Written answers

Thursday, 5 March 2026

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Juries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants elected trial by jury in either-way cases in each of the last a) three years and b) five years.

    • Social Security Benefits: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average wait is for a tribunal date to be set to appeal decisions made by the Department for Work and Pensions.

      Private Prosecutions: Palestine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the risks that private prosecutions in the United Kingdom may be used by well‑resourced...

      HM Prison and Probation Service: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on the new independent reporting channel in HMPPS.

      Legal Aid Agency: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 22 January 2026 on Response to Legal Aid Agency cyber attack, HCWS1265, how much funding will be allocated to...

      Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences will be reclassified by the Courts and Tribunals Bill.

      Crown Court: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences will be eligible for trial without jury by the Crown Court Bench Division proposal in the Courts and Tribunals Bill.

      Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences will have the right to elect restricted by the Courts and Tribunals Bill.

      Courts: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the average length of time it takes for a court case to be processed and concluded in (a) Basildon, (b) Essex,...

      Courts: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the current number of court cases awaiting hearings in (a) Essex and (b) Basildon.

      Ministry of Justice: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how many (a) public engagements and (b) private meetings Ministers...

      Ministry of Justice: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff within his Department are reliant on a visa for employment.

      Ministry of Justice: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) his Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by his Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For...

      NHS: Judicial Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for judicial review relating to NHS service reconfiguration decisions in England were lodged in each year since 2015; and in how...

  • Department for Transport

    • Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of peat soils on road maintenance.

    • Bus Services: Cycleways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an Equality Impact Assessment was undertaken in relation to the guidance entitled Floating Bus Stops: Provision and Design.

      Bus Services: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Prime Minister on the impact of floating bus stop designs on the ability of blind, disabled and older people...

      Highway Code: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what metrics her Department is using to assess whether the 2022 Highway Code Changes are understood and followed by the public; and what recent...

      Bus Services: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she review the overall objectives of the Local Transport Grant to ensure that manufacturers of zero emission buses across the whole of the UK can...

      Freight: Abnormal Loads

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the National Police Chiefs’ Council guidance on abnormal loads on the haulage...

      Driving under Influence: Breathalysers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on the number of people screened for drink-driving with a breath alcohol content of (i) 9–21, (ii) 22–34...

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's proposed timeline is for decriminalising pavement parking to enable local authorities to take enforcement action against...

      Transport: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of barriers to transport faced by disabled people across the UK on disabled...

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps have been taken towards Option 2 from Pavement parking options for change: government response.

      Roads: Ely and East Cambridgeshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on the condition of roads in Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency.

      Driving Licences: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure the new digital service will handle applications with greater efficiency and consistency to tackle to backlog in...

      Blue Badge Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Blue Badges are currently issued and valid, broken down by local authority.

      Transport: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of local government reorganisation on the (a) implementation of transport...

      Bus Services: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder can in itself qualify a person for a concessionary bus pass under the English National Concessionary...

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to require a single mandatory standard and enforcement regime to apply equally to highway authorities, their...

      Railway Stations: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the next round of Access for All funding will open.

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made, as part of the Road Safety Strategy, of the contribution of delivery work - involving e-bikes - to deaths and serious...

      Roads: Peatlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is she taking to help improve the condition of roads built on peatland within the Cambridgeshire fens.

      Taxis: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government will specify a minimum pass mark for any safeguarding test required for taxi and private hire vehicle drivers.

      Active Travel England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a decision has been made on the proposal to raise the threshold for consulting Active Travel England on residential developments from 150 to...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Brass Bands and Opera: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Arts Council has provided in grants for a) opera and b) brass bands in each of the last three years.

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Credit Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2026 to Question 111615, for what reason does her Department not have the facility to offer...

      Streaming: YouTube

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New requirements for UK’s biggest video-on-demand services,...

      Streaming: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New requirements for UK’s biggest video-on-demand services,...

      Television Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the trends in the level of the tv license.

      Cinemas: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what opportunities her department has for independent cinemas to apply for national support schemes.

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) her Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by her Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in...

      Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of regulating the advertising of average upload speeds.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • North Korea: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 24853 on North Korea: Christianity, what assessment she has...

    • UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the utility of the provisions of Article 298 of UNCLOS for protecting UK interests...

      Turks and Caicos Islands: Airports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the written answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 104147, what steps she is taking to help ensure...

      Isabel Rose

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to support Isabel Rose in Hong Kong.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how many (a) public...

      United Nations: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of committing the UK to supporting the development of a UN...

      Mexico: Football

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what engagement has the Government had with Mexican Authorities on the safety of UK football fans attending World...

      Ghana: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to enable a) old MRI machines and b) other NHS medical equipment no longer in use to be...

      BBC Monitoring: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2026 to Question 113435 on BBC Monitoring: Finance, whether she has made an...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Lord Mandelson was involved in the China Audit.

      Special Envoy on LGBT Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on re-establishing the role of the Prime Minister’s...

      Diplomatic Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 101764 on Diplomatic Service, if she will publish the (a)...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • RAF Akrotiri: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to protect (a) service personnel and (b) their families at RAF Akrotiri since 1 March 2026.

    • RAF Akrotiri: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the security in place at RAF Akrotiri.

      Bahrain: Navy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Royal Navy personnel currently deployed to Bahrain for the decommissioning of HMS Lancaster will be withdrawn for the duration of the current...

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received the completed Defence Finance and Investment Strategy.

      Defence: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he has received the overarching Infrastructure Recapitalisation Plan as per Recommendation 59 of the Strategic Defence Review.

      Autonomous Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK and European allies to develop low-cost air defence weapons to protect NATO skies,...

      USA: Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the use of the (a) Diego Garcia and (b) RAF Fairford military bases since 28 February 2026.

      Ministry of Defence: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the...

      Ministry of Defence: Global Counsel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any officials from his Department held discussions with Global Counsel regarding procurement contracts between 10 February 2025 and 11 September...

      Military Aircraft: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions has he held with his cabinet colleagues on retaining sovereign military helicopter manufacturing capability.

      NATO Response Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units form the UK's contribution to the NATO Allied Reaction Force Special Operations Component.

      Gurkhas: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Gurkha veterans who served prior to 2007 receive pension benefits lower than those received by British Army personnel with equivalent rank and...

      China: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of China's no first use nuclear strike policy.

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2026 to Question 109313 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, whether the first 100 Ajax vehicles will be upgraded to (a)...

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2026 to Question 109313 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, when he plans to (a) complete the planned upgrades and (b)...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Food Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what indicators her department uses to assess progressive realisation of access to adequate, nutritious, and culturally...

    • Food Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has undertaken an assessment of the potential implications of formally recognising the right to food in domestic...

      Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential benefits of amending the Bathing Water regulations to include a...

      Food Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department has assessed the long-term implications of reliance on emergency food provision for the fulfilment of...

      Water Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department plans to establish the public health task force recommended by the Independent Water Commission prior...

      Food Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of food price inflation on households experiencing food...

      Water: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of safeguards included in the Transition Plan for recreational water...

      Forests: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of need to urgently implement the Forest Risk Commodities regulation.

      Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether citizen science will be embedded in the (a) Water Reform Bill and (b) Transition Plan.

      Housing: Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate water demand from new housing developments in water-stressed regions.

      Sustainable Farming Incentive: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether funding will be made available to the Scottish Government under the Barnett Formula from the Sustainable Farming...

      Water: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to promote water literacy training.

      Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities including (a) Thurrock, (b) Basildon, and (c) Essex councils on...

      Coastal Areas and Rivers: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been allocated in the current spending period for river and coastal habitat restoration.

      Veterinary Services: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how and when the Government is proposing to respond to the CMA report on vets.

      Coastal Areas and Rivers: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what targets his Department has set for the creation of new natural habitats along rivers and coastlines.

      Water: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms exist for local communities to be involved in decision-making about water quality and river restoration in...

      Water Companies: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Ofwat in preventing water companies from prioritising shareholder...

      Rivers: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to accelerate WINEP/AMP upgrades for chalk stream catchments given their protected status.

      Sewage: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of enforcement powers available to the Environment Agency regarding...

      Environment Agency: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the Environment Agency's decision to introduce charge funded regulation.

      Floods Resilience Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions the Flood Resilience Taskforce has had with local fire and rescue services on responding to major...

      Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has provided guidance to Local Authorities on the forthcoming changes to Simpler Recycling for households.

      Water Companies: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to stop operator self monitoring of the water industry.

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the disaggregation of local authority responsibilities in...

      Deposit Return Schemes: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Deposit Return Scheme on small retailers in rural areas.

      Deposit Return Schemes: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that exemption arrangements under the Deposit Return Scheme are accessible to rural retailers.

      Fly-tipping: Enforcement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase levels of enforcement action against individuals responsible for fly-tipping.

      Fly-tipping: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the maximum penalties available for fly-tipping offences.

      Fly-tipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of trends in levels of in fly-tipping incidents over the last five years.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Twickenham of 17 November 2025 on the Teddington Direct...

      Fly-tipping: Berkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on enforcement against flytipping in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.

      Litter: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Voluntary Code of Practice for Food on the Go in reducing litter;...

      Thames Water: FTI Consulting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will provide an update on her Department's work with FTI consultancy on contingency planning for potential collapse...

      Government Departments: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support climate adaptation by Government.

      Common Land: Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of stewardship payments in delivering measurable biodiversity outcomes on...

      Game: Gun Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered introducing a licensing system for gamebird shooting in England.

      Birds of Prey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions have been brought in relation to offences involving the persecution of birds of prey in each of the...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Social Media: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what measures are in place to ensure compliance by social media platforms with safety duties under the Online Safety Act...

    • Artificial Intelligence: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of current risk modelling for frontier AI systems.

      Grok

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information her Department holds on the Artificial Intelligence Security Institute assessment of xAI's Grok.

      Pornography: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make it her policy that types of pornographic content that it would be illegal to distribute offline, such as...

      Social Media: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the consultation on children’s use of social media will include the option of requiring social media platforms...

      Artificial Intelligence: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential risks associated with advanced AI systems across government.

      Social Media: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure that social media companies respond promptly and transparently to reports of harmful...

      Artificial Intelligence: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how her Department defines AI loss of control; and whether that definition is shared across Departments.

  • Treasury

    • Treasury: Defence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how many (a) public engagements and (b) private meetings Ministers in...

    • Taxation: Interest Payments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many residents have been charged interest on late payments to HMRC in each year since 2015.

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 5p cut to fuel duty on levels of social mobility in rural areas.

      National Wealth Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Statement of Strategic Priorities for the National Wealth Fund in March 2025 on Northern Ireland.

      Soft Drinks: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the increased cost to businesses as a result of the expansion of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL), including...

      Further Education and Sixth Form Education: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to equalise the VAT treatment of Further Education colleges and school sixth forms.

      Fraud

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to protect businesses and investors from fraud where individuals found liable by UK courts are resident overseas.

      Treasury: Women

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) her Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by her Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women...

      Treasury: Qualifications

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for each financial year since 2020-21, how many officials in HM Treasury have held a professional accountancy qualification.

      Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the use of Stocks and Shares ISAs to circumvent revised Cash ISA limits due to be introduced in April 2027.

      Independent Review of the Loan Charge

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many outstanding cases involving individuals subject to the Loan Charge she expects to be resolved as a result of the recommendations of the McCann Review.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Cooperatives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on coordinating the work of the Co-operative Development Unit...

    • Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the use of zip cards as a form of voter ID for people aged 16...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his expected timetable is for publication of the Future Homes Standard.

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his letter to council leaders and others of 16 February 2026 on postponement of local elections in...

      Buildings: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the decision not to require solar photovoltaic panels on all new...

      Property Development: Recreation Spaces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to research from the University of Manchester article entitled The right to play: making play a policy...

      Temporary Accommodation: Oldham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is providing to Oldham Council to reduce reliance on hotel-based temporary accommodation.

      Compulsory Purchase

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, (a) when his Department plans to publish the guidance associated with the Compulsory Purchase Order provisions in the...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has reviewed the outline planning permission for the NA3 Wolborough Barton development,...

  • Home Office

    • Home Office: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended...

    • Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set the processes by which the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme collects data from individuals.

      Police: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 44 of the Police reform white paper “From Local to National: A New Model for Policing” (CP1489), what is...

      Nature Conservation: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of the implementation of Public Space Protection Orders in specific areas to...

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his timetable is for the consultation on Section 1 and Section 2 licensing of shotguns and firearms.

      Emergency Services Network

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the revised Programme Business Case for the Emergency Services Network has received Departmental and HM Treasury approval.

      Fraud: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the extent to which local police forces engage directly with victims of fraud in cases involving physical...

      Mobile Phones: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on 3 June 2025, HC 523, whether her Department plans...

      Street Wardens

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of volunteer groups that patrol local...

      Home Office: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) her Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by her Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the...

      Driving under Influence: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the annual cost to police forces of (a) administering roadside drug-impairment tests and (b)...

      Abnormal Loads

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to encourage police forces to apply the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s revised guidance on abnormal...

      Driving under Influence: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the annual cost of evidential drink-driving testing to the police budget from (a) blood and (b)...

      Economic Crime: United Arab Emirates

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the UK-UAE Illicit Finance Partnership Agreement.

      Home Office: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how many (a) public engagements and (b) private...

      Report Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Report Fraud.

      Fraud: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure fraud offences affecting small businesses are properly investigated in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2026 to Question 107774, if she will publish the specialist advice provided by the National Protective...

      Palestine Action

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her comments to the BBC on 11 August 2025, whether her Department presented information to the courts during legal...

      Terrorism: Iran

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she made of the potential merits of raising the threat level following the US and Israeli strikes on Iran.

      Radicalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress the Commission for Countering Extremism has made on tackling extremism.

      Planning: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the risk to public safety arising from the publication of sensitive information relating to the...

      Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department provides funding for (a) police protection and (b) transport for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

      Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Royal Protection Officers were assigned to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from 2001 until 2026.

      Palestine Action

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will publish the material her Department disclosed to the courts and the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation on...

      Extradition

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extradition requests have been a) received and b) accepted, from Category 2 Type B countries since 5th July 2024.

      Missing Persons: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time taken is for police forces to find children reported as missing.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he intends to respond to Question 111829 tabled by the hon. Member for Clapham and Brixton Hill.

    • Equality: Gender and Intersex

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 113919 on Equality: Gender Recognition, in which month the Cabinet Office began the review of the...

      Palantir

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77563 on Palantir, whether there is a record of who the Prime Minister (a) met and (b) spoke to...

      Lobbying: Finance

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on grants being awarded to bodies with terms of reference that permit lobbying using grant funds.

      Cabinet Office: Official Cars

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2026 to Question 100884, if he will publish the information provided in the five requests granted in full.

      Small Businesses: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Procurement Act 2023 on the (a) number and (b) total value of public procurement contracts...

      Public Bodies

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the Public Bodies Directory for 2025-26.

      National Security Adviser

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how long it took for the National Security Advisor to be vetted after his appointment.

      Ministers: Official Cars

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) the Government Car Service have issued to Ministers on the provision of official cars for travel inside London.

      Government Departments: Social Media

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2025 to Question 40911 on Government Departments: Social Media, if he will update the guidance to require Ministers...

  • Church Commissioners

    • Churches: Listed Buildings

      To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many listed churches have been demolished in each of the last five years.

    • Bishops: Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment she has made of the potential challenges for Clergy Disciplinary Measure processes involving senior...

      Church of England: Children

      To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether current Church safeguarding guidance on engagement with parishes during live criminal investigations is...

      Church of England: Children

      To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how potential conflicts between safeguarding outcomes and reputational and legal risk management are identified and...

      Clergy: Conflict of Interests

      To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what formal processes exist to (a) identify and (b) manage conflicts of interest during senior Church appointments...

      Church of England: Children

      To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what criteria are used to assess whether safeguarding arrangements in the Church of England are adequate.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • General Practitioners: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of doctors completing general practice speciality training remained practising in NHS general practices three years after...

    • Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 89382 on Social Services: Investment, whether his Department plans to consider the...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of care for people who have received dementia diagnoses, in the context of the contribution...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of Dementia Assessment Services in Shropshire.

      Dental Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled Patients to benefit from improved access to dental appointments, published on 21 February...

      Dental Services: Basildon and Thurrock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Patients to benefit from improved access to dental appointments,...

      General Practitioners: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans are in the GP IT roadmap to allow for the safe handover of care at the end of each working day to out-of-hours providers.

      Community Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what dedicated funding he is providing to (a) primary care networks and (b) integrated care boards for the development of integrated...

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 89382 on Social Services: Investment, whether his Department plans to (a) increase...

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the complaints signposting available to those who self-fund their social care.

      Palliative Care: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to, and the effectiveness of, palliative and end of life care.

      Palliative Care: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve out-of-hours access to medicines for people at the end of life.

      Palliative Care: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make training in palliative and end-of-life care mandatory for health and care professionals.

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to simplify the navigation of care pathways for patients and general practitioners.

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to develop a modern service framework for frailty and dementia; and if he will take steps...

      Dental Services: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dental appointments have been a) delivered and b) cancelled in i) Preston and ii) Lancashire in the last 3 years.

      Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 89382 on Social Services: Investment, what assessment his Department has made of the...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made regarding the potential merits of adopting a new National Dementia Care Pathway which includes i)...

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of additional fully qualified full-time equivalent GPs required in England to restore...

      Dental Services: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dental appointments have been (a) delivered and (b) cancelled in Lincolnshire in each of the last 3 years.

      General Practitioners: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the need for patients to contact GP practices at 8am in order to secure a same-day appointment.

      Community Health Services: Information Sharing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to (a) public (b) private and (c) voluntary organisations involved in the National Neighbourhood Health...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of in person GP appointments.

      Pharmacy: Finance

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

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish data on CAMHS outcomes, broken down by therapy type and delivery method.

      Prosopagnosia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated in the next financial year to assist research into prosopagnosia.

      Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve transparency in reporting patient harm occurring in accident and emergency departments.

      Orthopaedics: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to help resolve the shortage of bone cement in the NHS.

      Care Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of (a) nursing and (b) residential home placements.

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 86003, if his Department will commission a specific comparative review, in...

      Down's Syndrome: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the role of sport in health outcomes for young...

      Breast Cancer: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with UK Research and Innovation on increasing funding for research into invasive lobular breast cancer.

      Medical Equipment: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the NHS is not dependent on single suppliers of medical products.

      Drugs: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the causes of prescription medicine shortages in the UK, including reported shortages of aspirin 75mg...

      Down's Syndrome: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the final guidance under the Down Syndrome Act 2022 provides direction on required provision,...

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on reducing long-stay hospital delays caused by social care capacity.

      Stoma Appliances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards are in place to ensure that patients with a stoma are (a) offered a choice of dispensing provider and (b) actively...

      Down's Syndrome: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of diagnostic overshadowing on people with Down syndrome; and if he will...

      Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average waiting time in 2025 for an NHS Talking Therapy appointment following referral.

      Oesophageal Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to help raise public and clinical awareness of the BEST4 Screening trial and to support eligible...

      Mental Health: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the potential causes of recent trends in levels of crisis‑level mental health referrals...

      Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a national redress scheme for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the projected funding required to meet the fuel poverty targets set out in the Fuel...

    • Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to introduce the Energy Independence Bill.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Music Export Growth Scheme: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to Questions 112100 and 115340, what was the breakdown in each of the years specified in Northern Ireland.

    • Arms Trade: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will list ML3 arms export licences to Israel licensing the transfer of ammunition for civilian use extant between 1 January...

      Motability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of the Motability Scheme in supporting the automotive sector in the North East.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment Schemes: Musculoskeletal Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support people living with arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions to (a) return to and (b)...

    • Employment: Musculoskeletal Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people with musculoskeletal conditions into work in (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.

      Employment Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2026 to Question 111896, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the 2028 delivery date...

      Child Maintenance Service: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service in (a) recognising and applying court-ordered...

      Workplace Pensions: Index Linking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of introducing measures outside of the Pension Schemes Bill to protect the real terms...

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the total value of contracts awarded to private contractors for (a) Universal Credit assessments (b) PIP assessments and (c)...

      Offshore Industry: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive has formally (a) reviewed and (b) approved the Industry Safe Weight Limit Policy introduced by...

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2025 to Written Question UIN 80759, how many Access to Work claims have been processed since 10 October...

      State Retirement Pensions: Carer's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of raising the state pension recipient maximum threshold on people who receive carer's...

      Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit Work Capability Assessments were undertaken in each month since August 2025 for (a) new and (b) existing claimants.

  • Leader of the House

    • Written Questions: Government Responses

      To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the answer of 20 November 2025 to Question 91457 on Written Questions: Government Responses, if he will publish his letter.

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether (a) his Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by his Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Venison

      To ask His Majesty's Government what targets exist for the increase in consumption of wild venison through public procurement.

    • National Parks: Seas and Oceans

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to add to the number of marine parks around Wales; and to what timeline such plans are operating.

      Cattle: Exports

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether unweaned calves born in the UK are transported to Ireland to be exported to EU countries.

      Polypropylene: Recycling

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to update their definition of polypropylene to allow non-black polypropylene plant pots to be classed as green under the Recyclability assessment...

      Recycling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what penalties will be imposed on local authorities that do not comply with Simpler Recycling requirements; and when and how they plan to report on rates of compliance.

      Foxes: Animal Welfare

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any guidance or advice for members of the public to deal with foxes that are ill or have mange.

      Foxes: Urban Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they consider any increase in urban fox populations to constitute a health or environmental risk to the public.

      Foxes: Greater London

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with local authorities about any increase in the number of foxes in London.

      Foxes: Greater London

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any increase in the number of foxes in London.

      Animal Welfare

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they held with domestic animal producers before the animal welfare strategy for England was published.

      Fly-tipping: Private Property

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assistance the Environment Agency provides landowners to help them prevent illegal waste sites from being established on their land.

      Venison

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the proportion of wild venison which meets the British Quality Wild Venison standard.

      Deer

      To ask His Majesty's Government which deer species they consider should be eliminated from the UK, if any.

      Sheep Meat: Imports

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether imports of lamb from New Zealand and other countries meet animal welfare standards required of domestic producers.

      Fly-tipping

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of introducing a single national reporting route for instances of fly-tipping.

      Fly-tipping: Information Sharing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any barriers to information sharing in relation to instances of fly-tipping between (1) local authorities, (2) the police, and...

      Fly-tipping: Enforcement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to (1) review the investigatory and enforcement responsibilities of, and (2) promote inter-agency co-operation and information sharing...

      Fly-tipping: Private Property

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 20 January (HL13504) and 21 January (HL13620), whether it is their policy that, where...

      Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Fungi

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address fungi being a notified feature in 0.3 per cent of SSSIs in England; and whether they will commit the...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Community Health Services: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps are being taken by NHS England to improve the performance of integrated care boards that are making inadequate progress in increasing funding for...

    • Community Health Services: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they have put in place to enable assessment of the performance of integrated care boards in prioritising community care services.

      Hospices and Palliative Care: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of artificial intelligence technologies by hospice and palliative care providers; and what safeguards are in place to...

      Surgery: Robotics

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce an implementation and accountability plan to monitor progress towards the delivery of 500,000 operations supported by robotics each...

      Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent disruption of cancer treatment for patients following imprisonment.

      Cancer: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether women diagnosed with cancer in prisons in England receive healthcare equivalent in quality, timeliness and continuity as...

      Learning Disability: General Practitioners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to make GPs aware of the learning disability register.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Women: Public Places

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Collins of Highbury on 2 February (HL Deb col 1299), what is the evidential basis that all public services they deliver are in full...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • British Steel: Investment

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many potential third-party investors have been formally approached regarding investment in British Steel since April 2025.

    • British Steel: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have approved a financial ceiling for public support to British Steel and, if so, what it is.

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