Written answers

Monday, 16 February 2026

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has she taken to help ensure schools comply with (a) paragraph 6.81 of the SEN Code of Practice and (b) Equality Act 2010.

    • Pupil Premium: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her department has made of the efficacy of schools’ use of the Pupil Premium to support eligible children.

      Pupil Premium: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has her department made of the potential benefits to allowing parents of previously looked after children to make financial...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the (a) proportion of Plan 2 student loans that will be fully repaid within the 30-year term and (b)...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of student loan repayments on graduates’ ability to meet basic living costs in...

      Higher Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of funding undergraduate courses that do not lead to sustained graduate-level...

      Adoption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report from the All Party Parliamentary Group for Adoption and Permanence entitled Adoptee Voices, published on 28 January 2026,...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of placing an upper limit on real terms interest that can be accrued on Plan 2 student loans.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the RPI plus 3 per cent interest rate on Plan 2 student loan debt on the ability of...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether regional cost-of-living variations will be factored into proposed maintenance grant calculations.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of maintaining student loan repayment thresholds.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the results of its consultation on Out-of-school settings safeguarding which closed on 21 September 2025.

      Schools: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have evacuation chairs for pupils, staff and visitors with mobility impairments.

      Foster Care: Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance she has issued to (a) Health and Social Care Trusts and (b) fostering service providers on the treatment of foster care allowances in...

      Reading

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department plans to promote the National Year of Reading within early years policy and strategy.

      Further Education: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of salary differences between college lecturers and school teachers on...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of maintaining thresholds for Plan 2 student loan repayments on trends in the level of...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Plan 2 student loan borrowers there are resident in Stroud.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidential basis her department is using to promote resource bases for pupils with specialist needs in mainstream schools.

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of compound interest on the long-term balances of student loan borrowers including those with...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of student loan repayments on recruitment and retention in NHS roles where a degree is...

      Graduates: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many undergraduate courses eligible for student loans have median graduate earnings below the repayment threshold five years after graduation.

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the total value of Plan 2 student loans issued since 2012 that will be written off.

      Graduates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the long-term career progression of graduates who are not in high-skilled employment 15 months after...

      Foster Care: Respite Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has assessed the adequacy of financial investment in (a) weekend, (b) short-break fostering and (c) supported lodgings.

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the student loan interest rate on costs to the public purse.

      Graduates: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 108145 on Graduates: Employment, how many higher education providers are currently at risk of...

  • Department for Transport

    • Buses: Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is tacking to help tackle anti-social behaviour on the bus network.

    • Bus Lanes: Motorcycles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish the updated Traffic Advisory Leaflet 1/24; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of...

      Roads: Safety Barriers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 1 December 2025 to Questions 93461 and 93459, if she will publish the locations, route sections and lengths for a) the 52.6...

      Motorways: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the provision of central reservation barriers on the National Highways motorway and trunk road network, how many crossover...

      Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2026 to Question 105288 on Railways: Repairs and Maintenance, what criteria is used to determine which rail...

      Highway Code: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she plans to undertake a public awareness campaign to promote the new Highway Code rules as part of the Road Safety strategy.

      Motorcycles: Bus Lanes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what evidential criteria were applied when assessing motorcycle bus lane consultation responses.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 110889, when the shore power trial at Portsmouth International Port began; what the outcomes...

      Airports: National Policy Statements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she intends to make changes to the existing Airports National Policy Statement in the context of the potential of a third runway at Heathrow;...

      Airports: Parking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of airport surface access planning conditions and sustainability requirements on the...

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to promote the new road safety strategy to the public.

      Speed Limits: Newbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce speeding on rural roads in Newbury constituency.

      M4: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to review diversion routes for M4 closures to ensure that country lanes are not used.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of DVLA's new casework system on processing times and the number of cases that have...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve Poole train station.

      Department for Transport: Credit Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether they will require their department and agencies to offer payroll deductions to all employees to enable them to join a credit union.

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase pothole repairs.

      Road Traffic Offences: Driverless Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department has issued to the police on detecting and enforcing traffic contraventions committed by autonomous vehicles where no...

      Road Traffic Offences: Driverless Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department maintains a record of safety interventions, traffic contraventions and near-misses arising from autonomous vehicle trials.

      Driverless Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance she has issued to companies conducting autonomous vehicle trials on public communications on the (a) capability and (b) legal compliance...

      Transport for London: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with Transport for London on the distribution of the structure fund for repairs and renovations.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce address checks for driving licenses and vehicle registrations.

  • Home Office

    • Offences against Children: Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish all information it holds on child sexual exploitation committed by illegal migrants.

    • Omar al-Bayoumi

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of her Department's officials informed US authorities that they would not observe the interrogation of Omar al Bayoumi in 2001.

      Neighbourhood Policing: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help increase levels of (a) recruitment and (b) retention of neighbourhood police officers in Surrey...

      Police: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure in-person access to police services in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Community Protection Notices: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of use of Community Protection Warnings...

      Police: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 16 of the Police reform white paper “From Local to National: A New Model for Policing” (CP1489), by when...

      Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Section 22 of the Department's White Paper entitled From local to national: a new model for policing, published on 26...

      Sleeping Rough: Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals Immigration Enforcement has received from (i) local authorities and (ii) police forces regarding rough sleeping by non-UK...

      Synthetic Cathinones: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of expanding drug testing on arrest powers to synthetic cathinones.

      Asylum: Ipswich

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has been made of the economic impact of housing (a) refugees and (b) asylum seekers in Ipswich.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many urgent repairs were requested for Service Family Accommodation from 20/12/25 to 1/1/26.

    • Veterans: Medical Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, following discharge, how quickly do veterans receive their medical records.

      Ministry of Defence: Credit Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether they will require their department and agencies to offer payroll deductions to all employees to enable them to join a credit union.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Quick Reaction Alert sorites were flown by the RAF in 2025.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of officer candidates are privately educated.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what aircraft do the RAF operate that are capable of deploying airborne parachute infantry at a) company, b) battalion and c) all arms battlegroup scale.

      Ministry of Defence: Economic Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to set a department-wide strategy to bring down the Ministry of Defence's financial losses due to fraud and economic crime.

      Ministry of Defence: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on internal human resources services each year since 2015.

      Armed Forces: Parachuting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential negative impact of removing parachute infantry deployment as a capability.

      Ballistic Missile Defence: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help protect London from potential hypersonic missile attacks.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 3 February 2026, to question 108369 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement, on what date was the project cancelled.

      Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the full scope of Project Goshawk.

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his proposed timetable is for producing the first Ajax-family vehicles at Capability Drop 4 standard.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November to Question 91684 on F-35 Aircraft: Procurement, if he will provide a list of all Defence Choices.

      Frigates: Antisubmarine Warfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has held discussions regarding the number of Anti-Submarine Warfare frigates that will be manufactured as part of the £10 billion deal...

      Armed Forces: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel received a pre-discharge mental health assessment in each year since 2015.

      Armed Forces: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many dedicated mental health professionals there are per capita across the military; and how many have there been each year since 2015.

      Warships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department plans to replace the batch 1 River Class of ships.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the decision to issue a licence authorising the release within 90 days of the proceeds from the...

    • Gibraltar: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what aspects of the implementation of the UK-EU Gibraltar treaty she considers non-negotiable; and how this...

      Sudan: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of UK sanctions on Sudanese military actors in stopping...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the evidence used by the US in its...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Employment: Menopause

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that employers provide supportive, flexible environments, including temperature control, modified duties, and open...

    • Cabinet Office: Equality

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what is the policy of (a) the Cabinet Office people group and (b) the Office for Equality and Opportunity, on white privilege.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Community Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent progress his Department has made towards the publication of the Local Power Plan; and when he plans to publish that plan.

    • Renewable Energy: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support the green energy sector in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Electricity: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the resilience of the electricity distribution network in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Energy: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether consenting determinations for critical energy transmission infrastructure in Scotland will be made in line with the 52 week...

      Wind Power: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Clean energy funding to be tied to stronger workers’ rights,...

      Carbon Emissions: General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to help improve GP access to decarbonisation schemes in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Energy: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the accuracy of small businesses' energy bills in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Wind Power: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Clean energy funding to be tied to stronger workers’ rights,...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Question

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what commemorations are being planned to mark the 100th anniversary of the passing of the Representation of the People Act 1928.

    • Ministers: Public Appointments

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Direct Ministerial Appointments have to declare political activity prior to appointment; what requirements they have to declare political...

      Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to help ensure that bereaved families are treated equitably within the compensation scheme and retain a route to seek...

      Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to reassess compensation amounts under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.

      By-elections: Gorton and Denton

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the election purdah guidance distributed to Whitehall departments for the Gorton and Denton Parliamentary...

      Cabinet Office: Public Appointments

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the corrected Answer of 7 January 2026 to Question 98100 on Cabinet Office: Public Appointments and with reference to his Department's...

      Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the compensation proposals for the estates of infected individuals who died before the...

      Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2025, to Question 97383, on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, how an individual who declines to have a...

      Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Digital ID on Right to Work checks.

      Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 27 November 2025 to Question 92613 on Digital Technology: Identity Cards, whether Digital ID will be required for Digital...

      Mortality Rates: Older People

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the trends in the level of excess mortality above pre-2020 trends in the 50- to 64-year-old age group.

      Mortality Rates

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure modelled increases in expected deaths are not used to retroactively redefine excess mortality as normal.

      Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of vacancies in the automotive manufacturing sector in (a) January 2024 and (b) each subsequent...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many projected jobs for each AI Growth Zone are (a) tied to building and construction of data centres, (b) permanent...

    • Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether (a) she or (b) any members of her Department met or corresponded with Lord Mandelson on Palantir.

      Drugs: VAT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with the life sciences sector on the application of VAT on medicines supplied free-of-charge via...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is her planned timescale for further reviewing reform of annual society lottery licence limits.

    • Public Libraries: Reading

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department plans to promote the National Year of Reading within policy and strategy for public libraries.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Mortgages: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will update the Homelessness Code of Guidance to ensure that domestic abuse survivors who have joint mortgages...

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2026 to Question 108300, how many fires involving road vehicles of all types were...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2025 to Question 30336 on Parking: Regulation, what steps he is taking to (a)...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of people over 65 owed a statutory homelessness prevention and...

      Business Rates: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 101747 on Business Rates: Tax Allowances, what estimate he has...

      Small Businesses: Business Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether there is a plain English guide and formula for business owners to calculate if their premises is eligible for...

      Local Government: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he had had with Birmingham City Council on their best value duty.

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the datasets and data sources that have been used to calculate the settlements for individual local...

      Social Rented Housing: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to provide local authorities with standards to help support the construction of flood...

      Fire and Rescue Services: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2026 to Question 108300, when the rollout of the Fire and Rescue Data Analysis...

      Parking: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce a statutory code of practice for private parking operators.

      Public Houses: Community Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Government policies on rural economies and high streets on the...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work awards for blind and partially sighted customers had support worker hours reduced at the point of renewal, in each of...

    • Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants for (a) new Access to Work awards and (b) the renewal of existing awards who undertook holistic workplace assessments...

      Universal Credit: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to review the treatment of assumed and notional income in Universal Credit calculations for self‑employed...

      Assistive Technology: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Department for Education on assessing the potential impact of reducing assistive technology support...

      Access to Work Programme: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for Access to Work Applications; and what plans his Department has to...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Pensions Ombudsman operating on a voluntary basis, in the context of (a) its...

  • Treasury

    • Public Houses: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential cumulative impact of business rates, minimum wage increases, VAT, energy costs and alcohol duty on the...

    • Stamp Duty Land Tax: Tax Yields

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data HMRC holds on (a) stamp duty revenues for residential dwellings which are primary homes raised and (b) the number of transactions, by local...

      Valuation Office Agency: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Treasury Select Committee, Work of HM Revenue and Customs - Oral evidence, HC 416, 13 January 2026, Question 442, how many of the...

      Hospitality Industry: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of business rates revaluation on village pubs and hospitality venues in rural areas.

      Children's Play: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rates on soft play centres in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

      Shorthold Tenancies: Stamp Duty Land Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of converting short-term tenancies into periodic tenancies on the number of tenancies required to make...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 86092, how many claimants were awarded a payment under the Vaccine Damage Payments...

    • Maternity Services and Paediatrics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support available to low‑income families whose children require...

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that eligible women take up breast cancer screening in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

      Cancer: Pathology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Cancer Plan, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that there will be enough pathologists to...

      Functional Neurological Disorder: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the provision of NHS treatment for Functional Neurological Disorder; and what steps he will take to...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to HCWS1271, what metrics his Department uses to measure geographic inequalities in cancer diagnosis, treatment and...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the expansion of diagnostic genomic testing for cancer is accompanied by timely NHS access to...

      Obesity: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help reduce rates of obesity in Slough.

      Electronic Cigarettes: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a form of licencing for high street vape shops.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to HCWS1271 on Improving Cancer Care and Early Diagnosis, when bowel cancer screening invitations will be issued via the...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides on when a mental capacity review should be carried out on a patient.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out the agreed definition of being housebound that is used by the NHS; and under what circumstances is a person's status...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to implement a sustainable funding model for independent adult hospices.

      Telemedicine: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department provides on the complaints and redress routes available to vulnerable patients who have concerns about the...

      Community Care: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve digital infrastructure and IT connectivity for community care in primary care settings.

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Credit Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether they will require their department and agencies to offer payroll deductions to all employees to enable them to join a credit union.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Credit Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether they will require their department and agencies to offer payroll deductions to all employees to enable them to join a credit union.

    • Terrorism: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many administrative letters to individuals under the on-the-runs scheme were issued broken down by year.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Veterinary Services: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Competition and Market Authority’s report entitled...

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consumer rights legislation provides adequate protection for purchasers of cloud-dependent...

      Department for Business and Trade: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what staffing or system costs are associated with monitoring, reporting and compliance activity relating to official travel emissions in his...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of current consumer protection legislation in relation to manufacturers ending...

      Courier Services: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of working conditions for self‑employed couriers in the parcel delivery sector,...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Act 2025 on employment opportunities for young...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that estate agents comply with existing consumer protection law; to help support effective...

      Competition and Markets Authority: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the Competition and Markets Authority’s total expenditure was in 2024–25, broken down by project and function.

      Department for Business and Trade: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department issues guidance to teams on the proportion of staff time or budget that should be allocated to net zero strategy or...

      Department for Business and Trade: Credit Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether they will require their department and agencies to offer payroll deductions to all employees to enable them to join a credit union.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 108800, what projects undertaken by the Competition and Markets Authority in...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • African Union: G8

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with the African Union before their 39th Summit in February.

    • Development Aid: Abortion

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the expansion of the United States' Mexico City Policy, which restricts international non-governmental...

  • Department for Education

    • Students: Loans

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is preventing the implementation of the recommendation set out in the Independent panel report to the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding, published...

    • Universities: Freedom of Expression

      To ask His Majesty's Government what action they have taken to protect academic freedom and free speech on university campuses.

      Higher Education and Research: China

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the King's College London report The China question: managing risks and maximising benefits from partnership in higher...

      Students: Loans

      To ask His Majesty's Government why interest rates on student loans are set using the Retail Prices Index rather than the Consumer Prices Index.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Betting: Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the economic risks, (2) social impacts, and (3) costs, of prediction markets; and what consideration have they given to...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Batteries: Fires

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the annual cost to the economy of battery-related fires, and (2) how those costs are distributed between (a) local authorities,...

    • Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman: Appeals

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to ensure that an appeal against a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman decision not to investigate a case is not...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to promote best practice in data collection and service standards for early identification and treatment of patients with...

    • Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the quantified economic and societal benefits omitted from vaccine appraisals under the existing health technology assessment...

      Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence, analysis or expert advice Ministers relied on in concluding that broadening the scope of health technology assessments for vaccines to include wider...

      Cardiovascular Diseases: Screening

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Health Innovation Network Impact Report 2024–25, published on 18 September 2025, in relation to the use of...

      Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are giving to clinicians to provide a standardised approach to effective interventions for treatment of cardiovascular disease conditions.

      Question

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s (JCVI’s) advice in November 2024 to expand eligibility for the shingles vaccination...

      Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they are giving to appointing a National Cardiovascular Disease Director.

      Question

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the government actions requested by the Royal College of Midwives as part of the "Safe Staffing = Safe Care" campaign.

      Question

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the final membership of the National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce; and what is the date of the first meeting of that taskforce; whether that taskforce...

      Question

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the white paper A New Vision for Water, on 20 January, what plans they have to expand community water fluoridation to improve oral...

      Question

      To ask His Majesty's Government who was responsible for the decision to remove (1) Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, and (2) Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, from the scope...

      Integrated Care Boards: Expenditure

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have issued indicative spending figures for 2026–27 to integrated care boards; and if so, whether they will publish those figures.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Space Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the opportunities for the growth of the London insurance market and emerging services relating to operations by the space sector;...

    • Artificial Intelligence: Business and Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve access to AI computing capacity for UK researchers, start-ups and businesses.

      Gum Diseases: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the investment in vaccines for gingivitis or periodontitis by UK Research and Innovation.

      Satellites

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 5 September 2025 (HL Deb col 1118), what steps they have taken to consult the space sector on...

      Shared Rural Network

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to eliminate total not-spots through the Shared Rural Network; and what assessment they have made of whether the current delivery model...

      Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the 85 per cent increase in AI companies in the UK between 2023 and 2025; and what steps they are taking to support...

  • Department for Transport

    • Aviation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there is a shortage of pilots.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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