Written answers

Wednesday, 10 June 2026

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Answer of 8 April 2026 to Question 123199 on Political Parties: Finance,...

    • Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124668 on Political Parties: Finance,...

      House of Commons: Catering

      To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will make it its policy to ban meat products from House of Commons catering...

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason she has not met with representatives from the National Association of Special Schools as part of her work to improve SEND.

    • Pupils: Drinks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) reduce pupils’ access to sugary drinks and (b) support provision of healthier drink options...

      Department for Education: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department permits (1) Ministers, (2) Special advisers and (3) officials to use (a) Chat GPT, (b) Google Gemini, (c) Claude, (d) Deepseek...

      Department for Education: Streaming

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

      School Meals: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the updated School Food Standards reflect the latest scientific evidence on nutrition.

      Pupils: Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether training on (a) race, (b) consent, and (c) safeguarding in relation to (i) children’s hair, (ii) Afro hair and (iii) bodily autonomy...

      Schools: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils placed on waiting lists for oversubscribed schools subsequently received an offer of a place in each of the...

      Curriculum: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to launch the Curriculum and Assessment Review Programmes of Study consultation in summer 2026.

      Assessments: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training is being offered to exam invigilators to adapt to new trends in the use of technology to cheat in school examinations.

      Dedicated Schools Grant

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has allocated for the high needs block of dedicated schools grants for each local authority for (a) this year and b)...

      Music and Dance Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce Music and Dance Scheme funding for the 2026-27 academic year; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a...

      Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of devolving responsibility for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund to regional or...

      Foster Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Statement: Enduring Relationships Strategy for Children’s Social Care of 4 June 2026, what estimate she has made of the...

      Antisemitism: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to make education about antisemitism mandatory in schools.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that (a) communications between parents of children with special educational needs and local authorities are...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Every child achieving and thriving, updated on 27 April 2026, if she will set out how the...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of SEND reform proposals on the availability of ECHPs for children whose difficulties are (a)...

      Pupils: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the quality of the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills' (Ofsted) training materials that...

      Children in Care: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that all electronic Personal Education Plan systems used by local authority Virtual Schools meet robust national...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Iran: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to mitigate increases in fuel costs due to the ongoing conflict in Iran.

    • Lord Mandelson

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

      Official Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which foreign officials have received special mission certificates to visit Britain in 2025 and 2026.

      Disaster Relief

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the eligibility criteria and membership structure of...

      Lord Mandelson

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

      Lord Mandelson

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

      Lord Mandelson

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

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has considered taking legal action against Lord Mandelson to reclaim his exit payment.

      Lord Mandelson

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

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps were taken to help mitigate potential conflicts of interest arising from Lord Mandelson's commercial...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Research: Palestine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what published outputs have been produced under the programme “Palestinian Bedouin at risk of forced displacement: IHL...

    • Public Telephones: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with BT about its duty to maintain or remove disused, dilapidated and eyesore telephone...

      Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to address gaps in broadband connectivity in rural areas where properties are beyond effective range...

      Food Supply: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what funding has been allocated through UK Research and Innovation for research into food resilience, food system shocks and...

      Information Commissioner’s Office: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times for complaints and enquiries to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

      Data Protection: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of EU GDPR on levels of regulation in the UK.

      Retail Trade: Counterfeit Manufacturing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with Trading Standards and police enforcement bodies on the seizure of counterfeit luxury...

      Artificial Intelligence: Political Impartiality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions her department has had with technology companies on the political neutrality of AI applications.

      Science and Technology: Germany

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will set out the benefits derived from the UK-German Strategic Science and Technology Partnership to date.

      Smart Devices: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the definition and application of trusted supplier in relation to cellular...

      Artificial Intelligence: Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the risks posed to UK-developed AI systems by (a) data poisoning, (b) model...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Electricians: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he has plans to provide financial assistance to small electrical contractors to enable them to comply with the revised Electrotechnical...

    • Billing: Profits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to HM Treasury’s press release entitled Chancellor commits to new anti-profiteering powers and fights back on rising...

      Young People and Work Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the response by the British Chambers of Commerce to the...

      Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that proposed steel quotas and tariffs do not apply to steel categories that are not...

      Small Businesses: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support SMEs in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other rural areas with changes in (i) employment and (ii) energy costs.

      Liquefied Natural Gas: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2026 to Question 3663 on Liquefied Natural Gas: Russia, by when date does he expect to introduce the next...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Harland and Wolff: Belfast

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to facilitate investment in defence infrastructure at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.

    • Russia: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy the level of resources of UK armed forces to play a full and active role in intercepting Russia’s...

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the time taken to publish the Defence Investment Plan on employment and national security.

      Warships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to improve the operational readiness of the Type a) 45 Destroyer and b) 23 Frigate.

      Israel: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Israeli military officials are barred from attending British military colleges.

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Defence Investment Plan.

      Intelligence and Security Committee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has submitted documentation relating to correspondence with the firms a) Global Counsel or b) Palantir Technologies to the...

      Reserve Forces: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in the Defence training estate on the likelihood of achieving the Strategic Defence...

      Joint Expeditionary Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of an expanded role for the Joint Expeditionary Force in European security over the...

      Minesweepers: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 780 on Navy, when the final two MMCM vessels will be delivered.

      HMS Bangor

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 780 on Navy, what recent estimate he has made of the date on which HMS Bangor will complete its...

      F-35 Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the pilot-to-aircraft ratio is of the F-35B.

      F-35 Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who was contractually responsible for the recovery of the Royal Air Force F-35B Lightning II’s (a) ZM177 and (b) ZM179 from Lajes International...

      National Security: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in response to the strategic assessment by the Joint Intelligence Committee titled, Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem...

      Type 23 Frigates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to extend the operational life of the remaining Type 23 Frigate Fleet.

      Type 45 Destroyers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to extend the operational life of the Type 45 Destroyer.

      Unmanned Air Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to help improve low-cost counter-drone capabilities within the a) Army b) Royal Navy and c) Royal Airforce.

      Fleet Solid Support Ships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to ensure that the Royal Fleet Auxiliary has adequate support capacity pending the fulfilment of the Fleet Solid Support Ship...

      AUKUS: Nuclear Submarines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled Cutting-edge underwater tech for AUKUS forces to be developed through landmark partnership, published on 30...

      Hawk Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 5114 on Hawk Aircraft, if he will list the tail numbers of the Hawk T1 aircraft removed from the...

      Army

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the future basing of 167 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps following the closure of Prince William of Gloucester Barracks.

      Israel: Military Alliances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the agreement signed in December 2020 by the Chief of the Defence Staff and his Israeli counterpart formalising military collaboration between...

      Guided Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by when he plans to procure the GBU-53 StormBreaker Small Diameter Bomb II.

      Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Modini DART 250 he has procured.

      F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of reverting the order for 12 F-35As back to 12 F-35Bs on the public purse.

      AUKUS: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the full scope of the Resilient and Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Technologies Project Arrangement.

      Boeing P-8: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2026 to Question 3447 on AUKUS: Artificial Intelligence, whether AI has been deployed on Royal Air Force P8 aircraft to...

      HMS Iron Duke

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date is HMS Iron Duke scheduled to retire.

      Defence Energy Enterprise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the scope of the Defence Energy Enterprise.

      Navy: Portsmouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 4081 on Navy: Portsmouth, how many units within HMNB Portsmouth have a UIN for accounting purposes.

      Air Force and Army: Yeovil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closure of (a) Army and (b) Airforce cadet units in Yeovil Constituency on staffing levels...

      Global Combat Air Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the defence budget is dedicated to the Global Combat Air Programme.

      Russia: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Russian-sanctioned vessels transiting UK waters have changed flag mid-voyage prior to entering UK waters since 24 March 2026.

      F-35 Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full mission-capable rate was of the UK F-35B Lightning Force in a) 2024 and b) 2025.

      F-35 Aircraft: Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by when does he expect the combat capable release of new software for the F-35B to be available to the UK Lightning Force.

      Army Reserve: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the Army Training Centre Pirbright to accommodate (a) the Army Reserve basic training programme currently...

      Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to increase expertise on domestic semiconductor production in his Department.

      Armed Forces: Smoking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparative assessment his Department has made of smoking prevalence among armed forces personnel.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the claimant count is for people receiving unemployment-related benefits.

    • Apprentices: Yeovil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help tackle barriers faced by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in taking on apprentices in Yeovil constituency.

      Training: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people with the cost of adult training courses.

      Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Transform Decision Making programme was initiated.

      Silica: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on improving health surveillance for workers exposed to respirable...

      Universal Credit: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households receiving Universal Credit are subject to deductions for advance repayments and other debts.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time is for new claims for Universal Credit.

      Silica: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Health and Safety Executive’s enforcement powers in relation to employers exposing...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants were deemed LCWRA via the substantial risk provisions in each of the last 15 financial years expressed in (a) numerical...

      Access to Work Scheme: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme,...

      Employment: Headaches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to (a) collect and (b) publish data on the number of people whose work capability is affected by (i) migraine and (ii)...

      Housing Benefit and Pension Credit: Married People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the requirement that both members of a couple must have reached State...

      Access to Work Scheme: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme,...

      Access to Work Scheme: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme,...

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to exempt veterans who are amputees from repeat Personal Independence Payment assessments.

      Access to Work Scheme: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme,...

      Access to Work Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme,...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support and identify Universal Credit recipients with dual or multiple exceptionalities.

      Jobseekers' Allowance: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants receive (a) clear and (b) timely information on how...

      Disability Living Allowance: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department have made of the impact of delays to Disability Living Allowance decisions on families caring for children with...

      Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of recent reports of inadequate future personal pension provision; and what...

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the suitability and capability of Capita to deliver the Capita Synergy contract on time and on budget and...

      Financial Assistance Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what components are included in the Government's estimate of around £2 billion for the cost of Financial Assistance Scheme pre-1997...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Convictions: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of hearings of appeals against conviction from the magistrates' court involve A) complainants in general and B) vulnerable complainants.

    • Convictions and Prosecutions: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people who appeal against sentence and conviction from the magistrates court are unrepresented.

      Private Prosecutions: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a date as to when his Department will respond to the consultation into regulation and oversight of private prosecutions in the...

      Offenders: Nationality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders had their country of birth recorded as i) UK, ii) any non-UK and iii) not known for offences of (a) violence against the person, (b)...

      HM Prison and Probation Service: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the average time taken to complete HM Prisons and Probation Service staff security vetting for each quarter of the last 12 months.

      Men

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 May 2026 to Question 3026 on Men, if he will list the (a) topic, (b) location and (b) date of the public facing events.

      Cohabitation: Common Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to launch a consultation on cohabitation law reform.

      Coroners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what determination he intends to make in response to the Schedule 3 paragraph 15 referrals he has received from coroners; and what his planned timetable...

      Coroners: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has considered the potential merits of introducing a more accessible appeals mechanism for coroners’ rulings.

  • Department for Transport

    • Department for Transport: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a list of externally procured training programmes used by civil servants in her Department since 4 July 2024.

    • Large Goods Vehicles: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proportion of zero-emission heavy goods vehicles on highways maintenance budgets, in the...

      Railways: Ely and Horley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) in cash terms and (b) in real terms has her Department and its arms length bodies spent on developing plans and business cases for Ely...

      Structures Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer given to WPQ 3302, what a) timeline they are putting in place to review and complete their assessment of the applications...

      M4: Newport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on congestion (a) around the Brynglas tunnel and (b) other parts of the M4 around Newport.

      Cumbrian Coast Line: Tunnels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 883 on Cumbrian Coast Line: Tunnels, when the modelling work being undertaken by Network Rail and...

      Bus Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 1263, how many meetings she, ministers and officials in her Department have had with coach trade...

      Buses: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2026 to Question 2244, if she will publish the update issued to the Transport Select Committee on Friday 22 May 2026.

      Railways: Sheffield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department's contract with East Midlands Railway for train services from Sheffield to London specifies the number of carriages each...

      Railways: Sheffield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of trains on the East Midlands Railway Sheffield to London service a) had the requisite number of carriages and b) were short formed...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the charge points allocated through the Local EV Infrastructure Fund are (a) operational and open to the public, (b) installed but...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the updated 2024 target for public electric vehicle charging devices, what average monthly net increase in public charging devices...

      Airports: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority on airport owners increasing (a) airport and (b) drop-off charges above the...

      Airports: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with airport operators on recent increases in terminal drop-off charges at (a) Heathrow Airport and (b) other...

      Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had discussions with aviation industry stakeholders including (a) representatives of Heathrow Airport, (b) representatives...

      London Underground: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Mayor of London and Transport for London regarding this week's London Underground strike action.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether discussions on embassy staffing in relation to Matthew Doyle were deemed to be in scope of the Humble Address relating to Lord Mandelson.

    • Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether communications held by the No10 Political Office staff were deemed to be in scope of the Humble Address relating to Lord Mandelson.

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 28 April 2026 to Question 128726 on Lord Mandelson, who the Government Security Group review will report to; what its...

      Energy: UK Trade 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 energy and the carbon adjustment mechanism on trade deals with...

      Lobbying

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Ethics and Integrity Commission review into lobbying will include a review of the business appointment rules on (i) special advisers and...

      Buses: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the government plans to review procurement rules that prevent local authorities from prioritising UK-built buses.

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office was asked to contribute to the Cabinet Office and Downing Street due diligence process on the...

      UK Relations with EU

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with the European Commission on rejoining the EU Single Market for goods.

      Cabinet Office: Standards

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a copy of his Department's (a) guidance and (b) manuals on undertaking due diligence.

      Prime Minister: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Civil Service grade was Downing Street’s John Pond.

      Parliamentary and Political Service Honours Committee: Public Appointments

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 22 April 2026 to Question 124837 on Parliamentary and Political Service Honours Committee: Public Appointment, whether...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Lord Mandelson’s personal information, in as far as it relates to his appointment and vetting, is in scope of the Government response to...

      Public Appointments: Retirement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the Answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 123213 on Peers: Recruitment, whether a mandatory retirement age will be applied to direct...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether information in scope of a Humble Address may be redacted from the Government response for reasons other than (a) national security, (b)...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are working within the Cabinet Office on the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson.

      Prime Minister: Mobile Phones

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister uses disappearing messages on his own mobile phones when discussing Government business with her and her Department.

      Lord Mandelson

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

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department received communications from Ministers (a) regarding representations from Peter Mandelson about policy matters in their...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department received communications from Ministers (a) regarding representations from Peter Mandelson about policy matters in their...

      Lord Mandelson

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

      Lord Mandelson

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

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address, if he will publish (a) internal notes and (b) readouts recorded on...

      Addresses to the Crown

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether correspondence from the Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary on the Humble Address will be included in the next Government response to the Humble...

      Gordon Brown

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Gordon Brown has been allocated an office or workspace in his role as Special Reviewer on Global Finance and Cooperation; and whether staff...

  • Treasury

    • Government Securities

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of the level of gilt yields on forecast debt interest costs over the period 2026-27 to 2030-31.

    • Disposable Income: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of the level of taxes on the disposable incomes of working households.

      Economic Growth: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the implications for economic growth of tax reaching a forecast 38.5 per cent of GDP.

      Inflation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the statement by the Governor of the Bank of England's that recent...

      Fertilisers: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on fertiliser prices for farmers.

      Cost of Living: Inflation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of inflation on household living costs.

      Government Securities

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the rise in 30-year gilt yields to 5.772 per cent on 12 May 2026.

      Travel: Tax Allowances

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

      10 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 118203 on 10 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance, if she will list each of the suppliers for...

      Business: Recruitment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of employer national insurance contribution increases on business recruitment.

      Fertilisers: Import Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will assess the potential merits of suspending import tariffs on fertiliser products, including urea and ammonium nitrate, in the context of levels...

      Business: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many large business tax disputes have been submitted to international arbitration in the last 5 years.

      Economic Growth: UK Membership of EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made by her Department of the statistical reliability of the OBR's claim that the UK economy is growing more slowly than if the UK...

      Pensions: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether further regulations will be brought before the House regarding the abolition of the Lifetime Allowance.

      Bank of England: Inflation and Interest Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the Bank of England on inflation and interest rates.

      Retirement: Personal Savings

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to encourage greater levels of household savings for retirement.

      Housing: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Treasury’s press release entitled Fairer taxes for high value homes, published on 20 May 2026, what safeguards she will put in...

      Housing: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Treasury’s press release entitled Fairer taxes for high value homes, published on 20 May 2026, what estimate she has made of the...

      Housing: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Treasury’s press release entitled Fairer taxes for high value homes, published on 20 May 2026, what assessment she has made of...

      Employers' Contributions: Supermarkets

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the impact of employer National Insurance contribution changes on consumer prices in supermarkets.

      Employers' Contributions: Lancashire

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions introduced in April 2025 on employment...

      Business Rates: Small Businesses

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the business rates system is supportive of SMEs; what assessment she has made of the potential merits of...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to respond to the letter of 2 March 2006 from the hon. Member for North Herefordshire.

      Permanent Secretaries: Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 129013 on Permanent Secretaries: Pay, what the business case was for paying a Permanent Secretary...

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals with liabilities relating to Loan Charge schemes have a) been offered an opportunity to settle those liabilities , b) have accepted an...

      Treasury: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her department permits (1) Ministers, (2) Special advisers and (3) officials to use (a) Chat GPT, (b) Google Gemini, (c) Claude, (d) Deepseek and...

      Water Companies: Insolvency

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with the NAO on the use of the Special Administration Regime in the water sector.

      Infrastructure: Investment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal incentives are available to encourage private investment in infrastructure.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 21 April 2026 to Question 124762 on Political Parties: Finance, what consideration has...

    • Electoral Register: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of fraudulent electoral registration.

      Fire and Rescue Services: Waltham Abbey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has conducted a recent risk assessment of fire service provision in Waltham Abbey.

      Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124763 on Political Parties: Donors, how political parties...

      Electoral Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 21 April 2026, to Question 124766, on Electoral Register, and of 20 April 2026, to...

      Elections: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 25 March 2026, to Question PQ117889, on Local Government: Elections, if he will...

      Candidates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 118898 on Candidates, what consideration has been made by...

      Elections: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to local election pilots in (a) 2026 and (b) 2027.

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether virtual bank cards will be accepted as identification to vote at a polling station.

      Polling Stations: Religious Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 18 March 2026, to Question 119518, on Polling Stations: Religious Buildings, why the...

      Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 14 January 2026, to Question HL13225, on Rented Housing: Evictions, whether his...

      Private Rented Housing: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of local authority staff in England who have responsibility for...

      Telecommunications: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the National Planning Policy Framework gives sufficient weight to the need to...

      Housing: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of gazundering in the residential property market; and...

      Local Audit Office: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the projected annual budget of the Local Audit Office, how will it be funded, and what is the timetable for...

      Business Rates: Tax Yields

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 23 April 2026 to Question HL16235 on Business Rates, what forecast has HM Government...

      Planning Permission: Cultural Heritage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his Department’s policy to take steps to strengthen planning regulations so that local...

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the (i) changes and (ii) further proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework since July 2024...

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of households eligible for social housing were able to access a social home, and what proportion...

      Permitted Development Rights: Telecommunications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's joint consultation entitled Reforming planning rules to accelerate deployment of...

      Planning: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the potential merits of amending the National Planning Policy Framework to increase the weight given...

      Infrastructure: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local planning authorities are required to (a) retain and (b) disclose DSEAR assessments for major...

      Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to support local authority preparedness for extreme weather conditions in a) England and b)...

      Investment Zones: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will have discussions with the the Northern Ireland Executive on ensuring that the economic impact of the...

      Parking: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of protections for motorists issued with parking charge notices by private...

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendation issued by the UN Committee on the Elimination of...

      Birmingham City Council: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the governance of Birmingham City Council following the May 2026 local...

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 19 March 2026 to Question 120057 on council tax, what information his Department...

      Local Growth Plans: Leicestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support is available to local authorities in Leicester and Leicestershire to develop and publish a Local Growth...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria an area must meet to be eligible for a multi-year growth fund allocation; and whether areas that have...

      Infrastructure: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what per capita infrastructure funding was allocated to (a) Leicester and Leicestershire, (b) the East Midlands...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Streaming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on advertising on podcasts in each of the last three years.

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the monetary amount of the council tax level is in (a) 2026-27 and (b) 2027-28 that will be used as the basis for...

      Council Tax: Second Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he will publish the number of second homes, and any other relevant statistical assumptions, that the...

      Council Tax: Second Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on the number of local taxpayers changing their second homes to lower Band D council tax...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 109268 on Local Government: Elections, if he will publish...

      Unitary Councils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) shadow unitary authorities and (b) newly vested unitary authorities will have the power to change their...

      Local Government: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities on the setting of fees or charges, for profit or to...

      Local Government Pension Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much local authorities spent on pension strain exit payments in 2024-25.

      Tower Hamlets Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124686, on Tower Hamlets Council, what steps are being...

      Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 28 May 2026 to Question 3072, what assessment he has made of the average distance homeless...

      Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of registers held by the Republic of Ireland’s Companies...

      Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124675 on political donations, whether donations to Irish...

      Elections: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his department has made of the potential impact of biraderi networks on levels of electoral fraud.

      Elections: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to consider (a) a uniform publication of local election results by local authorities and (b) an...

      Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Parliamentary Parties Panel has been consulted by his department on how the Government intends to respond...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Public Bill Committee for the Representation of the People Bill, Official Report, Compilation...

      Elections: Campaigns

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 118899 on Elections: Campaigns, if he will amend (i)...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to publish the draft Conversion Practices Bill.

    • Gender: Equality

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the feasibility for service providers with limited physical space to maintain single-sex services while also...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Soft Power Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions a) Ministers and b) officials in his Department have had with the Soft Power Council.

    • Chinook Helicopters: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the potential merits of a public inquiry into the Mull of Kintyre Chinook...

      Cost of Living: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the cost of living in Scotland.

      Tourism: Dunfermline

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Fife Council on the Heart of Dunfermline feasibility study for the city.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Water Supply: Weybridge

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will make an assessment of the a) resilience and b) capacity of the local water provision following shortages in...

    • Yorkshire Water: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fines have been issued to Yorkshire Water in the past five years; how many of these fines have been cancelled and...

      Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on small and medium-sized developers of the withdrawal of...

      Poultry: Ammonia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his plan for a Poultry Sector Growth Plan, what assessment he has made of the potential health risks of...

      Glyphosate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has she made of the potential impact on a) pre-harvest desiccation and b) the wider farming industry of...

      Inland Waterways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help protect the health of people using inland waters for recreation.

      Inland Waterways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to inland waters for recreational users.

      Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on Ofwat considering (a) measures to reduce reliance on single sources of water supply and (b) long-term...

      Water: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to introduce mandatory water efficiency requirements for (a) data centres and (b) other large...

      Water Supply: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of placing the Regulators’ Alliance for Progressing...

      Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to (a) designate and (b) deliver a national water transfer network to enable the movement of...

      Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a statutory National Water Security Strategy on meeting...

      Carbon Emissions: Consumer Goods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the potential impact of imported embodied...

      Sustainable Farming Incentive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will share the (i) June and (ii) September 2026 allocation of Sustainable Farming Incentive funding with the National...

      Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on protecting 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030; and what role ecological expertise will...

      Water: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freshwater nature recovery on water pollution and the long-term...

      Agriculture: West Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of rising input costs on farms in West Dorset.

      Sports: Animals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of current pet travel requirements on British athletes competing internationally...

      Fertilisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on increasing domestic production of fertilisers on energy...

      Poultry: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the commercial viability of 'day-zero' systems where genetically edited...

      Greyhounds: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria her Department uses to assess the effectiveness of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain as a regulator of...

      Greyhounds: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain's roles as industry...

      Game: Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to launch the call for evidence on how gamebirds are reared in the gamebird sector.

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of current food labelling regulations.

      Government Departments: Catering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department expects to implement the policy of requiring government catering contracts to favour high-quality,...

      Poultry: Animal Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will bring forward legislation to ban the use of enriched cages for laying hens.

      Pets: Export Health Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2026 to Question 286 on Pets: EU Countries, if she will have discussions with Improve...

      Pigs: Slaughterhouses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 20 May to Question UIN 362, what her Department's proposed timetable is for introducing a...

      Village Halls: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to assist village halls to upgrade their facilities.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: UK Soft Power Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions a) Ministers and b) officials in her Department have had with the Soft Power Council.

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of agroecology on (a) food security and (b) food prices.

      Hunting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential risk of trail hunting being used to circumvent the Hunting Act 2004.

      Hunting: Exemptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) what review her Department has undertaken of the exemptions listed in Schedule 1 to the Hunting Act 2004, (b) whether...

      Poultry: Animal Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with animal welfare organisations on the potential merits of prohibiting the import of eggs...

      Hunting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to introduce a statutory difference between drag hunting using synthetic scents and activities involving...

      Fertilisers: UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on fertiliser costs for farmers from...

      Dangerous Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2026 (Dangerous Dogs: Registration), if she will finalise the scheme for Withdrawal of...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Government Resilience Framework in reducing food security risks.

      Food: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the resilience of domestic food production capacity to major...

      Food: Public Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 28 May 2026 to question 1738 on Food: Public Sector, by when will her department have collected...

      Drinks: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of renaming the National Food Strategy as the National Food and...

      Pigs: Slaughterhouses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to consult on a draft ban on the use of carbon dioxide to stun pigs.

      Fertilisers: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support farmers with the cost of fertiliser in (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.

      Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Badger vaccination scheme.

      Agriculture: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support farmers in Staffordshire with energy costs.

      Sewers and Water Supply: Runnymede and Weybridge

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of additional house building on the resilience and capacity of a) water...

      Water Companies: Insolvency

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

      Water Companies: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government News Story published on 19 June 2025 entitled Government to invest over £100m in water...

      Fires: Cumbria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of climate change and changes in upland grazing practices on...

      Water Restoration Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take legislative steps to make the Water Restoration Fund a long-term legal entity in the proposed Clean Water Bill.

      Inland Waterways: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help clean waterways in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Water Companies: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what enforcement action has been taken against water companies for sewage discharges in the last 12 months; and what...

      Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what oversight regulators undertake to ensure that reductions in mains water pressure are not used as an alternative to...

      Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department provides guidance to Ofwat on approving water bill increases where companies have ongoing records of...

      Water Supply: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what rights to compensation or redress are available to customers whose mains water pressure is reduced to a level that...

      Fishing Catches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his department has made of the potential impact of bycatch on marine wildlife.

      Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what minimum standards apply to mains water pressure for domestic customers; and what steps are taken to ensure that water...

      Fishing Catches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle the potential impacts of bycatch on marine species.

      Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his department issues to water companies on the use of reductions in mains water pressure as a method of...

      Water Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the level of the rise in water connection charges for domestic consumers.

      Foot and Mouth Disease: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 24 March 2026, to Question 113652, on Foot and Mouth Disease: Contamination, whether the...

      Water Companies: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to help improve water company preparedness for extreme weather conditions in a) England and b)...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Local Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of Local Democracy Reporting Service funded reporter posts are currently hosted by Reach plc publications.

    • Local Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference the Government's December 2025 BBC Charter Review Green Paper proposing the expansion of the Local Democracy Reporting...

      Local Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the BBC on how the Local Democracy Reporting Service ensures political impartiality in...

      Gambling: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the role of generative AI chatbots in facilitating access to unlicensed gambling operators.

      Gambling: Risk Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will update the House on the progress of Financial Risk Assessments after the Gambling Commission Board meeting on 21 May.

      Gambling: Men

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of prediction markets on young men.

      World Cup: Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to prevent children from being targeted with online gambling advertisements during the FIFA World...

      Gambling: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of replicating Australia’s proposed gambling advertising reforms.

      Gambling: Risk Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of whether Financial Risk Assessments under the Gambling Commission's pilot remain aligned with...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Secondment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will list the names of the organisations that have (a) had departmental Civil Servants seconded to them since July 2024, and...

    • Agriculture: Electricity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in electricity standing charges on farm businesses in Fylde...

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to provide remedial funding to address defects arising from government-backed home energy efficiency...

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department have to provide support to households continuing to be affected by defects to their homes arising from...

      Warm Homes Plan: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Warm Homes Plan will include the use of clerks of works or equivalent independent site‑inspection roles.

      Natural Gas: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes in global energy prices on rural households that are not connected...

      Shipping: UK Emissions Trading Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has the Department made of the adequacy of the operational readiness of the maritime sector for inclusion in the UK...

      National Grid: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the national gird infrastructure's resilience to hazards caused by...

      Community Energy: Sales

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

      Renewable Energy: Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of incorporating renewable energy generation forecasts into...

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Streaming

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

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of industrial energy costs on the competitiveness of high street businesses and...

  • Home Office

    • Slavery: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what initiatives she is taking to help get survivors of modern slavery into employment.

    • Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the positive role advanced technology can play in the reporting and prevention of violence against women and...

      Artificial Intelligence: Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of AI innovations increasing violence against women and girls.

      Visas: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to visa sponsorship costs and salary thresholds on small to...

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to extend the minimum notice period given before introducing changes to the Immigration Rules.

      Citizenship: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of Ukrainian Government’s decision of 8 May 2026 to add...

      Resettlement: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will (a) set the programme plan and key performance indicators and (b) establish a single source of cross-department...

      Asylum: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report 'Deaths of unaccompanied asylum-seeking young...

      Repatriation: Syria

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 3 June 2026 to question 3166 on Repatriation: Syria, for what reason her Department does not record information on...

      Animal Experiments: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to guidance entitled Research and testing using animals: licences and compliance published by the Animals in Science...

      Cannabis: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to increase policing powers to help tackle cannabis smoking within homes.

      Radicalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 25 March 2026, to Question 121395, on Radicalism, what steps she is taking to update the engagement principles.

      Strategic Migration Partnerships: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 25 March 2026 to Question 119316 on Strategic Migration Partnerships: Finance, for what reason the amount of...

      National Security: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle national security threats from China.

      Security Guards: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to work with private security companies to ensure that security staff are provided with appropriate...

      Motor Sports: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with organisers of the Scottish Rally Championship regarding the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025.

      Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the role of Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner is filled in December.

      Terrorism: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal cases have been prosecuted with a "terrorism connection" under the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act in 2024, 2025, and...

      Terrorism: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a list of the criminal charges which have been prosecuted with a "terrorism connection" under the Counter-Terrorism and...

      Visas: Care Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dependants of care worker and senior care worker Skilled Worker visa holders continually employed in the UK since before 11 March...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a breakdown of the main reasons that late applications were allowed for Late Applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme who...

      Immigration: Turkey

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the reasons for delays in decisions on ECAA ILR applications.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Pharmacy: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Community Pharmacy Independent Prescriber trials in Nottinghamshire.

    • General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to reform Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme funding.

      Palliative Care: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the written statement Modern Service Framework (MSF) for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care, what guidance will be issued...

      Social Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels within the adult social care workforce.

      General Practitioners: Attendance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of missed GP appointments in i) Broxtowe ii) Nottinghamshire and iii) England.

      Social Services: Buckingham and Bletchley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of co-designing social care to meet community needs in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.

      Labyrinthitis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) awareness and (b) training among GPs on the (i) diagnosis and (ii) management of...

      Migraine: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including community pharmacies in the roll out of migraine services.

      Nurses: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support NHS trusts to recruit newly qualified nurses.

      Maternity Services: Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on protecting maternity safety campaigners from Strategic Lawsuit...

      Hospitals: Construction

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

      NHS: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of trends in the level of NHS healthcare workers (a) recruited from overseas and (b) trained in...

      Prescription Drugs: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency provides on purchasing prescription-only medicines from overseas...

      Asbestosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to (a) the treatment of asbestos-related illnesses and b) research into asbestos-related illnesses.

      Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what analysis he has carried out on factors contributing to disparities in suicide rates in males and females.

      Health Services: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of opening a dedicated clinic for nuclear test veterans.

      Mental Health Services: Leeds South West and Morley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of accessibility to NHS mental health services for residents in Leeds South West and Morley, including...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on forensic support services in the most recent year for which data is available; and how many people were dealt with...

      Drugs: VAT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential risk that pharmaceutical companies could withdraw compassionate access programmes due to...

      Blackpool Victoria Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital experienced waits exceeding 12 hours from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge in...

  • Attorney General

    • Care Act 2014: Prosecutions

      To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions have there been for the false or misleading information offence under Section 92 of the Care Act 2014 since it came into force.

    • Attorney General: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Solicitor General, whether her Department permits (1) Ministers, (2) Special advisers and (3) officials to use (a) Chat GPT, (b) Google Gemini, (c) Claude, (d) Deepseek and (e) Grok as...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Consumer Council for Water: Dispute Resolution

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have instructed the Consumer Council for Water to refund any fees, levies, or other sums paid by water companies in respect of the alternative dispute...

    • Water Charges

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of (1) the above inflation increase in the average household water bill in 2025/2026, and (2) the expected above...

      Agriculture: Red Diesel

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on farmers of the higher cost of red diesel following the closure of the Straits of Hormuz; and what steps they will...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Fractures: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many fracture liaison services have been established since July 2024.

    • General Practitioners

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 1 April (HL15592), whether they have assessed proposals for a system for equitable distribution...

      Temperature: Death

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce heat-related deaths during heat waves in the UK.

      Patient Choice Schemes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure a patient’s right to choose is protected and extended.

      Baby Care Units

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce will include (1) representatives of families with lived experience of neonatal care, and (2) professionals...

      Supported Housing: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to make provision for the Care Quality Commission to inspect and monitor supported accommodation including standards of care...

      Kidney Diseases

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards increasing the proportion of kidney dialysis patients able to receive treatment at home, including through...

      Devolution: Climate Change

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 9 February (HL Deb col 4GC), whether water pollution, flooding and heatwaves are environmental...

      Shingles: Older People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of adults aged (1) 80 and over, and (2) 60 and over, who will develop shingles during the period between when...

      Fractures: Death

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of deaths each year following fractures.

      Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use the change in nomenclature from polycystic ovary syndrome to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome to improve awareness; and what...

      Community Diagnostic Centres

      To ask His Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) which, community diagnostic centres have seen fewer than 50 patients, on average, per week since July 2024.

      NHS: Databases

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many people who do not work for NHS England have been granted access rights to identifiable patient data on or via the Federated Data Platform, broken down by...

      Learning Disability: Public Appointments

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether Integrated Care Boards will be required to include an executive director with specific, named responsibility for learning disabilities within the new NHS...

      Hospitals: Community Care

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the way that integrated care boards are discharging their responsibility to pay for the care of disabled patients on their...

      Skin Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of artificial intelligence-assisted diagnostic tools in improving the early detection of skin cancer.

      Neurological Diseases: Medical Treatments

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking through health research and innovation programmes to support the use of artificial intelligence in the development of treatments for...

      Pancreatic Cancer: Daraxonrasib

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for the drug Daraxonrasib to treat advanced pancreatic cancer; and when they expect the National Institute for...

      Breast Cancer: Chemotherapy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for genomic testing to identify which breast cancer patients require chemotherapy and which do not, in light of the...

      Liothyronine

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 5 November 2019 (HL458), what plans they have for NHS England to require...

      Cardiovascular Diseases: Semaglutide

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 29 April (HL16182), whether they will publish the final NICE guidance for the use of semaglutide.

      Rare Cancers: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend that the national specialty lead for rare cancers, to be appointed under the Rare Cancers Act 2026, is to be a full-time, appropriately...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress the Department of Health and Social Care has made in revising its internal policies to take account of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish...

      Osteoporosis: Diagnosis

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken since July 2024 to establish early diagnosis clinics for osteoporosis in England; and how many such clinics have been established.

      Shingles: Older People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost to the NHS of shingles-related (1) GP appointments, (2) A&E attendances, and (3) hospital admissions, by adults aged...

      Public Lavatories: Closures

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the public health impact of the closure of many public toilets as referenced in the Royal Society for Public Health...

      Food: Nutrition

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their timetable for the publication of a consultation regarding the mandatory health reporting requirements and targets for large businesses under the...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have given to parts of the NHS regarding allowing individual members of staff to attend LGBT+ Pride marches in uniform.

      Glioblastoma: Mortality Rates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of health inequalities on the survival time of patients with glioblastoma.

      Gastroparesis: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of regional disparities in gastroparesis treatment on (1) patient outcomes, (2) the financial costs and benefits...

      Medical Records: Data Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether a decision has been made on whether (1) the Department of Health and Social Care, (2) integrated care boards, (3) hospital trusts, or (4) individual GPs,...

      Community Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that (1) self-care, and (2) community pharmacy, are integrated into the design of neighbourhood health services.

      Baby Care Units

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether their Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies programme will recommend the adoption of holistic family centre frameworks, such as Ei Smart, as part...

      Osteoporosis: Medical Treatments

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to ensure standards of treatment for osteoporosis are consistent across England.

      Caesarean Sections: Postnatal Care

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support women recovering from surgery during childbirth in light of the increasing incidence of caesarean sections.

      Maternity Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the proposed national maternity and neonatal action plan will include specific measures to assess and support parent–infant relationships,...

  • Treasury

    • Financial Ombudsman Service

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many complaints referred to the Financial Ombudsman Service in the past 12 months were dismissed without consideration of their merits under the provisions of...

    • Financial Ombudsman Service

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to direct the Financial Conduct Authority to introduce a financial threshold above which the Financial Ombudsman Service is required to...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Trade Unions: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have received following the decision of the Northern Ireland Minister for the Economy to exempt businesses employing fewer than 10...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Poverty: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 18 March (HL15076), when they expect to publish the baseline report.

    • Universal Credit: Fraud

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will correct the commentary in their recent fraud statistics publication regarding the transition to universal credit from tax credit recipients.

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