Written answers

Friday, 13 March 2026

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Overseas Trade: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the role international students play in strengthening UK–India trade relations.

    • Ukraine: Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many UK businesses have participated in Ukraine trade support programmes.

      Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of 1) the challenges faced by electric vehicle manufacturers and 2) the output of electric vehicle manufacturing...

      Dual Use Goods and Technologies: Export Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 4th March to Question 116233, if he will clarify (a) the timeline for introducing secondary legislation and (b)...

      Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to reduce energy costs for vehicle manufacturers.

      Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will consider conducting a review of electric vehicle manufacturing in the UK.

      EU Files Forum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 26 November 2025, to Question 91946, on EU Files Forum, on what dates the EU Files Forum has met since July 2024.

      Department for Business and Trade: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what evidence his Department submitted to the Office for National Statistics' review of the ethnicity harmonised standard, including in...

      Trade Promotion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department uses a criteria to assess the reputational implications for the United Kingdom of appointing a trade envoy to a...

      Trade Promotion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the value delivered to small and medium-sized businesses by the trade envoy programme compared with...

      Shops: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support rural convenience stores to manage their operating costs.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out when her Department's timetable for when (a) the Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund will open for...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Type 45 Destroyers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will reassess the (a) combat readiness and (b) repair schedule of the Royal Navy's Type 45 Destroyers.

    • China: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2026 to question 115862 on China: Nuclear Weapons, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his...

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps has he taken to revise the Army fielding plan for the Ajax family of vehicles in order to reflect delays caused by the ministerial-led review.

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2026, to question 111945 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, for what reason will some Ajax vehicles move to Capability...

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of cancelling the Ajax programme on planned British Army equipment numbers.

      Army: Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of war stocks held by the British Army to replace damaged or destroyed equipment in a...

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for this policies of the absence of a mechanised infantry combat vehicle in British Army...

      Defence Equipment: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's definition is of a strategic supplier; and what criteria his Department uses to designate strategic suppliers.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential of the Patria TRACKX armoured vehicle as a replacement for Viking.

      Military Aicraft: 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...

      Navy: North Atlantic Ocean

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February to Question 112837 on Navy: North Atlantic Ocean, whether the £14 million referred to is separate to the...

      Unmanned Air Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to publish a strategy on stockpiling one-way attack drones on UK territory.

      Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 110439 on Defence: Expenditure, if he will itemise what the UK will spend on defence in 2027-28 that...

      Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 110439 on Defence: Expenditure, what the remaining 0.47% of GDP to be spent on defence in 2027-28 that...

      Defence Equipment: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Enemy weapons detector in the hands of soldiers five years early, published on 14 February...

      China: Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the Chinese DF-17 (Dongfeng-17) solid-fuelled medium-range ballistic missile fitted with the...

      Saudi Arabia: Army

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British Army Stormers are deployed to Saudi Arabia under Operation Crossways.

      USA: Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what legal advice he has received on the compatibility of allowing US use of RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia with the United Nations Charter, including...

      USA: Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia (a) are being used and (b) will be used in the future by the United States for military operations against Iran;...

      Iran: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the House will be given an opportunity to debate and vote on UK support for US operations in Iran.

      Pitcairn Islands: Exclusive Economic Zone

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in (a) France and (b) New Zealand on EEZ enforcement in the Pitcairn Islands.

  • Department for Transport

    • Shipping: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled £271 million to clean up shipping and power coastal communities, what estimate he...

    • Train Operating Companies: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the rail fare freeze on the (a) budget and (b) spending plans of the Department for Transport...

      Railways: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to railways in Wales for Welsh Rail Enhancements for (a) UK Government Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP) -...

      Heathrow Airport: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on legal advice for Heathrow Airport expansion.

      M1: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects the roadworks on the M1 (Northbound) between junctions 12 and 13 to be completed.

      Freight: Large Goods Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support small and medium enterprises in haulage to transition to low-emission heavy good vehicles.

      Department for Transport: Defence

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

      Railways: South Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is planning to improve rail links between South Wales and a) Gatwick and b) Heathrow.

      Train Operating Companies: Trade Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the extent of recognition of trade unions and provision of trade union facility time at management grades in each...

      Train Operating Companies: Trade Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has directed DFT Operator of Last Resort to adopt a standard process for recognition of trade unions and provision of trade union facility...

      Motorcycles: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will implement a successor scheme to the Plug-in Motorcycle Grant upon its expiry.

      Motorcycles: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what policy basis has her Department decided to allow the Plug-in Motorcycle Grant to lapse.

      Railway Stations: Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any costs were incurred by updating railway station announcements to convey a message from the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

      Railways: South Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department has had with relevant stakeholders on the potential for a direct rail link between South Wales and Heathrow Airport.

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements are in place to maintain the Schedule 17 Ticketing and Settlement Agreement terms between Rail Delivery Group and train operating...

      Colour Vision Deficiency: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will review the evidential basis for the Colour Assessment Diagnosis test.

      Trains: CCTV

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve the availability of CCTV coverage in train carriages.

      Great British Railways: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2026 to Question 105751, how each of the measures cited as enabling the reduction in the rail passenger services...

  • Treasury

    • Business Rates: Valuation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 109139 on Business Rates: Valuation, if she will publish that analysis.

    • Public Houses: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral statement of 27 January 2026, Official Report, Col. 770, on business rates, what the evidential basis is that around three...

      Business Rates: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 30 of the Budget 2025 policy costings document, published in November 2025, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for the...

      Business Rates: Uprating

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 6 February 2026 to Question 109143 on Business Rate: Uprating, what the evidential basis is for the business rate system raising...

      Leisure: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 91847 on Leisure: Business Rates, when the analysis on the effects of the multiplier arrangements...

      Public Sector Debt

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how her Department tracks the exposure of financial institutions to UK sovereign debt.

      Budget November 2025: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any crown servant has been (a) dismissed and (b) disciplined for sharing information related to the Budget 2025 without authority.

      Valuation Office Agency: Training

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2026 to Question 108649 on Valuation Office Agency: Training, if she will list the titles of the 400 internal training...

      Council Tax: Valuation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 107997 on Council tax, valuation, if she will publish the list of Value Significant Codes.

      Care Homes: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of easing taxes for elderly residents who are privately funding their care home place.

      Council Tax: Valuation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the council tax surcharge and the ordinary council tax charge for new builds will be based on different antecedent valuation dates from...

      Gardens: Council Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2026, to Question 108650, on Gardens: Council tax, whether there is internal guidance on how gardens are valued for...

      Valuation Office Agency: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the Valuation Office Agency's responses to Member's correspondence, including on matters of...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Timms Review steering group reflects diverse representation across (a) types of...

    • Office for Nuclear Regulation: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what level of direct grant funding he provides to the Office for Nuclear Regulation.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to SOPS 1.1 in the Department's 2024-25 Annual Report, if she will publish a breakdown of the £1,030,869,000 in gross...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many paying parents were newly recorded as being in arrears by the Child Maintenance Service in each of the last 24 months.

      Social Security Benefits: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2026 to Question 110973, what proportion of the consolatory payment was as a result of a decision by the...

      Training: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to restore public funding for union-led workplace learning programmes.

      Apprentices: Erasmus+ Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Erasmus+ work placements for apprentices on the Growth and Skills Levy.

      Bereavement Support Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to review the 18-month duration period of the Bereavement Support Payment; and if he will make an assessment of...

      Bereavement Support Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Bereavement Support Payment in the context of trends in the cost of living.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Science Parks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to increase the number of science parks in the UK.

    • Weather: Tourism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has held discussions with the Met Office on steps to encourage more detailed presentation of weather information...

      Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many of the recommendations of the report entitled Independent review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender,...

      Weather: Tourism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with the Met Office on the campaign, led by Chester Zoo on behalf of outdoor attractions, to...

      Information Commissioner's Office: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the average period of time is for the Information Commissioner to decide whether to assign an Freedom of Information...

      Manufacturing Industries: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps are being taken to ensure that small and medium-sized manufacturers located in (i) Buckinghamshire and (ii) Milton...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2026, to Question 107041, on DSIT: Public Appointments, and to the answer of 28 January...

      Manufacturing Industries: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what proportion of national manufacturing research and development grants are allocated to SMEs.

      Broadband: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department’s Statement of Strategic Priorities for Ofcom, what assessment she has made of the...

      Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with international partners like Taiwan on undersea cable resilience.

      Artificial Intelligence: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how she will measure UKRI progress in meeting priority areas and outcomes of the UKRI AI Research and Innovation Strategic...

      Social Media: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on taking steps to help prevent schools wars content circulating on social media...

      Internet: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has she made of a) the cybersecurity vulnerabilities and b) risk of data manipulation, of the Government...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 104668 on council tax, what the monetary amount is of that...

    • Candidates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Representation of the People Bill will allow candidates and agents to use PO Box addresses.

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their...

      Electoral Register: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to prevent automatic electoral registration from adding European Union citizens to (a) the UK...

      Elections: Campaigns

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made by (a) his Department and (b) the Defending Democracy Taskforce of sectarianism in...

      Electoral Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to answer of 11 September 2025, to Question 74719, on Electoral Register, whether user research has now been...

      Political Parties: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the Government’s policy on political advertising marking whether it has been created or manipulated by AI.

      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 104964 on Elections, whether there are any other (a) prospectus...

      Police and Crime Commissioners: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 3 March 2026 to question 114906 on Police and Crime Commissioners: Elections, what is the...

      Community Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to (a) update the Index of Dissimilarity and (b) produce other indicators of residential segregation.

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 14 January 2026 to Question 102816 on Local Government: Elections, on what dates the...

      Anti-muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the timetable for a Government response to the working group on Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim hatred.

      Local Government: Devolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the status is of each locality within the Devolution Priority Programme.

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered moving mayoral combined authority elections that were delayed from May 2026 to May 2028, to...

      Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of households spending more than 30% of income on rent in (a)...

      Elections: Campaigns

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to hold a consultation to amend electoral law to ban imprinted (a) candidate and (b)...

      Leasehold: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 20 November 2025 to Question 89939 on Leasehold: Fees and Charges, what assessment has been...

      Community Infrastructure Levy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 105228 on Community Infrastructure Levy, whether he plans to...

      Unadopted Roads

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to strengthen protections for freeholders living on estates with unadopted roads;...

      Labour Together

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has had discussions with the Electoral Commission on reporting by Labour Together between 2017...

      Vistry Group: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds data on the number of occasions Vistry has undertaken structural remedial works without...

      Abri Group: Shared Ownership Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will hold discussions with Homes England on the quality of new‑build shared‑ownership homes...

      Council Housing: Mould

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of mould and damp in council-owned housing in England.

      Social Rented Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that registered providers complete remedial works within reasonable...

      Social Rented Housing: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to increase the supply of one-bedroom social rented homes for young people facing...

      Council Housing: Mould

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve accountability for councils not resolving mould and damp complaints from tenants.

      Private Rented Housing: Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of whether new housing supply alone can reduce rents in areas where private rent...

      Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of rent stabilisation systems in (a) Germany,...

      Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many landlords exited the private rented sector in each year since 2020.

      High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to review the statutory height threshold for a higher-risk building under the Building...

      Rents: Increases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether mechanisms exist to prevent excessive rent increases during tenancies.

      Rents: Increases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of linking rent increases to changes in the level of...

      Community Infrastructure Levy: Exemptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has considered introducing an exemption from the Community Infrastructure Levy for householders.

      Chinese Embassy: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the decision letter, Called-in decision: Royal Mint Court, London, EC3N 4QN (refs. 3353754 and...

      Leasehold: Electricity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a right for leaseholders to manage their own...

      Commonhold and Leasehold: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent representations his Department has received on the compatibility of leasehold and commonhold reform with...

      New Towns: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the need for regeneration of housing stock in existing New Towns.

      Community Assets: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of affordable community spaces for charities and...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 107987 on Planning Permission, whether his Department holds a...

      Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2026, to Question 108681, on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if he will...

      Data Centres: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the planning use class is of a data centre; and whether change of use planning permission is required for an...

      Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds data on the number of defects, snagging issues or complaints raised in relation to...

      Supported Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill on levels of supply of...

      Private Rented Housing: Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of private rent inflation on levels of homelessness and housing...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what are the outcomes of the UK shared Prosperity Fund programme in Northern Ireland including (a) the total number of...

      Social Rented Housing: Regeneration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support the regeneration of existing social housing stock.

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what evidence her Department submitted to the Office for National Statistics' review of the ethnicity harmonised standard, including in relation to the...

  • Home Office

    • Home Office: Facilities Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 82334 on Home Office: Facilities Agreements, whether there has been a change to...

    • Children in Care: Missing Persons

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on the number of children that go missing by region every year.

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to paragraph 88 of the policy paper entitled UK Government Resilience Action Plan, published on 14 July 2025, how many meetings have...

    • Scotland Office: Defence

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

      Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on financial support for listed places of worship in Scotland unable to access the Listed...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • GP Practice Lists: Calder Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were registered at each (a) main practice and (b) branch surgery in Calder Valley constituency in (i) July 2025 and...

    • General Practitioners: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices have closed in the last 12 months; and and GPs have (a) resigned and (b) retired in the same period of time.

      Healthwatch

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the functions of local Healthwatch will be delivered by ICBs and local authorities.

      Health Services: Gender Recognition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the written statement on 26 February 2026 titled Data Linkage Study, what is his expected timeframe for research and ethics...

      Endometriosis: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the benefits and complications of ablation surgery for endometriosis patients.

      Maternity Services: Racial Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Amos Review interim report's findings regarding reports...

      Women's Health Hubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand access to women's health hubs.

      Audiology: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve audiology waiting times for adults with age-related hearing loss.

      Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography scans for cancer diagnosis.

      Domestic Abuse: Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support networks of (a) clinicians and (b) health professionals who wish to share best practice on responding...

      Ambulance Services: Standards

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

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the average ambulance waiting times for (a) Category 1, (b) Category 2, (c) Category 3 and (d)...

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of year-on-year changes to hospital handover delays in (a) Shropshire (b) West...

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of ambulance response cases in Category 3 and Category 4 incidents that involved...

      Health Services: Gender Recognition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the written statement on 26 February 2026 titled Data Linkage Study, whether he expects the data linkage study to be...

      Audiology: Dewsbury and Batley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the provision of NHS audiology services in Dewsbury and Batley constituency.

      Health Services: Gender Recognition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the written statement on 26 February 2026 titled Data Linkage Study, whether he plans to complete the data linkage study...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the DHSC annual report and accounts 2024-25, HC1446, what the payment of £18,000 of gross benefits for the Second...

      Medicine: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical students graduated from UK universities in each of the last five years; and how many doctors completed foundation...

      NHS: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects to announce the revised timetable for provision of McCloud Remedy statements to NHS workers who have already retired but...

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the use of call-before-you-convey by ambulance services and hospital trusts.

      Community First Responders: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure the safety of Community First Responders.

      Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £70 million allocated in the Autumn Budget 2024 for new linear accelerator (LINAC) machines has been spent to date;...

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of corridor care in Emergency Departments on patient safety, dignity, and clinical outcomes;...

      General Practitioners: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in relation to the GP contract 2026/27, what framework he has put in place to help ensure that hospitals respond to Advice and Guidance...

      NHS

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many requests to call in a reconfiguration of NHS services his Department has received under Schedule 10A of the National Health...

      Audiology: Bexleyheath and Crayford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the provision of NHS audiology services in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency.

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer to Question UIN 82954, answered on 15 January 2026, what activities the £18,818,566 paid by NHS England for...

      Circumcision

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent deaths related to non-therapeutic male circumcision.

      Alopecia and Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people experiencing hair loss from (a) alopecia and (b) cancer treatment.

      NHS: Facilities Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to pages 92 and 96 respectively of NHS England's annual report and accounts 2024-25 and 2023-24, if he will set out the...

      Audiology: Ashfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the provision of NHS audiology services in Ashfield constituency.

      Respiratory Diseases: Newbury

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

      Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes in call categorisation thresholds in the East of England since 2023.

      Nurses: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) travel expenses and (b) other financial support are available to nursing students.

      Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 2nd March 2026 to Question 110309, what proportion of redirected patients were referred to a) mental health crisis...

      Endometriosis: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken for diagnosis of endometriosis.

      Accident and Emergency Departments: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of alternative pathway on reducing ambulance handover delays at hospital emergency...

      Maternity Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for publication of the final findings of the independent maternity services investigation.

      Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 110309, how the proportion of calls redirected in the East of England compares with the...

      Doctors: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the number of hospitals and departments that doctors rotate...

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to introduce pay progression for Change Band 2 roles.

      Pharmacy: Job Evaluation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of job evaluation scores for pharmacy assistants.

      NHS: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 124 of the DHSC annual report and accounts 2024-25, HC1446, whether Alan Milburn is required to recuse himself...

      Feilding Palmer Hospital

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to bring the Fielding Palmer Hospital back into full-time use as a community health hub for...

      Nurses: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reductions in (a) overtime pay for full-time nurses working additional hours,...

      Apprentices: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing Level 7 apprenticeship funding on the delivery of the (a) NHS Long Term...

      Doctors: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date he plans to bring into force the provisions of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill.

      Mohamed Abidisamad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the Mohamed Abidisamad: Prevention of Future Deaths report.

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on providing the NHS staff council with a funded mandate to make improvements to the Agenda for Change pay...

      NHS: Vat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what response was provided by DHSC to the consultation by HM Treasury around changes to the VAT treatment of public bodies under Section...

      NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any NHS Trusts are developing proposals for new SubCos.

      Prosthetics: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include workforce projections and training requirements for prosthetics and orthotics as a distinct profession within the...

      NHS: Vat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment had been made by DHSC or provided to DHSC by NHS England about the potential impact on the NHS of proposed changes to...

      Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 20th February 2026 to Question 109501, for what reason some NHS overseas cost recovery claims take up to four years...

      Paramedical Staff: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of newly qualified paramedics unable to secure employment in NHS ambulance trusts due to...

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to improve patient flow between emergency departments and inpatient wards.

      University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust: Maternity Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) meetings and (b) correspondence he has had with Donna Ockenden on the leadership of the independent review into maternity...

      Review of the NHS Adult Gender Dysphoria Clinics in England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the current Chair of the adult clinical reference group for adult gender dysphoria services refused to comply with requests for...

      Humanitarian Aid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the written answer of 5 December 2025 to question 93353, whether citizens of the British Overseas Territories are treated...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Visas

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

      Endometriosis: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of recent trends in diagnosis times for women with endometriosis.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Women

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

      Alopecia: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people experiencing hair loss can access suitable mental health support.

      Maternity Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to identify and tackle systemic causes of avoidable harm in maternity and neonatal services.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Leasehold: Electricity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of being charged commercial electricity tariffs where the supply account is...

    • Fuel Oil: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases domestic heating oil prices following developments in the Middle...

      Fuels: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to support consumers paying increased costs for (a) heating oil (b) petrol and (c) diesel, in the context of...

      Fuel Oil: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to (i) track volatility in the home heating oil market and (ii) assess its impact on consumers.

      Great British Energy and Great British Energy-Nuclear

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) Great British Energy and (b) Great British Energy – Nuclear are separate public bodies; what the statutory basis...

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Freedom of Information Act disclosure, reference FOI2025/11799, of 10 September 2025.

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Facilities Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026 to Question 106735 on DESNZ: Facilities Agreements, who authorised the use of paid trade...

      Clean Energy Mission Board: Membership

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026, to Question 106733, on Clean Energy Mission Board: Membership, if he will list the (a)...

      Electricity: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what conversations he has had with OFGEM about the withdrawal of time-of-use tariffs by some energy providers.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support customers with the cost of their energy bills.

      Warm Homes Plan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether homeowners receiving support under the Warm Homes Plan will be free to choose their own accredited installer.

      Radioisotopes: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the security of UK medical isotope supply.

      Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of utilising the undistributed surplus in the Mineworkers’ Pension...

      Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to ensure that all of the future surpluses accrued by the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme can be used to...

      Fuels: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the potential impacts of fuel supply disruption arising from surges in demand.

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, how many meetings officials from their Department have attended on the...

      Heat Batteries: VAT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his department will make a formal recommendation to HM Treasury on extending VAT relief to heat batteries for domestic heating.

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether a transitional scheme will be implemented following the conclusion of ECO4; and what steps his Department is taking to...

      Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing the standstill feature from the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme.

      Liquefied Natural Gas: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to reduce UK exposure to potential global LNG market volatility, after the suspension of LNG...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Defence

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

    • Football: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the [i] FA and [ii] other football bodies the use of [a] schools and [b] multi-use sports facilities...

      Tennis: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of providing funding for covered tennis and padel facilities in...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Yin-sang Kwok

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will implement Magnitsky-style sanctions against the Hong Kong officials responsible for the sentencing of...

  • Home Office

    • Road Traffic Offences: Cycling and Electric Scooters

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 26 February (HL14639), how many fixed penalty notices have been issued to cyclists and scooter...

    • Home Office: Arms Length Bodies

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Home Office has declined to lay before Parliament a draft statutory code submitted by an arm's-length body between January 2015 and December 2025,...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Ground Rent

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish a response to the ground rent consultation held in 2023.

    • Voting Rights: Prisoners

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to paragraph 36 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) Memorandum on the Representation of the People Bill, published on 12 February, what...

      Political Parties: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to commence sections 10 and 11 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009.

      Electoral Register

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy of the design of poll cards; and whether they have plans to improve the effectiveness of poll cards in communicating...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Remote Working: Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to encourage a reduction in remote working as part of their growth strategy.

    • Companies House

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the accuracy of company register information held by Companies House following the changes implemented in March 2024.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Pornography Review

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to the Freedom from violence and abuse volume 2: action plan, published on 18 December 2025, what is the timetable for the cross-departmental...

    • Business: Productivity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of adoption of digital and information technologies by businesses on productivity growth in the UK economy; and what...

      Artificial Intelligence: Safety

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Leong on 3 February (HL Deb col 1434) about the use of the SPACE framework to ensure safety, transparency and accountability for...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Batteries: Storage

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Whitehead on Thursday 26 February (HL Deb col 742), what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the protocol to...

    • Batteries: Storage

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the procedure by which fire and rescue services are consulted at the planning stages of battery energy storage facilities to advise on site design,...

  • Treasury

    • Stamp Duty Land Tax

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given, if any, to abolishing stamp duty.

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