Written answers

Tuesday, 24 February 2026

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the treatment of cancer patients.

    • Pharmacy: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of foundation pharmacists beginning their training in 2025 had been assigned a Designated Prescribing...

      Pharmacy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has provided to community pharmacies through the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework in real terms...

      Medicine: Graduates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of UK primary medical degree graduates were (a) British and (b) non-British by country in each of the last...

      Integrated Care Boards: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many exit payments of £150,000 and more were made by integrated care boards in the 2024-25 financial year.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 84239 tabled on 22 October 2025 by the Hon Member for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire.

      NHS: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to answer of 11 September 2025, to Question 73326, on NHS: Strikes, if he will make it his policy to prohibit NHS employees who...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase access to GP appointments.

      Gender Dysphoria: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS Resolution keeps records of claims, complaints, or cases resolved through mediation or settlement relating to NHS...

      Cancer: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure equitable cancer research funding across the country.

      NHS Trusts: Accountability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help ensure that NHS trusts assigned Advanced Foundation Trust status retain direct accountability and patient...

      Maternity Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve maternity care.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to develop the universal, digital‑first prehabilitation offer for people with cancer in the National Cancer Plan...

      Crawley Hospital: Urgent Treatment Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust on the potential impact of the reduction in Crawley...

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of hospital handover delays on ambulance response times in (a) Shropshire and (b) the...

      NHS: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the timely delivery of NHS mail to patients.

      Endometriosis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of endometriosis healthcare services on the waiting times for receiving such services in the...

      Gynaecology: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on reducing gynaecological waiting times in the last year.

      Maternity Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the removal of ringfenced funding for maternity services on (a) numbers of NHS...

      Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of increasing national pulmonary rehabilitation referral rates on (a)...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current safeguards in place to protect NHS staff from patient assaults, and subsequent...

      Mental Health Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the safeguards to protect mental health facility staff from patient assaults and...

      NHS: Occupational Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what implementation metrics have been set for the introduction of Staff Treatment Hubs under the 10 Year Plan, including the number of...

      Care Workers and Nurses: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2026 to Question 107160, which countries are defined by the Nursing and Midwifery Council as...

      Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the 37% referral rates of eligible patients for pulmonary rehabilitation.

      Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of financial pressures on dentistry students’ ability to complete training.

      Surgery: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of block contract arrangements on the level of NHS productivity.

      Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) the number of emergency hospital admissions...

      Surgery: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department’s policy is on NHS trusts delivering elective care under block contract arrangements.

      Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the backlog for NHS England’s Clinical Priorities Advisory Group Prioritisation meeting.

      Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times NHS England’s Clinical Priorities Advisory Group Prioritisation meeting happens each year; and when the next meeting...

      Pneumonia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing training for hospital and care home staff on aspiration pneumonia.

      Mental Illness: Homicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of homicide incidents in each of the last 12 months which involved a suspect who had...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Mexico: Sexual and Reproductive Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2025 to Question 90695, what further steps she is taking with international...

    • Land Mines: Bomb Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that UK-funded mine action and demining programmes include (a)...

      Sudan: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has investigated and reviewed licenses of arms components in the context of arms used by...

      Nicaragua: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure Christian clergy and lay believers in Nicaragua are able to practice...

      British Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many meetings she has held with the (a) Chief Executive and (b) Chair of the British Council since 5 September...

      BBC World Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the BBC World Service in countering state-backed...

      British Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many meetings her predecessors held with the Chief Executive or Chair of the British Council in each calendar...

      Chevening Scholarships Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which ten countries' students have received the greatest number of Chevening Scholarships and Fellowships in the...

      Palestinian Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, What funding she provided to the Palestinian Authority (a) from 5 July 2024 to 31 December 2024; and (b) in 2025;...

      Afghanistan: Foreign Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether foreign aid has been distributed in Afghanistan since 2021.

      Palestine: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2026 to Question 105663, on Palestine: Terrorism, when she will undertake an...

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Israeli counterpart on the opening of a humanitarian corridor between Gaza...

      Palestine: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will call for an end to the military detention of Palestinian children on the basis international juvenile...

      Syria: Kurds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of recent attacks on Kurdish-majority...

      Iraq and Syria: Yazidis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Syrian and Iraqi counterparts on the security and protection of Yazidis and...

      Palestine: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2026, if any funding provided by the UK Government has been used to support...

      Israel: Palestine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to adhere to the Genocide Convention in relation to the conflict in Palestine.

      Gaza: Ceasefires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps is the Government taking to help ensure that the ceasefire in Gaza is maintained.

      Islamic State: Syria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2026 to question 108357 on Syria: Islamic State, how many Islamic...

      Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of proscribing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp.

      George Osborne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of times that George Osborne (a) visited the British...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make representations to her French counterpart to recommend the forfeiture of Peter Mandelson’s...

      Prime Minister: Palantir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Government Department arranged the Prime Minister's meeting with Palantir on 27 February 2025.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Credit Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether they will require their department and agencies to offer payroll deductions to all employees to enable them to join...

    • Marine Protected Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward policies to ensure all Marine Protected Areas are returned to Good Ecological Status by 2030.

      Seas and Oceans: Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is she taking to improve marine conservation efforts.

      Water Companies: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans are in place to protect consumers, affordability, and continuity of service in the event of a water...

      Water: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what are the average cost differences between smart water meter bills and flatline bills.

      Water Companies: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Ofwat in preventing excessive debt accumulation in the water sector.

      Coastal Erosion and Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many completed flood and coastal erosion risk management capital schemes have undergone formal post-project appraisal in...

      Water Charges: Social Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a national standardised water social tariff with clear...

      Odour Pollution: Stanlow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help reduce the odours emanating from Stanlow.

      Pollution: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Environment Agency has made of the adequacy of permits supplied to manufacturers in Stanlow.

      Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled PFAS Plan: building a safer future together, updated on 3 February...

      Thames Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has in place should Thames Water enter special administration.

      Flood Control: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will be providing guidance to local authorities on the floods funding criteria that will be in place for the...

      Flood Control: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her letter to the Environmental Audit Committee dated 30 January 2026, what steps she is taking to...

      Waste: Landfill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects further policy measures to be introduced to prevent biodegradable waste from entering landfill.

      Sustainable Farming Incentive: Organic Farming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ensure that organic farming is appropriately supported within the relaunched Sustainable Farming Incentive...

      Methane: Departmental Coordination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how her Department is working with other departments to coordinate delivery of the Government’s methane reduction...

      Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential costs to the Treasury of remediating high-risk PFAS...

      Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential long-term costs to the NHS of the public's exposure to per-...

  • Department for Transport

    • Driving Instruction: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has considered writing to individuals who have previously failed the Approved Driving Instructor Part 3 test to highlight...

    • Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the car practical driving test waiting time was in weeks in each driving test centre in Great Britain in each month since 4 July 2024.

      South West Main Line: Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the phase 5 rail resilience programme in the context of water levels in 2026.

      Motor Sports: Alternative Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the potential future domestic application of the Advanced sustainable fuel...

      Department for Transport: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the net savings are expected to be from rationalising the Department’s London estate and expanding its presence in Leeds and Birmingham,...

      Railways: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in pursuant to the answer to question 109355, of the £2.5 billion forecast to be spent between 2024 - 2029, how much of this is OMR spending on...

      Railways: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her letter on 14 January 2025 to the Welsh Government's Cabinet Secretary for Transport, if she will publish the evidence used in...

      Motorcycles: Motor Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2026 to Question 107776, if she will make an estimate the number of uninsured motorcycles on roads.

      High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 16 January 2026 to question 103968 on High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase, how many of the 1,723 properties managed were...

      Driving: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to improve road safety for older drivers.

      Speed Limits: Cameras

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has considered allowing a proportion of speeding fine revenues to be ringfenced for local authorities for road safety purposes,...

      Wales Rail Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will publish details of the structure, membership and operation of the Wales Rail Board.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the total cost to the public purse of universal credit payments for foreign nationals in the last 5 years.

    • Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the voluntary and community sector on providing employment support to help...

      Connect to Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with prime contractors in the Connect to Work programme on their use of charities and smaller organisations...

      Pension Credit: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of disregarding the Pension Scheme and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme for the...

      Driving Tests: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance has been issued to Jobcentre Plus on promoting DVSA driving examiner vacancies to suitable jobseekers; what activity Jobcentre...

      Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for her policies of the role of (a) trustees and (b) sponsoring employers in...

      State Retirement Pensions: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Statement UIN HCWS1044 on 11 November 2025, what specific findings were contained in the 2007 DWP evaluation of the...

      Employment Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the 2028 delivery date for the Jobs and Careers Service on workforce mobilisation...

      Access to Work Programme: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to help ensure that Access to Work awards for blind and partially sighted customers are not reduced at renewal where...

      Work Capability Assessment: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases were awaiting Work Capability Assessment reassessments as of 31 January 2026 in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.

      Health and Safety: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2025 to Question 96735, how many of the HSE inspections carried out in Scotland in 2024-25 took place...

      Housing Benefit: Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of money paid directly from housing benefit to private landlords in each region of England.

      Access to Work Programme: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reducing Access to Work support worker hours at renewal for blind and partially sighted...

  • Church Commissioners

    • Church of England

      To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, when the Church will be opening the Church of England Redress Scheme to applications.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ajax Vehicles: Modernisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 11 February 2026 to question 110522 on Ajax Vehicles: Modernisation, by when will those Ajax-family vehicles due to reach Drop...

    • Palantir: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will state when HM Treasury approved the budget for the MOD Palantir Enterprise Agreement signed on 30 December 2025.

      Ministry of Defence: Palantir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made a cost impact assessment of announcing his Department's strategic partnership with Palantir on 18 September prior to signing a...

      Palantir: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the £240,600,000 cost of the MOD Palantir Enterprise Agreement signed on 30 December 2025 was budgeted in the (a) previous or (b) current...

      Palantir: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he discussed with HM Treasury the cost of the contract signed with Palantir on 30 December prior to its signature.

      Armed Forces: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help improve female participation rates in the cadet forces and the percentage of female personnel serving in the armed forces.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Solar Power: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Clean Energy Partnership Memorandum of Understanding with China, signed on 17 March 2025, included commitments on...

  • Home Office

    • Security Guards: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the consistency of training and professional standards required of security personnel who require a Security...

    • Organised Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risk posed by foreign-state bounties and wanted notices against UK residents; and what steps are being...

      Police: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training on transnational repression in the UK by the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) has been offered to territorial police forces; and...

      Biological Weapons: Laboratories

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the US Congress Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party's inquiries into the Reedley bio-laboratory, what...

      Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 on UK cyber resilience, skills and innovation; and what impact...

      Emergency Calls: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 999 call handlers in England and Wales have received specific training on transnational repression since 1 January 2025.

      Crime Prevention: Heywood and Middleton North

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) help improve safety in Heywood and Middleton North constituency and (b) reduce crime.

      Police: Political Impartiality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that police forces in England remain independent from political agendas.

      Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) warranted Police Officers, (b) Police Community Support Officers and (c) Special Constables there were on (i) 31 March 2025 and...

      Police: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the officer hours saved each year as a result of the rollout of the Right Care Right Person policy.

      Biometrics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken to ensure (a) transparency and (b) community accountability in trials of facial recognition technology involving...

      Home Office: Palantir

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department carried out a Public Sector Equality Duty assessment before signing a contract with Palantir.

      Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether planning permission for the use of the Crowborough Training Camp for asylum accommodation provides for occupation for a minimum...

      Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which elected members of Wealden District Council her Department has met with in relation to the proposed use of Crowborough Training Camp.

      Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Crowborough Training Camp has been assessed as being safe, legal and compliant for use as asylum accommodation.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many nights were spent in hotels by Departmental staff in financial year 2024-25 by the star rating of the hotel.

    • Extracurricular Activities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action she is taking to ensure that learning from the Enrichment Partnerships Pilot informs the upcoming Enrichment Expansion...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Islands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to discontinue Island Forums on island...

    • Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, a) what progress has been made on streamlining the planning process to reduce delays for compliant housing...

      Commonhold

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Written Ministerial Statement HCWS1278 of 27 January 2026 on commonhold and leasehold reform, what...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the number of new homes that could be delivered by reducing the average...

      Renters' Rights Act 2025

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of (a) the potential impact of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 on the frequency of...

      Renters' Rights Act 2025

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 on homelessness...

      Politicians: Cryptocurrencies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to ban UK politicians accepting cryptocurrency donations.

      Planning Inspectorate: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to tackle the Planning Inspectorate’s backlog of cases awaiting a site visit.

      Green Belt

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has conducted an assessment of the potential for "Grey Belt" designations to encourage...

      Recreation Spaces: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the status and timetable is of his Department's review of the legal framework of protections for public...

      Brownfield Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes his Department plans to build on brownfield land.

      Kernow Industrial Growth Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Kernow Industrial Growth Fund can be deployed as investment capital which...

      Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to (a) review and (b) amend the maximum fair rent inflationary index set in the Rent Act 1977.

      Park Homes: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with park home resident groups on the sales commission rate in the last 12 months.

      Mosques: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many new Islamic places of worship have been granted planning permission by local authorities in (a) England and...

      Flags: Palestine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025, to Question 88668, on Flags: Palestine, and further to the UK Statement at...

      Property: US Department of War

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will list the properties in the UK owned by the US War Department.

  • Treasury

    • New Businesses

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support (a) entrepreneurs and (b) new business starters.

    • Older People: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support older people in financial difficulties.

      Double Taxation: India

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 11 February on the Double Contributions Convention with the Republic of India, HCWS1327, if he will...

      Double Taxation: India

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Explanatory Memorandum on the Double Contributions Convention with the Republic of India, Command Paper No 1513, how much public...

  • Department for Education

    • Reading: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to promote equality and inclusion as part of the National Year of Reading.

    • Private Education: Single Sex Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 104598 Private Education: Single Sex Education, how many material change requests have been...

      School Meals: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is her proposed timeline for the publication and implementation of the revised school food standards.

      Reading

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure a long-term legacy from the National Year of Reading.

      Reading

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to promote reading.

      Schools: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled 10-year plan to revitalise schools and colleges for every child, published on 11...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the Law Commission recommendations on reform of social care law for...

      Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on adopted children, children living under Special Guardianship Orders, and their...

      Adoption: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of trauma-informed training undertaken by professionals working with adopted children.

      Private Education: VAT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent estimate of the number of private schools which have increased fees due to the introduction of VAT.

      Adoption and Kinship Care: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to WPQ 100418 answered on 9 February 2026 about Adoption and Kinship Care: Special Educational Needs, which third-party bodies she has had...

      Schools: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled 10-year plan to revitalise schools and colleges for every child, published on 11...

      Extracurricular Activities: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing mandatory safeguarding requirements for extracurricular activities...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out what companies with current Government contracts will be subject to the profit cap as proposed in the Children’s Wellbeing...

      Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out how the violence against women and girls strategy will address misogynistic behaviour in schools; and what guidance, resources and...

      Children: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish its review of safeguarding requirements in childcare nurseries.

      Private Education: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing a targeted subsidy for small charitable independent schools with fewer than 500...

      Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled 10-year plan to revitalise schools and colleges for every child, published on 11...

      Reading: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to promote equality and inclusion as part of the National Year of Reading.

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Plan 2 student loan interest rates on graduates’ outstanding loan balances...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Internet: Marketing

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish Government Communication Service guidelines for influencer and content creator marketing.

    • Erasmus+ Programme

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason he has made it his policy to re-join the Erasmus scheme.

      Ministers: Public Records

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when Ministerial private office records are transferred to National Archives; and whether some files are retained by the Department.

      Cabinet Manual

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress he has made on updating the Cabinet Manual.

      Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of adjusting lump-sum compensation payments under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme to reflect...

      Government Departments: Social Media

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has been made on whether social media influencers paid for by the government are using the “paid partnership” tag on their...

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled Explanatory Memorandum on a UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement or Trade And Cooperation Agreement Governance...

      Special Advisers: ICT

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether No10 special advisers have auto-delete functionality turned on for (a) corporate and (b) non-corporate communication devices when discussing...

      Government Departments: Publicity

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 110416 on Government Departments: Publicity, if he will publish the revised branding guidance.

      Government Communication Service

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to make reductions to the size of the Government Communication Service.

      Mission Boards: Cabinet Committees

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 December 2025 to Question 94199 on Mission Boards: Cabinet Committees, whether the terms of reference for the Mission...

      Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 and the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025, to what extent his Department...

      Government Departments: Marketing

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether external consultants were hired as part of the process of rebranding from HM Government to UK Government.

      Government Communication Service: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, if he will break down that list by individual...

      Revenue and Customs: House of Lords Appointments Commission

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2025, to Question 92595, on Cabinet Office: Revenue and Customs, what arrangements are in place for the sharing of...

      Public Appointments: Political Impartiality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 109158, if he will publish a breakdown of political activity data of public appointments made in...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 13 November 2025, to Question 87332, on Lord Mandelson, whether Lord Mandelson during his (a) due diligence and (b) developed...

      Public Sector: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how he plans to measure progress on increasing public sector insourcing.

      Government Departments: Contracts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that subcontractors supplying Government departments have high standards.

      Prime Minister: Aviation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 26 November 2025 to Question 91382 on Prime Minister: Aviation, if he will publish those calculations for G-GBNI for 2024-25.

      Cabinet Office: Hotels

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many nights were spent in hotels by Departmental staff in financial year 2024-25 by the star rating of the hotel.

      Public Sector: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps her Department is taking to facilitate public sector access to Artificial Intelligence expertise through procurement; and how the Government...

      Official Cars: Global Positioning System

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the GPS location of Ministerial cars maintained by the Government Car Service is accessible to the Minister’s private office.

      Ministers: Official Cars

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any changes have been made to the rules on the use of Ministerial and official cars provided by the Government Car Service, since July 2024.

  • Scotland Office

    • Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when Scotland Office ministers or officials last met with Peter Mandleson; and what was discussed at that meeting.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Terrorism: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information his Department holds on the number of prosecutions that have been made against security forces for troubles related crimes;...

    • Terrorism: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prosecutions have been against members of the British armed forces for troubles related crimes.

      Terrorism: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prosecutions have been brought for murder and manslaughter in relation troubles related crimes; and how many were related to people...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Overseas Trade: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with India; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of...

    • Public Houses: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish the findings of the statutory review of the Pubs Code.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to HCWS1249, how many AI-enabled tools are currently in live use across central government; which policy areas...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Property Law: Charitable Trusts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued to conveyancers, the Land Registry, or other stakeholders on the application of perpetuity rules to commercial...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that AI governance and safety frameworks remain effective as AI systems develop in autonomy and complexity.

    • Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of the United States of America about restarting the Technology Prosperity Deal.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish an impact assessment for the UK–US Economic Prosperity Deal.

    • Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

      To ask His Majesty's Government what government representatives accompanied Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in his visit to Ukraine as Special Representative for International Trade and Investment in...

      Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

      To ask His Majesty's Government who accompanied Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in his visit to Mongolia as Special Representative for International Trade and Investment in October 2007.

      Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

      To ask His Majesty's Government who accompanied Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in his visits to Azerbaijan as Special Representative for International Trade and Investment in (1) June 2008, (2)...

      Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish additional documents up to 2005 about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in his role as Special Representative for International Trade and...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Animal Experiments: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether there is a restriction or obligation in the provisions, outworking or implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol or the Windsor Framework to prevent...

  • Leader of the House of Lords

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Recording Studios

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the net annual benefit to the UK economy of recording studios.

    • Libraries: Reading

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase library engagement during the National Year of Reading.

      Music: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Independent Society of Musicians, Brave New World? Justice for creators in the age of Gen AI, published on...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Canal and River Trust

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to consolidate the legislation governing the Canals and Rivers Trust.

    • Stansted Airport: Immigration Controls

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the status of the Border Inspection Post at Stansted Airport and what assessment they have made of the long-term future of the current site.

  • Treasury

    • Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the threats to financial services presented by the cutting of subsea cables or the monitoring of information carried by them.

    • Financial Services: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are considering to support the responsible deployment of AI across UK financial services.

      Financial Services: Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent trends in UK tech and fintech investment, and how this is informing their strategy to maintain competitiveness in emerging...

      Financial Services: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications of the increased use of AI to drive cost efficiencies in banking for financial stability, competition and...

  • Department for Transport

    • Aviation and Freight: Security

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 2 February (HL13763), what recent evaluation they have made of the vulnerability of UK ports,...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

  • Home Office

    • Immigration: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Hanson of Flint on 27 January (HL Deb col 763), whether they will hear evidence from children and young people who are, or whose...

    • Immigration: Turkey

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average time taken to process applications for indefinite leave to remain under the European Communities Association Agreement Ankara Agreement from...

      Immigration: Refugees

      To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the policy paper Restoring Order and Control, updated on 21 November 2025, whether the new core protection leave for refugees will apply to...

      Law and Order: UK Relations with EU

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in discussions with the European Union to facilitate closer cooperation on law enforcement.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Public Appointments

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the correction and original Written Answer by the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office on 7 January (HC98100), and with reference...

    • Senior Civil Servants: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 28 January (HL14077) and the speech by the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister on 20...

      Senior Civil Servants: Public Appointments

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 28 January (HL14077), whether they will publish the changes they plan to make to the...

      Public Sector: Fines

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the number of fines issued by the government and bodies authorised by the government to individuals were unpaid in the last full year for which...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Healthwatch England

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Care Quality Commission has instructed or advised Healthwatch England to refrain from public comment about its abolition.

    • Health: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure each region in England receives equal health research funding.

      NHS Trusts: Databases

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether all NHS Trusts will fully adopt the federated data platform from April 2026.

      Drugs: Prices

      To ask His Majesty's Government what the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England have spent on work relating to Part IX of the Drug Tariff and the MedTech Commercial Strategy.

      Healthwatch

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Healthwatch on patient involvement in the NHS.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Timpson on 3 February (HL14086), what plans they have, if any, to use the ethnicity harmonised standards in published...

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