities

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders released on licence were not tagged in accordance with their licence conditions in the last 12 months for which data is available;...

    • Ministry of Justice: Translation Services

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

      HMP Littlehey: Prison Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison spaces are (a) available and (b) projected to be available at HMP Littlehey over the next three years; and what the maximum capacity is...

      HMP/YOI Downview: Transgender People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2025 to Question 50011 on HMP/YOI Downview: Transgender People, when the seven male prisoners held at HMP Downview will...

      Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to publish an updated response to the Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review.

      Sexual Offences: Men

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to support male victims of sexual abuse.

      Offences against Children: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of grooming gang convictions since 2005 have involved perpetrators born outside the UK.

  • Treasury

    • Financial Services: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress she has made on developing a national financial inclusion strategy.

    • High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using household income to levy the High Income Child Benefit Charge.

      Cost of Living: Fylde

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help support residents in Fylde constituency with the cost of living.

      Research: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question 41176 on Research: Tax Allowances, if she will publish a breakdown of the data provided for (a) error...

      Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to maintain the current residence nil rate inheritance tax band of £175,000.

      Child Trust Fund

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC is taking to improve communication with Child Trust Fund beneficiaries.

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on (a) the design of the Extended Producer Responsibility...

      Treasury: Stonewall

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding her Department has allocated to Stonewall for (a) 2025/26 and (b) 2026/27.

      Public Sector: Equality

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget her Department has allocated to public sector equality, diversity and inclusion roles for (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27.

      Payment Methods

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support the ability of people to make payments in cash.

      Housing: Valuation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how does the Valuation Office Agency determine the area size of a dwelling in (a) England and (b) Wales; and how does it determine the size of a...

      Imports: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the potential financial savings to the Exchequer of (a) withdrawing the postponed VAT accounting process and (b) bringing...

      Bank Services: Closures

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help protect small businesses from bank account closures.

      Council Tax: Debt Collection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including council tax debt collection in the scope of the Government Debt Fairness...

      VAT: Registration

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has assessed the potential merits of increasing the VAT registration threshold in line with inflation.

      Retail Trade: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reducing business rates relief for retailers that choose to leave the high street and move their...

      Personal Care Services: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the rate of VAT applicable to beauty and hair salons.

      Treasury: Training

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that officials in her Department are adequately trained on potential economic statecraft mechanisms that could be...

      Bank Services: Cryptoassets

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that banks apply case-by-case assessments to banking services for (a) crypto asset businesses and (b) their customers;...

      Economic Growth: Urban Areas

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken to increase economic growth in cities outside of London.

      Hospitality Industry: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking through the tax system to support the hospitality sector.

      Economic Growth

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of pension reforms on economic growth.

      Emergency Services: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase funding for emergency services.

      Public Sector: Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget her Department has allocated to public sector pay rises for 2025-26 and 2026-27.

  • Attorney General

    • Offensive Weapons: Slough

      To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of cases involving use of offensive weapons in Slough.

    • Attorney General: Translation Services

      To ask the Solicitor General, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

      Cycling: Crimes against the Person

      To ask the Solicitor General, how many cyclists have been prosecuted under the provisions of Section 35 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 in each year since 2000.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fly-tipping: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support (a) South Holland District Council and (b) South Kesteven District Council in reducing...

    • Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing Schedule 17 of the Environment Act before...

      Biodiversity: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in levels of Official Development Assistance spending on...

      Batteries: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to support local supermarkets to ensure the adequate provision of battery bins.

      Butterflies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the level of the butterfly population across the UK.

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 41542 on Packaging: Recycling, which stakeholders his Department plans to...

      Caravans: Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of abandoned caravans in Devon.

      Environment Protection: Public Bodies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there is a consolidated public list of each (a) public authority and (b) private body with public functions that is...

      Birds: West Africa

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of (a) trends in population levels of West African migratory bird species over the...

      Global Biodiversity Framework Fund and Legacy Landscapes Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement entitled Outcomes from Nature COP16, Cali, Colombia of 6 November 2024, HCWS196,...

      Land Use

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of hectares of (a) agricultural land, (b) Grade 1 agricultural land, (c) Grade 2...

      Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) develop a circular economy for historically un-recyclable waste streams, (b)...

      Plastics: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to set material-specific collection targets for local authorities under the Simpler Recycling...

      Fly-tipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a fourth round of grants under the fly-tipping grant scheme.

      Veterans: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of veterans working in (a) conservation and (b) land...

      Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on imports of hunting trophies of species listed as (a) Near Threatened, (b) Vulnerable, (c) Endangered,...

      Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on issuing import permits to hunting trophies of species listed in Appendix I of CITES (Convention on...

      Hunting: Animal Products

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle the import of hunting trophies of (a) endangered, (b) vulnerable and (c) other...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Visas: EU Countries

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with his European counterparts on improving visa-free travel arrangements to Europe for British citizens.

    • Fisheries: EU Countries

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates the (a) Cabinet and (b) Cabinet committees have discussed the UK's negotiating position on fishing rights as part of preparations for the...

      Visas: EU Countries

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the 90-day visa-waiver stay limitation for EU countries will be subject to negotiation with the EU.

      Immigration Controls: EU Countries

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment for the introduction of a youth mobility scheme with the European Union.

      Cabinet Office: Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 December 2024 to Question 19479 on Civil Servants: Disciplinary Proceedings, how many civil servants working in his...

      Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48962 on Civil Service: Redundancy Pay, for what reason he decided to close the consultation to reform...

      Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme, if he will review the supplementary route for people for whom the impact of their viruses and...

      Ethics and Integrity Commission

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether appointments to the Ethics and Integrity Commission will be included in the Public Bodies Order in Council; and whether the chair will be...

      Offences against Children: Victims

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will meet victims of rape gangs at Number 10 Downing Street.

      Cabinet Office: Working Hours

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time civil servants in the business unit of 10 Downing Street work a four day working week using compressed hours.

      Prime Minister: Aviation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Prime Minister has flown from London using (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force helicopters since 5 July 2024.

      Government Departments: Lanyards

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government-branded merchandise and away days banned, published on 6 April 2025, whether this...

      10 Downing Street: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 15186 on 10 Downing Street: Official Hospitality, whether he plans to provide costs for...

      Government Departments: Assets

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government Property Agency has a process allowing for the disposal of surplus government assets below market rate when a disposal is in the...

      9 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 44026 on 9 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance, what the purpose associated with the referenced...

      Government Departments: Information Sharing

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to share data between Departments on matters that affect trends in the level of the cost of living.

      Cabinet Office: Stress

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 43964 on Cabinet office: stress, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers were signed...

      Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of recommendation 57 of the Sullivan Review of Data, Statistics and Research...

      Public Appointments

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of regulated public appointments have had substantive information published on who the members of the appointments advisory panel are...

      Government Departments: Equality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government learning framework includes training on equality, diversity and inclusion.

      Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry on 7 May 2025, whether he intends to review (a) the compensation regulations and (b) the tariffs.

      Public Sector: Fraud

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce fraud in the public sector.

      Admiralty House

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the utility bills for the Ministerial residences in Admiralty House are individually metered.

      UK Resilience Academy

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled UK Resilience Academy to help secure Britain’s future with generational upgrade in emergency...

      10 Downing Street: Energy Performance Certificates

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to take steps to improve the Display Energy Certificate rating for 10 Downing Street.

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the current service cost of civil service pensions in the (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26 financial year.

      Media: Meetings

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2024 to Question 18399, on Media: Meetings, if he will take steps to amend Annex C of the guidance entitled...

      Government Departments: Property

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the publication entitled Government Property Strategy 2022-2030, published on 29 August 2022, remains his policy.

      Official Residences: Utilities

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) water in the (i) 10 and (ii) 11 Downing Street residences are individually metered.

      Prime Minister: Festivals and Special Occasions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the days of (a) cultural and (b) religious significance publicly marked by the Prime Minister (i) since 4 July 2024 and (ii) for the...

      Cabinet Office: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which business units in 10 Downing Street use the AI Redbox tool; and whether submissions to the Prime Minister are written using AI tools.

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing (a) direct and (b) indirect spend on SME by (i) department and (ii) contract...

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether civil servants who defer taking their Civil Service pension after the normal retirement age for that pension receive (a) a higher pension and...

      Civil Service: Equality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the guidance entitled Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Guidance has been updated since 4 July 2024; and whether any...

      Civil Service: Equality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his written statement of 14 May 2024 on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Civil Service, whether his Department plans to issue...

      Civil Servants: Remote Working

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 42606 on Civil Servants: Remote Working, how figures are collated for overall workforce attendance...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Terrorism: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) Gerry Adams and (b) others interned without trial in the 1970s do not receive...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Great British Energy: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many vacant posts there are at Great British Energy.

    • Renewable Energy: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that sea users are not adversely impacted by offshore energy development.

      Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average figure for energy production supplies to the grid was for (a) gas, (b) solar farms, (c) wind farms, (d)...

      Electricity: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of zonal electricity pricing on pensioners in the south of England.

      Great British Energy: Aberdeen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of when the Aberdeen headquarters of Great British Energy will be operational.

      Offshore Industry: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to publish the outcome of his Department's consultation on draft supplementary guidance for assessing the effects of...

      National Grid: Power Failures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) risk assessment and (b) contingency plan his Department has produced for the National Grid in the event of a national...

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Translation Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for...

      Geothermal Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to increase its support for integrated heat, power and mineral co-production projects.

      Geothermal Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to develop risk mitigation schemes for early-stage deep geothermal heat and power projects in line...

      Geothermal Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to include geothermal energy within the strategic remit of GB Energy.

      Geothermal Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of geothermal energy on the UK’s (a) ability to reach...

      Unmanned Air Systems: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of drone technology to the net zero strategy.

      Heat Pumps: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what fiscal steps he is taking to incentivise the uptake of heat pumps.

      District Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to extend Ofgem’s regulatory powers to include heat networks.

      Heating: Smart Devices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing support for smart thermostats as part of the...

      Heat Pumps: Newton Abbot

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to increase the number of homes with heat pumps in Newton Abbot constituency.

      Petrol: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it is policy to commit to the pump watch petrol price comparison platform.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with energy companies on policy cost rebalancing on energy bills to incentivise the uptake of...

      Electricity: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps through the spending review to reduce electricity costs.

      Energy: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help prevent rogue energy brokers from targeting small businesses.

      Renewable Energy: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to support the re-training of oil and gas workers to help them transition to renewable energy.

      Renewable Energy: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to allocate funds toward supporting the re-training of oil and gas workers.

      Fossil Fuels and Offshore Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to (a) end fossil fuel subsidies and (b) provide support for people working in the oil and gas industry to...

      Carbon Emissions and Energy: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he has taken to help support (a) energy and (b) decarbonisation industries in the North West.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Arts: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what budget her Department has allocated to local government arts financing for (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27.

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase the number of apprenticeship starts in her Department.

      Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to hold discussions with Ofcom on potential changes to its oversight role of the broadcast media.

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Translation Services

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

      Museums and Galleries: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of charging overseas tourists £10 to visit museums on the public purse.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42678 on F-35 Aircraft: Procurement, how many F-35Bs will receive the Block 4 upgrade.

    • Armed Forces: Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many units of service family accommodation are located in Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme constituency.

      Ministry of Defence: Translation Services

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

      Ministers: Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) Marine 11 and (b) Marine 12 have been used for ministerial travel by any Department since 5 July 2024.

      Veterans: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 6 May 2025 on Veterans Support: A New Approach HCWS619, how much of the £50milllion funding for new...

      Defence Suppliers Forum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the defence suppliers forum main meeting last took place.

      Defence Suppliers Forum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Defence Suppliers Forum has been disbanded.

      Defence Industrial Joint Council: Membership

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the membership is of the defence industrial joint council.

      Strategic Defence Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Strategic Defence Review will be published.

      Defence Gardens Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Defence Gardens Scheme for veterans.

      Veterans: Leeds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a VALOUR-recognised support centre will be located in Leeds.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent progress he has made on achieving full gigabit coverage by 2030.

    • Retail Trade: Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the number of cyber attacks on large shops in the last 5 years.

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to maintain the level of financial support for research to achieve the (a) replacement, (b) refinement and...

      Broadband: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to increase broadband access for (a) residents and (b) businesses in (i) Fylde constituency and (ii)...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Translation Services

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

      Research: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to help support industrial research in the North West.

      Research: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to provide funding for projects relating to (a) energy, (b) life sciences, (c) advanced...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to increase the number of apprenticeship starts in his Department.

      Semiconductors: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the semiconductor skills package increases skills in science sectors.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress her Department has made on working with developers to ensure unsafe buildings are remediated quickly.

    • Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34056 on Fire and Rescue Services: Finance, whether the Settlement...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that councils are financially stable.

      Council Tax: Non-payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to remove the sanction of imprisonment for non-payment of council tax.

      Licensing Laws: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2025 to Question 47712 on Night-time economy: Greater London, whether she plans to...

      Second Homes: Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department holds information on the number of dwellings subject to a second homes council tax premium in...

      Protest: Hate Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has provided guidance to (a) local authorities and (b) community cohesion officers on the...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has spent on contingency accommodation for (a) asylum seekers, (b) those granted asylum, and...

      Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to reduce reliance on temporary accommodation.

      Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason (a) housing associations and (b) local councils are not eligible to apply to the (i) Building Safety...

  • Church Commissioners

    • Overseas Trade: Israel and Occupied Territories

      To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether (a) the Church of England, (b) its pension funds and (c) its investment funds support (i) boycotts and (ii)...

    • Archbishops' Council

      To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, if she will (a) publish the amounts certified under subsection 2(6) of the National Institutions Measure 1998 for each...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to set out a timeframe for the reduction of mental health waiting times.

    • Stepping Hill Hospital: Midwives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of midwives in Stepping Hill hospital.

      Social Services: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to hold discussions with suppliers of medical equipment to community care services on social care reform.

      Prescriptions: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May to Question 50557 on Prescriptions: ICT, whether he plans to ensure all Electronic Prescription Service...

      Community Health Services: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with providers of community equipment services on their role in supporting (a) timely hospital...

      NHS: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent violence and harassment towards NHS staff.

      Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled Crack teams get patients off waiting lists at twice the speed, published on 16 March 2025,...

      NHS: Employment Tribunals Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) collating and (b) publishing NHS tribunal data.

      Health Services: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the length of NHS waiting lists in the Black Country since 4 July 2024.

      Midwives: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to incorporate mental health training into midwifery education.

      Postnatal Depression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support mothers with post-partum depression.

      Glaucoma: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that glaucoma monitoring services are available to patients in Lincolnshire.

      General Practitioners: Average Earnings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 46099 on General Practitioners: Average Earnings, what year the value of £15.94...

      Health: Disabled

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the cross-government Health Mission Board plans to take to help tackle the impact of poverty on the health of disabled people.

      Care Homes: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on care home...

      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a national framework mandating GP acceptance of ADHD diagnoses from Right to Choose providers.

      General Practitioners: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to question 50264 on General Practitioners: Pay, whether the methodology of the Annual Survey of...

      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for ADHD services.

      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to reduce waiting times for ADHD diagnoses.

      Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the white paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published...

      Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of geographical areas which do not have access to a pharmacy within 10 miles.

      Bereavement Counselling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the need for improved access to mental health services for people experiencing...

      Palliative Care: Community Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role his Department plans for hospices to play in shifting care into the community.

      General Practitioners: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 50264 on General Practitioners: Pay, from which year is the Labour Force survey data.

      Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of beds in psychiatric intensive care units in (a) Lancashire and South...

      Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of palliative and end of life care on patients; and how the 10 year plan will...

      Palliative Care: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of applying a currency model to the commissioning of palliative and end...

      Dental Services: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help armed forces (a) veterans and (b) families to access NHS dental treatment.

      Postnatal Depression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times were the partners of women diagnosed with postnatal depression (a) engaged with and (b) assessed for their mental health...

      Hospices: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of local health authorities appeals process as a means to secure...

      Dental Services: Nottingham East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people living in Nottingham East constituency have access to NHS dentistry when they need it.

      Independent Commission into Adult Social Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2025 to Question 43484 on Independent Commission into Adult Social Care, what information his...

      Palliative Care: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to include multi-year funding for voluntary sector providers of children’s (a) palliative care and...

      Psychiatric Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve conditions in psychiatric hospitals.

      Mental health: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) intergenerational inequality and (b) socio-economic status on mental health.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of available dental appointments in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) the UK.

      Hospices and Palliative Care: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increases in National Insurance contributions on the financial...

      Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the increase in the number of people that will have palliative care needs over the next 10 years.

      Health Services: Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase levels of access to (a) educational psychologists, (b) speech and language therapy and (c) child and...

      Palliative Care: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include provisions in the NHS 10-Year Plan on the (a) funding, (b) planning, (c) provision and (d) commissioning at...

      Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received from people who have previously been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983.

      Health Services: Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing mandatory (a) Accessible Information Standard and (b) deaf awareness...

      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Yeovil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the early diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Yeovil constituency.

      Ivf

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cycles of NHS funded IVF treatment as recommended by NICE guidelines are provided in each integrated care board.

      Yeovil Hospital: Maternity Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to prevent the planned closure of Yeovil District Hospital’s Maternity Unit.

  • Scotland Office

    • Antisemitism: Universities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to StandWithUs' report entitled StandWithUs UK Report: Voice of Students 2024/25 Report, published in May 2025, if he will have...

    • Scotland Office: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to increase the number of apprenticeship starts in his Department.

      Domestic Visits: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether a government representative will visit Scotland for St. Andrew’s Day on 30 November 2025.

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps she is taking to increase the number of apprenticeship starts in her Department.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to address the finding in the report Safety and Survival by Women for Refugee Women that women banned from working are being forced...

    • Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Families

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will allow Ukrainian visa-holders to sponsor more family members through the Homes for Ukraine scheme, including (1) partners, (2) children over 18,...

      Asylum: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of women's experiences of violence and abuse in the asylum system.

      Counter-terrorism: Iran

      To ask His Majesty's Government what information they have on the number of prevented terrorist attacks purportedly by Iran in the UK in the past 10 years.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Courts and Tribunals: Gender

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 on 16 April, whether they plan to issue...

    • Convictions and Courts: Gender

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 on 16 April, whether they plan to issue...

      Victims: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 on 16 April, whether they will ask the Victims'...

      Courts: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 on 16 April, what guidance they will issue to...

  • Department for Education

    • Private Education: VAT

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of children who have left private education and enrolled in state-funded education following the application of...

    • Free School Meals: Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of children who will lose their entitlement to free school meals following the ending of phase one of the transitional...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure long-term funding for programmes to support NHS staff with their (1) mental and (2) physical health.

    • Health Services: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to minimise the risk of burnout among healthcare staff.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Equality

      To ask His Majesty's Government what commemorative (1) days, (2) weeks, and (3) months, are recognised by (a) the Department of Health and Social Care, and (b) NHS England, as significant for...

      Care Workers: Vacancies

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the current vacancy rates for care workers in care homes in England and Wales; and whether these rates have changed in the last five years.

      Care Workers: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the proportion of overseas workers in the care workforce.

      Hospitals: Facilities

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with NHS officials in England about improving (1) the catering; and (2) the rest facilities for NHS staff in hospital settings.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, what guidance they will issue to (1) the...

      Medicine: Professional Organisations

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, what plans they have to issue guidance to (1) royal...

      Health Services: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, what plans they have to ensure that NHS services...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Civil Servants

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, what plans they have to include the biological...

      Pharmacy: ICT

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to implement the planned transformation of the NHS App to support seamless delivery of pharmacy services, including by...

      NHS England: Redundancy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they will use in reducing staff costs by 50 per cent for NHS England; and how this methodology was established with regard to local and regional outcomes.

      Hospital Wards: Sex

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, whether they will issue guidance to hospital...

      Hospital Wards: Sex

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, what plans they have to issue guidance to NHS staff...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, whether they will issue guidance to ensure...

      Care Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many care workers there are in the United Kingdom; and what assessment they have made of impact of the planned end of visas for overseas care workers...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Climate Change: Fires

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report of the Climate Change Committee Progress in adapting to climate change: 2025 report to Parliament, published on...

    • Import Controls

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in developing an app to update drivers on which of their consignments has been selected for a physical check under the Border...

      Microplastics: Pollution Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government what further steps they plan to take to reduce microplastic pollution.

      Fishing Catches

      To ask His Majesty's Government what measures are in place to ensure that all catches are accurately recorded and accounted for in line with the bycatch objective under section 1(6)(b) of...

      Conservation Covenants

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate on 20 March (HL5840), what annual returns they have received regarding conservation covenant...

      Peatlands: Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to protect peatlands.

      Food: Import Controls

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of shipments were checked under the Border Target Operating Model in (1) January, (2) February, (3) March, and (4) April, 2025.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Community Development: Cyprus

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to work with the Turkish-Cypriot diaspora in the United Kingdom to promote community engagement and stronger ties between the United...

    • British Overseas Territories: Companies

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure all UK Overseas Territories approve laws allowing access to company ownership data to those with a legitimate interest, as...

      Myanmar: Sanctions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what further sanctions or other actions they are taking against the government of Myanmar, in response to the bombing of healthcare facilities following the recent...

      Venezuela: Diplomatic Service

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of their statements denouncing the lack of democratic legitimacy of the Venezuelan election of 28 July 2024, whether they plan to evict the...

      Syria: Druze

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Syria in response to reports of violence and persecution against the Druze community in areas under its...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Stonewall

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office intends to fund Stonewall in (1) 2025–26 and (2) 2026–27.

      Sudan: Food Insecurity

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to increase flexible funding to support the most food-insecure people affected by the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

  • Cabinet Office

    • United Kingdom

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they deem (1) England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales, and (4) Northern Ireland to be (a) countries, (b) nations, or (c) regions.

    • Cabinet Office: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the 2,100 Cabinet Office roles they plan to cut or move over the next two years are currently vacant or unfilled.

      Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to appoint a Chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

      Public Appointments

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will place a copy of the desknote about direct ministerial appointments in the Library of the House.

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed 2 Line: Expenditure

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much the HS2 project has cost to date; what estimate they have made of the cost of completing the project; and when they anticipate that it will be completed.

    • Bus Services: Franchises

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce cross-subsidy between rural and urban areas for franchised bus services where routes exist that are not themselves profitable.

      Freight: Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what volume of freight entered Britain from (1) Northern Ireland, and (2) the Republic of Ireland, in (a) the most recent year for which figures are available, (b)...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Turks and Caicos Islands: Space Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the environmental impact in the Turks and Caicos Islands of the explosions of SpaceX rockets in January and March.

    • Government Departments: ICT

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of which services are operated, whether directly or through third parties, from which servers in which data...

      Government Departments: ICT

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of all government back-office digital systems have been migrated to public cloud; and what timeline the Government Digital Service has set to...

      Data Centres: Public Bodies

      To ask His Majesty's Government what the Government Digital Service has done since its inception to encourage public sector organisations to improve their efficiency by shifting data from...

      Government Departments: ICT

      To ask His Majesty's Government what the total kilowatt-hours and average power usage effectiveness have been for each year since 2019/20 of (1) the government server rooms, and (2) their...

      Government Departments: ICT

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total annual estate and electricity cost of housing digital infrastructure and IT systems, legacy and otherwise, across the...

      Government Departments: ICT

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of total government savings over the past five years of shifting data from locally hosted back-office IT systems, legacy or...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Carers' Benefits: Disability

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number and proportion of people who may lose their entitlement to (1) Carer's Allowance, and (2) the carer element of...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Equality and Human Rights Commission: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of an interim update on 25 April by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), An interim update on the practical implications of...

    • Public Bodies: Public Appointments

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 on 16 April, whether they plan to issue guidance to...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Music: Streaming

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of streaming on the level of the income of musicians and composers.

    • Film: Import Duties

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the British film industry of the proposed US tariffs on non-American films.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Import Duties: China and USA

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the governments of (1) China, and (2) the United States of America, regarding the introduction of trade tariffs.

    • Retail Trade: Employers' Contributions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support high street shops and to prevent further closures following the rise in National Insurance contributions.

      Trade Agreements: India

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether Northern Ireland will be able fully to benefit from the UK-India trade deal.

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