Written answers

Tuesday, 17 February 2026

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Internet: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to promote the use of content authentication technologies to help identify AI-generated...

    • Internet: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what comparative assessment she has made of trends in the level of online harm experienced by (a) girls and (b) boys.

      Social Media: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of children under the age of 13 having personal social media profiles...

      Internet: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, further to the three month consultation announced by the Government on further measures to keep children safe online, whether...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Credit Unions

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

      Employment: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to monitor changes in (a) job numbers, (b) job quality and (c)...

      Electronic Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress she has made on the digitalisation of Government services.

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of her Department's (a) capital investment exposure to, (b) potential capital spending...

  • Department for Education

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the email of 18 December 2025 from the hon. Member for Dorking and Horley on Surrey County Council's management of their...

    • Special Educational Needs: Bradford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made on the adequacy of funding for children with special educational need in Bradford.

      Financial Services: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support and training will be provided to teachers to deliver financial education, as part of the Government response to the Curriculum and...

      Dance and Music: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that children from non-privileged backgrounds continue to have access to music and dance training, including...

      Teachers: Maternity Leave and Maternity Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has assessed the potential impact of differences in maternity (a) pay and (b) leave arrangements between classroom teachers and...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) clarity of the information provided to prospective students about the terms of Plan 2 student...

  • Home Office

    • Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story, Government leads global fight against deepfake threats, published on 5 February 2026, is she...

    • Disinformation: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story, Government leads global fight against deepfake threats, published on 5 February 2026, what...

      Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story, Government leads global fight against deepfake threats, published on 5 February 2026, whether...

      Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s new story entitled, Government leads global fight against deepfake threats, published on 5 February 2026,...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review funding arrangements for local authorities requiring increases in asylum accommodation procurement and refugee...

      Courier Services: Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has assessed the potential impact of courier networks using sub‑accounts within courier networks on trends in the level of...

      Courier Services: Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal working investigations have been opened into parcel delivery firms in each of the last five years; and how many...

      Council Housing: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 103186, on Asylum: Council Housing, which local authorities are participating in the...

      Asylum: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who signs off asylum related contracts in her Department.

      Undocumented Migrants: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure illegal migrants accommodated in (a) hotels and (b) other government supported accommodation are (i) kept...

      Cambridgeshire Constabulary: Body Armour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which company Cambridgeshire Constabulary has a contract for the provision of body armour for a) firearms and b) roads policing officers.

      Hate Crime: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to classify misogyny as a hate crime.

      Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 100508 on Animal Breeding, what assessment she has made of the potential consequences...

      Report Fraud: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the performance of the Report Fraud service since its launch in December 2025 including of the (a) average...

      Migrant Workers: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's open consultation on Earned Settlement, due to close on 12 February 2026, whether she has made an...

      Home Office: Credit Unions

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

      Immigration: Care Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain criteria on the social...

      Freedom of Expression

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to promote free speech.

      Immigration: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that displaced Ukrainians in the United Kingdom have access to long-term residency, education,...

      Musical Instruments: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is provided to Border Force officers on the handling of CITES documentation for musical instruments.

      British Nationality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of historical sex-based discrimination in British nationality law on...

      Home Office: Jews and Sikhs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment their Department has made of trends in the level of discrimination faced by (a) Sikhs and (b) Jews as ethnic groups in the...

      Trading Standards: Suffolk Coastal

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support local police forces to tackle illegal traders on high streets across Suffolk Coastal.

      Home Office: Jews and Sikhs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her department records data on (a) Sikhs and (b) Jews as ethnic or religious data.

      Police: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 11 of the white paper entitled From Local to National: A New Model for Policing (CP1489), what her proposed timetable...

      Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made to help support the end to violence against women and girls, including what steps she took during the 6 Days of...

      Migrants: Means-tested Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals granted Indefinite Leave to Remain since January 2025 had previously claimed means-tested benefits during their...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with international partners on Stepan Latypov; and what assessment she has made of...

    • Africa: Tropical Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to continue funding for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Africa; how...

  • Department for Transport

    • Driving: Eyesight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Department of Health and Social Care on promoting regular sight tests for drivers as part of the...

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2026 to Question 107165, in which month the final text of the National Policy Statement for Ports is expected to...

      Driving: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of collisions and near misses in the last five years involved drivers with vision below the legal...

      Railways: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what forms of corrective action the Office of Rail and Road will be able to require where it finds non-compliance with the rail retail Code of...

      Heathrow Airport: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has she made of requiring (a) regulatory and (b) policy frameworks to be in place before the Heathrow third runway project can proceed...

      Motorcycles: Motor Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Motor Insurance Taskforce examined motorcycle insurance as part of its work leading to the Final Report published on 10 December 2025.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase (a) seafarer jobs and (b) freight volumes on domestic short sea shipping routes.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with representatives from the maritime ports sector on modal shift of freight from road to domestic short sea...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects to launch (a) Round 7 of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC7) and (b) round 2 of the Zero Emission Vessels and...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information she holds on the recent progress of the International Green Corridor Fund feasibility studies to decarbonise merchant shipping...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to encourage (a) provision and (b) take up of seafarer apprenticeships in the North West.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she made of the affordability of train tickets for travel in the South East of England.

      Railways: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether trains carrying Greater Manchester Bee Network branding or livery will remain rail assets of Great British Railways or the Secretary of State,...

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to prioritise road maintenance issues that contribute to (a) serious injuries and (b) fatalities.

      Roads: Safety Barriers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2025 to Question 93460 on Roads: Safety Barriers if she will publish the (a) location and route section, (b) date...

      Railways: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the information safeguards referred to on page 88 of her Department's publication entitled A Railway Fit for Britain’s Future:...

      Ports: Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 109244, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of shore power and grid capacity...

      Railways: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2025 to Question 95968, for what reason there is a difference between the estimates of the fiscal cost of...

      Ports: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how paragraph 3.9.2 of the draft National Policy Statement for Ports will be applied by decision-makers when considering development consent for port...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the proposed expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to international maritime voyages is not...

      Question

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

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will fund and deliver a public awareness campaign in rural Somerset to promote the updated Highway Code as part of the new Road...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2026 to Question 108309, in which month the upcoming national strategy for integrated transport is expected to be...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Dft 1-985, what progress she has made towards implementation of targets for Road Safety and the methods for monitoring of these...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has conducted analysis of 20mph zones introduced across different localities in England comparing their impact on number of...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Motor Insurance Taskforce met since its establishment; on what dates those meetings took place; which organisations and departments...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Motor Insurance Taskforce has made of the potential impact of increases in the cost of car insurance premiums on young drivers.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average grant-supported cost per bus was under each bus procurement scheme in each of the last five years; and what assessment she has made...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Memorandums of Understanding the UK has signed since 5 July 2025, broken down by (a) the countries with which countries they were...

    • Trade Agreements: Dispute Resolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Investor-State Dispute Settlement claims arising from climate-related...

      Oil: United Arab Emirates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help prevent circumvention of anti-dumping measures on certain engine oils and hydraulic fluids imported from...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help identify the number of higher-risk buildings that have not yet been...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Credit Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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 Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Places of Worship Renewal Fund will provide (a) equivalent to and (b) greater financial support than the Listed Places of...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 108796, where the portrait of William Shakespeare formerly displayed in the...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Juries

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

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to reduce the number of delays to court hearings caused by the late arrival of prisoners.

      Administration of Justice: Reading

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how his Department plans to promote the National Year of Reading within the criminal justice system.

      Family Courts: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to reform the family court system to ensure children's best interests are prioritised.

      Ministry of Justice: Credit Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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 Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 on court workloads relating to possession proceedings; and...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals convicted of sexual offences have been sentenced to immediate custody during the current Parliament; and what percentage of all...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of offences relating to human trafficking or sexual exploitation in each of the last three calendar years; and what the...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of (a) court buildings and (b) technology used in courts.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to the publication of the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take legislative steps through the Sentencing Bill to toughen fines and sentences for people convicted of the assault of retail workers.

      Local Criminal Justice Boards: Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has held with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the a) operation and b) alignment of Local Criminal Justice Boards...

      Intestacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of data collected on intestacy for the purposes of understanding regional differences in access to...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Defence: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Student skills investment to boost UK defence industry, published on 5 February 2026, what are...

    • Defence: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Student skills investment to boost UK defence industry, published on 5 February 2026, what...

      Defence: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Student skills investment to boost UK defence industry, published on 5 February 2026, whether...

      Type 31 Frigates: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what actions are his department taking to accelerate the procurement of the Type 31.

      Type 32 Frigates: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the status of the Type 32 project.

      USA: Boeing E-7

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Jobs boost as UK set to build military aircraft for United States for first time in over fifty...

      Ministry of Defence: Palantir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department conducted a conflict‑of‑interest assessment prior to awarding recent defence contracts to Palantir Technologies.

      Ministry of Defence: Palantir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procurement process was followed for the agreement with Palantir Technologies for defence data analytics capabilities; and whether any Ministers...

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the (a) Philippines Army’s Sabrah Light Tank and b) the Spanish Army’s VCZAP...

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the difference between each Capability Drop standard of the Ajax programme.

      Bangladesh: HMS Enterprise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the total value of the government-to-government defence sales agreement for the transfer of the former Royal Navy survey vessel HMS Enterprise...

      Hawk Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procurement priority has been awarded to the replacement of the Royal Air Forces Hawk T1 and T2 aircraft.

  • Cabinet Office

    • UK Relations with EU: Fines

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, 22 December 2025, what his policy is on the negotiation and adoption of penalty clauses that would...

    • Hannah Bronwin

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the No10 press release entitled Appointment of Victoria Buhler as the Prime Minister’s Deputy Adviser on Business, Investment,...

      Public Consultation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2026, to Question 105789, on Ministers and Public Consultation: Evidence, whether the Government accepts evidence...

  • Treasury

    • Question

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the Stamp Duty Land Tax rules for shared ownership properties, particularly the...

    • Prize Money: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will confirm that ticket sales for prize draws offering both paid and free entry routes – as set out by the voluntary Code of Conduct...

      Question

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with EU counterparts on EU regulations preventing the use of red diesel to power private leisure boats in the...

      Valuation Office Agency: Statistics

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the Treasury Select Committee, Work of HM Revenue and Customs - Oral evidence, HC 416, 13 January 2026, Question 465, if she will list the...

      Question

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to reform beer duty by reducing duty on beer sold in barrels while increasing duty on bottled beer; and what assessment she has made of...

      Question

      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.

      Retail Trade: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 103000 on Retail Trade: Business Rates, what is the evidential basis for the £100 million figure...

      Business Rates: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026, to Question 104787, on business rates: tax allowances, what is the estimated increase in business rate receipts...

      Question

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department is taking steps to help reduce the rate of Air Passenger Duty for (a) domestic flights and (b) flights to European destinations.

      Question

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HM Treasury has made of the potential impact of Stamp Duty Land Tax surcharges on additional properties on levels of long-term...

      Question

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration is given within the business rates valuation methodology to the revenue-generating capacity and operating margins of community-focused...

      Question

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when her Department will asses the impact of changes to income tax and national insurance, monitored through information collected from tax receipts, as...

      Question

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury has considered aligning Capital Gains Tax relief with longer-term rental commitments in order to support the stability objectives of...

      National Insurance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the operational capacity of the National Insurance services team to tackle the number of A1 certificate applications; and...

      Airports: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether granting of a planning permission for airport expansion, which has not yet been (a) started or (b) completed, would be deemed a material...

      Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her policy to replace the business rates system.

      Shipping: Ownership

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) the abolition of non-dom status and (b) increases in levels of taxation on the retention of...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2026 to Question 109207, whether she plans to publish a breakdown of UK Emissions Trading Scheme receipts derived from...

      Treasury: Credit Unions

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

      Business Rates: Valuation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 105303 on Business Rates: Valuation, on what dates were the summaries of the effect of the 2026...

      Question

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the reasons for differences in the speed of implementation of the McCloud remedy across public service pension schemes; and...

      Community Amateur Sports Clubs Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with (a) national sporting bodies and (b) cricket governing bodies on changes to Corporation Tax Return filing...

      Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the urgent question of 19 January 2026 Official Report, Column 25 on Business Rates: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure, whether it is her policy...

      Question

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether officials from HM Treasury who are providing support to the pensions Ombudsman have any involvement in the investigation of complaints concerning...

      Question

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has any plans to make (a) Universal Credit, (b) Employment and Support Allowance, and (c) Housing Benefit taxable state benefits.

      Thatched Roofing: Home Insurance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the level of difficulty in obtaining a) home and b) buildings insurance for thatched buildings.

      Debts and Inflation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of (a) levels and trends in household and public sector indebtedness, (b) levels of corporate indebtedness,...

      Credit Cards

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is taking steps to regulate credit card providers to ensure they lend to those who are (a) vulnerable and (b) persistently in debt in a...

      Community Amateur Sports Clubs Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential financial impact of requiring the use of commercial software to submit Corporation Tax Returns on...

      Valuation Office Agency: Conferences

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list the overseas conferences that Valuation Office Agency officials have attended since July 2024.

      Council Tax: Surcharges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 104889 on Council tax: surcharge, whether the Valuation Office Agency’s internal calculations...

      Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact unresolved Covid Business Interruption claims expiring without payment on hospitality and leisure...

      Income Tax: Self-assessment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled, Act now: 864,000 sole traders and landlords face new tax rules in two months, published on...

      Take-away Food: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had any discussions with relevant stakeholders on lowering the VAT rate on hot takeaway foods.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve levels of employment for people with disabilities.

    • Employment: Graduates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the proportion of graduates that enter graduate employment schemes within one year of completing...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Renewable Energy: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how the commitments to workforce training in the Hamburg Declaration will be implemented to ensure a skilled workforce for...

    • Renewable Energy: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to accelerate planning and permitting processes for offshore wind developments in Scotland.

      Carbon Emissions: General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to improve GPs access to decarbonisation schemes to help them meet NHS Net Zero targets.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to provide financial incentives to support the adoption...

      Fracking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) onshore oil developments in the UK on areas of significant...

      Wind Power: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that Scotland is supported through the commitments made in the Hamburg Declaration and its...

      Carbon Emissions: General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has considered using GB Energy to invest in reducing the carbon footprint of the general practice estate.

      Renewable Energy: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding mechanisms will be utilised to support cross-border offshore renewable energy projects between the UK and neighbouring...

      Wind Power: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his planned timetable is for the implementation of the cross-border wind energy projects agreed under Annex B of the Hamburg...

      Drax Power: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) environmental and (b) ethical standards required for the continued provision of...

      Community Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his proposed timeline is for implementing community energy generation and storage across the UK.

      Renewable Energy: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to improve the physical and cyber security of the UK’s offshore renewable energy infrastructure.

      Drax Power: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of Ofgem’s ability to scrutinise Drax.

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take with European partners to ensure the UK supply chain can maximise opportunities from the Joint Offshore...

      Wind Power: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has been made of the impact of the Hamburg Declaration on the UK’s targets for offshore wind capacity in the...

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Credit Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether they will require their department and agencies to offer payroll deductions to all employees to enable them to join a...

      Hydrogen: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to expand hydrogen storage and transport facilities in the North Sea region following the 3rd North Sea Summit.

      Boilers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress his Department has made towards phasing out gas boilers by 2035; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of...

      Energy: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of (a) oversight, (b) accountability and (c) redress mechanisms with home...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the risk of carbon leakage for refineries before and after January 2028, compared to other...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of extending a specific price cap, comparable to that applying to domestic...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has considered flexible or compensatory approaches to EPC compliance, where upgrades are not technically or...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure households in rural communities that cannot receive smart meter connections via (a)...

      Carbon Emissions: Public Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support other combined authorities and local councils to replicate the Liverpool City Region’s...

      District Heating: Public Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate his Department has made of the carbon savings achieved by connecting buildings to district heating networks,...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Ferries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 110095, whether the Department plans to publish route-specific or island...

      Warm Homes Plan: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Department has considered expanding the remit of the Warm Homes programme to provide impartial and reliable guidance on...

      Batteries and Solar Power: Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Clean energy upgrades for hospitals and military sites, published on 5...

      Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support is available from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme for devolved Administrations and Scottish local authorities...

      Great British Energy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Clean energy upgrades for hospitals and military sites, published on 5...

      Energy: Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Clean energy upgrades for hospitals and military sites, published on 5...

      Wind Power: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the requirement for offshore wind firms to sign the Fair Work...

      Fuels: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to take steps in response to the CMA Road Fuel Monitoring Annual report 2025.

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2026 to Question 109699, what proportion of the estimated revenue from domestic maritime will...

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is planning to take to (a) monitor and (b) enforce compliance with the Fair Work Charter among offshore wind...

      Renewable Energy: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that the new skills funding pot required by 2027 will effectively (a) train and (b) transition...

      Fuels: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the powers given to the Competitions and Marketing Authority on the adequacy of competition in the...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Community Health Services: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is the Department taking to remove barriers preventing community homelessness health services, such as mobile clinics, from...

    • Commodities: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to publish updated guidance on managing conflicts of interest between civil servants and Ministers in...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Public Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to manage conflicts of interest associated with alcohol industry involvement in public health policy.

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in response to Question tabled on 15 December 2025, UIN 99871, if the Government can outline what steps are being taken to ensure the...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provision the National Cancer Plan will make for orphan drug pathways for patients with rare cancers requiring personalised...

      Life Sciences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to establish a task and finish group to oversee delivery of the Life Sciences Sector Plan as it relates to...

      Air Pollution: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of poor air quality in (a) ambient air and (b) indoor air on different age groups of...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the email from the hon. Member for South Shropshire dated 24 October 2025 with case reference number SA36602.

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that increased medicine prices do not have an adverse impact on NHS activity.

      Wheelchairs: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make the recently developed service specification guidelines for wheelchair services mandatory across England.

      Lipoedema

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how lipoedema is classified within NICE guidance and NHS commissioning frameworks; and whether he plans to review the categorisation of...

      Disability: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that funding for wheelchair users is adequate to meet essential needs, including equipment and...

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the MRS has made in delivering mechanistic research into ME/CFS.

  • Scotland Office

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions his Department has had with Highland Council and Police Scotland on the housing of asylum seekers at Cameron Barracks.

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the proposed use of Cameron Barracks to accommodate asylum seekers.

      Renewable Energy: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Scottish stakeholders regarding the Joint Declaration of Intent on the development of an interconnected offshore...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Empty Property: Greater London

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to take steps to ensure that new buildings in central London that have been empty for over six months can be acquired by the Government and used...

    • Antisemitism

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of (1) Holocaust Memorial Day, (2) the Imperial War Museum London's Holocaust Galleries, and (3) the National...

      Housing: Floods

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many houses threatened by repeated flooding have been purchased by public authorities in England to enable residents to move to more secure premises in the...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Question

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to work with Young Lives vs Cancer to deliver the travel fund for young cancer patients.

    • Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Babies

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 29 January (HL13801), whether they plan to collect data on respiratory syncytial virus related hospital...

      NHS: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether NHS England's forthcoming quality strategy will include a new model for financial incentives in the NHS, including specialised, secondary, primary and...

      Occupational Therapy: Prescriptions

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 30 January (HL13777), when they will publish the results of the consultation on proposals to extend...

      Question

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will involve an organisation representative from the children and young people's sector in the delivery of the plans for children and young people in...

      Finasteride: Side Effects

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many yellow card reports of Post 5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitor Syndrome the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has received each year since...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Boilers

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they arrived at the estimate in the Clean Energy Campaign that it costs approximately £2,000 a year to heat a typical three-bedroom house with a gas...

    • Warm Homes Agency: Combined Authorities

      To ask His Majesty's Government what the relationship will be between the proposed Warm Homes Agency and Combined Authorities.

      Warm Homes Agency: Combined Authorities

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the proposed Warm Homes Agency will allocate funding to Combined Authorities.

      Warm Homes Plan: Loans

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether local authorities will be able to access the £2 billion fund to support zero and low-interest loans for solar panels, batteries, and other...

      Energy Performance Certificates: Rented Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to exempt listed properties from their proposals for rented homes to achieve a minimum Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of C or...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how UK maritime decarbonisation efforts will be impacted by the expansion of the Emissions Trading Scheme to maritime.

      Warm Homes Agency

      To ask His Majesty's Government what the regional organisation of the proposed Warm Homes Agency will be.

      Warm Homes Plan: Loans

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they will allocate the £2 billion fund to support zero and low-interest loans for solar panels, batteries, and other technologies proposed in...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that UK maritime decarbonisation efforts are supported by revenues raised by the expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Passenger Ships

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the expansion of the Emissions Trading Scheme to maritime on cruise operations in the UK.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Ministry of Justice: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil servants are employed through skilled worker visas in (1) the Ministry of Justice, and (2) the Prison Service.

  • Department for Transport

    • Roads: Accidents

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many people were killed in road traffic accidents in England in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how that figure compares to each of...

  • Treasury

    • Investment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increasing number of Long Term Asset Funds and the risks they pose to investors, including forced sales or the inability to...

    • Inheritance Tax

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ease the administrative burden on personal representatives responsible for assessing and paying inheritance tax on unused pensions...

      Bank Notes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the trend in the value of cash sterling printed by the UK over the last 20 years; and to provide a breakdown of the amounts printed each year by denomination.

      Financial Services: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the responsible adoption of AI by UK financial services firms; and what assessment they have made of the impact of AI use by...

      Bank Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report Designing Out Economic Abuse in the UK Banking Industry: A Call To Action, published by Northumbria University in...

      Self-employed: Statistics

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the feasibility and statistical acceptability of aggregating standard occupational classification and standard industrial...

      Self-employed: Statistics

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the challenges of applying (1) standard industrial classification, and (2) standard occupational classification, codes to sectors...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • New Businesses: Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increase in technology company incorporations in the UK in 2025; and what impact that increase is having on their...

    • Artificial Intelligence: Cybersecurity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of cybersecurity legislation for AI-associated cyber threats; and what steps they are taking to improve...

  • Home Office

    • UK Border Force: Patrol Craft

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on the procurement of vessels for Border Force.

    • Refugees: Homelessness

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to address the increase in homelessness of refugee households; and what assessment they have made of the impact that the 28-day move-on...

      Undocumented Migrants: France

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many people have been returned to France under the 'one in, one out' scheme; of these, how many were age-disputed persons; and how many of those selected for...

      Social Services: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on nursing staff working in the adult social care sector of proposals to change the qualifying period for indefinite...

      Home Office: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil servants are employed through Skilled Worker visas in the Home Office.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Israeli Settlements: Charities

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of charitable funds originating from the UK being used to support and maintain illegal settlements in Palestine; and...

    • UNRWA: Jerusalem

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel following the demolition of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for...

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