Written answers

Wednesday, 11 March 2026

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Parliamentary Tours

      To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will assess the potential merits of increasing the availability of Democratic...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Water Companies: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled A new vision for water, updated 19 February 2026, what assessment...

    • Water: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the proposed new water regulator will cost; who will pay these costs; and what assessment she has made of the...

      Water Companies: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether CEOs of water have enhanced their salaries through other means, such as additional...

      Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the she is taking to help support the rescue and rehoming of mutilated animals.

      Sewage: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to provide better access to historic data on sewage discharges.

      Sewage: Sherwood Forest

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to stop Severn Trent Water from discharging sewage in Sherwood Forest constituency.

      Sewage: Sherwood Forest

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of sewage discharges occurred in Sherwood Forest constituency in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025; and which rivers...

      Water: Buckingham and Bletchley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of national water efficiency funding has been allocated to projects in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.

      Agriculture: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of barriers to adoption of farm tech among farmers.

      Agriculture: Buckinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agricultural technology projects in Buckinghamshire have received government innovation funding.

      Water Charges: Social Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2026, to Question 111526, on Water Charges: Social Tariffs, and with reference to the...

      Water Charges: Social Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2025 to Question 96793 on water charges: social tariffs, what guidance Ofwat has given...

      Water Charges: Social Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 4 December 2025 to Question 94726 on Water Charges, and of 10 December 2025 to Question 96792 on...

      Water: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Water White Paper, January 2026, p.42, what the incentives are that his department and Ofwat intend to...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve long-term food security.

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the UK’s vulnerability to external shocks in food supply.

      Food: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase domestic food production capacity.

      Food: Consumption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of food consumed in the UK that was domestically produced in each of...

      Food and Drinks: Origin Marking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that details of (a) the geographical location of production and (b) ownership of brands is...

      Hunting: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the planned consultation on hunting with dogs will accept submissions on potential amendments to Schedule 1 of the...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, how many meetings officials from their Department have attended...

      Animal Welfare: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what safeguards will be included in the UK-EU sanitary and phytosanitary agreement to ensure the UK maintains the ability to...

      Ofwat: Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with OFWAT regarding the accessibility of its public contact channels; and what steps are...

      Water: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of administrative and financial processes that small businesses...

      Water: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason small businesses are prohibited from purchasing water and wastewater services directly from local water...

      Water: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of transparency of pricing information provided by...

      Agriculture: Innovation

      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 Farming Equipment and...

      South West Water: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the resilience of South West Water’s infrastructure serving the village of Ashcombe.

      Countryside Stewardship Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of payment parity between (a) legacy Higher Level Stewardship agreements, and (b)...

      Animal Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) 2012 ban on conventional cages on the finances of...

      Animal Welfare: Tourism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress she has made on enforcing regulations to ban the (a) sale and (b) advertising of tourism activities...

      Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a timeline for the UK and Welsh Governments to jointly publish the 2026 Transition Plan, accompanied by...

      Animal Welfare: Charities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department’s planned timeline is for the publication of its consultation on the licensing, regulation and...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the...

      Water: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in reference to the her Department's White Paper entitled A new vision for water, whether her Department has made further...

      Market Operator Services: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of MOSL’s administrative overheads on levels of investment in...

      Fruit and Vegetables: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase production of domestic fruit, vegetables, pulses and legumes to strengthen...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in her Department are reliant on a visa for employment.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people since the start of 2025 have been awarded PIP after an assessment a) in-person b) over the phone or c) via video call.

    • Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people since the start of 2025 have been assessed for PIP a) in-person b) over the phone or c) via video call.

      Flexible Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the value for money of providing equipment and technology through the Flexible Support Fund, and...

      Employment Schemes: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Delivery Model Assessment undertaken by his Department for the new Jobs and Careers Service included an assessment of existing...

      Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Work Capability Assessments received Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity, Limited Capability for Work and Fit for...

      Work Capability Assessment: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration is made when awarding work capability assessment contracts of potential additional costs to the Exchequer involved in...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what protections are in place within the Child Maintenance Service to support parents and children experiencing financial abuse.

      Social Security Benefits: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an independent process to set benefit levels in line with...

  • Department for Education

    • Higher Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of tuition fee-based funding model for higher education.

    • Higher Education: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the financial return to the economy of public investment in higher education.

      Higher Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of university fee income is derived from international students in each of the last five years.

      Higher Education: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of redundancies in higher education in the last year.

      Special Educational Needs: Cambridgeshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to actively monitor Cambridgeshire’s recovery plan to reduce EHCP backlogs.

      Schools: Physical Education and Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact on schools of ongoing uncertainty around future national funding for physical...

      Schools: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the cost of school transport for students outside London is affordable and does not place a...

      Special Educational Needs: Huntingdon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 22 of the policy paper entitled SEND Reform: Putting Children and Young People First, published on 23 February 2026, CP1509,...

      Schools: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for the quality of education of the use of digital tablets for learning in (a)...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Belarus: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much foreign aid has been spent in Belarus since 2020.

    • USA: Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the British ambassador in Washington has had discussions with US officials on (a) the safety and welfare...

      Arms Trade Treaty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how her Department interprets the word facilitate in Article 7 of the Arms Trade Treaty 2015.

      Jonathan Powell

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the press release published on 6 September 2026 titled Jonathan Powell appointed as Special...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many applications were made by (a) Chagossians and (b) other nationalities to visit the British Indian Ocean...

      Malaysia: Rohingya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February to Question 110802 on Malaysia: Rohingya, whether (a) enforcement...

      TAG International and Torchlight Group: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding has been provided to (a) Torchlight, (b) Torchlight Group, (c) Torchlight Solutions and (d) TAG...

      Grandview Institution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has held meetings with the Grandview Institution in 2025.

      International Cooperation: Conferences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what her Department’s policy objectives are for the Global Partnerships Conference in May 2026.

      BBC World Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the long‑term sustainability of the BBC World Service.

      Iran: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish in full the legal basis of the decision to allow the United States to use British military...

      Argentina: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Argentina on opportunities for high‑level...

      Democracy and Human Rights: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with international partners to encourage respect for a) democratic processes and b) human...

      Palestinians: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure adequate levels of aid are reaching Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

      Palestine: War Crimes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether legal, financial, diplomatic and technological support has been offered to UK nationals who have been...

      Developing Countries: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her department is taking to support democratic elections overseas, including in relation to challenging...

      Marwan Barghouti

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her counterparts in Palestine and Israel on arranging a visit by her...

      Middle East: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the FCDO 2030 restructure on availability of qualified...

      Israel: Torture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports alleging torture in Israeli...

      Israel: Palestine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her department intends to take in response to the Israeli government's registration of occupied...

      Conflict Prevention and Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) value for money of (i) Official Development...

      Iran: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish the legal advice on which the UK Government has relied to determine that its support for...

      Iran: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans the Government has to work with the British Iranian community to create a memorial to those killed in...

      Iran: Baha'i Faith

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will hold discussions with Iranian authorities on reports of discrimination against the Baha’i community.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide input into its review of the...

      Iran: Baha'i Faith

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the reported forced confessions...

      Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support humanitarian aid organisations operating in Yemen.

      Israel: Lebanon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the humanitarian impact of recent Israeli strikes in the Bekaa...

      Craig Foreman and Lindsay Foreman

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to secure the release of Lindsay and Craig Foreman.

      Turkey: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Egyptian counterpart on the detention of opposition mayors in...

      Iran: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the availability of consular assistance for UK citizens unable to leave...

      Middle East: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support and assistance her Department is giving to British nationals in Middle Eastern countries unable to...

      Iran: RAF Akrotiri

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Iranian Ambassador was demarched for the attack on RAF Akrotiri.

      Middle East: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that non-citizen UK residents currently in the Middle East will be included in...

      Bahrain: Iran

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her US counterparts about activating provisions in the Comprehensive Security...

      Afghanistan and Pakistan: Ceasefires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking international partners to encourage de-escalation between Pakistan and Afghanistan; and...

      United Arab Emirates: Repatriation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether foreign nationals married to UK citizens will be entitled to accompany their spouse on repatriation...

      Saeid Mansour Abdulraziq

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2026 to PQ 106498, when she last raised the detention of Saeid Mansour...

      Craig Foreman and Lindsay Foreman

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to help secure the release of Craig and Lindsey Forman from arbitrary...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Iran: Unmanned Air Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions has he had with his a) US counterparts or b) senior US military personnel, regarding the effectiveness of the US military’s...

    • Ministry of Defence: Palantir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has contingency plans in the event that his Department’s contracts with Palantir are terminated.

      Navy: Antisubmarine Warfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether anti-submarine warfare is the primary operational focus of the Royal Navy for the foreseeable future.

      Military Aircraft: Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Billion-pound helicopter deal secures 3,300 British jobs, boosts battlefield kit and unlocks...

      USA: Indo-Pacific Region

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for UK maritime security of the United States Navy placing increased strategic emphasis on the...

      Armed Forces Commissioner

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any candidates have been selected in the process to hire an Armed Forces Commissioner.

      Australia: Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Australia-UK Defence Industry Dialogue: Joint Statement, published in 23 February 2026, what...

      Defence: Logistics

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

      Defence: Logistics

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

      Palantir: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role Lord Mandelson played while Ambassador to the United States on advising on the awarding of defence contracts to Palantir.

      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, how many of the first 100 vehicles have had their hulls...

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Defence Investment Plan will contain costings for all (a) current and (b) future defence programmes.

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department expects to incur any cost of safety trials for Ajax vehicles.

      China: Navy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the use of the Shuiqiao landing barge by the Chinese navy.

      Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the operational independence of the Defence Serious Crime Command from the military chain of command, and what steps...

      USA: RAF Akrotiri

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the operational use of RAF Akrotiri by the United States Air Force on Operation Olive Harvest.

      Veterans: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to help tackle homelessness among veterans in Gloucester constituency.

      Cyber & Specialist Operations Command: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of rebranding Strategic Command to Cyber and Specialist Operations Command.

      Canada and Norway: Type 26 Frigates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps is his Department is taking to ensure interoperability of Type 26 frigates across UK, Canadian, and Norwegian fleets.

      Defence: North Atlantic Ocean

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Canada, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands on cooperation in the North Atlantic in connection with the Atlantic...

      Type 26 Frigates: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Type 26 anti-submarine warfare frigates are expected to be available for operations in the North Atlantic in support of the Atlantic Bastion...

      National Security: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the strategic risks to the United Kingdom arising from frontier artificial intelligence capability being concentrated in...

      Unmanned Air Vehicles: Research

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

      Ministry of Defence: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.

      NATO: Autonomous Weapons

      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,...

      NATO: Autonomous Weapons

      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,...

      Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what formal mechanisms exist for survivors of sexual assault in the Armed Forces to provide feedback on their experience of the investigative and...

      Legal Opinion: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the new Independent Legal Advocacy service launching in 2026 provides impartial, accessible, and...

      Violence Against Women and Girls Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Violence Against Women and Girls Taskforce will become fully operational, and what its remit will be in relation to prevention, education,...

      Army: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the Army Welfare Service to provide safeguarding, youth services, and mental health support to...

      Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the confidential 24/7 crime line is accessible, well‑publicised, and adequately staffed for serving...

      Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reports of sexual assault within the Armed Forces have been made to the Defence Serious Crime Command since 2022; how many have resulted...

      Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many trauma‑informed civilian liaison officers are currently employed within the Victim Witness Care Unit, and what assessment he has...

      Armed Forces: Commonwealth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage and support Commonwealth citizens to join the Armed Forces.

      Ministry of Defence: Visas

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

      RAF Akrotiri: Unmanned Air Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the drone that struck RAF Akrotiri on 2 March 2026 struck an aircraft hangar.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Public Libraries: Reading

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues and local authorities to increase the number of community libraries to mark the...

    • Beer: Tourism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of local and regional (a) breweries and (b) beer brands on the tourism...

      Boxing: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's planned timeline is for publishing its response to the consultation on safety at white-collar boxing events.

      Samaritans: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Samaritan's media guidelines for reporting suicide;...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she will take to support a) local newspapers and b) digitally excluded adults in the context of the proposed removal of the...

      Telephone Services: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Advertising Standards Authority on the print size of the costs of phone lines on advertising in...

      Music and Dance Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken with the Secretary of State for Education to secure an uplift in funding for the Music and Dance Scheme Schools.

      Sports: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how does the her Department intend to ensure that the £400m of funding earmarked for grassroots sports facilities benefits a wide...

      Extracurricular Activities: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to begin delivery of the Enrichment Expansion Programme; and how her Department plans to work with selected schools to...

      Extracurricular Activities: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department plans to measure progress towards her target for reducing the enrichment gap; and what steps she is taking with...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of staff providing NHS services being employed on different contractual terms to NHS...

    • Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a respiratory Modern Service Framework on NHS provision in Bristol East constituency.

      NHS: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that NHS commissioning ensures equivalent employment practices in outsourced NHS services.

      Doctors: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there are an adequate number of suitable training places available for medical graduates across...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Tyres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 114110, what information his Department holds on tyre procurement by its...

      Post-mortems: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the (i) number and (ii) adequacy of provision of paediatric post-mortem specialists in (a)...

      Mechanical Thrombectomy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to deliver universal thrombectomy services by April 2026.

      Doctors: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of including international medical graduates who are GMC-registered and...

      General Practitioners: Endometriosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what action his Department is taking to ensure (a) GPs and (b) GP nursing staff receive training on endometriosis.

      Luke Chatterton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ask the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to respond to the coroner's Prevention of Future Death report...

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure patients with brain tumours treated at NHS trusts that are not members of the National...

      Heart Diseases: Aspirin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to help ensure that low-dose dispersible aspirin is (a) readily available and (b) affordable for those with heart...

      Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Packaging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to question 98754, what his planned timetable is for publication of the packaging change report.

      Diabetes: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to help ensure the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended diabetes care...

      Care Homes: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Bryony House care home in Birmingham Northfield constituency will next be inspected by the CQC.

      Bereavement Counselling: Parents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to address the postcode lottery in NHS mental health support for bereaved parents following pregnancy...

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the health budget is allocated to mental health services.

      Patient Choice Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the introduction of mandatory online booking systems does not mean the withdrawal of...

      ADHD: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients with ADHD have reliable access to prescriptions for essential medication.

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to clinical psychology services.

      Drugs: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of US-UK trade agreements on (a) drug prices and (b) levels of excess deaths in...

      Mental Health Services: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on improving access to mental health support for adolescents in...

      Radioisotopes: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the radioisotope supply disruption in late 2024 on patients.

      Hearing Impairment: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage people to seek help in the early stages of hearing loss.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the level of experience in the CAMHS workforce and the potential impact of staff turnover on...

      John Johnson

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department intends to respond to the coroner's Prevention of Future Death report following the death of John Johnson.

      Patient Choice Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance to integrated care boards on local commissioning in the context of patients’ legal right...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of CAMHS clinicians have received training in PTSD therapies, and what steps the Department is taking to improve training...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of walk-in mental health support.

      NHS: Negligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish the review of clinical negligence costs by David Lock KC.

      Health Services: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 22 of, SEND Reform: Putting Children and Young People First (CP1509), how will Integrated Care Boards be held more...

      Autism: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to develop a new National Autism Strategy.

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the accessibility and clarity of NHS information for patients navigating care pathways...

      Motor Neurone Disease: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his department has made of the current accessibility of Motor Neurone Disease treatments with reference to new...

      Patient Advice and Liaison Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce national service standards for Patient Advice and Liaison Services.

      Urinary Tract Infections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to introduce a definition for chronic...

      Alopecia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support research into alopecia.

      Huntington's Disease: Hyoscine Hydrobromide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme, b) Staffordshire and c) England with Huntington's disease are...

      NHS: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is his Department taking to help ensure that patients who cannot access digital services are still able to obtain timely...

      Hearing Impairment: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support research into hearing loss treatment.

  • Department for Transport

    • Department for Transport: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 6 March 2026 to question 117378, what evidence her Department submitted to the Office for National Statistics' consultation...

    • Bus Services: Fixed Penalties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 115052, whether permitting (a) contractors to issue fixed penalty notices under bus byelaws for...

      High Speed 1 Line: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 115062, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of increases in business...

      Buses: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of remote access and deactivation capability in Chinese-manufactured electric buses on...

      Great British Railways: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 115554 on Great British Railways: Finance, whether she plans to publish the (a) internal modelling,...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of electric vehicle charge-point accessibility for disabled people.

      Motorcycles: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has for the future of the Plug-in Motorcycle Grant beyond April 2026; and if she will consider extending the scheme to...

      Roads: Wildlife

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will consider using World Wildlife Day to promote driver awareness of wildlife on the roads.

      Public Transport: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate risks posed to public transport workers who are lone working.

      Taxis: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her timetable is for the implementation of national taxi standards across England.

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.

  • Treasury

    • Stamp Duty Land Tax: Underpayments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC investigations into the potential underpayment of stamp duty land tax are ongoing.

    • Cabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 January 2026, to Question 103793, on Cabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, if she will place in the Library a...

      Revenue and Customs: Social Media

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2026, to Question 105913, on Revenue and Customs: Social Media, if she will name the social media influencers who were...

      Baroness Martin of Brockley

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2026, to Question 105915, on Katie Martin, for what reason her adviser is unpaid.

      Tyres: Imports

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2026 to Question 114105 on Tyres: Imports, what consideration her Department has given to using different codes; and...

      Compensation: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to apply the same inheritance tax treatment used for the infected blood compensation scheme to future comparable schemes.

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure individuals with large liabilities under the Loan Charge are given adequate support, particularly in cases involving...

      International Criminal Court: Sanctions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice or guidance her Department provides on compliance with sanctions imposed by the United States against judges, lawyers, and officials of the...

      Crowdfunding: Equity

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with the Financial Conduct Authority regarding the regulation of equity crowdfunding schemes such as the Equity for...

      Insurance: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure transparency in the insurance industry's use of algorithmic and AI pricing models.

      Insurance: Bereavement

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing statutory protections that would allow surviving policyholders, where the death of a...

      Growth Mission Board

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2026 to Question 113596 on Mission Boards: Cabinet Committees, if she will publish the terms of reference of the...

      Growth Mission Board: Membership

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to answer of 4 February 2026, to Question 108748, on Growth Mission Board: Membership, if she will list each of the internal and external members...

      Cheques: Equality

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an of the potential impact of banks not accepting cheques on groups with protected characteristics; and whether she has...

      Cryptocurrencies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2026, to Question 105914, on Cryptocurencies, what information her Department holds on the Financial Conduct Authority...

      Financial Services: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of accessibility across all aspects of banking and financial services for blind and partially...

      Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that reforms to Stocks and Shares ISAs do not disadvantage investors who make regular cash contributions and invest...

      Coinage: Design

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 17 November 2025, to Question 88685, on Coinage: Design, on what dates the Committee and Sub-Committee have met since July 2024;...

      Small Businesses: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support the growth of (a) small and (b) micro companies.

      Insurance: Shipping

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact on global reinsurance markets of war risk insurance coverage for the Strait of Hormuz being...

      Travel: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the overseas scale rates.

      Electronic Government: Security

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what security checks are undertaken before an address change is accepted on a taxpayer’s Government Gateway account.

      Treasury: Visas

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in her Department are reliant on a visa for employment.

      Gift Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress her Department has made in amending the rules on Gift Aid.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Housing: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2026 to Questions 107021 on Housing: Asylum, if he will publish any prospectus...

    • Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will commission an assessment of the impact of council tax levels on the cost of living for average households.

      Public Houses: Business Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) the GLA levy and (b) higher Rateable Values from the 2026...

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the council tax referendum policy decision for the six councils with no thresholds was subject to an equality...

      Politicians: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 105388 on Councillors: Vetting, whether she is considering...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any council elections will be (a) delayed and (b) cancelled in May 2027.

      Local Government: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the UK anti-corruption strategy 2025, CP 1454, of December 2025, para 88, what is the separate...

      Council Tax: Exemptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his Department supports the changes to council tax practiced exemptions proposed through the Property...

      Council Tax: Empty Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on access to empty homes council tax data held by local billing...

      Council Tax: Surcharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the administrative cost per year of (a) valuing and (b) collecting the...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Braintree during the Oral Statement of 23...

      Visitor Levy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with...

      Independent Review into Civil Unrest in Leicester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 108217 on Independent Review into Civil Unrest in Leicester, if...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 11 February 2026 to Question 111141 on Local Government Finance, whether any of the...

      Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he will publish the results of the consultation on proposed Local Government re-organisation in the County of Essex.

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 102399 on Local Government: Elections, whether the new unitary...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made regarding the potential implications for his policies of revenue-backed lending...

      Tees Valley Combined Authority: Best Value

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if the Department will consult a) constituent local authorities, and b) local Members of Parliament regarding the...

      Tees Valley Combined Authority: Best Value

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the advice the Independent Advisory Board has provided on managing conflicts...

      Tees Valley Combined Authority: Best Value

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of consecutive disclaimed audit opinions...

      Public Houses: Business Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what business rate reliefs and multipliers apply to pubs in the City of London from 2026-27.

      Combined Authorities: Functions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 108227 on Combined Authorities: Surrey, whether other strategic...

      Pride in Place Programme: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Birmingham City Council receives Pride in Place funding.

      Local Growth Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the local growth fund on critical infrastructure, transport...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Voluntary Organisations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closing of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund on the voluntary...

      Local Growth Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department requires each local area to have a local growth plan.

      Housing: Overcrowding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review the statutory overcrowding provisions in the Housing Act 1985.

      Islamophobia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 102774 on Islamophobia, if he will list the dates of meetings...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2026 to Question 111141 on Local Government Finance, how much funding the six...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Flexible Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any staff in his Department work a four day week.

      Business Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much business rates revenue is placed into business rates pools in (a) 2024-25, (b) 2025-26 and (c) 2026-27.

      Business Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of any increase in business rate receipts will be retained by local authorities.

      Licensed Premises: Business Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 11 February 2026 to Question 111126 on Licensing Premises: Business Rates, whether there is...

      Public Houses: Business Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 109262, whether pubs which have (a) rooms and (b) conference and...

      Disability: Public Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to improve recognition of non-visible disabilities, including stoma use, in the...

      Elections: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) elections staff, (b) candidates, (c) activists, and (d)...

      Electoral Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his statement to the House of Commons on 2 March 2026 on the Representation of the People Bill, col...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, how many meetings officials from their Department have...

      Electoral Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department on the number of people who have attempted to vote but were prevented from doing so...

      Electoral Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the (a) number and (b) proportion of people who have tried and failed to...

      Permitted Development Rights: Listed Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending permitted development rights to listed buildings for...

      Leasehold: Service Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling tenants and residents to pay disputed service...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the 1.5 million homes to be delivered in this Parliament will be flats.

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 9 February 2026 on Local Government Finance Settlement 2026-27 to 2028-29,...

      Sub-letting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help tackle exploitative and non‑transparent sub‑letting in the private rented...

      Leasehold: Ground Rent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of restrictions on ground rents on levels of service charges for...

      Chinese Embassy: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Chinese Embassy development at the Royal Mint will be subject to the oversight of the Building Safety...

      Commonhold and Leasehold: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has received written representations from major freeholders on the proposed Leasehold and...

      Lichfields

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent with Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Limited since July 2024; and for what purposes.

      Tees Valley Combined Authority: Best Value

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the governance arrangements between Tees Valley Combined Authority and...

      Electoral Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his statement to the House of Commons on 2 March 2026 on the Representation of the People Bill, col...

      Public Libraries: Opening Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for her policies of the decline in council run library hours...

      Housing: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2026 to Questions 107021 on Housing: Asylum, whether the derelict buildings to be...

      Housing: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2026 to Question 107021 on Housing: Asylum, how the basic accommodation will...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) his Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by his Department are compliant with the Supreme...

      Social Services: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of local authority spending on asylum-related social care was reimbursed by central...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Equality: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's draft Code of Practice on services, public...

    • Civil Partnerships and Marriage

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on conversion between civil partnership and marriage.

      Boys: Social Mobility

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will publish a strategy on improving social mobility for white working class boys.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Courts: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the current policy of HM Courts & Tribunals Service on ensuring its courts facilities for (a) the public and (b) staff are compliant with...

    • Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to allow pending cases to be tried by a judge alone on (a) the number of pre-trial...

      Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what modelling his department has used to establish that allowing pending cases to be tried by a judge alone will deliver swifter justice as referenced...

      Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of cases due to be affected by the decision to allow pending cases to be tried by a judge alone.

      Administration of Justice: UK Relations with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, further to the UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, 22 December 2025, whether he intends that the UK Government will make additional financial...

      Debt Collection: Pay and Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulations relating to the i) regulation of conduct and operations and ii) remuneration of High Court...

      Solicitors Regulation Authority: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Solicitors Regulation Authority on the adequacy of waiting times for complaint resolutions.

      Prisoners: Repatriation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which countries the UK has prisoner transfer agreements with.

      Electronic Tagging: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on electronic monitoring contracts in each of the last five years.

      Ministry of Justice: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, how many meetings officials from their Department have attended on the national conversation...

      Civil Proceedings: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help prevent the principle of judicial comity from being used by the People’s Republic of China to conduct...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Great British Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential role of Great British Energy, including through a retail arm, in delivering a social...

    • Great British Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with Ofgem regarding the designation of Great British Energy as a supplier of last resort, to...

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the...

      Fuel Oil: Prices and Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department taking to support off-grid households to report (a) significant cost increases and (b) cancelled orders...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, the steps he is taking to help protect a) park home residents and b) heating oil users from spikes in energy prices.

      Energy: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of high energy bills on small businesses in the UK.

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to ringfence a proportion of UK ETS revenues generated from maritime to fund alternative fuels and port grid upgrades.

      Fuel Oil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure people who rely on oil to heat their homes will be able to access a secure affordable supply in...

      Energy: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with OFGEM regarding the potential impact of its guidance on the pricing practices of energy...

      Oil: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of recent instability and conflict in the Middle East on (a)...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Parental Leave: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish milestones for the Parental Leave Review.

    • Carers: Holiday Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory right to paid leave for kinship carers.

      Department for Business and Trade: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.

  • Home Office

    • Home Office: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, how many meetings officials from their Department have attended on the national...

    • Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme public register, how many registrations have been made since the introduction of...

      Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registrations have been made under the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme; and how many of those registrations have included the...

      Espionage: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many China-linked instances of (a) espionage or (b) assisting a foreign intelligence service have been identified in the UK since 5t...

      Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to make a decision on the future of the 56-day asylum move on pilot.

      UK Visas and Immigration: Passports

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that passports sent to UK Visas and Immigration are returned in a timely manner.

      Jeffrey Epstein

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to investigate the use of English-as-a-Foreign-Language Courses as a route for individuals trafficked by Jeffrey...

      Visas: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the number and proportion of licensed sponsoring employers for (a) Skilled Worker visa holders and (b) Health and Care...

      Immigration: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of applying the proposed immigration reforms to BNO visa holders who...

      Electronic Travel Authorisations: Dual Nationality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the Electronic Travel Authorisation requirement from 25 February...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of the long‑term financial sustainability of the Civil Service Pension Scheme; and whether further...

    • Cabinet Office: Recruitment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any civil servants hired by his Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last...

      Cabinet Office: Flags

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many days in 2025 did the Pride Flag fly on the main Whitehall building operated by his Department.

      Cabinet Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to provide an answer to Question 111938.

      Espionage: China

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any box notes were provided to the Prime Minister by the National Security Advisor regarding the alleged China Spy Case.

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds that was provided by the (a) security and (b) intelligence services regarding the appointment of Lord Mandelson...

      Capita: Contracts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Westminster Hall debate on the Administration of the Civil Service Pensions Scheme of February 4th 2026, whether the Cabinet...

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the size of the backlog of civil service pension cases on (a) 1 December 2025 and (b) 1 March 2026.

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether bereavement cases where a civil servant retired on ill health grounds prior to death are being prioritised in addressing the Civil Service...

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether data for Death Benefit nominations was migrated successfully from paper systems to the online Civil Service Pension Scheme system run by Capita.

      Cabinet Office: Facilities Agreements

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will amend his Department's public sector facility time data collection to include trade union diversity time.

      Senior Civil Servants: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 108242 on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, if he will publish any new guidance on the...

      Civil Service

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Civil Service Coffee Connect programme still operates.

      Government Departments: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics sought input from Government departments as part of its review of harmonised standards on ethnicity...

      Cybersecurity: China

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the National Cyber Security Centre has made of the potential impact of kill switches in Chinese-made (a) cars and (b) buses on cyber...

      Civil Servants: Unpaid Work

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether applicants to the Summer Intelligence Internship self-certify their ethnicity; and whether the SIS undertakes an audit.

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of times Peter Mandelson visited 10 Downing Street in each year since 6 May 2010 before he was...

      Lords Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the material to be disclosed pursuant to Humble Address of 4 February 2026 relating to Lord Mandelson will include internal communications...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry during the Urgent Question on Ministry of Defence: Palantir...

      Public Appointments: Vetting

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Guidance on Making Direct Ministerial Appointments, updated 16 January 2026, paragraph 8, what steps are taken if the National...

      Cabinet Office: Public Inquiries

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to which public inquiries his Department has submitted (a) documents and (b) other communications created between June 2007 and May 2010.

      Jeffrey Epstein

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if will he publish a list of all (a) current and (b) former Parliamentarians that have been named in the Epstein files.

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Lord Mandelson's (a) Fellowship of the 48 Group and (b) work for Global Counsel was considered during his Department's due diligence prior to...

      National Security

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will discuss with Ministerial colleagues a) the adequacy of security arrangements for Ministers and the Royal Family, b) the...

      Cabinet Office: Defence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, how many meetings officials from their Department have attended on the national conversation...

      Budgets: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 1.3 of the Budget Information Security Review, published on 9 February 2026, if he will publish the recommendations from...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Identity Cards: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what policy reason the day of birth would be removed from electoral ID cards in Northern Ireland under the Representation of the People Bill.

    • Northern Ireland Office: Visas

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

      Northern Ireland Office: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the ethnicity...

  • Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

    • Members: Staff

      To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, on what dates, and in what form, have IPSA asked hon....

    • Members: Staff

      To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if the transcript of the meeting titled Staffing budget...

  • Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

    • Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission plans to ask political parties and...

    • Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has a list of the organisations...

      Elections: Fraud

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what data the Electoral Commission holds on levels of electoral fraud,...

      Elections: Fraud

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has produced on treating in elections.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to commission a study into the impact and consequences of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018, as recommended in the...

    • Administration of Justice: Reading

      To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to ensure that those in the criminal justice system benefit from the National Year of Reading 2026.

      Prisoners: Roma

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many people in prison or a Young Offenders Institute self-describe their ethnicity as Romany.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Mackerel: Fisheries

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to limit commercial fishing for mackerel any further.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Senior Salaries Review Body

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to including multi academy trust chief executives in the remit of the Senior Salaries Review Body.

    • Lord Mandelson

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 27 January (HL13589), what was the rationale for removing the former Duke of York...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether their response to the Humble Address on 4 February regarding Lord Mandelson will make redactions on grounds other than matters likely to prejudice...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Marine Protected Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether all the UK's marine protected areas are shown on maritime maps.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Reading

      To ask His Majesty's Government role public libraries will play in the delivery of the National Year of Reading 2026; and what steps are being taken to increase library engagement with the campaign.

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 17 February  (HL14372), what the move-on process will be for all groups of newly recognised refugees...

    • Refugees: Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 17 February  (HL14372), when they plan to publish the independent evaluation of the impact of...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Batteries: Storage

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to make fire and rescue services statutory consultees on all planning applications for battery energy storage facilities.

    • Holiday Accommodation: Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to introduce legislation to regulate short-term let properties.

      Leasehold: Fees and Charges

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of reducing deferment and capitalisation rates on the premium payable for a lease extension; and whether they plan to...

      Building Safety Act 2022

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to bring forward reforms to the Building Safety Act 2022 to allow the First Tier Tribunal to confer accountable person responsibilities to a section...

      Public Appointments: Convictions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to disqualify individuals from standing for public office in England who have unspent convictions for offences under the Terrorism...

      Social Clubs: Business Rates

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's business rate information letter 1/2026: Pubs and live music venues relief 2026 to...

      Leasehold: Service Charges

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of not including the remaining Law Commission recommendations on enfranchisement and right to manage in the Draft...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment: Violence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that employees who face violence are supported, such as through guaranteed offers of counselling and group debriefing.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Sudan: Armed Conflict

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Sudan's Rapid Support Forces targeted and killed people with disabilities in El Fasher; and what steps...

    • Jin Mingri

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether and when they have raised (1) potential breaches of Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on freedom of religion or belief, and (2) the...

      Mali: Christianity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made with the government of Mali about reports of Christians facing systematic persecution and being targeted with...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Orphan Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendation in the report by the UK BioIndustry Association From innovation to impact: unlocking patient access to...

    • Liothyronine: Prescriptions

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to meet representatives of Thyroid UK and The Thyroid Trust to discuss the prescribing of liothyronine in primary care.

      NHS: Crimes of Violence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that NHS staff who are subjected to violence in the workplace are offered support in the aftermath, including counselling and...

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the daily average of 13,823 medically fit patients who remained in hospital in January, in particular in regard to social...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have conducted research into the behavioural response of the public if alcohol labelling displayed the calorie, sugar and energy contents on the same...

      Genomics: Screening

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to expand new-born screening in line with its ambition in the 10 Year Health Plan to roll out whole genome sequencing by 2030; and what...

      Prescription Drugs: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they still plan to increase the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence cost per quality-adjusted life years thresholds in April;...

      Resident Doctors: Learning Disability and Neurodiversity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent increase in the number of resident doctors who say they are neurodivergent or have learning disabilities.

      Medical Treatments

      To ask His Majesty's Government what interim targets they have set to meet the commitment in the Life Sciences Sector Plan for the UK to become one of the three fastest countries in Europe for...

      Resident Doctors: Learning Disability and Neurodiversity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what internal or professional disciplinary procedures may be invoked by an NHS Trust in the case of a resident doctor who has been found to have dishonestly...

      Doctors: Learning Disability and Neurodiversity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what measures are in place to ensure the process by which doctors declare neurodivergence or learning disabilities is robust and cannot be subject to abuse.

      Prescription Drugs: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence appraisals which are paused pending increases in the cost per...

      Orchard Nursing Home: Inspections

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are satisfied that in the Care Quality Commission's 8 January assessment of Orchard Nursing Home, Huyton, residents, relatives of residents, and...

      Public Sector: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the data protection and confidentiality risks of the deployment of generative AI workplace tools in public sector bodies; and...

      Heart Valve Disease: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address variation in access to diagnosis and treatment for heart valve disease across England.

      Blood Cancer: Immunotherapy

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many patients per annum are expected to be treated by the NHS with Car-T cell therapy for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

      NHS: Workplace Pensions

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much was paid into the NHS pension scheme by (1) NHS employers, and (2) NHS pension scheme members, in (a) 2023, and (2) 2024.

      Liothyronine

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to remove liothyronine from the guidance Items which should not routinely be prescribed in primary care, updated on 19 August 2025.

      NHS: Insurance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to ensuring that NHS collective insurance cover can be extended to provide cover for when clinical services are commissioned by...

      Resident Doctors: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from Baroness Merron to Lord Kamall on 19 February (DEP2026-0132), by what date they expect to conclude negotiations with the British...

      General Practitioners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure an equitable distribution of general medical practitioners in England between regions.

      NHS: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cash value of the productivity and efficiency savings to be made by NHS England, integrated care boards and NHS providers in...

      NHS: Crimes of Violence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide advisory articles and other literature to NHS staff about how to handle threats of violence in workplace settings.

      NHS: Pay

      To ask His Majesty's Government what the cash value is of the productivity and efficiency savings they assumed in their submission to the NHS Pay Review Body for the NHS Agenda for Change staff...

      Primary Care: Pastoral Care

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to include primary healthcare chaplaincy as one of the options on which primary care networks can choose to spend additional roles reimbursement...

      NHS: Pay

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the total cost of the 2026–27 pay award for NHS Agenda for Change staff in England, and (2) the cost of that award above...

      NHS: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the support provided to clinicians for post-deployment monitoring of new artificial intelligence tools introduced...

      Government Departments: Neurodiversity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what spending is allocated across all departments to supporting individuals who are defined by themselves or others as neurodiverse.

      NHS: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that AI tool vendors inform the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, NHS trusts and clinicians when...

  • Scotland Office

    • Agriculture and Fisheries: Scotland

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Scottish Government has requested that agricultural and fisheries funding not be ringfenced and therefore subject to the Barnett Formula from...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Insulation: Hemp

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they plan to give to the construction industry to use UK industrial hemp as a carbon neutral insulation material.

  • Treasury

    • Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the UK tax-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio in (1) 2025–26, (2) 2026–27, (3) 2027–28, (4)...

    • Crown Estate: Abandoned Vehicles

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to remove abandoned vehicles from Crown Estate land; and whether Crown Estate land is designated as off road for the purposes of...

      Inflation: Cost of Living

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on household budgets of the reduction of the rate of inflation from 3.4 per cent in December to the current rate of 3...

      Interest Rates: Cost of Living

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on household budgets of the Bank of England's decision in January to reduce the base rate to 3.75 per cent.

      Hemp: Exports

      To ask His Majesty's Government what information they have on the quantity and value of UK industrial hemp exported to France for house construction.

      Cryptoassets: Financial Markets

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the work to fit tokenised collateral into existing financial market regulation frameworks; and what discussions they are having...

      Financial Services: UK Trade with EU

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the European Union regarding financial services as part of the UK-EU reset.

  • Attorney General

    • Hamit Coskun

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total cost to the Crown Prosecution Service to date of (1) bringing the initial prosecution against Hamit Coskun, (2) defending that prosecution at...

  • Department for Transport

    • Bus Services and Railways: CCTV

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to make functioning CCTV mandatory on trains, buses and coaches and associated stations.

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