Written answers

Tuesday, 6 January 2026

  • Department for Education

    • Family Hubs: Adoption and Kinship Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to ensure family hubs are accessible for adoptive and kinship families.

    • Children: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the impact of long-term stays in temporary accommodation on (a) children’s physical and mental health and (b)...

      Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the expansion of school-based nurseries will contribute to increasing access to funded childcare, particularly in areas with limited provision.

      Citizenship: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce a funded programme of national CPD to build teacher confidence in delivering Citizenship education.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her letter to the Chair of the Education Select Committee dated 22 October 2025, when she will begin (a) to seek views through...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children who have an unmet SEND need in England.

      Special Educational Needs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration her Department has given to using SEND resources to fund increased staffing and provision at mainstream schools; and if she will...

      Adult Education and Lifelong Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the government has made an assessment of the trends in the range and take up of lifelong learning and evening class courses since 2015.

      Schools: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) independent, and (b) non-maintained special schools have been established in each year since 2020.

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual cost is of providing student loan financing to students who are not UK citizens; and whether she has made an estimate of the potential...

      Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy that children who are eligible for free school meals should be automatically enrolled for them.

      Adoption Support Fund: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the (a) funding and (b) accessibility of the Adoption Support Fund, particularly for families with (i) complex...

      Childcare: Buckingham and Bletchley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on expected changes in childcare demand in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency associated with childcare measures in...

      Schools: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) duration and (b) terms and conditions of contracts are for regional improvement for standards and excellence advisors.

      Higher Education: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of information provided by English universities on entry requirements for Scottish...

      Adoption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the statutory framework governing post adoption support to help prevent avoidable family breakdowns.

      Department for Education: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full time equivalent staff in her Department have been employed for the purpose of making social media content in each of the past three years.

      Social Services: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what oversight exists to ensure that local authorities engage constructively with parents who raise concerns on (a) fair process and (b) statutory...

      Schools: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to monitor the time taken by schools to respond to formal complaints.

      Technical Excellence Colleges: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Technical Excellence Colleges are planned to be in Lincolnshire.

      Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will extend the ‘Respond by’ deadline on the technical consultation on the International Student Levy until after her Department...

      Special Educational Needs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press notice entitled £740 million allocated for 10,000 new places for pupils with SEND, published on 27 March...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of removing interest charges from student loans for UK nationals on costs to the...

      Schools: Collective Worship

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to withdraw, revise, or replace Circular 1/94 Religious Education and Collective Worship, in the context of the Supreme...

      Relationships and Sex Education: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out the (a) resources and (b) training her Department will make available to support teachers to implement July 2025 statutory...

      Organs: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of primary and secondary schools in England that include teaching on organ donation within the...

      Free Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria she used to determine which free schools should (a) be proceeded with and (b) not be proceeded with.

      Adoption: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment has been made of the extent of regional disparities in access to post adoption (a) therapeutic and (b) practical support services.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of whether children’s social care practice adequately supports parents who have experienced trauma, including...

      Free Schools: Godmanchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the delivery timeline was of Godmanchester Secondary Academy prior to its cancellation.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether as part of the Timms review ministers will consult Social Security Scotland and look at how assessments and reassessments are carried out.

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Child Maintenance Service safeguarding procedures for parents who have experienced domestic...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual collection rate is for child maintenance under (a) Collect and Pay and (b) Direct Pay.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Maintenance Service cases in each of the last five years have had a safeguarding flag applied due to domestic abuse concerns;...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children are included in Child Maintenance Service cases in which the paying parent has been subject to three or more separate...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Child Maintenance Service delays and errors on child poverty levels and low-income...

      Employment and Support Allowance: Multiple Sclerosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with multiple sclerosis on contributory Employment and Support Allowance are in the (i) Support Group and (ii) Work-Related...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Performance Appraisal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of departmental staff in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.

      Housing Benefit: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fraud and error reviews under the Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative were carried out during 2024-25 for supported exempt...

      Social Security Benefits: Colour Vision Deficiency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the forthcoming review of disability support will include the needs of people with colour-vision deficiency; and whether he will...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Jamaica: Hurricanes and Tornadoes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness and adequacy of British support for the clean up in Jamaica...

    • St Vincent and the Grenadines: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the political situation in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

      Afghanistan: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to implement the recommendations of the People's Tribunal of Women of Afghanistan's...

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of trucks of aid entering Gaza since the establishment of the...

      Bahrain: Political Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of allegations that...

      Ukraine: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps she has taken to help return Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.

      Ukraine: Children

      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 Russia sending Ukrainian...

      Hungary: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Hungarian counterparts on LGBTQ+ human rights.

      France: NATO

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she had with her French counterpart on nuclear support to NATO.

      USA: World Cup

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues, Football authorities and the Football Association on the...

      Israel: Occupied Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 85800, if she will publish a formal response to the...

      Palestine: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how her Department has responded to aid requests from representatives of Palestine; and how much direct aid the UK...

      Palestine: Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of the November 2025 IMPACT-se...

      Pakistan: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Pakistan.

      Israel: Palestine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has held direct discussions with representatives from the Coordinator of Government Activities in the...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the revenue lost due to rail fare evasion in each month since 4 July 2024.

    • Railway Stations: Wickford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the expected completion date is for the redevelopment of Wickford station; and if local taxis licenced by Basildon Council have been included in...

      Driving Instruction: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent driving examiners employed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency were (a) in post and (b) delivering practical car...

      Motor Vehicles: Hire Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if if she will set out the minimum length of hire in days at which a rental vehicle is included within central government departments are counted...

      Carbon Emissions: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help decarbonise refrigerated transport.

      M1: Milton Keynes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will direct National Highways to upgrade Junction 13 of the M1 in the context of the Milton Keynes New Town.

      A12: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the changes in costs for the A12 widening scheme following the decision taken by the Secretary of State to pause...

      Speed Limits: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to National Highways press release entitled Fix being rolled out after variable speed camera anomaly, published on 15 December, whether...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, as of 15 December 2025, what the total amount of public funding committed to electric vehicle charging infrastructure to date is; and what estimate...

      Great British Railways: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total budget is for the development and rollout of branding for Great British Rail; and what the cost has been to date.

      Great British Railways: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what external agencies or consultants her Department or its arm’s-length bodies have commissioned to design the branding, logo and visual...

      Great British Railways: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Great British Rail branding designs currently in circulation are the final approved versions; what stages of design development or...

      Great British Railways: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for implementing the Great British Rail branding across (a) rolling stock, (b) stations, (c) staff uniforms and (d)...

      Great British Railways: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect of introducing the Great British Rail branding on existing regional identities and heritage railway...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Artificial Intelligence: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many meetings she has had since taking on her post on the safety risks posed by AI chatbots to children.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Social Rented Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the National Planning Policy Framework to require a...

    • Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his proposal to raise the threshold for consultation from 150 to 250 units would override an exclusion zone in...

      Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will review self-regulatory arrangements for retirement housing management.

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she will take to remove barriers to accessing social housing for those most in need.

      Shared Ownership Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the regulatory and charitable framework governing housing associations that operate...

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he will take to remove barriers to accessing a social home for those most in need.

      Community Assets: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance is available to local authorities on assessing the social value of community facilities when determining...

      Property Development: Coastal Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to prevent speculative development on greenfield sites in coastal locations.

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer to Question 99603 on Local Government: Essex, what discussions he had Cabinet colleagues prior...

      Local Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of speeding up local plan adoption on annual housing supply in...

      Local Growth Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Local Growth Fund 2024/25 has been allocated to the Northern Ireland Executive.

      Subversion: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to limit online foreign influence in the UK's democracy.

      Political Parties: Campaigns

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of regulations governing online political advertisements.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will publish a full list of residential properties leased or controlled by her Department or its contractors in Upper Bann...

    • Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to sell her Department's vacant residential properties in Upper Bann constituency.

      Radicalism: Islam

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in levels of Islamic extremism in the UK.

      Official Cars: Prime Ministers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2025, to Question 90248, on Official Cars: Prime Minister, if she will set out the reason that...

      Counter-terrorism and Immigration: Information Sharing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that immigration enforcement and counter-terrorism agencies share intelligence effectively.

      Hate Crime: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle hate crime in (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.

      Neighbourhood Policing: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to deliver effective community policing in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Immigration: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether sentencing outcomes for immigration-related offences under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022...

      Extradition

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of additional transparency requirements for extradition decisions concerning...

      Home Office: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether expenditure on electric vehicles or electric vehicle charging infrastructure since 4 July 2024 has been incurred directly by their...

      Extradition

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on public confidence in the rule of law of declining to pursue extradition in cases...

      Home Office: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full time equivalent staff in her Department have been employed for the purpose of making social media content in each of the past...

      Neighbourhood Policing: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of her Department's progress towards its target of recruiting 13,000 additional neighbourhood police officers...

      Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent general aviation aircrafts, landing at small airports, airfields and airstrips, from...

      Police: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with constabularies on reducing response times for burglary and neighbourhood crime.

      Delivery Services: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on ensuring consistent security standards across private...

      Biometrics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent analysis her Department has conducted on the potential benefits of utilising live facial recognition systems.

      Biometrics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were scanned by live facial recognition systems in (a) England and (b) Essex in the last 12 months; and what proportion of...

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide additional resource to Surrey Police to help process outstanding firearm and shotgun licence applications.

      Police: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the police's ability to meet current levels of demand from crime.

      Police: Biometrics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether reporting requirements are in place for police forces to notify her Department of their utilisation of live facial recognition...

      Police: Misconduct

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) police officers (b) PCSOs and (c) support staff remaining on restrictive duties...

      Police: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the police reform white paper.

      Passports: Photographs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether passport photographs are being enrolled into biometric databases accessible for live facial recognition searches; and what...

      Home Office: Drinkaware Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase collaboration between her Department and Drinkaware.

      Aston Villa Football Club: 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...

      Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that victims aged between 13 and 16 are adequately protected under section 75 of the Crime and...

      Crossbows: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of creating a single crossbow licensing authority for England and Wales.

      Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether future police force boundaries will be aligned with regional mayoral boundaries.

      Electric Bicycles: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department have had with police forces about effective detection and enforcement of crimes where electric bikes are...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been paid by her Department to contractors for residential properties in the Upper Bann constituency that were unoccupied at...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residential properties secured by her Department and its contractors in the Upper Bann constituency have been unoccupied for more...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether contractors operating residential accommodation on behalf of her Department in the Upper Bann constituency have exceeded permitted...

      HM Passport Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review HM Passport Office's policy on considering urgent government business or compassionate reasons to include (a) scattering...

      Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which specific measures set out in the Tackling violence against women and girls strategy, published on 18 December, apply to (a) England...

      Gender Based Violence: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with Welsh Government officials on the application of relevant measures set out in the violence against women...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Coastal Erosion: Hemsby

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the most recent estimate is of the number of residential properties in Hemsby at risk of loss to coastal erosion within...

    • Coastal Erosion: Hemsby

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the cost-benefit ratio in relation to (a) maintaining current shoreline management policy...

      Coastal Erosion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the steps her Department is taking to consider (a) displacement costs, (b)...

      Coastal Erosion: Hemsby

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) coastal modelling, (b) geomorphical studies and (c) monitoring programmes the Environment Agency has commissioned...

      Coastal Erosion: Hemsby

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the current Shoreline Management Plan policy is for the Hemsby coastline; and what the evidential basis was for...

      Coastal Erosion: Hemsby

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with (a) Great Yarmouth Borough Council, (b) Norfolk County Council and (c) the...

      Coastal Erosion: Hemsby

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the current and projected rate of coastal affecting Hemsby, Norfolk over the next (i) 5,...

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of reforms to food labelling to reflect production method.

      Coastal Erosion: Hemsby

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) financial support and (b) support for (i) relocation, (ii) purchase of replacement housing and (iii) compensation...

      Coastal Erosion and Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to assess the potential impact of new flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes...

      Gun Sports: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recreational shooting on the economies of rural areas.

      Wood-burning Stoves

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to introduce restrictions on the number of wood burning stoves permitted per residential...

      Horse Passports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Department is considering a mandatory digital equine identification system.

      Angling: White Fish

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support recreational angling operators in the light of recent changes to pollack...

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of food labelling requirements.

      Firewood: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 16 December 2025 to question 98902 on the Environmental Improvement Plan, whether her Department...

      Mackerel: Fishing Catches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much Western Mackerel has been (a) caught, (b) landed in UK ports and (c) landed in ports outside the UK; and what is...

      Animal Products: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce mandatory animal welfare labelling on supermarket products in the forthcoming animal welfare strategy.

      Water Charges: Social Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's planned timelines are for considering the introduction of a national social tariff for water bills;...

      Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to release the White Paper on water reform in January 2026.

      Waste Disposal: Packaging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will provide local authorities with funding from the Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging scheme...

      Horses: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent data the Government holds on the number of horses seized in connection with illegal export or smuggling in the...

      Eels: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83876 on Eels: Conservation, what plans she has to review the root...

      Eels: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83877 on Eels: Conservation, what research and development projects...

      Meat: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has considered the potential merits of introducing mandatory labelling of meat products to indicate the method of...

      Water: Eastbourne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support investment in water infrastructure to improve water resilience in Eastbourne...

      Inland Waterways: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken within the last 5 years to assess the compliance of water companies and the Environment...

      Inland Waterways: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Water Reform White Paper will include consideration for linking better access to blue spaces with improving...

      Water: Swimming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to broaden the definition of bathers within the relevant regulations to include a broader...

      Sewage: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with utility companies on investing their profits into sewage spill prevention and...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who is the Chief Risk Officer for national security risks relating to the work of their Department.

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to improve transparency in (a) method-of-production welfare labelling and (b) country of...

      Agriculture: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agri-food and beverage attachés there were in a) June 2024 and b) December 2025.

      Sewage: East Sussex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of sewage discharges in East Sussex.

      Sewage: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure water companies are held to account for sewage discharges.

      Inland Waterways: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to clear waterways in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Rural Areas: Buckinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment she has made of the level of earnings for people in residence-based and workplace-based...

      Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Basic Payment Scheme 2023 claimants have accessed support through the Farming Resilience Fund since October 2021.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Performance Appraisal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of staff in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are (a) on temporary contract and (b) consultants.

    • Northern Ireland Office: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department have been employed for the purpose of making social media content in each of the past...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Undocumented Migrants: Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many migrants who arrived illegally have been given legal aid funded from the public purse in the last five years; and what the cost is of that...

    • Magistrates' Courts: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of expanding magistrate court provision in (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.

      Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased trials without juries on the number of judicial review applications.

      Magistrates' Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of magistrates’ courts to handle additional triable-either-way cases.

      Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to apply trial by a single judge sitting alone retrospectively to defendants who have already entered a plea and elected trial by jury.

      Crown Court

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that available Crown Court courtrooms are utilised on every sitting day.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Admiralty House

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28585 on Admiralty House, whether the Secretary of State for Defence occupied the residence as a...

    • Ukraine: Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many a) Raven and b) Gravehawk air defence systems have been provided for Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Uncrewed Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral Answer by the Minister for the Armed Forces on 15 December 2025, Official Report, Column 606, what proportion of the 8,000...

      Armed Forces: Motor Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) whether he is aware of reports that some motor insurers refuse cover to individuals on joining the Armed Forces and (b) what steps he is taking to...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are (a) on temporary contract and (b) consultants.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Horse Racing: Betting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the case for a more sustainable funding model for horseracing through reform of the Horserace Betting Levy.

    • Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the difference between (a) harm caused by gambling and (b) harm associated with gambling; and if she...

      Old Royal Naval College

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the Ministry of Defence on ensuring the long-term cultural and heritage stewardship of the...

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many full time equivalent staff in her Department have been employed for the purpose of making social media content in each of the...

      Sports: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the statutory consultee role of Sport England in the planning system...

  • Treasury

    • Financial Services: Compensation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the answer of 16 December 2025 to Question 98338, whether she has reviewed the Bank Confidential report; and if she will establish a judge-led...

    • Freezing of Assets: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps she has taken to seize frozen Russian assets and use them to resource Ukraine.

      Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of the £100m contingency from within the £1.5bn allocated for compensating Equitable Life...

      Budget November 2025

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Public Sector: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when those waiting for their pension repayments under the McCloud judgement will receive their payments.

    • Public Sector: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to help ensure that those who are waiting to have their pensions paid under the McCloud judgement are paid in a timely manner.

      Cabinet Office: Buildings

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of his Department's (a) leased and (b) owned estate meets a BREEAM rating of A or above.

      Civil Servants: Training

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are registered as coaches on the Internal Coaching Service platform.

      Civil Servants: Recruitment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the guidance entitled Fast Stream and Emerging Talent (FSET) data privacy notice, updated on 13 November 2025, what questions are...

      Civil Servants: Recruitment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the guidance entitled Fast Stream and Emerging Talent (FSET) data privacy notice, published on 13 November 2025, for what reason the...

      Civil Servants: Trade Unions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of trends in the level of discrimination against civil servants not a member of a trade union in (a) employment and (b)...

      Cabinet Office: Remote Working

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how his Department checks the office attendance of individual civil servants.

      Cabinet Office: Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many disciplinary cases were concluded against civil servants in (a) the Department and (b) its agencies broken down by (i) outcome and (ii)...

      Cabinet Office: Sick Leave

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average number of working days lost to sickness absence per full-time equivalent member of staff was in (a) the Department and (b) its...

      Civil Servants: Training

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Department has made of the total cost in staff time arising from the Internal Coaching Service, including the time spent by civil...

      Alex Chisholm and Simon Case

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2025, to Question 87336, on Alex Chisholm and Simon Case, whether Ministers in his Department (a) were consulted...

      Cabinet Office: Management

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Resilience and Security Committee met between April 2024 and March 2025; and what the attendance record of each member was.

      Ministers: Official Cars

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2025, to Question 90730, on Ministers: Official Cars, if he will provide equivalent figures for how much has been...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Women and Equalities: Public Appointments

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the (a) name, (b) job title, (c) annual remuneration, (d) time commitment and (e) expected end date is for each direct ministerial appointment...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Solar Power: Land Use

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his policy is on the use of agricultural land for solar energy.

    • Power Failures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with energy suppliers on the adequacy of support for consumers with power outages.

      Geothermal Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to optimise the capacity of deep geothermal projects.

      Solar Power: Business Premises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of opportunities for installing solar panels on commercial properties.

      Carbon Emissions: Heathrow Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the potential impact of a third runway at Heathrow on the...

      Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what scientific evidence his Department is using to inform its work on climate change.

      Solar Power: Public Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to his oral answer of 14 October 2025, Official Report, col 189, what plans he has to extend grants for solar panels on...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Pregnancy: Alcoholic Drinks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that pregnant women are (a) asked about alcohol use at the earliest point in their pregnancy and (b)...

    • Breast Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the collection of data on triple-negative breast cancer.

      Slaughterhouses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many enforcement actions relating to breaches of animal welfare regulations at slaughterhouses were taken by the Food Standards...

      Speech and Language Therapy: North Cornwall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of (a) speech and (b) language therapists in North Cornwall...

      Hearing: Children

      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 recommendations of the Kingdon review of children's...

      Mental Health Services: Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated to mental health services for people in the criminal justice system in the current financial...

      General Practitioners: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how patients can raise concerns about GP practices not providing appropriate access to telephone appointments for a) elderly and b)...

      General Practitioners: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that GP practices comply with GP Contract requirements on telephone appointment accessibility for a)...

      Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what procedures are in place to ensure that savings thresholds in relation to care costs are communicated to the public at both local and...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made in setting out a strategy on dementia.

      Health Professions: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on introducing NHS staff treatment hubs.

      Health Professions: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) support the health and wellbeing of and (b) prevent stress and burn out in the NHS workforce.

      Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the 24-week abortion gestational limit in light of recent scientific evidence on foetal pain and...

      Abortion: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department issues to abortion providers on informing women of alternative support services and pathways before an...

      Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to review the scope of statutory protections for healthcare professionals who conscientiously object to...

      Female Genital Mutilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department was consulted prior to the publication of the British Medical Journal article concerning terminology used in...

      Integrated Care Boards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that smaller systems, such as Gloucestershire, will not lose visibility or influence within...

      Abortion: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that women considering abortion are provided with comprehensive information on all available options,...

      Integrated Care Boards: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of ICB mergers on continuity and access in rural and semi-rural areas.

      Oxygen: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to ensure equitable geographic access to hyperbaric treatment for decompression illness following...

      Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impacts of the decriminalisation of abortion on (a) clinical safeguards, (b)...

  • Wales Office

    • Public Expenditure: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what Barnett consequential funding will Wales receive as a result of measures set out in the Violence against women and girls strategy, published on 18...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Arms Trade: Sudan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential risk that licenced arms sales to third countries could be diverted for use by armed groups...

  • Treasury

    • Financial Services: Disadvantaged

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to develop metrics to evaluate the (1) implementation, and (2) impact, of the Financial Inclusion Strategy.

    • Public Houses: Business Rates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of analysis conducted by UKHospitality indicating that, over the next three years, the average pub will pay...

      Financial Services: Disadvantaged

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Chancellor’s letter of 14 November 2024 on the remit and recommendations for the Financial Policy Committee, what assessment they have made...

      Workplace Pensions: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the gendered impact of the changes to salary sacrifice pension arrangements announced in the Budget 2025, particularly in...

      Hospitality Industry: Business Rates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the average percentage increase in business rates payable by hospitality properties from April 2026 onwards, set out in Budget...

      Business Rates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to replace the current system of business rates.

      Business Rates: Devolution

      To ask His Majesty's Government which of the "lower business rates multipliers" for retail, hospitality and leisure properties with a rateable value of less than £500,000 will be applied in...

      Inflation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent economic analysis concerning the UK’s inflation outlook and associated risks to economic growth; and how this is...

      Public Expenditure: Scotland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what additional funding they provided to the Scottish Government through the Barnett Formula when they announced the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee policy on 4...

      Customs: Digital Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick on 22 September (HL10373), when they will publish an updated plan for the delivery of a...

      Banks: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the adoption of agentic AI systems by banks is aligned with existing financial services consumer protections and...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Telecommunications: National Security

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how aware organisations purchasing telecommunications services are of provider obligations under the Telecommunications Security...

    • Telecommunications: National Security

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the guidance available for organisations purchasing telecommunications services about the due diligence they should undertake.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Hospices: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to ensure the provision of children's hospice services in London in the light of the planned closure of Richard House on 18...

    • Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the report of the Review of Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender, published on 19 March, what progress they have made in...

      Dental Health: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the importance of women's oral health in bridging the gap between prison care and community health services; and what part that...

  • Home Office

    • Durham Constabulary: Bahrain

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 4 August (HL9915), whether training provided by Durham Constabulary to Bahraini law-enforcement...

    • Durham Constabulary: Bahrain

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 4 August (HL9915), whether any Government department provides funding for training delivered by...

      Durham Constabulary: Bahrain

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 4 August (HL9915), which Government department has lead responsibility for the authorisation, oversight...

      Hillsborough Stadium

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to hold public bodies to account in the light of the findings of the report Hillsborough Disaster: The report of the IOPC and...

      South Yorkshire Police Federation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make representations to the South Yorkshire Police Federation concerning its response to the Independent Office for Police...

      Police: Recruitment

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many additional (1) neighbourhood police officers, (2) PCSOs, and (3) special constables, have been recruited since the launch of the Neighbourhood Policing...

      Neighbourhood Policing

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they define (1) a ‘neighbourhood’, and (2) a 'visible patrol', in relation to their Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee.

      Antisemitism

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent antisemitic hate speech at rallies and to prosecute those engaged in such speech.

      Neighbourhood Policing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee since it was launched on 4 December 2024.

      Police: Recruitment

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the 13,000 additional (1) neighbourhood police officers, (2) PCSOs, and (3) special constables, they plan to deliver as part of the Neighbourhood...

      Sexual Offences: Transgender People

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many sexual offences have been committed by individuals who have obtained a Gender Recognition Certificate.

      Asylum: Afghanistan

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the asylum policies of the government of Germany on the number of Afghans seeking asylum in the United Kingdom.

      Police and Crime Commissioners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on victims of crime of the abolition of Police and Crime Commissioners.

      Police and Crime Commissioners

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have prepared an impact assessment of the decision to abolish Police and Crime Commissioners; and if so, whether they will place a copy in the Library...

  • Department for Transport

    • Network Rail: Timber

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the environmental impact of Network Rail’s treatment of timber waste.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Defence: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of delaying the publication of the Defence Investment Plan on the defence industry.

    • Defence: Procurement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need (1) to raise awareness of, and (2) to encourage requests by Field Army units for, the rapid trial of small batches of...

      F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to hasten the delivery of F-35 Lightning jets.

      Russia: Territorial Waters

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) prevent, and (2) deter, further incursions by Russian spy ships.

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the internal Ministry of Defence reviews into Ajax will be published.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Myanmar: Armed Conflict

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Myanmar military's reported airstrike on a hospital in Mrauk-U, Rakhine State, on the night of 10 December, killing a...

    • Ljubljana-The Hague Convention

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of ratifying the Ljubljana-Hague convention; and what steps they are taking to ensure that they can cooperate with...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the comments by Baroness Sherlock comments in reply to Lord Hunt of Wirral in the House on 18 December, whether the independent investigation into...

    • Social Security Benefits: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the overall cost of removing the two-child benefit cap, and (2) what percentage of that cost will be spent on foreign-born...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • Official Report

      To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker what plans, if any, there are to change the font for the printed version of the Hansard Daily Report for the House of Lords from a serif to a sans-serif font; and...

    • Official Report: Costs

      To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker what the average daily cost for the transcription and editorial services used to produce the daily Hansard publications is.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • David Kogan

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the oral evidence by David Kogan to the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee on 7 May and his subsequent appointment as the...

    • Playing Fields: Planning Permission

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of their consultation on reforms to the statutory consultee system, what plans they have to alter Sport England's role as a statutory consultee...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Flood Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the resilience of infrastructure and flood defences to recent and future flood events, and what plans they have to increase such...

    • Veterinary Medicine: Export Health Certificates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the issuance process for export health certificates to British companies exporting natural animal health...

      Fungi

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce explicit requirements in the pesticide approval process to assess evidence on antifungal cross-resistance in non-target fungi;...

      Seafood: Consumption

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to follow the plan set out in the English Aquaculture Strategy, published in November 2020, in particular the target of a 75 per cent increase in...

  • Leader of the House of Lords

    • Private Members' Bills

      To ask The Leader of the House how many private member's bills introduced in the Commons in this session have received Royal Assent.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Social Rented Housing: Fraud

      To ask His Majesty's Government what safeguards are in place to prevent individuals running social housing from abusing the system for personal gain.

    • Eldonian Community Based Housing Association

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Regulator of Social Housing about the Eldonian Housing Association case; and what steps they intend to take in response.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Nuclear Power: Private Sector

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish a new framework for a private sector route to market for advanced nuclear technologies.

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