Written answers

Monday, 16 June 2025

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing funding for dispensing GPs to offer electronic prescribing.

    • Mental Health Services: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to place dedicated mental health practitioners in schools; and whether he plans to fund a nationwide...

      General Practitioners: Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of dispensing GPs matching the terms of the drug reimbursement agreement...

      Children: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that integrated care boards are sufficiently resourced to carry out their statutory child safeguarding...

      Diabetes: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the (a) management and (b) outcomes of people with...

      Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department provides to the Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy.

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress NHS England has made on sharing data about patients who (a) received a blood transfusion before 1996 and (b) have tested...

      Junior Doctors: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support trainee physicians affected by the withdrawal of speciality training places by the...

      Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made toward meeting the NHS standard that 92% of patients should wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral...

      Continuing Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to the reduce the financial pressures of long-term care for people ineligible for state support.

      Care Homes: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the affordability of weekly care home fees in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.

      Carcinogens: Welding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) training and (b) support has been introduced to help (i) GPs and (ii) other clinicians to (A) identify and (B) diagnose cancers...

      Mental Health Services: Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the performance of Talkworks NHS Talking Therapy in supporting patients with mental health...

      Home Care Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing free homecare.

      Mental Health Services: Farmers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the barriers to mental health support for farmers in isolated communities.

      Migrant Workers: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of restricting access to overseas recruitment on levels of recruitment from the...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's policies on the adequacy of the care available to people...

      Continuing Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Continuing Health Care services remain uninterrupted for patients when the services are being...

      Carers: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) hidden and (b) unpaid carers from ethnic minority communities; and whether he has made...

      Fast Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the official statistics entitled Wider Determinants of Health: statistical commentary on the location of fast food...

      Insomnia: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review levels of access to cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia.

      Health Services: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered the creation of an independent review board similar to the US Defense Health Board to oversee the joint medical...

      Cervical Cancer: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support women with cervical cancer in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

      Health Services: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has a defined role for the NHS in supporting (a) medical care and (b) rehabilitation for armed forces personnel...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward regulation on vaping stores in (a) high streets and (b) town centres.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans establish a governance framework for (a) monitoring and (b) ensuring accountability in the delivery of the National...

      Primary Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on the (a) planning and (b) delivery of primary care...

      Cancer: Community Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce inequalities in cancer care and (b) improve outcomes for underserved communities through the...

      Free School Meals: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take with the Department for Education to monitor the potential impact of the (a) expansion of free...

      Dentistry: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help prevent international dentists entering the UK on NHS-sponsored Health and Care Visas...

      Dental Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding he has allocated for additional dental appointments since 5 July 2024.

      General Practitioners and Nurses: North Cornwall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the challenges in the recruitment of (a) General Practitioners and (b) GP nurses in (i) North...

      Healthy Start Scheme: Blackpool South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of eligible families were in receipt of Healthy Start in Blackpool South constituency on 9 June 2025.

      Ophthalmic Services: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve access to paediatric eye care services in Lincolnshire.

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations of the Centre for Social Justice's...

      Community Health Services: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to include (a) community equipment services and (b) the timely provision of community care equipment in the NHS 10-Year...

      Dental Services: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider the potential merits of allocating funding for the (a) building of and (b) supplying of specialised equipment to new,...

      Cancer: Community Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role the voluntary and community sector will have in delivering the Neighbourhood Cancer Care model in the National Cancer Plan.

      Carers: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to support unpaid carers.

      Dental Services: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his Department's policy to introduce mobile dental vans in areas of need.

      Gender Dysphoria: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England plans to remove the minimum age of referral to specialist gender identity clinics.

      Dementia: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) improve training on dementia care and (b) financially support family carers.

      Care Homes: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that care home fee rates set by local authorities include (a) the economic situation, (b) workforce and...

      Integrated Care Boards: Operating Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the template issued by NHS England to Integrated Care Boards for completing their cost reduction plans by 31 May 2025.

      Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of (a) the level of future social care need and (b) the potential impact tof this level of need on the social...

      Hospitals: Nottinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce hospital backlogs in Nottinghamshire.

      Drugs: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 55942 on Drugs, what steps his Department is taking to source medications from other...

      Medicine: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review funding available to medical students under the NHS Bursary.

      Urgent Treatment Centres and Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the effectiveness of (a) Urgent Treatment Centres and (b) Accident and Emergency Departments.

      Nursing Associates: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that newly qualified nursing associates are (a) guaranteed appropriate Band 4 roles and...

      Nursing Associates: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to introduce (a) clear and (b) nationally-recognised progression pathways for nursing associates for (i)...

      NHS: Voluntary Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with NHS England on the discontinuation of the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders.

      Hearing Impairment: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that clinical staff have an adequate understanding of deaf awareness.

      NHS England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 45881 on NHS England: Redundancy Pay, what his planned timetable is for providing...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to GP surgeries in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) England.

      Integrated Care Boards: Operating Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what statutory basis NHS England has required Integrated Care Boards to reduce their running cost allowances by 50% by Quarter 3 of...

      Integrated Care Boards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to to transfer (a) statutory duties and (b) functions from Integrated Care...

      Pharmacy: Newton Abbot

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 52406 on Pharmacy, what proportion of people do not have access to a pharmacy within...

      Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take legislative steps to improve the regulatory oversight of the non-surgical cosmetic sector.

      Health Professions: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the NHS Agenda for Change Pay Scale for reflecting trends in the level of workloads...

      Patients: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards his Department has put in place to protect patients being transported to hospital by private patient transport companies...

      Care Workers: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the (a) national minimum wage and (b) national living wage for care workers.

      NHS: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when was data added to the NHS Federated Data Platform for (a) NHS trusts and (b) integrated care systems.

      Whipps Cross and Princess Alexandra Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on when the rebuilding of (a) Whipps Cross Hospital and (b) Princess Alexandra Hospital will be...

      Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to use community pharmacies to support people with (a) asthma and (b) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

      Phlebotomy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help recognise (a) the skills of phlebotomists and (b) their contribution to the NHS.

      Health Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to healthcare facilities in rural areas.

      Autism and Learning Disability: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the findings of the 2023-24 Learning from Lives and Deaths – People with a Learning Disability...

      Ambulance Services: Tunbridge Wells

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve ambulance response times in Tunbridge Wells.

      Cancer: Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of staff in the NHS cancer workforce.

      Mental Illness: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is provided to healthcare professionals to (a) identify and (b) help tackle the causes of mental distress.

      Hospitals: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to hold (a) NHS and (b) water providers to account for hospital sewage leaks.

      NHS: Postage Stamps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, How much (a) NHS England and (b) NHS Trusts spent on postage in the 2024–25 financial year; and what steps he is taking to help...

      Nurses: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will have discussions with the Nursing and Midwifery Council on streamlining the registration process for nurses who...

      NHS: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to retain workers in the health system.

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Nottinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce A&E waiting times in Nottinghamshire.

      NHS: Warwickshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding he is allocating to repair NHS estates in Warwickshire.

      Community Health Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of community care staffing levels on hospital bed occupancy levels...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Hacking

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the hacking group Salt Typhoon on the (a) public sector, (b) private sector and (c) UK global...

    • Cabinet Office: Senior Civil Servants

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister met with any of the candidates shortlisted for the Cabinet Secretary position before the appointment.

      Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of infected blood victims who (a) are not registered with a compensation scheme, (b) fall...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister’s Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards plans to respond to the correspondence of 27 April 2025 from the hon....

      Civil Servants

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Spending Review 2025: Departmental Efficiency Plans, published on 11 June 2025, whether there is an overall headcount target for the...

      Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Infected Blood Inquiry on effectively sharing data with the Independent Blood Compensation Agency to help (a)...

      Cabinet Office: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49766 on Cabinet Office: Staff, for what reason the EU Relations Secretariat appears in the February...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Polygamy: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 50158 on Polygamy, if she will make it her policy to commission...

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton of 21 May 2025.

      Housing: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support the inclusion of asset management plans in standard pre-sale agreements...

      Affordable Housing: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using rural exception sites for delivering affordable housing.

      Empty Dwelling Management Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 46286 on Housing, whether she plans to (a) bring forward...

      Planning: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the planning system within the Planning and...

      Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 89 of the drawings entitled CD 1.03C: Proposed Drawings, submitted by the Chinese Government to...

      Compulsory Purchase and Empty Dwelling Management Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department collects on local authorities’ use of (a) Compulsory Purchase Orders and (b)...

      Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with members of the (a) Hong Kong, (b) Uyghur and (c) Tibetan diasporas in the...

      Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has issued a direction under section 321 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in relation to the...

      Housing: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to developers of nutrient neutrality credits; and what assessment...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Lichfields

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the her Department's publication entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published...

      Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) the arrangements for plan making at (i) borough...

      Land: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 May 2025 to Question 53568 on Land: Greater London, what the planning status is of...

      Planning: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the national scheme of delegation on people living in...

      Local Plans: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the time taken for local plan adoption when linked to the...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultation entitled Reform of planning committees: technical consultation, published on 28 May...

      Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to annex 14 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Impact assessment, published in May 2025, what she...

      Reservoirs: Permitted Development Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of applying permitted development rights to small reservoirs.

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question 51872 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:...

      Homelessness: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, April 2025, published on 30...

      Waverley Borough Council: Community Infrastructure Levy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received on collection practices for the Community Infrastructure Levy by...

      Mayors: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason future candidates for a directly elected mayoral post are required to pay (a) a deposit of £5,000...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Livewire Consultancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to protect nature through her Department's housebuilding programme.

      Planning: Poole Harbour

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of nutrient neutrality credits in the...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has a policy on the use of technical language in planning applications.

      Park Homes: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of improving basic amenities for Park Home residents.

      Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress she has made in updating all relevant National Policy Statements by this summer.

      Road Signs and Markings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the operation of the arrangements in relation to the implementation of...

      Planning: Bank Services and Postal Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that adequate access to (a) banking and (b) postal services is considered during...

      Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to articles 35 and 40 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England)...

      Film: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she had made of the potential impact of the planning process for building film studios on economic growth.

      Park Homes: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking in response to representations about (a) rogue operators in the park homes industry and (b)...

      Land: Trusts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to respond to the consultation on Transparency of land ownership involving trusts, published in...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of the 1.5 million homes the Government aims to deliver during this...

      Community Assets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to (a) review and (b) strengthen the provisions of the Localism Act 2011 relating to the...

      Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been provided to the Independent Commission On Neighbourhoods; and whether the Commission is a...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Personal Independence Payment: Stoke-on-Trent South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to (a) PIP eligibility and (b) the Daily Living component on claimants...

    • Access to Work Programme: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that self-employed people are adequately supported when using the Access to Work scheme.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many permanent civil servants in his Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a)...

      State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overseas voters from North East Hertfordshire constituency are impacted by frozen British Pensions; and whether she is taking steps...

      Small Businesses: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to simplify workplace health and safety requirements for small businesses while maintaining essential protections for workers.

      Winter Fuel Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making an additional payment to people who (a) will qualify for the Winter Fuel...

      Winter Fuel Payment: Means-tested Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using of AI to support its processes for means testing for the winter...

      Personal Independence Payment: Hartlepool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of PIP recipients are in employment in Hartlepool.

      Social Security Benefits: Multiple Sclerosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain, published on 5 June 2025, what...

      Winter Fuel Payment: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) people and (b) households that will receive the winter fuel payment in Wales in the 2025-26...

      Winter Fuel Payment: Rutland and Stamford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2024 to Question 4548 on Winter Fuel Payment: Rutland and Stamford, how many people will be eligible...

      Employment Schemes: Leeds North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support neurodiverse people into employment in Leeds North West constituency.

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to disability payments on people in working poverty.

      Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number of people living in deprivation, by ethnic group.

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to provide financial support to help reduce levels of child poverty in (a) (i) rural and (ii) coastal...

      Unemployment: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help reduce youth unemployment.

      Social Security Benefit: Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people had their claim rejected for (a) Universal Credit, (b) the State Pension and (c) other public funds due to having a no...

      Social Security Benefits: Cystic Fibrosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will exempt people with cystic fibrosis from proposed changes to disability benefits.

      Employment Schemes: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology and (b) local authorities on ensuring that...

      Sick Leave: Stress

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the number of people on long term sick leave due to stress over the last 12 months.

      Social Security Benefits: Multiple Sclerosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people living with multiple sclerosis in Woking constituency; and what assessment she has made...

  • Department for Education

    • Pre-school Education: Employers' Contributions

      What estimate she has made of the potential impact of increases in employers’ National Insurance contributions on early years settings.

    • Free Schools: Sutton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects construction of Angel Hill Free School in Rosehill to begin.

      Pupils: Young Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the under reporting of young carer numbers in the school census 2025.

      Financial Services: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of financial education in schools in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.

      Pupils: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure equality of opportunity for black school students.

      Sign Language: GCSE

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on the implementation of a GCSE in British Sign Language.

      Overseas Students: Guardianship

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of regulating the educational guardianship sector.

      School Meals: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered including water-only policies in updated school food standards.

      Pupil Premium: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a new Pupil Premium subcategory for persistently disadvantaged pupils.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Offenders: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will provide a breakdown of the number of foreign national offenders supervised by the Probation Service by nationality.

    • Rape: Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people who are eligible for automatic release from prison after serving 50 per cent of their sentence were convicted of rape.

      Prisons: Change of Use

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of converting decommissioned prison facilities to (a) schools, (b) hospitals, (c) housing and (d)...

      Prisoners: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to bring forward (a) legislative and (b) policy proposals to help support the children of prisoners.

      Ministry of Justice: Welsh Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her Department's consultation on reforming Local Justice Areas, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of her Department's...

      Repossession Orders: Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question 52265 on Repossession Orders: Private Rented Housing, what assessment she has made of the potential...

      Prisoners' Release: Young Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to support young people after being released from prison to prevent reoffending.

      Alternatives to Prison: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing structured military service as an alternative sentence for non-violent...

      Sexual Offences: Voluntary Organisations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of funding for organisations in the voluntary community sector working in the area of sexual violence.

      Burglary: Self-defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to review the adequacy of legal protections available to homeowners who use force in self-defence against intruders.

      Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of The Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 on faith groups.

      Emergency Calls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make purposely delaying calling emergency services...

      Aiding and Abetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has reviewed the effectiveness of legislation relating to joint enterprise.

      Prisoners: Transgender People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unoccupied places there were in prison wings for transgender prisoners only on 5 June 2025.

      Prisoners: Gender Recognition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question 51904 on Prisoners: Gender Recognition, how many of the prisoners with a Gender Recognition...

      Prisons: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating the use of (a) scanners and (b) enhanced security screening upon entry to secure...

      Legal Aid Scheme: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of civil legal aid providers in rural areas; and what steps she is...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Welsh Government on limiting the spread of bluetongue virus.

    • Sewage: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to allocate additional funding to upgrade sewage infrastructure in (a) rural and (b) suburban...

      Rivers: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of sewage spills on biodiversity in rivers in Surrey.

      National Landscapes: Bedfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to expand the Chilterns National Landscape area to cover the whole of the Chilterns Character...

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle potential abuse of the Extended Producer Responsibility exemption...

      Avian Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what metrics his Department uses to assess the effectiveness of routine avian influenza surveillance systems in detecting...

      Government Departments: Catering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54984 to Government Departments: Catering, whether he has made an...

      Forests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of voluntary corporate commitments in preventing...

      Government Departments: Catering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54984 to Government Departments: Catering, what steps he is taking to...

      Forests: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential environmental impact of levels of UK consumption of (a) palm oil, (b) soy, (c)...

      Forests: Commodities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Department is taking to implement the due diligence on forest risk commodities provisions in the Environment...

      National Landscapes: Mid Bedfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the designation of National Landscapes on nature...

      Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the trends in capital investment in the farming sector ahead of the implementation of...

      Pigs: Animal Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to launch a public consultation on the future use of farrowing crates in the UK.

      Animal and Plant Health Agency: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure timely reporting of suspected animal cruelty incidents to the Animal and Plant...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish his Department's style guide for answering written Parliamentary questions; and if he will publish (a)...

      Severn Trent Water: Water Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) adequacy of the performance of Severn Trent Water and (b) potential...

      Lobsters: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the number of live lobsters being (a) posted and (b) couriered in 2024.

      Agriculture and Environment Protection: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to review (a) agricultural and (b) environmental regulation for (i) food producers and (ii)...

      Fly-tipping: South East Cornwall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of fly-tipping incidents in South East Cornwall...

      Avian Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) support and (b) resources for (i) small-scale and (ii) backyard bird...

      Pigs: Animal Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of sows in the UK kept in farrowing crates in each of the...

      Chemicals: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of potential merits of recovering the costs of treating chemical pollutants in (a) drinking...

      Animal Welfare: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of rehoming (a) organisations and (b) centres that are operating (i) with and (ii)...

      Sustainable Farming Incentive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 28 April 2025 to Question 47228, what his plans for the future of the Sustainable Farming...

      Animal Welfare: Wiltshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications have been received under the 2025 round of animal health and welfare grants; and what proportion of...

      Animal Welfare: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterparts in the (a) Scottish, (b) Welsh and (c) Northern Irish...

      Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has contributed to modelling on inheritance tax revenue expected to be raised by proposed reforms to...

      Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the report by Family Business UK...

      Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed reforms to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business...

      Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received from (a) the NFU, (b) the CLA , (c) Historic Houses and (d) other rural stakeholders on...

      Reservoirs: Cambridgeshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline for for the proposed Fens Reservoir is for the (a) submission of a development consent order...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Ministers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many days Ministers in his Department have worked in (a) departmental offices and (b) Government hubs outside London...

      Sewers: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help increase sewage capacity for new build homes.

      Horse Passports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraphs 8 and 10 of the National Audit Office’s report entitled Resilience to animal diseases,...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Overseas Trade: Occupied Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what (a) trading rules and (b) tariffs on trade apply between the UK and settlements within the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

    • Electric Bicycles: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 55229 on Electric Bicycles: Sales, what estimate he has made of the number of illegally...

      Electric Bicycles: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 55229 on Electric Bicycles: Sales, what plans his Department has to improve consumer...

      Public Houses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) pricing structures imposed by large pub companies on tenant landlords...

      Beer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allowing tenanted pubs in England and Wales to purchase beer directly from...

      Supermarkets: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of supermarket loyalty schemes on consumer pricing.

      Horizon IT System: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to provide funding for legal advice for Sub-Postmasters pursuing compensation claims.

      Horizon IT System: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) fairness and (b) efficiency of the Horizon compensation schemes.

      Horizon IT System: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what criteria his Department is using to calculate compensation offers made to Sub-Postmasters impacted by the Horizon scandal.

      Cafes: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support cafes in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

  • Department for Transport

    • Roads and Roundabouts: Northumberland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations she has received from Northumberland County Council on (a) the Road Investment Strategy, (b) Moor Farm roundabout and (c) Seaton...

    • Parking: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce a National Parking Platform.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2025 to Question 44913 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, if he will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland...

      Oxted Line: Electrification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the electrification of the train line between Uckfield and Hurst Green on train reliability.

      Oxted Line: Electrification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the electrification of the train line between Uckfield and Hurst Green on economic growth in...

      Speed Limits: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce speeding (a) on small rural roads and (b) through village centres.

      Roads: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding is available to local authorities to improve road safety in villages.

      Bus Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to bring forward regulations under section 141A of the Transport Act 2000 to improve the collection of centrally held data on local...

      Transport: North Cornwall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of rural transport infrastructure in North Cornwall constituency.

      Driving under Influence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to work with relevant authorities to reduce drug or alcohol linked fatalities on roads in (a) England and (b) Romford...

      Community Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support community transport.

      Travel: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people are eligible for free travel under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme due to disability in (a) South Holland and the...

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 46979 on Railways, what steps she plans to take to ensure that Great British Railways provides a...

      Railways: Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of abolishing peak time pricing on rail fares to and from Devon.

      Kirkby-in-Ashfield Station: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will introduce step free access at Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station.

      Taxis: Wheelchairs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of wheelchair accessible taxis in (a) rural areas and (b)...

      Railway Stations: Tempsford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the new NaFRA flood zone data, published on 25 March 2025 on plans for an East West Rail...

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 46979 on Railways, what steps she plans to take to ensure that Great British Railways provides a...

      Bus Services: Franchises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Setting up a bus franchising scheme: December 2024, published in December 2024, whether a local...

      Waterloo-Reading Railway Line: Rolling Stock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 55867 on Rolling stock, what her timetable is for making an estimate of the potential impact of the...

      Thameslink Line: Passengers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to Question 49562 on Railways, if she will publish the rail demand scenarios for Thameslink she has modelled.

      Aviation: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to work with relevant authorities to improve the safety of domestic air travel.

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations of the Safer Streets for All report by Living...

      Railways: Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding she has allocated to the completion of the Midlands Rail Hub.

      Kings Norton Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 5.83 of the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, CP 1336, whether Kings Norton station will be upgraded as...

      Oxted Line: Electrification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the electrification of the train line between Uckfield and Hurst Green on passenger service.

      Railways: Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 5.83 of the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, how much funding has been allocated to progress the next...

  • Home Office

    • Israeli Embassy

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure the safety of staff at the Israeli embassy in London.

    • Oppression: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police reports on the intimidation of pro-democracy Hong Kongers living in the UK have been filed in each year since 2021.

      Motor Vehicles: Glass

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cars have been seized for illegal tinted windows in the last ten years.

      Hospitality Industry: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 49918 on Hospitality Industry: Licensing, which Minister is responsible for late-night...

      Electric Bicycles: Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is provided to police officers to help (a) identify and (b) handle illegally modified e-bikes.

      Police: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to review (a) the rate of police pay and (b) the adequacy of technical and mental health support provided to police officers.

      Antisemitism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that Jewish people in the UK are not (a) physically and (b) verbally attacked.

      Visas: British National (Overseas)

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that individuals prosecuted under the Hong Kong National Security Law are not unfairly...

      Visas: British National (Overseas)

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will relax the 90-day absence rule for British National (Overseas) visa holders for exceptional circumstances for visa holders from...

      Visas: British National (Overseas)

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increasing the qualifying period for settlement under the BNO visa scheme...

      British National (Overseas): Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications there have been through the British Nationals (Overseas) Visa pathway in each year since 2021.

      Slavery: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of aligning the statutory guidance entitled Modern Slavery: statutory guidance for...

      Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of use of diplomatic premises in the UK to (a) monitor and (b) intimidate members of...

      Glastonbury Festival: Kneecap

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the organisers of Glastonbury Festival on the inclusion of Kneecap in the 2025 line-up.

      MI5: Stonewall

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2025 to Question 48955 on MI5: Stonewall, for what reason MI5 renewed its membership of Stonewall.

      Royal and VIP Executive Committee

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 29 October 2024 to Question HL1634 on Royal and VIP Executive Committee, who represents (a) her Department,...

      Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department will use to determine which countries are on the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.

      Farms: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help protect farm businesses from fraud.

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the frequency of the publication of statistics on the number of animals that are bred for...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Firearms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what weapon systems the L123A2 underslung grenade launcher is compatible with, other than the L85A2/3.

    • Military Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 5 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, published on 2 June 2025, when...

      F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has ordered F35 aircraft for delivery after 2025.

      F-35 Aircraft: Spare Parts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the length is of the UK's contract with the F35 global spare parts pool; and when that contract ends.

      Kerslake Commission on Armed Forces Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has produced a timeline to implement the recommendations of the Kerslake Review.

      Armed Forces: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military posts allocated for British Armed Forces personnel within NATO remain unfilled as of 1 April 2025.

      LGBT Veterans Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 57700 on LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme, what progress his Department has made on ensuring...

      Defence: Semiconductors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to diversify supplies of (a) gallium and (b) germanium as part of the UK’s defence industrial strategy.

      Navy: Exclusive Economic Zone

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken with His Majesty’s armed forces to improve the maritime defence of British Exclusive Economic Zones.

      RAF Brize Norton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will meet with the hon. Member for Witney to discuss the allocation of new funding for military housing to RAF Brize Norton.

      Nuclear Power: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for reviewing the National Nuclear Strategic Plan for Skills.

      European Defence Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of accessing the European Defence Security Fund on tech companies in Cheltenham.

      Ukraine: Unmanned Air Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that critical components of military drones manufactured in the UK and supplied to Ukraine are sourced from UK suppliers.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8912 on Armed Forces: Housing, how much and what proportion of the (a) £41 million funding...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8912 on Armed Forces: Housing, how much of the funding for (a) maintaining and (b) improving...

      RAF Shawbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of military accommodation at (a) RAF Shawbury and (b) of armed forces personnel in the surrounding area.

      Clive Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of military accommodation at Clive Barracks.

      LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme.

      LGBT Veterans Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time is between application and payment under LGBT Veterans Independent Review reparation schemes.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Data Protection: Consumers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with the Information Commissioner’s Office on the data protection implications of offering...

    • Building Digital UK: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding Building Digital UK has received in each year since it was established.

      Innovate UK: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what work Innovate UK plans to take to increase advertising of the Contracts for Innovation grants programme in Northern Ireland.

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many permanent civil servants had contracts of employment terminated for poor performance in (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Disability: Employment

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress her Department has made on (a) preventing discrimination in (i) agencies and (ii) small recruiters when hiring disabled applicants and...

    • Candidates: Women

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to issue guidance to political parties on the potential impact of the Supreme Court judgement in For Women Scotland Ltd v The...

      Women: Public Places

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to issue guidance on the application of the Supreme Court judgement in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish...

  • Treasury

    • Drugs: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the draft regulations entitled The Human Medicines (Amendments Relating to Hub and Spoke Dispensing etc.) Regulations 2025, what the VAT...

    • Jim Ratcliffe

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she met Sir Jim Radcliffe in April 2025.

      Bank Services: North East Somerset and Hanham

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to protect face-to-face banking services for people in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.

      Cider: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take fiscal steps to prevent the sale of high-strength ciders at low prices in supermarkets; and if she will make an assessment of the...

      Revenue and Customs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48499 on Revenue and Customs, when HMRC's Statutory Payment Consultation Group will next be convened.

      Gambling: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her Department's proposals to harmonise gambling duties on (a) horseracing and (b) other sports.

      Gambling: Black Economy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) her Department's proposals on gambling harmonisation and (b) affordability checks on levels of...

      Intelligence Services: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the budget for the Ministry of Defence will be accounted for by expenditure on the intelligence and security services not previously...

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to clause 5.59 of the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, if she will state for each year of the spending review the financial...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Table 5.29 of the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, if he will provide a breakdown of the forecast RDEL settlements in...

      Intelligence Services: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to to table 5.1 on pages 44-45 of the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, CP 1336, whether the Single Intelligence Account...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, whether the assumed average annual real growth in RDEL spending includes the...

      Intelligence Services: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total quantum is of the amount of money that will be added to the defence budget as a result of the incorporation of the intelligence and security...

      Orchestras: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average processing time was for claims for Orchestra Tax Relief in each of the last five years.

      Undocumented Workers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has made an estimate of the number of people working in the informal economy without legal immigration status; and what assessment her...

      Home Insurance: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending regulations preventing existing customers from being charged higher premiums than...

      Insurance: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with insurers on the potential impact of the cost of monthly insurance payments on levels of financial inclusion.

      Banking Hubs: Gloucestershire

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) availability and (b) accessibility of banking hubs in Gloucestershire.

      Stock Market: Economic Growth

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of levels of public equity market capitalisation on domestic economic growth.

      Tobacco: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of the decrease in tobacco duty as set out in HMRC's annual tax receipts bulletin with the ONS smoking prevalence...

      Gambling: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of changes to annual revenue received from a single Remote Betting and Gambling Duty.

      Soft Drinks: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the Soft Drinks Industry Levy thresholds on business competitiveness.

      Money Laundering: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to respond to the consultation on Improving the effectiveness of the Money Laundering Regulations, published in March 2024.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will summon the Israeli Ambassador to explain ask why (a) Israeli armed forces seized the British-flagged...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Glastonbury Festival

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether any Ministers in her Department are planning to attend the 2025 Glastonbury Festival in an official capacity.

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many permanent civil servants in her Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a)...

      Public Libraries: Sutton Coldfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Birmingham City Council’s ability to provide a (a) comprehensive and (b)...

      Holiday Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to require (a) tree houses, (b) shepherds huts, (c) farm buildings and (d) other properties not suitable...

      Tourism: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's revised code of practice for...

      Holiday Accommodation: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on the (a) development and (b) implementation of the registration scheme for short-term lets.

      Sports: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department plans to provide for (a) sports and (b) health clubs facilities in (i) South Holland District and (ii)...

      Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 June 2025 on Grassroots Sport Facilities, HCWS689, how many projects have been funded by...

      Football: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of implementing the revised EHRC Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and...

      Independent Football Regulator: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has published the full (a) criteria and (b) process for the appointment of the Chair of the Independent Football...

      Independent Football Regulator: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the (a) independence of, (b) transparency of and (c) public confidence in the...

      Glastonbury Festival: Kneecap

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with Glastonbury Festival organisers on the inclusion of Kneecap in the 2025 line-up.

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Energy Supply: Newport West and Islwyn

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of smart grids enabled by dedicated radio spectrum access on people in Newport...

    • Data Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Ofgem's readiness criteria for the UK data centre sector on growth in that...

      Renewable Energy: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will set out how the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan will take into account the distribution of (a) seagrasses and (b) other...

      Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to commission an independent review of the (a) carbon capture and storage programme and (b) associated...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when her Department will publish the response to the consultation entitled Extending the UK Emissions Trading Scheme cap beyond 2030.

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many permanent civil servants in his Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b)...

  • Attorney General

    • Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Attorney General has appointed a special advocate in relation to the Chinese Embassy called-in planning application and public inquiry.

    • Burglary: Self-defence

      To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who act in good faith to protect themselves or others from intruders are not prosecuted.

      Hate Crime: Prosecutions

      To ask the Solicitor General, how many people have been prosecuted for hate crime in the last 12 months.

      Civil Servants: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Solicitor General, how many permanent civil servants had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Age: Discrimination

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Minister for Equalities plans to take part in activities to mark Age Without Limits Day on 11 June; and what role they will play in highlighting ageism...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Biometrics: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement regulation on the use of facial recognition technology aided by artificial intelligence.

    • UK Research and Innovation: Loans

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current outstanding balance of the innovation loans portfolio managed by UK Research and Innovation; and what proportion of that balance is classified...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the economic benefits of investing in alternatives to animal testing for the UK life sciences sector.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Darwin Plus: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to continue their funding for all local, main and strategic Darwin Plus projects.

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Intellectual Property

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many intellectual property licences the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs holds under contracts or terms of reference for (1) grants, (2)...

      Fisheries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase global cooperation to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

      Meat Products: Preservatives

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the proposed Common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Area with the European Union will include provisions to restrict or ban the use of added nitrites in...

      Recycling: Waste Disposal

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps will be taken by the Circular Economy Taskforce to engage with small and medium-sized enterprises about the development of the circular economy strategy.

      Internal Drainage Boards

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether internal drainage boards are subject to a biodiversity duty, as set out in the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 and amended by section...

      Electronic Cigarettes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they made of the vape ban in Australia when considering the single-use disposal vape ban in the UK.

      Conservators of Ashdown Forest

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Conservators of Ashdown Forest are considered to be a public authority.

      New Towns: Planning Permission

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister for Housing and Planning on 7 April (HC40908), what is the evidential basis for the designation of the site of...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Advertising

      To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to section 3 of the Government Communication Service's SAFE Framework: the 4 principles for HMG Brand Safety, whether the expression of...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Homelessness: Greater London

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help London boroughs address the estimated £330 million overspend in their homeless services’ budgets.

    • Farms

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide guidance or support to existing county councils with council farm estates to explore placing those estates into trusts or alternative...

      Affordable Housing: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what statistical source and metric they used for the basis that the £2 billion investment to support social and affordable housebuilding is the biggest in a...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Defence: Expenditure

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total annual expenditure on defence by (1) the UK and EU countries combined, and (2) Russia.

    • Veterans: LGBT+ People

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many claims have been made under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme; how many of them were settled by 31 May; and what steps have been taken if any,...

      Air Force: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made by the Royal Air Force in redesigning uniform and any relevant body or safety protection apparel to fit the anatomy of women.

      Navy: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made by the Royal Navy in redesigning uniform and any relevant body or safety protection apparel to fit the anatomy of women.

      Army: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made by the British Army in redesigning uniform and body protection apparel to fit the anatomy of women.

      Armed Forces Commissioner

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the annual costs of the office of the Armed Forces Commissioner.

      Guided Weapons: Defence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of cost of providing an 'Iron Dome' style defence system to protect the United Kingdom from missile attack.

      Military Bases: Omagh

      To ask His Majesty's Government what parts they own of the St Lucia Barracks in Omagh.

      Military Bases: Omagh

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to use St Lucia Barracks in Omagh as a museum of the service of the Ulster Defence Regiment and the Royal Irish Regiment.

      Sea Cadet Corps: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government why Sea Cadets are not allowed to be issued with drill firearms for parade training.

      Cadets: Alcoholic Drinks

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether cadets in the three cadet forces are allowed to attend any function where alcohol is served for adults.

      Defence: Equality

      To ask His Majesty's Government what individual diversity networks, and trade union diversity networks, are recognised by the Ministry of Defence and each of the Armed Forces.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Business: Coronavirus

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the total value and percentage rate of fraud and error, (2) the number and value of loans flagged for suspected fraud, (3) the...

    • Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether their discussions under clause 6(a) of the UK–USA Economic Prosperity Deal will include measures to search cargo plans from Xinjiang to ensure that...

      ACAS: Telephone Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many calls the ACAS helpline received in each year between 2016 and 2024; of those, how many and what percentage of calls were about religion and belief;...

      Department for Business and Trade: Intellectual Property

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many intellectual property licences the Department for Business and Trade holds under contracts or terms of reference for (1) grants, (2) pre-procurement or...

      Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will ban import of electric vehicles that use software from Chinese or Russian companies in order to implement clause 5(b) of the UK–USA...

      Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will review the China Investment Corporation's board seat and 10-percent stake in Heathrow Airport as part of measures to implement clause 4(b) of the...

      Science and Technology: Investment

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether any capped return or fee offset mechanisms were used in funds backed by the Long-term Investment for Technology and Science; if so, what their expected...

      Science and Technology: Investment

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the £250 million of public capital committed under the Long-term Investment for Technology and Science (LIFTS) initiative has been (1) drawn down...

      Science and Technology: Investment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what performance indicators and evaluation mechanisms have been established for each fund supported by the Long-term Investment for Technology and Science...

      Mining: Public Consultation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure consultation of civil society stakeholders who may be affected by proposed mining operations in the review of the UK Critical...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Terrorism: Criminal Proceedings

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many criminal cases have been designated as being aggravated by a terrorism connection under section 1 of the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 where...

    • Polygamy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the incidence of polygamy in the United Kingdom.

      Homelessness: Convictions and Prosecutions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the number of individuals (1) prosecuted, and (2) convicted, under the Vagrancy Act 1824 for each police force area in England and Wales in each year from...

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies Spending on special educational needs in England: something has to change,...

    • Students: Neurodiversity

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 30 May (HL7441), what assessment have they made of whether making adjustments in the assessment...

      Science and Engineering: Degrees

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the capacity of UK universities to meet increased demand for science and engineering degree programmes, and what steps they are...

      Skilled Workers: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much money was raised by the skills levy on employers recruiting from overseas in the financial year 2024–25; and what allocation was made from this...

      Teachers: Pay

      To ask His Majesty's Government where the £615 million allocated to schools to fund teachers' pay awards for 2025–26 will come from within the existing budget of the Department for...

      Universities: Databases

      To ask His Majesty's Government what requirements are placed on universities to collect data on (1) sex, (2) gender, (3) gender identity or (4) gender reassignment, of students when (a) applying...

      Schools: Solar Power

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential carbon savings from equipping all suitable school buildings with solar panels; and what steps they are taking to...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Youth Investment Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government how the remaining £79.4 million of the previously allocated Youth Investment Fund is being utilised; and what criteria are being used to distribute these...

    • Youth Organisations: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what measures are being taken to ensure grassroots youth organisations receive adequate funding and support to prevent closures and job losses in the sector.

      Age: Discrimination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address ageism in advertising, the media and the creative industries.

      Gambling: Advertising

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 21 May (HL7312), what sources of evidence they are consulting to gain a comprehensive and impartial...

  • Treasury

    • Public Sector: Borrowing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to reduce public sector borrowing, following the release of the latest Office for National Statistics figures for public sector...

    • Productivity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decline in total factor productivity on the United Kingdom's economic growth potential; and what steps they plan to take to...

      Pension Funds: Investment Trusts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of listed closed-ended investment companies by pension funds as a means for smaller schemes to invest in illiquid...

      Taxation: Self-assessment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the benefits to HMRC and to affected taxpayers of requiring sole traders and landlords to quadruple the frequency and associated costs of their...

      Investment Trusts: Disclosure of Information

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of information provided by retail investment platforms to investors in UK-listed closed-ended investment companies,...

      Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce inefficiencies in the tax system.

      Pension Funds: Investment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help increase the return on investment from pension savings.

      Private Education: VAT

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much revenue has been raised since introducing VAT on private schools on 1 January; and what has this revenue has been spent on or is planned to be spent...

      Heathrow Airport: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what meetings the Chancellor of the Exchequer has had with the Mayor of London to discuss proposals to expand Heathrow Airport since July 2024.

      Unemployment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the unemployment rate and its impact on economic growth.

      Electronic Cigarettes: Tax Yields

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much tax revenue they have collected from the vaping industry in each of the past three years for which figures are available.

      Fiscal Policy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of their fiscal policies on the United Kingdom's economic growth potential.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will ask the Office for Budget Responsibility to examine cancer trends in the next report about fiscal risks and sustainability, with a focus on the...

      Inflation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the latest consumer price index figures; and what plans they have to address these figures.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Somalia: Genocide

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding in the United Nations document Moving Forward, Whilst Looking Back: Reflections on the Effective Implementation...

    • Myanmar: Politics and Government

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 20 May (HL7302), what steps they are taking in their role as penholder on Myanmar at...

      China: Mauritius

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the Chinese ambassador to Mauritius expects Mauritius to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

      BBC World Service: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much they contributed to the BBC World Service in each of the past two years; and what percentage of that organisation's cost they contributed in each of...

      Myanmar: Freedom of Expression

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support freedom of expression in Myanmar in the context of the Myanmar military’s restrictions on independent media.

      Cyprus: Community Development

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 20 May (HL7156), whether they plan to send a representative to the Turkish Cypriot...

      Myanmar: Political Prisoners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to press for the release of political prisoners detained in Myanmar.

      Somalia: Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Chris Mburu Past Human Rights Abuses in Somalia: Report of a Preliminary Study Conducted for the United Nations,...

      Myanmar: Fuels

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the flow of aviation fuel to the Myanmar military, following the airstrike on a school in Sagaing region on 12 May.

      Myanmar: Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of international activists and artists in raising awareness of human rights abuses in Myanmar, and what steps they are...

  • Home Office

    • Domestic Abuse

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 9 December 2024 (HL2824), what assessment they have made of the prevalence of transnational marriage...

    • Home Office: Intellectual Property

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many intellectual property licences the Home Office holds under contracts or terms of reference for (1) grants, (2) pre-procurement or proof of concept work,...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Solar Power: Batteries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need to require that solar farm and battery energy storage system developments are backed by sufficient performance or...

    • Electrical Substations: Fires

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many fires at electricity substations have been reported in each of the last five years.

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the UK achieves its target of 43 to 50 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2030.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Terrorism: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil cases have been lodged with the Northern Ireland Office in relation to the 2020 Supreme Court decision that the signing of interim custody orders by...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Access

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of the funding agreements for the railway industry announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 4 June has been allocated for improved accessibility.

    • Heathrow Airport: Fires

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the economic impact of the closure of Heathrow Airport due to the fire at the North Hyde substation on 21 March.

      High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether owners of property purchased for the route of HS2 were required to enter non-disclosure agreements as a condition for receiving compensation, if so...

      Channel Tunnel: Freight

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to increase rail freight through the Channel Tunnel and support a more sustainable logistics network across the UK and Europe.

      Great British Railways

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will define the term "directing mind" in relation to Great British Railways.

      Heathrow Airport: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what meetings ministers in the Department for Transport have had with the Mayor of London to discuss proposals to expand Heathrow Airport since July 2024.

      Road Works

      To ask His Majesty's Government what threshold needs to be met by utility companies to start emergency roadworks without a permit under highway authority permit schemes.

      Heathrow Airport: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what meetings the Secretary of State for Transport has had with the Mayor of London to discuss proposals to expand Heathrow Airport since July 2024.

      Road Works

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to amend section 81 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 so that local authorities can levy fines against utility companies...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Reform

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 14 April (HL6369), whether the static microsimulation model used in their impact assessment...

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