Written answers

Wednesday, 18 March 2026

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Autoimmune Diseases: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has conducted into changes in the number of cases of auto immune disorders since the COVID-19 pandemic.

    • Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to embed palliative care in neighbourhood health services.

      General Practitioners: Telemedicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of mandating extended online consultation use at GP surgeries on the availability of...

      Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of when NHS dental contract would increase the availability of NHS dental appointments in areas currently...

      Dental Services: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to measure the potential impact of NHS dental contract reforms on improving access to dentistry in rural and...

      General Practitioners: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Advice and Guidance will be mandatory for GPs to use in the context of the GP contract 2026/27.

      Dental Services: Standards

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

      Cancer: Genomics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will commit to regularly publishing clear and transparent figures of Whole Genome Sequencing as described in the...

      Propranolol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of propranolol in pharmacies; and what steps he is taking to...

      Yellow Card Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the MHRA's yellow card system.

      Breasts: Plastic Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will commission research to better understand the health impacts of breast implants.

      Glioblastoma: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what new personalised treatments for glioblastoma are being assessed.

      Mental Health Services: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to improve mental health provision and outcomes for young people.

      Breasts: Plastic Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce regular testing of approved breast implants to ensure continued compliance with safety standards.

      Gluten-free Foods: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the decision in England to end or restrict gluten free prescriptions...

      Fampridine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the adequacy of availability of fampridine (fampyra) for patients across the four nations...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the toxicology non-clinical studies for zapomeran, also called Kostaive, mRNA covid-19 vaccine following its approval...

      Kidney Diseases: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to help improve diagnosis of chronic kidney disease.

      Maternity Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in relation to the staff survey conducted by the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation team that closed on 9 March 2026, a) how...

      Respiratory Diseases: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to expand community-based rehabilitation services for people recovering from long-term respiratory illnesses.

      Endometriosis: Edmonton and Winchmore Hill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the provision of endometriosis services in Edmonton and Winchmore Hill constituency.

      Endometriosis: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve education and training on endometriosis among healthcare professionals.

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support people with pelvic health conditions through the Pelvic Partnership; and what support...

      Health Services: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that primary care staff delivering the Steps to Safety domestic abuse project are supported with...

      Health Services: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve integration between hospitals, GP practices and district nursing services to streamline care for older...

      Maternity Services: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish a response when the final part of the Amos Review has been delivered; and what preparatory work...

      NHS: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS bodies are permitted to award contracts in which the contractor's remuneration is linked to reductions in patient care...

      Earwax: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the extent of geographical variation in access to NHS ear syringing and ear wax removal services;...

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Integrated Care Boards are required to publish the (a) evidence base, (b) modelling assumptions and (c) workforce capacity...

      Circumcision

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on complications arising out of non-therapeutic circumcision between 2020 and 2025.

      Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

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

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Integrated Care Boards are required to (a) undertake and (b) publish (i) equality and (ii) patient impact assessments when...

      Neurology: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of specialist nurses for neurological conditions in rural areas.

      Parkinson's Disease: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of specialist Parkinson nurses working in Slough constituency.

      NHS Foundation Trusts: Governing Bodies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the removal of Council of Governors from foundation trusts on the governance of...

      Doctors: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doctors have applied to qualify as consultants under the Portfolio Pathway route over the last five years for which data is...

      Medicine: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the transition from student loan funding to NHS bursary support on...

      Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to include palliative and end of life care as part of compulsory training for health and care professionals.

      NHS: Postal Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients who have experienced disruption to repeat prescriptions as a result of postal delays.

      Social Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities to on conducting consultations with recognised care provider associations when...

      Palliative Care: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a 24/7 end of life care advice line.

      Kidney Diseases: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the uptake of kidney function tests among at-risk populations in primary care.

      Glaucoma: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to deliver increased glaucoma services in the community.

      Diabetes and Mental Health Services: Somerset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support NHS services in Somerset to improve coordination between community mental health teams and specialist...

      Breasts: Plastic Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help make primary care workers aware of the potential for a link between autoimmune conditions and...

      General Practitioners: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Changes to the GP contract in 2026/27, updated on 4 March 2025, whether the money...

      Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the allocation of new dental school places.

      Obesity: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the GP Contract 2026/27, what cost benefit analysis his Department conducted in relation to the bonus GP practices in...

      Obesity: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of paying GPs a bonus to prescribe patients weight loss drugs on savings...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the online GP booking system introduced on 1 October 2025 on the digitally...

      Care Homes: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many a) nursing and b) residential care home beds have been lost in England due to provider closures in the past five years.

      ADHD: Addictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has been made on the relationship between ADHD and Substance Use Disorders.

      Sexual Offences: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of health-related funding for specialist sexual violence support services in Surrey Heath...

      Health Services: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that victims of domestic abuse presenting in the NHS outside of primary...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any civil servants hired by his Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each...

      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 the small but important improvements in study...

      NHS: Career Development and Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) pay progression and (b) career development opportunities for the lowest-paid NHS staff.

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to extend the 2024-25 NHS pay settlement for staff aligned to Agenda for Change to social enterprises...

      NHS: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of giving the NHS Staff Council a mandate to negotiate NHS partial...

      Pregnancy: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of fetal growth monitoring practices across NHS Trusts.

      Cataracts: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many planned cataract surgeries have been delayed in each of the past 12 months due to integrated care boards not having enough money...

      Pregnancy: Temperature

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) UKHSA has made of the potential risks of exposure to high ambient temperatures during...

      NHS: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what timetable his Department has set for decisions on a second wave of National Service Frameworks; and whether respiratory conditions...

      Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

      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...

      Nursing and Midwifery Council: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed Nursing and Midwifery Council registration fee increase on...

      NHS: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department is collecting to monitor progress towards reducing the level of outsourcing in the NHS.

      NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps have been taken to ensure NHS England enforces the guidance around the formation of subcos.

      Phlebotomy: Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that vulnerable and terminally ill residents in rural communities in Devon can rely on the provision of...

      Paediatrics: Pathology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is his Department taking to increase recruitment of paediatric pathologists.

      NHS: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Insolvency Service's press release entitled The fake £9.8 million NHS contract: directors banned after...

      Health Professions: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned level of funding per post is for the additional 1,000 medical specialty training posts referred to in the 10 Year...

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Portcullis House: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the structural integrity, water ingress and building...

    • All-party Parliamentary Groups: Finance

      To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, who holds the accounts of APPGs no longer in operation and information relating to the winding...

      Absent Voting: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of support provided to Hon Members in providing...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • HMS Dragon: Cyprus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the preparation to deploy HMS Dragon for deployment to the eastern Mediterranean is funded from the Special Reserve.

    • Royal Marines: Arctic and North Atlantic Ocean

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Marines will deploy any sub-units on Operation Firecrest.

      Cyprus: Unmanned Air Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the counter drone capabilities that will be deployed to Cyprus.

      Iran: RAF Akrotiri

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which building at RAF Akrotiri was struck by the attack drone on 2 March 2026.

      Iran: RAF Akrotiri

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions has he had with (a) his United States counterparts and (b) the United States military on the drone attack at RAF Akrotiri.

      Middle East: HMS Anson

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to deploy HMS Anson to the Middle East.

      HMS Dauntless: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by which date is HMS Dauntless scheduled to complete her current Fleet Time Support Period.

      Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87342 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, whether there will be a public report on how the 5% NATO...

      HMS Dragon: Lasers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether DragonFire will be installed on HMS Dragon.

      Navy: Arctic and North Atlantic Ocean

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Navy will contribute an Astute-class attack submarine on Operation Firecrest.

      Palantir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the Exit Management Plan for the UK MoD Enterprise Agreement with Palantir Technologies UK Ltd.

      Ukraine: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of how the battlefield experience and technological innovations developed by Ukrainian defence forces and industry could...

      Aircraft Carriers: Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the risk the DF-21D missile poses to Royal Navy aircraft carriers.

      Iran: RAF Akrotiri

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of 2 Force Protection Wing’s ORCUS counter-UAS equipment on preventing drone attacks on RAF Akrotiri.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that original equipment manufacturers pay their supply‑chain suppliers within 30 days; what...

      Ukraine: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential economic and security impacts for the UK defence sector of increases in cooperation with Ukraine’s...

      Defence: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of joint UK–EU–Ukraine research and development programmes in areas such as autonomous...

      Defence: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what initiatives his Department is part of that aim to foster cooperation between Ukrainian defence innovators and the UK and European industrial and...

      Defence: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to strengthen collaboration between Ukrainian, British and European defence technology innovators.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of a) deconflicting and b) combining Project Shrinker with Project Cairns.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the complete list of current project names being undertaken by the Ministry of Defence.

      Guided Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Lightweight Multirole Missiles his Department has ordered since 5 July 2024.

      Defence and Technology: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support collaboration between UK technology companies and Ukrainian defence and dual-use technology innovators.

      Ukraine: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with European partners on strengthening cooperation with Ukraine in defence innovation and dual-use technology development.

      Defence Equipment: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to mobilise private finance for the development of defence technology, a) in the start-up sector and b) from...

      Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of the UK’s readiness for war.

      Ukraine: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department provides to UK companies seeking to supply innovation-based defence technologies to Ukraine.

      Defence and Technology: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support UK companies seeking to collaborate with Ukrainian defence and dual-use technology innovators.

      Defence: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the UK Government is taking to promote collaborative defence innovation initiatives involving the UK, European partners and Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the role of Ukrainian defence technology innovation in strengthening NATO partners’ capabilities against drone and...

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to help ensure that overseas‑owned original equipment manufacturers keep work in the UK supply chain in the event...

      Military Exercises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many large-scale brigade-level live exercises have been conducted by the armed forces in the previous five years; and what assessment he...

      Navy: Unmanned Air Systems

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

      HMS Bangor: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when is HMS Bangor due to complete its refit.

      Defence Equipment: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to procure a Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System to counter incoming a) rockets, b) artillery, c) mortars and d) drones.

      Defence: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his proposed timetable is for publishing the Defence Investment Plan.

      Navy: Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Navy’s Phalanx CIWS is authorised to use lethal force.

      EU Countries: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic benefits to the UK industrial base by fostering closer cooperation with EU defence...

      Armed Forces: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the retention payment introduced by the armed forces to private...

      South China Sea: Navy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential threat posed by the Chinese Ocean Star Cluster and its layered defences, to future Royal Navy operations in...

      Portsmouth Dockyard: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has authorised the cancellation of around-the-clock staffing at HMNB Portsmouth.

      Ukraine: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures are in place to avoid the geo-location of British facilities in Ukraine by adversaries.

      Armed Forces: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the medical capacity of the armed forces.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Juries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the level of risk to named judges who replace juries in trials.

    • Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle backlogs in the courts.

      Magistrates: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the date that a vacancy to become a Magistrate on the Shropshire bench was a) advertised b) recruited to.

      Debt Collection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve standards in the enforcement agent industry.

      Hillsborough Law Now

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the dates of all meetings with the campaign group Hillsborough Law Now, or Pete Weatherby KC, since Sunday 18 January 2026.

      Law Reporting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to make court and tribunal transcripts more accessible and affordable.

      Magistrates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of aligning the legal age to become a magistrate with the lower voting age.

      Hadush Kebatu

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Answer to Question 103509, when he expects Dame Lynne Owens’ independent investigation into the mistaken release of Hadush...

      Prisoners: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what scores were most recently awarded by the National Frameworks Intervention Panel for (a) the Time4Change programme and (b) the Sycamore Tree programme.

      Marriage: Islam

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of how many unregistered Islamic marriages there have been in the UK in each of the last ten years.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Fuel Oil: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support is available to pensioners and low-income households who rely on heating oil in rural areas; and whether he plans to...

    • Fuel Oil: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to improve consumer protections for rural households reliant on heating oil.

      Fuel Oil: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to limit price increases for heating oil during the current conflict in the Middle East.

      Fuel Oil: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what cost of living support measures are available to households in rural and off-gas-grid areas where domestic heating oil is...

      Fuel Poverty: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had with the devolved administrations on tackling fuel poverty and providing cost of living...

      Fuel Oil: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of recent increases in the retail price of domestic heating oil in rural areas; and what...

      Fuel Oil: Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to reduce fuel poverty among households reliant on domestic heating oil as their primary source...

      Fuel Oil: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support he is providing to households in rural and off-gas-grid areas reliant on heating oil as their primary source of heat.

      Renewables Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has considered the potential merits of moving existing renewable energy projects supported through Renewable Obligation...

      Drax Power Station: Employment Tribunals Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is reviewing documents released to the media in March 2025 in relation to the employment tribunal involving...

      A Shade Greener

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2025 to question 80057, what recent progress has been made in the OFGEM investigation into A...

      Renewable Energy: Landfill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of the expiry of the Renewables Obligation scheme in April 2027 on the number...

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to paragraph 88 of the policy paper entitled UK Government Resilience Action Plan, published on 14 July 2025, how...

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether any civil servants hired by his Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in...

      Nuclear Power: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Scotland Office and (b) Scottish Government on the promotion of new nuclear...

      Energy: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his department is taking to help improve the energy efficiency of homes in rural areas.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what insurance packages is he preparing to assist households with a potential energy price shock.

      Heat Batteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of thermal energy storage within heat networks on the (a) need for grid...

      Insulation: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help support households affected by defective (a) retrofit and (b) insulation works carried...

      Fuels: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of recent increases in petrol and diesel prices at...

      Fuel Poverty: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of fuel poverty in rural and off-gas-grid areas in the last 12 months.

      Insulation: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what grants are available to help low income families living in houses of solid wall construction, such as former colliery-built...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment has he made of the potential impact of recent oil price rises on household energy prices in the UK over the...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: National Security

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

    • Northern Ireland Executive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the potential impact of the (a) E‑DATA project in Londonderry and (b)...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to paragraph 88 of the policy paper entitled UK Government Resilience Action Plan, published on 14 July 2025,...

    • Business: Intellectual Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of digital piracy and intellectual property infringement on...

      Illegal Broadcasting: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues from a) the Home Office, b) HM Treasury and c) the Department for...

      Intellectual Property: Arts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of digital piracy and intellectual property infringement on...

      Social Media: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has held discussions with Ofcom on the adequacy of content moderation resources on social media platforms.

      Streaming: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps is she taking to engage with technology platforms whose devices or services are used to facilitate illegal...

      Research: Bradford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much Innovate UK funding has been awarded to organisations based in Bradford in each of the last three financial years.

      Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many meetings Ministers and senior officials have held with representatives of (a) Anthropic, (b) OpenAI, (c) Google, (d)...

      Artificial Intelligence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether specific, measurable deliverables have been agreed with (a) Anthropic, (b) OpenAI and (c) Google DeepMind under the...

      Artificial Intelligence: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of making digital watermarking of AI mandatory.

      Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many of the AI-related (a) Memorandums of Understanding and (b) service agreements signed by her Department since July...

      Hacking: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has issued guidance to public office holders on taking steps to help prevent the hacking of social...

      Telecommunications Cables

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of alternate infrastructure to replace copper wire ADSL systems.

      Postgraduate Education: Overseas Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology what assessment she has made of the contribution of international postgraduate researchers to the UK’s scientific output.

      Life Sciences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for the life sciences sector.

      Electronic Government: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress has been made implementing the recommendations of the State of Digital Government Review since its publication...

      Project Gigabit: Caerfyrddin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether address‑level coverage data will be published for the rollout of Project Gigabit Type C contracts in Caerfyrddin.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Lord Mandelson received classified briefings prior to him obtaining Developed Vetting with Strap clearance.

    • Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Lord Mandelson was given the London Allowance after he was dismissed as Head of Mission and returned to...

      Ministers: Languages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Ministers have received any coaching in foreign languages funded by the department since July 2024.

      Journalism: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the written statement of 23 February 2026, HCWS1342, on Media Freedom Coalition, if she will...

      Development Aid: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to strengthen the UK's international work to protect freedom of religion or belief.

      Mosab Haroon Ahmed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Sudanese counterparts on threats against Mosab Haroom Ahmed in the Gorom...

      Iran: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions officials in her Department had with their counterparts in Washington DC on the use UK bases to...

      British Overseas Territories: Departmental Coordination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of increasing the frequency of inter-department...

      Mauritius: Ministers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March to Question 116021 on Mauritius: Ministers, whether any meetings have taken...

      Jonathan Powell

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what visits the Special Envoy for negotiations between the UK and Mauritius on the exercise of sovereignty over...

      Gulf States: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that British nationals stranded in the Gulf region are proactively contacted by...

      Middle East: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to support the residents of Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, that are currently...

      Iran: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding her Department provides to support secure internet access, circumvention technologies and...

      Saudi Arabia: Yemen

      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 Saudi Arabia air strikes against...

      Israel: West Bank

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Israeli Government's plans to...

      Ali Karimli

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations her Department has made to the Government of Azerbaijan regarding the detention of Ali...

      Iran: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will commit to expanding targeted sanctions against Iranian officials and security force commanders...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected...

      Jonathan Powell

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Jonathan Powell was paid as Special Envoy for BIOT negotiations; and whether he completed a declaration of...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026...

      Iran: Girls and Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the situation of women, girls and ethnic and religious minorities in Iran...

      Middle East: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support her Department is providing to British Nationals affected by travel disruption and flight...

      Gaza: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Israeli counterpart on the bulldozing of parts of The Gaza War Cemetery...

      Middle East: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the answer received on the 11 March to question 117877 on Middle East: Armed Conflict, what...

      Middle East: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of running buses from Qatar to Oman for the...

      Middle East: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of a) the number of British citizens and their dependents who are seeking to return to...

      Iran: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on the likelihood of internal uprisings leading...

      Pakistan: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 81646, what specific policies, programmes or commitments have...

      Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations her Department has made to the Government of Saudi Arabia regarding (a) the reported...

      Nadeem Masih

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Pakistani counterpart on the denial of bail to Nadeem Masih; and what...

      Syria: Kurds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Syrian interim government on constitutional protections for the...

      Afghanistan: Pakistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with international allies to help reduce tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

      Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Saudi Arabian counterpart on the risk of execution of men convicted of...

      Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment and Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps her Department is taking to (a) help stop executions and (b) promote human rights in Saudi...

      Palestine: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect Palestinian (a) children and (b) services which support them.

      United Arab Emirates: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has recently issued guidance to international travel operators who have reinstated flights...

      Israel: Palestine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help end the use of administrative detention for Palestinians...

      Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Saudi counterpart on child defendant executions.

      Bangladesh: Rohingya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of access to education for Rohingya children in refugee...

      Iraq: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has a strategy for monitoring (a) the protection of Iraqi religious minorities, (b) missing...

      Indonesia: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support British nationals in Indonesia that are unable to travel home due to the...

      Iran: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what guidance has her Department issued for for families in the UK on reporting family members stranded overseas...

      Middle East: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether non-British spouses of British nationals in Middle Eastern countries affected by Iranian strikes will be...

      Syria: Minority Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2026 to PQ 108008, what the outcome was of her Department’s engagement...

      Bangladesh: Democracy and Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support democracy and human rights in Bangladesh.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Sustainable Farming Incentive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with small farmers on improving the new Sustainable Farming Incentive.

    • Sustainable Farming Incentive: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the current Sustainable Farming Incentive break clause on...

      Sustainable Farming Incentive: Rivers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is planning to take to ensure that practices around River Friendly Farming are included under the new...

      Hemp

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department intends to take steps to support the uptake of industrial hemp farming, in the context of challenges...

      Recycling: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the additional jobs that will be required in the reuse and repair sectors as the UK...

      Environment Protection: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to take steps to help ensure the provision of green skills to deliver a more circular economy.

      Agriculture: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet with the Tenant Farmers Association to discuss the potential merits of compensation for tenant...

      Animal Welfare: Tourism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department will introduce regulations under the Animal (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023 to prohibit the...

      Environment Protection: Government Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to publish a new set of Greening Government Commitments to succeed the commitments covering...

      Food Supply: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) secure national food supply chains and (b) protect food security through...

      Poultry: Animal Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled Cage reform: proposed ban on keeping laying hens, pullets and...

      Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to bring forward legislation to ban the importation of hunting trophies.

      Litter: Enforcement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Clearer rules to support councils in fight against litter...

      Motor Vehicles: Litter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Department has made of the contribution of littering from vehicles to roadside litter; and what...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what cross-government work her Department is undertaking to mitigate the risk of food shortages, supply chain disruption and...

      Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to ask the Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 115602 on Nature Conservation: Planning...

      Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 115602 on Nature Conservation: Planning Permission, what monitoring...

      Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Wetlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what scientific evidence Natural England is using to determine whether a development has a potential hydrological impacts on...

      Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Wetlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment Natural England has made of hydrological impacts on wetland Sites of Special Scientific Interest being...

      Biodiversity: Roads

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2026 to Question 110886 on Roads: Biodiversity, in what month the biodiversity net...

      Plastics: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce plastic pollution across the UK.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence her Department submitted to the Office for National Statistics' review of the ethnicity harmonised standard,...

  • Department for Transport

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of (a) 19 January 2026, (b) 12 February 2026 and (c) 3 March 2026 from the hon. Member for Arundel and...

    • Railways: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of train driver training places.

      Private Rented Housing: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to take steps with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) stakeholders to allow private renters to install a home electric charging point.

      Parking Offences: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 115449, in which month in Q2 2026 the Department expects to publish the findings of the Call for...

      Diesel and Petrol: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of increases in petrol and diesel prices on community transport services; and whether she plans...

      Department for Transport: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last...

      Transport: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to improve organisational capacity and capability within the transport sector to minimise the impact of industrial...

      Buses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of buses are (a) zero-emission and (b) non-zero-emission.

      Freight and Logistics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what international case studies her Department has examined to establish best practice for the enhancement of key data and insight capabilities on the...

      Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made for the adequacy of waiting times for driving licence renewal where there are no limiting factors.

      Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps (a) in this financial year and (b) in future financial years to help reduce the fee deficit of the Driver and...

      Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work is being undertaken by her Department to identify cross-sector infrastructure interdependencies and single points of failure affecting the...

      DfT Operator

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in her Department have been transferred or seconded to DfT Operator Ltd since 4 July 2024; and how many further transfers are planned.

      High Speed 2 Line: Mid Cheshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for lifting HS2 safeguarding directions affecting the Mid Cheshire constituency.

      Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on (a) the rollout of the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund to local authorities and (b) increasing the...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to take steps with key stakeholders to increase access to workplace electric charging points.

      West Coast Main Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of when the Office for Road and Rail will decide on the next phase new services on the West Coast Mainline.

      Ports: Navigation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers the Secretary of State has under the Pilotage Act 1987 to inspect, review or request information on the pilotage arrangements of competent...

      Unmanned Marine Systems: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the Government intends to ensure that learning from regulatory sandboxes, including the Maritime Regulatory Innovation Framework, is scaled up and...

      Railways: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2026 to Question 112684, in which month she plans to publish that response.

      Driving Licences: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her department has held recent conversation with the DVLA regarding the time taken to process provisional driving license applications...

      Driving Licences: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her department holds on current waiting times for Fitness to Drive assessments.

      High Speed 2 Line: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Audit Office's report entitled Department for Transport 2024-25, published in November 2025, whether capital spending...

      Speed Limits: Horseriding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her department has made of the potential merits of implementing clear rules on the speed and distance vehicles must maintain when...

      Roads: Horses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to raise awareness of equestrian safety among new and existing drivers.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2026 to Question 111459 on Motorways: Accidents, whether her Department plans to amend the STATS19 road traffic...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Bereavement Support Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Bereavement Support Payment in supporting widowed families.

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any civil servants hired by his Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Ethnic Groups

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

      Employment: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press release entitled Almost a million young people to benefit from expanded support, new training, and work experience...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Capita

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Capita has been made the preferred bidder for the DWP Synergy Civil Service payroll contract.

      Child Support (Enforcement) Act 2023

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the planned commencement date is for the Child Support (Enforcement) Act 2023.

      Apprentices: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to eligibility to funding for Level 7 apprenticeships from 1 January 2026 on...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what away days has his Department organised for locations outside departmental buildings since March 2025, and at what cost.

      Jobcentres: Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average number of Working Days Lost per staff year was in each jobcentre in the most recent year.

      Bereavement Support Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is considering extending the duration of Bereavement Support Payment from 18 months to a longer period.

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his department has made of the number of Disabled people who have lost employment due to delays or reductions in Access to Work...

      Assistance Animals: Public Places

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that constituents who are partnered with trained assistance dogs can access public spaces.

      Crisis and Resilience Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that councils do not use the Crisis and Resilience Fund to replace LWA schemes.

      Lipreading: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of making funding available to provide lip-reading courses for people with hearing loss.

      Silica: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of regulatory protections against occupational exposure to respirable crystalline...

      Driving Tests: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria DVSA used to designate Bedford, Bletchley, Bromley, Slough, Southampton and Tottenham as priority sites for the Driving Examiner...

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP assessment officers left their role in each month since January 2025.

  • Treasury

    • Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to pages 106 and 107 of the Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment...

    • Treasury: Recruitment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three...

      Budgets: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Budget Information Security Review, February 2026, paragraph 5.20, whether the Macpherson Principles will apply to the briefing of...

      Revenue and Customs and Treasury: Remote Working

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) her Department check the office attendance of individual civil servants.

      Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the OBR Economic and Fiscal Outlook report of November 2025, Table A.5, what analysis her Department has done of the causes for the rise...

      Electric Vehicles: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of salary sacrifice schemes in supporting the uptake of electric vehicles.

      Business Rates: Yeovil

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of replacing the business rates system on businesses in Yeovil constituency.

      Financial Services: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that financial services provided through banking hubs and the Post Office are accessible and inclusive for...

      Financial Services: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to ensure the representation of blind and partially sighted people on the (a) Identification and Verification Working Group and (b)...

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the timescale for resolving outstanding cases involving individuals subject to the Loan Charge that will be settled following...

      Charities: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of National Insurance changes on the closure rate of charities.

      Fuels: Price Caps

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing temporary emergency price controls on retail petrol and diesel prices.

      Budgets: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what formal safeguards are in place to ensure that publication of the Electronic Financial Statement via HM Treasury does not compromise the operational...

      Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 10 November 2025, to Question 85191, on Parliament: Public Expenditure, how much of the (a) resource and (b) capital expenditure...

      Repairs and Maintenance: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report entitled Tenure change: turning existing dwellings and buildings in social...

      Budgets: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Budget Information Security Review, published on 9 February 2026, whether her Department has...

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how she plans to undertake loan charge settlement for those impacted prior to December 2010.

      Fuel Oil: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support off-grid households in Wales with the changing costs of domestic heating oil.

      Budgets: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost of implementing the technical and procedural changes recommended in the Budget Information Security Review (February 2026) has been...

      Treasury: National Security

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

      Fuel Oil: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the adequacy of current levels of available crisis support funding delivered through Welsh Local...

      Fuel Oil: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she made of the potential impact of the recent rise in the cost of domestic heating oil on levels of fuel poverty in Wales.

  • Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

    • Secret Ballot

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has reported any recent evidence of...

    • Polling Stations: Religious Buildings

      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 issued to local authorities...

      Elections: Campaigns

      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 issued on the language of...

      Candidates

      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 provided on the resignation...

      Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how long the Electoral Commission will hold data from proposed returns...

      Political Parties: Certification

      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 provided on the withdrawal of...

      Political Parties: Finance

      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 issued on declaring corporate...

      Elections: Campaigns

      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 provided on whether named...

      Absent Voting: Applications

      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 issued to EROs on accepting...

      Ballot Secrecy Act 2023

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has issued updated guidance following...

  • Department for Education

    • Teachers: Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review how teacher suspensions are used in disciplinary investigations.

    • Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of Communication Support Workers for deaf (a) school, (b) college and (c)...

      Schools: South Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the time taken to publish the Schools White Paper on (a) schools and (b) pupils in...

      Schools: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent schools closed in 2024 compared with 2025.

      Schools: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools have access to mental health support for pupils.

      School Milk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 108602 on School Milk, what steps her Department is taking to ensure schools and Local...

      Department for Education: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last...

      Pupils: Attendance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools in improving pupil attendance in areas with high absence rates.

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the removal of the Religious Education Initial Teacher Training bursary on the quality of RE...

      Schools: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what preparations her Department has made for a School Sports Strategy; and what recent steps she as taken towards the new approach announced in June 2025.

      Pupils: CPR

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of secondary school pupils in England completing CPR training as required under the Health...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the a) names and b) positions of the committee members who decide the awarding of honours.

    • Parkinson's Disease: Health Services

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics plans to begin collecting data on the number of Parkinson’s specialist staff in England.

      Cabinet Office: Policy

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2026 to Question 108667 on Cabinet Office: Policy, how many desk notes are held by the Cabinet Office Propriety...

      Sewel Convention

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Interministerial Standing Committee Meeting Communiqué - 17 February 2026, updated 9 March 2026, what the Memorandum of...

      Prime Minister's Chief of Staff: Public Appointments

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to appoint a permanent Chief of Staff.

      Palantir

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2026, to Question 111829, on Palantir, what guidance has the Cabinet Office (a) Propriety and Ethics Team and (b)...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 1 April 2025, to Question 40914, on Prime Minister: Email, and Pursuant to the answer of 4 April 2025, to Question 41645, on...

      Ian Horobin

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2026, to Question 115872, on Peerages, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2026 to Question 110815 on Special Advisers: ICT, whether he is taking steps to prevent information in scope of...

      Propriety and Constitution Group

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2025, to Question HL12741, on Propriety and Constitution Group: Directors, for what policy reason the Director...

      Ethics and Integrity Commission

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ethics and Integrity Commission and his Department will be agreed and published; and whether HM...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to provide an answer to Question 110948.

      Ethics and Integrity Commission

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Ethics and Integrity Commission’s Implementation Plan, whether the Commission’s staff will be employed independently...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office of 12 February 2026, Official Report, Columns 929 and 932,...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office due diligence exercise for the appointment of Lord Mandelson as Ambassador to the United States considered (a) the Financial...

      Jonathan Powell

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what role Jonathan Powell, as national security adviser, had in the (a) advice to the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary and (b) due diligence, over...

      Prime Minister: Press

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 116158 on Prime Minister: Press, whether the Parliamentary Press Gallery was (a) informally and (b)...

      Prime Minister

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2026, to Question 117761 on Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure, whether the Prime Minister’s Office a...

      Public Appointments: Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 114888 on Treasury: pay, how many of the Direct Ministerial Appointments are (a) paid and (b) unpaid.

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord...

      Lord Doyle

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2026, to Question 114884, on Lord Doyle, whether (a) the Cabinet Office, (b) No10 Political Office or (c) Prime...

      Global Counsel: Palantir

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he was aware that Palantir was a client of Global Counsel prior to the Prime Minister's visit to Palantir's headquarters in Washington DC on 27...

      Civil Servants: Media and Public Speaking

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question HL15172 on Civil Servants: Media and Public Speaking, what is the timetable for the policy...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many documents due to be disclosed in the Government’s response to the Humble Address will not be disclosed until after the legal proceedings...

      Propriety and Constitution Group

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Cabinet Office: business expenses, hospitality and meetings for senior officials, July to September 2025, published on 16 December 2025,...

      Ministers: Members' Interests

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance has the (a) Cabinet Office Propriety and Constitution Group and (b) the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards given to Ministers...

      Think Tanks: Finance

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring think tanks that seek to influence public policy to disclose their sources of...

      European Court of Justice

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to remain outside the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the context of his negotiations with the EU, and...

      Propriety and Constitution Group

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the publication Cabinet Office: business expenses, hospitality and meetings for senior officials, July to September 2025, published...

      Government Departments: Public Consultation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what advice departmental officials in charge of the Cabinet Office guidance on consultations have given departments on whether consultation responses...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether non-corporate communications including private email accounts are in scope of the Humble Address of 4 February 2026.

      Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 116167 on Peers, what information his Department holds on whether the Duke of York requested that he...

      Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2026 to Question HL13539 on Special Advisers: Email, whether guidance or advice has been given to (a) officials...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason emails of 4 February 2026 were published as part of their release of documents around the appointment of Peter Mandelson; and whether...

      Peers

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 116167 on Peers, whether a sitting peer removed from the Roll of the Peerage is eligible to be...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 13 October 2025, to Question 71202, on Public Bodies: Freedom of Information, whether information held by civil servants who...

      UK Relations with EU

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings he has had with his EU counterparts to discuss UK-EU relations following the UK-EU Summit 2025 - Joint Statement of 19 May 2025.

      Palantir: Contracts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 111950, whether his Department plans to classify Palantir Technologies as a strategic supplier.

      Palantir

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2026, to Question 111829 on Palantir, whether his Department holds a copy the presentation.

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of launching an independent review of the adequacy of the work of (a) MyCSP and (b) Capita...

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the monthly cost of civil servants working on the Civil Service Pensions Scheme recovery plan for each of the next 12 months.

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the estimated cost per minute is for members of the public to contact the Civil Service Pension Scheme telephone helpline.

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what consideration has been made to exercise his contract termination rights on Clause 33.1 and 33.2 as outlined in the Pension Scheme Administration...

      Housing: Sales

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has the Office for National Statistics made of the average house price of a (a) residential dwelling and (b) primary residence dwelling,...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to provide an answer to Question 110951.

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the vetting process related to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as the UK Ambassador to the United States.

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria his Department plans to use to determine proposed (a) national security and (b) international relation redactions in the context of the...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to provide an answer to Question 110950.

      Official Cars: Global Positioning System

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2026 to Question 113130 on Official Cars: Global Positioning System, whether the location of the Government Car...

      Civil Servants: Official Cars

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many journeys were undertaken by civil servants using Government Car Service vehicles since 4 July 2024.

      Armed Conflict: Iran

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister was informed by the (a) US and (b) Israeli government of their intention to attack Iran prior to strikes being launched.

      11 Downing Street: Expenditure

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent by the (a) Cabinet Office, (b) HM Treasury and (c) Government Property Agency on the Prime Minister’s official residence...

      Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2025 to Question 54277 on Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information, when he plans to lay the updated Handbook in the...

      Peers

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of legislation to prevent individuals who are unsuccessful in general elections from being...

      Civil Servants: Media and Public Speaking

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 26 February 2026, to Question 114869, on Civil Servants: Media and Public Speaking, and with reference to the policy...

      Morgan McSweeney

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2026, to Question 110815, on Special Advisers: ICT, what the status is of electronic records held on...

      Ministers: Criminal Records

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 12 March 2024 to Question 16665 on Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Offenders, whether Ministers...

      Peers

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026, to Question 104191, on Ministers: Public Appointments, whether the Cabinet Office holds desk notes on the...

      Public Appointments: Retirement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will introduce a mandatory retirement age for (a) regulated public appointments and (b) direct ministerial appointments.

      Opposition: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has given to departments on whether members of HM Opposition undertaking official visits to (a) schools, (b) hospitals and...

      Life Peers

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will commission a review into the due diligence process for political peerage nominations.

      10 Downing Street: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (1) Downing Street or (2) the wider Cabinet Office holds information on the (a) attendees and (b) cost of the Channukah reception in Downing...

      10 Downing Street: Security

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2025 to Question 96206 on Lord Alli, whether people receiving No10 security passes were subject to security...

      Prime Minister: Social Media

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 115433 on Cabinet Office: Social Media, how much the Prime Minister’s Office has spent on...

      Press: Privacy

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer to question 42 at the Liaison Committee on 15th December 2025, whether the Prime Minister’s office has agreed a date...

      Cabinet Office: Maternity Leave

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Parliamentary Secretary is scheduled to end her maternity leave.

      Cabinet Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason Question 111416 on Jeffrey Epstein and Lord Mandelson, tabled on 6 February for answer on 11 February 2026, has not been answered; and...

      Josh Simons

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his oral contribution of 23 February 2026 on Labour Together and APCO Worldwide: Cabinet Office Review, Official Report, Columns 28...

      Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will have discussions with the previous seven Cabinet Secretaries on information disclosed to them in diplomatic telegrams by overseas staff on...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Parking: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on implementing the statutory Private Parking Code of Practice provided for...

    • Agriculture: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the subdivision and sale of agricultural land...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to issue to local planning authorities guidance on the recommended mix of dwelling sizes in new...

      Rented Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to raise the standards of rented properties in Hertsmere.

      Community Assets: Public Houses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the HC6 policy on pubs.

      Planning: Economic Growth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the planning system on the timely delivery of commercial...

      Planning Permission: Enforcement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local planning authorities on the use of injunctions under section 187B of...

      Business Premises: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support local planning authorities to process applications for employment land and...

      Clarion Housing Group: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure tenants living in Clarion Housing properties have adequate and safe homes.

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to increase the supply of homes for social rent.

      Property Management Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what oversight exists to ensure that housebuilders’ commitments to the Competition and Markets Authority...

      Second Homes: Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued guidance on whether the second homes premium should be levied on empty dwellings...

      Council Tax: Disposable Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of above-inflation council tax increases in each year of the...

      Disabled Facilities Grants: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households in Lincolnshire were successful in applications from the Disabled Facilities Grant in each of the...

      Council Tax: Windsor and Maidenhead

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to revise its council tax requirement estimates for Windsor and Maidenhead in the context...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authority Returning Officers, in the areas with cancelled council elections in May 2026 which have now...

      Local Government Pension Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been of the potential impact of the Local Government Pension Scheme pooling has (a) increased and...

      Parking: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of regulations on private parking companies.

      Best Value: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what will happen to the Best Value interventions in Surrey when the district councils are abolished; and whether there...

      Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the sustainability of fire and rescue services in England over the next three years;...

      Electoral Register: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions has she had with representatives from Welsh Government on the results of its automatic voter...

      Voting Rights: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the planned implementation date for the lowering of the voting age to 16.

      Crown Estate: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on taking safety action where land is ownerless due to...

      Electoral Register: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the most recent estimate is of the number of qualifying EU citizens on the local election roll in England.

      Electoral Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the timetable for the implementation of automatic voter registration, (a) pilots and (b) implementation, and...

      Electoral Register: Commonwealth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the most recent estimate of the number of qualified Commonwealth citizens on the UK Parliamentary electoral...

      Absent Voting: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of postal voting fraud in elections since the 2024 general election.

      Polling Stations: Mosques

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with local authorities on representations by the Muslim Council of Britain to place...

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his proposed changes to voter identification requirements, whether Bank Cards would need to have a...

      Local Government: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department will consider the potential merits of conducting economic modeling of the organisational...

      Council Tax: Foster Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider the potential merits of increasing access to council tax exemptions for foster carers to enable...

      Homelessness: Warrington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of levels of child homelessness in Warrington.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the extent to which housing delivery shortfalls are being used to justify development...

      Polling Stations: Religious Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the press release entitled Weekend voting and shopping centre polling stations to be trialled, on 2 March...

      Secret Ballot

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to amend electoral law to introduce statutory guidance for Returning Officers to protect...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2026, to Question 110398, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • National Lottery: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it a requirement of the National Lottery licence that there be (a) transparent and (b) open communication of the odds...

    • Libraries: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many libraries have closed, opened, or relocated in England in each of the last five years.

      Cultural Heritage: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many cultural heritage sites received direct Government grant funding in each of the last three financial years.

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Ethnic Groups

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

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Manufacturing Industries: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to encourage investment in high-technology manufacturing across the UK.

    • Industry: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government plans to introduce sector-specific exemptions from the right to guaranteed hours in industries with seasonal or...

      Licensing Laws

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, further to the National Licensing Policy Framework published on November 2025, for what reason the guidance is non-statutory, and what...

      Competition and Markets Authority: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2026 to Question 118863, what the annual estimated cost of the Competition and Markets Authority’s...

      Trade Promotion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is the total cost to the public purse of the trade envoy programme; and whether a trade envoy has been removed for failing to meet...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to respond to the written correspondence from the hon. Member for East Londonderry dated 6 February 2026 on a Music Export...

      Digital Technology: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support small and medium-sized enterprises in adopting new digital technologies.

  • Home Office

    • Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in cyber-enabled fraud in the last three years.

    • Home Office: National Security

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

      Asylum: Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on which date will the Enhanced Voluntary Returns offer pilot end.

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's proposed timetable is for responding to the A Fairer Pathway to Settlement consultation.

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Visas

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

  • Attorney General

    • Ministers

      To ask the Solicitor General, with reference to the Government Legal Service publication, “the Judge over your shoulder”, para 3.15, what supplementary advice or guidance have the Law...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Legal Aid Scheme: British Nationality

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to including the legal registration rights of adults to be registered as British citizens under the British Nationality Act 1981...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Cyprus: Military Bases

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have asked the government of Greece to provide naval protection to UK interests in Cyprus in the absence of Royal Naval vessels in the Mediterranean.

    • Defence: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish a defence growth deal for Northern Ireland as an extension of the Defence Industrial Strategy 2025.

      Republic of Ireland: Navy

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have entered into any arrangement with the government of the Republic of Ireland with regard to providing naval protection to the seas off Ireland.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Keep Britain Working Review

      To ask His Majesty's Government how the Keep Britain Working Review will help to incentivise businesses of all sizes to support the health and wellbeing of their employees.

    • Poverty: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Child Poverty Strategy includes targeted support for disabled children in temporary or inadequate housing.

      Poverty: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what mechanisms are in place to ensure ministerial accountability to Parliament for progress on the reduction of child poverty.

      Poverty: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number and proportion of children in (1) poverty, and (2) deep poverty, living in households subject to no recourse to public...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they will use to evaluate their progress towards the targets set out in the Child Poverty Strategy, including (1) reducing the number of children in...

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to issue updated guidance to caseworkers about the administration of the Access to Work scheme to ensure consistency across the UK; and if so,...

      Unemployment

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the findings by the Office of Budget Responsibility in Economic and fiscal outlook: March 2026, published on 3 March, that recent increases...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to including statutory targets for reducing child poverty in the Child Poverty Strategy.

      Industrial Diseases: Compensation

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the awards made under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 during the 2024–25 financial year were to (1) claimants...

      Industrial Diseases: Compensation

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the awards under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 were made to claimants in Wales in the 2024–25 financial year.

      Pesticides: EU Law

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility of the Chemicals (Health and Safety) (Amendment, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations...

      Access to Work Programme: Mental Illness

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of people who use the Access to Work scheme for mental health support have a diagnosed condition.

      Poverty: Disability

      To ask His Majesty's Government how the extra costs incurred by disabled people, including for (1) equipment, (2) care, (3) transport, and (4) housing, are accounted for in poverty metrics and...

      Access to Work Programme: Mental Illness

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much has been spent on mental health support as part of the Access to Work scheme in each of the past five years, broken down by mental health condition.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Autism: Diagnosis

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of NHS England's proposals in the consultation on the 2026/27 NHS Payment Scheme to set a £950 guide price for both adult and...

    • NHS England: Palantir

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ethical implications of extending the Federated Data Platform contract between NHS England and Palantir Technologies beyond...

      Health Services: Prisons

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 25 February (HL14473), when they expect the co-produced action and implementation plan to be published.

      Health Professions: Sexual Offences

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to meet representatives from organisations such as Surviving in Scrubs in order to gain a deeper understanding of the sexual violence faced by...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Middle East: Armed Conflict

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prioritise the safety of UK nationals, diplomats and military personnel in the Middle East, including their safe passage out of the...

    • Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what humanitarian assistance they have provided to Sudan since 1 January.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Conditions of Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has rules regarding officials having sexual relationships with subordinate staff, including...

      UK Relations with EU: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 6 February (HL14054), what definition of a woman they use in relation to (1) the Women,...

      Iran: Hospitals and Schools

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of (1) schools, and (2) hospitals, in Iran that have been hit or destroyed since 28 February.

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken since 28 February to ensure that access to Gaza is maintained for humanitarian aid.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Gambling: Advertising

      To ask His Majesty's Government what the timetable for the consultation on advertising by unlicensed gambling operators is; and when they plan for any legislative or regulatory changes as a...

    • Gambling: Addictions

      To ask His Majesty's Government which charities they have met with to discuss the commissioning process for new independent provision of gambling harms research, prevention and treatment; and...

      Arts: Self-employed

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 22 October (HL10982), when they intend to advertise the position of Creative Freelance Champion,...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Arms Length Bodies

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has declined to lay before Parliament a draft statutory code submitted by an...

    • Affordable Housing: Tower Hamlets

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to assess the number of homes for affordable social housing (1) built or commenced by Tower Hamlets Council in the past two years, and (2)...

      Voting Rights: Commonwealth

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 4 March (HL Deb col 1269), whether Commonwealth citizens who do not also hold British nationality...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan for a proportion of their 1.5 million homes target to be met by bringing empty homes back into use.

      Roads: Lighting

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether local authorities modifying or removing gas street lights are considering (1) conserving the UK's national heritage, and...

      Absent Voting

      To ask His Majesty's Government for what reason political parties and elected representatives are not permitted to have access to the expiry date of an elector’s postal vote mandate,...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Communication

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 24 February (HC113702), what is the public interest reasoning for not providing to...

    • Chequers: Council Tax

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to paragraph 3.11 of the Ministerial Code, whether the Prime Minister has ensured that the second homes council tax premium has been properly discharged...

      Government Departments: Communication

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 26 February (HL14633), whether they will publish the (1) relevant stakeholders they...

      Lobbying

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 18 December 2025 (HL12683) and 22 January 2026 (HL13471), what is the public...

      Government Departments: Communication

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 18 February (HL14450), what was the cost to existing operational budgets of (1) the...

      Government Departments: Recruitment

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 24 February (HL14386), how they will monitor whether individual departments and...

      Travellers: Databases

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the accuracy, consistency, and disaggregation of ethnicity data relating to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities across...

      Civil Service: Unpaid Work

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to the Civil Service Summer Internship Programme, how is the main household earner determined for an applicant who spent an equal amount of time with...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • House of Lords: Public Statues

      To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker why a tensile barrier has been present around the statue of the 1st Earl of Chatham in the content lobby of the House of Lords in recent weeks; who placed that...

  • Home Office

    • Iran: Demonstrations

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of conflicts between protesters in Manchester following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, including reports of men on...

  • Treasury

    • Small Businesses: Loans

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of publicly-backed development finance institutions in supporting access to growth capital for small and medium-sized...

    • Public Bodies: VAT

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish the conclusions of the review of VAT for public bodies under Section 41 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agricultural Products: Imports

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a set of core standards for agri-food imports to ensure both fair competition for farmers and quality for consumers.

    • Fishing Vessels: Monitoring

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to resolve the recent technical issues of the Inshore Vessel Monitoring Systems (I-VMS) on English fishing vessels under 12 metres; how...

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