Written answers

Monday, 9 February 2026

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Waste: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure effective regulation and enforcement is in place to tackle the environmental and...

    • Fly-tipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her most recent annual estimate is for the amount of waste deposited illegally across England and Wales.

      Water Supply: Surrey Heath

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

      Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparisons and best practices can be learned from other countries to help improve air quality in England in (a)...

      Air Pollution: Departmental Coordination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Government departments other than his Department are able to have the biggest impact on improving levels of ambient...

      Air Pollution: Departmental Coordination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support change on ambient air quality across Government.

      Air Pollution: Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of data capture and analysis for air quality within England.

      Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature Grants Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK leads global efforts to help communities save the ocean...

      Air Pollution: Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding and devolved powers to ensure the comprehensive monitoring of air...

      Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of potential barriers and/or challenges to achieving national targets, requirements...

      Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of whether examples of best practice exist in England to achieve compliance with...

      Air Pollution: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of national targets, requirements and performance standards for air quality and...

      Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of how well examples of local best practice that exist to enforce existing...

      Air Pollution: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the national targets, requirements and performance standards are for ambient air pollution and national emission...

      Agriculture: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changing US to UK import levels of (a) wheat, (b) maize and (c)...

      River Thames: Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on the River Thames Scheme; what her planned timetable is for that scheme; and what...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the ten most common causes of air pollution in England in (a) ambient air and (b)...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence exists of the direct and indirect impact of air pollution on (a) crop yields, (b) biodiversity, (c)...

      River Thames: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will to outline the governance framework for managing River Thames navigation assets, including the criteria and...

      Veterinary Services: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent conversations her Department has held with animal charities regarding veterinary bills.

      Agriculture: Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled A New Vision for Water, published on 20 January 2026, what estimate...

      Fisheries: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK leads global efforts to help communities save the ocean...

      Water Charges: Social Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to ensure that water companies provide low income customers with cheaper social tariffs.

      Fly-tipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action is being taken to address ongoing illegal tipping a) across the country, and b) in the Forest of Dean constituency.

      Water Supply: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the amount of capital funding needed to ensure the provision of effective water services in...

      Agriculture: Profitability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help improve the profitability of farming in England.

      Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the response to the Stage 3 consultation on managing bottom trawl fishing in 41 English marine...

      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 UK wildlife.

      Minerals: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a list of companies that have a licence to export critical mineral waste and scrap for recycling abroad.

      Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the EU’s proposed restrictions of PFAS.

      Birds: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle the decline in the numbers of British birds.

      Agriculture: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support British food producers facing competition from increased imports following the UK-US...

      Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many lorries of perishable goods have been refused entry into Europe at the French border under the sanitary and...

      Birds: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle the decline in native wild birds in (a) Yeovil constituency (b) Somerset and (c) the...

      Biotechnology: Foreign Investment in UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the UK remains a competitive destination for international investment in...

      Agriculture: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a national campaign showcasing the diversity and rewards of young...

      Animal Feed: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support she plans to provide to farmers in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire facing increases in the average...

      Coral Reefs: Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of coral bleaching; and what...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether local authorities in England have the resources and powers to enforce existing...

      Food: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage food surplus redistribution in the baking industry.

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the the top five impacts of air pollution in England on each of (a) the climate,...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department holds data on the top five sources in tonnes of primary air pollution emissions in England for each...

      Fly-tipping: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle organised crime networks involved in fly-tipping in rural areas.

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will formally re-establish the Advisory Committee on Packaging as a forum for (a) industry, (b) government and (c)...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on (a) improving access to and (b) streamlining the enforcement processes of the Child Maintenance Service.

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of cases concerning the Child Maintenance Service referred to the Parliamentary Health and Health Service...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many an what percentage of cases concerning the Child Maintenance Service referred to Independent Case Examiners were (a) wholly upheld,...

      Social Security Benefits: Artificial Intelligence and Automation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to use AI and automation to (a) improve the delivery of, (b) reduce administrative burdens of and (c)...

      Equal Pay: Disabilty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help tackle pay disparities for disabled people living in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.

      Creosote: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the use of barrier sheaths to help mitigate creosote leaching in telecommunications...

      Employment: Menopause and Periods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will include the British Standard Institution's health and safety document entitled BS 30416 on Menstruation, Menstrual Health and...

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle barriers to work for disabled people in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

      Pension Funds: Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 14 October 2025 to Questions 77787, 77788 and 77789 on Pension Funds: Fossil Fuels, what estimate The Pensions...

      Employment Schemes: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out how his Department will ensure that jobs under the Jobs Guarantee scheme are additional, including whether they...

      Unemployment: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the expenditure on the Milburn Review into youth inactivity has been.

      Apprenticeship Levy: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of removing the 10 per cent levy top-up on the...

      Employment Schemes: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what outcome measures will be used to assess the first phase of the Job Guarantee rollout, and when the Department plans to...

      Child Maintenance Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Maintenance Service's arrears department is (i) office based and (ii) staffed through home working; how many people work for...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants employed by their Department work in roles primarily focused on (a) transgender policy, (b) diversity, (c) equity and...

      Skilled Workers: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with local employers in the West Midlands on tackling skills shortages.

      Apprentices: Aldridge-Brownhills

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help increase uptake of apprenticeships among young people in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.

      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) upskilling and (b)...

      Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to verify the ongoing residency of non-UK national claimants who have been absent from the UK for more than a month.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Career Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what career coaching, career transition, and redeployment support services are available to staff in his Department through centrally provided...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time is for correspondence from members of the public and from Members of Parliament acting on behalf of their...

      Pension Funds: Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with The Pensions Regulator on what estimate it has made of how many and what proportion of UK pension scheme...

      Pension Schemes Bill

      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...

      Maternity Pay: Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of statutory maternity pay rates that do not allow parents to receive 30 hours of free...

      Injuries: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of making injury-related pension enhancement and compensation elements...

      Small Businesses: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with small businesses on the apprenticeship system.

  • Department for Transport

    • Bus Services: Drivers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her proposed timeline is for publishing her Department's response to the consultation and evidence-gathering exercise on removing the 50km...

    • Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for driving licence applications in December 2025.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Minister plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Christchurch dated 26 November 2025 on the use of civil enforcement powers by...

      Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of closing DVSA testing centres on driving standards.

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that roads categorised as requiring maintenance are repaired promptly by local authorities.

      Roads: Romford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken with local authorities to improve road infrastructure in (a) Havering and (b) the M25 junction 29 Romford area.

      Department for Transport: Sign Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025 to question 91075, how much has been spent on the display of (1) on-screen human interpreters and (2)...

      Parking Offences: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the extent to which enforcement authorities, when rejecting challenges to parking contravention notices...

      Road Signs and Markings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of road signs used by local authorities to help prevent road causalities among (a)...

      Transport: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the progress of the Transport Research and Innovation Board's 2023 Transport Digital Twin Vision and Roadmap to 2035.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to mandate public electric car charging providers to display the price of electricity clearly at the service station.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2026 to Question 106335, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of public electric vehicle...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2026 to Question 106337, what estimate her Department has made of the number of public electric vehicle...

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Written Statement HCWS1232 on 12 January 2025, what steps she is taking to minimise disruption to road users as a result of...

      Roads: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming local roads funding.

      Roads: Bexley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the London Borough of Bexley's news story entitled Bexley's Roads 7th best in England, published on 12 January 2026, if her...

      Air Navigation: Community Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to promote community engagement on the new Air Navigation Guidance.

      Regional Airports: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which business rates relief and other fiscal support provided to Heathrow and Gatwick is...

      Roads: Speed Limits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the speed limit on rural single carriageway roads.

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria will be used to determine membership of the road safety Expert Advisory Panel.

      Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date her Department first raised with the BBC that the announcement on Graduated Driver Licensing scheme could be made on the BBC’s day...

      Highway Code: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing a public awareness campaign to promote the new Highway Code rules.

      Taxis: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has held discussions with Transport for London on the potential impact of delays in issuing private hire licences on private hire drivers.

      Driving under Influence: Yeovil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the number of drink driving incidents in Yeovil constituency.

      Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure the review conducted by the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority into the West Yorkshire Mass...

      Railways: Basildon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2026 to Question 101827, if she will publish the estimates of future passenger demand being used to inform...

      Great Western Railway: Overcrowding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on safety from overcrowding on Great Western Railway services, including where planned...

      Civil Aviation Authority: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason (a) the number of staff and (b) and staff costs have increased at the Civil Aviation Authority since April 2017.

      Driving: Eyesight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled the Road Safety Strategy, published on 7 January 2026, whether she has had conversations with...

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support young people with Education, Health and Care Plans who stay in education after the age of 18.

    • Department for Education: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to answer Question 107246 tabled on 20th January 2026, regarding safeguarding issues and Academies.

      Academies: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that Academies operate lawfully when safeguarding issues are raised.

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to expand or reform teacher training programmes to help improve access to the teaching profession.

      Schools: Knives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has been made of the adequacy of national guidance for schools regarding (a) incidents and (b) reports of knife possession...

      Adoption and Kinship Care: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to capture the needs of adoptive and kinship families as part of the SEND White Paper.

      Universities: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2026 to Question 101939, whether her Department keeps records of meetings with commercial lenders on higher...

      Young People: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision of youth autism advocacy programmes in local authorities in England.

      Psychology: Postgraduate Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure an adequate number of university places for students studying doctorates in Clinical Psychology.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Reserve Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Armed Forces Bill 2026 which, what assessment he has made if the (a) proportion of the cohort aged between 55 and 65 that would...

    • Trident Missiles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will increase stockpiles of the component parts of the D5 Trident II.

      Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February to Question 108700 on Strategic Defence Review, how much of the £270 billion to be spent on Defence in this...

      RAF Northolt

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of defence funding on RAF Northolt’s ability to support military operations.

      National Security: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to improve cybersecurity protections for critical national infrastructure.

      Ministry of Defence: Accountability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he was made aware of conclusion 1 in the Sixty-second Report of the Committee of Public Accounts entitled Faulty energy efficiency...

      Armed Forces: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of armed forces personnel and their families' access to dental services.

      Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will convene the pensions forfeiture committee to meet and agree to cease the pensions of ex-UK armed forces personnel who are fighting in support...

      Navy: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Navy project is working to harness AI through machine-speed, data-centric decision making to improve the decision action cycle.

      Unmanned Air Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on delivering Project Corvus.

      Artillery: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January to Question 105260 on Artillery: Procurement, when the full production contract will be placed.

      Defence: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January to Question 99911, if he will name the two AI contracts that have been awarded by his Department since 5 July 2024.

      Typhoon Aircraft: Radar

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January to Question 107089 on Typhoon Aircraft: Radar, whether the £205 million investment to deliver the European...

      Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February to Question 108700 on Strategic Defence Review, if he will breakdown £270 billion to be spent on Defence in...

      Defence: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2026 to question 108885 on Defence: Artificial Intelligence, what is the full scope of the Advanced Reasoning for...

      Watchkeeper WK450: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the out of service date for Watchkeeper.

      Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February to Question 108700 on Strategic Defence Review, how much of the £270 billion to be spent on Defence in this...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Gibraltar: Aviation and Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has reviewed the legal and regulatory frameworks governing Gibraltar’s aviation, immigration and...

    • Russia: Oil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing sanctions against refineries that are...

      Northern Ireland: Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last met her Irish counterpart face to face to discuss people arriving illegally and crossing the border...

      Jagtar Singh Johal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many hon. Members have written to (a) her and (b) her predecessors during the detention of Jagtar Singh Johal.

      Russia: Liquefied Natural Gas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what her planned timetable is for introducing a ban on the provision of UK based maritime services that enable the...

      Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the policy reasons why his Department commenced negotiations with the...

      British Antarctic Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UK Antarctic Strategy to 2035, what discussions she has had with Antarctic Parties on the...

      Central Africa: Rainforests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department’s world news story entitled Cameroon: UK supports new generation of Central...

      Developing Countries: Natural Resources

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what initiatives her Department supports that mitigate adverse effects of resource extraction on low-income countries.

      Africa: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the transfer of Diego Garcia to Mauritius on the risk of...

      Democracy and Disinformation: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by Resilience and...

      Darfur: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations her Department has made to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their proxies about the...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Yemen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make a statement on the recent ministerial visit to Yemen.

      Antarctic: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish an equality impact assessment on the postponement of local elections in 2026.

    • Local Government Finance: City of Westminster and Wandsworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 106139 on Local Government Finance: City of Westminster and...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of postponing the 2026 local elections on the progress of Basildon...

      Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers of 14 January 2026 and 13 October 2025 to Questions 102364 and 77631 on Local Government:...

      Combined Authorities: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable is for determining the (a) principal and (b) geography of a combined authority for Surrey.

      New Towns: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to establish a development corporation in support of construction related to the Forest City 1 plan...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will have discretion following the implementation of electoral boundary changes to determine...

      Fire and Rescue Services: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government Legal Department’s position statement, published on 8 July 2025, what...

      Private Rented Housing: Guarantees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of guarantor requirements in the private rented sector on...

      Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department's upcoming leasehold reforms will include changes that will impact those living in (a) park...

      Democracy and Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials had meetings with (i) the Venice Commission and (ii) the Organisation for...

      Floods: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure levels of flood recovery funding reflects the cumulative impact of...

      Homelessness: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with local authorities on levels of female homelessness.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to implement proportionate regulation of third-party litigation funding agreements in this parliament.

    • Funerals: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the Scottish Government's Burial and Cremations Department Funeral Director Code of Practice in reducing...

      Suicide: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration his Department has given to the potential merits of allowing inquests into the death of a child by suicide to be conducted in private.

      Rape: Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what male supportive gender specific rape and abuse support services were commissioned directly by his Department in 2025; and if he will list each...

      Rape: Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of calls to the 24/7 rape support line were answered substantively within 5 minutes in a) July 2025, b) August 2025 , c) September 2025...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to (a) SOPS 1.1. in the Department's 2024/5 Annual Report, a breakdown of the £209,590,000 spent in gross...

    • Public Sector: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to utilise AI to improve the productivity of the (a) public-sector, (b) NHS, (c) Civil...

      Broadband: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will include Scotland in her department’s consultation entitled “Legislative proposals to address...

      Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a Sovereign Frontier Lab.

      Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans her Department has to (a) provide funding to help improve broadband provision for very hard-to-reach premises and...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of non-essential scientific experimentations on live animals.

      Project Gigabit: South Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when the Project Gigabit voucher scheme will reopen to communities in South Devon constituency.

      Project Gigabit: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to improve communication with rural communities about Project Gigabit rollout timelines.

      Government Departments: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to HCWS1249, what estimate he has made of the number of legacy digital systems in use across government; what...

  • Home Office

    • Knives: Crime Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on the provision of services to prevent knife crime among young people.

    • Crime: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken with relevant authorities to help tackle crime in town centres across greater London.

      Airwave Service: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Airwave network coverage for emergency service delivery in rural areas.

      Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Operation Gull in Northern Ireland in the last 15 years.

      Jeffrey Epstein

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on whether the Security Service was aware of (a) the illegal activities of Jeffrey Epstein, (b) his...

      Cybersecurity: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on updating the Computer Misuse Act 1990...

      Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to provide resources to help ensure (a) reports of fraud are investigated and (b) victims of fraud...

      Organised Crime and Undocumented Migrants: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Prime Minister’s press release entitled Prime Minister unlocks new opportunities for British businesses in...

      Palestine Embassy: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure adequate security provision for the Palestinian Embassy in London.

      Muslim Council of Britain

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2026, to Question 105789, on Ministers and Public Consultation: Evidence, whether the Muslim Council of...

      INTERPOL: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reports that Russia is using Interpol systems to target political...

      Police: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of Conflict Management Dogs as a less-lethal option for Counter Terrorism Specialist...

      Radicalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department names organisations that are (a) regarded as extremists and (b) subject to a policy of non-engagement; and how is the...

      Neighbourhood Policing: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help increase levels of recruitment of neighbourhood police officers.

      Knives: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on tackling knife crime.

      Immigration: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether pensions income that is not eligible for taxation in the UK due to the UK and Hong Kong Tax Treaty will count towards the proposed...

      Immigration: Turkey

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Appendix ECAA visa holders will be affected by retrospective changes to settlement requirements.

      Visas: Married People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made on responding to the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations on the minimum income...

      Immigration: Turkey

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the proposed changes to indefinite leave to remain status on...

      Visas: South Asia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visitors from (a) India, (b) Pakistan, (c) Bangladesh and (d) Nepal were refused visas in 2024.

      Visas: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints she has received on the new electronic visa system.

      Migrant Workers: Care Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposals in the Earned Settlement consultation on staffing levels in...

      Immigration: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her policy that only one person per household can respond to her open consultation on earned settlement.

      Visas: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the risks to the safety of Hong Kong BN(O) visa holders travelling through Hong Kong or mainland...

      Immigration: Personal Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether interest generated on savings will count towards the proposed £12,570 personal income threshold for acquiring permanent residence.

      Immigration: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department consulted with British National (Overseas) visa holders on the drafting of the White Paper entitled Restoring control...

      Asylum: Overseas Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students have claimed asylum (a) while studying in the UK and (b) after completing their studies in each of the last three years.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish guidance for members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme who are employed by civil service contractors on how they can access their...

    • Ethnic Groups: Statistics

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the level of respondent burden to provide evidence on the need for an additional data point in the consultation entitled...

      Publications: Gender

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 104160 on Publications: Gender, which publishers were assessed but not included in the inclusion list.

      Disinformation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 5 January 2026, to Question 100882, on Disinformation, whether Storyzy is used to monitor content relating to gender issues.

      10 Downing Street: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 20 November 2025 to Question 90241 on 10 Downing Street: Official Hospitality, how much has been spent on hospitality by No10...

      Government Departments: Publicity

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes have been made to (a) Cabinet Office, (b) Government Digital Service and (c) Government Communications Service guidance on the use of (i)...

      Arden Strategies: Lobbying

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will request that the Ethics and Integrity Commission undertakes an investigation in Arden Strategies and lobbying integrity.

      Public Appointments: Political Impartiality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 104163 on Public Appointments: Political Impartiality, which public body holds the data on past...

      Cabinet Office: Investment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 92580 if he will list the 39 business cases that were approved.

      House of Lords: Bishops

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to review the (a) role and (b) voting rights of bishops in the House of Lords.

      Cabinet Office: Storyzy

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 70478 on Disinformation, if he will publish the (a) contract and (b) terms of reference for the...

      Cabinet Office: Languages

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Ministers in his Department have received coaching in a foreign language funded by his Department since July 2024.

      EU Budget: Contributions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, updated on 22 December 2025, whether he intends that the...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to reply to the letter of 6 November 2025 from the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar.

      Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times has the Government rejected recommendations for compensation made by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman following a finding...

      UK Trade with EU: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, 22 December 2025, what plans he has to align with the EU Single Market in relation to manufactured...

      Ethics and Integrity Commission

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office has agreed a workplan, or commissioned any projects or programmes, with the Ethics and Integrity Commission.

      Public Sector: Reform

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an update to the December 2024 Plan for Change, and updated statistics on the delivery of the missions and milestones.

      Church of England: Children

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had recent discussions with the Church of England on taking steps to help ensure that senior appointments within the Church uphold (a)...

  • Treasury

    • Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of people who will settle their disguised remuneration liabilities as a result of the McCann Review into Loan...

    • Revenue and Customs: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) total number of full-time equivalent customer service staff employed by HM Revenue and Customs was in each of the last ten financial years and...

      Cars: Loans

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she expects to receive the report by the FCA into hidden commission costs connected with car purchase loan schemes.

      Child Trust Fund

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2025 to WPQ 93664, whether any ongoing assessment is being made of the success of the take up campaign aimed at the...

      Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the Barnett consequentials allocated to the Northern Ireland Executive from the £750,000 uplift provided in 2019 for an...

      Charities: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the business rates revaluation 2026, whether the base liability for charity shops' (a) transitional rate relief and (b) Supporting Small...

      Drugs: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has directed HMRC to review the application of VAT upon medicines supplied free-of-charge via EAMS and other compassionate access...

      Museums and Galleries: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual cost to the Exchequer is of the exemption from VAT on repairs enjoyed by museums and galleries.

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the (a) gross and (b) net revenue raised for her Department from the UK Emissions Trading Scheme in the 2024-25 financial year, broken down by...

      Energy: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the sunset clause for the Energy Saving Materials VAT relief on 31 March 2027, whether her Department has conducted an impact assessment...

      Air Passenger Duty: Regional Airports

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of Air Passenger Duty on domestic air routes and regional airport connectivity in the UK, compared...

      Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the Barnett consequentials allocated to the Northern Ireland Executive following increases in police funding to PCCs in...

  • Scotland Office

    • UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on using funds raised by the expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to support maritime...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Rugby: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Rugby Football Union and Sport England on the financial sustainability of Premiership...

    • Churches: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has has made of the levels of repairs to churches which will not proceed as a result of VAT changes.

      Gambling: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of Local Authorities commissioning gambling harms prevention; and of their...

      War Memorials: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ending the Memorial Grant Scheme on the preservation of local war memorials; how...

      Places of Worship Renewal Fund: VAT Exemptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on places of worship of replacing the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme with...

      Places of Worship Renewal Fund: VAT Exemptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of whether the £92 million Places of Worship Renewal Fund over four years provides equivalent...

      Places of Worship Renewal Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the new Places of Worship Renewal Fund is open to applications from places of worship which are not listed; and whether...

      Places of Worship Renewal Fund: VAT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the increase in funding for places of worship is expected to be used to cover VAT costs.

      Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: VAT Exemptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the net cost of benefit of (a) removing the VAT exemption on places of worship...

      Places of Worship Renewal Fund: VAT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of places of worship liable for VAT on repairs in comparison to the number who will receive a...

      Places of Worship Renewal Fund: Community Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Written Statement of 22 January 2026 on Launch of new capital fund for places of worship, HCWS1268, what...

      Places of Worship Renewal Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Written Statement of 22 January 2026 on Launch of new capital fund for places of worship, HCWS1268, what...

      Sports: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the £8.14 million grassroots sports facilities fund on access to sport in...

      BBC: Broadcasting Programmes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the BBC on ensuring its (a) TV and (b) radio programming is made across the UK.

      Football: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of football related Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy caused by repetitive head impacts from...

      Rugby: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures are in place to support the long-term viability of grassroots rugby clubs in the South West.

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Care Workers: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent care agencies from supplying staff who deliver unsupervised personal care without the...

    • Dental Services: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that dental practices are subject to effective regulation.

      Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on delivering national targets for ambient air including by sharing data.

      Radiotherapy: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current average waiting times are for patients to begin radiotherapy treatment following referral, broken down by region and...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (i) whether Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) claims are matched to assessors with condition-specific expertise, (ii) whether the...

      Breast Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the National Cancer Plan will support people with secondary breast cancer.

      Cerebral Palsy: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current provision for young adults with cerebral palsy but with no diagnosed learning...

      Long Covid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that patients with long covid receive condition specific care.

      Air Pollution: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out the types of health impacts of poor (a) ambient and (b) indoor air quality by (i) geography and (ii) socioeconomic groups.

      Air Pollution: Health Education and Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) bring awareness to and (b) help address the potential adverse impact of poor ambient air quality.

      Bowel Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps has he taken to increase bowel screening uptake in Slough constituency.

      Social Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of social care standards across England; and what steps he is taking to...

      NHS: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of reducing NHS-funded activity delivered by independent sector providers...

      Gynaecology: Diagnosis and Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce diagnostic waiting times for gynaecological conditions in Nottingham; and if he will make additional...

      Tonsils: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many tonsillectomies were carried out on children in each of the last five years.

      Resident Doctors: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds information on the number of resident doctors who, whilst on strike, work for another trust.

      Doctors: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the assessments his Department has made on the potential impact of the removal of the Resident Labour Market Test in 2020...

      Endometriosis: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish national data on endometriosis diagnostic waiting times.

      Prosate Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average national unit cost to the NHS is for an MRI scan used in prostate cancer detection using (a) multiparametric and (b)...

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate has been made of the number of patients waiting for extended periods in corridors in accident and emergency...

      Basildon University Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of patients waiting over 12 hours to be admitted to, or discharged from, Basildon...

      Hospitals: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to provide adequate facilities and funding for hospital staff to ensure they are able to do their work...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with stakeholders on his Department's modelling of workforce numbers in the 10 Year Workforce Plan.

      Medical Treatments: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what level of recurrent funding has been identified to fund new treatments through NHS England’s Clinical Priorities Advisory Group...

      Kidney Diseases: Dialysis Machines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of levels of current capacity for in-centre dialysis services; and what plans his Department has...

      Gynaecology: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce gynaecology waiting lists, which include those who need a diagnosis of, and treatment for, endometriosis.

      Doctors: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doctors have had to file an estimate for their tax returns as a result of not receiving the appropriate Pension Savings...

      Hearing Impairment: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of obtaining proof of a new hearing loss diagnosis from the NHS is for...

      Medical Treatments: Gaza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Home Office and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on extending...

      Eating Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has commissioned the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to produce clinical guidance on pica.

      Cystic Fibrosis: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that people with cystic fibrosis have access to Orkambi, Symkevi and Kaftrio on the NHS.

      Life Sciences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the correspondence from the Minister for Science, Innovation, Research and Nuclear to the Chair of the Science,...

      NHS Birmingham and Solihull: Wheelchairs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB to reduce the number of patients that are waiting an...

      Sodium Valproate: Side Effects

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle the harm caused by sodium valproate to people in (a) England, (b) Warwickshire, and (c)...

      Blood Tests: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the financial cost of blood ketone tests.

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 December 2025 to Question 100476 on Brain: Tumours, what plans the National Institute for Health and Care...

      Independent Inquiry into the Issues Raised by the David Fuller Case

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government Interim Update on Progress, when he plans to respond to recommendations 29, 60,...

      Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: ADHD and Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Answer of Question 108286 on Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: ADHD and Autism, what steps he is...

      Sodium Valproate: Medical Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken in response to inaccuracies, omissions and loss of NHS medical records relating to historic sodium valproate...

      Leukaemia: Babies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of medication available on the NHS to treat Acute Myeloid Leukaemia in babies.

      Pharmacy: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Think Pharmacy First campaign on helping to encourage people use pharmacies for...

      Dental Services: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of recent trends in levels of regional disparity in Dental Delivery Rates between the South West and London;...

      Dentistry: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists have been successfully recruited and retained in the Thornbury and Yate constituency under the 'golden hello' scheme...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Bricks: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps he has taken to support brick production.

    • Subscriptions: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department have made of the potential impacts of a 14-day cooling off period for all online subscriptions on the number...

      Overseas Trade: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Israel and the Occupied...

      UK Trade with EU: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the European Union’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act on the...

      Royal Mail

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on how many occasions have Ministers in his Department have met with representatives of Royal Mail since September 2025.

      Zoos: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the cumulative impact of increases in (a) business rates, (b) wages, (c) energy costs and (d) animal feed...

      Aluminium: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is his Department's policy on the recycling of aluminium in the UK.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help ensure that investors in the Feed-in Tariff scheme continue to receive payments in line with their...

    • Energy Supply: Portsmouth International Port

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department provides (a) funding and (b) any other support for increasing (i) grid capacity and (ii) enabling...

      Carbon Emissions: Bank Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support his Department provides to the baking industry to decarbonise.

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, by what route installers can access funding under the extended ECO4 scheme.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that households in areas with poor mobile signal are not excluded from smart meters.

      Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on (a) reducing delays in the processing time for payments made under the Feed-in Tariff...

      Electricity: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to Answer of 27 January 2026 to Question 106906, how much funding has been allocated through the Worst Served Customers...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Sudan: Armed Forces

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the opening of criminal cases against 122 foreign mercenaries fighting with the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, what inquiries they have made...

    • Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the progress by the Working Group on the Strengthening of the Biological Weapons Convention in its seventh session in December 2025.

      Chagos Islands: Environment Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government what commitments they have had from the government of Mauritius since July 2024 in relation to the conservation of the marine environment of the Chagos Islands...

      National Security: Social Media

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with technology companies regarding the use of platforms such as Telegram for foreign intelligence recruitment and sabotage planning.

      Ryan Evans

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Russia about the death of reporter Ryan Evans.

      Chagos Islands: Self-determination of States

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to progress the Chagossian people's right to self-determination.

      British Virgin Islands: Companies

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support, if any, they have provided to the British Virgin Islands in developing and implementing their public beneficial ownership registers.

      British Overseas Territories: Tourism

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to set out in detail the Anti-Corruption Champion’s proposals concerning the development of tourism sectors in the British Overseas...

      British Overseas Territories: Security

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to update the strategy set out in the White Paper, The Overseas Territories: Security, Success and Sustainability, published in June 2012.

      Diego Garcia: Military Bases

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the Prime Minister’s special envoy for negotiations regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory sovereignty...

      Syria: Kurds

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of attacks and sexual violence against the Kurds in North East Syria; and what discussions they have held with the...

      Tigray: Politics and Government

      To ask His Majesty's Government what their latest assessment is of the political situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Batteries: Storage

      To ask His Majesty's Government what additional resources they will make available to fire services in England to tackle fires at battery storage plants.

  • Leader of the House of Lords

    • Leader of the House of Lords: Written Questions

      To ask The Leader of the House when she expects a Written Answer to be given to the question asked by Lord Jackson of Peterborough on 3 December 2025 (HL12630).

    • Lord Mandelson

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister, as of 3 February, had asked the Forfeiture Committee whether the Rt Hon Lord Mandelson should be stripped of his membership of the...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Gender Recognition Certificates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of Gender Recognition Certificate applications are rejected by Gender Recognition Panels due to concerns around safety and risk.

    • Gender Recognition Certificates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of Gender Recognition Certificate applications are rejected by Gender Recognition Panels.

      Prisoners' Release: Reoffenders

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many people serving an imprisonment for public protection sentence were in prison on recall as of 1 December 2025 following a breach of licence conditions...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • MBR Acres

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the letter sent by Lord Vallance of Balham to the Home Secretary following his meeting with the CEO of MBR Acres on 17 September 2025.

    • Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent high-value acquisitions involving UK AI companies; and what policies they are pursuing to support domestic AI...

      Internet: Data Protection

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that online platforms operating in the UK comply with data access and privacy requirements, in light of recent regulatory...

      Artificial Intelligence: Infrastructure

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that future decisions on AI infrastructure development are supported by adequate environmental assessment and community...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Social Security Benefits: Graduates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of unemployed graduates who are claiming benefits; and what is the proportion of females and males represented in...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Companies House: Proof of Identity

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many complaints they have received about the operation of the systems and apps used to obtain a unique personal code for returns to Companies House.

    • Business: Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total regulatory cost to businesses resulting from the Employment Rights Act 2025, broken down by business size and measured in...

      Insolvency: Audit and Corporate Governance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to mitigate the risk of further avoidable corporate failures pending the introduction of strengthened audit and governance regulations.

      Insolvency: Audit and Corporate Governance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on jobs, growth and investment of major corporate collapses linked to audit and governance deficiencies over the past...

      Retail Trade: Urban Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to support high streets.

      Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to introduce legislation to replace the Financial Reporting Council with the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority and to place that body on a...

      Copper: Recycling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to supporting the smelting of scrap copper in the UK instead of exportation.

      Corporate Governance

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish their proposals for a modernised corporate reporting framework.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Cameron Barracks

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish full details of their engagement with the Highland Council regarding the proposed use of Cameron Barracks as asylum accommodation.

    • Immigration: Police Raids

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) residential property, and (2) business property, immigration raids they have conducted in each year since 2023.

      Offensive Weapons

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of implementing a total ban on the (1) import, and (2) domestic sale, of dangerous weapons, including zombie-style knives.

      British Nationality: Passports

      To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to increase the number of countries that offer visa-free travel for British passport holders.

      Gender Based Violence: Departmental Coordination

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the cross-departmental ministerial group will next meet to discuss the violence against women and girls strategy action plan; and how that group...

      People Smuggling: Boats

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many watercrafts linked to people smugglers have been seized by officials in each year since 2023.

      Islamic State

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of released Daesh members with British citizenship or residency returning to the UK.

      Intimate Image Abuse: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide a timeline for their engagement with technology companies on preventing nude image sharing among children, as referenced in Freedom from...

      Domestic Abuse: Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to Freedom from violence and abuse volume 2: action plan, published on 18 December 2025, what actions they have taken, or plan to take, to...

      Police: Wales

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Welsh Government regarding changes to how police forces are governed in Wales.

      Domestic Abuse: Credit Rating

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support is in place to help recover the credit score of victims of domestic abuse when their credit score has been impacted by an abusive partner.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Local Government Pension Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with local authorities regarding the use of pension contribution holidays as their schemes have significant surpluses.

    • Local Resilience Forums: Civic Dignitaries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to give (1) council leaders, and (2) directly elected mayors, the statutory right to sit on local resilience forums in their areas.

      Local Growth Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on communities that previously benefited from funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, but which will no...

  • Department for Education

    • Teachers: Workplace Pensions

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much was paid to retired teachers in pension payments in 2024; and what estimate they have made of the total pension payments to retired teachers in (1) 2040,...

    • Childcare

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 5 January (HL13131), when they expect to be in a position to share more information on the planned...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment: Disability

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in improving access to work for people with disabilities.

    • Social Security Benefits: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the existing exemptions from the benefit cap for households with disabled children, including whether those exemptions reflect...

      Social Security Benefits: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the benefit cap on children's physical and mental health outcomes, including nutrition, stress and access to early...

      Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many households on Universal Credit in the most recent year for which data are available have received Universal Credit of (1) £0 per month; (2) less...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Life Expectancy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to reduce regional differences in life expectancy; and what steps they are taking to account for housing, employment and environmental...

    • Health Services: Men

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of including male veterans and service personnel in the next Men’s Health Strategy.

      Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to set a target for reducing incidence of cardiovascular disease as part of the 10 Year Health Plan for England.

      Health: Disadvantaged

      To ask His Majesty's Government what indicators they use to measure progress in reducing health inequalities; and how those metrics inform policy and funding decisions.

      Doctors: Recruitment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish an impact summary of the Foundation Programme 2026 recruitment cycle, including (1) the projected breakdown of priority...

      Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Care Quality Commission report published on 28 March 2024 into the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation...

      NHS South Yorkshire: Pay

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the vacancy for the chief executive of NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board will adhere to the standard NHS very senior manager pay framework, or...

      Gender Dysphoria: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the long-term physical, mental and legal consequences of the Puberty Suppression and Transitional Healthcare with Adaptive...

      Health Services: Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential benefits of technology investments, including optical character recognition and natural language processing, to...

      NHS: Software

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assistance is available to people who are not sufficiently technologically proficient to use the NHS app.

      Disabled Facilities Grants

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer the Minister of State for Care on 5 January (HC99433), whether they have considered allowing local authorities to set or amend the...

      Disability Aids: Overseas Trade

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the delays faced by those ordering essential disability equipment from overseas.

      NHS South Yorkshire: Redundancy Pay

      To ask His Majesty's Government on what basis the chief executive of the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board was reportedly allowed to receive redundancy payments and pay in lieu of...

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