Written answers

Thursday, 13 November 2025

  • Treasury

    • Business Rates: Horse Racing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of ending temporary business rates reliefs for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses...

    • Small Businesses: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will lower business rates for (a) high street businesses, (b) businesses without a physical storefront on a street and (c) other small and medium...

      Business Rates: Leigh and Atherton

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of retail businesses that will be affected by the (a) business rates reduction for Retail, Hospitality and Leisure...

      Tobacco: Smuggling

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken to tackle the trade of illegal tobacco.

      Property: Valuation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency has had recent discussions with the (a) Scottish Government and (b) Scottish Assessors Association on (i) council tax...

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of an increase in fuel duty on the competitiveness of (a) haulage and (b) coach operators based in Wales.

      Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of implementing a pay-per-mile charge for electric vehicles on their drivers.

      Business Rates: Wholesale Trade

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of its plans for business rates reform on the (a) wholesale sector and (b) (i) number of...

      Betting: Greyhound Racing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will ensure that betting duty on greyhound racing (a) online, (b) in betting shops and (c) on course remains the same as for bets on horseracing.

      Schools: Transport

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HMRC guidance, Local authorities and similar bodies (VAT Notice 749), whether local authorities will be able to recover VAT on...

      Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of abolishing the Vehicle Excise Duty exemption for classic cars on owners of (a) classic...

      Motability: Insurance Premium Tax and VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of (a) VAT and (b) Insurance Premium Tax exemptions on the affordability of Motability Scheme advance...

      Private Education: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2025 to Question 84975 on Dance and Music: Finance, if she will undertake an updated impact assessment on the (a)...

      Taxation: International Cooperation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to join the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.

      Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered moving the uprating of excise duty from Retail Price Index to Consumer Prices Index.

      Landfill Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the press release by the Mineral Products Association entitled Landfill Tax...

      Plastics: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the (a) Plastic Packaging Tax rate and (b) recycled content requirement to promote...

      Tobacco: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to (a) reduce and (b) freeze tobacco excise duty.

      Smoking

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) her Department and (b) the Office for Budget Responsibility has made an assessment of the potential impact of levels of tobacco duty on smoking...

      Business: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will commit not to introduce any new taxes which increase the cost of doing business.

      Carbon Emissions: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on businesses in Northern Ireland in (a)...

      Carbon Emissions: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism mandated by Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of...

      Pensions: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to maintain tax relief on pension contributions.

      Insurance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to take further steps to reform regulation of the (a) home and (b) travel insurance markets.

      Pensioners: Income Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of frozen personal tax thresholds on pensioners’ disposable incomes.

      UK Trade with EU: Import Controls

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Trader Support Service has not used the derogation to delay until 1 January 2026 the commencement of Import Control System 2 for the...

      Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential merits of reversing recent changes to...

  • Home Office

    • Prisoners: Repatriation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dual-national offenders whose British citizenship was revoked and who were transferred under prisoner transfer agreements have (a)...

    • Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of pandemic-related delays on asylum seekers’ eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain;...

      Visas: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2025 to Question 85760 on Visas: Digital Technology, when the eVisa error form was introduced; and how...

      Exploitation: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of child criminal exploitation interventions in England.

      Offences against Children: Criminal Investigation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 79293 on Offences against Children: Criminal Investigation, when she expects phase one...

      Female Genital Mutilation: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 87001 on Female Genital Mutilation: Training, what categories of reasons were...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s publication entitled Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s publication entitled Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain...

      Animal Experiments: Primates

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s publication entitled Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain...

      Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department collects on romance fraud.

      Exploitation: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of criminal records amassed in the course of exploitation and abuse on victims of...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the value for money of the contract to house asylum seekers in the Ramada hotel in Sutton...

      Offences against Children: Inquiries

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applied for the role of Chair of the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.

      Demonstrations: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner on responding to an inquiry by the hon. Member for East Londonderry...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full time equivalent civil servants in her Department are working on recouping profits from private providers with contracts to...

      Immigration Removal Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing detention capacity to a level that would facilitate the deportation of...

      Offenders: Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for (a) voluntary and (b) enforced removal schemes of...

      Migrants: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has provided any (a) grants, (b) contracts and (c) other funding to (i) Stand Up to Racism, (ii) Unite the Union,(ii)...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Chagos Islands: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Mauritius have notified her of contact with (a) India and (b) other third countries to coordinate visits...

    • Nigeria: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of further investment in agricultural supply chains in...

      Prime Minister: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Prime Minister plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 15 August...

      UN Expert Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the her Department's objectives are in its engagement with the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal...

      Malta: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85119 on Malta: Politics and Government, whether she plans...

      Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, from which budget within her Department's resources she expects to fund her Department's contributions for...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Civil Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will list the titles of all the events organised by Civil Service networks in her Department since 2017.

      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, what plans he has for the Ministerial Women Peace and...

      Cuba: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her US counterpart on the imposition of visa restrictions on officials of...

      Cuba: Maternity Services and Sickle Cell Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on potential scientific...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much (a) their Department and (b) its arm’s length bodies have spent on (i) installing electric vehicle...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people work in the diversity and inclusion team in her Department's human resources department.

  • Department for Education

    • Literacy: Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) training and (b) support will be provided to (i) teachers and (ii) other education staff as part of the new curriculum to support the...

    • Children: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides on access to therapeutic support for children identified as in need in cases where parental consent is disputed.

      Foster Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of creating a national fostering strategy.

      Extended Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to provide funding for wraparound childcare after March 2026.

      Foster Care: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on supporting children in voluntary foster care to return home in cases where a lack of...

      Kinship Care: Hexham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many kinship carers are registered in Hexham constituency.

      International Baccalaureate: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the cut to funding the International Baccalaureate on students.

      Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Curriculum and Assessment Review, published on 5 November 2025, if she will instruct Ofqual to...

      Department for Education: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will answer Question 83934 of 21 October 2025 on support for St Martins School.

      Medicine: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the British Medical Association's press release entitled Medical student poverty worsened by financial drought as student loans fall...

      Schools: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Department’s target date is for ensuring that all schools and colleges in England are free from reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

      International Baccalaureate: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the average reduction in funding to each state school affected by the planned reduction in funding for the...

      Pupils: Mobile Phones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with Esther Ghey to discuss her campaign for a statutory ban on mobile phones in schools.

      Pre-school Education: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of pre-schools that have closed due to financial difficulties in the South West in the last five years.

      St Martins School: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support St Martins School in North Shropshire constituency following the recent fire.

  • Department for Transport

    • Yutong: Batteries and Buses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) buses and (b) batteries manufactured by Yutong that are supplied to bus companies operating...

    • Yutong: Batteries and Buses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had meetings with Yutong on the supply of (a) buses and (b) batteries to the UK.

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether powers given to Great British Railways to (a) design and (b) implement the (i) access, (ii) contracting and (iii) pricing regime would be...

      Railways: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to maintain the schedule 8 compensation mechanism for unplanned service disruption for operators outside Great British Railways.

      Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to maintain the schedule 4 compensation mechanism for planned service disruption for operators outside Great British Railways.

      Transport (Duty to Cooperate) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Transport (Duty to Cooperate) Bill on the economy.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Performance Appraisal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many performance reviews were undertaken for staff in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five...

    • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many staff in her Department (a) did not retain employment following completion of their probationary period and (b) had...

      Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2025 to Question 83837 on Broadband: Rural Areas, what progress she has made on Project...

      Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which (a) Department and (b) Minister have lead responsibility for the implementation of the UK–US Technology...

      Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which (a) Department and (b) Minister had responsibility for the negotiation of the UK–US Technology Prosperity Deal.

      Internet: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Online Safety Act 2023 prevents young people from accessing content that could...

      O2: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions her Department has had with Ofcom on mid-contract price increases by O2, in the context of levels of rises...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the NHS long-term workforce plan.

    • Ambulance Services: Kent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve ambulance waiting times in (a) Ashford constituency and (b) Kent.

      Hospitals: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has been made of the (a) condition and (b) maintenance standards of NHS hospital estates in Surrey.

      Surgery: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 2023 2023 UK surgical workforce census report compiled by the Royal College of Surgeons, what steps he is taking to...

      Resident Doctors: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what forecast he has made of the cost to the public purse of the planned strike of resident doctors from 14 to 19 November 2025.

      Heart Diseases: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the speed of arrhythmia diagnoses in integrated care systems.

      Electronic Cigarettes: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring vape liquid and vapes to be sold separately.

      Respiratory Diseases: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will publish the date for the planned full rollout targeted lung screening as recommended by the UK National Screening...

      Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to make treatment available to people with Irritable bowel syndrome.

      Mouth Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) fund and (b) implement a national awareness campaign for mouth cancer to help improve (i) early...

      Ovarian Cancer: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase (a) awareness of the symptoms, (b) diagnosis and (c) treatment of ovarian cancer in Shropshire.

      Prosthetics and Wigs: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, what steps he is taking in November 2025 to promote inclusive (a) wig and (b) prosthetic...

      Asthma: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allow inhalers to be sold over the counter without a prescription.

      General Practitioners: Telemedicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department made of the potential impact of unlimited online consultations, introduced in the new GP contract, on the...

      Care Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to generate public recognition of the (a) contribution and (b) value of workers in the care sector.

      Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds data on the number of pre-visit notifications completed by optometrists in the last 12 months.

      General Practitioners: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the white paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration...

      Dental Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allocate funding in the Autumn Budget 2025 to improve access to NHS dentistry for children in West Dorset constituency.

      University of Portsmouth Dental Academy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS Workforce plan will include an expansion in the allocation of dental student places at the University of Portsmouth.

      Pharmacy: Newbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of late-night pharmacy provision in Newbury constituency.

      Pharmacy: North Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to pharmacies in North Shropshire.

      Better Care Fund: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's plan Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England, when he plans to publish more information...

      Blood: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what demographic data his Department considered when choosing blood donation centres to pilot the post donation testing for advanced Hb...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the letter of 16 October 2025 from the hon. Member for Brentwood and Onager on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill in...

      Bone Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure early diagnosis of primary bone cancer is included in the National Cancer Plan.

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2025 to Question 78048 on General Practitioners: Recruitment, whether he plans to recruit more...

      Breastfeeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has allocated funding to (a) initiatives and (b) organisations that promote the use of the term chestfeeding.

      HIV Infection: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people receiving NHS HIV care in England were born overseas.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Government has delayed publication of the cancer plan.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the national cancer plan.

      Bowel Cancer: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people aged 75 years and over have requested a bowel screening kit by phoning the free bowel cancer...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of defendants over the age of 18 who have been remanded by the police are released by the court at the first hearing on (a)...

    • HMP Littlehey: Prisoners' Release

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

      Young Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of defendants under the age of 18 who have been remanded by the police are released by the court at the first hearing on...

      Ministry of Justice: Sanitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) single sex and (b) gender neutral bathroom facilities his Department provides in its premises.

      Ministry of Justice: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) their Department and (b) its arm’s length bodies have spent on (i) installing electric vehicle charging facilities and (ii)...

      Prisoners' Release: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released early in Lancashire in the last 12 months.

      Ministry of Justice: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 45822 on Ministry of Justice: Equality, for what reason his Department no longer collects that...

      Prisons: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the expected completion date is for all prisons currently scheduled for (a) construction and (b) expansion.

      NHS: Negligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the application of Section 33 of the Limitation Act 1980 in medical negligence cases involving...

      Immigration: Advisory Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate access to free immigration advice in (a) Bristol and (b) the South West.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many employment tribunal claims have been lodged against her Department in each of the last five years by (a) unfair dismissal and...

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in her Department (a) did not retain employment following completion of their probationary period and (b) had their...

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Performance Appraisal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many performance reviews were undertaken for staff in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in...

      Swimming: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of children that are able to swim 25 metres confidently.

      Sports: North East Somerset and Hanham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her department is taking to increase access to grassroots sport facilities in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.

      Football

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of grassroots football on (a) social well-being and (b) contribution to economic...

      Primary Education: School Libraries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish interim indicators of progress towards the Government's ambition to add 1,700 primary school libraries.

      Tourism: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote (a) Sutton Coldfield (b) the West Midlands as destinations for British holidaymakers.

      Primary Education: School Libraries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her planned timetable is for the primary school library rollout.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Deposit Return Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress she has made on the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme.

    • Domestic Waste: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to promote domestic recycling.

      Agriculture and Food: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help increase skills in the agriculture, food and farming sectors.

      Landscape Recovery Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the potential impact of uncertainty about future rounds of the Landscape Recovery tier of...

      Hunting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on its manifesto commitment to extend the ban on trail hunting.

      Fly-tipping: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) illegal waste dumping and (b) fly-tipping on rural...

      Fly-tipping and Litter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2025 to Question 61182 on Litter: Codes of Practice, and with reference to paragraphs 78...

      Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timetable is for publication of the rapid review of the Environmental Improvement Plan.

      Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85516 on Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling, when she plans to...

      Landscape Recovery Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Environmental Land Management Landscape Recovery tier continues...

      Sewers: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2025 to Question 61182 on Litter: Codes of Practice, whether guidance has been given to...

      Agriculture: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure farmers receive support for instances of flooding in winter 2025-26.

      Recycling: Inflation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Extended producer responsibility scheme on inflation...

      Production Methods: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing method of production labelling to (a) the economy and...

      Glass: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the extended producer responsibility scheme on (a) glass...

      Rivers: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve Catchment partnerships for chalk streams.

      Deposit Return Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress she has made on the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme in 2027.

      Farmers: Mental Health and Productivity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November to Question 85521 on Farmers: Mental Health and Productivity, for what reason the...

      Agriculture: Soil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of regenerative agriculture.

      Deposit Return Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2025 to Question 86440 on Deposit Return Schemes, if she will take steps to ensure the...

      Water Companies: Nationalisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish in full the (a) modelling and (b) assumptions underpinning her Department's £100 billion...

      Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of Natural England’s Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and...

      Plastics: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2024 to Question 6887 on Plastics: Pollution, if he will make an assessment of the...

      Hunting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has conducted a review of (a) the effectiveness of police enforcement of and (b) the level of...

      Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2025 to Question 85053 on the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023, if she...

      Environment Agency: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Environment Agency investigations.

      Genetically Modified Organisms: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK–EU reset agreement on the (a) use and (b) sale of...

      Animal Welfare: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on negotiations for a Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement with the EU.

      Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how she plans to assess progress towards establishing the proposed UK–EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary zone under the...

      Fishing Vessels: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many at-sea boarding inspections of (a) UK and (b) EU flagged fishing vessels took place outside of six nautical miles...

  • Attorney General

    • Organised Crime: Prosecutions

      To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of organised crime in North East Hertfordshire constituency.

    • People Smuggling: Prosecutions

      To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of people smugglers.

      Sentencing

      To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary (i) expenditure and (ii) other commitments to international humanitarian aid and disaster...

    • Veterans: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of diverting spending on foreign aid towards establishing a veterans support network...

      Royal British Legion: Fundraising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to support the British Legion’s Poppy Appeal 2025.

      Chinook Helicopters: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to learn from the Ministry of Defence’s handling of the Chinook ZD576 crash.

      Ukraine: Unmanned Air Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) monitor and (b) report on the operational impact of drones supplied to the Ukrainian armed forces; and...

      F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many planes was the F-35 training squadron reduced by in order to facilitate the recent deployment of the Carrier Strike Group.

      Caribbean: Hurricanes and Tornadoes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions the has had with the Royal Navy on the role of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in the humanitarian aid and disaster relief operation in the...

      F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional support from the Global F-35 programme has the Royal Navy received in order to meet Full Operational Capability for the recent...

      F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 5 of the Committee of Public Accounts report entitled The UK’s F-35 stealth fighter capability, HC1232, what steps he...

      Defence Equipment & Support and Submarine Delivery Agency: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in (a) Defence Equipment and Support and (b) the Submarine Delivery Agency have job titles which include the words (i) equality, (ii)...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • NHS: Ict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS IT suppliers with dominant market positions do not engage in anti-competitive practices.

    • Carbon Emissions: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on the functioning of the...

      Companies House: Recognition of States

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2025, to Question 82332 on Companies: Registration, for what reason Companies House recognises nations...

      Horizon IT System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Post Office Board and (b) Fujitsu on accountability for the Horizon IT system.

      Post Offices: Bank Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of enhanced Post Offices providing (a) affordable and (b) community-based...

      Post Offices: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to establish a national framework to enable local authorities to provide residents with (a) face-to-face access...

      Post Offices: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to expand the range of in-person Government services available via the Post Office network.

      Postage Stamps: Price Caps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Ofcom on the future of the second class stamp price cap.

      Stamp Advisory Committee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025, to Question 64917 on Stamp Advisory Committee, whether papers for that Committee are held by...

  • Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

    • Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has issued to (a) regulated...

    • Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether any local government boundary restructuring exercises have been...

      Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what information the Speaker's Committee holds on whether the Electoral...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff in his Department are recorded as having a (a) mental health condition and (b) physical disability,...

    • Leasehold: Service Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the consultation entitled Strengthening leaseholder protections over charges and services:...

      Affordable Housing: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department plans to provide for (a) affordable and (b) social housing in (i) England, (ii)...

      Almshouses: Tenants' Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to bring almshouse residents’ rights in line with tenants' rights.

      Social Rented Housing: Arrears

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of (a) rent arrears and (b) tenant to landlord debt in the social...

      Elections: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to protect election candidates from anonymous abuse on social...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department plans to provide to each local authority in each of the next three years.

      Council Tax: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations on council tax in the consultation entitled Modernising...

      Local Government Pension Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities administering Local Government Pension Scheme funds to...

      Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable is for publishing the cross-government homelessness strategy.

      Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to implement early identification models in schools to (a) identify and (b) help those at risk...

      Social Rented Housing: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to (a) maintain social housing commitments in existing planning permissions in London and...

      Hotels: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77537 on Hotels: Taxation, if he will publish those representations.

      Council Tax: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps has he taken to help tackle council tax fraud.

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Freedom of Information Act response with reference FOI2025/22431, published on 18 September...

      Business Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many hereditaments claimed Retail, Hospitality and Leisure rate relief in each local authority in (a) 2024-25 and...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) their Department and (b) its arm’s length bodies have spent on (i) installing electric vehicle charging facilities and (ii)...

    • Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether due diligence undertaken by his Department for the appointment of Lord Mandelson as Ambassador considered (a) Lord Mandelson’s...

      Infrastructure

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Boosting British jobs and skills key for firms to win major infrastructure projects,...

      Ministers: Council Tax

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Minister who occupy Ministerial residences as second homes and have council tax paid (a) have restrictions on the number of days that they can...

      Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: Medical Records

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure that the Infected Blood Compensation Authority claims process is accessible to people whose historic...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77118 on Lord Mandelson, if he will place in the Library a copy of the due diligence undertaken...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Climate Change Convention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) civil servants from his Department will attend the COP30 summit in Belem in...

    • Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer on 5 November 2025 to Question 86737 on Energy: Prices, for what reason his intention to cut energy bills by...

      Carbon Emissions: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2025 to Question 31221 on Carbon Emissions: UK Trade with EU, if he will make a comparative...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Palestine: Recognition of States

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 31 October (HL10875 and HL10876), and with reference to the Montevideo Convention...

    • Palestine: Terrorism

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the Palestinian Authority has made payments to families of terrorists killed on 7 October 2023, and if so,...

      Palestine: Prisoners

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 31 October (HL10859), how many times and over what period the Palestinian Authority...

      India: Arrests

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with their Indian counterparts concerning recent reports of increasing arrests of Muslims in BJP-controlled states; and what...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Exercise

      To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to promote the benefits of physical activity, including walking.

    • Coronavirus: Learning Disability

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current level of risk from COVID-19 to people with learning disabilities.

      Mental Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of (1) children and (2) adults who are accessing mental health support via artificial intelligence platforms after being...

      Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have requested a Legislative Consent Motion for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill from (1) the Senedd, (2) the Northern Ireland Assembly,...

      Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 30 October (HL10679), other than the bill team, how many officials are working in (1) the Department...

      Abortion: Statistics

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 25 September (HL10725), how many civil servants were (1) working on compiling the abortion...

      Abortion: Statistics

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish abortion statistics for England and Wales for 2023 by the end of this year.

      Abortion: Statistics

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 25 September (HL10725), whether abortion statistics for England and Wales for the years (1) 2023 and (2)...

      Glaucoma: Community Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure community-based glaucoma services are available in every region in England.

      Cannabis: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the health implications for young people of smoking high-strength cannabis, including psychotic episodes; and what steps they are...

      Palliative Care

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the extent, and (2) the quality, of specialist palliative care commissioning of (a) in-patient beds, (b) community...

      Palliative Care

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the availability of comprehensive palliative care across England.

      Peripheral Arterial Disease

      To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the report by the Circulation Foundation and Legs Matter Act now to save limbs and lives, published in May, what assessment they have...

      Peripheral Arterial Disease

      To ask His Majesty's Government how the upcoming cardiovascular disease modern service framework will ensure that patients with peripheral arterial disease have equitable access to appropriate...

      Palliative Care

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the NHS provides sufficient and timely palliative care services for terminally ill patients, including through increasing...

      Audiology: Community Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that self-referral to community audiology services is widely available across England.

      Hospices

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support the establishment of more hospices in England.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Media: Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to communities to access media literacy education and bridge the digital divide.

  • Home Office

    • Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will make an assessment of the ability of police and courts to detect and prosecute offences relating to coercion as set out in the Terminally Ill...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Welltower: Barchester Healthcare

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the acquisition of Barchester Healthcare by Welltower on market concentration in the care-home sector in London and...

    • Care Homes: Mergers

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to review the thresholds or guidance under which mergers in the care home sector are referred to the Competition and Markets Authority.

      Welltower: Mergers

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Competition and Markets Authority has undertaken reviews of the acquisitions of (1) Barchester Healthcare, and (2) HC-ONE assets, by Welltower; and...

      Horizon IT System: Compensation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest estimate of the likely cost to the public purse of the settlement of the compensation claims against the Post Office for wrongful action...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Sites of Special Scientific Interest

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of sites of special scientific interest in each county in England are in a favourable condition.

    • Saltwater Fish: Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking both domestically and internationally to protect and support sunfish populations.

      Rivers: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of rivers in each county in England are in a good overall condition.

      Lithium-ion Batteries: Waste Disposal

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the permitted means and locations for the disposal of lithium-ion batteries after they have expired in motor vehicles.

      Plants: Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland's finding that 26 percent of the 1,720 native plants it studied are...

  • Attorney General

    • Mahdi al-Harati

      To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to reports that a former client of the Attorney General, Mahdi Al Harati, is bringing legal proceeding against them, what steps they have taken to...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the impact of benefit sanctions on (1) the mental health of claimants, (2) levels of household debt, and (3) food bank use.

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