Written answers

Tuesday, 20 January 2026

  • Treasury

    • Child Benefit: Maladministration

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date (i) HMRC and (ii) ministers in her Department were notified of child benefit claimants incorrectly having benefits stopped due to data sharing...

    • Business Rates and Council Tax: Appeals

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the size of the Valuation Office Agency’s backlog in...

      Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 95397 on Business Rates, if he will publish the change in rateable values by special category code by...

      Business Rates: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the gross cost of the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief was in 2025-26.

      Business Rates: Uprating

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the numeric value of the (a) Retail, Hospitality and Leisure and (b) high value multipliers will be (i) uprated by inflation each year within the...

      Sole Traders: Income Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the average compliance cost to sole traders of the transition to digital income tax in the 2026-27 financial year.

      Council Tax: Surcharges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) HMRC and (b) the Valuation Office Agency plan to hire more staff to levy the council tax surcharge.

      Business Rates: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of uprating the monetary thresholds for (a) small business rate relief and (b) rural rate relief...

      Camping Sites and Caravan Sites

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information the Valuation Office Agency. holds on the number of (a) religious retreats, (b) caravan parks for recreational use and (c) recreational...

      Official Residences: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Valuation Office Agency's statistics entitled Non-domestic rating: change in rateable value of rating lists, England and Wales, 2026...

      Warehouses: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 2 January 2026 to Question 99156 on Retail Trade: Business Rates, how many large distribution warehouse hereditaments are liable...

      Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether rural proofing was applied to the development of proposals for Electric Vehicle Excise Duty.

      Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Public Appointments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timetable is for appointing a retail and hospitality envoy.

      Revenue and Customs: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help ensure that trainees on the HMRC Tax Specialist Programme are able to be awarded a Skilled Worker Visa to maintain the...

      Council Tax: Surcharges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency has made an estimate of the number of dwellings in each local authority that could be liable for the council tax surcharge.

      Valuation Office Agency

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the Valuation Office Agency to deliver (a) a council tax revaluation in Wales, (b) appeals...

      Revenue and Customs: Accenture

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the requirement to provide work experience is a key performance indicator for the HMRC's Unity Programme Delivery Partner contract with...

      Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has accepted the recommendations in the report by the Office for Value for Money entitled The OVfM report, published on 26 November 2025.

      Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2025 to Question 88684 on Government Department: Cost Effectiveness, whether efficiency savings are reported to her...

      Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2025, to Question 88682, on Civil Service: Redundancy Pay, whether departmental spending from the exit fund, and...

      Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report by the Office for Value for Money entitled The OVfM report, published on 26 November 2025, if she will provide a breakdown and...

      EU Budget

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Spending Review has allocated funds for new payments to the European Union, over and above those commitments in treaties from the last Parliament.

      Public Sector: Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78296 on Public Sector: Pay, which departments or public bodies had senior pay cases rejected outright.

      EU Budget

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to Table A.7 of the OBR, Economic and Fiscal Outlook, November 2025, CP1439, 26 November 2025, what is HM Treasury’s estimate of the cost of...

      Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 13 January 2026 to WPQ 104190, how many estates were liable to inheritance tax by constituency over the last five years aggregated.

      Railways: North of England

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Welsh Government have made a request for Northern Powerhouse rail to be designated as an England only project.

      Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department made of the potential impact in Wales of increasing the threshold of Agricultural Property and Relief and Businesses...

      Electric Vehicles: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will adopt a call for evidence process on changes to the taxation and cost of electric cars.

      Northern Ireland Water: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional ring-fenced funding to the Northern Ireland Executive to...

      Sovereign Grant: Reviews

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the scope is of the review of the Sovereign Grant scheduled for 2026; and whether that review will include consideration of abolishing the Grant.

      Treasury: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by how much they plan to reduce their Department's budget to help fund the digital ID scheme.

      Council Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2025 to Question 95894 on Housing: council tax, whether the Valuation Office Agency holds council tax dwelling data by...

      Council Tax: Surcharges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2025, to Question 95885, on Council tax, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the council tax...

      Further Education: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the ineligibility of further education colleges to reclaim VAT on purchases linked to education and...

      Warehouses: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her reference to warehouses in the Budget statement, Hansard 26 November 2025, Col 395, in relation to Business Rates was referring to Valuation...

      Apprentices: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps have been taken to help ensure that employers are aware of National Insurance relief available when hiring apprentices under the age of 25.

      Money Laundering: Venezuela

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Venezuelan-origin money laundering on UK financial institutions; and what steps are being taken to...

      Cryptocurrencies: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future plans to report back to HMT; and when their report will be shared with Parliament.

      Council Tax: Surcharges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Valuation Office Agency has made of the proportion of dwelling stock in England to be assessed for liability for the council tax surcharge.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency holds data on the number of dwellings in (a) England and (b) Wales with an electric vehicle chargepoint.

      Further Education: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) business rates revaluation and (b) the new multiplier bands from April 2026 on Further...

      Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are being taken to replace the existing system of business rates.

      Developing Countries: Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made towards global debt reform in discussions with the London Coalition.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK Official Development Assistance reaches those most in need.

    • Africa: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle hunger and malnutrition across Africa through the Africa Strategy.

      Georgia: Politics and Government

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

      Security Action for Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement of 1 December 2025 on UK–EU Relations, HCWS1114, what assessment she...

      Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her international counterparts on respect for freedom of religion or...

      Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 104386 on China: Embassies, if she will provide hyperlinks...

      Gaza and West Bank: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the continued delivery of aid in (a) Gaza and (b) the West Bank.

      China: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government will call for the removal of Chinese sanctions on British parliamentarians during the...

      Sri Lanka: Storms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the recovery of Sri Lanka from Cyclone Ditwah.

      Iran: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with international partners to apply diplomatic pressure on Iran in response to the use...

      Development Aid: Departmental Coordination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 88259, what discussions has she or her officials had with...

      Lebanon: Ceasefires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with international allies to secure a long-term ceasefire in Lebanon and encourage the...

      Iran: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to assist British Iranians to access information about the welfare of family members in Iran.

      North Africa: Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January to Question 102465, on North Africa: Refugees, when her Department last...

      Eritrea: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of persecution of Christians in Eritrea.

      Craig Foreman and Lindsay Foreman

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help secure the release of Craig and Lindsay Foreman from detention in Iran.

      Nigeria: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Nigerian counterpart on attacks on civilians in Benue and Nasarawa...

      Syria: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support de-escalation between the Syrian transitional Government and the Syrian...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, by how much they plan to reduce their Department's budget to help fund the digital ID scheme.

      Palestine: Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2025 to Question 98592, what independent audit firm the Palestinian...

      Oil: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will hold discussions with her Irish counterpart on undertaking joint efforts to identify Russia, Iranian...

      Ukraine: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the Scottish Government on the One Hundred Year Partnership Agreement...

      Palestine: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help prevent the detention of children from Gaza and the West...

      NATO Countries: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to support the sovereignty of NATO allies.

      Developing Countries: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the UK's level of participation in global disability rights and...

      Iran: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to help protect children in Iran from actions taken by the Iranian authorities.

      Iran: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to hold Iran to account for the repression of protesters.

      Georgia: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the political situation in...

      West Bank: Israeli Settlements

      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 the steps Israel is taking to...

      West Bank: Israeli Settlements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the government of Israel on its approval of the E1 settlement plan in occupied...

      Syria: Humanitarian Aid

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

      Falkland Islands: Import Duties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the Falkland Islands on the potential impact of trade...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Sickness Benefits: Staffordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase skills and employment support for people in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire in receipt of...

    • Recruitment: Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help reduce age-related barriers in recruitment practices.

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, further to the answer to UIN 92453 of 21 November 2025, what further assessment will be made of the Disability Confident scheme, and what...

      Local Housing Allowance: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the maintenance of Local Housing Allowance at current levels is not having a disproportionately...

      Further Education: Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2025 on further education provision for people aged...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by how much they plan to reduce their Department's budget to help fund the digital ID scheme.

      Employment Schemes: Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of the availability of employment support for people with learning disabilities in Surrey...

      Hospitality Industry: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of hospitality apprenticeship schemes in tackling labour shortages in the pub sector.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Departmental employees are in the UK on a visa, by their visa status.

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals are currently in receipt of (a) the old state pension and (b) the new state pension.

  • Department for Transport

    • Motor Insurance: Low Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Motor Insurance Taskforce’s final report, published on 10 December 2025, what steps she is taking to assess and help...

    • M6: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether National Highways undertook a detailed assessment of the potential to construct temporary slip roads to allow Junction 38 of the M6...

      M6: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when any assessment by National Highways of temporary slip roads at Junction 38 of the M6 was undertaken; and whether the findings of that assessment...

      Railway Stations: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Access for All scheme on passenger accessibility and satisfaction at...

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that local authorities adopt preventative road maintenance approaches in line with the commissioned guidance.

      Cycling and Electric Scooters: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance the Department has issued to local authorities and police forces on the enforcement of offences relating to cycling on pavements and...

      Department for Transport: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the net financial impact of its AI programme, including implementation costs, staff training, data preparation and...

      York Station: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the upgrade of York Station will ensure that the East and West entrances are fully accessible.

      Railway Stations: Colchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to deliver step-free access at Colchester railway stations.

      Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made in identifying a National Freight Network.

      Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the information her Department holds on (a) key transport routes (b) main transport bottlenecks for...

      Elizabeth Line: Business Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the higher Rateable Values in the 2026 business rate revaluation on revenue from the Crossrail...

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level the risk of road traffic collisions involving young drivers.

      Roads: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local transport authorities did not provide road condition data for at least one road type from the last 2 years; and what steps are being taken...

      Railway Stations: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to help improve accessibility at railway stations across Essex.

      Driving: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) elderly people and (b) people without access to the internet are able to access their consultation on...

      Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have been disqualified or suspended from driving due to not holding a valid insurance policy over the last 12 months.

      Taxis: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to regulate dynamic pricing structures within the private hire vehicle sector.

      Public Transport: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to ensure the physical safety of public transport workers in (a) London and (b) Romford constituency.

      Taxis: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to take steps to regulate the service fee charges (commission) charged by large national PHV operators that they draw from their...

      Regional Airports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support regional airports.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of a) injuries and b) fatalities where road surface defects were identified as a contributory...

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to publish data on the potential correlation between road surface conditions and road safety outcomes for vulnerable road users.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of reported personal injury road collisions...

      Taxis: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps to change the licensing of taxis in the context of the Casey Review.

      Highway Code: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase public awareness of the new Highway Code.

      Highway Code: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to create a public awareness campaign to promote the new highway code rules.

      Cycling and Electric Scooters: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the Home Office on enforcement of offences relating to pavement cycling and powered scooter use.

      Highway Code: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action her Department is taking to help increase awareness of changes to the Highway Code introduced in 2022.

      Roads: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding was allocated to Greater Manchester under national road safety funding schemes in each of the last three years.

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to use innovative modes of transport to improve road safety in (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.

      Road Traffic Offences: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how lessons from serious and fatal road traffic collisions are incorporated into national road safety policy.

      Driving Licences: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that people aged over 70 who lose their driving licence as a result of medical or eyesight requirements,...

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with Surrey County Council on embedding safety into road design in (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve road safety education for young motorcyclists in (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.

      Speed Limits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of national speed limit guidelines in the context of changes to (a) traffic volumes and (b)...

      Cycling: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) encourage cyclists to comply with the legal requirement to use appropriate lights and (b) promote the use...

      Taxis: Working Conditions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help improve the working conditions of PHV drivers working for large national operators such as Uber.

      Transport for London: Govia Thameslink Railway

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department expects to reach a decision on Transport for London’s proposal for Great Northern inner services before any change to the...

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to support low-income earners with transport to and from London following (a) the introduction of pay as you go ticketing in Dorking...

      London North Eastern Railway: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of changes in LNER ticket prices since the introduction of simpler fares for long-distance travel.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to written question 103034 answered on 8 January 2026, when she will conduct this post-delivery evaluation.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2026 to Question 103034 on Railways: Tickets, if she will make an assessment of the impact of cancelling evening...

      Driving Instruction: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase the availability of parts 2 and 3 of the driving instructor test.

      Department for Transport: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by how much they plan to reduce their Department's budget to help fund the digital ID scheme.

      Shipping: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many jobs were created in the past twelve months through the Support for Maritime Training fund.

      M6: Tolls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of nationalising the M6 Toll road.

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the availability and quality of facilities for HGV drivers, including secure parking, welfare...

      Ports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the powers conferred by the Harbours Act 1964, as amended by the Transport and Works Act 1992, allow Ministers to amend the text of primary...

      Bus Services: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government reconsider the national concessionary fares scheme to reflect pressures on tourist areas like Bournemouth, where local authorities...

  • Department for Education

    • Armed Forces: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure continuity of (a) assessments and (b) support across local authorities for children of service personnel with...

    • Educational Psychology: Gloucester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of educational psychologists in Gloucester constituency.

      Schools: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 23 December 2025 to written question 93136, how much funding has been allocated to the RISE Advisor budget by key...

      Music and Dance Scheme: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for the Music and Dance Scheme; and whether she plans to announce a...

      Schools: Political Impartiality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure schools adequately respond to accusations of political bias.

      Financial Services: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve education on pensions and long-term saving.

      Supply Teachers: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing framework to require supply teachers to...

      Academies: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how frequently academy trusts will be inspected; and whether inspection frequency will vary according to previous performance.

      Citizenship: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the national curriculum in teaching British values.

      Children's Play

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of whether pupils’ access to high-quality play opportunities during the school day varies by a) school funding...

      Schools: South Holland and the Deepings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that secondary school pupils have access to appropriate school transport arrangements in South Holland...

      Teachers: Disability and Neurodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how does the new Ofsted inspection framework measure and assess workforce inclusion, particularly for neurodivergent and disabled teachers.

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of Plan 2 student loan borrowers who will repay at the higher interest threshold as a result of the freeze to...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that any reforms to SEND will not change the provision for existing enforceable rights under the Children and...

      Special Educational Needs: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to ensure that any proposed reforms to the SEND system will be subject to (a) parliamentary and (b) public scrutiny prior to the...

      Assessments: Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled Government modernises exam records with new app published on 8 January 2026, whether she has any...

      Assessments: Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled Government modernises exam records with new app published on 8 January 2026, what data her...

      Assessments: Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled Government modernises exam records with new app published on 8 January 2026, whether her...

      Assessments: Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled Government modernises exam records with new app published on 8 January 2026, what estimate her...

      Students: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to remove the prohibition on student finance for applicants with PhDs wanting to study in Government-prioritised research...

      Assessments: Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled 'Government modernises exam records with new app' published on 8 January 2026, what estimate her...

      Assessments: Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled Government modernises exam records with new app published on 8 January 2026, how her Department...

      Children in Care: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate provision of safeguarding for the ePEP online system.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Dairy Products: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on jobs and employment on changes in regulation in the dairy sector,...

    • Electromagnetic Fields: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice his Department has received from the UK Health Security Agency on the health impacts and emerging evidence concerning...

      Disability Aids: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for someone to obtain a wheelchair or walker on the NHS.

      NHS: Hearing Impairment and Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which recommendations of the Government’s British Sign Language Advisory Board he will implement to ensure the NHS is accessible to...

      Blood Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure NHS patients with Mantle Cell Lymphoma will continue to be able to receive the CAR-T treatment Tecartus...

      Learning Disability: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of medical care available to people with learning disabilities.

      Learning Disability: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) quality and (b) accessibility of health and care services for people with learning...

      Mental Health Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of therapeutic Tier 4 services.

      Mental Health Services: Gloucestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the additional 6,700 Mental Health workers recruited nationally are working in (a) Gloucester constituency and (b) NHS...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department uses AI to automate decision making about access to public services.

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to increase funding for research on low‑grade gliomas and other rare brain tumours.

      Brain Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with UKRI and the National Institute for Health and Care Research on supporting new and emerging...

      Health Centres: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much capital funding he is making available to fund neighbourhood health centres in (a) the Witham constituency and (b) Essex, in...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of levels of medicine wastage in the NHS.

      Epilepsy: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support research into new treatments for epilepsy.

      Epilepsy: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated towards research into the causes of epilepsy.

      Drugs: Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish impact assessments, modelling and further detail on the UK-US pharmaceutical trade deal.

      Parkinson's Disease: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will expand medical exemption certificates to people with Parkinson's Disease.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for patients awaiting assessment by a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service doctor has been for each...

      Healthwatch

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment they have made of the potential impact of abolishing local Healthwatch organisations on constituents’ ability to...

      NHS: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the readiness of the NHS to respond to co-ordinated cyber attacks.

      NHS England: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the timetable for his department and NHS England to (a) open and (b) close applications for voluntary exit following the merger...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by how much they plan to reduce their Department's budget to help fund the digital ID scheme.

      NHS 111: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the 111 service in ensuring patients are referred to the correct place for...

      Hospitals: Admissions

      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) 30- 39 and (ii) 40 and...

      Ambulance Services: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the ambulance costs from road collisions in Surrey in the past five years.

      Medical Examinations: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides on the minimum training and professional standards required for healthcare professionals...

      Surgery: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recourse to action patients who have had scheduled operations cancelled by Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership, citing...

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Documents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is his department taking to improve record keeping and documentation within the emergency departments and observation units.

      Health Services and Social Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he will ensure the integration of health and social care with workforce planning.

      Health Hazards: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 April 2025 to Question 44226 on Pest Control: Birmingham, whether he has made a recent assessment of the...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered including emergency presentation as a metric for tracking early cancer diagnosis across all tumour types,...

      Health Professions: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions have taken place with the Home Office regarding proposed changes to rules around indefinite leave to remain for health...

      Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of patients waiting to start treatment with Maidstone and Tunbridge NHS Foundation Trust in...

      Health Hazards: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential public health risks arising from the withdrawal of waste collection services in Birmingham...

      Health Professions: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of attacks on healthcare workers in the last 12 months.

      Northwick Park Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people attended Northwick Park Hospital A&E Department in each of the last 6 months.

      Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of people expected to be diagnosed with cancer as a result of NHS cancer...

      Gloucestershire Royal Hospital: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients waited longer than 12 hours in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in December (a) 2024 and (b) 2025;...

      Hospitals: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2025 to Question 99953 on Hospitals: Construction, with what regularity are the multi-criteria...

      Air Pollution: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many attributable deaths there were from fine particulate matter, PM2.5, were there in (a) East Midlands, (b) East of England, (c)...

      Accident and Emergency Departments: West Sussex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of staffing pressures in urgent and emergency care services in West Sussex, including vacancy...

      Accident and Emergency Departments: West Sussex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of accident and emergency capacity and performance at NHS trusts in West Sussex; and what support...

      Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that polycystic ovary syndrome is explicitly recognised within the scope of digitally...

      Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to help ensure that health boards and trusts collect and publish data on the provision of respiratory...

      Breast Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made on the timescales for red flag referrals for breast cancer across the UK.

      Health Services: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle health inequalities impacting women.

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average wait time is for an NHS ambulance response to a Category 1 emergency in (a) Boston and Skegness constituency and (b) the UK.

      Women's Health Hubs

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

      Eye Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) prevention (b) diagnosis and (c) treatment of Ocular Melanoma.

      Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) will be included among the conditions eligible for referral and treatment under the menstrual...

      Health Services: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS staff are not overstretched and are able to take sufficient rest breaks during...

      Sexual and Reproductive Health: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department plans to provide for sexual health clinics in each of the next three financial years.

      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.

      Naloxone: Public Places

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of making naloxone available in public spaces.

      Health Professions: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to establish Staff Treatment Hubs.

      NHS: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce NHS waiting lists in Leicestershire.

      Pulmonary Fibrosis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve outcomes for people with pulmonary fibrosis.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to decrease underage alcohol consumption rates.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking you ensure that NHS workforce planning in England, including for the upcoming 10-year Workforce Plan, is...

      Respiratory Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the potential impact of chronic respiratory conditions on the NHS this winter.

      Health Services: Women

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

      Health Professions: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to update healthcare professional regulation.

      Health Professions: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve workplace catering and break facilities for healthcare workers.

      Frimley Park Hospital

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) transparency and (b) consistency of site selection processes used under the New...

      Parkinson's Disease: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the numbers and distribution of specialists needed for Parkinson's care in the NHS across England.

      Integrated Care Boards: Further Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Integrated Care Boards include further education colleges as partner institutions in their place-based partnerships, clinical...

      Fractures: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to extend fracture liaison services.

      NHS England: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on pension schemes for NHS England...

      NHS: Business Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential of (a) business rates revaluation and (b) the new multiplier bands from April 2026 on (i) NHS...

      Babies: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of not expanding Healthy Babies funding to all local authority areas from April 2026.

      Children's Play: Yeovil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board to increase access to therapeutic play services in Yeovil constituency.

      Health Services: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the number of Integrated Care Boards currently complying with National Institute for Health...

      Parkinson's UK: Newcastle-under-Lyme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will visit the North Staffordshire Branch of Parkinson's UK in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

      General Practitioners: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he can provide a summary of patient satisfaction scores for GP surgeries in England for the latest year by (a) those surgeries...

      General Practitioners: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to GP surgeries implementing the digital front door to ensure non-digital access routes remain...

      Dental Services: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he and (b) his Ministers have had recent discussions with dental schools in the South West on encouraging newly qualified...

      Hospices: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of the utilisation of hospice beds on NHS capacity and costs;...

      GP Surgeries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the average length of time for a GP's surgery to negotiate a lease for (a) new and (b) extended...

      Health Professions: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 16 October 2025 to written question 79814, if he will publish minimum service expectations for rural communities.

      GP Practice Lists: Eastleigh

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of GP-to-patient ratios in Eastleigh constituency.

      GP Surgeries: New Towns

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make additional funding available to open GP surgeries in areas designated for New Towns.

      Dental Health: Surveys

      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 Adult Oral Health Survey 2023, published 9 December 2025.

      Dental Services: Staffordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to improve access to an NHS dentist for residents in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.

      GP Surgeries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide a list of new GP surgeries which have opened in the last decade in England.

      General Practitioners: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will release national messaging for patients on the difference between routine and urgent core-hours requirements for GPs.

      Audiology: Community Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand access to community-based NHS hearing health services.

      General Practitioners: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of variations between GP surgeries in the provision of basic clinical procedures, including suture removal.

  • Home Office

    • Migrants: Religion

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department collects on the religion of migrants, other than through the Census.

    • Ecuador: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release, published on 12 January 2026, entitled UK and Ecuador join forces to tackle cocaine trade at source,...

      Drugs: Ecuador

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's press release published on 12 January 2026 entitled UK and Ecuador join...

      Maniacs Murder Cult and Russian Imperial Movement: Arrests

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for being a supporter of (a) the Maniacs Murder Cult and (b) the Russian Imperial Movement in the latest...

      Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will publish its expanded fraud strategy.

      Cybercrime and Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to enhance the accessibility of reporting mechanisms for fraud and cyber crime.

      Animal Experiments: Shellfish

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of excluding decapod crustaceans from the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 on...

      Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessments of the potential impact of approving a new Chines embassy on Hong Kongers in the UK.

      Undocumented Migrants: France

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of attempted re-entries are successfully detected under the reciprocal agreement with France.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of UK-funded French police operations on the safety and wellbeing of people attempting...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her department has assessed the potential impact of beach-based police interventions in northern France on recent trends in levels...

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of asylum seekers received initial decisions in quarter 4 of 2025 (October to December) compared to quarter 2 2024 (April to...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2025, to Question 94192, on Holiday Accommodation: Taxation, if she will make an assessment of the...

      Asylum: France

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of (a) trends in the level of violence asylum seekers face at the UK-France border and (b) the...

      Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2025 to Question 99417 on Undocumented Migrants, what steps she is taking to strengthen (a) statutory...

      Police: Accountability

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2025, to Question 96551, on Police: accountability, whether she has made an assessment of the potential...

      Licensed Premises: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent glassware attacks at late night venues.

      Organised Crime: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle organised acquisitive rural crime.

      Driving under Influence: Arrests

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for drink driving in the last 12 months.

      Police Federation of England and Wales: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the governance, transparency and accountability of the Police Federation of England and...

      Police Custody: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure police officers are trained to (a) recognise and (b) respond to the mental health needs of...

      West Midlands Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on what intelligence was shared by West Midlands Police with (a) the UK Football Policing Unit, (b)...

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to announce the (a) scope and (b) timetable of the forthcoming consultation on proposals to merge shotgun and firearms...

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department provide to people affected by fatal road traffic collisions.

      Drugs: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many under 21s have been arrested for possession of drugs in the last 12 months.

      Knives: Gloucestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support Gloucestershire Constabulary to tackle knife crime in Gloucester constituency.

      Immigration: Interpreters

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contracts her Department currently holds with (i) ClearVoice and (ii) other interpretation providers for asylum and migration services.

      Migrant Workers: Care Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has assessed the potential impact of a 15-year baseline qualifying period for settlement on the functioning and...

      Public Order Act 1936

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is issued guidance on the political uniform ban in the Public Order Act 1936 and the definition of a uniform.

      Home Office: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by how much they plan to reduce their Department's budget to help fund the digital ID scheme.

      Immigration: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that English language immigration requirements are strengthened in the context of...

      Immigration: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the consultation entitled Earned settlement, published on 20 November 2025, whether it is her policy that the salary scale...

      Airports: Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to Question 97331 on Airports: Immigration Controls, for what reason Border Force set queue time service standards at...

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support police forces in reducing serious and fatal road traffic collisions.

      Immigration: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that English language testing has (a) high standards and (b) testing integrity.

      Migrants: Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants that possess a criminal record (a) in the UK and (b) abroad were previously thought by her Department to not hold a...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to my letter of the 4th of December 2025, reference LB46770,on the Birmingham pub bombings.

      Strategic Migration Partnerships: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department provided to strategic migration partnership in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.

      Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for reviewing the legal framework for domestic abuse.

      Domestic Abuse: Emergency Calls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls were made to police to report incidents of domestic abuse over the Christmas period in December 2024 and 2025.

      Gender Based Violence: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Freedom From Violence and Abuse Strategy, what plans her Department has to ensure the incidence of online abuse is...

      Police: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that police training on violence against women and girls includes training on technology-facilitated abuse.

      Nightclubs: Spiking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to improve safety in night clubs especially around spiking.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministers: Admiralty House

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2025 to Question 96203 on Admiralty House, for what reason the Secretary of State for Defence occupied the...

    • Armed Forces: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the resilience of the military from potential cyber attack.

      Armed Forces Foundation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Marines will be included within the scope of the Armed Forces Foundation Scheme.

      Armed Forces: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to promote opportunities for young people in Northern Ireland to volunteer for the Armed Forces.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much their Department has spent on (a) advertising and (b) marketing in each of the last three years.

    • Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or...

      Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the impact of Physical Infrastructure Access costs on the deployment of fibre...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to prioritise the development of non-animal testing methods under the Replacing Animals in Science...

      Mobile Phones: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to encourage mobile providers to accelerate the rollout of improved signal in rural areas.

      Artificial Intelligence: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support AI development in the West of England.

      Mobile Phones: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has set (a) targets and (b) timelines for implementing universal mobile coverage in rural constituencies.

      Mobile Phones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to extend (a) infrastructure-sharing agreements and (b) rural roaming schemes to help improve...

      Semiconductors: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to reduce UK reliance on concentrated semiconductor supply chains in the Indo-Pacific region.

      Semiconductors: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of memory chip shortages on consumer technology prices.

      Semiconductors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what consideration her Department has given to the potential merits of competition policy measures to prevent the...

      Social Media: Antisemitism and Islamophobia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with Ofcom on tackling the spread of antisemitism and Islamophobia on social media.

      Artificial Intelligence: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty of care for children’s safety on...

      Social Media: Death and Injuries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has had recent discussions with social media companies on the rapid removal of graphic or traumatic...

      Internet: Intimate Image Abuse and Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing legal frameworks to hold technology companies accountable for the...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, by how much they plan to reduce their Department's budget to help fund the digital ID scheme.

    • Charities: Lotteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing charities lotteries to operate UK-wide.

      Rugby: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help support grassroots rugby in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Ice Hockey: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase opportunities for (a) children and (b) young people to participate in ice hockey in (i)...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Councillors: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2025 to Question 83467 on Councillors: Disclosure and Barring Service, whether...

    • Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2025 to Question 90719 on Local Government Finance, which local authorities have...

      Leasehold: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to support remediation in cases where leaseholders fall outside the scope of the Building...

      Ground Rent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) leaseholders and b) residential developments in England affected by...

      Private Rented Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 87776 on Private Rented Housing: Energy, whether new...

      Home Information Packs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he expects to respond to the home buying and selling reform consultation.

      Councillors: Conduct

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 2 January 2026 to Question 99503 on Councillors: Conduct, whether he plans to consult on the...

      Homelessness: Nottinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to reduce homelessness in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) Nottinghamshire.

      Playing Fields: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of removing Sport England as a statutory consultee on...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations his department has received on postponing local elections in May 2026 from (a) Blackburn with...

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many unauthorised traveller caravans are (a) land owned by travellers and (b) land not owned by travellers,...

      Local Government Finance: City of Westminster and Wandsworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much total government grant will (1) Wandsworth Borough Council and (2) Westminster City Council receive in (a)...

      Planning Permission: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will be able to set planning fees to (a) make a profit for their general fund and (b) reduce...

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025, to Question 88641, on Stop Notices, and to the answer of 20 November 2025,...

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the National Development Management Policies are non-statutory.

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether unmet need for traveller sites constitute grounds for traveller site development in (a) the Green Belt and (b)...

      Community Assets: Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to written statement UIN HCWS1187 on Planning Reform: Next Stage, for what reasons the proposed revised...

      Green Belt: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to ensure that new infrastructure projects protect the green belt in a) Essex and b) Romford...

      Social and Affordable Homes Programme: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 11 November 2025 on Social and Affordable Housing Programme, HCWS1027, what...

      Council Housing: Basildon and Thurrock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 102432 on Council Housing: Basildon and Thurrock, what...

      Parking Offences: Enforcement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his Department’s policy to review the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England)...

      Brownfield Sites: Regeneration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to support local authorities in repurposing derelict sites.

      Councillors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 16 December 2025 to Question 95327 on Councillors, whether the £120 million includes...

      Eden Project: Morecambe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2025 to Question 87114 on Eden Project: Morecambe, what data his Department holds...

      Devolution: Cornwall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87325 on Devolution: Cornwall, if he will make it his policy to...

      Parking Offences: Enforcement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will encourage local authorities to introduce enhanced discretion in the dispensing of civil enforcement penalties.

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 November 2025, to Question 88270, whether the guidance entitled Translation into Foreign...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Translation Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 88270 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Table 1 of the Commissioner for Public Appointment’s annual report 2024-25, published in...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 69673 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:...

      Local Government: Armed Forces Covenant

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that local authorities give due regard to the Armed Forces Covenant.

      All-party Parliamentary Groups: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 16 December 2025, HCWS1186, on Electoral Resilience, what assessment he has...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter of 5 September 2025 from the hon. Member for West Suffolk.

      Neighbourhood Area Committees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish guidance for local authorities on the composition of Neighbourhood Area Committees.

      Shared Ownership Schemes: Service Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure transparency and fairness in the calculation and application of...

      Business Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which local authorities levy (1) Business Improvement District Levies and (2) Business Rate Supplements in (a) 2025-26...

      Mayors: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87317 on Mayors and Police and Crime Commissioners: Elections,...

      Commonhold and Leasehold: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill.

      Planning: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, If he will place in the Library a copy of the equality impact assessment produced in relation to the revised National...

      Solar Power: Environmental Impact Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to require Environmental Impact Assessments to be carried out for all rural solar farm...

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether changes to the National Planning Policy Framework since December 2024 apply to retrospective planning...

      Planning Inspectorate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, What guidance has been given to the Planning Inspectorate on the use of (a) gender-neutral language and (b) pronouns.

      Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department have had with the Local Government Boundary Commission for England on the...

      Second Homes: Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to publish a revised local government finance settlement that excludes consideration of income...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data, analysis, and modelling did the Department use to determine the removal of the remoteness factor from the...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Cars: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the banning of petrol and diesel car sales after 2030 on the British automobile...

    • Delivery Services: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to require delivery companies to (a) employ drivers on a contractual basis and (b) prohibit the use of...

      Delivery Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether they have made an assessment of the potential merits of making couriers jointly liable with retailers for (a) losses, (b) delays and...

      Department for Business and Trade : Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, by how much they plan to reduce their Department's budget to help fund the digital ID scheme.

      Personal Care Services: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing licensing requirements for the establishment of (a) hairdressers and...

      Public Houses and Pubs Code Adjudicator: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish a response to the Statutory review of Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator 2022 to 2025.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Criminal Proceedings: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of AI-generated transcripts in criminal proceedings; and how errors will be a) identified, b) challenged and...

    • Lugano Convention: Business and Legal Profession

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of UK accession to the Lugano Convention for businesses and legal professionals.

      Prison Officers: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the workloads of prison officers in the North West.

      Prisoners on Remand

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department plans to do about the number of prisoners spending time on remand exceeding the Custody Time Limit of 6 months.

      Probation: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when will the strategic governance review of the Probationary Service be published.

      Prison Sentences: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of women sentenced to custody in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025 received sentences of six months and fewer.

      Ministry of Justice: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by how much they plan to reduce their Department's budget to help fund the digital ID scheme.

      Sexual Offences: Law Reporting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what communications and outreach strategies the Department is implementing to inform victims, legal representatives, and support organisations about...

      Courts: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to make trauma-informed training mandatory for all criminal court staff by spring 2026.

      Gender Based Violence: Electronic Tagging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Freedom From Violence and Abuse Strategy, published 18 December 2025, if she will take steps to ensure that the expansion of...

      Prisoners' Release: Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to protect women and girls from violent offenders who have been released.

      Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what actions are being taken to improve compliance with the Victims’ Code for survivors of child sexual abuse, in the context of the...

      Gender Based Violence: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting a target for uptake of training on violence against women and girls for criminal...

      Victim Support Schemes: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Freedom From Violence and Abuse Strategy, what proportion of the £550 million funding for victim and survivor support...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Youth Experience Scheme

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of setting the upper age limit for the proposed Youth Experience Scheme with the...

    • Cabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office Government Procurement Card spend over £500 data for October 2025, published on 27 November 2025, what was...

      Civil Servants: Training

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost is of developing, operating and maintaining the Internal Coaching Service digital platform.

      Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 January 2026 to Question 100340 on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, how many senior civil servants have been recruited...

      Admiralty House: Valuation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 15 December 2025, to Question 92616, on Admiralty House: Valuation, for what reason the valuation report of a wholly-owned...

      Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 January 2026, to Question 99838, on Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay, what was the business case for making an exit...

      London Allowance

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Outer London Allowance was last reviewed for (a) teachers, (b) police officers and (c) civil servants.

      Cabinet Office: Remote Working

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025 to Question 90737 on Cabinet Office: Remote Working, if he will publish the members of the Cross-Government...

      Civil Servants: Personnel Management

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 73727 on Civil Servants: Personnel Management, whether that guidance has been published.

      Civil Service: Unpaid Work

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 1 December 2025 to Question 93376 on Civil Service: Unpaid Work, how the civil service verify self-declarations of the...

      Specialised Committee on Citizens' Rights

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the First Division Association (FDA) has been involved in negotiations on special advisers' salaries; and whether special advisers have...

      Cabinet Office: Research

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.

      Ministers: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what requirements Ministers have to declare details of overseas visits in government transparency returns, when meeting external organisations which...

      Census: Armed Forces

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the 2031 Census recording previous service in the UK armed forces.

      Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who is next in the Nuclear Firing Chain after the Prime Minister; and under what circumstances is the Prime Ministerial Directive superseded.

      Chinese Embassy: Security

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the National Security Adviser (a) has briefed and (b) will brief the Intelligence and Security Committee on the sensitive security implications...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • EU Law: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what actions his Department have taken to enhance public education on the extent of protections EU Law continues to provide in Northern...

    • Northern Ireland Office: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by how much they plan to reduce their Department's budget to help fund the digital ID scheme.

      Northern Ireland Office: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much their Department has spent on (a) advertising and (b) marketing in each of the last three years.

      Uk Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential economic impact of the Windsor Framework on businesses in Northern Ireland...

      Social Rented Housing: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to provide additional funding to address regional disparities the availability and quality of in social housing in Northern...

  • Attorney General

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, by how much they plan to reduce their Department's budget to help fund the digital ID scheme.

    • Wind Power: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to table F of his Department's publication entitled Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7: results, published...

      Nuclear Power Stations: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the policy paper entitled Outcome of the exploratory discussions on the possible participation of the United...

      National Grid: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the resilience of the UK electricity grid in extreme weather conditions.

      Electricity Interconnectors: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the condition of the Moyle Interconnector; and whether he has plans for additional...

      Offshore Industry: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 101610 on Offshore Industry: Security, what guidance his Department has issued...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of food imports produced to lower animal welfare...

    • Livestock Worrying

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will update the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 to safeguard swans and other protected species from dogs.

      Food: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to promote the use of locally produced food and drink.

      Horses: Trade Barriers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet with representatives of the horse breeding industry from North Shropshire to discuss the impact of import...

      Pets: Tagging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what she is taking to help support the enforcement of legislation on the compulsory microchipping of (a) cats and (b) dogs.

      Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support animal rescue and rehoming centres.

      Animal Breeding: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help reduce the breeding of animals who are genetically predisposed to brachycephaly.

      Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to Question 98739 on Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park, what official...

      Water Supply: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Department has made of the adequacy of water infrastructure investment in each of the last five years.

      Wessex Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will investigate payments made to the (a) Chief Executive and (b) Chief Financial Officer of Wessex Water...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.

    • Scotland Office: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, by how much they plan to reduce their Department's budget to help fund the digital ID scheme.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Public Libraries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Cultural Policy Unit, The National Library Card, published in December 2025; and what plans they have...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Pharmacy: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they considered the findings of NHS England’s economic analysis which shows the community pharmacy sector is under-funded by over £2 billion per...

    • Cancer: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the forthcoming national cancer plan for England will consider expanding access to non-genomic biomarker testing, in addition to genomic testing, to...

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of regional variation in breast cancer screening uptake, particularly in areas where uptake is significantly below the national average.

      Food: Salt

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the mandatory targets proposed under the healthy food standard on population salt intake.

  • Leader of the House of Lords

    • Written Questions: Government Responses

      To ask The Leader of the House whether she plans to review the departmental practice of grouping written questions for combined answers; and what assessment she has made of the impact of grouping...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Rape: Transgender People

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many convictions of rape in which the perpetrator was a transgender woman born as a biological male have been recorded in each of the past five years.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Defence: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK’s placement in the recent NATO rankings of defence spending as a percentage of GDP.

  • Treasury

    • Insolvency

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost to the exchequer of the practice of phoenixism; and what actions they are taking to restrict directors and shadow...

    • Treasury: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil servants are employed through Skilled Worker visas in (1) His Majesty’s Treasury, and (2) His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.

      Financial Services: New Businesses

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to implement the provisional licences authorisation scheme for financial services start-ups; and how they plan to ensure that the...

  • Home Office

    • Police: Driving

      To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee's recommendation in its 32nd Report (HL Paper 157), what progress they have made in reviewing whether...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase public awareness of the household waste duty of care and the responsibility of households not to pass their waste to a third party.

    • Fly-tipping

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing a single reporting mechanism for farmers and land managers to report fly-tipping incidents.

      Fly-tipping: Enforcement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are bringing forward to co-ordinate joint working between police forces to tackle fly-tipping.

      Nutrients

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to (1) bring forward new technologies for nutrient recovery, and (2) improve cross-body coordination of the monitoring of nutrient recovery.

      Fly-tipping: Costs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of fly tipping to private landlords in each of the past three years.

      Fly-tipping: Private Property

      To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 24 December 2025 (HL12960), in what proportion of the instances of the illegal dumping of waste...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Discrimination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the increase in xenophobia in the politics and social discourse of the UK.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they consider the receipt of child maintenance to be important to the wellbeing of children.

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed 2 Line: Rolling Stock

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the suitability of the HS2 order of 8-carriage trains with 504 seats and no tilt ability compared to the current Pendolino...

    • Old Oak Common Station

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 28 July 2025 (HL9776), what recent progress they have made towards ensuring that every platform...

      Petrol: Theft

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many fuel recovery claims are made each year by operators of petrol stations in England, where a motorist has not paid for fuel.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Antimicrobials: EU Action

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to mitigate the effects in Northern Ireland of a potential EU ban on the sale of antimicrobial drugs without prescription.

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • House of Lords: X Corp

      To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker what plans the House of Lords has to reduce the use of the social media platform X for public communications about the work of the House of Lords.

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