Written answers

Monday, 30 March 2026

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Nscale: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether a formal contract has been signed with Nscale for the construction of the proposed AI datacentre in Loughton, Essex.

    • Artificial Intelligence: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on employment in the next...

      CoreWeave: Data Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many new datacentres have been constructed as a result of investment by CoreWeave.

      Technology: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans her Department has to support exchanges between British and Ukrainian scientists, engineers and innovators working...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Ministers' Private Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the average staffing complement is for a ministerial private office within their Department; what grades those staff are...

      Internet: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what measures her Department is implementing to help ensure big tech companies do not profit from fraudulent activity on...

      Artificial Intelligence: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what processes her Department uses to verify the value and form of private sector AI investment commitments.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Treaties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2026 to Question 108739 on UK Relations with EU: Fines, how many...

    • Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the full termination payments to Lord Mandelson will be listed with direct reference to his name and the...

      Hong Kong: Political Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has raised with the Chinese government reports that political prisoners in Hong Kong are being...

      Inter Mediate: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish contracts between her Department and Inter Mediate.

      Vietnam: Political Prisoners and Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Government of Vietnam regarding the release of political prisoners...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ministers' Private Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the average staffing complement is for a ministerial private office within their Department; what grades...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date Lord Mandelson (a) was appointed to and (b) commenced his role as Ambassador to the United States of...

      Inter Mediate: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the (a) key performance indicators and (b) social value requirements were under the contract listed in the...

      Diplomatic Service: Washington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether diplomats based in the British Embassy in Washington pay UK (i) income tax and (ii) National Insurance on...

      Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of allocating the majority of the UK’s pledge to...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Mental Health Services: Young Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the identification of mental health needs among young people entering the criminal justice system for...

    • Folic Acid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2026 to Question 113069 on Folic Acid, what steps will be taken to stop wholemeal flour and other...

      Hemiplegia: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of disparities in therapy provision for children with hemiplegia across integrated...

      Achalasia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of average diagnostic times for achalasia.

      Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the change in the bowel screening age to 50 on rates of diagnosis of...

      Vitamin D: Deficiency Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2026 to Question 110574 on Vitamin D: Deficiency Diseases, what his planned timeline is for the...

      Diabetes: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his department has to increase the uptake of annual diabetes health checks.

      Meningitis: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve awareness and prevention of all strains of meningitis among students and school staff; and whether he...

      Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued on Mast Cell Activation Syndrome and the challenges to patients in accessing diagnosis and treatment.

      Breast Cancer: Men

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to offer routine mammography through the NHS for men who (a) have a personal history of breast cancer and (b) who...

      Diabetes and Eating Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to improve the understanding, identification and management of Type 1 Diabetes and Disordered Eating.

      Health: Furniture Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of furniture poverty on health outcomes.

      Drinks: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department is making to align the UK’s descriptor guidance for low and no alcohol products with that employed by...

      Achalasia: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of achalasia.

      Gambling: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to fund NHS early-intervention services for children exhibiting gambling-related harm.

      Cancer: East Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of cuts to Integrated Care Board funding on cancer patients in the East Midlands.

      Rare Cancers: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the National Specialty Lead for Rare Cancers to be appointed and whether a job specification has already been created.

      Diabetes: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to improve access to finger-prick blood glucose testing for Type 1 Diabetes when symptoms first appear.

      Prostate Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the devolved administrations to assess the potential merits of introducing a UK-wide screening programme...

      Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what has been the total cost to date of the Lampard Inquiry.

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the NHS prescription exemption-checking system.

      Steroid Drugs: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which national body has responsibility for routinely auditing prescribing data to identify GP repeat-prescribing of topical...

      Special Educational Needs: Classroom Assistants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what work is being done with the Secretary of State for Education to address the additional workload of teaching assistants that are...

      Brain Cancer: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to early-stage and discovery brain cancer research in the last five years; and what assessment he has...

      Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of whether the current resourcing level in the Criminal Enforcement Unit of the Medicines and...

      Eating Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to develop national guidelines for PICA.

      Medical Treatments: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his department’s requirement for opportunity cost neutrality in NICE’s...

      DNACPR Decisions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Do Not Resuscitate decisions have adequate safeguards in place.

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the status of each work package within the NIHR Brain Tumour Consortium, including submission date, status, date of...

      Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to support research, national awareness and UK-wide collaboration to improve outcomes for people...

      Prescription Drugs: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reclassifying medicines from prescription-only to over-the-counter on costs to the NHS.

      Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that changes to NICE’s cost effectiveness thresholds results in improved and...

      Medical Records: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what technical controls are in place within NHS patient record systems to prevent employees from accessing the records of family members...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made by his Department in encouraging more reclassification applications to the Medicines and Healthcare products...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the UK’s preparedness for medicine shortages caused by future pandemics or international disruptions.

      NHS: Drugs and Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS medicines and medical devices depend on overseas supply chains, and what action is being taken to strengthen...

      Better Care Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Better Care Fund on reducing hospital discharge delays caused by shortages in...

      Health Services: Prisons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of an ageing prison population on demand for healthcare services within prisons.

      ADHD: Patient Choice Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Integrated Care Boards placing (a) activity caps and (b) other restrictions on NHS...

      Depressive Illnesses: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS mental health Trusts currently provide a TMS service to people experiencing depression and how many people have received a...

      Steroid Drugs: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) NHS England and (b) his Department has considered introducing a national (i) prescribing indicator and (ii) thematic audit on...

      ADHD: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to Integrated Care Boards on how Right to Choose providers should integrate with local NHS...

      Prisons: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure prisoners with severe mental health needs in Category C prisons receive timely access to...

      Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the Hughes Report.

      Suicide: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people experiencing suicidality or who have attempted suicide receive sustained,...

      Neuroendocrine Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total amount of Government investment in research into neuroendocrine cancers has been in each of the last ten years; and what...

      Propranolol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of stock levels of propanolol 80mg and 160mg modified release capsules...

      Neurodiversity: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that neurodevelopmental assessments for children, including assessments for autism and...

      Cystic Fibrosis: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of prescription charges on people with Cystic Fibrosis in Yeovil constituency.

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cost of shipping and air freight following the conflict in the Middle East on...

      Medical Records: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the number of data breaches of patient information in the NHS in the last year.

      Dental Services: Care Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to community dental services for care home residents in the West Midlands.

      Breast Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the new National Inherited Cancer Predisposition Registry is accessible to women at...

      Liver Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to cease updates to fatty liver disease data on Office for Health...

      Rare Cancers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the role of National Cancer Lead for Rare Cancers is full-time; what the contracted FTE and weekly hours are; and what interim...

      Bowel Cancer: Yoevil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise public awareness of bowel cancer in Yeovil constituency.

      Fractures: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made towards achieving universal access to Fracture Liaison Services by 2030, and what milestones his Department...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) alcohol advertising and (b) websites selling alcoholic products provide reference to addiction...

      Alcoholism and Drugs: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to allow CQC-registered drug and alcohol treatment providers, including charities, to use the NHS...

      Motor Neurone Disease: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to specialist care and support for people living with motor neurone disease.

      Cancer: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the scope of the NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch pad has been expanded since 2024.

      Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has an expected timeline for publishing the Modern Service Framework for Cardiovascular Disease.

      Meningitis: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessments has the department made of the potential benefits of extending the meningitis B vaccination programme to teenagers.

      Meningitis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has previously undertaken emergency exercises for an outbreak of a meningococcal-type disease.

      Meningitis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what planning his Department has previously undertaken for a meningitis outbreak.

      Meningitis: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to protect young people in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire from Meningitis B.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a cross-government alcohol strategy.

      Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the risk that the revised Nutrient Profiling Model could reduce the availability of credible,...

      Urinary Tract Infections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the psychological impacts of chronic urinary tract infections are recognised.

      Alcoholism and Drugs: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support the routine use of digital consultations in community drug and alcohol treatment services.

      Air Pollution: Yeovil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that people in Yeovil constituency are aware of the health harms of air pollution.

      Smoking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the UK’s progress towards achieving a smoke-free society.

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's expected timetable is for completing consideration of reforms to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme; and when he...

      Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether decisions on mandatory and additional General Ophthalmic Services contract fees are subject to an Equality Impact Assessment.

      Dental Services: North West Norfolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the answer of the Minister for Care in response to the hon. Member for Bridgwater of 24 February 2026, Official Report,...

      Gender Dysphoria: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there has been any considerations to stop working with unregulated private clinics in prescribing gender-affirming care for adults.

      Frimley Park Hospital

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the expected timeline is for the announcement by Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust on the new hospital at Frimley Park Hospital.

      Integrated Care Systems: Torbay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to the referral from Torbay Council of the likely decision by Torbay Hospital to end the Integrated Care...

      Ambulance Services: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of ambulance response times in the West Midlands Ambulance Service.

      NHS: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the tapered annual allowance for pensions on the level of retention of...

      Hospitals: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of whether rural hospitals have adequate access to specialist medical equipment.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 92264 on NHS England; Redundancy, how many departmental civil servants left under...

      NHS: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of food purchased through the NHS Supply Chain is classified as Nova Group 4; and what plans he has to incentivise NHS...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.

      Hypoxic-ischaemic Encephalopathy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the diagnosis and treatment of hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy.

      Hypoxic-ischaemic Encephalopathy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support families who have experienced an hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy event, including the...

      Patient Choice Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of NHS England's policy of mandatory Advice and Guidance and Elective Single Point of...

      Ambulance Services: Global Navigation Satellite Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of satellite navigation systems used in ambulances in England.

      Diabetes: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of women's health pathways in providing structured nutritional and metabolic support to women...

      Health Services: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the renewed Women's Health Strategy.

      Ambulance Services: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS ambulances are equipped with an MHRA approved anti-choking device.

      Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Ambulance call handlers are required to have working knowledge of (a) What Three Words and (b) the NATO phonetic alphabet.

      General Practitioners: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the proportion of requests for specialist care which will be refused due to the...

      Ambulance Services: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of trends in the number of year on year changes to hospital handover delays in Lincolnshire.

      Blood Tests: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) average and (b) longest wait times for patients to receive blood test results; and what steps he is...

      Insulin: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a national implementation plan on insulin safety for those with mental health conditions.

      Osteoporosis: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address regional disparities in access to early diagnosis services for osteoporosis.

      Respiratory Diseases: South Suffolk

      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...

      Spinal Injuries: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether future NHS planning guidance will require ICBs to provide specialist rehabilitation and care for patients with spinal cord injury.

      Spinal Injuries: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department will ensure that low-volume, high-cost services such as spinal cord injury are not deprioritised by individual ICBs...

      NHS England: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the trends in the level of (a) staff take-up and (b) trends in staff feedback to the mental health support...

      NHS England: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether assessments of trends in the level of provision of mental health support for (a) senior NHS England leaders and (b) wider staff...

      NHS: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on trends in the level of suicides amongst senior leaders in non-clinical roles in the NHS.

      Ambulance Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to ambulance services on directing patients to alternative services where an ambulance conveyance...

      Heart Diseases: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of deaths from cardiac issues in young people.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of levels of access to GP appointments in influencing patients’ decisions to attend...

      Eyesight: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including eligibility for an NHS sight test in the GP learning disability...

      General Practitioners: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken a risk assessment for changes to the GP contract regarding Advice and Guidance due to be...

      General Practitioners: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Health Services Safety Investigations Body, Care Quality Commission, Healthwatch and...

      Care Homes: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the primary causes of care home closures in England.

      General Practitioners: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has engaged formally with the General Medical Council about the interaction between mandatory pre-referral Advice and...

      Dementia: Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential to scale up investment in dementia clinical trials, including through the...

      Carers: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is given to local authorities on supporting carers’ mental health.

      Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of inequalities in access to primary eye care.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the process for compensating general practitioners for the use of health...

  • Department for Transport

    • Vehicle Certification Agency: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 16 March 2026 to Question 119471 on the Vehicle Certification Agency, what the estimated financial deficit of the Vehicle...

    • Bus Services: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish a response to her Department's consultation on Public Service Vehicles Access Regulations, which closed on 4 September 2023.

      Driving Tests: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 118043, what assessment the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has made of the effectiveness of...

      Driving Tests: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 118043, how many applicants were appointed to driving examiner roles in each of the last three years.

      Taxis: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Baroness Casey’s National Audit on Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse report published in June 2025, what steps...

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the haulage sector on the safety of drivers using overnight facilities.

      Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to reopen or replace the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator programme for new applicants in 2026.

      Railways: Reddish South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of passenger services to Reddish South railway station.

      Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support consumers to switch to electric vehicles.

      Roads: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether funding to tackle water pollution caused by highways will be included in the budget of Road Investment Strategy 3.

      Electric Vehicles: Batteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2026 to Question 120280, what estimate her Department has made of the average cost of electric vehicle battery...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the UK’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure to support the transition required under the...

      Electric Vehicles: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 19th March 2026 to Question 120277, Electric Vehicles: Costs, what assessment she has made of the impact of battery degradation...

      Department for Transport: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the total value of non-contractual severance payments across the department in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

      Transport: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support sustainable transport initiatives.

      Unadopted Roads: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to list the (a) individuals and (b) organisations that her Department is consulting as part of its research to better understand the adoption process...

      Driving Licences: Medical Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is taking to reduce the time taken to process driving licence renewal applications referred to its...

      Driving Licences: Medical Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s processes for handling anonymous third-party...

      Parking Offences: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that data belonging to motorists who have incorrectly received a parking fine, either from a Council, Private...

      DfT Operator

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 119493, what roles and functions the 210 staff transferring to DfT Operator Ltd on 1 April 2026...

      Hybrid Vehicles: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has assessed the implications for its policies of findings from the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency indicating that hybrid...

      Aviation: Colour Vision Deficiency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 116584 on Aviation: Colour Vision Deficiency, what independent analysis reported that only the CAD...

      Electric Vehicles: Hire Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the six-day minimum hire threshold on the proportion of zero emission vehicles counted towards...

      Great British Railways: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to protect transport workers a) jobs b) pay c) pensions d) conditions and e) travel facilities in the context of the...

      National Highways and Network Rail: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2026 to Question 111871, whether any net financial efficiency savings are expected to be attributable to Network...

      Network Rail: Assets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2026 to Question 102105 on Network Rail: Assets, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Network...

      Immobilisation of Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many instances of cars being illegally unclamped have been reported to the Police by the DVLA since 1st March 2025.

      Ports: Essex

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

      Shipping: Carbon Emissions

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

      Driving Tests: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 118042, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of click-through rates on...

      Bus Lanes: Motorcycles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the analysis commissioned to inform the motorcycles in bus lanes consultation.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Visitor Levy: Countryside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assurances he can provide that National Parks and National Landscapes will be fully considered in any proposals...

  • Department for Education

    • Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are being taken to ensure that teachers receive training in safeguarding children.

    • Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed international student levy on the financial sustainability of higher...

      Service Pupil Premium: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to encourage schools to be transparent with how they use Service Pupil Premium funding.

      Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of using timber materials in a) constructing and b) maintaining school buildings.

      Overseas Students: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of total university fee income has been derived from international students in each of the past five years.

      Investment: Higher Education

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

      Further Education: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the availability of post-16 provision in Lincolnshire.

      Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of recent uncertainty about the future of the ASGSF, what steps her Department is taking to ensure consistent, high quality therapeutic...

      Universities: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to hold universities to account on their duty of care to students.

      Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the proposed International Student Levy aligns with the Government’s International Education Strategy and its target for growth in...

      Higher Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered alternative funding models for the reintroduction of maintenance grants, other than revenues raised through the...

      Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is her estimate of the number of days of education lost during 2025 as a result of water leaks in school buildings.

      Foster Care: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national register for foster parents.

      Foster Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the extent to which foster carers approved by independent fostering agencies receive equivalent support from local...

      Public Sector: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place to ensure accountability for public sector bodies and organisations carrying out safeguarding functions on behalf of...

      Higher Education: Public Speaking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the command paper, Protecting What Matters, CP 1540, 9 March 2026, page 40, in what manner will the new guidance on External...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Plan 2 student loan interest rates on borrowers, particularly in relation to (a) long-term...

      Students: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission an independent review into how student finance products, including Plan 2 loans, are communicated to prospective students, with...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance was issued to higher education institutions and the Student Loans Company on communicating to prospective students the potential for...

      Foster Care: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to review cases where foster carers and children may have been adversely affected by Local Authority Designated...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of information provided to 17–18-year-old students entering higher education in 2012 on...

      Foster Care: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to introduce increased statutory rights and protections for foster carers, including safeguards against unsubstantiated...

      Higher Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of a national strategy to manage financial restructuring across the higher education...

      Mathematics: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report entitled Evaluation of pupil attainment and progression in Maths...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Rescue Services: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Government is taking steps to support voluntary search and rescue organisations in Northern Ireland, including K9 Search and Rescue...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Clean Energy: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK and California deepen ties on clean energy to boost investment,...

    • Clean Energy: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK and California deepen ties on clean energy to boost investment,...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of UK energy resilience to disruption to global gas or electricity markets.

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much his Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.

      Offshore Industry: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of restrictions on new North Sea drilling licences on a) domestic energy production and...

      Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the UK’s refinery capacity and whether they are sufficient to meet national demand.

      Batteries: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of battery storage technology for large-scale grid stabilisation.

      Solar Power: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what guidance his Department has issued on (a) access and (b) ownership of (i) performance and (ii) operational data from rooftop...

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his renewable energy policies on non-electricity energy demand.

      Batteries: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the land area required to deploy sufficient battery storage to support a fully renewable electricity...

      Solar Power: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to address regulatory gaps where rooftop solar installation companies and asset owners (a)...

      Fossil Fuels: Agriculture and Manufacturing Industries

      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 the role of oil and gas in the production of...

      Electricity Generation: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of electricity generation capacity in Scotland.

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the reliability of (a) wind and (b) solar generation.

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to accelerate domestic renewable generation, including offshore wind, tidal energy, green hydrogen...

      Fossil Fuels: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the volume of UK-origin oil and gas reserves that are currently being extracted by foreign operators...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Gambling: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to end the use of promotional offers by gambling companies that may increase gambling-related harm.

    • UK Youth Parliament: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps she has taken on assigning funding and renewing the national contract for the UK Youth Parliament for the 2026-2028...

      Property: Huntingdon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to bring Rectory Farm Cottage in Huntingdon constituency back into habitable condition.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • RAF Akrotiri: Unmanned Air Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the type of drone struck the runway during the attack on RAF Akrotiri on 2 March 2026.

    • Armed Forces Commissioner

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March to Question 116539 on Armed Forces Commissioner, whether he has a target date for the appointment of an Armed Forces...

      NATO: Navy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when did the Royal Navy last hold the flagship Standing NATO Maritime Group One commitment.

      Oman: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there has been a change in the number of usable training villages at the Global Hub Oman since 5 July 2024.

      Oman: Army

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training villages are active on the Global Hub Oman.

      Kenya: Army

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training villages are currently active on the British Army Training Unit Kenya.

      Allied Reaction Force: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2026 to question 116103 on NATO Response Force, what size of sub-unit from the a) Royal Marines Commando Force, b)...

      Navy: Strait of Hormuz

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the Royal Navy assets that will be sent to support the reopening of the strait of Hormuz.

      Navy: Strait of Hormuz

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to deploy Royal Navy capabilities to the Strait of Hormuz.

      USA: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has obtained legal advice for UK military support to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Migraines: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of migraine on levels of sickness absence, labour market participation and...

    • Disability Living Allowance: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of requiring Disability Living Allowance applications for children to be...

      Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all eligible claimants are made aware of the forthcoming proposed removal of the two-child...

      Universal Credit: Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the five week wait for Universal Credit payments on prison leavers with limited or no...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2026 to Question 118868 on Personal Independence Payment, when he expects additional health professionals...

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of opportunities for parliamentary scrutiny of the Social Security Benefits...

      Financial Assistance Scheme and Pension Protection Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the application of inflationary increases on pre-1997 defined benefit pension entitlements is limited to schemes within the...

      Child Maintenance Service: Arrears

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the extent to which administrative errors by the Child Maintenance Service contribute to the creation of...

      Child Maintenance Service: Enforcement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service in (a) identifying non-compliance and (b) taking...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Environment Agency: River Wear

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to question 120636 a) what information her Department holds on the investigations and interventions; and b) is this...

    • Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to tackle flooding in flood-prone areas.

      Water: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the costs of the transition set out in the Water White Paper from four water...

      Sewage: Rivers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to eliminate sewage overflow releases into (a) the River Loddon and (b) other protected chalk streams.

      Rivers: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department is taking to reduce sewage discharges affecting chalk streams such as the River Wriggle.

      River Wriggle: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the environmental impact of sewage discharges into the River Wriggle.

  • Treasury

    • Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of valid Covid-19 business interruption claims becoming time-barred in March 2026 on the...

    • Insurance: Discrimination

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that policyholders with protected characteristics are not discriminated against by insurance companies.

      Business Rates: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing the full 20p discount to the business rates multiplier for retail, hospitality and...

      Business: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the (a) VAT Registration Threshold and (b) rate of inflation between 2014 and 2026.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Home Office guidance, Funding Instruction for Local Authorities: Asylum Grant 2025 - 2026, updated 23 April 2025, how...

    • Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) combined authorities and (b) the Mayor of London are participating in asylum accommodation pilots; and what role they have in...

      Care Workers: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the 2024–25 Health and Care Worker visa changes on access to...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Employment Rights Act 2025

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Act 2025 on a) the hospitality sector and b) levels of...

    • Foreign Investment in UK: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to encourage foreign direct investment in the West Midlands.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoner Escorts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of court cases delayed in 2025 as a result of the failure of custody transport services to deliver the defendant...

    • Tribunals: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of trends in SEND Tribunal outcomes since December 2024; and whether any changes in guidance or...

      Solicitors Regulation Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many interventions have there been by the Solicitors Regulation Authority into law firms involving (a) the sudden or disorderly closure of a firm,...

      Juries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his answer of 18 March to question 120027, whether he will publish the results of his department's engagement with the judiciary about their...

      Legal Aid Scheme: Translation Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Legal Aid Agency in ensuring solicitors use qualified and security‑vetted interpreters in...

  • Department for Education

    • Graduates: Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government how current higher education outcome metrics for creative subjects align with their plans to grow the creative industries as a priority sector as part of the...

    • Graduates: Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the suitability of early-career earnings as a measure of university course value in sectors characterised by self-employment,...

      Graduates: Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what employment and earnings data they hold for graduates in (1) fine art, (2) craft, (3) design, and (4) other creative industries, at (a) 15 months, (b) three...

      Department for Education: Arms Length Bodies

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Department for Education has declined to lay before Parliament a draft statutory code submitted by an arm's-length body between January 2015...

      Graduates: Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government how graduates in portfolio careers are classified in official statistics where their principal recorded source of income differs from their professional or...

      Erasmus+ Programme

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how many people will benefit from the UK's participation in the Erasmus+ scheme in 2027, from the UK and abroad; and how those...

      Erasmus+ Programme: Costs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of Erasmus+ in each year between 2027 and 2032.

      Childcare: Fees and Charges

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the average amount of extra charges paid by parents who claim 30 hours of free childcare; and what steps they are taking to enforce...

      Erasmus+ Programme and Taith Programme

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Welsh Government about the continuation of the Taith programme in conjunction with the return of the UK to the Erasmus+ scheme.

      Graduates: Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the standard time interval after graduation at which employment outcomes are measured for higher education leavers; whether that interval varies by subject...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 27 January (HL13548), how many special educational needs and disabilities places in...

      Higher Education: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government how graduate employment and earnings data are used by (1) the Office for Students, and (2) the Department for Education, when assessing course quality, value for...

      Children: Travellers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children are disproportionately represented in the care system; and if so, what plans they have...

      Pre-school Education: Insolvency

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Ofsted-registered early years providers have ceased operating in England in each of the past three calendar years, broken down by region and local...

      Graduates: Employment and Pay

      To ask His Majesty's Government how graduate employment and earnings data are used by the Treasury when assessing course quality, value for money and student number controls.

      City and Guilds Group: Inquiries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of commissioning an inquiry by Ofqual into the sale of the City & Guilds of London Institute, given the implications for the...

      City and Guilds Group: Inquiries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with parties involved in the sale of the City & Guilds of London Institute prior to the sale of its charitable assets...

      Schools: Closures

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many private schools have closed since 1 September 2024, or have announced that they will close at the end of this academic year.

      Private Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many pupils have switched from private education to state education since 1 September 2024.

      Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to the Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) opinion: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill impact assessment, issued on 31 January 2025,...

      Special Educational Needs: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many additional educational psychologists and speech and language therapists, funded by the special educational needs and disabilities plan announced on...

      Childcare

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 9 February (HL13942), whether the review of childcare provision will cover (1) the availability...

      Covid-19 Inquiry

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to respond to the recommendations from the second module of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, including the recommendation on statutory child rights impact...

      Languages: Higher Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of recent departmental closures and restructuring announcements from the Universities of Leicester, Nottingham, Heriot-Watt and Essex, what plans...

      Schools: Chess

      To ask His Majesty's Government what funding they have provided in the current financial year to support chess in schools in England.

      Parents: Advisory Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from the rollout of online evidence-based parenting programmes by the government of Australia in 2022.

      ICT: Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) support access to computing and AI education for schoolchildren, and (2) address disparities in digital literacy across England.

      Family Hubs: Digital Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to the policy paper Giving every child the best start in life, published on 7 July 2025, what is the timeline for the procurement and delivery of the...

      Care Leavers: Immigration

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many care leavers did not have their immigration status resolved before reaching the age of 18 in each of the last five years.

      Students: Loans

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether student loan repayments made under the Plan 2 student loan scheme align with the levels originally expected when the plan was introduced; and what...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 27 January (HL13548), what assessment they have made of the causes of the increase in the (1)...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Maternity Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish a maternity strategy following the conclusion of the Independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation.

    • Dental Services: North of England

      To ask His Majesty's Government, of the 11 new NHS dental contracts procured by NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board in March 2024 to address shortages in NHS dentistry in the...

      Primary Care: Recruitment

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many additional (1) general practitioners, and (2) other primary care staff, are expected to be recruited as a result of the creation of neighbourhood health...

      Cardiovascular Diseases: Genetics

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve access to genetic testing for inherited cardiovascular conditions.

      Eating Disorders: Death Certificates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent guidance they have issued to medical practitioners about the requirement to record eating disorders as a contributory or underlying cause on medical...

      Mental Illness: Suicide

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking at the national level to ensure that International Classifications of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics-11 coding...

      Healthy Start Scheme: Migrants

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the outcome of the consultation of the extension of Healthy Start to children from families with no recourse to public funds; and whether...

      Slaughterhouses: Inspections

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of amending the inspection regime for small and medium sized abattoirs to reduce cost and allow for a reduction in the...

      Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask His Majesty's Government how biomarker testing, as set out in the National Cancer Plan, will be integrated across pathology, genomics services, and multidisciplinary team decision-making...

      Cancer: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 20 January 2026 (HL13591), whether the ambition set out in the National Cancer Plan for all cancer...

      NHS South Yorkshire: Redundancy

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 9 February (HL13391), whether the chief executive of the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) was...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 18 December 2025 (HL12723), whether they have made a decision on whether to ask the National Audit Office...

      Occupational Therapy: Vacancies

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 24 March (HL15558), what specific measures in the NHS 10 Year Workforce Plan will address the shortage of...

      Intensive Care

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to create a real-time intensive care dashboard to provide a review of bed occupancy and staffing levels.

      Intensive Care: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry's Module 3 Report, published on 19 March, on the impact of intensive care work on...

      NHS South Yorkshire: Redundancy

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 9 February (HL13391), what was the legal basis for the compulsory redundancy of the chief executive of...

      NHS Foundation Trusts: Borrowing

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much financial borrowing has been enabled by NHS trusts due to their foundation trust status in the past five years.

      Integrated Care Boards: Redundancy

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 9 February (HL13391), what was the composition of the group of integrated care board (ICB)...

      Midwives: Vacancies

      To ask His Majesty's Government what the current level of midwife vacancies is nationally.

  • Department for Transport

    • Buses: Sheffield

      To ask His Majesty's Government which company will provide the new electric buses for Sheffield.

    • Lewes-Uckfield Railway Line

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to issue a Safeguarding Direction to protect the full width of the original track bed of the former Lewes to Uckfield rail line to...

      Railways: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the number of women who leave the rail workforce before retirement, and (2) the reasons why women leave the industry.

      Railways: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of workers within the rail industry are women; and what steps they are taking to encourage women into that industry.

      Railways: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what action they have taken to carry out targeted outreach to increase the number of women in the rail industry.

      Railways: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of why women are less likely to enter the rail industry.

      Railways: Electrification

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the range and traction power requirements of non-electrified rail services; and how these factors are informing technology...

      Motor Vehicles: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the integration of voice-activated AI systems in consumer vehicles; and what steps they are taking to ensure that regulatory...

      Navy: Global Positioning System

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide training or other safety provisions for British Merchant Navy crews to deal with GPS jamming and spoofing; and what measures...

      East West Rail Line: Trade Unions

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether agreement has been reached with relevant trade unions on driver and operator arrangements for services on East West Rail; and, if not, what assessment they...

      Passenger Ships: Public Health

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to ensure that the UK Cruise Growth Plan, published on 16 September 2025, does not increase (1) the levels of air pollution and other...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the electric vehicle pavement channels grant to date; how many local authorities have received funding from...

      UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether funding from the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions will extend to Northern Ireland and be available to companies for their work in Northern Ireland.

      Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Sales

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the unrestricted sale of e-scooters and e-bikes that do not meet the legal requirements for road use; and what steps they plan to...

      Electric Bicycles: Sales

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that e-bikes sold in the UK comply with the legal requirements for electrically assisted pedal cycles; and what enforcement...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • BBC: Music

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the BBC charter renewal process will consider the impact of changes on the music sector.

    • Charities

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the Charity Commission has sufficient powers to suspend or remove charitable status where organisations are suspected of...

      Actors: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Actors' Trust, Spotlights and Shadows: Mapping the people and pressures of stage and screen, published on...

      Streaming: Pay

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the introduction of an unwaivable performers' remuneration right for streaming.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Internet: Safety

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the outcome of their consultation on regulations to be made under section 154A of the Online Safety Act 2023; and when regulations under...

    • Government Departments: Correspondence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential role of large language models in supporting Government departments to respond to enquiries from members of the public.

      Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce a further phase of the Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund from April 2026; what budget has been allocated for any such phase; and...

      Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of successful applications to the Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund were from grassroots or voluntary sector organisations with an annual income of...

      Electronic Government: Expenditure

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much they have spent on the development, testing, marketing and maintenance of the GOV.UK App to date, broken down by financial year.

      Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund’s November 2025 to March 2026 delivery window and payment-in-arrears...

      Mathematics: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Vallance of Balham on 9 March 2026 (HL14784), whether they will commit to increasing mathematical sciences funding,...

  • Treasury

    • Sovereign Grant: Reviews

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to section 7 of the Sovereign Grant Act 2011, on what date they expect to receive the report of the Royal Trustees on the 2026 review of the Sovereign...

    • Revolut

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Revolt being granted a banking licence on regulation and competitiveness in the fintech sector.

      Personal Pensions: Digital Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of fintech investment platforms on competition, costs and investment choice in the self-invested personal pension...

      Financial Services: Digital Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact and role of accelerator and innovation programmes that support the growth of early-stage financial technology firms.

      Budget November 2025: Disclosure of Information

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Livermore on 9 December 2025 (HL12629) and 27 January (HL13469), whether any special advisers briefed Budget 2025...

      Credit: Digital Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks associated with the expansion of buy-now-pay-later lending through digital wallets and online marketplaces; and how the...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Parking: Codes of Practice

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce a new Parking (Code of Practice) Bill.

    • Electoral Register

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 13 March (HL15001), whether the review of election documentation will be completed in time...

      Violence: Leicester

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the 2022 Leicester violence, Better Together: Understanding...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Exemptions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility with the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 of the 50 per cent deduction from the UK Emissions Trading...

    • Shipping: UK Emissions Trading Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government why ferry companies and the maritime sector have been given six months before the implementation of the extension of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) compared to...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

      To ask His Majesty's Government when ferry companies and the maritime sector will be provided with all of the technical details required for the implementation of the Emissions Trading Scheme.

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to carry out an economic impact assessment for Northern Ireland as part of the Emissions Trading Scheme review in 2028.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Lasers: Weapons

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to accelerate the development, testing, production and installation of DragonFire.

    • Iron and Steel: Procurement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what further action they are taking to procure UK-made steel for alterations and additions to (1) Royal Air Force, (2) Royal naval, and (3) army bases and...

      HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth: Weapons

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will fit 30mm naval weapon systems to HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, given increased threats from unmanned aerial vehicles to naval...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Iran: Armed Conflict

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the United States about risks to Iran's territorial integrity of arming separatist groups in Iran.

    • Gibraltar: UK Relations with EU

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the (1) tax rises, and (2) handling charges, Gibraltar would need to impose under the draft UK–EU Agreement in respect of...

      Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what contribution from the UK aid budget they intend to make to the Global Humanitarian Overview 2026 Appeal launched by the United Nations Office for the...

      Middle East: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many UK citizens currently located in Iran and neighbouring countries affected by recent military hostilities have asked the UK government for assistance in...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to page 101 of Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to...

      Global Counsel

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether there was any communication between No 10 or the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Global Counsel in relation to the visit by the Prime...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • Parliament: Internet

      To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker whether there are any websites that cannot be accessed on the parliament network; if so, what those websites are; and why they cannot be accessed.

    • House of Lords: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker what action will be taken to clear blockages by tour groups and others from the pavement at the pedestrian lights and Peers' Entrance to enable members to enter.

      House of Lords: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker whether the pedestrian walkway that will be reinstated as part of the final full scaffolding build will enable peers to (1) use the pavement on the eastern side...

      Parliament: software

      To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker why the Parliament Now app will no longer be supported from late March.

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The parliamentary question is a great way for MPs and Peers to discover information which the government may not wish to reveal. Ministers reply via written answers, a list of which gets published daily.

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