Written answers

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

  • Treasury

    • Revenue and Customs: Repayments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of HMRC's Child Benefit verification checks on the timelines of Self Assessment tax repayments.

    • Revenue and Customs: Repayments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) delays in HMRC Self Assessment tax repayments and (b) the non-fulfilment of published...

      Childcare: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the household income threshold for childcare support on (a) labour market participation...

      Devolution: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference her Department's policy paper entitled Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee – 17 October 2025, what options were discussed for...

      Remembrance Day: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review VAT rules to ensure that (a) the purchase of wreaths and (b) other purchases made in support of charitable remembrance activities are...

      Treasury: Performance Appraisal

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many performance reviews were undertaken for staff in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases...

      Treasury: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in her Department (a) did not retain employment following completion of their probationary period and (b) had their probationary period...

      Public Sector: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has received information from relevant Departments on their plans to issue remaining (a) Remediable Service Statements and (b)...

      Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the real-terms freeze in the annual Cash ISA allowance on (a) pensioners and (b) other low-risk savers.

      Banking Hubs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Access to Cash assessment methodology to determine the need for banking hubs in communities.

      Personal Care Services: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reducing VAT on labour costs to 10% for the hair and beauty sector.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of grants for farmers to support (a) sustainable and...

    • Food Strategy Advisory Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of whether the membership of the Food Strategy Advisory Board includes adequate expertise in...

      Slaughterhouses: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the Small Abattoir Fund was spent by her Department prior to it's closure in 2024.

      Utilities: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the relationship between access to core utilities and population retention in remote rural areas.

      Alpacas: Bluetongue Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 4th November 2025 to question 84180 on Alpacas: Bluetongue Disease, what restrictions there are on...

      Pets: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a certification system to help prevent the (a) selling...

      Farming Profitability Review: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Farming Profitability Review, which stakeholders in Northern Ireland gave evidence to the Review.

      Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85623 on Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination, for what reason Northern...

      Veterinary Services: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to para 23 of her Department's policy paper entitled Protecting Animal Health: The Government’s...

      Veterinary Services: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 27 of her Department's policy paper entitled Protecting Animal Health: The The...

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 83716 on Food Labelling, will vegan sausages made in Great Britain and...

      Animals: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes have been made in the past twelve months to the monitoring of animal health disease under the Animal Health and...

      UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's policy is on the sale of goods bearing Not for EU labels in Northern Ireland to visitors who reside in...

      Veterinary Services: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the implementation of Windsor Framework rules governing the distribution of veterinary medicines in Northern Ireland...

      Planning Permission: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered reforming the Habitat Regulations in as far as they relate to planning.

      Plants: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rhododendron sales on woodland (a) management and (b)...

      Housing: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department holds data on the average insurance premiums for properties in each flood risk zone in each of last...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Housing: Advisory Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure the availability of housing-related advice services in Bristol.

    • Fire and Rescue Services: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) local authorities and (b) schools on promoting careers in the...

      Leasehold: Asbestos

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that freeholders of leasehold properties comply with their legal obligations to...

      Elections: Pilot Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83343 on Elections: Pilot Schemes, whether political parties...

      Elections and Political Parties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has consulted the (a) Conservative Party and (b) Labour Party on proposed changes to (i)...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Special Advisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many special advisers are employed by his Department as of 27 October 2025.

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Catering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of (a) tableware and (b) crockery used in his Department is made by a British manufacturer.

      Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether existing (a) district and (b) borough council area borders can be changed as part of local government...

      Roads

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he plans to provide financial support to local authorities seeking to rename (a) streets and (b) roads currently...

      Renters' Rights Act 2025

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his Department's timetable is for implementing the Renters’ Rights Act (2025).

      Freehold

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a statutory time limit within which freeholders may seek...

      Tree Planting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will make an assessment of the number of new trees required as part of planning permissions which...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Employment Tribunals Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many employment tribunal claims (a) for unfair dismissal and (b) under the Equality Act 2010 have been brought...

      Housing: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many new homes were built within areas classified as flood zone 3 in 2024-2025.

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff in his Department (a) did not retain employment following completion of their probationary period and...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff have left his Department in each of the last five years, listed by grade.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Television Licences: Non-payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases awaiting trial are related to non-payment of the BBC license fee.

    • First-tier Tribunal: Rules of Procedure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many notices of intention under Rule 7(3) have been issued by the First Tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) by local authority...

      Prison Officers: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison officers subject to dismissal following recent changes to Skilled Worker visa salary thresholds; and...

      Prisons: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to improve its search procedures, in the context of the research and analysis entitled Security Investment Programme...

  • Department for Education

    • Oak National Academy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to limit access to resources provided by Oak National Academy and funded by the Government through geo-blocking.

    • Childcare: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support working parents with childcare costs in Northern Ireland.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve early intervention for SEN children.

      Vocational Education: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support the recruitment of teachers that have a background in industry to enhance (a) vocational and (b)...

      Department for Education: Disability and Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in her Department are recorded as having a (a) mental health condition and (b) physical disability by grade.

      Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reform the childcare sector for pre-school children; and whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a...

      Schools: Mobile Phones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to review her Department's guidance entitled Mobile phones in schools, published in February 2024.

      Erasmus+ Programme: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to include schools in the Erasmus+ programme.

      Parkfield School Christchurch

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to dispose of the redundant site of the former Parkfield School at Hurn; and what estimate she has made of the (a) security and (b)...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of freezing the accrual of interest on student loans for individuals on maternity or...

      Graduates: Career Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to publish data on graduate career progression to assess the long-term impact of higher education on entry into high-skilled employment.

      Overseas Students: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of financial pressures on universities on their international recruitment practices.

      Graduates: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of differences in high-skilled employment rates by degree subject.

      Higher Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support higher education providers that have financial challenges in the next academic year.

      Overseas Students: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing an annual cap on the number of student visas issued.

      Sixth Form Colleges: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when sixth form colleges will be able to access the £375m of capital expansion funding earmarked in the Industrial Strategy.

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of pupils who were persistently absent from school in (a) north east Somerset and (b) South...

      University of Greenwich and University of Kent: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has had discussions with the (a) University of Kent and (b) University of Greenwich on potential redundancies of (i) teaching...

      Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence her Department has on the number of parents unable to (a) increase their working hours and (b) return to work due to limited access to...

      University of Greenwich and University of Kent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has had discussions with the (a) University of Kent and (b) University of Greenwich on the potential impact of the formation of...

      Free School Meals: Lancashire

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

      Schools: Counselling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing ringfenced funding for school counselling services.

  • Department for Transport

    • Cars: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support car dealers in Northern Ireland unable to access the UK market for vehicles due to manufacturers choosing not to...

    • Railways: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the potential impact of (a) her rail reform policies and (b) the establishment of Great British Railways on costs...

      A19: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the value of road freight travel time through Moor Farm roundabout in each of the last five years.

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish a (a) draft licence for Great British Railways and (b) consultation on the licence terms.

  • Home Office

    • Police: Biometrics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police departments on appropriate use of live facial recognition technology.

    • Asylum: RAF Scampton

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether West Lindsey District Council has raised legal objections with her Department on housing asylum seekers at RAF Scampton.

      Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list each meeting her Department has had with Wealden District Council as a planning authority in relation to placing asylum...

      Hadush Kebatu

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November to Question 86603, whether the £500 facilitation payment given to Hadush Kebatu was paid under the...

      Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Wealden District Council has raised legal objections to the use of Crowborough Training Camp to house asylum seekers.

      Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) total cost and (b) average cost per asylum seeker of adopting Crowborough Training Camp to...

      Deportation and Repatriation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) voluntary return and (b) deportation schemes since July 2024.

      Offences against Children: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No 5) Regulations 2025, due to come into force on 3 November, were revoked on 9 October.

      Animal Experiments: Shellfish

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to include decapod crustaceans.

      Palestine Action

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle recruitment to Palestine Action.

      Counter-terrorism: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 71459 on Counter-terrorism: Finance, how much was given to each council in (a)...

      Jared Taylor

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason Jared Taylor was permitted to attend the Patriotic Alternative Conference in October 2025.

      Espionage: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Security during the Urgent Question on 20 October 2025, Official Report, column...

      Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's joint press release entitled UK removes Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham from terrorist organisation list, published...

      Army: Public Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2025 to Question 83220 on Army: Public Records, with regards to the criteria of (a) national security,...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's report entitled Scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2024, published on 23 October...

      Radicalism: Islam

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the level of threat posed by people motivated by Jihadi ideology to (a) public safety and (b) the...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Chagos Islands: Marine Protected Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Mauritius has notified her of (a) plans for a future Marine Protected Area for the Chagos Archipelago and...

    • Malawi: Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what amount of UK ODA is projected to be allocated to tuberculosis (a) prevention and (b) treatment in Malawi in...

      European Court of Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of membership of the ECHR.

      Gibraltar: UK Relations with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date she expects to publish the UK-EU treaty text on Gibraltar.

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations his Department has made to his counterpart in Ukraine on the capture of North Korean soldiers...

      Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, by what date has the Government of Mauritius requested that the first payment be made under the UK-Mauritius Treaty.

      Conflict Resolution: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question 67377, which (a) Departments and (b) civil servants are...

      Cuba: Hurricanes and Tornadoes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support Cuba following Hurricane Melissa.

      Caribbean: Hurricanes and Tornadoes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to work with (a) local organisations and (b) diaspora communities in the UK to support long-term...

      Palestine: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of whether the Palestinian Authority's decision to end the martyr payment...

      Paul Givan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department provided support to Paul Givan MLA on his recent official visit to the Ofek school in Jerusalem.

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in Israel on the potential impact of drone activity in...

      Sudan: Crimes against Humanity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps her Department's atrocity prevention specialists have taken in Sudan; and whether they have been...

      Republic of Ireland: Official Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what protocols govern the President of the Republic of Ireland carrying out engagements in Northern Ireland; and...

      Malawi: Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much official development assistance funding was allocated for tuberculosis (a) prevention and (b) treatment...

      Palestine: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of whether the Palestinian Authority education curriculum (a) for...

      Afghanistan: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of recent reports of a communications blackout...

      Israel: Palestine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports of the torture of...

      Palestine: Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK is training Palestinian police forces.

      Israel: Palestine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 80475 on Israel: Palestine, what response she has received...

      Israel: Occupied Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to publish a formal response to the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion of...

      Israel: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of UK citizens who have been (a) arrested, (b) detained and...

      Gaza: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with countries who signed the Gaza peace plan on disarming Hamas.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Solar Power: Oxfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has sought the advice of the office of the Financial Sanction Implementation on reported Russian-linked...

    • Spoil Heaps: Coal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Energy during the Westminster Hall debate on Coal Tip Safety...

      Foreign Investment in UK: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) the Planning Inspectorate and (b) Nationally Significant Infrastructure...

      Solar Power: Oxfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the financial viability of SolarFive Ltd and Photovolt Development Partners to undertake the...

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Correspondence and Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November to Question 86604, how many full time equivalent staff are employed in his office to (a)...

      Energy: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Planning Inspectorate and Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project...

      Solar Power: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he will announce Government plans for community benefit funds for solar developments following the Community Benefits and...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cervical Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of lowering the age at which women are offered their first smear test.

    • Community Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering additional resources to neighbourhood teams to provide...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish a winter preparedness analysis for 2025-26 defining eligibility for covid boosters.

      Electronic Cigarettes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using technology within vapes to verify the age of vape users.

      Hospices: Harpenden and Berkhamsted

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that hospice contracts reflect the (a) cost of the services they provide and (b) needs of the local...

      Neurological Diseases: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve GP (a) awareness and (b) understanding of (i) dementia and (ii) other neurodegenerative...

      Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on improving the (a) access, (b) quality and (c) sustainability of palliative and end of life care.

      Palliative Care: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve children's palliative care services in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Divers: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on (a) diver safety and (b) emergency access for people in the West...

      NHS: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) agency staff, (b) overseas recruits and (c) other NHS staff can communicate effectively...

      NHS: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS staff have not met minimum English language proficiency standards in the last five years.

      Hospitals: Parking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of disabled parking at hospitals.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information they hold on the number of workdays that were completed remotely in their Department in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.

      Home Visits: Mileage Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of HMRC mileage rates on health and care workers undertaking home visits.

      Health Professions: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timeline is for the reform of the regulation of healthcare professionals.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who were seen by a GP in (a) September and (b) October 2025.

      Hospices: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that hospice contracts reflect the (a) cost of the services they provide and (b) needs of...

      Contraceptives: Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pharmacies in each Integrated Care Board area in England have registered to provide free Emergency Hormonal Contraception; what...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of a compensation scheme for people adversely affected by Covid-19...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what has been the cost to the public purse of the indemnity to pharmaceutical companies in the context of Covid-19 vaccines.

      Anaesthetics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report from the Royal College of Anaesthetists entitled...

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria are used to determine what food choices qualify NHS Food Scanner app users for a Good Choice badge.

      Prostate Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of risk-stratified screening on improving early detection of prostate cancer.

      Prostate Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the number of early interventions for prostate cancer.

      Motor Neurone Disease: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on the Neurology Transformation Programme.

      Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allocate funding to innovative diagnostics to tackle antimicrobial resistance.

      Sexually Transmitted Infections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of sexually transmitted infections on the future fertility of people.

      Heart Diseases: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure earlier (a) detection and (b) treatment of heart valve disease is prioritised within NHS...

      Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to develop a modern services framework for (a) arthritis and (b) musculorskeletal disease.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the National Cancer Plan for England includes measures that improve (a) early diagnosis and (b)...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Fertility and Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on the level of risk of vaping on (a) fertility and (b) pregnancy.

      Hereditary Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve data collection and (b) integrate indicators related to (i) parental consanguinity and (ii)...

      Nurses: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will align the terms and conditions for general practice nurses with those in the Agenda for Change.

      NHS: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Ambitions framework aligns with the NHS 10 Year Health Plan in the context of (a) the shift to neighbourhood health services, (b)...

      Care Homes: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) home-based and (b) residential care on the finances of people...

      Primary Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the rate at which (a) men and (b) women access primary healthcare services.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on social media advertising by (a) influencer and (b) organisation in each of the last five financial...

    • Know Your Neighbourhood Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the terms of reference are for the Know Your Neighbourhood Fund; and over which years that funding will be allocated.

      Tennis: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders to improve tennis facilities in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland,...

      Sports: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support grassroots sports.

      Tourism: South Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support the visitor economy in South Shropshire constituency.

      Tourism: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help support the tourism industry in the South West.

      Blenheim Estate Homes and Blenheim Foundation: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) financial structure and (b) governance arrangements of (i) Blenheim Estates and...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Translation Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 83176 on Universal Credit, how many and what proportion of claims were made by people...

    • Social Security Benefits: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to increase the availability of the test digital service for applicants for (a) the Personal Independence Payment...

      State Retirement Pensions: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of women born in the 1950s who have died since 21 March 2024.

      Pensions: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to encourage self-employed workers to pay into private pension funds.

      Health and Safety Executive and Pensions Regulator: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were employed by the (a) Pensions Regulator and (b) Health and Safety Executive in each year since 2005.

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with relevant stakeholders on ensuring that vulnerable pensioners in the North East are protected from...

      Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of taper rates on young people living in supported accommodation who take on paid...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of Personal Independence Payment are aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18; how many of those are in full time education; and how...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Typhoon Aircraft: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2025 to Question 69517 on Typhoon Aircraft: Decommissioning, what planned block upgrades there are to the Typhoon...

    • F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all 48 F-35 aircraft ordered from Lockheed Martin under Tranche 1 been delivered.

      Artillery: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 45056 on Artillery: Procurement, what he expects the in service date for RCH155 to be.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Supply Chains: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Mayor of the West Midlands on the resilience of supply chains in the West Midlands.

    • Climate Change: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of investor-state dispute settlement provisions on the UK's climate...

      Horizon IT System: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to help simplify (a) paperwork and (b) accountancy processes required for Post Office Horizon IT...

      Energy Intensive Industries: Hexham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reduced electricity costs for employers on employment growth in energy-...

      Investment: Hexham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Office for Investment is taking to help increase private sector investment in Hexham constituency.

      Manufacturing Industries: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 27 Oct 2025 to Question 83835, if he will publish a list of (a) businesses and (b) sectors in Walsall Borough with...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce the potential impact of the Not for EU labelling requirement on GB goods sold in Northern Ireland on...

    • Independent Review of the Windsor Framework

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has a timetable for implementing the recommendations of the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework by the Rt Hon...

      City Deals and Local Growth Deals: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to ensure that projects funded by the Government through the City and Growth Deals initiative in Northern Ireland are...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Identity Cards: Digital Technology

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) consent for data sharing and (b) other privacy rights are upheld in the implementation of future...

    • Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to ensure that (a) cloud hosting, (b) data processing and (c) other core components of the proposed digital ID system are...

      Cabinet Office: John Lewis Partnership

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has the Cabinet Office spent in John Lewis since 4 July 2024.

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Oral Questions

      To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will review the selection process for Oral Questions to identify ways to...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Motability

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any potential abuses of the Motability Scheme, and what consideration they have given to reforms that might better target those...

    • Universal Credit: Migrants

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Universal Credit claimants were recorded in non-UK immigration status groups in each year since 2019.

      Universal Credit: Migrants

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Universal Credit claimants were recorded in the last 12 months who were categorised as (1) refugees, (2) having pre-settled status under the EU...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the effectiveness of benefit sanctions in supporting claimants into sustained employment.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Gaza: Reconstruction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with leading Palestinian groups about the next stages of governance in Gaza and support against Hamas for those groups.

    • Vietnam: BBC

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that a BBC journalist in Vietnam has had her passport and identity card withheld and been subject to questioning, and...

      Myanmar: Armed Conflict

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of airstrikes against civilians by the military regime in Myanmar, in the light of the report by Fortify...

  • Department for Education

    • English Language and Mathematics: GCSE

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the interim report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review Committee, published on 18 March, (1) what evidence has the Committee considered in...

    • Further Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help ensure that post-16 education provides the necessary skills to support the economy.

      Higher Technical Qualifications

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many qualifications are currently approved as Higher Technical Qualifications.

      Students: Loans

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the proposal to increase student fee caps in line with forecast inflation in academic years 2026–27 and 2027–28, what estimate they...

      Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 22 October (HL Deb col 898), what modelling of the elasticity of demand for international students...

      Schools: Attendance

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Early Education on 30 May (HC50978) which stated that they were conducting a data...

      Dyscalculia: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to close the research funding gap between dyscalculia and dyslexia, where the funding for dyscalculia research is significantly lower...

      Teachers: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the relationship between (1) the level of initial teacher training bursaries, and (2) targets for teacher numbers, for each subject area; and what...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Baptism

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to issue immigration rules on the weight immigration tribunals should put on baptism while in asylum accommodation in the UK when assessing an...

    • Birth Certificates and Death Certificates: Welsh Language

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make bilingual birth and death certificates available in Wales.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Alan Turing Institute: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Alan Turing Institute's new cyber-defence programme does not impact funding of its non-defence AI research.

    • Artificial Intelligence: National Security

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in considering legislation to regulate artificial intelligence, what powers they are considering in relation to superintelligent AI that poses a threat to...

      Media: Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of poor media literacy on young people's employability.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fly-tipping

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether there is a difference between the responsibilities of a local authority for clearing, or paying to clear, waste illegally placed by third parties (1)...

    • Fly-tipping: Private Property

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 29 October (HL11074), whether they will make an assessment of the responsibilities of local...

  • Treasury

    • Investment: Cybersecurity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that asset managers issuing tokenised investment funds implement robust cybersecurity measures.

    • Financial Services: Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the fintech sector, following reports that British firms secured half of the top 10 European fintech investment deals in the...

  • Department for Business and Trade

  • Women and Equalities

    • Conflict Resolution: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether Equality and Human Rights Commission's guidance on single-sex spaces following the Supreme Court decision requires either a general impact statement...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Pregnancy: Screening

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk presented by unregulated private pregnancy scans; what actions they plan to take on the issue;...

    • Genetics: Screening

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the introduction of genomic testing on the UK’s position as a global centre for clinic trials and investment.

      Health Services: Private Sector

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) appointments, (2) tests and (3) operations were delivered by independent providers for NHS patients in (a) 2022–23 and (b) 2023–24.

      Nurses: Racial Discrimination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Royal College of Nursing's analysis that there has been a 55 percent increase over the last three years in nurses facing...

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