Written answers

Wednesday, 25 February 2026

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Social Media: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the whether social media age restrictions on platforms headquartered overseas would be...

    • Artificial Intelligence: Arts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the growth of generative AI on creative jobs.

      Artificial Intelligence and Internet: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that young people from all regions, including the North East, are...

      Social Media: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of social media age restrictions on young people accessing illegal platforms.

      Health: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what measures her Department is taking to help prevent the censorship of online information concerning women's health.

      Mobile Phones: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department provides guidance to parents on the use of smartphones and internet-enabled devices by children of...

      Mobile Phones: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of 3-5 year old children owning personal mobile devices and the implications...

      Social Media: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, further to her oral contribution during the statement on Mobile Phones and Social Media on 20th January 2026 whether "before...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Football: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to raise public awareness of the risks associated with football-related chronic traumatic...

    • Kincora Children's Home: Documents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what review mechanisms are in place in respect of long term sealing of archived documents; for how long documents in respect of Kincora...

      Television: Digital Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has carried out scenario testing of the potential impact of the switch-off of digital terrestrial television on...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Ecology: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there is a delay in publishing the global ecosystem assessment.

    • Biodiversity: Property Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking to steps to (a) amend processes for applying for biodiversity net gain exemptions and (b)...

      Musical Instruments: Customs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance is available to musicians to ensure compliance with CITES Appendix I and II species rules when travelling for...

      Musical Instruments: Certification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to review the operation of Musical Instrument Certificates for touring musicians following...

      Musical Instruments: Customs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of CITES regulations on musicians travelling internationally...

      Tyres: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 12 February 2026 to Question 111664, how many exporters or brokers who have failed to...

      Tyres: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2026 to Question 111664, how many individual receiving sites have failed to supply the...

      Tyres: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 12 February to Question 111664, how many individual receiving sites that have failed to...

      Agriculture: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support innovation on UK farms.

      Food: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to localise food supply chains.

      Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to UIN 107393, where the Minister responded that "there was not a formal working group for the White Paper", to...

      Inshore Fishing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the ongoing impact of large scale industrial bottom trawling on the small-scale...

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Environment Agency flood defence assets were at each condition grade (1 to 5) in each of the last five financial years.

      Flood Control: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Environment Agency has made of...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Performance Appraisal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will review the incomplete Answer her Department provided to Question 97203 on 6 January 2026.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • United Nations: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has the risk of an imminent liquidity crisis of the UN; and what steps she is...

    • Global Partnership for Education: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allocating Official Development Assistance to support the...

      British Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the British Council.

      Tropical Diseases: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) treatment and (b) elimination of neglected tropical...

      BBC World Service: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the resources available to the BBC World Service.

      BBC Monitoring: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to (a) ensure the funding of the BBC Monitoring service and (b) restore dedicated funding...

      BBC World Service: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of planned levels of funding for the BBC World Service on...

      Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to provide humanitarian aid to people in Sudan.

      Sudan: Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure effective due diligence when assessing applications for export...

      Gold: Sudan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the potential risk of gold imported into the United Kingdom via...

      Chelsea Football Club: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has contingency plans in place if funds from the 2022 sale of Chelsea Football Club are not released...

      Diplomatic Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Notes Verbale have been issued to foreign governments and supranational organisations since 4 July 2024.

      Scholarships: British Overseas Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing educational scholarships for citizens of the...

      Conflict Resolution: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in which Directorate will the Women, Peace and Security and the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative sit within...

  • Department for Education

    • Pupil Premium: Cambridgeshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the current level provided for the (a) service pupil premium and the (b) primary pupil premium in Cambridgeshire.

    • Childminding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax on (a) childminders and other home-based...

      Childminding: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the removal of the 10% wear and tear allowance on the number of new childminders entering the...

      Parents: Advisory Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will provide an update on the timeline of the Online Parenting Interventions project.

      Dentistry: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of student finance support for dentistry students.

  • Department for Transport

    • Large Goods Vehicles: Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of HGV testing capacity provided by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in Southampton; what...

    • Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of extending the current 24-week booking window for practical car driving tests on a...

      Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2025 to question 82343, what steps her Department is taking to help customers in receipt of PIP to transact with...

      Parking: Public Footpaths

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's document entitled Pavement parking options for change: government response, updated on 8 January 2026, whether she...

      Unadopted Roads

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the average length of time taken by local authorities to adopt roads serving new housing developments.

      Roads: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the Strategic Road Network funding is spent in the South West.

      Driving Tests: Legislation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans he has to introduce legislation to block third parties from booking driving tests.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement on Local roads and highways, published on 12 January 2026, HCWS1232, whether she plans to respond...

      Driving: Eyesight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to include reminders about sight testing in driving licence renewal notices.

      Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for each month since November 2025, how many driving test centres recorded the maximum waiting time of 24 weeks for a practical car test; and if she...

      Public Transport: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's research and analysis document entitled Factors influencing multi-modal public transport use, published on 29...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Chris Bowbrick

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Chris Bowbrick's current role is.

    • Military Police: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total amount of public funding allocated to military police services has been in each of the last five financial years.

      US National Security Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which agreements between the United States and the United Kingdom govern the presence of US National Security Agency personnel in Britain.

      Armed Forces: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department’s Defence Skills Passport will be used to improve the retention of serving female personnel and promote women into senior...

      Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of procuring Leonardo’s Proteus Rotary Wing Uncrewed Air System to cover capability required...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Ministers' Private Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will list the expert advisers who are not civil servants or special advisers that provide advice the Minister...

    • Supported Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to deliver a sustainable supported housing sector.

      Homelessness: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent young people from becoming homeless.

      High Rise Flats: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) his Department and (b) any of its arms-length bodies are (i) investigating and (ii) undertaking...

      High Rise Flats: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what deadline the Government has set for residential freeholders to complete remediation works on buildings with...

      Parks: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of large-scale commercial events held in public parks...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Flexible Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many headcount staff in his Department work compressed hours on full pay.

      Supported Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to deliver a sustainable supported housing sector.

      Homelessness: Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of Critical Time Intervention programmes for local...

      Waste Disposal: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Prime Minister’s oral contribution during Prime Minister's Questions, Column 780, 11...

      Regional Planning and Development: Cornwall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to provide capacity funding to local authorities for strategic economic development in Cornwall.

  • Home Office

    • Human Trafficking and Sexual Offences: Airports

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent and detect the trafficking of sexual exploitation victims through airports.

    • Asylum: Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to develop further MOD sites to house Asylum Seekers.

      Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department applied for planning permission to use Crowborough Training Camp as Asylum Accommodation.

      Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish any application for Crown Development relating to the use of Crowborough Training Camp as Asylum Accommodation.

      Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's Community Impact Assessment in relation to the use of Crowborough Training Camp as Asylum Accommodation.

      Jewish Community Protective Security Grant

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, How many (a) synagogues, (b) Jewish educational establishments and (c) community organisations have applied to the Jewish Community...

      Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers accommodated at Crowborough Training Camp her Department has lost contact with since 22 January 2026.

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to end the use of the Ibis Hotel in Gloucester constituency as accommodation for asylum seekers.

      Home Office: Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the mental health absence rate is in (a) the Work, Study, Family and Ukraine visa unit within the Visas and Passports directorate, and...

      Migrants: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps has she taken to ensure the safety of women detained in immigration detention centres.

      Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) statutory and (b) local agencies were required to submit assessments to her Department confirming that local service standards...

      Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received any representations from Wealden District Council on the adaptation of the Crowborough Training Camp for...

      Immigration: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to put in place transitional arrangements for BN(O) applicants, dependants and children reaching five...

      Immigration: EEA Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the policy paper entitled Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules:...

      Social Workers: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed earned settlement arrangements on the number of registered social workers.

      Airports: Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2026 to Question 110898, what assessment her Department has made of the economic impact of passenger...

      Migrant Workers: Livestock Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of refusal to grant temporary visas to overseas sheep shearers on rural...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential physical and psychological impact for those who faced financial exclusion from the...

    • Department for Business and Trade: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his answer to of 28 January 2026 to Question 107135, if he will publish a breakdown of the £313m in CDEL outturn for...

      Companies: Audit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to simplify audit requirements for quoted companies.

      Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to encourage people to shop locally.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Apprentices: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of apprentices employed by non-Levy-paying employers were subject to a (a) 100% (b) 95% (c) any other reduction...

    • Apprentices: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average cost to a non-Levy-paying firm of employing an 18-year old apprentice in the first year of their...

      Apprenticeship Levy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of apprentice-employing non-Levy-paying firms received an Apprenticeship Levy Transfer from a Levy-paying firm in...

      Employment Schemes: Birmingham and Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has set a target for the number of job starts to be offered to long-term unemployed 18–21-year-olds on Universal Credit in...

      State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Overseas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there have been any further considerations over the uprating of frozen pensions for UK citizens abroad.

      Pensions: Communication

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that pension scheme communications are made more transparent and understandable for the...

      Carer's Allowance: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many carers have had a Carer’s Allowance overpayment debt as a result of breaching the earnings limit in (a) England and (b) Wales.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will continue to respond to constituency casework inquires from hon. Members in writing.

      Women against State Pension Inequality: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost of litigation with the WASPI Campaign has been since December 2024.

  • Treasury

    • Aviation: Fuels

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of current aviation fuel taxation arrangements on the environment.

    • National Wealth Fund

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding is allocated to the National Wealth Fund for each financial year from 2024-25 onward, broken down by capital spending allocations and...

      UK Trade with EU: Economic Situation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what value of goods have been identified as a threat to the European Union's economy and held at a check point between Great Britain and Northern Ireland...

      Help to Buy Scheme: Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to increase the purchase limit for properties outside of London when using a Help to Buy ISA.

      Gold: Sudan

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of industry-led standards, including those of the London Bullion Market Association, to prevent...

      Financial Services: Fines

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she has considered the efficacy of using FCA fines to fund hospices.

      Housing Associations: Economic Crime Levy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases to the Economic Crime Levy on not-for-profit housing associations.

      Digital Assets: Public Appointments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the importance of appointing a Digital Markets Champion with experience and understanding of digital assets and distributed...

      Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the difference is between the 250,000 retail, hospitality and leisure businesses benefitting from business rates relief, as cited in answer to...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scottish Government: Republic of Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what information his Department holds on whether the First Minister of Scotland discussed reserved matters with the Irish Leader of the Opposition on...

    • Offshore Industry: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of North Sea oil and gas on the Scottish economy.

      Fisheries: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of a sanitary and phytosanitary agreement with the EU on Scotland's fishing...

      Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the proposed application of electric vehicle pay-per-mile taxation on...

      Reading: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans his Department has to promote the National Year of Reading in Scotland.

      Reading: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department is taking to promote the National Year of Reading in Scotland.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Victims: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is his Department’s timescale for the distribution of updated materials on the Victims Code to police forces; and what assessment has he made...

    • Prisons: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for a breakdown of what prison education courses, according to annual delivery plan data, were provided in January (a) 2025, and (b) 2026, by prison,...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Energy: Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of lowering the landlord cost cap and introducing low property...

    • Energy: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will publish an annual report on (a) its retrofit schemes, (b) their level of compliance, (c) estimated fraud and...

      Energy: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will release annual reports estimating the level of fraud and non‑compliance in retrofit schemes.

      Warm Homes Plan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to page 88 of the Department's policy paper entitled Warm Homes Plan, published on 21 January 2026, when he plans to...

      Heating: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that the Warm Homes Plan provides full grant coverage for the upfront installation...

      Clean Energy: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the memorandum of understanding with China signed on 17 March 2025 included commitments to not publicly disclose the...

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his polices of heat network operators issuing retrospective bills...

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what protections are available for heat network consumers in respect of back-billing; and whether he plans to introduce or require...

      Heating: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what portion of the £15 billion Warm Homes Plan will be ringfenced for the installation costs of alternative heating systems...

      Renewable Energy: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what policy reason the Contracts for Difference (Sustainable Industry Rewards and Contract Budget Notice Amendments)...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Jeffrey Epstein

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of times Jeffery Epstein visited (a) No10 and (b) No11 from 1997 to 2010.

    • Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on which dates Peter Mandelson attended meetings at 10 Downing Street since 4 July 2024, according to records held by the Downing Street Visitor...

      Peers: Public Appointments

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the creation of a peerage can be stopped following the (a) announcement of the King signifying his intention to confer a peerage and (b)...

      Public Sector: Buildings

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to (a) rationalise, (b) co-locate and (c) better utilise buildings across the wider public sector.

      Arms Length Bodies: Lobbying

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2026, to Question 107278, on Department for Transport: Official Hospitality, whether the Cabinet Office has issued...

      Arms Length Bodies

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the number of arms-length bodies across Government departments has increased since July 2024.

      Arms Length Bodies: By-elections

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether all Arm’s Length Bodies, including public corporations and private companies owned by the Government, are required to follow the Cabinet...

      Palantir: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Freedom of Information requests concerning Palantir Technologies have been refused since 2023.

      Artificial Intelligence: National Security

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will include AI loss-of-control scenarios will be included in the next edition of the National Risk Register.

      National Security Adviser: Inter Mediate

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings (a) the National Security Adviser and (b) his deputies have had with Inter Mediate since he took up his post.

      UK Integrated Security Fund

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the £4.85 million Integrated Security Fund Package referenced in a 2 December 2025 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office press release...

      Government Departments: Marketing

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 110416 on Government Departments: Publicity, what the cost was of the re-branding of HM...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of families who will benefit from the financial support package to cover travel costs...

    • Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the publication of the National Cancer Plan, if he will present the Plan's annual summary of progress to the House.

      Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Sickle Cell day unit in Whitechapel was closed.

      Family Hubs: Sutton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when funding for Start for Life services will be confirmed for Sutton Council; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of...

      General Practitioners: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve access to GPs and (b) increase the number of FTE GPs (i) in work and (ii) on permanent contracts.

      Primary Care: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of regional variation in primary care estate in relation to their (a) condition and (b) capacity; and what...

      GP Practice Lists: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2026 to Question 107846 on GP Practice lists, how many and what proportion of patients registered on...

      General Practitioners: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of regional variations in the quality of GP specialty training.

      General Practitioners: Thurrock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of capacity of NHS primary care premises in Thurrock on the recruitment of GPs.

      Jean Bishop Integrated Care Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the establishment of the Jean Bishop Centre in Hull in 2018, whether his Department has conducted a cost–benefit...

      Hospitals: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish data on the numbers of patients receiving corridor care in NHS hospitals before the end of the financial year.

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ensuring that all Agenda for Change NHS pay bands are (a) set at and (b) above the...

      Long Covid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of regional differences in the (a) availability, (b) accessibility and (c) resourcing of NHS Long...

      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...

      Community Health Services: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the selection criteria was for the location of the 43 new neighbourhood hubs.

  • Attorney General

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Capital Punishment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with governments of other countries regarding abolishing capital punishment.

    • Honours

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to review the honours system for non-British taxpayers.

      Colombia: Politics and Government

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the situation of environmental and land defenders in Colombia, following the Ombudsman's Office of Columbia's early warning alert...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Emergencies

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to issue a civil preparedness document in case of crisis or war, equivalent to that issued by the government of Sweden.

    • UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they discussed the impact of the European Union's "Made in Europe" plans on UK competitiveness at the UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Medicine: Higher Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that clinical academic posts are available in all regions of the UK.

    • Health: Offenders

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to implement the recommendations of the report by the Chief Medical Officer for England, The health of people in prison, on probation and...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the threats to national security presented by the cutting and other interception of subsea communication cables.

    • DeepMind

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the memorandum of understanding between the UK and Google DeepMind on AI opportunities and security has been fully implemented; how access to AI datasets...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Young Futures Hubs: Reading

      To ask His Majesty's Government what role Young Futures Hubs will play in the delivery of the National Year of Reading.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Animal Products: Imports

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that imported food products meet the same animal welfare standards as those which are domestically produced.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: National Service

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of national service opportunities for those seeking asylum in the UK.

    • UK Border Force: Patrol Craft

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure the use of UK-supplied components in the procurement of vessels for Border Force.

      Immigration

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether, under the proposals in A Fairer Path to Settlement, they plan to introduce transitional protections to ensure that lawful residence already accrued under...

      Immigration

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the United Kingdom’s obligations under the Council of Europe’s Convention on Establishment, ratified by the UK in...

      Offences against Children: Proceeds of Crime

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals convicted of grooming offences have been subject to any orders or actions under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

      Police: Reorganisation

      To ask His Majesty's Government further to the publication of the White Paper From local to national: a new model for policing on 26 January, what assessment they have made of the resources...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Housing: Disability

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of wheelchair accessible homes that are being built; and what action they plan to take to encourage local planning...

    • Sheltered Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to protect leaseholders in retirement villages from freeholders and managing agents who act in bad faith.

      Visitor Levy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of an overnight visitor levy on rural and coastal businesses which rely heavily on domestic tourism.

      Visitor Levy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the proposed overnight visitor levy on the ability of lower income families to afford domestic holidays.

      Travellers: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Women’s Budget Group and the Traveller Movement Uneven Paths: Socio-Economic and...

      Leasehold: Service Charges

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Minister for Housing and Planning’s statement on 27 January (HC Deb col 753) that the Government do not plan to implement a service charge...

      Leasehold: Reform

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Minister for Housing and Planning’s statement on 27 January (HC Deb col 750) that there is a difference between regulating the creation of...

      Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the statement on X by the Minister for Housing and Planning on 31 January that the Government could not commence the "relevant enfranchisement...

      Leasehold: Ground Rent

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Minister for Housing and Planning’s statement on 27 January (HC Deb col 750) that an immediate peppercorn cap on lease payments “could...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether it is their policy that shops, medical centres and other amenities should be provided at the same time as the construction of homes in greenfield developments.

      Religious Buildings: Change of Use

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of places of worship in current plans for large-scale greenfield housing developments.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 3 February (HL13743), what assessment they have made of the reasons that Universal Credit sanction...

    • Child Benefit: Refugees

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the removal of the two-child benefit limit to unemployed refugees receiving Universal Credit is perceived as fair by the...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of personal independence payment recipients are working more than 16 hours per week.

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many recipients of personal independence payment made their first claim over the age of 60 in (1) 2020, (2) 2021, (3) 2022, (4) 2023, (5) 2024.

  • Department for Transport

    • Road Traffic Offences: Motor Insurance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the appropriate level for the fixed penalty for uninsured driving in relation to average motor insurance premiums, and (2)...

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