Written answers

Thursday, 30 October 2025

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Hate Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to prevent hate speech in schools.

    • Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to ensure fair funding across local authorities under the National Funding Formula.

      Media: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) initial teacher training and (b) continuing professional development for teachers in media literacy.

      Curriculum and Assessment Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the final recommendations of the Curriculum and Assessment Review.

      Teachers' Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June to Question 56493 on Teachers: Workplace Pension, what the updated planned timetable is for issuing cash equivalent...

      Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of schools with in-year budget deficits.

      Pupil Premium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the pupil premium on educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.

      STEM Subjects: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve recruitment and retention of teachers in STEM subjects.

      Pupils: Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of training provided to school staff on assisting children who have epilepsy.

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with teacher training providers on ensuring sufficient placement opportunities for trainees.

      Teachers: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of workload reduction measures on teacher retention rates.

      Teachers: Buckinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding under the reading initiative has been allocated for teacher training in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.

      Schools: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure schools have equitable access to (a) capital funding and (b) teacher recruitment incentives in the North...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children receiving education in state funded special schools were born abroad.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce waiting times for education, health and care plans.

      Science: Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support schools to provide practical science activities as part of their curriculum.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of special school places in each local authority area.

      Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of education investment areas on attainment in regions with historically lower performance.

      Schools: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that guidance on the progression of summer-born children from primary to secondary education is applied...

      Schools: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools in managing persistent complaints referred to external bodies without being resolved through...

      Special Educational Needs: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to report metrics on the impact of regional improvement for standards and excellence on (a) progress, (b) attendance and (c)...

      Special Educational Needs: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with Surrey County Council on the closure of SEND units in mainstream schools in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Schools: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the Schools White Paper.

      Schools: Interpreters and Translation Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the total cost of (a) translations and (b) interpretation services in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in each...

      Special Educational Needs: Tribunals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) improve and (b) simplify the SEND tribunal process for parents.

      Teachers: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2025 to Question 51054 on Teachers: Workplace Pensions, what progress has been made on reducing the number of teachers...

      Students: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help raise awareness of the reintroduction of maintenance grants.

      Supply Teachers: Employment Agencies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of commercial agencies in the supply teaching sector; and whether she plans to provide funding for...

      Breakfast Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria she plans to use to prioritise schools for the expansion of free breakfast clubs.

      Schools: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of social media in schools on bullying.

      Young Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to include young carers within the daily attendance recording.

      Schools: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of removing the subsidy for Ofsted inspections on (a) small and (b) specialist...

      Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press notice entitled Childcare offer exceeds target, benefiting over 500,000 children, published on 24 September...

      Pre-school Education: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to produce educational videos to aid early years staff in (a) reading and (b) learning the Early years foundation stage...

      Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase (a) capacity and (b) resources in community schools in the context of transfers from the private to comprehensive...

      Breakfast Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Fylde constituency impacted by the national rollout of...

      Pupils: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools to assist pupils experiencing mental health difficulties who do not meet the threshold for...

      Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools' core budgets in more deprived communities are not disproportionately used to meet the costs of...

      Students: Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the eligibility for the Childcare Grant to include PhD students in receipt of stipends.

      Pre-school Education: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 66737 on Pre-school Education: Inspections, how much funding his Department plans on allocating to...

      Schools: Sanitary Products

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will ensure that menstrual products provided through the free school programme are (a) organic and (b) reusable.

      School Meals: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the quality of school lunchtime provision on the wellbeing of children.

      Pre-school Education: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 67189 on Pre-school Education: Accidents and Death, whether official communication channel exists...

      Pre-school Education: Sleep

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that early years staff in all settings read (a) the relevant Early years foundation stage statutory framework, last...

      School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that SEND reforms under development (a) take account of the needs of children with (i) coeliac disease...

      School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of school meal debt; and whether she plans to take steps to support families to reduce that debt...

      Family Hubs: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations fed into the development of the Best Start digital service.

      Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of eligible children receive the expanded 30 hour childcare offer in each region.

      Private Education: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent schools have been bought by Chinese-registered companies since 5 July 2025.

      Free School Meals: Fylde

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were eligible for free school meals in Fylde constituency in each of the last five years.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Parents: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) parents and (b) carers who have had to stop full time work following a child’s cancer diagnosis.

    • Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Independent review of the Personal Independence Payment assessment Timms Review will consider how the Personal Independence...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Child Maintenance Service adheres to its debt steer principle that arrears should be...

      Visas: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of the changes to income thresholds in the Statement of Changes in Immigration...

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure that foundation apprenticeship routes provide progression into (a) full apprenticeships and (b) employment.

      Personal Independence Payment: Motability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had their mobility component of benefits (a) removed and (b) reduced and have (i) reported a reduction in hours worked...

      Young People: Employment Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to distribute funding for people not in education, employment or training through the Youth Guarantee...

      Statutory Sick Pay: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of expanding Statutory Sick Pay on recruitment agencies; and if he will consider taking...

      Employment Schemes: South Holland and the Deepings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to support jobseekers in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

      Engineering and ICT: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure short courses in (a) digital, (b) AI and (c) engineering are eligible for Growth and Skills Levy funding...

      Nurses: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reducing levels of funding for level 7 apprenticeships on the number of nurses in training.

      Apprentices: English Language and Mathematics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the minimum (a) English and (b) maths requirements to complete an apprenticeship; and whether he...

      Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the alignment between employer demand for skills and qualifications within the workforce.

      Government Departments: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how frequently the Lead Ministers for Disability have met over the last year; and if he will publish the (a) agenda and (b) topics discussed...

      State Retirement Pensions: Australia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had recent discussions with his Australian counterpart on uprating the UK state pension for British overseas pensioners living...

      Personal Independence Payment: Motability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing PIP claimants to be able to claim support via the Motability Scheme when...

      Farms: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help improve farm safety.

      Housing: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on how many bedrooms should be provided to benefit claimants with children.

      Hazardous Substances: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 to ensure that hazardous medicinal products with reprotoxic...

      Hazardous Substances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote the use of (a) biological safety cabinets, (b) closed-system drug-transfer devices and (c) other...

      Hazardous Substances: Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will require NHS employers to provide ongoing (a) education, (b) training and (c) health surveillance for all staff who (i) handle...

      Hazardous Substances: Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to (a) (i) develop and (ii) adopt a list of hazardous medicinal products and (b) require safety data sheets for...

      Universal Credit: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled people who are (a) unable to work and (b) on Universal Credit awaiting a Work...

      Universal Credit: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Universal Credit savings threshold for disabled claimants who are permanently unable to...

      Social Security Benefits: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) timely and (b) adequate disability payments to blind people in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Personal Independence Payment: Motability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has updated (a) internal guidance, (b) decision-maker scripts, (c) assessor training materials and (d) scoring matrices...

      Crisis and Resilience Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to publish new guidance on the Crisis and Resilience Fund.

      Disability: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes in mobility awards on (a) disabled people’s ability to travel...

      Universal Credit: Performance Related Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing recipients of universal credit to receive performance based bonuses without...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been mistakenly released from custody since 1 April 2025; and how many of those prisoners (a) were subsequently re-apprehended...

    • Law Reporting: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Justice Transcribe tool was developed (a) in-house or (b) in partnership with external technology providers.

      Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released from prison early in error since 5 July 2024.

      Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have been suspended for mistakenly releasing prisoners early since 5 July 2024.

      Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that victims are informed when offenders are released early from custody.

  • Home Office

    • National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers are currently assigned to the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service; what that Service’s annual budget is for...

    • Bail

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the police are able to enforce bail conditions for people released on post-charge bail.

      Non-crime Hate Incidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to direct police forces to instruct them to scrap the recording of all non-crime hate incidents.

      Arson: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with police forces on the adequacy of the steps they are taking to deter incidents of arson...

      Cannabis: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help (a) discover and (b) seize cannabis farms.

      Police: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of public confidence in police handling of complaints; and whether she plans to...

      Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of support available to police who attend callouts to attempted suicides.

      Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the suicide prevention training provided to police staff.

      Police: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will allocate additional funding to support police forces in rural areas.

      Rights of Accused

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of allowing police forces to release details of a suspect's (a) ethnicity, (b)...

      Dangerous Driving

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department provides to local police forces to identify and tackle anti-social driving behaviour in known wildlife and...

      Metropolitan Police: Subject Access Requests

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Metropolitan Police Service on the level of its compliance with its statutory obligations...

      Mobile Phones: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps with mobile phone companies to introduce a (a) single and (b) central emergency telephone number paid for by...

      Metals: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of legislating to ensure that the (a) historic and (b) cultural value of heritage...

      Respect Orders: Pilot Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will announce the pilot areas for Respect Orders.

      Jhoots Pharmacy: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many skilled worker visas were sponsored by Jhoots Group before their removal from the register of licensed sponsors on 24 October 2025.

      Asylum: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of visa holders who were granted a visa who did not have basic proficiency in...

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children born in the UK have at least one parent with indefinite leave to remain.

      Resettlement: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when was the most recent evacuation under the (a) Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme and (b) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy; and...

      X-rays: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what formal arrangements exist between (a) the Home Office, (b) the NHS and (c) Braintree Community Hospital for (i) scanning and (ii)...

      Cybersecurity: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on legal frameworks to support legitimate cybersecurity research.

      Cybercrime: Crime Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to allow legitimate cyber activity (a) necessary for the (i) detection and (ii) prevention of crime and (b) justified as...

      Army: Public Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October to Question 81237 on Army: Public Records, for what reason his security service personal file (PF...

      Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason she has not placed China on the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.

      Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason she considers that further legislation is required to help tackle threats of terrorism by (a) the Islamic Revolutionary...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Palliative Care: Aylesbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of palliative care services in Aylesbury constituency.

    • Accident and Emergency Departments: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the wellbeing of staff working in A&E.

      Hospitals: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people aged between (a) 60 and 70, (b) 70 and 80, (c) 80 and 90 and (d) 90 and 100 were admitted to hospital in (i) England and...

      Protective Clothing: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to publish the (a) recoveries, (b) write‑offs and (c) associated costs for each supplier of PPE as...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what due diligence his Department undertakes before the selection of contract delivery partners for major programmes.

      Ambulance Services: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the suicide prevention training provided to ambulance staff.

      Cancer: Radiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cancer patients have effective radiotherapy treatment.

      Dental Services: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve underperforming NHS dental contract holders in Surrey.

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding for (a) research into and (b) the treatment of low-grade glioma; and...

      Doctors: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether the absence of mandatory strike‑off in the new MPTS guidance for proven sexual misconduct by...

      Community Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the workforce capacity in children’s community health services.

      Abiraterone: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group next plans to consider funding for Abiraterone in a prioritsation round.

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the current care funding framework on people with dementia who want to remain at home.

      Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase NHS England's baseline number of speciality training places in (a) clinical radiology and (b)...

      Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on including postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome training in junior doctor specialty...

      NHS: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the length of NHS waiting lists.

      Ambulance Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Wait 45 policy on (a) ambulance release times and (b) levels of corridor care...

      Health Education: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS public health messaging helps to protect people from the harms of health misinformation...

      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of children and young people on the waiting list for ADHD assessment had been waiting for over a year in...

      Pancreatic Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the National Health Data Service to collect data on pancreatic cancer.

      Dental Services: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of adults who have been seen by an NHS dentist in Surrey in line with the...

      Shingles: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the eligibility criteria for the shingles vaccine, and what steps his Department is taking...

      Tofersen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equitable access to Tofersen for motor neurone disease patients.

      Malnutrition: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of levels of malnutrition in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

      Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that women with polycystic ovary syndrome receive (a) timely and (b) equitable access to fertility...

      General Practitioners: Epsom and Ewell

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GPs in Epsom and Ewell constituency are not employed on the General Medical Services British Medical Association model contract.

      Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with the hon. Member for Leicester South to discuss the role of the optometry sector as part of the NHS 10 Year Plan.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the National Cancer Plan prioritises improving (a) patient experience and (b) quality of life.

      Physician Assistants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the accurate communication of the responsibilities of physician associates to (a) patients,...

      Dental Services: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) (i) communications and (ii) public advertising on NHS dentistry and...

      Bereavement Counselling: Parents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all bereaved parents who need specialist psychological support following (a) pregnancy...

      GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available to GP practices operating from newly built premises that subsequently experience (a) building and (b)...

      Community Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of waiting times for children’s community health services; and what...

      Dental Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the minimum unit of dental activity rates to help tackle recruitment...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Youth Investment Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress her Department has made on implementing the reprofiled Youth Investment Fund.

    • Sports: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Government teams up with experts to supercharge women’s sport by the...

      Video Games: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of online storefronts or game servers being shut down on (a)...

      Youth Services: South Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve services for young people in South Shropshire constituency.

      Loneliness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to update the loneliness strategy in the context of the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness.

      Charities: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of grant schemes for charities.

      Freedom of Expression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help uphold the right to free speech.

      Tennis: Falkirk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to increase the number of (a) indoor and (b) covered tennis facilities in Falkirk.

      Charitable Donations: Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of companies making charitable donations.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Innovate UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions his Department has had with Innovate UK on (a) when it plans to open the next Biomedical Catalyst grant...

    • Medical Treatments: VAT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the application of VAT for (a) medicines and...

      Technology: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support access to growth capital for scaling UK tech firms.

      Social Media: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle (a) the blackout challenge and (b) other physically harmful trends on...

      Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she plans to take to encourage continued private investment in rural broadband infrastructure.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Kashmir: Capital Punishment and Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her (a) Indian and (b) Pakistani counterparts on (i) human rights in...

    • Kashmir: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to foster dialogue between India and Pakistan on peace in Kashmir.

      Western Sahara: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by the UN...

      Iran: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Iranian counterpart on the arrest of (a) Negar Misaghian and (b) Shakib...

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2025 to Question 72362 on Gaza: Humanitarian Aid, what the source is of the...

      Financial Services: Occupied Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has issued guidance to financial institutions on its investment decisions in the context of...

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure Israel complies with its obligation to facilitate the...

      Sami Hamdi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made recent representations to her American counterpart on the detainment of Sami Hamdi by U.S....

      Libya: Freezing of Assets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it her Department's policy to utilise frozen Libyan assets to compensate victims of...

  • Treasury

    • Tourism: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to consider the needs of the visitor economy when assessing place-based funding decisions.

    • Airports: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2025 to Question 82402 on Airports: Business Rates, what the rateable value is of each airport that may be uprated;...

      Defibrillators: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to remove VAT from defibrillator sales to help improve the levels of affordability for (a) community groups and (b) small businesses.

      Hospitality Industry

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent changes to (a) business rates relief, (b) VAT and (c) employer's National...

      Payment Methods

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she expects to receive the Payments Forward Plan under the National Payments Vision.

      Credit Unions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2025 to Question 82944 on Credit Unions, if she will publish the responses to the call for evidence.

      Banks and Community Development Finance Institutions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2025 to Question 82947 on Banks and Community Development Finance Institutions, what assessment she has made of the...

      Personal Care Services: Off-payroll Working

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the rise in disguised employment in the hair and beauty sector.

  • Cabinet Office

    • EU Nationals: Discrimination

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens Rights Survey 2025, published on 1 October 2025, what steps his Department is...

    • Government Departments: Directors

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 70517 on Government Departments: Directors, which departments did the five leave from; and what...

      Educational Visits: EU Countries

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has held discussions with the EU on waiving the need for passports for school groups visiting the UK as part of his negotiations on a youth...

      Angela Rayner

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 July 2024 on Government of service, HCWS870, whether the breach of the Ministerial Code by the former...

      Prime Minister: Oral Questions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how questions were provided to the Prime Minister in advance of Prime Minister's questions since 5 July 2025, broken down by party.

      Youth Mobility Scheme

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of the European Union on the proposed EU Mobility Scheme outlined in...

      Church of England

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of the legislative changes required to disestablish the Church of England.

      Covid-19 Inquiry

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry since its establishment.

      Universities: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2025 to Question 67904 on Universities: Fees and Charges, whether the European Commission has requested that EU...

      Labour: Leadership

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any guidance has been issued to (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers on (i) ministerial and (ii) special adviser conduct during the Labour...

      Cabinet Office and Civil Service

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will investigate the source of internal Government briefings on the future of the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service;...

      Public Bodies

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many quangos his Department has dealings with; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the number of these bodies.

      Civil Service: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Civil Service staff networks to only meet outside working hours and have all events signed...

      Senior Civil Servants: Performance Appraisal

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what structures are in place for annual performance reviews for senior civil servants; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of those...

      Government Departments: Facilities Agreements

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2025 to Question 75447on Trade Union Officials: Facility Agreements, whether the Cabinet Office guidance on...

      Civil Servants: Location

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 63340 on Civil Servants: Location, if he will publish the Civil Service relocation policy released by...

      Public Sector Fraud Authority: Local Government

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Public Sector Fraud Authority has issued recent guidance to local billing authorities on council tax (a) avoidance and (b) evasion in...

      Council Tax: Second Homes

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking with the National Fraud Initiative to tackle evasion of the council tax second homes premium.

      Civil Service: Unpaid Work

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of 26 September 2025, to Questions 75632, 74515, 74202, on Civil Service: Unpaid Work, whether the Office for National...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Cabinet Secretary plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton of 10 June 2025 on the proposed Chinese Embassy and...

      Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has undertaken an equality impact assessment in relation to linking its proposed digital ID scheme with right-to-work checks.

      Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed in the automotive manufacturing sector on (a) 4 July 2024 and (b) the most recent date for which data is available.

      Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Digital ID scheme users will be able to delete their Digital ID.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Energy Intensive Industries: Fisheries and Poultry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, why (a) fish processing was excluded and (b) poultry processing was included in the Energy Intensive Industries scheme.

    • Energy Intensive Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what interim support is available to energy intensive industries not covered by the Energy Intensive Industries scheme before the next review...

      Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, When he plans to publish a steel strategy.

      Hospitality Industry: Mid Dorset and North Poole

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, What steps he is taking to support the hospitality sector in Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency.

      Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many company directors have been disqualified following Insolvency Service investigations involving (a) phoenix trading or (b) similar...

      Minerals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will set a target date for the publication of the Critical Minerals Strategy.

      Post Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many post offices there are in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority area by (i) location, (ii) rurality and (iii) type of post...

      Fireworks: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps he has taken with local councils to tackle the illegal use of fireworks in (a) Slough constituency and (b) Berkshire.

      Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current enforcement powers where directors of insolvent companies resume trading...

      Companies: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications his Department has made to restore a company to the register under section 1029(2)(a) of the Companies Act 2006 since 5...

      Companies: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment with the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the potential merits of creating a dedicated scale-up investment scheme.

      Job Creation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, What steps his Department is taking to support businesses to create well-paid jobs.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Business Premises: Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77535 on Business Premises: Rents, what the names were of those...

    • Parking: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of private parking scams.

      English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77635 on English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill,...

      Eden Project: Morecambe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77627 on Eden Project: Morecambe, whether he plans to allocate...

      Parking: Automatic Number Plate Recognition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October to Question 78690 on Automatic Number Plate Recognition, whether his Department...

      Sheffield City Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2025 to Question 7560, on Sheffield City Council, whether he has received...

      Eden Project: Morecambe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77627 on Eden Project: Morecambe, what the (a) £6.3 million...

      Personal Care Services: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Communities to seize control over high streets and restore...

      Pride in Place Programme: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 24 of his Department's policy paper entitled Pride in Place Strategy, published on 25...

      Parking: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2025 to Question 45236 on Parking: Private Sector, what meetings he has had with...

      Pride in Place Programme: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Communities to seize control over high streets and restore pride,...

      Social Rented Housing: Translation Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the total cost of (a) translation and (b) interpretation for services related...

      Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Ebbsfleet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with Ebbsfleet Development Corporation on the SSSI designation in relation to...

      Social Rented Housing: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the potential merits of barring non-UK nationals from (a) being the lead tenant for social housing...

      Planning Permission: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Chancellor cuts pointless admin in nearly £6 billion business blitz,...

      Manufacturing Industries: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to simplify planning consent processes for (a) food and drink production facilities and (b)...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the development capacity for housing on brownfield sites.

      Social Rented Housing: Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information the Department holds on the number of Somali citizens living in social housing as a proportion of the...

      Housing Estates: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October to Question 80700 on Property Management Companies: Repairs and Maintenance,...

      New Towns: Recreation Spaces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department plans to take to help ensure that new towns adopt approaches that incorporate (a)...

      Planning Permission: Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications will be exempt from the requirement to replace lost nature under previous biodiversity...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure protections are in place for the provision of (a) sports, (b) physical activity...

      Infrastructure: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many national significant infrastructure planning decisions have been made (a) within and (b) outside the...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to ensure that (a) high-quality (i) landscape design and (ii) green infrastructure proposed in...

      Brownfield Sites: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the brownfield land release fund will be made available to councils.

      Flags

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77539 on Flags, whether the removal of national flags placed on...

  • Department for Transport

    • Parking: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending Regulation 27 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) regulations 2002 to...

    • Roads: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the Signs for road works and temporary situations guidance to recommend that in...

      London Underground: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 77643 on London Underground: Strikes, on what date that meeting took place.

      Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people hold a valid (a) provisional and (b) full UK driving licence.

      Roads: Litter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to set National Highways key performance indicators for cleaning up litter.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78714 on Railways: Tickets, whether her Department has undertaken research on reasons for...

      Roads: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that road infrastructure accommodates (a) bicycles and (b) e-scooters.

      Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she is making on supporting people that want to use electric vehicles.

      Railways: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to introduce a Network South West railcard similar to the Network railcard available for people in London and the South East.

      Railways: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will introduce a national railcard for all ages.

      Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure communities can access local railways.

      East Anglia Rail Franchise: Nationalisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2025 to Question 82408 on Railways: Public Ownership, what the targets are for (a) punctuality, (b) reliability,...

      Road Traffic

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to review the National Road Traffic Projection before the end of 2026.

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the full scheme costs for all Strategic Road Network projects will be published in the final Road Investment Strategy 3 document.

      Public Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to provide more rail-bus links.

      Post Office: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what differences there are between the (a) contact due to end in March 2027 and (b) the new contract for services provided by the Post Office.

      Rapid Transit Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of autonomous rail rapid transit for (a) Southampton, (b) the Solent region and (c) in...

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of young drivers killed in road traffic collisions.

      Road Traffic Act 1988

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to publish a consultation on the adequacy of fail to stop provisions in the Road Traffic Act 1988.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she had discussions with the Scottish government prior to her announcement relating to the Fishing and Coastal...

    • Poultry: Animal Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of enriched cages on laying hens.

      Poultry: Animal Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that egg production in the UK comes from cage-free systems.

      Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support small abattoirs.

      Rural Areas: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the rural premium on rural communities.

      Dogs: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of improving (a) traceability and (b) transparency in dog breeding...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to provide (a) guidance and (b) support to farmers on water efficiency measures to help protect...

      Animal Welfare: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of mandatory animal welfare method-of-production...

      Fish: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to provide resources to implementation groups responsible for the delivery of Fisheries Management Plans.

      Fisheries Act 2020

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help meet the National Benefit objective of the Fisheries Act 2020.

      Fisheries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with fisheries authorities on the effectiveness of the steps they are taking to tackle (a)...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with farming representatives on the potential impact of water security on...

      Fisheries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to tackle known limitations of fisheries stock assessments since 2020; and whether she...

      Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of the her Department's support for farmers and (b) effectiveness of the...

      Poultry: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of allowing the practice of carrying...

      Fishing Catches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to tackle (a) bycatch and (b) illegal discarding by vessels in the last year.

      Marine Management Organisation: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding the Marine Management Organisation has received in each of the last five years; what assessment she has...

      Food: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of food consumed in the UK that is produced domestically.

      Food Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with farmers in (a) Yeovil constituency (b) Somerset and (c) the UK to help increase the UK's food...

      Food Strategy Advisory Board: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the recent appointments to the Food Strategy Advisory Board on (a)...

      Rural Areas: Economic Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on (a) horseracing, (b) the equine sector and (c) the...

      Plastics: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the volume of exported plastic waste.

      Thames Water: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing Thames Water into special administration.

      Biodiversity: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing biodiversity net gain requirements on (a) local wildlife...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Business: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 84511 on Business: Northern Ireland, of the £235 million ring-fenced transformation...

    • Terrorism: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 82702 on Terrorism: Northern Ireland, what information he holds on the nine cases that...

  • Attorney General

    • Terrorism: Prosecutions

      To ask the Solicitor General, what discussions she has had the Crown Prosecution Service on the adequacy of the number of prosecutions in relation to promoting terrorism.

  • Scotland Office

    • National Wealth Fund: Grangemouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what progress his Department has made on securing the £200 million National Wealth Fund allocation for Grangemouth.

  • Wales Office

    • Iron and Steel: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and (b) representatives of the Welsh steel industry on the...

    • Wales Office: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that critical services continue to run in the event of a major internet outage.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Military Aircraft: Ministers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria are used for Ministers to fly on RAF Envoy for domestic flights.

    • Defence: Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes in the UK's steelmaking capacity on the UK's (a) defence and (b) critical infrastructure.

      Defence Academy: Catering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the labelling requirements that apply at point-of-sale in Defence Academy catering outlets to identify halal-certified meat; and...

      Defence: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 83992 on Defence: Northern Ireland, did the officials in the Northern Ireland Executive include...

      Turkey: Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft will be delivered to Turkey in each year from 2030.

      RNAD Coulport: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 79413 on Nuclear Installations: Safety, what criteria define each classification of nuclear site event.

      Armed Forces: Separation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to provide stable family homes for children of serving military personnel whose parents have separated.

      Armed Forces: Separation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support provided for families of serving personnel separating from their spouses.

      Veterans: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking enable veterans who were dismissed from the Armed Forces on the basis of their sexuality to have their service records amended...

      Armed Forces: Foster Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to help ensure that military families looking to foster a child have adequate housing to meet the criteria required by fostering...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Manual

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish an updated edition of the Cabinet Manual.

    • Imports: China

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the value of goods imported from China to the UK each year for the past 10 years.

      X Corp

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to carry out their next review of the X social media platform under their SAFE Framework.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS: Expenditure

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current overspends in systems in the NHS, and the impact of those overspends on winter resilience.

    • Nhs England and Integrated Care Boards: Redundancy

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 1 October (HL10420), what databases or financial records they used to conclude that no individuals have...

      Iodine: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what action they have taken since the publication of National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2019 to 2023: report on 11 June, in particular in regard to the...

      Gonorrhoea: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure equitable distribution of the gonorrhoea vaccine to economically and socially disadvantaged communities, including minority...

      Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many officials (1) in total, and (2) in number of full-time equivalent staff, have been involved in supporting the promoters of the Terminally Ill Adults (End...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Energy: Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the value for money of existing tax-payer funded energy efficiency schemes.

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Seasonal Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 30 September (HL10502), why they do not publish the number of individuals granted seasonal worker...

    • British Nationality: Applications

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many applications for British citizenship from UK-based foreign nationals (1) have been processed, and (2) are yet to be processed, as of 30 September.

      Visas: Seasonal Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 30 September (HL10502), what assessment they have made of the risk of people who receive a seasonal...

      Immigration

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to start the consultation on the proposed changes to the rules governing indefinite leave to remain set out in the White Paper Restoring Control...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • HMP Berwyn: Welsh Language

      To ask His Majesty's Government what policies and protections are in place to enable prisoners to use the Welsh language at HMP Berwyn.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Unemployment: Ethnic Groups

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the disparity in unemployment rates among those of Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic backgrounds by comparison to those...

  • Treasury

    • Energy: VAT

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to remove the 5 percent VAT rate currently applied to domestic fuel.

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