Tuesday, 22 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to require all primary care networks to publish annual accounts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce therapy waiting times for young people with mental health challenges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle health inequalities in the North East.
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of NHS practitioners prescribing parkrun on public health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role neighbourhood mental health centre pilot schemes will play in improving (a) care and (b) support for people living with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase awareness of the potential risks of unregulated online pharmacies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a national service specification for adult cerebral palsy to be used to commission specialist services within...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to make the NHS more accessible for people with hearing impairment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to provide culturally appropriate dementia services for (a) South Asian and (b) other ethnic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the dermatology workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of suicide prevention training provided to ambulance staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve state funded physiotherapy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the supply of Pancreatin for people struggling to acquire their required quantity and dosage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to ensure that (a) access logs and (b) permissions related to NHS data processed on Palantir platforms...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the contract for the Federated Data Platform will require Palantir to publish an open standard data schema to enable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) steps he is taking to support and (b) funding he has allocated to the rollout of AI-assisted stethoscope checks for heart...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that diagnostic results shared via the NHS App for patients living with chronic conditions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that practicing nurses are able to find NHS employment and remain on the nursing register.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential link between the use of gabapentin and cognitive impairment in patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) federated machine learning and (b) transfer learning techniques have been employed in the Federated Data Platform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prescribing medical cannabis as a treatment for the symptoms of attention deficit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) encryption key management protocols and (b) physical hosting zones are in place to ensure NHS datasets remain (i) logically and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating digital prescribing for medical cannabis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has received representations from (a) Palantir Technologies Ltd and (b) its subsidiaries on combining data...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting lists for (a) appointments and (b) assessments for hearing services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS (a) retains the intellectual property in relation to the technical sovereignty for and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has issued guidance to help ensure that AI solutions trained on NHS datasets align with NHS principles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS podiatry services are adequately resourced in Fylde constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the contract for the Federated Data Platform includes specifications for (a) which data export formats will be used, (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating standardised domestic abuse training for all frontline NHS staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review NHS grading bands for phlebotomists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that hospitals are able to provide (a) nutritious and (b) good-quality food for patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any NHS trusts have opted out of participating in the Federated Data Platform; and what steps NHS England is taking to monitor...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for agreeing the final funding arrangements for rebuilding Weybridge Health Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of running long term studies in to the impact on women's bodies of egg retrieval.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS trusts have received (a) financial support and (b) incentive payments to enable uptake of the Federated Data Platform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which hospitals will be investigated as part of the inquiry into maternity care in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the reason that over 4,100 women from the poorest backgrounds in the UK have donated their eggs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve state funded maternity care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timeline is for publishing a Government response to the Hughes Report, published on 7 February 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of £985 per cycle payments to egg donors on the level of incentive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of allowing young women to be solicited for egg donations by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider making resident doctors subject to legislation preventing strike action.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of working with commercial suppliers whose senior leadership have expressed overt...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of children living in temporary accommodation who presented to A&E with an injury...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical school places he expects there to be in each year up to 2031.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward (a) regulations and (b) a licensing regime for practitioners of cosmetic surgery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of prescriptions for sodium valproate given to women between the ages of 18 and 52 in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the planned changes to funding for Level 7 apprenticeships for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NICE on the recommended frequency of infant head measurements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells on coroners holding inquests into stillbirths,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has (a) received reports of technical problems with and (b) investigated the functionality of the online...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will hold discussions with London boroughs on abolishing council directly elected mayors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to require local referenda for local government reorganisation proposals in Lincolnshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will initiate an external assurance review following Norfolk County Council's application for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Local Government Outcomes Framework published on 3 July 2025, what metrics will be used to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the average increase in (a) town and (b) parish precepts in council areas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support is available to local authorities to improve community (a) libraries, (b) banking hubs and (c) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has published on the maximum of deputy mayors that may be appointed by the (a) Greater...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of local authorities receiving Exceptional Financial Support in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60934 on Council Tax: Tax Yields, what the monetary amount of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to allocate fines to housebuilders from the Competition and Markets Authority to support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of local authority housing allocations were made to households where the primary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle homelessness outside of large urban areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with her (a) Welsh and (b) Scottish counterpart on the risk of foreign interference in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of the report by the All-Party...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the delivery of affordable housing targets in 2023–24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is reviewing the rules of Housing Revenue Accounts to support local authorities to (a) safer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to give Community Land Trusts improved access to Registered Provider status.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that a higher proportion of housing is affordable in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Oral Contribution of the Secretary of State for Transport: Road and Rail Projects delivered on 8...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) curfews and (b) licensing restrictions at sporting venues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to require local referenda for local government reorganisation proposals in Leicestershire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure social housing providers have the resources to keep residents (a) safe...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department made of the implications for her policies of the Molior London Quarterly Report...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date she resigned from Unite.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to bring forward pilot zoning schemes to provide easier planning for commercial development in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data her Department holds on the number of people living in deprivation by ethnic group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of procurement contracts were awarded to UK companies in the 2024-25 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children have access to (a) safe and (b) well-maintained playgrounds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of trends in the level of inappropriate use of parent and child parking bays; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of suicide prevention training provided to fire and rescue staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will consult with the (a) British Federation of Property and (b) Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is she taking to ensure that ECP assessment reports include the full list of recommendations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 17 April 2024, HCWS413, on Building Safety Update, what recent discussions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to support the development of local industrial strategies for financial and related professional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether there is (a) lesbian, (b) gay and (c) bisexual muslim representation on the Working Group to define Islamophobia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled MHCLG: workforce management information, May 2025, published...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the her Department's transparency data, MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the consultation on the Islamophobia/Anti-Muslim Hatred Definition will take evidence from (a) the Muslim...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff in her Department have permission to work remotely outside the UK; and in which countries those staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides to local planning authorities on the installation of air conditioning systems in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many new build homes were given an Energy Performance Certificate in 2024-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local council elections postponed in 2025 will take place in 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the powers of councils to improve transport...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of dwellings with planning permission granted where construction...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the devolved Administrations on measures to help support leaseholders who experience...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of immigration on the availability of (a) social...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local planning authorities have adequate resources to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's white paper entitled A pro-innovation approach to AI...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of departmental procurement contracts were awarded to British companies in the last financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has had discussions with the private sector on the use of digital identity for accessing financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of trends in the level of (a) water and (b) energy usage required for artificial intelligence data...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Civil Service 2024/2025 External Expenditure on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion of 30 May 2025, if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on cross-government plans for digital identity systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to mandate the use of AI labelling tools to differentiate between real and synthetic content.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure the National Oceanography Centre is meeting its nationwide remit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) the USA and (b) South Korea on alternative methods to replace animal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of telecommunications have been buried underground since the introduction of the Electronic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Part 11 of the Electronic Communications Code in providing flexibility to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions his Department has had with Ofcom on the potential impact of the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much Building Digital UK has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the data collated in the Centre for Human...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the number of sitting days at Truro Crown Court will be increased.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of (a) Serco and (b) GeoAmey PECS under the prisoner escort and custody service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any convicted paedophiles have been released from prison through the early release scheme; and if she will make it her policy not to release...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings she has had with the victims of people released from prison through the early release scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of deporting all foreign criminals currently in prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether her Department will underwrite New Fair Deal for staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243 on Prisons: Education, what guidance her Department has provided to private-sector providers of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether her Department has made any assurances to private-sector providers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether her Department has made any assurances to private-sector providers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether it is her expectation that private-sector providers of prison...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, what guidance was given to her Department by (a) HM Treasury and (b) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether prison educators who transfer from further education colleges to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether New Fair Deal will apply to prison educators transferring from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press release entitled UK and Albania agree groundbreaking new arrangement on prisoner transfers, published on 24 May 2023, how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunals cases have been heard since September 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to review the (a) safe and (b) effective use of the Mental Capacity Act...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court sitting days were allocated in (a) Taunton and (b) the UK in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps is her Department taking to tackle misogyny in (a) the bankruptcy and (b) judicial system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation services in the (i) courts and (ii) prison system in the last financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to help support parents with the costs of the Family Court system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment she has made of the performance of the Family Court system in (a) London and (b) the rest of the country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to recommendation 8 of part 1 report of the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, published on 9 July 2025, whether her Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has considered the potential merits of requiring prisoners convicted for (a) murder, (b) rape and (c) terrorism offences to work in prison...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been given legal aid for cases in relation to immigration offences in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was given in legal aid to people accused of (a) murder, (b) rape and (c) terrorism offences in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting foreign nationals from being eligible for legal aid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of legal aid in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will consider the potential merits of conducting a review of the legal aid policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of deaths referred to the Isle of Wight coroner involved a Marine Accident Investigation Branch...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help strengthen the UK’s relationship with Spain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help strengthen the UK’s relationship with Estonia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the family of Michael Frison who went missing in Sardinia on 13 July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help strengthen the UK’s relationship with Poland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to meet with his counterparts in (a) the EU and (b) Spain to discuss the status of Gibraltar.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help strengthen the UK’s relationship with Portugal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many official visits were made by foreign diplomats to Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help improve the UK’s relationship with Norway.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 57552 on Humanitarian Aid: Older People, if he will place in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the BBC on the potential impact of changes to the level of funding for BBC World...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, With reference to the publication entitled Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Ministers' Gifts - May...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help strengthen the UK’s relationship with Denmark.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on funding for the (a) BBC World Service and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes in funding for the BBC World Service on the UK's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Africa has had with trade unions on women’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic démarches his department has delivered to advance religious freedom during bilateral visits...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what financial support his Department provides for the protection of (a) rainforests and (b) Indigenous People and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to advocate for the protection of children in armed conflict in (a) the Occupied...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will publish a cross-government strategy on children and armed conflict.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the potential merits of using the certificate of sponsorship start date to start the qualifying period for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of new visa requirements on travellers from Trinidad and Tobago; and if she will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a concession for care workers in the qualifying time for indefinite...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms exist with her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive for (a) communication and (b) support to ensure immigration...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 16 May 2022 to Question 245 on Migrant Workers: Football, whether her Department considers football...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) economic and (b) social impact of uncontrolled migration on communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made with Cabinet colleagues of how many (a) prison service, (b) DWP and (c) general civil service staff members with...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people on the (a) Homes for Ukraine and (b) Ukraine Family Schemes who are working in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, published on 12 May 2025, whether her...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review (a) citizenship and (b) settlement criteria to place greater emphasis on (i) cultural integration and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims have been submitted by Ukrainian nationals in each of the last three years; and what proportion of those were...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of (a) misconduct and (b) reflective practice under the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020 have been referred for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suicides by police officers have been recorded in each of the last ten years, by local police force.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support police to enforce laws prohibiting e-scooters being ridden on pavements.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to increase the use of stop and search to tackle knife crime in the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of procurement contracts were awarded to UK companies in the 2024-25 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle pavement parking in Fylde constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making misogyny a hate crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the the potential impact of digital identity systems on (a) policing and (b) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who have arrived illegally using boats in the last six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals with no legal right to remain in the UK are in receipt of (a) accommodation and (b) subsistence.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders are living in the UK and have received deportation orders.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with no right to be in the UK were removed between 4 July (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been charged for immigration offences in each month since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum plans to respond to the correspondence of 16 June 2025 from the hon. Member for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been charged for knowingly assisting asylum seekers to enter the UK under s25A Immigration Act 1971 in each month since...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) help tackle online harassment and (b) improve protection for people in public life.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing draft duty relief for (a) consumers (b) pubs and (c) breweries in Poole constituency.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of taxation of the oil and gas sector on levels of future development in the North Sea.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of inflation on household disposable income.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with business groups on economic policy.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether transitional relief in the 2026 business rates revaluation will be funded by (a) the Exchequer, (b) higher multipliers, and (c) downward phasing.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of her Department's procurement contracts were awarded to British companies in the last financial year.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with business groups on the impact of changes to Business Property Relief.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of recognising the provision of dementia care to individuals as a qualifying...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department's long-term fiscal modelling includes assumptions on the potential impact of artificial intelligence on levels of productivity.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with cancer charities on the cost of travel insurance for people with cancer.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Transport Department on switching road tax to be on a per mile basis.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing vehicle tax reductions for people in receipt of attendance allowance.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help make the HM Revenue and Customs helpline more accessible to customers.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with business groups on the impact of increases to employer's National Insurance contributions.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of financial guarantees provided by the National Wealth Fund to support social housing retrofit loans provided by (a) NatWest Group, (b)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with the International Monetary Fund on the borrowing rates being paid by the UK government.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to encourage banks to use community development finance institutions.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support family owned businesses with annual turnover above £100 million.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how her Department plans to quantify the (a) costs and (b) savings associated with the adoption of artificial intelligence in (i) health, (ii) defence,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the (a) cost to the NHS of prescribing weight loss...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) across England are equipped with adequate (i) cooling and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications for the disposal of school playing fields her Department has (a) approved and (b) rejected by (i) school and (ii) local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of early years settings in (i) Buckinghamshire and (ii) Milton Keynes currently employing at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing to help ensure early years providers are included in the Stronger Practice Hubs expansion programme in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s statutory guidance entitled Children missing education: statutory guidance for local authorities, published...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of air quality in classrooms in Surrey.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the merits of introducing mandatory education on the voting system for students in secondary school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the letter from Fiona Davidson, dated 4 July 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that PSHE education is consistently embedded as part of the curriculum in all year groups in secondary education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which state schools are taking part in the Music Opportunities Pilot by (a) local authority and (b) constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2025 to Question 43513 on Financial Services: Curriculum, what assessment she has made of the impact of financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing additional support to autistic children with no other learning disabilities in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent civil servants are working on appointing the new contractor for St Michaels School in Paignton.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of school food guidelines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has taken steps with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to make an assessment of the potential impact of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many universities have had debt restructuring packages facilitated by the Office for Students involving (a) the Department for Education, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that the decision to cut funding for Assistive Technologies within the Disabled Students’ Allowance will not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) reduce workload and (b) enhance professional development support for teachers in schools serving low...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on the Kinship Allowance Pilot Scheme; and when that scheme will begin.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with (a) Buckinghamshire Council and (b) Milton Keynes City Council on the use of data sharing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data the Department holds on the number of children placed in out-of-area care in unregistered settings in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place to share safeguarding intelligence between local authorities and law enforcement in cases involving suspected...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of reducing the individual limit for the Adoption Support Fund for therapy on (a) adoptees...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising the thresholds for determining the interest rate on student loan repayments for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Education and Skills Funding Agency spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of departmental procurement contracts were awarded to British companies in the last financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Standards and Testing Agency has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking through the Growth and Skills levy to introduce greater flexibility for blended and modular learning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was allocated to journalism courses through the Strategic Priorities Grant in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reducing funding for (a) journalism, (b) media studies, (c) publishing and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children’s home providers in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire meet national staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with her Scottish counterpart on ensuring the sustainability of high-quality chemistry teaching.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve water quality in (a) rivers and (b) coastal areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle agricultural pollution in protected areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with stakeholders on preventing microplastics from infiltrating agricultural land.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Designate a bathing water: guidance on how to apply, updated on 15 May...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of shifting from centralised stormwater solutions to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of its policies on (a) decentralised rainwater...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on improving water safety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to support the monitoring of environmental lead contamination by conservation bodies in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to next review the regulations for end-of-life vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote the separation of clean water from (a) sewage systems and (b) natural surface...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on updating planning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Veterinary Surgeons Act.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the public health risks associated with PFAS contamination in drinking...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to work with devolved Administrations to improve the sharing of data on curlew (a) ecology and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the conviction rate was for waste crime offences in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is providing funding for UK-wide research into curlew conservation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to remove physical checks for thoroughbred horses at the border.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help sheep farmers from Northern Ireland to participate in UK-funded livestock (a) genomics and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of prosecutions for waste crime offences in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 56471 on foie gras import controls, if he will publish a timeline for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on animal sentience.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 65431, what proportion of overall costs the contracts for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance his Department is providing to farming businesses wishing to implement fire suppression measures on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Directive (EU) 2024/1438 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 amending Council...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to help tackle the mis-labelling of honey products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure adequate funding for Natural England to protect biodiversity on new housing developments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of the (a) fines and (b) other penalties levied on water companies will be used for projects to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for the publication for the update Greening Government commitments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents involving dangerous dogs have been reported in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing minimum public safety requirements for beekeepers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the dimensions of cages necessary for the breeding and rearing of game birds that is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers transitioning to sustainable land management.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent the dumping of sewage by Southern Water in Southampton Test constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Welsh government on the cessation of the sale of horticultural peat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has issued guidance to beekeepers on the use of (a) temporary signage and (b) other public warnings...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has had discussions with representatives of the beekeeping sector on improving public safety measures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on trends in the level of avian influenza outbreaks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) support and (b) increase domestic food production.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of safety protocols for beekeeping activity near (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish statutory fly-tipping enforcement guidance for local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve animal welfare in the poultry industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve flood defences in high-risk areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the devolved Administrations on coordinated approaches to monitoring puffin populations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Government’s approach to climate adaptation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce methane emissions from agriculture through (a) dietary changes, (b) manure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the deadline is for Thames Water to submit its annual review of its Water Resources Management Plan under section 37A...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing a heat strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve the monitoring of per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of methane reduction measures on (a) air quality and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to require South West Water to (a) reinstate collaboration with Surfers Against Sewage and (b) provide...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many meetings ministers in his Department have had with secondary ticketing platforms since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many companies with addresses in Northern Ireland have been removed from the Companies House register in the last year by the National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to tackle bogus self-employment in the digital economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of departmental procurement contracts were awarded to British companies in the last financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the contribution of secondary ticketing platforms to the economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the four-day week pilot facilitated by the 4 Day Week Foundation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on youth unemployment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of new packaging regulations on the cost of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the barriers to business growth in rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many businesses have accessed the Help to Grow programme in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the export credit schemes run by UK Export Finance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to p.12 of The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy 2025 published on 23 June 2025, on what evidential basis his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the UK glass manufacturing sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in Essex to deliver place-based foreign direct investment strategies in line...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to p.30 of The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy, published on 23 June 2025, what his Department's timetable is for publishing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce industrial electricity prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Industrial strategy partnership: joint statement between the UK and France,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of the Drive35 programme to the UK's domestic supply chain resilience...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what mechanisms are in place to monitor delivery partners' performance in disbursing Drive35 programme funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that SMEs can access funding opportunities under the Drive35 programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Strategic Investment Opportunities Unit within the Office for Investment supports SMEs and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support jobs in the hospitality sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Taiwan offshore wind export credit agreement on the UK energy supply chain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will list the names of the six digital influencers who were funded by his Department to promote the Living Wage and Minimum Wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that companies are legally obliged to prevent (a) human rights abuses and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to consult tea producers for the review of Responsible Business Conduct.
To ask the Solicitor General, with reference to the Civil Service 2024/2025 External Expenditure on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, published on 30 May 2025, which suppliers were used to...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor and (b) help tackle potential civil service recruitment barriers for candidates from underrepresented backgrounds.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the progress of the civil service in increasing the proportion of recruits from (a) lower...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the (a) UK Statistics Authority and (b) Office for National Statistics plan to respond to the second part of the Professor Sullivan report...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the compliance of Palantir Technologies Ltd with transparency obligations under the Public Contracts...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60496 on Civil Servants: London Allowance, what is the policy Cabinet Office policy on whether...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 64772 on Public Appointments: Council of the Nations and Regions, who is now undertaking the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's planned timetable is for responding to the Additional Report by the Infected Blood Inquiry, published on 9 July 2025.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many injunctions have been filed by government departments since 5 July 2024.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on UK-wide civil contingency (a) planning and (b) response frameworks on cyberattacks...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to review Government contracts with Fujitsu.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number and what proportion of Universal Credit claimants who have (a) no qualifications, (b) Level 2...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to publish a response to the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many jobs have been lost due to high street shop closures in the last 12 months for which data is available.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of departmental procurement contracts were awarded to British companies in the 2024-25 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the the Secretary of State for Education on the level of uptake of community energy projects in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of different rules on the eligibility of biomethane to the (a) UK and (b) EU...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to include methane in the UK Emissions Trading Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support is available to low-income households in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) across the UK to improve home cooling...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to include grants for replacement windows in the upcoming Warm Homes Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on (a) improving its accountability to consumers and (b) reducing its costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54885 on Private Rented Housing: Energy, what assessment his Department has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of RdSAP 10 on the unit cost of an Energy Performance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 57653 on Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Islamophobia, what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the installation of solar energy projects on local government buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of departmental procurement contracts were awarded to British companies in the 2024-2025 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has considered implementing a methane tax on vented emissions from North Sea oil and gas operators to help incentivise...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has consulted the International Panel on Climate Change on the future of the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil fields.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take with local authorities to encourage consumer-led flexibility in the energy market in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 57653, on Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Islamophobia, what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has undertaken a risk assessment of the potential impact of (a) Artificial General Intelligence and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with local authorities on supporting the development of green innovation investment zones.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of laws governing the hours worked by agricultural vehicle drivers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to respond to correspondence of 1 July 2025 from the hon. Member for Meriden and Solihull East on the Midlands Rail Hub,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were moved from Great British Railways Transition Team to (a) Network Rail, (b) DfT Operator and (c) her Department following the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the punctuality of (a) Avanti West Coast, (b) CrossCountry and (c) West Midlands Railway.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill and her Department's document entitled English Devolution White Paper,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered the potential merits of a direct train service between stations on the Robin Hood Line and London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the trends in the level of skilled workers to complete rail electrification of the (a) North and (B) South Wales main lines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve East-West connectivity (a) in the Midlands and (b) nationwide.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to ensure the safety of ground operations at English airports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to improve aviation interconnectivity between the four nations of the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of British aviation safety standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's planned timetable is for completing the M54 to M6 link road in Staffordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) insurers, (b) technology developers, (c) investigators and (d) other key stakeholders can access essential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how she plans to roll out at-home electric vehicle charging points for people in terrace housing with no off-street parking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help improve customer confidence in battery performance when buying used Euro 6 compliant electric vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2025 to Question 65933 on Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls, what estimate she has made of the change in the level...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2025 to Question 65933 on Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls, on what evidential basis her Department expects there...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on providing English local authorities the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the regulatory oversight of (a) private and (b) unlicensed airfields in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 57194 on Motorcycles: Convictions, on what date the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency plans to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to recruit additional driving examiners through gov.uk.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department make an assessment of amending (a) the Highway Code and (b) driving (i) theory and (ii) practical tests to ensure that all drivers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress Active Travel England has made on creating a disabled people's panel to help inform its work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Table 9.2 of her Department's report entitled Updated Appraisal Report: Airport Capacity in the South East, published in October...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to seek Parliamentary approval for the revised Airports National Policy Statement before submitting the infrastructure planning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that tractor and trailer drivers comply with legal speed limits on public roads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on holders of provisional licences to ride AM category mopeds by (a) age and (b) country of birth of holder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of the UK Climate Change Committee's report entitled the Sixth...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit the commercial resale of practical driving test appointments by third...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 59360 on Driving: Standards, which policies from that plan she has discontinued.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to invest in grassroots cricket.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed football regulator on the average price of a premiership football...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will (a) have discussions with Cabinet colleagues and (b) make it her policy to implement mandatory health screenings for people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the media campaign to ensure consumers are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her Department has had with major UK-based foundations on aligning private giving with national social impact...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department will take to help support people who have developed neurodivergent conditions due to heading the ball in football.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has considered the potential merits of introducing transparency obligations on generative AI companies to facilitate the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of appeals in the First-tier Tribunal for (a) Personal Independence Payment, (b) Disability Living Allowance and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to improve workplace health and safety protections for farm and agricultural workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her oral contribution of 23 June 2025, Official Report, column 823, what steps her Department is taking to enable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that vulnerable people are not adversely impacted by welfare reforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants with disabilities who are in receipt of the Personal Independence Payment and legacy work-related benefits will be treated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 5 March 2025 from the hon. Member for Mid Dunbartonshire, case reference CMPT12025-20534.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve (a) enforcement and (b) arrears recovery in child maintenance cases where the paying parent resides abroad.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase (a) translation and (b) levels of information support on the benefits system for disabled refugees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much she spent on providing (a) translation and (b) interpretation services for benefit claimants in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to help prevent receiving parents from limiting access of children to those parents paying child...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support older people in financial hardship in Surrey Heath constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pension Protection Fund has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes in the level of funded support through Access to Work on deaf...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will enter into alternative dispute resolution with women impacted by changes to the State Pension age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of aligning the Housing Benefit taper rate with that of Universal Credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the total caseload for UC LCWRA and ESA Support Group participated in Additional Work Coach Time in the most recent (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Pension Schemes Bill will include provisions to (a) support and (b) incentivise investment by pension funds in climate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the investigation of the pensions regulator into NHSBSA.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the Age Addition paid to pensioners over the age of 80.
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what was the (a) percentage and (b) cash term monetary change in average fees for the House of...
To ask the Leader of the House, if she will require Departments to publish an estimate of the cost of answering a Written Parliamentary Question in cases where disproportionate cost is cited as a...
To ask the Leader of the House, if she will publish a list of the statutory instruments made since the last general election and set out the provisions in the parent act of Parliament which are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Government press release entitled UK to purchase F-35As and join NATO mission as Government steps up national security and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total annual cost of aircraft leasing arrangements is; and how many such contracts involve offshore-registered companies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase youth involvement in cadets in Bromsgrove constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 63151 on F-35 Aircraft: In-flight Refuelling, whether the 12 F-35A aircraft ordered have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the special clearance for the Royal Air Force’s E-7 Wedgetail applies to the whole fleet; and for what reason that clearance is required.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the (a) radar and (b) battle management systems were activated during the Royal Air Force’s E-7 Wedgetail test flight on 10 July 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Royal Air Force’s E-7 Wedgetail fleet will be supported in the United States; and what the cost is of that support contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of South Korea’s decision to explore alternatives for its E-7 Wedgetail...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with NATO allies on the potential procurement of Saab’s GlobalEye as a replacement for the E-3 Airborne Warning and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of procurement contracts were awarded to UK companies in the 2024-25 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department took steps to support the commemorations of the Battle of the Boyne in 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to attend parades in Northern Ireland on 12 July 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 62482, when he received the review of post-Brexit trading arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what statutory instruments have been introduced since May 2025 to implement dynamic alignment provisions under the Windsor Framework.
To ask His Majesty's Government what has been the total expenditure on overseas visits since 5 July 2024 by each of (1) the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, (2) the Parliamentary...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many officials and special advisers travelled with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland during his visit to the United States of America for the St...
To ask His Majesty's Government on how many occasions each of the following has stayed overnight in Northern Ireland since 5 July 2024: (1) the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; (2) the...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 30 June (HL8217), whether they have considered the recommendation from the European Food Safety Authority...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many integrated care boards currently have a lead non-executive director with specialist mental health experiences, as required in guidance published under the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to improve access to medical care and vaccinations for people who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness.
To ask His Majesty's Government what the fair share funding allocation will be for each integrated care board in the next three financial years.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to expand the dementia diagnostic workforce to ensure that the NHS has the capacity to deliver timely and accurate diagnoses.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reliability of postal deliveries in rural areas, and what plans they have to further investigate this matter.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of artificial intelligence chatbots in toys aimed at children; and what plans they have to...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the international response to the involvement of North Korea in the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent reports of continued severe restrictions and persecution of Christians and other religious minorities in China; and what...
To ask His Majesty's Government what diplomatic efforts they have made to highlight the involvement of North Korea in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
To ask His Majesty's Government what proposals they have for additional sanctions to further deter North Korea from its involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the involvement of North Korea in support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assistance they are providing to victims of conflict-related sexual violence in Ethiopia; how this assistance will be affected by the cuts to Official...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the judgment by the High Court in R (Al-Haq) v Secretary of State for Business and Trade [2025] EWHC 1615 (Admin) on 30 June, whether they plan to...
To ask His Majesty's Government when compensation will be paid to the victims of infected blood.
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the costs to date of implementing the Northern Ireland Protocol and Windsor Framework.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of changes in the age at which adults are able (1) to buy a house, (2) to have children and (3) to get married, due to the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the school curriculum should include education on the use of artificial intelligence.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy on supporting education in the medium of Welsh for pupils living in England.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to activate "street votes", as legislated for in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to introduce charges for listed building consent applications.
To ask His Majesty's Government, following comments by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, what assessment they have made of the case for fewer and larger police forces.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many children were living in families in receipt of asylum support at the end of March; and, of these, how many were in receipt of (1) the self-catered...
To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the outcome of the review of the Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention guidance; and whether they intend to...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report Reasonable grounds decisions in the NRM – who has been impacted by the change to the decision-making...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether their forthcoming food strategy will include a commitment to establish a food partnership in every local authority area by 2030, with opportunities for...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether every person who has served a prison sentence as a result of a wrongful conviction is eligible for financial compensation.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Trader Support Service procurement process includes assessment of bidders' previous contract performance.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions and of the tax changes in the Autumn Budget...
To ask His Majesty's Government what impact assessments they have carried out in relation to a wealth tax.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of a potential wealth tax on the number of UK residents leaving the UK.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of bookmakers promoting more harmful online gaming products over sports betting as a result of the proposed Remote...
To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking against those responsible for Network Rail mistakenly cutting down 300 trees in Derbyshire.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply of the Minister for Social Security and Disability, on 3 February (HC Deb col 549), when they intend to set out (1) the...
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