Written answers

Tuesday, 3 February 2026

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Training: Somerset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the discontinuation of the Skills Bootcamps programme on (a) AI and (b) automation...

    • Employment: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of local labour market participation rates in the West Midlands.

      Retail Trade: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of training provider capacity for the Fishmonger Apprenticeship Standard in meeting...

      Universal Credit: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of asylum seekers who have received a positive asylum decision have been granted access to Universal Credit...

      Social Security Benefits: Gaza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people brought to the United Kingdom under the Gaza scholarship students route claim (a) Universal Credit, (b) PIP and (c) other benefits.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to prevent enforcement correspondence being issued by the Child Maintenance Service where maintenance has been paid...

      Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the amount paid in Universal Credit to claimants recorded as non-UK nationals by month since 1 July 2024.

      State Retirement Pensions: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of engaging in structured, law-based mediation with representatives of women born in the 1950s.

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of pensioners whose sole income is the (a) basic and (b) full new State Pension.

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the value of graduated pension contributions paid by individuals prior to 1975 relative to the level...

      Pension Funds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in relation to the statutory guidance on fiduciary duties announced during Report stage of the Pension Schemes Bill on 3 December 2025, when...

      State Retirement Pensions: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-UK nationals have received the State Pension for the following financial years a) 2024/25 b) 2025/2026, and what was the total...

      Child Benefit: National Insurance Credits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of requiring parents to apply for Child Benefit on their eligibility to...

      State Retirement Pensions: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the financial cost to his Department of litigation related to the WASPI campaign since December 2024.

      Social Security Benefits: Gaza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many adults accompanying children that have been brought to the United Kingdom under the HMG Gaza Medevac scheme are claiming (a)...

      Employment Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current employment support programmes in former industrial areas.

      Employment Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department have made on the potential impact of place-based employment support programmes such as JobsPlus in addressing...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Floods: Yeovil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of damage done by Storm Chandra in Yeovil constituency.

    • Environment Protection: Nuclear Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to assess the potential impact of the recommendations from the Nuclear Regulatory Review on nature...

      Aquariums and Zoos: Conservation and Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of conservation and education activities by zoos and aquariums on the...

      Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish the outcome of its consultation on the Bathing Water Regulations.

      Waste Disposal: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she will take to ensure that future regulatory changes to the PRN system support market operation.

      Packaging: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of requiring exporters to claim PRNs only once material has reached...

      Hydrofluorocarbons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish its response to the consultation entitled Amending the hydrofluorocarbon phasedown...

      Packaging: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the PRN system disruption on small and medium-sized reprocessors.

      Packaging: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency arrangements have been put in place to allow PRN/PERN registration while the new system is unavailable.

      Veterinary Services: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department are taking to help support people with veterinary bills.

      Flood Control: Cost Benefit Analysis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the long-term costs of post-flood clean-up operations with the...

      Hydroelectric Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment protocols are in place to evaluate the cumulative impact of new hydroelectric installations on water flow,...

      Import Controls: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will outline the differences between the Border Control Post requirements in place for (a) exports and (b) imports at...

      Hunting: Animal Products

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her US counterpart on the proposed UK ban of trophy hunting imports.

      Disease Control: British Antarctic Territory

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the governance structure of the distinct technical and Ministerial working groups, in relation to the...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she intends to establish or increase strategic national food reserves.

      Climate Change: Wildlife

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of climate change on wildlife.

      Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration her Department has given to banning non-stun slaughter of animals.

      Horticulture: Peat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to Question 100196, what steps her Department is taking to bring forward legislation to end the sale of peat for...

      Bovine Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms have experienced TB outbreaks in the last 12 months.

      Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to produce a white paper for a food strategy.

      Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce reliance on physical paperwork in sanitary and phytosanitary processes for...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2025 to Question 98120 on DEFRA: Public Appointment, whether any made a declaration of...

      Hunting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether alternative regulatory options were considered before deciding to ban on trail hunting.

      Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the 2024 Slaughter Sector Survey, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her...

      Rivers: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many formal Section 25 Enforcement Notices requiring riparian owners to complete specific maintenance works have been...

      Birds: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department made of the risks posed by captive‑bred birds at licensed gatherings prior to...

      Birds: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes made in December 2025 to Bird Gathering Licences...

      Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to increase the proportion of livestock in the UK that are pre-stunned before slaughter.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ajax armoured vehicles had been delivered by General Dynamics to a) his Department and b) the Army as of 1 November 2025.

    • Ministry of Defence: Sonardyne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Underwater robot could improve pipeline and cable security, published on 9 June 2025, if he...

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026, to question 107516 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, how much remains to be paid to General Dynamics under...

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026, to question 107516 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, what the next milestone is in the Ajax programme that will...

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2026, to question 107234 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, by when will he have upgraded all Ajax-family vehicles at...

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the full scope of Commercial-X.

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the role of the Permanent Secretary in the delivery of the Ajax programme since 23 July 2025.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2026 to Question 106285 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Decommissioning, what progress he has made in replacing the...

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2026, to question 106072 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the...

      Ajax Vehicles: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement on Ajax, published on 22 January 2026, by when will he publish the Defence Accident Investigation...

      Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Industrial Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the ongoing industrial dispute with Royal Fleet Auxiliary sailors on day-to-day operations of the...

      Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the (a) role and (b) location of the RAF’s Typhoon Squadrons on 1 January 2026.

      Armed Forces: Administration of Justice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the Service Justice System.

      Global Combat Air Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has budgeted for contingency funding for the development phase of the Global Combat Air Programme.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2926, to question 106076 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement, when was the Armour Piercing Fin-Stabilised...

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2026, to question 106072 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the...

      Warships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy vessels were at (a) High, (b) Very High and (c) Extremely High readiness in each year since 2022.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Modernisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the full scope of the Heavy Armour Automotive Improvement Programme.

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in procuring (a) camouflage nets and (b) thermal sheets for vehicles in the Ajax programme.

      Defence Equipment: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2026 to Question 106082 on Defence Equipment: Expenditure, what was the commercial off the shelf solution procured...

      Ammunition: Factories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the planned new munitions factories will be located.

      Military Aircraft: Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to undertake a refresh of the 2012 Defence Rotary Wing Capability Study.

      RAF Benson: Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether RAF Benson will remain the home of the UK's Support Helicopter Force.

      HMS Iron Duke

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the available number of personnel to crew HMS Iron Duke following its planned maintenance period.

      Defence: Innovation

      What role the UK is playing in NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic programme.

      Hybrid Warfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help deter grey zone activity.

      Defence: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support employment in the defence sector in Scotland.

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Defence Investment Plan.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the prevalence of (a) drug use and (b) synthetic drug use among the prison population in England and Wales.

    • Prisoners: Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people with a learning disability have (i) entered and (ii) exited the prison population in each of the last ten years.

      Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the transparency of sentencing.

      Prisons: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to reduce the potential impact of construction traffic on villages in Mid Buckinghamshire constituency during the...

      Administration of Justice: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to help improve victims’ confidence in the justice system.

      Offences against Children: Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on supporting the victims of cross-border grooming gangs.

      Prisoners' Release: Maladministration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent mistaken prisoner releases.

      Prisoners: Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that child sex offenders are separated in prisons.

      Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people being held in prisons in England and Wales have not been found guilty in a court.

      Powers of Attorney

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the rationale for requiring separate applications for a Health and Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney and a Property and...

      Gender Based Violence: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of convictions for violence against women and girls in England and Wales in the last 12 months.

      Rape: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of rape trials in England and Wales that were postponed in each year since 2015; and what the principal reasons...

      Rape: Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was from charge to completion in court for rape cases in England and Wales in each year since 2016.

      Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether national guidance permits (a) police forces and (b) local authority Children’s Services to facilitate a material change in a child’s...

      Domestic Abuse: Family Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of funding available to support victims of domestic abuse and their children while engaged in family court...

      Domestic Abuse: Family Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential contribution of family court processes, including repeated proceedings and contact litigation, to ongoing...

      Powers of Attorney: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to introduce targets for the time taken by the Office of the Public Guardian to process and register (a) amendments and...

      Community Orders: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the written answer 106063 of 14 January 2026 on Community Orders: Appeals, how many people have received compensation for work undertaken...

      Prison Sentences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department's amendment of Section 288(2) of the Sentencing Code will take effect.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Arms Length Bodies

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2026 to Question HL13276 on Arms Length Bodies, what is his timetable for the completion of the review; and how...

    • National School of Government and Public Services

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his speech of 20 January 2026, entitled “Move fast. Fix things”, whether the new National School of Government and Public...

      Civil Service: Unpaid Work

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the summer internship scheme for 2026 will be open to applicants.

      Civil Service: Equality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to publish an updated Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.

      Cabinet Office: Remote Working

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2026 to Question 100885 on Cabinet Office: Remote Working, if he will set out the methodology for the (a) physical...

      Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 104805 on Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay, and with reference to deposited paper entitled...

      Civil Service: Apprentices

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil service apprentices in 2024 and 2025 were aged between 18 and 24.

      Cabinet Office: Facilities Agreements

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2025 to Question 99835 on Cabinet Office: Facilities Agreements, whether (a) his and (b) the Permanent...

      Civil Service: Apprentices

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has been made of the reasons for the reduction in the number of civil service apprentices since 2022.

      Cabinet Office: Facilities Agreements

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department work on the team that collates trade union facility time data; and what databases are used to store the information...

      Civil Service: Apprentices

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to promote entry-level apprenticeships in the civil service.

      Civil Servants: Incentives

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes he plans to make to the cash bonus criteria for civil service servants.

      Senior Civil Servants: Performance Appraisal and Recruitment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the written statement of 20 January 2026, on Rewiring the State, if he will place in the Library a copy of the revised Senior Civil Service...

      Government Departments: Facilities Agreements

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the total cost of facility time in the latest period for which reporting is available, across all Government bodies, broken down by body; and...

      Public Bodies: Facilities Agreements

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 16 January 2026, to Question 104159, on Trade Unions: Facilities Agreements, if he will place in the Library the names of the...

      Cabinet Office: Social Media

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2025, to Question 93745, on Cabinet Office: Social Media, what is the nature of the data withheld due to...

      10 Downing Street

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has negotiated a signed data sharing agreement with the Labour Party in relation to the operation of the Number 10 Political Office.

      Boris Johnson and Peter Thiel

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 103976 on Boris Johnson and Peter Thiel, if he will publish the physical record.

      Blue Badge Scheme: Reciprocal Arrangements

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 104268 on Blue Badge Scheme: EU Countries, if he will hold discussions with his EU counterparts...

      Specialised Committee on Citizens' Rights

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 104802 on Specialised Committee on Citizens’ Rights, whether his Department retained a copy...

      Mission Boards

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 16 December 20254 to Question 98794 on Mission Boards, which Secretary of State leads each Mission Board.

      Breakfast Clubs and Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 99527 on Breakfast Clubs and Pay, if he will list the influencers who received funding from the...

      Publications: Gender

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026, to Question 104160, on Publications: Gender, how many published have been assessed and included in the...

      Youth Mobility Scheme

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the status of the negotiations with the European Union on the Youth Experience Scheme, and whether the UK is discussing making financial...

      Ministers: Public Appointments

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to update the Announcements: Direct Ministerial Appointments portal with details of current post-holders.

      Public Appointments: Political Activities

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026, to Question 103784, on Public Appointments: Political Activities, what the (a) name and (b) position is of...

      Cabinet Office: Social Media

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2025, to Question 93745, on Cabinet Office: Social Media, if he will name the specific social media influencers...

      Public Houses: Huntingdon

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pubs within the Huntingdon constituency are a) Free Houses and b) currently under a Pubco.

      Cars

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department will publish updated data on the number of cars per household by UK parliamentary constituency.

      Emergencies: Internet

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to update or revise the public advice given on the prepare.campaign.gov.uk website.

      Ministers: Official Cars

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance on the provision of official cars to Ministers outside the Government Car Service by (a) the Metropolitan...

      Intelligence and Security Committee

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will update the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government and the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.

      Public Bodies: Facilities Agreements

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 January 2026, to Question 99839, on Trade Unions: Facilities Agreements, and with reference to paragraph 233 of the Cabinet...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Personal Care Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to provide support for small businesses in the Hair and Beauty sector.

    • Fireworks: Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to review the effectiveness of the Fireworks Regulations 2004 to help prevent the antisocial use of fireworks.

      Carbon Emissions: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what funding his Department allocated for the development of its planned Net Zero strategy and action plan, including staffing and...

      Freight: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate has been made of the number of business insolvencies in the UK road haulage sector in each of the past 10 years.

      Debt Respite Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps his Department have taken to ensure businesses adhere to creditors' responsibilities when debtors are under a Debt respite...

      Companies: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps are being taken to prevent organisations with extreme proximity to sanctioned groups, individuals, and jurisdictions from...

      Job Creation: Staffordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the creation of well-paid jobs in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.

      Royal Mail: Delivery Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the performance of Royal Mail delivery services in Wellington, Somerset; what steps Royal Mail...

      Kraken Technologies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Business Secretary backs British scaleups with growth package and red tape...

      Freight: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of how recent levels of insolvencies in the UK road haulage sector compare with those during the 2008 financial...

      Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he expects to receive the outcome of the Personal Insolvency Review.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Co-operative Party

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Co-operative Party has made representations on the Elections Act 2022 provisions on the banning of dual...

    • Electoral Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025 to Question 84633 on Electoral Commission, when he plans to issue the new...

      Electric Vehicles: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many fires involving electric vehicles have been recorded by fire and rescue services in England in the last five...

      Private Rented Housing: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the level of regulation of rented homes on landlords.

      Storms: Bellwin Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make emergency financial assistance available through the Bellwin scheme to local authorities impacted by...

      Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will include reforms to the criteria for voting in the Private Retirement Housing Code of Practice...

      Leasehold: Service Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps have been taken to help ensure value for money for leaseholders in relation to service charges...

      Social Rented Housing: Mould

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to tackle damp and mould issues in housing association properties in Gloucester...

      Rented Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for social...

      Affordable Housing: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Affordable housing supply in England: 2024 to 2025, published...

      Green Belt: Harpenden and Berkhamsted

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of Grey Belt policy on speculative development proposals on...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress his Department has made in delivering 1.5 million new homes by the end of this Parliament.

      Supported Housing: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill on private...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether guidance has been provided by his Department to planning decision makers on rejecting applications due to (a)...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the potential effect of the planned increases in landfill duty on housebuilding.

      Community Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he will publish the Community Cohesion Strategy.

      Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026 to question 106657 on Secondary Education: Cambridgeshire, by which date the...

      Disabled Facilities Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on how to balance (a) disability determinations made by (i)...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Global Disinformation Index

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether this Department uses the Global Disinformation Index service.

    • Social Media: Pornography

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of non-explicit sexual content and promotional material for...

      Hydrogen: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support investment into research and development across the hydrogen technology manufacturing sector.

      Internet: Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to tackle deepfakes online.

      Science: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the impact of pharmaceutical and medical device R&D site closures on the trends in the...

      Digital Technology and Internet: Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans her Department has for cross-government working to encourage safety by design of smart and connected...

      Internet: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding Ofcom has received year on year since the implementation of the Online Safety Act 2023; the current number...

      Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of upgrading Ofcom’s Violence Against Women...

      Social Media: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when his Department will launch its consultation on children's social media use.

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure regulators, industry, academia, civil society and NGOs can contribute on equal terms to...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to track the progress of the 26 commitments, set out in the policy paper entitled Replacing animals...

  • Department for Education

    • Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the value of student loans for which accurate income data is not currently held; and what proportion of the loan book...

    • Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the three-year freeze on the salary threshold for student loan repayments announced in the 2025 Budget.

      GCE A-level: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the cumulative burden of A-level examination timetable compression on students with exam access arrangements.

      Learning Disability and Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures will be introduced to monitor whether Special Educational Needs and Disabilities reform improves educational outcomes for children and...

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is her Department taking to ensure that all pupils leave school with life-saving road safety skills.

      Cycling: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure all children can access cycle training at school.

      Physical Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the benefits to educational outcomes of regular physical...

      Special Educational Needs: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to reduce SEND assessment backlogs.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve outcomes for children with special educational needs.

      Special Educational Needs: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of home to school transport for pupils with SEND in Gloucester constituency.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of levels in the availability of specialist school places in constituencies such as Aldridge-Brownhills.

      Teachers: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the health and wellbeing of teachers.

      Vocational Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure transitional arrangements in post-16 qualification options before V-levels are fully implemented.

  • Home Office

    • Diplomatic Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many exempt vignettes issued to diplomats posted in the UK were granted between 2020 and 2025; and for what reasons those vignettes were...

    • Migrant Help: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) contractual value, (b) annual spend to date and (c) forecast annual spend are for her Department's contract with Migrant Help...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been moved from the Copthorne Hotel since 22 January 2026; and how many asylum seekers are still located at the...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been received relating to accommodation standards under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contract...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what performance metrics and contractual KPIs are used across Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract regions; and what the...

      Migrant Help: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the breakdown of costs by financial year is for the contract with Migrant Help entitled AIRE - Advice Issue Reporting and Eligibility...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value, annual spend to date and forecast annual spend are for the contract entitled Provision of Security Services at Home Office...

      Asylum: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value, annual spend to date and forecast annual spend are for the contract entitled (a) Independent Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking...

      Asylum: Housing and Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value, annual spend to date and forecast annual spend are for the contract entitled CCTM22A01 Provision of Bridging Accommodation...

      Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the siting and operation of the proposed new vehicle base will improve the logistical servicing of Derwentside IRC; and what interim...

      Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether per capita share of asylum accommodation across regions is a criteria in deciding asylum hotel closure priority.

      Immigration: Syria

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of recommencement of processing settlement applications from Syrians.

      Electronic Travel Authorisations: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many court cases there have been relating to not having a valid electronic travel authorisation.

      Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's document entitled A Fairer Pathway to Settlement: statement and accompanying consultation on earned...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of visa applications under the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme are determined within eight weeks in the...

      Computer Misuse Act 1990

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will update the Computer Misuse Act 1990 to give greater protection to cyber security professionals.

      Private Life: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of Dating Scam Fraud were reported in 2025; and what the financial loss was.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Church of England: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help strengthen public confidence in safeguarding within the Church of England.

    • Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her is taking to help support the independent hotelier sector.

      UK Youth Parliament: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to continue to fund the UK Youth Parliament programme in 2026–27.

      Tourism: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with Cabinet colleagues on UK representation at the 23rd meeting of the UN Tourism Committee on...

      Sports: Offences Against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Crime and Police Bill 2024-26, what assessment her Department has made of adequacy of training for reporting...

      Religious Buildings: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of recently announced changes to capital funding for places of worship on places...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Feed-in Tariffs: Index Linking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what consideration he has given to protections for existing Feed-in Tariffs scheme participants in any change to indexation.

    • Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding his Department plans to provide to (i) Milton Keynes City Council and (ii) Buckinghamshire Council to implement...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much revenue his Department expects to raise annually from the inclusion of domestic maritime in the UK Emissions Trading...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to align UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) maritime rules with the EU ETS to help (a) prevent...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to prevent the UK ETS from operating as a pay-to-pollute scheme for maritime operators unable to access...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of including domestic maritime within the UK Emissions Trading...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of expanding the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to maritime on...

      Small Modular Reactors: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the US joint Department of Army and Department of Energy Project Janus, what assessment he has made of the...

      Refineries: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the European Commission’s proposals for the EU Carbon Border...

      Feed-in Tariffs: Index Linking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changing Feed-in Tariffs scheme indexation from RPI to CPI...

      Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help ensure that UK hydrogen and fuel cell technology manufacturers benefit from the comprehensive...

      Heating: Renewable Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the value of hydrotreated vegetable oil as a type of renewable liquid fuel...

      Wind Power: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what mechanisms have been established to measure the contribution of joint offshore wind projects under the Hamburg Declaration to...

      Energy: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Fourth Special Report of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee of Session 2024-26 on Tackling the energy...

      Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Warm Homes Plan will generate Barnett consequentials for Northern Ireland.

      Energy: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure low-income households in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency can access grants...

      Energy: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking with social housing providers in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency to help reduce energy...

      Electricity: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of dynamic alignment with the EU electricity market on deregulation.

      Energy: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure transparency from AI companies on the level of their energy usage.

      Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding will be allocated to the UK hydrogen and fuel cell technology manufacturing sector through the Great British Energy...

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the offshore wind commitments signed on 26 January 2026 on UK...

      Wind Power: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of the joint offshore wind capacity agreed under the Hamburg Declaration will connect directly to the UK...

      Energy: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to monitor changes in energy efficiency in homes in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency over the...

      Energy Supply: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what monitoring measures his Department employs to assess the risk of market failure in major energy suppliers.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health Professions: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether British citizens who have graduated from medical schools outside of the UK will be prioritised for medical training places in the...

    • NHS: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential merits of including individuals on...

      Health Professions: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the allocation of NHS training places included in the Medical Training...

      Nursing and Midwifery Council: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the news story by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, published on 18 December 2025, what is (a) the average time and...

      Medicine: Graduates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on the potential impact of prioritising UK medical...

      Skin Diseases: Steroid Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to mandate (a) training and (b) continuing professional development for prescribers and pharmacists on...

      Health Professions: Graduates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill on the ability of...

      NHS: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of sexual misconduct policies implemented by NHS integrated care boards for protecting...

      Doctors: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the points-based immigration system in the recruitment and retention of...

      NHS: Commissioning Support Units

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking following the closure of NHS Commissioning Support Units to (a) support staff affected, and (b)...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the 10 Year Workforce Plan will expand the number of medical specialty training places to meet population demand, beyond the 1,000...

      Paediatrics: Pathology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider an expansion of Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology training posts up to 37 (31.1 WTE) by 2030 to help fill consultant...

      Basildon University Hospital

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to expand clinical capacity at Basildon Hospital.

      Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much additional funding has been allocated in the current financial year to expand secondary care capacity, including staffing and...

      Care Workers and Nurses: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what English language proficiency requirements apply to (a) registered nurses and (b) care staff working in regulated settings; and how...

      Neighbourhood Health Centres: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of new neighbourhood health centres.

      Skin Diseases: Steroid Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish guidance clarifying which organisation is responsible for ensuring that prescribers act on updated patient-safety...

      NHS: Retirement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of guidance provided to NHS staff considering partial retirement under the NHS...

      Nurses: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent universities from withdrawing nursing courses due to employment challenges faced by graduates.

      Hospitals: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are being treated in temporary hospital environments, including corridors, for which the latest data is available.

      Nurses: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to align the number of nursing graduates with the availability of entry-level jobs.

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Injuries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that clinicians in emergency and urgent care settings receive adequate training in the...

      Health Professions: Graduates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill on International Medical Graduates...

      Maternity Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve maternity estates and clear the fixable maintenance backlog.

      Maternity Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance NHS England has issued to maternity services on when and how pregnant patients are informed of their BMI, including...

      Midwives: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to deliver safe staffing levels for midwives.

      NHS: Retirement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of redundancy arrangements for NHS staff who take partial retirement.

      Diseases: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of biopsy waiting times.

      Injuries: Magnetic Resonance Imagers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of guidance for NHS trusts on the urgent provision of MRI scans for patients with...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the 10-Year Workforce Plan will be published; what discussions he has had with external stakeholders since has taken place since the...

      Motorcycles: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many recorded incidents there have been involving scramblers in the last three years.

      Drugs and Medical Treatments: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NICE appraisals were terminated in the five-year period from 2019 to 2024, and how this compares with the preceding five-year period.

      ADHD and Autism: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding he plans to make available to Integrated Care Boards to meet demand for ADHD and Autism assessments.

      NHS: Negligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of clinical negligence claims on NHS finances.

      Health Professions: Hazardous Substances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has commissioned on the long‑term health effects, including reproductive health outcomes, of...

      Down's Syndrome: Speech and Language Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has reviewed research indicating that speech and language intervention for children with Down syndrome should...

      Prostate Cancer: Abiraterone

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to HCWS1248, how many patients with non-metastatic prostate cancer are expected to be eligible for abiraterone in each of...

      Rare Diseases: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of increasing NICE's cost-effectiveness thresholds used to evaluate Highly...

      Rare Diseases: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and the Medicines and Healthcare...

      Strokes: Electroconvulsive Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as treatment for post-stroke...

      Blood: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of blood donation events.

      Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report published by Breast Cancer Now, entitled Setting the Bar too High, what assessment his Department has made...

      Rare Diseases: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)'s current Highly Specialised...

      Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to create capacity in hospital eye services by expanding the use of optometry-led diagnostic and...

      Great Western Hospital: Pneumonia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients died from hospital acquired pneumonia at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon in each of the first six months of 2025.

      Dental Services: NHS

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funding is being made available for NHS dentistry to support the additional payments for emergency treatment announced on...

      Health Services: Jews and Sikhs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on health outcomes for (a) Sikhs and (b) Jews.

      Air Pollution: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce a public health campaign on air pollution.

      Epilepsy: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children in England are epileptic.

      Prostate Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of men in England who undergo PSA testing outside of a formal screening...

      General Practitioners: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what reasonable adjustments are in place for people with disabilities to access GPs without going through telephone services.

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve dementia care in hospitals.

      Neighbourhood Health Centres: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2026 to Question 107667, what information his Department holds on which ICB senior staff and Board...

      Community Health Services: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 90706, how the Neighbourhood Health Service will improve access to care in rural...

      Health Services: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children attending residential special schools have received an eyesight, hearing and dental check since April 2025.

      Hospices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential implications for his polices of the change in the number of available hospice beds in...

      GP Practice Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are currently registered with a GP.

      General Practitioners: Bedfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled Patients in poorer areas to get better access to GPs, published on 9 October 2025, how...

      General Practitioners: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many asylum seekers are registered with a GP by (a) day and (b) month of birth.

  • Treasury

    • Students: Loans

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of student loan repayment thresholds, tax thresholds and fiscal drag on incentives to work...

    • Pensioners: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to ensure that pensioners are not required to file self-assessment tax returns for small amounts after the new state pension...

      State Retirement Pensions: Income Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mitigating the combined impact of increased taxation and reduced benefit entitlement on low-income...

      State Retirement Pensions: Income Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in receipt of a pre-April 2016 State Pension have become liable for Income Tax since the freeze in the Income Tax personal allowance threshold.

      Charities and Voluntary Organisations: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on employment levels in (a) the voluntary...

      Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, under the proposed pay-per-mile road charging scheme, whether mileage accrued by UK-registered vehicles while driving in the Republic of Ireland would be...

      Childminding: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will she hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the potential impact of Making Tax Digital on home-based childcare providers in...

      Public Houses: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public houses in England and Wales did the Valuation Office Agency request trading figures from for the purposes of calculating their Fair...

      High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the impact of the High Income Child Benefit Charge threshold on single-earner and two-earner households.

      Revenue and Customs: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to please provide staff turnover figures for the Wealthy Team in HMRC for each financial year 2017/18 to 2024/25.

      Debt Respite Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps she has taken to ensure local councils adhere to creditors' responsibilities when debtors are under a Debt Respite (Breathing Space) period.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for East Londonderry of 13 January 2026 on an outstanding tax issue from September 2024.

      Further Education: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on Further Education Colleges of (a) business rates revaluation and (b) the...

      Hotels: Tax Yields

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated annual revenue is from the hotel sector in relation to (a) business rates, (b) VAT, (c) National Insurance on employers and (d)...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether revenues generated by the inclusion of domestic maritime within the UK Emissions Trading Scheme will be ringfenced for maritime decarbonisation.

      Refineries: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to include the UK oil refining sector in the scope of the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.

      Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing the rate of VAT on retail, hospitality and leisure from 20% to 13% on that sector.

      Self-employed: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role external organisations, including the Resolution Foundation, have played in advising the her Department on policy relating to self-employment...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to maintain public confidence in the value for money and accountability of UK aid spending.

    • Armenia: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she has taken with her international counterparts to help ensure the independence of...

      Turks and Caicos Islands: Airports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to support the Turks and Caicos government with the procurement of...

      Independent Commission for Aid Impact

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the long-term (a) funding, (b) staffing and (c) remit of the...

      Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the total cost to her Department of implementing the proposed treaty with Mauritius...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what data her Department holds on the allocation of Overseas Development Aid by country.

      Diego Garcia: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Pelindaba Treaty, what discussions she has with the Secretary of State for Defence on the...

      Government Actuary's Department: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2026, to Question 101383, on Government Actuary's Department: Freedom of...

  • Department for Transport

    • Motorcycles: Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what evidence her Department has on the relationship between licence level (full motorcycle licence versus Compulsory Basic Training) and road safety...

    • Taxis: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the average time taken by Transport for London to...

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of roadworks on the economy.

      Driving: Eyesight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of DVLA-mandated eye tests in rural and semi-rural communities.

      Road Traffic

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the January 2026 Road Traffic Strategy, when she plans to publish the manual for streets.

      Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Information Sharing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a) making DVLA driving licence data available to Electoral Registration Officers for the...

      Driving: Diabetes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency use in the consideration of applications for licence renewals from drivers who take (a) insulin...

      Driving Tests: Eastleigh

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for a driving test in Eastleigh constituency in each of the last ten years.

      Tyres: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on road safety, the environment and consumers of requiring vehicle manufacturers to...

      Driving Tests: Macclesfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time was for a practical car driving test at Macclesfield Test Centre in the most recent month for which data is available.

      Railways: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the resilience of the passenger rail network in the South West.

      Cycling: Stratford-on-Avon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to deliver well designed, well lit and safe cycling infrastructure in Stratford-on-Avon.

      Motorcycles: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to differentiate between motorcycles and driver-based vehicles in the development of transport and road safety policy,...

      Motorcycles: Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of distinguishing between commercial and private motorcycle use in the UK’s licensing regime.

      Wheels to Work Schemes: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has assessed the potential impact of the Wheels to Work scheme on youth unemployment; and what steps she is taking to support...

      Motorcycles: Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of whether the current motorcycle licensing framework provides sufficient incentives for riders to progress...

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on the age of those responsible for road accidents.

      Department for Transport: X Corp

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much their department spent on X and xAI since July 2024.

      Transport: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the Green Book appraisal framework for reflecting the value of transport infrastructure...

      Transport: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Green Book cost benefit analysis accounts for (a) economic and (b) connectivity issues when...

  • Attorney General

    • Serious Fraud Office: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has any formal policies or guidance aimed at preventing potential retaliation against whistleblowers who report wrongdoing to...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what engagement his Department has had with business organisations in Northern Ireland on the practical challenges of complying with dual...

    • Local Growth Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consideration he has given to ring-fencing any element of the Local Growth Fund allocation for Northern Ireland for community and...

      Local Growth Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Northern Ireland Executive on...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Equal Pay: Disability and Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to publish the (a) evidence received from the consultation on how to implement mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting...

    • Race Equality Engagement Group

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will list engagements that the Race Equality Engagement Group has had with (a) stakeholders and (b) community organisations since March 2025;...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government of the potential impact of the fair funding...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Hospitality Industry and Tourism: Redundancy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of job losses in the hospitality and tourism sectors on rural and coastal areas on (1) opportunities for young people...

    • Business: Investment

      To ask His Majesty's Government which of the priority growth sectors in the Modern Industrial Strategy 2025 they have agreed sector skills plans with; and how much public investment has been...

  • Treasury

    • Employers' Contributions: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of increases to employer National Insurance contributions on the ability of businesses to create entry level jobs for...

    • Self-employed: Self-assessment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the readiness of the self-employed to submit quarterly returns through Making Tax Digital.

      Capital Markets

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the initial public offering market over the past five years in the UK.

      Financial Services: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of UK financial oversight arrangements in the context of the rapid adoption of AI tools by banks and...

      Delivery Services: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost to (1) businesses, and (2) consumers, in Northern Ireland of the introduction by the European Union of...

      Financial Services: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to work with financial regulators to develop the use of AI-specific stress testing in financial services.

      Dredging: Landfill Tax

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of representations from the British Ports Association about the impact of removing the landfill tax exemption for dredging...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Civil Servants: Media and Public Speaking

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 21 November 2025 (HC91378), and with reference to paragraph 223 of the Cabinet Office...

    • Civil Servants

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 19 January (HL13271), whether they will detail their plans to reduce back-office...

      Greta Thunberg

      To ask His Majesty's Government what correspondence the Prime Minister's office has had with Greta Thunberg since 4 July 2024.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • AI Growth Zones: Wales

      To ask His Majesty's Government (1) how much, and (2) what proportion of, funding allocated to AI Growth Zones will be spent in Wales; and what the timeframe is for that funding.

    • Space Weather

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of preparedness for a Carrington-class event, in particular whether (1) a warning of an event can be received in good...

      Agriculture: Databases

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to make publicly funded data accumulated by Agrimetrics available; and whether access to that data will be cost-free.

      Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to balance AI innovation with copyright protection for UK creators when reviewing copyright rules.

  • Home Office

    • Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for employers and workers of the removal of the mandatory element from their plans for digital identification.

    • Eva Vlaardingerbroek

      To ask His Majesty's Government what they mean by "not considered to be conducive to the public good" in relation to the blocking of Eva Vlaardingerbroek from entering the United Kingdom;...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • F-35 Aircraft

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that F-35 aircraft purchased by the Royal Air Force contain a ‘kill switch’ controlled by either the...

    • Weapons: Procurement

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Armed Forces have full control over all weapons systems they have purchased and do not require the authority or permission of a third party for...

      Defence: Small Businesses

      To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria the Defence Office for Small Business Growth will use to define (1) small businesses, and (2) small contracts.

      Navy: Arctic and North Atlantic Ocean

      To ask His Majesty's Government what milestones they envisage for Atlantic Bastion, Atlantic Strike and Atlantic Shield; and to what extent a putative Arctic Sentry mission might intersect with...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Wales

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many staff are employed at each of the prisons in Wales; and how many of those staff are Welsh speakers.

    • Prisoners: Travellers

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Timpson on 26 January (HL13694), why prisoners from the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are not recorded in...

      Crown Court: Juries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the results of the two-tiered test of enhanced support for jurors in Crown Courts centres that was announced in May 2024.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment Schemes: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the 18-to-21-year-olds on Universal Credit who are offered a work placement through the Youth Guarantee scheme will have a choice over the sector,...

    • Employment Schemes: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government for how long they will remove the right to claim benefits from 18-to-21-year-olds on Universal Credit who do not accept the offer of a work placement through the...

      Families: Disadvantaged

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to announce funding allocations for the Reducing Parental Conflict programme following the 2025 Spending Review; and how they are mitigating the...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask His Majesty's Government how the rate of benefit sanctions varied by (1) region, and (2) ethnicity, in the past 12 months.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • South East Water: Nationalisation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are considering bringing South East Water into public ownership.

    • Water Companies

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of shareholder capital in English water companies.

      Environment Protection: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of funding to deliver the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) 2025 is expected to be raised from the private sector for environmental schemes...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on patients of withdrawing access to an existing cancer treatment, namely CAR-T therapy for relapsed or refractory...

    • Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to move the LeDeR programme onto a statutory footing to mandate the implementation of its findings following the data failures and...

      Medical Treatments

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written  Answer by Baroness Merron on 26 January (HL12852), whether they intend to apply the increased cost-effectiveness threshold...

      Sick Leave: Mental Health

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of working days lost due poor mental health in each of the last five years.

      Mental Illness: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the remit of the independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism will include research into the impact of the language used to...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) public understanding of clinical mental health terminology, and (2) whether misunderstandings in language contribute to...

      Disease Control: Immunosuppression

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 27 November 2025 (HL12257), which specific organisations advocating for immunosuppressed individuals they have...

      Abortion

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to prevent any increase in the number of women performing dangerous late-term abortions at home.

      Mortality Rates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps NHS England has taken to audit the "automated data process" introduced in Spring 2023; and how it has validated the permanent rectification of the...

      Obesity: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to increase transparency around commercial pricing agreements for new weight-loss medications within the NHS, including how pricing...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the ranking methodology for the proposed single national formulary will include (1) workforce productivity, (2) equitable patient access, and (3) quality...

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