Written answers

Monday, 15 December 2025

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of young people who have been off-rolled by schools and colleges while awaiting Education, Health and Care...

    • Schools: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the price of school uniforms.

      Special Educational Needs: North East Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of early years SEND support capacity in North East Lincolnshire; and what support her Department is providing to...

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of local authority compliance with the national legislation establishing the threshold of (a) 10 sessions of...

      Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will set out the reasons for the reduction in the Fair Access Limit for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund from...

      Schools: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of pupils suspended or sent home for not wearing the required school uniform and (b) lost school days as...

      Schools: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available to schools to tackle the challenges faced by pupils living in poverty, including access to (a) free school meals, (b) mental...

      Breakfast Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children who are attending the early adopters breakfast clubs.

      Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of early language intervention on educational outcomes for deaf children.

      Pupils: Mobile Phones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide advice and support for headteachers to transition to a smartphone free school.

      Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of early interventions in speech and language support.

      Schools: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment she has made of disparities in AI training and support between (a) state and private schools, and (b) high-performing and...

      Department for Education: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total cost was of (a) settlement agreements and (b) special severance payments made to departing staff in her Department in the last year.

      Children: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to make education more inclusive of disabled children in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Schools: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the proportion of food served in state schools in England that is sourced from British (a) farms and (b)...

      Children: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with relevant stakeholders on the inclusion of targets for child poverty reduction in the North East within the...

      Skin: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered providing sun-safety education in schools.

      Pre-school Education: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending ring-fenced support for (a) nutritious meals and (b) food education to all early...

      GCSE: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what processes are in place to ensure accountability and transparency when GCSE examination scripts are lost by exam boards.

      Kinship Care: Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a new right to kinship care leave.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment and Support Allowance: Parkinson's Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of people with Parkinson's in the Employment and Support Allowance Support Group.

    • Employment and Support Allowance: Parkinson's Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Parkinson's get contribution based Employment Support Allowance and are allocated to the Support Group.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been migrated from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit since July 2024.

      Social Security Benefits: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of households affected by the two child limit policy that are (a) two earner couple...

      Statutory Sick Pay: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has of the potential impact of removing the waiting period for statutory sick pay on the number of claims made...

      Motability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to the Motability scheme on the lived experience of users.

      Motability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to meet representatives of the Motability Collective Campaign Group.

      Social Security Benefits: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to contact vulnerable individuals in (a) remote and (b) rural areas with low broadband connectivity.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of child maintenance arrears that are (a) likely to be recovered in full, (b) partly...

      Workplace Pensions: Index Linking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension scheme members affected by the absence of pre-1997 indexation will receive indexation; and how many affected members will not...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Child Poverty Strategy, published on 5 December 2025, what interim milestones will be used to track progress toward...

      Workplace Pensions: Index Linking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of members of defined benefit pension schemes with pre-1997 service who have received no discretionary...

      Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of stopping out of work benefits for foreign nationals in the UK.

      Personal Independence Payment: Motability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Personal Independence Payment claimants are in a contract with the Motability Scheme to receive a vehicle by primary medical condition.

      State Retirement Pensions: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to (a) the report of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on communication of changes to women’s State Pension...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the projected number of children in the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency who will become newly...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of local voluntary sector organisations in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency expected...

      Motability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Motability Scheme on transport barriers experienced by disabled people.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • USA: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the US National Security Strategy, dated November 2025.

    • Armed Forces: Deployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the readiness of deployable military units.

      Ammunition: Factories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to build energetics and munitions factories.

      Security Action for Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his policy to seek UK participation in the Security Action for Europe instrument.

      Reserve Forces: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of training opportunities for reservists in the last 12 months.

      Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support Typhoon production.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve accommodation standards for service personnel living in single living accommodation.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department’s timetable is for the delivery of key equipment upgrades under the Integrated Procurement Model.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Ministry of Defence projects within the Government Major Projects Portfolio have been delivered on time and within their...

      Defence: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2025 to Question 95703 on Defence: Contracts, what the contracts valued above £500 million for (a) Serco, (b)...

      Ministry of Defence: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Questions 97049 and 97052 on Armed Forces: Housing.

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Minister of State's answer to the Urgent Question on 8 November 2025 from the Hon. Member for South Suffolk, whether the Ajax...

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with General Dynamics on suing that company for liquidated damages relating to the Ajax programme.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of service accommodation deemed to be below acceptable quality standards.

      HMS Caledonia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money his Department has spent on (i) maintaining and (ii) improving accommodate at HMS Caledonia in each of the last 10 years.

      HMS Caledonia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a breakdown of the current accommodation available at HMS Caledonia including (i) room type, (ii) capacity and (iii) construction date.

      HMS Caledonia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the suitability of accommodation at HMS Caledonia.

      HMS Caledonia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase the number of people who can be accommodated at HMS Caledonia.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of construction costs on the armed forces estate modernisation programme.

      Defence: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many defence SMEs in South West Devon constituency have a) applied for and b) received funding from the Exploration Fund.

      Ajax Vehicles: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has considered inviting the Institute of Naval Medicine to investigate the reasons why medical issues arose during the Ajax-related exercise...

      Defence: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many defence SMEs in South West Devon constituency have a) applied for and b) received funding from the Defence Innovation Fund.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate the Department has made of the total cost of tackling the maintenance backlog across the defence estate.

      Armed Forces: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to accelerate the rollout of new personal protective equipment for frontline personnel.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 97048, how many Single Living Accommodation units in the United Kingdom have recorded Legionella,...

      F-35 Aircraft: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether launching a US sovereign nuclear weapon from the UK's F-35A planes would require the authorisation of the Prime Minister.

      Defence: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many defence SMEs in South West Devon constituency have a) applied for and b) received funding from the Defence and Security Accelerator.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of defence industrial capacity to support long-term equipment programmes.

      Ministry of Defence: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by his Department within the required timescale in (i)...

      LGBT Veterans Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on implementing the recommendations of the LGBT Veterans Independent Review.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Single Living Accommodation units in each UK local authority area have experienced loss of (a) heating and (b) hot water for over...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints regarding (a) gas, (b) electrical and (c) water issues have been recorded in Single Living Accommodation in each UK local authority...

      Armed Forces: Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the NHS on improving prevention and treatment of gambling harms among Armed Forces personnel and veterans.

      Armed Forces: Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of gambling harms among serving members of the Armed Forces.

      Armed Forces: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to expand mental health support services for (a) serving personnel and (b) veterans.

      Uncrewed Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the UK’s ability to counter emerging drone-based threats.

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the waiting times for Armed Forces Compensation Scheme claims.

      Defence: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of cyber-security resilience within Defence Digital systems.

      Armed Forces: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment this Department has made of trends in the level of recruitment and retention levels across the armed forces in the latest...

      AWE: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all document titles from the Merlin database that have been declassified by the Atomic Weapons Establishment.

  • Treasury

    • Public Houses: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support pubs with increases in their business rates bills.

    • Treasury: Written Questions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May...

      Workplace Pensions: National Insurance Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has she made of the number of people that will reduce their working hours following the introduction of National Insurance contribution on...

      Public Houses: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed increase in the rateable values of pubs on the level of their profitability.

      Gambling: Gibraltar

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to gambling duties on Gibraltar's economy.

      Motability: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost of VAT relief for Motability in (a) 2025 and (b) each year of the Budget forecast.

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Loan Charge review, what steps her Department are taking to ensure consistency and fairness for individuals who have already settled...

      UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total in duty deferment accounts that HMRC received in the calendar year 2024 via customs duties collected as a result of trade between GB and...

      Bank Services: Young People

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of trends of junior bank account openings and levels of savings for young people since 2015.

      Public Sector: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department is taking steps to produce guidance from the actuary department on the calculation that must be used to produce a Remedial Service...

      Fiscal Policy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department uses wellbeing metrics in the context of policy development.

      Small Businesses: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how she will notify SMEs that their bank is a designated bank under any scheme set up to ensure customers that are rejected for finance approval can be...

      Mutual Societies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will discuss support for new mutual banks with Ministerial colleagues in the Department for Business and Trade.

      Financial Services: Investment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Financial Conduct Authority's press release entitled FCA sets out landmark package to boost UK investment culture, published on 8...

      Small Businesses: West Midlands

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support access to finance for SMEs in the West Midlands.

      Banking Hubs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review the adequacy of assessment criteria for establishing banking hubs.

      High Street Group: Insolvency

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an estimate of (a) the number of retail investors and (b) the total value of investments affected by the collapse of High...

      Bank Services: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 61158, whether she plans to publish the statutory instrument on open banking in the first quarter of 2026.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Diplomatic Relations: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made in appointing a special envoy for complex detention cases.

    • Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish all correspondence from (a) her, (b) her ministers and (c) her officials to the Planning...

      Sudan: Armed Conflict

      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 United Arab Emirates...

      USA: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions have been had with US counterparts about potential US political interference in UK domestic...

      Aleksandar Vučić

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the National Security Adviser discussed media freedoms in his recent meeting with President Vučić.

      Aquaculture: Lough Foyle

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what determinations govern jurisdiction in Lough Foyle; and what measures are in place to regulate aquaculture in...

  • Home Office

    • Offences against Children: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grooming gangs her Department is aware of operating in London.

    • Sheiling Special Education Trust: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the application by the Sheiling Special Education Trust submitted on 9th September 2025 to the UKVI will be decided; and whether that...

      Offences against Children: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department have had with Welsh Government counterparts on the implementation of local investigations in Wales as part...

      Police: Biometrics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the findings of the report by the National Physical...

      Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of collating information on absconders.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of local collision investigation teams in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what evidential basis the Minister of State for Immigration said on 3 September 2025 that her Department does not hold any central record...

      Home Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required...

      Crime Prevention: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding is available from her Department for local crime prevention measures in rural areas.

      Anti-social Behaviour: South Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in rural towns and villages in South Shropshire constituency.

      Biometrics: Cameras

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of cameras used in facial recognition technology are made in the UK.

      West Midlands Police: Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Pursuant to the oral answer of 26 November 2025, Official Report, House of Lords, Column 1331, on West Midlands Police: Maccabi Tel Aviv...

      Eurodac

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to apply for UK membership of Eurodac.

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to end the for-profit system of housing people seeking asylum.

      Visas: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent immigration rules abuse where people on tourist visas claim asylum.

      Undocumented Workers: Delivery Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the nationalities of people detained for removal caught working illegally as delivery drivers.

      Asylum: Horley

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Croydon Magistrates' Court's 8 December sentencing of a resident of the Four Points Hotel in Horley, what steps she is...

      Immigration Controls: France

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps with the French authorities on the development of an app for remote registration at the Short Straits...

      Undocumented Migrants: Great Yarmouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of irregular migrants currently residing in Great Yarmouth and the resource implications for local...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on ending the use of asylum hotels; and what the savings will be for a) Southport, b) the North West and c) the UK.

      Asylum: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to page 122 of the OBR, Economic and Fiscal Outlook, November 2025, CP1439, 26 November 2025, what is her department’s...

      Undocumented Migrants: Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of migrants that arrived in the UK by small boat that possess a criminal record either...

      Asylum: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing asylum expenditure data by constituency.

      Terrorism: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 9 December 2025 to Question 96618 and 25 November 2025 to Question 94151, what assessment she has made of the...

      Artificial Intelligence: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the level of economic loss from AI-enabled fraud and scams.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his Department's original planned publication date was for the steel strategy; and for what reason the publication of that strategy has...

    • Temporary Employment: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has conducted international comparisons on the definition of low hours to inform how the threshold for low hours is...

      Temporary Employment: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, under the provisions of the Employment Rights Bill, in what circumstances will responsibility for providing guaranteed hours to an agency...

      Temporary Employment: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he has made an assessment of how reasonable notice periods may vary for agency workers in sectors that require high levels of flexibility...

      British Steel: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the £274 million funding provided to British Steel has been allocated as (a) a grant, (b) a loan and (c) an equity injection;...

      British Steel: Furnaces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average monthly cost to the public purse has been for maintaining the operation of British Steel blast furnaces since the special...

      British Steel: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of maintaining British Steel's operations between 10 December 2025 and the...

      British Steel: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much of the £274 million provided to British Steel was for (a) raw materials, (b) salaries, (c) energy costs and (d) payments to...

      Night-time Economy: Edmonton and Winchmore Hill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the night-time economy in Edmonton and Winchmore Hill constituency.

      Veterinary Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority on the decision not to (a) require divestments and (b)...

      Veterinary Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of veterinary market consolidation by large veterinary groups on client...

      Department for Business and Trade: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required...

      Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with local authority trading standards teams about assessing the potential risk of purchasing imported e-bikes...

      Fireworks: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current pricing of licenses for the all-year storage and sale of fireworks of up to...

      Biotechnology: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help support and promote biotechnology in Northern Ireland through the Industrial Strategy.

      Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish a timeline for the remaining milestones to be met before the Steel Strategy is presented to Parliament.

      Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to provide support to people who have hired a registered builder where the work has not been completed due to that builder...

      Iron and Steel: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to increase domestic processing capacity for steel scrap.

      Aluminium: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has to restrict the export of scrap aluminium from the UK to address the challenge of scarce critical minerals identified in...

      Business: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to ensure that businesses pay for goods and services, including those from freelancers, on time.

      Postal Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to monitor the level of administrative charges by Royal Mail applied to unstamped mail.

      Companies House: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will suspend financial penalties and other enforcement action for non-compliance with Companies House filing requirements while the...

      Arms Trade: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an estimate of the financial impact of the suspension of arms export licenses to Israel on British businesses.

      Arms Trade: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason the suspension of arms sales to Israel is not listed on his Department and Export Control Joint Unit's official guidance.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Energy: Standing Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of the current costs of energy standing charges on businesses in North Wales.

    • Renewable Energy: Smart Export Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the average price per kilowatt that businesses receive from suppliers when selling power to the grid...

      Net Zero Teesside Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy that the Net Zero Teesside Procurement Project should use British-made steel.

      Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changing the inflation indexation in the Feed in Tariffs scheme from Retail...

      Carbon Emissions: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what is the value of environmental/carbon border charges that have applied to the movement of electricity from Great Britain to...

      National Grid: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what impact has the decision to designate two AI Growth Zones in Wales had on NESO’s plans for improving grid connections in...

      Electricity: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cost recovery mechanisms within the electricity system do not adversely impact...

      Solar Power: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving the take up of roof mounted solar retrofit equipment on existing...

      Electricity: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increases in electricity capacity charges on (a)...

      Fuels: West Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of recent trends in levels of (a) petrol and (b) diesel prices in West Dorset.

      Electricity: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing all social and environmental levies from electricity bills.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to lower energy prices for people in Newbury constituency.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Zoos: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of commercial energy costs on Zoos in England, such as Chester and Blackpool Zoos.

    • Veterinary Medicine Working Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Veterinary Medicine Working Group plans to meet in January 2026.

      Agriculture: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support farmers with input costs.

      Environmental Land Management Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Department has made of the proportion of agricultural land participating in Environmental Land Management...

      Import Controls: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has had discussions with exporters on sanitary and phytosanitary requirements when trading with the...

      Agriculture: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of trading arrangements with the European Union on British...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.

      Veterinary Medicines Directorate: Translation Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Veterinary Medicines Directorate has spent on translation and interpretation services in each of the last five...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials were investigated under their Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last five years.

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2025 to UIN 62951, what progress she has made on incorporating method-of-production...

      Crops: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of UK weather patterns on crop production in 2025.

      Veterinary Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to introduce requirements for veterinary practices to display in-clinic and online information about...

      Environment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will publish a consolidated timetable for forthcoming environmental, biodiversity, water-regulation,...

      Sustainable Farming Incentive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish further information on a re-designed scheme to replace the Sustainable Farming Incentive,...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Telecommunications: Aerials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the accuracy of ICNIRP self-certification declarations submitted by...

    • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the...

      Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December to Question 96656, if she will make an assessment of the a) the proportion of chatbots...

      Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when will her Department publish the Government's response to its call for evidence following the publishing of its Digital...

      Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had recent discussions with the Chancellor the Exchequer on funding to support delivery of the long-term...

      Animal Experiments: Dogs and Primates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the strategy Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of...

      Communications Ombudsman: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) impartiality and (b) evidential handling procedures...

      Genomics: Information Sharing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, in cases where genomic data has been found to have been transferred in violation of UK law or national security standards,...

      Small Businesses: Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support SMEs to (a) implement cybersecurity measures and (b) procure AI systems...

      Artificial Intelligence: Pilot Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to showcase departmental AI pilots, including (a) which tools are being used, (b) what...

      Broadband: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business broadband connectivity speed and reliability on business...

      Communications Ombudsman

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to bring forward proposals to expand the remit of the Communications Ombudsman.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Ombudsman: Appeals

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to review the right of appeal following final ombudsman decisions.

    • Chequers: Council Tax

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the second homes council tax premium has been paid on the Prime Minister’s residence in Chequers since 1 April 2025.

      Government Departments: TikTok

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 47529 on Government Departments: TikTok, whether (a) the Prime Minister and (b) Number 10 officials...

      Ministers: Council Tax

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the answer of 13 November 2025, to Question 86773, on Ministers: Council Tax, whether Ministers who occupy a Ministerial residence as a...

      Cabinet Office: OCS Group

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2025 to Question 73728 on Cabinet Office: OCS Group, whether the Social Value Outcome and Diversity reports...

      Admiralty House: Council Tax

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 28 October 2025 to Question HL10808 on Official Residences, whether his Department paid council tax on the Ministerial...

      Official Residences

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 28 October 2025 to Question HL10808 on Official Residences, for what reason the Defence Secretary was allocated use of...

      Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2025, to Question 89453, on Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House, for what reason the second homes premium was...

      Admiralty House: Council Tax

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2025, to Question 73829, on Admiralty House: Council tax, if he will publish a copy of the council tax bills...

      Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 November 2025 to Question 85827 on Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House, for what reason the second homes council tax...

      Admiralty House: Valuation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85200 on Admiralty House: Valuation, if he will place the valuation report in the Library.

      Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85494 on Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House, whether the Government Property Agency informed...

      Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the Government’s Digital ID scheme.

      Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Digital ID scheme will cost.

      Office for National Statistics: Latin America

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including data for a Latin American ethnic group in national statistics.

      Migration

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the level of net migration in the year ending 2025 on (a) overall population growth and (b)...

      Fertility: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of fertility trends in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to 88031 of 6 November 2025 and with reference to FOI2025/16291, on what date does his Department plan to respond to the Freedom of...

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 21 November 2025 to question UIN 90771, what steps he is taking to monitor the performance of the handover of the new...

      Civil Servants: Political Impartiality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance has been issued to help civil servants distinguish between acceptable network activity and activity that may breach impartiality rules.

      Official Residences: Valuation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85200 on Admiralty House: Valuation, whether a valuation has been undertaken in relation to...

      Public Bodies

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled, Hundreds of quangos to be examined for potential closure as Government takes back control, published on 7...

      Chequers: Council Tax

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who is responsible for paying the council tax surcharge on Chequers.

      Senior Civil Servants: Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 September 2025 to Question 74947 on Senior Civil Servants: Pay, when he plans to publish a high earner list.

      Civil Servants: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding was allocated to the Civil Service LGBT Plus Network in each of the last five years.

      Defence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking with the Ministry of Defence to support a forthcoming Defence Readiness Bill, as recommended in the Strategic...

      Motor Vehicles: China

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance or advice the National Cyber Security Centre has given to Government Departments regarding the maintenance, purchase or leasing of (a)...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve access to legal aid in short notice cases.

    • Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the impact assessment for the removal of the right of defendants to elect for a jury trial.

      Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made in assisting law enforcement agencies responding to the Legal Aid Agency data breach on 23 April 2025.

      Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations has he received from (a) barristers, (b) solicitors, and (c) legal aid providers regarding the Legal Aid Agency data breach on 23...

      Ministry of Justice: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by his Department within the required timescale in (i)...

      Crime Prevention: Arts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of arts and culture programmes on reducing and preventing youth crime.

      Prisoners' Release

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

      Prisoner Escapes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria the Crown Prosecution Service uses to determine whether to (a) release an absconder on bail and (b) bail them.

      Matrimonial Proceedings: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made, as part of his Department’s responsibilities for access to justice and the protection of victims of domestic abuse,...

      Victims: Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when statutory guidance will be produced on the duty to collaborate under the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024; and what plans the Government has to...

      Sexual Offences: Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing a whole-system criminal justice strategy for rape and sexual abuse.

      Sexual Offences: Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to enable victims and survivors of sexual abuse to observe their trial without sitting in the public gallery.

      Sexual Offences: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will extend Operation Soteria into the Crown Court.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether, under the Devolution Framework, non-mayoral Foundation Strategic Authorities can receive any form of...

    • Recreation Spaces: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider commissioning a piece of work to review all the existing evidence on the return of funding for...

      Local Government Finance: Cornwall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in light of his letter to Cornwall Council stating that he is minded, on an exceptional basis, to explore designating...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Further to the written statement of 4 December 2025, HCWS1128, on Devolution Priority Programme, whether the (a)...

      Fires: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with the National Fire Chiefs Council on the potential risk of wildfires crossing into...

      Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that the social media and online platform income...

      Community Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to support community-backed housing schemes.

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by his Department...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to tackle repeated retrospective planning applications designed to delay enforcement action on...

      Electoral Register: Absent Voting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Pursuant to the answer of 26 November 2025, to Question 92034, on Electoral Register: Absent Voting, whether his...

      Park Homes: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question 69040 on Park Homes: Sales, when he plans to seek further evidence...

      Housing Associations: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered introducing lower-interest borrowing facilities for housing associations.

      Affordable Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the level of the current Homes England grant rates...

      Housing: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many properties in the UK are currently unable to be sold because they are part of probate negotiations.

      Housing: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help stop wildfires setting homes on fire.

      Social Rented Housing: Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to implement social rent convergence.

      Local Government: Hampshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the costs, savings and net impact on the public purse of proposed local government...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Further to the written statement of 4 December 2025, HCWS1128, on Devolution Priority Programme, what is the criteria...

      Local Government: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the financial sustainability of the proposed West Surrey unitary...

      High Rise Flats: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on practices for the safe evacuation of high rise buildings in the...

      Council Tax: Single People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the single persons council tax discount to 50%.

      Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the treatment of surplus funds held by district councils, including West Devon Borough Council...

      Elections: Campaigns

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of third-party campaigner regulations and levels of compliance in England.

      Voting Behaviour: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help improve voter participation in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Affordable Housing: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Social and Affordable Homes Programme 2026-2036: MHCLG policy...

      Renters' Rights Act 2025

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what metrics his Department will use to assess whether the Renters' Rights Act 2025 is achieving its stated objectives...

      Neighbourhood Plans: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will reinstate financial support for the development of neighbourhood plans.

      Electoral Register: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of voter registration among young people in Surrey Heath...

      Property Management Companies: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to regulate property management companies.

      Affordable Housing: West Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that development firms meet their agreed affordable housing commitments...

      Supported Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with operators of housing-with-care schemes on international best practice in relation...

      Nature Conservation: Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has discussions planned with nature organisations including the Woodland Trust, Wildlife Trusts and...

      Planning Permission: Biodiversity and Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to table (a) new legislation and (b) amendments affecting (i) environmental-assessment...

      Housing: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Homes England has issued guidance on (a) requiring diverse street names in new developments and (b) diversity...

      Sports: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of planning applications affecting sports pitches over the...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which local authorities are participating in asylum seeking housing pilots; and how much funding has been allocated to...

      Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will set out a timeline for bringing section 102 of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 into force.

      Empty Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of approaches to bringing empty residential properties back into use.

      Arco

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he last met the Associated Retirement Community Operator (ARCO) to discuss the upcoming Housing Strategy.

      Housing: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 84646 on Housing: Greater Manchester, what types of management...

      Empty Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to limit the number of long-term empty homes.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to limit the purchase of new-build properties by foreign investors.

  • Department for Transport

    • Bicycles: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the British Transport Police works with (a) her Department, (b) Network Rail and (b) train operating companies...

    • Roads: Cats

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of whether a disproportionate burden is placed on local authorities and National Highways to identify and reunite cats...

      Electric Scooters and Motocycles: Insurance and Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department are considering introducing a requirement for users to (a) licence and (b) insure (1) e bikes and (2) e scooters.

      Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings her Department has held with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency to discuss (a) number plate cloning and (b) the use of ghost plates.

      Motorcycles: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating the collection of STATS19 national collision statistics to allow for differentiation...

      Motor Vehicles: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the number of DVSA employees eligible to conduct Individual Vehicle Approval tests by a) individual test centre...

      Taxis: South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many private hire vehicles and drivers licensed by out-of-area authorities have been recorded as operating in (a) Hampshire and (b) Surrey in the...

      Railways: Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, (a) what discussions her Department has had with Avanti West Coast on the use of Withdrawal of Implied Permission (WIP) notices to address anti-social...

      Bicycles: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the British Transport Police's crime-screening policy introduced in August 2024, if she will publish the formal guidance for...

      Rolling Stock: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the withdrawal of Class 43 HST trains from service in the South West does not affect scheduled services.

      Railways: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of an annual standard class rail season ticket was between Bedworth and Nuneaton stations in (a) 2010 and (b) 2024.

      Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of use of illegal number plates between 2021 and 2025.

      Motor Insurance Taskforce: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 9859 on Motor Insurance Taskforce: Northern Ireland, when she will publish the report from the...

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds information on the number of UK road traffic accidents caused by people driving in the UK without a valid full or...

      Network Rail: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the levels of Network Rail’s energy costs.

      Railways: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the air quality on the rail network; and whether her Department plans to issue updated guidance on air quality...

      Bicycles: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the British Transport Police’s screening policy, including any value or time-window criteria on...

      Civil Aviation Authority: Windsor Framework

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assesment she has made of the potential impact the Windsor Framework on the operations of the Civil Aviation Authority.

      Railways: Season Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of an annual standard class rail season ticket was between Atherstone and London stations in (a) 2010 and (b) 2024.

      Taxis: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 Oct 2025 to Question 81532 on Taxis: Licensing, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the powers available to...

      Unmanned Marine Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the necessary licences for marine autonomy sea trials to take place can be granted by the Maritime and...

      Great British Railways and Network Rail: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Network Rail’s debt will be transferred to Great British Railways.

      Hydrogen Refuelling Stations: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to attract private sector investment to increase the number of hydrogen refuelling stations.

      Public Transport: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve accessibility of public transport for visually impaired people.

      Airports: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has asked the Civil Aviation Authority to undertake a review of assisted-travel provision and associated cost increases at UK airports.

      Visual Impairment: South Holland and the Deepings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the accessibility of pavements for (a) blind and (b) visually impaired people in South Holland and...

      Airports: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date she plans to complete the review into airport funding.

      Heathrow Airport: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the deadline is for the submission of a development consent application for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

      Great Western Main Line: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help increase the punctuality of GWR services from London to Devon.

      Great British Railways: Parliamentary Scrutiny

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to lay Great British Railways’ draft and final Integrated Business Plans before Parliament for scrutiny.

      Railways: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many compensation claims were submitted for train operating companies for which her Department is the operator of last resort in (a) November 2025...

      Railways: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what commission percentage is charged on ticket sales made through the digital platforms of all train operating companies managed by DfT Operator Limited.

      Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of recruitment and retention challenges in the driving instructor and driving examiner workforce; and what steps...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Psychiatric Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the longest inpatient stays were for mental health patients in each age group discharged in 2025.

    • Defibrillators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the network of publicly available defibrillators; whether there are any blackspots; and...

      Covid-19 Inquiry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the findings and recommendations of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry are incorporated into future pandemic...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Public Houses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of a pub vaping ban on the viability of local pubs which are...

      Brain: Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he is providing to the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire Integrated Care Board to ensure that people are receiving...

      Prostate Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to update guidance to GPs on beginning conversations with men at risk of prostate cancer.

      Cardiovascular Diseases: North East Somerset and Hanham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis of cardiovascular disease in primary care in North East Somerset and...

      Multiple Sclerosis: Mid Buckinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people living with multiple sclerosis to access timely, high-quality care and treatment in...

      Covid-19 Inquiry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the reports by the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

      Diabetes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to WPQ 51812, what assessment he has made of the reliability of BMI testing, in the context of the Global Burden of...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

      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 effectiveness of mandatory health warning labels in...

      Dental Services: Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental practices are currently accepting new NHS patients in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency; and what data his...

      Dementia: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of dementia care provision in (a) rural constituencies and (b) West Dorset constituency.

      Social Services: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with (a) NHS England and (b) local authorities on coordinating social care for people with...

      Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of steps taken by Integrated Care Boards to help tackle regional inequalities in...

      Voice Over Internet Protocol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of vulnerable users of telecare alarms who have (a) successfully transferred and (b) not yet...

      Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the current palliative care strategy.

      Pharmacy: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of unregistered pharmacies that are operating.

      General Practitioners: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of GP services to meet demand in Lincolnshire.

      Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of optician services.

      Social Care: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the current working assumption for the Casey review into adult social care to start and conclude.

      Care Workers: Living Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, following the recent National Living Wage increase announced in the Budget, what assumptions have been made on future wage differential...

      Incontinence: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a joined-up continence care pathway between the NHS, local authorities and care...

      Neighbourhood Health Centres: Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Oldham, Chadderton and Royton are being considered for additional funding for proposed new Neighbourhood Health Centres.

      Mental Capacity: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of reviewing the current approach to mental capacity assessments, particularly...

      Speech and Language Therapy: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on reducing waiting times for children requiring speech and language therapy.

      NHS: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to expand protected research time for NHS clinicians contributing to research.

      Cancer: Hereditary Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support primary care providers in assessing hereditary cancer risk for people without a clear...

      Blood: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of blood donations by blood type.

      Health Services and Social Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve integration between social care and NHS services in rural areas.

      Glioblastoma: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what potential new treatments for glioblastoma have been trialled in the NHS.

      Audiology: West Berkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available to the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire Integrated Care Board to increase community audiology...

      Lecanemab

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to introduce Lecanemab through the NHS.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to ICBs on the level of expenditure per capita for dental services.

      Mental Health Services: Newbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that mental health providers in Newbury have the resources they need to support people diagnosed...

      Medical Records: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the digital social care record system is designed and maintained to national security standards.

      Givinostat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time taken by NICE to assess Givinostat.

      General Practitioners: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the adequacy of the GP Contract at reflecting (a) increases in demand, (b) inflation and (c) additional...

      Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) ensure that medical device manufacturers can verify the General Medical Device Nomenclature categories and...

      Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s proposed annual...

      Medical Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish yearly progress reports on the implementation of the Single Patient Record.

      Independent Review into Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism, published on 4...

      Genetics: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to launch the study to sequence the genomes of 150,000 adults.

      Mental Health Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to mental health services, particularly for young people and those in rural areas.

      Mental Health Services: Men

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide sustainable funding for grassroots men’s mental health initiatives.

      DNACPR Decisions: Vulnerable Adults

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England audits the use of DNR notices in cases involving vulnerable adults.

      Mental Health Services: Men

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of volunteer-led men’s mental health groups on mental wellbeing and...

      Drugs: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions the Government has had with representatives of the United States on the pricing of medicines for the NHS in the last six...

      Palestine Action: Hunger Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what clinical monitoring arrangements are in place for Palestine Action activists on hunger strike; and whether hospital care will be...

      Neurodiversity: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of Frimley Integrated Care Board on levels of demand for...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the department are taking to mark international day of disabled people.

      Visual Impairment: Newbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in levels of waiting times for vision rehabilitation services on patients...

      Vorasidenib

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of the use of the drug Vorasidenib to manage the symptoms and progression of...

      Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Hospice at Home programme delivered by hospices such as Dr Kershaw’s in...

      Cosmetics: Afamelanotide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who has responsibility for preventing the availability of products containing Melanotan II in England; and what steps he has taken to...

      Cosmetics: Afamelanotide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to set out the legal status of products containing Melanotan II, including i) tan-enhancing injections; ii) tan-enhancing nasal sprays;...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to reintroduce improving dementia diagnosis times into NHS Operational Planning Guidance.

      Podiatry: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure ICBs offer routine podiatry surgeries.

      Visual Impairment: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to (a) emotional support and (b) mental health services for people living with a...

      Community Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has met with the Chief Executive of the Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing to discuss the potential impact of gaps...

      Hospital Beds: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase social care capacity to support the timely discharge of medically fit patients in (a)...

      Audiology: Diagnosis and Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of integrating AI into audiology care and diagnoses.

      Phenylketonuria: Health Foods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 1 December 2025, to question 93987 on Phenylketonuria: Health Foods, (a) If he will confirm the latest number...

      Electroconvulsive Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients received NHS electroshock therapy in every year since 2010 in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.

      Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of current inpatient capacity and waiting times for secure mental health placements for...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve CAMHS referral times.

      Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England or NHSBSA have identified any gaps or inconsistencies in national prescribing or outcomes data relating to puberty...

      Mental Health and Neurodiversity: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is undertaking a review into the prevalence of the over-diagnosis of mental health conditions and neurodivergence.

      Magnetic Resonance Imagers: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of MRI scanning waiting lists in (a) all Greater Manchester hospitals (b) Royal Oldham Hospital.

      Health Services: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the recruitment and retention of staff in women’s health services.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS pension forfeiture provisions apply in cases where a former NHS employee has been convicted of serious criminal offences.

      Paediatrics: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of specialist support for paediatric medical emergencies in Surrey Heath...

      Emergency Services: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of volunteer emergency responders in Surrey Heath constituency.

      NHS: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the volume, proportion and value of food waste in the NHS.

      Women's Health Hubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand access to women's health hubs.

      Baby Care Units: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of neonatal nurses in University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

      NHS: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of staff training programmes relating to patient (a) nutrition, (b) care planning and...

      Health Services: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of standards of care for older patients in acute hospital settings in Surrey Heath...

      Hospitals: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people admitted to hospital in (a) England and (b) Surrey were aged between (i) 60 and 70, (ii) 70 and...

      Maternity Services: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the Trusts outlined in the national maternity review were made aware of (a) their inclusion before the review was publicly...

  • Attorney General

    • Crown Prosecution Service: Remote Working

      To ask the Solicitor General, what the average daily office attendance rate was for Crown Prosecution Service staff in the most recent quarter for which figures are available.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Local Press: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the planned timescales are for the commencement of the statutory notices review.

    • Local Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what dates the industry working group established to support development of the local media strategy has met to date, and what the...

      Newspaper Press: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of online platforms scraping news...

      BBC: Royal Charters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 13 November 2025 to question 90762 on BBC: Royal Charters, what assessment she has made of the potential...

      BBC Wales: Conflict of Interests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the BBC on managing conflicts of interest at BBC Wales.

      Newspaper Press: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the notional lost revenue to newspapers of online platforms using content without payment in return.

      Local Broadcasting and Local Press: Community Assets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending Asset of Community Value protections to local newspaper titles...

      Lotteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the Problem Gambling Severity Index score for players of (a) The National Lottery, (b) Society...

      Prize Money: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of gambling warnings for prize draw competitions advertised on websites, radio and tv shows.

      Public Libraries: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to ensure local...

      Tickets: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to include measures to help tackle the resale of live event tickets in the forthcoming King’s Speech.

      Sports: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Sport England on supporting the expansion of local sporting facilities.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Compensation

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it her policy to review whether current levels of compensation in (a) regulated sectors and (b) other sectors adequately reflect...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Hotels

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many hotels were housing asylum seekers in (1) July 2023, (2) July 2024, and (3) either July 2025 or the most recent month for which data is available.

    • Asylum: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the Home Office policy paper, Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, published on 17...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 25 November (HL11798), whether those in charge of hotels in which asylum seekers are housed are required...

      Refugees: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the Home Office policy paper, Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, published on 17...

      Equipment: Theft

      To ask His Majesty's Government from which rural organisations they received submissions in response to the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act call for evidence.

      Fast Food and Take-away Food: Crimes of Violence

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Crime and Policing Bill will protect workers in fast food and takeaway restaurants in the same way as those working in the retail sector.

      Undocumented Migrants: Deportation

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 25 November (HL11798), how they can speed up the removal of illegal immigrants if they do not know the...

      Asylum: Families

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of those who have claimed asylum in the UK since 2021 have been permitted to bring immediate family members to reside in the UK, and what...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Television Licences

      To ask His Majesty's Government why those entitled to a free TV licence have to apply for it, rather than receiving it automatically, and whether they will ask the BBC to remove the need to apply...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • OpenAI

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many times Ministers have met OpenAI to discuss platform safety.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Iron and Steel: Procurement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on the competitiveness and long-term viability of UK steelmakers of publicly funded projects specifying grades of...

    • Iron and Steel: Procurement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential costs and practical implications for contractors delivering publicly funded projects of incorporating a requirement...

      Digital Service Providers: Reviews

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the Competition and Markets Authority delivers the outcomes recommended in the cloud services market investigation.

      Supply Chains: Environment Protection and Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to introduce legislation to mandate businesses to prevent human rights and environmental harms in their operations, subsidiaries and...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Council Tax: Valuation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide the Valuation Tribunal for England with additional resources to deal with further tribunals following the introduction of the high...

    • Unemployment: Social Rented Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of social housing tenants in London are not in work.

      Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the government of China or its planning agents have submitted the full unredacted internal drawings for the proposed Chinese embassy.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many houses have been built in the UK since 4 July 2024.

      High Rise Flats

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 28 November (HL11998), what is their latest estimate for the total number of mid-rise...

      Housing: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to compulsorily purchase substandard housing in England and bring it to an acceptable standard for occupation.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Poaching: Ritual Slaughter

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of a connection between poaching and halal butchery.

    • Water Companies: Privatisation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they possess a statistical assessment of the social cost of leaving England's water companies in private ownership and, if so, whether they will publish it.

      Beavers: Forest of Dean

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the release of beavers at Greathough Brook in the Forest of Dean, on the ability of the land to retain water...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Guinea-Bissau: Political Prisoners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking in response to the seizure of power by the military in Guinea-Bissau, and what assessment they have made of the location and safety...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ajax Vehicles: Ministers

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish each occasion in this Parliament when a Minister of the Crown rode in an Ajax armoured fighting vehicle on metalled roads or a parade square.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Victims: Codes of Practice

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Bellamy on 16 April 2024 (HL Deb col 972), whether they intend to issue a public consultation on revisions to the Victims Code...

    • Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 25 November (HL11797), what steps they take to ensure that those living in the vicinity of a prison are...

      Prosecutions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of mistakes, errors and potential miscarriages of justice through the use of the single justice procedure.

  • Treasury

    • Pensions: Inheritance Tax

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the impact of specifically levying (1) 10 per cent or (2) 20 per cent on unused pensions at death, instead of requiring the pension...

    • Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to define 'cash-like investments' in relation to stocks and shares Individual Savings Accounts, and how charges on cash holdings in...

      Crown Estate

      To ask His Majesty's Government what latest estimate they have made of the amount of money from the activities of the Crown Estate that will accrue to (1) the UK Government, (2) the Scottish...

      Council Tax: Valuation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the impact of the introduction of the high level council tax surcharge on the number of valuation challenges to the...

      Council Tax: Valuation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ability of the Valuation Office Agency's automated valuation model to carry out the work needed to the requisite level of...

      Small Businesses: Business Rates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of changes to retail, hospitality and leisure relief announced in the Budget on small businesses.

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: North of England

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), whether the consortium appointed by Network Rail to deliver...

    • Railways: North of England

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), whether Network Rail’s Transpennine Route Upgrade programme is largely...

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Tax Allowances

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the tax-free overnight allowance for HGV drivers and when was it last uprated in line with inflation.

      Motorways

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the cost to date of the installation of new emergency areas on smart motorways, broken down by motorway.

  • Department for Education

    • Adoption

      To ask His Majesty's Government what action they intend to take in response to the estimate published by the BBC that during the last five years the adoption arrangements of more than 1,000...

    • V-levels

      To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025 – Report on exercise of the Secretary of...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Biofuels: Electricity Generation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to develop a roadmap for replacing large-scale biomass generation with renewable and low-carbon alternatives by 2030.

    • Biofuels: Subsidies

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on 10 February (HC Deb cols 41–43), what plans they...

      Solar Power: Cumbria

      To ask His Majesty's Government from which country the solar panels for the Port of Barrow's Cavendish Dock solar array will be supplied.

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