Thursday, 22 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to publish NHS England’s uptake improvement plan to increase uptake of attendance for routine breast...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report entitled The ADHD crisis in the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve primary care in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of overseas recruitment in helping to tackle NHS dental workforce shortages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS compliance with the Accessible Information Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will estimate how many four year-olds live in families that would be eligible for Healthy Start vouchers had their child not become...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the annual cost to the public purse of the Healthy Start scheme; and what proportion of this cost is attributed to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission research on symptomatic cases of pineal cysts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered providing dedicated capital funding for new (a) MRI and (b) CT scanners for radiotherapy departments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children live in families eligible for Healthy Start vouchers; and how many and what proportion of those children are in receipt...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the allocated budget is for the smokefree pregnancy incentive scheme for the year 2025-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the use of block contracts for radiotherapy services, in the context of (a) recent trends in levels of patient...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the report by the Royal College of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) launch a further review into and (b) consider the potential merits of (i) recognition and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve outcomes for (a) restless legs syndrome and (b) other rare conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is planning to take to (a) develop and (b) maintain (i) national service specifications and (ii) minimum...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve diabetes care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is planning to take to enable the (a) collection and (b) publication of (i) quarterly KPI performance data and (ii) annual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish updated advice from the UK Chief Medical Officer on the potential impact of excessive screen time and social...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to ensure that non-mRNA covid vaccines are made available via the NHS to people unable to receive mRNA...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of regional differences in access to treatment for cholangiocarcinoma patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the causes of diabetes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of preventable complications associated with diabetes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure more cancer patients have the opportunity to take part in CAR T-cell therapy clinical trials.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the closure of Yeovil District Hospital’s Maternity Unit on local maternity services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to (a) improve value for money, (b) prevent profiteering, (c) remove conflicts of interest in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the release of Adult Social Care Funding Data, following the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the provision of dentistry services in Camborne and Redruth constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of GP surgeries running above capacity on the delivery of health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing targets in the NHS Operational Planning Guidance for local health systems...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average dispensing time for a prescription in the NHS South West for each month between May 2015 and April 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve outcomes for dementia patients in South Suffolk.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2025, to Question 32583, on Independent Commission into Adult Social Care, what is the annual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community pharmacies provide Pharmacy Contraception Services as of May 2025 in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether long-term reform hospice care funding will be included in the NHS 10-year plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish an impact assessment on proposals to restrict care worker visas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with Baroness Casey on engaging with political parties (a) individually or (b) collectively in relation to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will provide guidance to Integrated Care Boards on the minimum provision of palliative care that should be available...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people living with dementia without a medical diagnosis in (a) the South East and (b) Slough.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution of 19 May 2025, on what date his Department plans to hold the first meeting of cross-party talks...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) integrated care boards and (b) local GP federations will be able to reprioritise bids for funding under the Primary Care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that GP practices with (a) poor building quality, (b) insufficient capacity and (c) other significant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to carers of dementia patients in (a) Slough and (b) the South East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of government health expenditure that will be spent on mental health in each year of this...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a national strategy for hospice care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Care Quality Commission on whether the increase in the level of NHS-funded nursing care has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure sustainable funding for hospices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help protect patients who have been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to support hospices to (a) recruit and (b) retain skilled staff in West Dorset constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what interim support his Department is providing to Integrated Care Boards in West Dorset with dentist shortages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data centrally on average waiting times for access to NHS dentistry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equitable access to eye care services for low-income populations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the retention and recruitment of dentists in rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS dental capacity in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of NHS dentistry appointments in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the suicide prevention strategy; and what steps he is taking to help reduce suicide rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2025 to Question 45763 on Women, when he expects his review of delivering same-sex accommodation guidance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many health boards have used Ritlecitinib to treat alopecia in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the British Association of Dermatologists on the suitability of Severity of Alopecia Tool scores to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were recruited into National Institute for Health and Care Research supported phase 3 trials for (a) dementia, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for completion of the TRANSFORM trial into prostate cancer screening.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will estimate (a) the number of children in kinship care that receive delayed medical treatment in (i) emergencies and (ii) routine...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will implement specific training for (a) emergency care workers, (b) other healthcare professionals and (c) administrative NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of correcting cosmetic dental surgery undertaken by British nationals abroad in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 16285 on Methylphenidate: Shortage, what recent progress his Department has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent staff were employed by NHS England on 1 April 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of US meat imports on trends in the level of UK farmers (a) lowering animal welfare...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether trade negotiations with the US on (a) digital trade provisions and (b) non-tariff barriers will include online safety regulation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate on employment in the automotive industry in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 50961 on Trade Agreements: USA, whether he requested that the United States reduce the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) implementing a defined standard for asbestos testing for cosmetics and (b) banning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 45682 on Unite: Annual Report, what the auditing issues are that have led to the delays...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to include food and drinks manufacturers in the development of the forthcoming industrial strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the ceramics industry in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire through his Department's trade...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will review the UK Export Finance model to ensure that financial support available to overseas critical minerals projects is accessible...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on business confidence in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the number of public houses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 on consumer protection laws.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to help support SMEs in adopting digital...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the closure of Crown post offices on rural communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including a farm education option in the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency is required to undertake an environmental impact assessment before cutting grass on embankments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Harpenden and Berkhamsted to the Environment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the value-for-money of levels of abstraction license fees for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average length of time was between the Environment Agency receiving a flood risk activity permit application and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the Climate and Nature Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) regulations and (b) testing are in place to monitor environmental lead.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reporting materials by weight in the Extended Producer Responsibility...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on the trail hunting consultation; and if he will an assessment of the potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding for the National Park Authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the potential impact of the Extended Producer Responsibility...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his Department's (a) collection and (b) packaging reforms on levels...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what notifications of changes to revenue grants for financial year 2025-6 have been sent to National Park Authorities (a) on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a mixed public-private sector ownership model for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency is taking steps to streamline the (a) application and (b) determination process for (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) mitigate pollution from historic landfills and (b) facilitate the remediation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average time was between a pollution discharge notification and a public bathing water quality warning being issued...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many visits have Ministers in his Department made to farms in Lincolnshire since the announcement of proposed changes to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the inclusion of decapod crustaceans...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of implementing schedule 3 of the Flood and Water...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline is for the roll-out of the new pet passport scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's planned timetable is for publishing the Government's response to the consultation entitled Fur Market...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to expedite the (a) rollout of the Authorised Operator Status (AOS) and (b) a POD+ (Place of Destination)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders convicted of non-sexual offences against children have been released under early release schemes; and what steps her Department is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the interim Permanent Secretary spoke at the televised Ministerial press conference on prisons of 14 May 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will increase the length of sentences for people who commit violent crime against retail workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average processing time was for applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme by people living in Rotherham in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of cases in which an applicant to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme had a criminal conviction did the Criminal Injuries...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of applications for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme made to the Criminal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department is taking steps to financially compensate historic survivors of child sexual abuse who are affected by the Criminal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken to increase provision of legal aid in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of vehicles rented by her Department are electric vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase the number of apprenticeship starts in her Department.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers were prosecuted for not paying employees the National Living Wage in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether an assessment has been made of the potential impact of betting duty harmonisation on the level of advertising of online gaming products.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with recruitment agencies on compliance with their new responsibilities in relation to umbrella company legislation by April 2026.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will meet with (a) the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon and (b) farmers from that constituency to discuss reforms to (i) Agricultural Property...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people who (a) rely on cash and (b) choose to use cash can access it in North East Somerset and Hanham...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of SME owners that have left the UK since 5 July 2024.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the press release entitled Government steps in to back British business in changing world, published on 14 April 2025, whether any of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to circulate to all Ministers holding economic portfolios the article published in The Times entitled Want to help the poor?...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of taxpayers in the 2025-25 financial year who (a) earned below the personal allowance threshold and (b) did not...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the aggregate market value of UK-quoted equities held by non-resident investors was in each quarter of the last five years for which data is available.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of classifying thermal storage heaters as energy saving materials.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle offshore tax non-compliance.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will ensure funding is made available to support economically inactive beneficiaries in Northern Ireland into employment after the end of UK Shared...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposals in her Department’s consultation on the harmonisation of gambling duties on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the total cost of the electrification of the remainder of the South Wales mainline.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the total cost of the electrification of the North Wales mainline.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to establish a national freight network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of reduced bus service (a) frequency and (b) routes on people travelling to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to review the 2030 deadline for the ban on new petrol and diesel cars, in the context of (a) existing infrastructure readiness and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to review the definitions of (a) pre-booked and (b) on-demand coach services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a separate regulatory structure for coach services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling local authorities to use CCTV enforcement to address unlawful pavement parking;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to fund accessibility improvements at train stations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase access to rail links in rural communities in (a) Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the affordability of rail fares in (a) Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency and (b) Hertfordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the length of time for which a driving theory test certificate is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the average impact of judicial reviews on the cost of road infrastructure projects between 2015 and 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will (a) respond to and (b) support the provisions outlined in the Transport (Duty to Cooperate) Bill; and if she will meet the hon. Member for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people exchanged a non-GB driving licence for a valid UK licence in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department has issued on the use of bilingual street signs in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the difference between travel concessions for (a) Metropolitan Police Officers and (b) NHS staff working in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to work with relevant authorities to reduce instances of sexual offences on public transport in (a) England and (b) Romford.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the amount of new rolling stock required to be purchased to deliver East West Rail services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds information on the daily ticket sales from stations on Southern duty railway lines to London terminals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press release entitled Multi-billion pound investment secured as Universal theme park and resort set to be built in Bedford,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to allocate a multi-year funding settlement for (a) revenue and (b) capital to Great British Railways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who represented her Department at the second annual review of the Cyprus-UK bilateral Memorandum of Understanding in December 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of rail (a) capacity and (b) performance of Manchester Airport Station.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of making the wearing of cycle helmets a legal requirement for cyclists.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commit to keeping the BN(O) visa route open to new applicants at least until the Chinese government enters a state of full...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seizures of (a) cigarettes, (b) hand rolling tobacco and (c) other tobacco products have been made by Border Force at (i) seaports,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 45772 on Passports: Sex, whether the sex marker confirms the (a) biological and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which month the findings of the Migration Advisory Committee's review on financial requirements in the Family Immigration Rules will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the time taken to process visa applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Short-Term Student (English Language) Route Visa applications refusals were due to belief that the applicant was applying...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to work with relevant authorities to reduce instances of arson in (a) England and (b) Romford.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the reforms to allow a limited pool of UNHCR recognised refugees and displaced people living overseas to apply for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposed 10-year pathway to settlement will apply retrospectively to migrants already legally residing in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the use of drones to record footage over police cordons at...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries her Department has had discussions with on temporarily taking failed asylum seekers from the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that people on (a) family and (b) student visas do not claim asylum when there has not been a material...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what type of (a) tenancy and (b) licence (i) her Department and (ii) its contractors use to house asylum seekers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, published on 12 May 2025, whether she...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders have been tagged in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which scientific methods will be used to strengthen the age verification process of asylum applicants.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) international counterparts on the establishment of return hubs for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of terrorist organisations impacted by India's Operation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate they have made of the number of UK residents with properties in the EU that are affected by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of the detention of demonstrators in Novi Sad, Serbia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support adults with dyslexia to access further education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact removing Apprenticeship Levy funding for Level 7 apprenticeships on the public sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of young carers in Wiltshire have received a formal assessment of their needs in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to expand access to English for Speakers of Other Languages provision for British National (Overseas) visa...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including financial education for (a) primary and (b) secondary education in the national...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including cycle training in the national curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure schools' policy responds to increases in Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) duties and (b) responsibilities of the delivery lead for the National Centre for Arts and Music Education will be; and what assets they...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to enable parents who need to withdraw their child from school when SEND support is insufficient to do so.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to support grammar schools in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department collects on how children travel to school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) promote and (b) support co-operation between the state and private education systems in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the proportion of five-year-olds in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire who met a good level of development in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to implement (a) recommendations on guidance for parents on the effects of screen time on infants and (b) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of early years providers in England that may increase their capacity through the use of free flow...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria was used to assess the eligibility of schools for the Schools Rebuilding Progamme; and how many schools in Wilshire have been included...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the levels of (a) recruitment and (b) retention within the teaching profession.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to protect children with allergies in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of pay for school support staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with Surrey County Council on providing clear guidance for feeder school arrangements for secondary schools in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the implementation of the (a) Northern Ireland Protocol and (b) Windsor Framework on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the work of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the work of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of public support for the work of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the First Minister and Deputy First Minister on the appointment of a Victims Commissioner in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects a Victims Commissioner to be appointed in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on increasing the rate of construction of social housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether a government representative will visit Northern Ireland for the Orange Order parades on 12 July 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2025 to Question 51251 on Domestic Visits: Northern Ireland, on how many of those visits the hon. Member for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of the 18 parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland has he visited since his appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Ulster-Scots groups he has met; when those meetings took place; which Ulster-Scots groups he has visited; and when he visited them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Irish language groups he has met; when those meetings took place; which Irish language centres he has visited; and when he visited them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the UK-EU reset deal on businesses in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with InterTrade UK on the potential impact of the trade agreement with the EU on internal trade between Great...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister plans to respond to the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament on its Iran Report, sent to him on 27 March 2025.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to increase the level of (a) staffing and (b) other support to the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has scheduled a meeting with the Intelligence and Security Committee.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 25 February 2025, Official Report, col. 631, (a) on what date the inquiry commenced, (b) on...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2024 to Question 5278 on Cabinet Office: Departmental responsibilities, whether he plans any further changes.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 13 of the policy paper entitled UK-EU Summit: Common Understanding, published on 19 May 2025, what estimate he has made of...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has undertaken preparatory work on a potential youth mobility scheme with the EU.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many notifications under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 involving foreign acquirers have been (a) received and (b) cleared...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance to Ministers on whether they can undertake a personal holiday following an official visit to a foreign country.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to improve transparency in the decision making process for foreign acquisitions of UK firms under the National...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent UK Government civil servants main place of employment is (a) Queen Elizabeth House Edinburgh and (b) elsewhere in Scotland.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the records of the (a) Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals, (b) Royal Visits Committee and (c) Executive Committee for...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce waste in government departments.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information her Department holds on the proportion of jobseekers from overseas with limited English language skills that remain unemployed 12...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2025 to Question HL6032 on Arms Length Bodies, for what reason the Answer refers to 26 proposed public bodies.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any gender-neutral toilets have been removed from the Government estate since 4 July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with Heckler & Koch to procure (a) MG5s and( b) HK421s.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to procure any SG-1 Fathom underwater gliders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New 2,000 km “deep precision strike” weapon to be developed by UK and Germany as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of the Crye Precision uniform programme; and whether a replacement combat uniform programme is planned.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget has been allocated to Project Eve; what the (a) current and (b) anticipated future spend are for that project; and what steps he is taking...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of the L129A1 Sharpshooter Rifle programme for the Royal Marines; and whether additional costs have been incurred due to the adoption...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many defence contracts his Department has awarded since 5 July 2024; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 50261 on Armed Forces: Housing, what is his timetable for making the 3,049 void properties suitable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has reviewed the performance of housing maintenance contracts for military service accommodation in Wiltshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to use a proportion of the additional funding for defence to improve (a) accommodation and (b) facilities for (i) service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the processes put in place for armed forces personnel to apply for (a) statutory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2025 to Question 44144 on Armed Forces: Training, what steps he has taken to help improve the OFSTED rating of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the value for money of the Defence Fire and Risk Project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the number of apprenticeship starts in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will have discussions with Meta on removing monkey abuse content from its platforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions he has had with authors whose work has been used without (a) permission or (b) remuneration to train...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the press release entitled Children embrace the future with humanoid school project, published on 14 April...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he has taken under the Shared Rural Network programme to map investment in the hardest-to-reach areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to ensure the equitable geographic distribution of health research funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness in providing adequate protection for residents from unsuitable apparatus and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the US National Institutes of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of further regulation of domestic CCTV usage where cameras overlook...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with (a) scientists, (b) industry and (c) civil society to phase out testing on animals.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to provide for a fully trans-inclusive ban on conversion therapy.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government has enacted the socioeconomic duty under section 1 of the Equality Act 2010 in England.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure employers are proactive in preventing workplace sexual harassment.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference the Supreme Court judgement in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers of 16 April 2025, whether her Department plans...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with youth homelessness organisations on the inclusion of a youth chapter in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of flood recovery funding over the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase the number of apprenticeship starts in her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a reviewing homelessness funding across departments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what engagement her Department has had with local authorities on compliance with their Covenant Legal Duty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 4.59 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, what proportion of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps with the youth homelessness sector to add a youth-specific section to the Homelessness Code of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to evaluate the impact of Phase One of her Plan for Neighbourhoods; and whether she plans...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including longer-term funding settlements for homelessness...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to prevent leaseholders from absorbing the cost of increases in insurance premiums...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether a business case was prepared for her visit to Ethiopia; and whether she plans to make other foreign visits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 2 September 2024 on Building Safety, HCWS62, what the evidential basis is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has provided to Electoral Registration Offices on the mechanisms by which qualified...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 49917 on Aviation, how much was spent by (a) Ministers and (b) civil...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2025 to Question 45642 on European Islamic Centre, in what capacity the Minister of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Questions 46950 on Night-time Economy: Finance, what meetings she has had with the nightclub...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with Meta on generative artificial intelligence models.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department has provided for tennis facilities Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency in each of the past three years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what financial support her department will offer to the creative industries in the next year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the criteria were for appointing members of the advisory panel for the Arts Council England review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to invest in tennis facilities following the end of the Park Tennis Project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps she has taken to provide funding to the (a) voluntary, (b) community and (c) social enterprise sector in (i) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a fund to support (a) voluntary, (b) community and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of proposed proposals on the harmonisation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the stigmatisation of gambling harms.
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Table Office will meet the staff of Conservative Members of Parliament to discuss their work.
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of written parliamentary questions submitted to the Table Office have been...
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 44585 on Winston Churchill: Artworks, which...
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, for what reason some of the toilets at Block T-3 in the Parliamentary estate have been sealed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2025 to Question 48042 on Great British Energy: Staff, if he will publish the declaration of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Anti-Islamophobia Working Group provided a training and awareness session in his Department in November 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43313 on Energy: Land Use, what definition he uses for the most appropriate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of developing thorium-based molten salt reactors in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had with Ofgem on enforcing the new capital adequacy requirements on energy suppliers following...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has he made of the accuracy of the list of RTS Switch off Identified Properties for properties in Gwynedd which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will meet the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme to discuss support for the ceramics industry in relation to rises in...
To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to increase prosecution rates for violence against women and girls in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle, (d) the...
To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to increase the number of apprenticeship starts in her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many civil servants in his Department are employed in (a) Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh, (b) Dover House on Whitehall and (c) other locations...
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what information the Electoral Commission holds on the average cost to...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Hanson of Flint on 30 April (HL6646) and 25 March (HL5728), what plans they have, if any, to collect data on the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to enhance intelligence capabilities and inter-agency co-operation to pre-emptively address the threat posed by groups, such as...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy for publishing information about enforcement actions for non-compliance with fisheries regulations in English waters; and what measures they...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the impact of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on operational costs for pubs and brewers.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support farmers in the light of dry conditions this spring.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the policy to require government catering contracts to favour high-welfare products will be determined in line with the highest animal welfare tiers set...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of climate change on the availability of British agricultural produce for UK and overseas markets.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to introduce specific legal protection for chalk streams.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the commissioning of vaccination services is not adversely affected by the abolition of NHS England.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost of lawyers to the public purse in medical negligence cases in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of medical radioisotopes used to treat cancer in the UK are produced by (1) a reactor-based method, and (2) close to hospital cyclotron...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of GLP-1 drugs on combatting and preventing disease.
To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to strengthen cybersecurity capabilities; and what plans they have to address emerging threats such as cyber espionage.
To ask His Majesty's Government what arm's-length bodies they have (1) shutdown or intend to shutdown, and (2) created or intend to create, since 4 July 2024.
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the full cost of employing a civil servant at (1) grade 6, (2) senior civil service pay band 1, and (3) senior civil service pay...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) on 7 April (HC43082), whether they have changed the policy that Equality, Diversity...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy on the (1) funding, and (2) engagement, with the band Kneecap, with reference to the guidance published on 14 March 2024 Government's...
To ask His Majesty's Government, for each grant scheme currently operated by the Department for Business and Trade, what is the most recent reported fraud and error rate; whether they undertook...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that British industry has sufficient access to energy to remain competitive within Europe.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average environmental cost of producing and installing a power pylon within the range of 36 to 190 metres in height, including a breakdown of...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the advice to parents from primary schools in St Albans to ban smartphones for children under 14 years old; and whether they...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report published on 7 May by Cisco, 2025 Cisco Cybersecurity Readiness Index, which states that only four per cent of UK...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the 5Rights Children and AI Design Code, and what steps they are taking to assess the impact of AI on children.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to sustain recruitment and training until Probation Service vacancies are filled across all geographic areas.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the IT systems used by the Probation Service and its partners to save time and enable practitioners to make better decisions.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to inform members of the public about safety measures to take where a wildfire warning is in place, in particular to prevent the use of...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Northern Ireland Office pays subscription fees to Stonewall.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether milk will be provided to pupils who attend breakfast clubs at schools participating in the free breakfast club scheme.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the projected saving per pupil as a result of the proposed changes to school uniform requirements under the Children's...
To ask His Majesty's Government, what assessment they have made of the rising number of people aged 16 to 24 currently not in education, employment or training; and what steps they are taking to...
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing a national register for foster carers, matching that of social workers, to improve the safeguarding of...
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