Written answers

Thursday, 4 June 2026

  • Treasury

    • National Wealth Fund

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the status of National Wealth Fund Bill.

    • Electric Vehicles: Tolls

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of (a) per-kilometre road charging schemes for electric...

      Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment she has made of (a) differences in vehicle excise duty between electric and petrol vehicles and (b) the impact of those...

      Question

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, hat assessment she has made of the potential impact of Government intervention on food prices on farmers.

      Drugs: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of how much money it would expect to gain through the application of VAT to compassionate medicine programmes.

      Hospitality Industry: Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has she made of the proportion of household income spent on hospitality during summer holidays versus other VAT rateable services, for each...

      Food: Import Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed agri-food tariff reductions on the ability of small-scale farmers in the Global South...

      Finance: National Security

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the fourth report of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (CP1338), published on 24 June 2025, what progress has she...

      Bank Services: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department has taken to improve accessibility to online banking for blind and partially sighted people.

      Payments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support the creation of a domestic payments system.

      Personal Savings

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Mansion House Reforms in mobilising household savings into growth assets.

      Secondary Legislation: Reviews

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Regulatory Policy Committee's document Post-implementation reviews outstanding across government 2015 to 2026, updated 12 May 2026,...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans she has to increase support for families in the context of trends in the cost of energy caused by the conflict in Iran.

      Consumer Goods: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the volume of retail goods purchased in Northern Ireland and subsequently transported by consumers into the Republic of Ireland.

      Mortgages: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with mortgage lenders on support available for homeowners experiencing financial difficulty.

      Imports: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to publish the outcome of the consultation on the taxation of low-value imports; and what assessment has been made of its...

      Public Finance: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the long-term sustainability of public finances.

      Taxation: Self-Assessment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will allow people with power of attorney to use HMRC's free online system to manage their donor's self assessment tax return.

      Councillors: Income Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether councillors whose only income is a PAYE councillor allowance and related expenses are within the scope of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.

      Childcare

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC takes to publicise closing dates for applications for funded childcare.

      Taxation: Self-assessment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent to date on the development and roll-out of Making Tax Digital; and what the projected cost is for completing that programme.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Infectious Disease: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK’s high consequence infectious disease isolation capacity in the context of...

    • Hantavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the UK Health Security Agency on operational lessons arising from the public health response to...

      Arthritis: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to improve public awareness of arthritis symptoms to help reduce delays in the seeking of medical advice.

      Neurodegenerative Diseases: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve outcomes for children with neurodegenerative brain conditions.

      Strokes: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps Department is taking to support people (a) at risk of stroke and (b) who have recently suffered strokes.

      Breast Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) detection and (b) diagnosis of specifically lobular breast cancer.

      Medical Records: Palantir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients may opt out of the use of their data within systems operated by Palantir Technologies without prejudice to their treatment.

      Strokes: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase awareness of (a) stroke risks, (b) stroke signs and (c) support for stroke survivors and their families.

      Disease Control: Harlow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the new biosecurity centre in Harlow will not be operational until 2038.

      Infectious Disease: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has conducted an assessment of the level of public health risks associated with expedition cruise vessels visiting...

      Mental Health Services: Fathers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking through the Men's Health Strategy to improve support given to fathers and partners during the...

      Mechanical Thrombectomy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to achieve (a) universal and (b) 24/7 access to thrombectomy services.

      Moderna

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to FOI 903 to the UK Health Security Agency, whether a copy of the Moderna audit has been requested from the Prescription...

      Medical Records: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether algorithms and predictive systems within the NHS Federated Data Platform are subject to independent scrutiny for bias,...

      Hospitals: Air Ambulance Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the publication of the APPG for Air Ambulances’ report, The Case for Safeguarded 24/7 On-Site Hospital Helipads...

      NHS: Palantir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if providers do not wish to engage with Palantir's FDP, what steps is he taking to ensure that they can procure alternative services.

      Midwives and Nurses: Criminal Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Nursing and Midwifery Council on its assessments of the appropriateness of registrants...

      Hospitals: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the progress of the New Hospital Programme.

      Learning Disability: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the learning disability workforce.

      Independent Investigation into East Kent Maternity Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on implementing the recommendations of the report Reading the Signals: Maternity and Neonatal Services in East...

      Regeneration: Barrow in Furnesss

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the Barrow Transformation Fund will be provided by his Department.

      National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on which dates the maternity and neonatal task force (a) has met and (b) is due to meet.

      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.

      Maternity Services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on implementing the 15 Immediate and Essential Actions set out in the final report of the Ockenden Review into...

      Clinical Psychologists: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the total cost for all NHS funded trainees studying taught doctorate programmes for Clinical Psychologists in i) 2023, ii) 2024...

      NHS: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to protect the NHS (a) brand and (b) logo from unauthorised AI-generated deepfake communications.

      East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Dismissal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Question 222781 answered on 21 February 2019, how much money has been spent to date by the East of England Ambulance...

      Clinical Psychologists: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the total cost per NHS funded trainee studying a taught doctorate programme for Clinical Psychologists over their university career.

      Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish a response to The Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh,...

      Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 14 April 2026 to Question 120732, what the planned completion timelines are for the 40 funded schemes.

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle and reduce corridor care in accident and emergency departments in Greater Manchester.

      NHS: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce NHS spending on agency staff.

      Osteoporosis: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase early diagnosis rates for osteoporosis.

      NHS: Palantir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are required under the Palantir Federated Data Platform contract to end the contract.

      NHS: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost difference between NHS bank staff and agency staff.

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients attending accident and emergency departments who leave before being assessed by a...

      University of Derby: Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his department has provided to (a) establish a medical school at the University of Derby, and (b) to do so in time for the...

      Clinical Psychologists: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of those who have completed NHS funded trainee schemes studying taught doctorate programmes for Clinical Psychologists remain...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce national minimum staffing level guidance for NHS services.

      Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust spent on agency staff in each of the last three financial years.

      NHS

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to undertake the statutory ten‑year review of the NHS Constitution.

      Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the allocation of holding appointments on the reporting of NHS waiting list figures.

      Healthwatch England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is planning to take to ensure that patient safety is maintained during the transition period from Healthwatch...

      Brain Cancer: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 506 on Cancer: Vaccination, whether those 15 companies have an interest in brain cancer...

      Bowel Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) NICE and the (b) MHRA about expediting the licensing and evaluation of the BREAKWATER treatment for...

      NHS: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England about access to identifiable patient data within the National Data Integration Tenant for...

      NHS: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any formal investigation has been commissioned into reports of NHS staff being threatened in connection with the Federated Data...

      Health Services: Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Imkaan’s research paper, Out of Sight Out Of Mind, published in March 2026, what mechanisms are in place to...

      Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the average time taken by Integrated Care Boards to complete NHS Continuing Healthcare eligibility...

      Pharmacy: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of community pharmacists who currently hold an Independent Prescribing qualification in England.

      Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of geographic variation in access to community eye care services.

      Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of nationally setting and maintaining service specification and national...

      Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support capacity in hospital eye services, including through the use of optometry‑led diagnostic and...

      National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) impact assessments and (b) consultations were carried out before the publication of the National Health Service (General Medical...

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether financial penalties have been levied against electric vehicle charge point operators who do not comply with the Public Charge Point...

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of electric vehicle charge point operators that comply with Regulation (a) 5 and (b) 7 of the...

      Roads: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment she has made of the impact of (a) electric and (b) petrol cars on road surfaces.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the electricity output of electric vehicle charge points relative to their advertised speeds.

      Railways: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Transport for Wales' document entitled Today, Tomorrow, Together: A vision for rail across Wales and Borders, published on 18...

      Railways: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Transport for Wales' document entitled Today, Tomorrow, Together: A vision for rail across Wales and Borders, published on 18...

      Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations she has received on bringing forward the scheduled review of the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate since 4 July 2024; and whether her...

      Railways: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, over what timeframe will the Government fully fund Transport for Wales’s Today, Tomorrow, Together rail pipeline.

      Department for Transport: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100955, whether other arm’s-length bodies in her Department have adopted the 2050 target.

      Transport: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2026 to Question 2801 on Transport: Innovation, how many projects have had their business case approvals process...

      Airports: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 1259, whether the Department has plans to review and amend the 1999 Guidance on Airport Transport...

      Northern Trains: Rolling Stock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the business case for Northern's procurement of new rolling stock since 17 December 2025; and whether...

      Heathrow Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of Heathrow Airport’s passenger charges on the (a) affordability and (b) viability of...

      Heathrow Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations her Department has made to the Civil Aviation Authority to ensure its review of Heathrow's regulatory model addresses the...

      Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of flight cancellations on the economy.

      High Speed Two: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100955, what programmes HS2 Limited is undertaking to achieve its Net Zero target; and what...

      Department for Transport: Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the answer of 27 April 2026 to Question 127540 on Network Rail: Public Relations, whether the (a) Office of Rail and Road, (b) Great...

      Office of Rail and Road: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100955 on Department for Transport: Carbon Emissions, what steps the Office of Rail and...

      Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the ten routes with the highest number of short-formed services were for each train operating company under DfT Operator ownership in the last 18...

      Rolling Stock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of services were operated with fewer carriages than planned on each route operated by each train operating company under...

      Northern Trains: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress Northern has made on upgrading train sanding systems to improve braking performance since 17 December 2025; how many older units have...

      Northern Trains: Rolling Stock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 120876, for each Northern Trains route in each of the last 18 months, how many services were...

      Railways: CCTV

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of variations in CCTV quality, coverage and functionality across train operating companies and...

      Buses: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase the availability of accessible and funded training routes for Public Service Vehicles.

      Bus Services Act 2025

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how will she assess the effectiveness of measures introduced in the Bus Services Act.

      Department for Transport: Lanyards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Rivers: West Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department is providing for chalk stream protection in West Dorset.

    • Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve water quality in West Dorset.

      Forests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her department has to support long-term certainty for productive woodland creation and management.

      Timber: Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on including timber and wood processing within the UK’s...

      Water Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy and transparency of unmetered fixed charges set by water companies, including...

      Western Forest

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps were taken to protect the newly establishing trees in the Western Forest during May’s heatwave.

      Rivers: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department is providing to improve water quality in chalk streams in West Dorset constituency, including...

      Land: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help clean up contaminated land.

      Tree Felling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is she taking to with the devolved Administrations to record the level of tree felling across the UK.

      Mobile Phones: Batteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of introducing legislation requiring user-replaceable batteries...

      Deposit Return Schemes: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Welsh Government's Deposit Return Scheme for glass on the...

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has given to amending the Extended Producer Responsibility base fees to introduce a sub-category for...

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the levels of Packaging Recovery Notes fraud in the waste export sector.

      Paraquat: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2026 to Question 484 titled Paraquat, if she will make it her policy to ban the export of...

      Countryside: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timetable is for publication of the Green Paper on access to nature.

      Lakes and Rivers: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce sewage overflows into rivers and lakes; and whether a timeline has been set...

      Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) wetland restoration, (b) tree planting and (c) other nature-based...

      Water Supply: Hampshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve the inspection of water infrastructure in Eastleigh constituency; and what recent...

      Clean Air Zones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 115458 on Clean Air Zones, whether she plans to redraft the Clean...

      Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 123377 on Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control, when her Department...

      Water Supply: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) water supply systems and (b) other critical infrastructure are...

      Agriculture: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK–EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement on the farming...

      Chemicals: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of chemical pollutants in water bodies on human health and...

      Chemicals and Drugs: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he will extend the regulation of pharmaceuticals and chemicals to ensure that they are licensed only where they do...

      Coastal Erosion and Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timetable has been set for the completion of the review of the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for...

      Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Ninth Report of the Environmental Audit Committee of Session 2024-26 on Addressing the risks from...

      Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a statutory duty on water companies to protect...

      Water Companies: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the regulatory framework governing water companies.

      Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural...

      Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to designate bathing water status to the 2,487 recreationally-used freshwater sites identified...

      Water Companies: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her department has had with the ONS regarding the use of the Special Administration Regime in the water sector.

      Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the timelines set out in the animal welfare strategy are met.

      Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent consultations he has undertaken with the farming sector on UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary negotiations.

      Pigs: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is considering further measures to strengthen the enforcement of the ban on illegal piglet thumping beyond The...

      Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether UK standards on pesticides and animal welfare could diverge from EU rules under the proposed SPS framework.

      Fertilisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency planning his Department has undertaken to ensure the continued (a) affordability and (b) availability of...

      Poultry: Animal Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with The Humane League UK on the banning of cages for laying hens.

      Export Health Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the administrative impact of export health certificates on UK food producers.

      Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department will take to enforce the proposed ban on bottom trawling in marine conservation areas.

      Fertilisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made towards establishing a national fertiliser recording system.

      Seeds: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the volume of seed imported into the UK via online marketplaces in each year since 2020.

      Pigs: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle piglet thumping.

      Seeds: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the amount of seeds imported into the UK from EU countries was by weight in each year since 2020.

      Seeds: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the amount of seeds imported into the UK from non-EU countries was by weight in each year since 2020.

      Agriculture: Diesel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support farmers in Lincolnshire with the increase in diesel prices.

      Fertilisers: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made in response to the increase in fertiliser prices paid by livestock farmers since...

      Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to implement exemptions of sites below 0.2 hectares from BNG requirements.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • HMS Bulwark: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 21 April 2026 to question 125506 on HMS Bulwark, what is the projected cost of the regeneration of HMS Bulwark.

    • Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Armed Forces Minister has been given access to the content of the Defence Investment Plan.

      Prince William of Gloucester Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Army Reserve recruits completed an element of their basic training at Army Training Regiment Grantham in each of the last five years.

      Army Reserve: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where Army Reserve basic training currently delivered at Army Training Regiment Grantham will be delivered following the planned closure of Prince...

      HMS Venturer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current estimated IOC date for HMS Venturer.

      Prince William of Gloucester Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of closing Army Training Regiment Grantham on the deliverability of the Strategic Defence Review...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Sub-Saharan Africa: Drinking Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of overseas aid on the provision of clean drinking water in...

    • Economic Crime: Conferences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of rescheduling the Illicit Finance Summit to December 2026.

      Efrén Antonio Vílchez López

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made recent representations to her Nicaraguan counterpart on the release of Efrén Antonio...

      Gaza: Overseas Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government will support a facilitated departure of students from Gaza with fully funded scholarships...

      Craig Foreman and Lindsay Foreman

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the welfare and health of Craig and Lindsay Foreman; and...

      Syria: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what conditions are currently attached to UK financial support to the Syrian government; and whether she plans to...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Palantir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has access to services provided under Ministry of Defence contracts with Palantir.

      Papua: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the human rights situation in West Papua.

      China: Fisheries

      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 China’s unilateral 2026...

      Sri Lanka: War Crimes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to seek justice for war crimes committed during the final stages of the civil war in Sri...

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to safeguard British citizens who were aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla and are...

      Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what staffing, funding and programme resources are being allocated to support the UK Special Envoy for Freedom of...

      Inter Mediate: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, With reference to the answer of 10 April 2026, to Question 118788, on Inter Mediate: Contracts, whether all...

      Taiwan: World Health Assembly

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK supports Taiwan’s participation as an observer at the 78th World Health Assembly.

      India: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps her Department is taking in response to the implementation of anti-conversion laws in India.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Microsoft: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department reviewed the Crown Commercial Service's approximately £9 billion Memorandum of Understanding with...

    • Home Shopping: Intellectual Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions her Department has had with major online marketplace operators regarding their responsibilities in...

      Home Shopping: Intellectual Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that online marketplaces selling into the UK are held accountable for listings...

      Disinformation: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will investigate whether the Russian Government and its actors have been promoting disinformation on the Prime...

      Telecommunications Cables: Dorchester on Thames

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the number of customers affected by recent telecommunications cable thefts in Dorchester on Thames.

      Telephone Services: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to require telecommunications providers to bear financial responsibility for losses arising from scam...

      Telephone Services: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of Ofcom's enforcement of caller line identification requirements in...

      Microsoft: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the Competition and Markets...

      Microsoft: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the CMA's finding, published 31...

      Voice over Internet Protocol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what data her Department holds the percentage of landline telephone connections that have been migrated from the Public...

      Voice over Internet Protocol: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the migration from Public Switched Telephone Network to...

      Helium: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans she has to ensure reliable and affordable supplies of Helium in the use of research funded by her department.

      Broadband: Harpenden and Berkhamsted

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the announcement of the cancellation of later-stage Project Gigabit contracts on 26 May 2026, when improved...

  • Department for Education

    • Relationships and Sex Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered (a) lessons from road safety education, and (b) circumstances where (i) sustained education and (ii) meaningful...

    • Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has contingency plans in place to protect students and apprentices in the event of disruption to qualification delivery by...

      Schools: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the role of the NHS in delivering healthcare to...

      Pupils: Asthma

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to make asthma management training mandatory for staff in schools.

      Antisemitism: Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making education on antisemitism mandatory in schools.

      Offences against Children: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities investigate historical safeguarding failures where new survivor testimony emerges.

      Holiday Activities and Food Programme: Eligibility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the eligibility criteria for the Holiday Activities and Food programme to include children from working...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Addresses to the Crown

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether party political communications are in scope of Government responses to a Humble Address.

    • Databases: EU Law

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list any datasets that the UK Government is still obliged to send to the European Commission, and what changes have been made to EU...

      Addresses to the Crown

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what definition of (a) official and (b) personal information his Department is using to consider whether information is in scope of Humble Addresses.

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Lord Mandelson provided advice on the Ministerial reshuffle on 5 September 2025 to the Office of the Prime Minister.

      Addresses to the Crown

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster's response to the urgent question of 19 May 2026, what is the name of the independent KC who...

      Charlesbye

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Independent research into government transparency releases published by the Ethics and Integrity Commission on 12 May 2026, page...

      UK Relations with EU

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of dynamic alignment with the EU on (a) AI and (b) crypto regulation.

      Labour Together

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Lord Mandelson’s involvement in the APCO/Labour Together dossier was in scope of the (a) fact-finding exercise on Labour Together and (b)...

      Josh Simons

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 27 April 2026 to Question 124852 on Josh Simons, whether the Independent Adviser (a) asked third parties named in the...

      Lobbying: Finance

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 122495 on Lobbying: Finance, whether his Department holds information on the grants for...

      Government Departments: iFLYTEK

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government uses IFlyTek for any translation services.

      Wes Streeting: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the previous Secretary of State for Health and Social Care accepted his Ministerial severance payment.

      Addresses to the Crown

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster's response to the urgent question of 19 May 2026, whether information within scope of the...

      Government Departments: Contracts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the dataset of Key Performance Indicators for government’s most important contracts was published on 25 December 2025.

      Freedom of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to reform the Freedom of Information Act.

      Treasury: Furniture

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has (a) HM Treasury and (b) its PFI contractors spent on outdoor furniture in the last 12 months.

      Freedom of Information: European Union

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on whether UK citizens can submit Freedom of Information requests to access information held by European agencies...

      Freedom of Information: Databases

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 113782 on Freedom of information: Databases, whether the Fivium e-case database records...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, With reference to the answer of 28 April 2026, to Question 127472, on Cabinet Office: Review, whether Lord Mandelson’s involvement in the...

      Government Departments: Marketing

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 May 2026 to Question 122 on Government Departments: marketing, whether the list of approvals for branded items relates to...

      Government Departments: Marketing

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2026 to Question 122 on Government Departments: marketing, whether the guidance on branded merchandise issued on 6...

      JAGGAER and Oxygen Finance: Expenditure

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 21 January 2026 to Question 105551 on Jaggaer and Oxygen Spend: Expenditure, whether those companies produce summary...

      Government Departments: Consultants

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government Response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Sixty-eighth to the Seventy-fifth reports from Session 2024-26, CP...

      Government Departments: Media

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 112645 on WPP: Contracts, what the estimated profile of the spending is in each year of the...

      Cabinet Office: Freud Communications

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Cabinet Office has spent under contracts with Freuds since July 2024, including contracts sub-contracted to Freuds.

      Government Departments: Consultants

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government Response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Sixty-eighth to the Seventy-fifth reports from Session 2024-26, CP...

      Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 4 February 2026 to Question 907723 on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, how much was spent on digital ID receive...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Defence: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many UK-based defence companies have dissolved since 2020.

    • Business: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with businesses on the potential impact of the Employment Rights Act on (a) the number of entry level jobs, (b)...

      Microsoft: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Microsoft's bundling of Copilot into software licensing contracts on (a) competition...

      Department for Business and Trade: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether Ministers from his Department took Government phones and laptops on recent delegations to the People's Republic of China.

      Retail Trade: Voucher Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will he consult on introducing a statutory Minimum Expiry Period for gift cards offered by retailers.

      Living Wage and Minimum Wage: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Government public awareness campaign entitled Millions got a pay rise, what is the total budget for the communications...

      Amodil Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, further to his comments at the Second Reading of the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill on Thursday 21 May 2026, whether he intends to...

      Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 1 June 2026 to Question 3528, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness of Ofcom in securing compliance...

      Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will undertake a review of the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellations and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 in relation to...

      Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of guaranteed hours provisions on (a) access to entry level employment and...

      Street Trading

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with local police forces on ensuring that goods sold by pedlars comply with safety standards, including...

      Manufacturing Industries: Helium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consideration he has given to securing reliable supplies of Helium for use in advanced manufacturing, aerospace and defence in the...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Personal Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to receive the report on personal pension savings from the Pensions Commission.

    • State Retirement Pensions: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has undertaken modelling of the estimated cost of potential compensation schemes for women affected by changes to the...

      State Retirement Pensions: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has undertaken a comparative assessment of previous Government compensation schemes when assessing options for...

      Pensions Ombudsman: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on average waiting times for (a) cases to be assigned and (b) decisions by the Pensions Ombudsman.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Psychology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether forensic psychologists employed by HMPPS are categorised under the Government's 'Occupational Psychologist' profession for the purpose of...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Youth Services: Poole

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase funding for youth services in Poole constituency.

    • Greyhound Racing: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she held discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on commissioning independent research...

      Bookmakers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure measures to reduce the number of High Street bookmakers does not lead to an increase in online...

      Gambling: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance will be issued to local licensing authorities on the application of gambling impact assessments across the United Kingdom.

      Youth Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, regarding the Better Youth Spaces Fund, what the timeline is for Phase 2; what the criteria will be; and whether it will include rural...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Connect Fund: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Connect Fund on assessing the (a) application and (b) success rates for those applying to that fund from...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints, contract failures, service credits and financial penalties have been recorded against asylum accommodation providers in...

    • Asylum: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claimants there are in Northern Ireland for which the latest data is available.

      B & K Universal and MBR Acres: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial support her Department provides for (a) B & K Universal and (b) MBR Acres.

      Home Office: Streaming

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on advertising on podcasts in each of the last three years.

      Home Office: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the use of Artificial Intelligence for age-verification in Home Office applications will not...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what figures the Animals in Science Regulation Unit holds on the number of service project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to align the categorisation of service project licences under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 with...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the use of informal hierarchies of animal sentience by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit in discharging...

      Immigration: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing lawful routes to Afghan women with university places, scholarships...

      Animal Experiments: Shellfish

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps is she taking to (a) reduce the numbers of decapod crustaceans used in scientific procedures and (b) strengthen expertise of...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 May 2026 to Question 2563 on Asylum: Housing, how many sites have been assessed for modular building asylum...

      Nuisance Calls: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Action Fraud regarding trends in scam calls targeting (a) elderly and (b) vulnerable people.

      Airports: Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which UK airports with international flights do not have eGates.

      Counter-terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Islamist, (b) extreme right wing and (c) other terrorist threats have been prevented in each year since 2020.

      Political Parties: Cryptocurrencies

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Suspicious Activity Reports received by the National Crime Agency in the 24 months preceding 25 March 2026 related to...

      Police: Counter-terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current counter-terrorism policing resources following the increase in the national threat...

      Visas: Overseas Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evaluation her Department has made of the adequacy of the implementation timeframe for the Basic Compliance Assessment.

      Immigration Controls: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 29 May 2026 to Questions 836 and 837 on Immigration Controls: Demonstrations, whether she approved the decision...

      Visas: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Skilled Worker visas were issued in each of the last five years.

      Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Migration Advisory Committee on future changes to the Skilled Worker occupation list beyond 2026.

      UK Border Force: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to ensure that the contract to renew the Border Force coastal patrol fleet will be awarded to domestic shipyards.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to table EUSS_D01 published as part of the release entitled Immigration system statistics, year ending March 2026, how many...

      Visas: Performing Arts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of UK Visas and Immigration processing times for overseas performers in light of the...

      Immigration: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for Indefinite Leave to Remain applications submitted under the ECAA businessperson route.

      Visas: Sponsorship

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of sponsor licence compliance inspections.

      Immigration: Married People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for an application for leave to remain as a partner or spouse - private life (minimum income and English...

      Animal Breeding: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has conducted a recent review of licensing conditions applied to commercial breeders of animals for use in scientific procedures.

      Undercover Policing Inquiry: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the total public cost to date of the Undercover Policing Inquiry.

      Prisoners: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of foreign nationals in Northern Ireland prisons, broken down by (a) nationality, (b) sentence...

  • Leader of the House

    • Written Questions: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Leader of the House, what guidance he has given to Departments on disclosing information in answers to Parliamentary Questions which have been disclosed under the Freedom of...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Mayor of Greater Manchester: By-elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of a by-election for the office of Mayor of Greater...

    • Local Government: Community Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the location of the Community Power Pilots.

      Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential risk of wildfires in summer 2026.

      Public Lavatories: Stoma Appliances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration is being given by his Department to improving guidance and standards for public toilet provision to...

      By-elections: Makerfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the parliamentary by-election in Makerfield; what...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the target of 600,000 annual heat pump installations by 2028 will be met.

    • Community Energy: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to enable community energy schemes to sell power directly to households and businesses in nearby communities.

  • Department for Transport

    • Aviation: Fuels

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) Northern Ireland airports, and (2) airlines serving Northern Ireland, about jet fuel supplies.

    • Driving Instruction

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many approved driving instructors were on the official register in each month since July 2024.

      East West Rail Line: Timetables

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the first East West Rail services between Oxford and Milton Keynes Central via Winslow have been included in the base train timetable.

      High Speed 2 Line

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the first scheduled train service on the HS2 line will start from (1) Old Oak Common to Birmingham, and (2) Euston to Birmingham.

      Airports: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the statement in the King's Speech made on 13 May that they will "unlock the benefits of airport expansion" refers to airports in England only or...

      High Speed 2 Line

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the review of HS2 by Mark Wild will be published.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Local Government: Elections

      To ask His Majesty's Government which councils and combined authorities will have elections in May 2027; and which will have their scheduled elections cancelled as a consequence of unitary...

    • Public Lavatories

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) report Taking the P: Improving public toilets in the UK, published in 2019,...

      Supported Housing: Death

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to establish a system to record deaths in supported accommodation.

      Business Rates

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Livermore on 14 May (HLWS9), and further to the Written Answer by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 23 April...

      Politics: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of political knowledge among 16- and 17-year-olds in light of research published by the Electoral Commission on 3 March showing that...

      Rented Housing: Greater London

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there has been an increase or decrease in rental properties available in London over the past two years.

  • Treasury

    • Financial Services: Proof of Identity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to require financial services providers and other regulated entities to accept a broader range of identity documents for people who, by...

    • Financial Services: Cybersecurity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to strengthen the resilience of the financial system against cyber risks arising from the use of advanced artificial intelligence tools,...

      Stamp Duty Land Tax: First Time Buyers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the reduced first time buyer stamp duty threshold (1) discourages individuals from buying flats as their first property,...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Dockyards: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the security considerations on any work being carried out overseas in relation to Programme Euston.

    • Dockyards: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the provision of UK-based apprenticeships in relation to Programme Euston.

      Dockyards: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of jobs in the UK that will be secured by Programme Euston.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to consult on the formula for child maintenance.

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many contributing parents (1) in total, and (2) as a percentage, have made zero child maintenance payments in (a) 2023–24, (b) 2024–25 and (c)...

      Pathways to Work: Employment and Support Allowance

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 12 April 2025 (HL6439), what further programme of analysis have been undertaken of a time-limited...

      Local Housing Allowance: Uprating

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made a qualitative assessment of the impact of the decision not to uprate Local Housing Allowance in 2026–27 on homelessness among...

  • Home Office

    • Internet: Fraud

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to collaborate with businesses to track and address the increase in fraud committed against consumers using generative AI...

    • Asylum: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the briefing by the Refugee and Migrant Children's Consortium Decisions in Unaccompanied Children's Asylum Claims and in...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Industry

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to appoint an industrial strategy champion.

    • Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the annual capacity of the UK vehicle industry to produce battery electric cars.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Cereals

      To ask His Majesty's Government what change there has been to the acreage of cereal plantings on English farms in 2026 compared to 2025.

    • Public Footpaths: Inland Waterways and Rivers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) average cost, and (2) benefits, of new public access paths along rivers and canals.

      Food Supply and Rural Areas: Weather

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of a super El Niño event on UK food security and the rural economy.

      Fruit and Vegetables

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to increase the general public’s daily intake of fruit and vegetables, and to increase the proportion of those foods that are...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Poland: Holocaust

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues plans to visit Poland.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health Services and Social Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the National Quality Strategy for health and social care.

    • ME/CFS: Health Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government how people with lived experience of myalgic encephalomyelitis will be involved in the design and delivery of the awareness campaign.

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask His Majesty's Government who are the members of the Refractory Epilepsy Specialist Clinical Advisory Service; and whether they have expertise in relation to the prescription of...

      Fractures: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether full coverage of fracture liaison services across England by 2030 is deliverable without additional funding; and what...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Political Impartiality

      To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the Prime Minister’s introduction to the King’s Speech background briefing notes, published by the Cabinet Office on 13 May, whether...

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