Written answers

Friday, 19 June 2026

  • Cabinet Office

    • Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 119904 on Cabinet Office: Redundancy Pay, whether guidance exists on exit payments being...

    • Special Advisers: Political Activities

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers, updated November 2024, whether a special adviser can (a) undertake can party political...

      Civil Servants: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance is given to civil servants relating to participation in Pride events; and whether staff are allowed to participate during working hours.

      Ministers' Private Offices

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Correspondence from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards to Alex Burghart MP, published 5 June 2026, whether...

      Former Ministers: Conduct

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there are mechanisms to review the conduct of a Minister in office after they have left that office, including where the Government may wish to...

      Cabinet Office: Palantir

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason his Department ceased using Palantir software; and on what date the contract ended.

      Prime Minister: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many written representations has the Prime Minister received from the Mayor of Greater Manchester since July 2024.

      Prime Minister: Meetings

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of meetings the Prime Minister held with external organisations or individuals not in a ministerial capacity between February...

      Cabinet Office: Mobile Phones

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the average purchase cost of a government iphone provided to staff in the Cabinet Office; and what is the average cost of the monthly tariff...

      Cabinet Office: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to his Department's publication entitled Data on responses to correspondence from MPs and peers, 2025, of 28 May 2025, what assessment he has...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken to publish the Defence Investment Plan on armed forces morale.

    • Palantir: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department’s contract with Palantir permits interoperability with other Palantir platforms in government; and what assurances his...

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2026, to question 4926 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, what criteria need to be met before the second phase of...

      Autonomous Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in developing the use of machine vision for lock-on and terminal phase of one-way effectors.

      National Security: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing in full the Joint Intelligence Committee strategic assessment, National security...

      Ministry of Defence: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce delays and overspend in Ministry of Defence contracts awarded to foreign contractors.

      Boxer Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the block capability is of the UK Boxer mechanised fleet.

      AUKUS: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen research and development collaboration with AUKUS partners.

      Boxer Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5103 on Boxer Vehicles: Procurement, how many Boxer vehicles and of what variant have been received by...

      Boeing E-7: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of the RAF E-7 Wedgetail AWACS programme.

      Army: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2026 to question 5107 on Army: Procurement, by when his Department will complete trial activity to assess the potential...

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department considers factors other than merit for military (a) appointments and (b) promotions.

      Ukraine: Military Alliances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of defence AI learning from the Ukrainian Delta battle management system.

      Gaza: Population

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the population in Gaza, in the context of military reconnaissance flights.

      USA: Red Arrows

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5120 on USA: Red Arrows, if he will publish the bespoke risk assessment for transit to the United...

      Unmanned Marine Systems: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact on a) Royal Navy and b) the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the agreement of the new international Maritime...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Artificial Intelligence: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of publishing AI-related professional displacement employment data by...

    • Artificial Intelligence: Economic Growth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on economic growth over the next decade.

      Geoengineering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 22 May 2026 to question 1739 on Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Geoengineering, when she...

      Artificial Intelligence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the eligibility criteria are for funding through the Sovereign AI programme.

      Artificial Intelligence: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what support she is providing to people facing redundancy due to the impact of AI technology on the employment market.

      Housing: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the answer of 22 April 2026 to Question 124769 on Housing: Databases, what the difference is between Unique...

      Animal Experiments: Sweden

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 3444 on Animal Experiments, what recent engagement has she had with...

      Artificial Intelligence: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help mitigate the potential impact of AI-related professional displacement in employment for...

      Artificial Intelligence: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help mitigate the potential impact of AI-related professional displacement in employment for those...

      UK Relations with EU: Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government plans to participate in, or contribute towards, the (a) European Innovation Council Fund and (b)...

      X Corp: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the levels of UK X users’ awareness of X’s new UK illegal content form.

      Government Departments: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what safeguards exist to ensure that suppliers providing digital platforms to civilian and defence Government departments...

      Artificial Intelligence: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of AI-related professional displacement in employment across (a) the...

      Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which sectors have been prioritised for support under the AI adoption programme.

      Internet: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of powers under the Online Safety Act in protecting young people from online harms.

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Iran: Passports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Government of Iran on the revocation of passports and travel documents of...

    • Russia: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 6167 on Russia: Shipping, what assessment has he made of the...

      Israel: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Hansard for the 9 June 2026, Middle East column 177, whether her Department issued guidance on...

      Palantir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the answer of 7 November 2025 to Question 86672 on Palantir, whether the organisation by the...

      Palestine: Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether UK-produced arms are being used in a) the West Bank and b) the Gaza strip.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has hired external public relations consultants since July 2024.

      Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will ensure that freedom of religion or belief remains a core consideration in future Human Rights and...

      Cuba: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with international partners on improving humanitarian access to Cuba.

      Jimmy Lai

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she raised the imprisonment of Jimmy Lai during her recent visit to China.

      Homicide: Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what financial contribution her Department has made to the Victim Support Homicide Service in each of the last...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Solicitors Regulation Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Solicitors Regulation Authority on potential steps to improve regulatory performance.

    • Solicitors: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the support available for trainee solicitors.

      CAFCASS: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful compensation claims have been made against the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in each of the last five...

      Crown Court and Magistrates' Courts: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in trial effectiveness in a) magistrates’ courts and b) the Crown Court.

      Legal Aid Agency: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department or the Legal Aid Agency received internal or external warnings between January 2020 and December 2024 concerning cyber security...

      Legal Aid Agency: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what categories of personal data were accessed or exfiltrated during the April 2025 Legal Aid cyber security breach; and was data relating to domestic...

      Family Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful civil claims for damages have been brought against public bodies in relation to family court proceedings in each of the last five...

      First-tier Tribunal: Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of the implementation of the Renters Right's Act on the 1st May 2026 on requirements for additional sitting...

      First-tier Tribunal: Judges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on recruiting judges to the first tier tribunal.

      Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of additional County Court sitting hours to deal with Section 8 possession claims following the...

      Civil National Business Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding claims in the County Court Business Centre (Northampton) (a) for which the latest data is available and (b) were there on 1 June 2025.

      Immigration: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the trialling of artificial intelligence in Immigration and Asylum Tribunals that will allow judges to transcribe case notes and...

      Solicitors Regulation Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what conversations has his Department had with the Legal Services Board over the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s ability to regulate the...

      HMP Leyhill: Prison Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5130 on HMP Leyhill: Prison Accommodation, what progress has he made in delivering the 100 additional...

      HMP Erlestoke: Prison Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on delivering 180 places at HMP Erlestoke through the Small Secure Houseblocks Programme.

      HMP Ford: Prison Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who the new contractor is for the construction of 360 Category D additional places at HMP Ford.

      Prison Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the breakdown of the approximate 3,100 prison places that have been delivered since 5 July 2024.

      Prisoners: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have sued the Ministry of Justice or HMPPS over alleged breaches of the Public Sector Equality Duty in the past two years.

      Prisons: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has set a target for the installation of electric vehicle charging points across the prison estate; and how many charging points...

      Ministry of Justice: Stonewall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department paid to Stonewall in 2024/25 and 2025/26.

      Ministry of Justice:: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members does each of the Ministry of Justice's staff networks have.

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the level of engagement with and representation of people with SEND, carers and SEND professionals in...

    • Education: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the outcome of the nine-month EdTech Impact Testbed pilot rolled out in 2025.

      School Meals: Meat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of guidance to schools on the [i] sourcing of meats for school dinners and [ii] labelling of meat based...

      Private Education: VAT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of independent schools in England that have closed since the introduction of VAT on school fees.

      Department for Education: Flexible Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of full-time staff on full pay (1.0 FTE) in the department work compressed hours over a four day week.

      Department for Education: Alphabet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any Ministers in her Department have used informal communication channels, including WhatsApp and private email, to conduct official business...

      Pupils: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on how much time (a) primary and (b) secondary school children are spending on screens during (i) the school day (ii)...

      Schools: Child Sexual Abuse Material

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to schools on criminals targeting schools and using AI tools to create child sexual abuse material of pupils.

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures is she taking to address absenteeism, particularly relating to white working-class pupils.

      YouTube: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the (a) time spent in schools watching YouTube content and (b) associated revenue earned by YouTube.

      Teachers: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of workload and workplace wellbeing on teacher retention; and if her Department will publish a dedicated...

      Special Educational Needs: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the role of central government in sharing best practice amongst councils in respect of responding to increased...

      Special Educational Needs: Dyslexia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to introduce (a) a mandatory dyslexia screening for all primary pupils, (b) a national standard for early...

      Education: West Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve educational outcomes in West Dorset.

      Special Educational Needs: Cambridgeshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 19 May 2026 to question 747 on Special Educational Needs: Huntingdon, what is the full remit of assistance provided by...

      Teaching Methods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to diversify teaching styles within traditional school settings.

      Organs: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to make organ donation education a compulsory topic in the national curriculum.

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her department has had with the Treasury regarding the decision to freeze the repayment threshold for student loans and the impact...

      Jean Monnet Action

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the answer of 26 March 2026, to Question 114072, on Erasmus+ Programme, what are the eligibility requirements for UK education...

      Erasmus+ Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the answer of 29 April 2026, to Question HL16472, on Erasmus+ Programme, what forecast has been made of the number of (a) UK...

      Turing Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 109184 on Turing Scheme, what the (a) timetable and (b) deadline is for determining...

      Jean Monnet Action

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds information on UK organisations which have applied to participate in the Jean Monnet Actions programme under the new...

      Erasmus+ Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the answer of 6 February 2026 to Question 109183 on Erasmus+ programme, who will undertake the review of the UK’s...

      University of Nottingham: Industrial Action

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with the University and College Union on industrial action at the University of Nottingham; and what...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Apprentices: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions his Department has had with Treasury officials on increasing financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises...

    • Architecture: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle potential barriers to progression for learners completing Level 6 architecture...

      Apprentices: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help incentivise young people to enter into apprenticeship schemes in the manufacturing sector.

      Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring employers to (i) acknowledge and respond to job applications within a...

      Skills England: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many aviation sector employers, representative bodies and training providers have been formally engaged by Skills England since its...

      Housing Benefit and Universal Credit: Landlords

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the verification of the accuracy of service costs covered by both Housing Benefit and Universal...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of levels of child poverty linked to the cost of living crisis in Redditch.

      Financial Assistance Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026 to Question 3569, what the estimated cost is of providing retrospective pre-1997 indexation only,...

      Employment Schemes: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress the Department has made towards launching the pilot phase of the Disability Confident Reform Delivery Plan.

      Employment: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the newly expanded Women’s Employment Ambassador role will take to support new mothers returning to work.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether participation in the Jobs Guarantee will be mandatory for eligible Universal Credit claimants.

      Employment Schemes: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets have been established for employment outcomes under the Jobs Guarantee.

      Adult Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what adult skills funding was allocated per head of population to (a) Leicester and Leicestershire, (b) the East Midlands Combined County...

      Aviation: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Skills England assessed the potential impact of recommending the removal of levy funding for most Level 7 apprenticeships for learners...

  • Department for Transport

    • Motorway Service Areas: Large Goods Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of crimes targeting lorries at motorway services; what consideration her Department has given to...

    • Traffic Lights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of traffic signals in England that are operating beyond their recommended lifecycle; and what...

      Driving Tests: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the length of driving test waiting times in (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what governance arrangements are proposed for Great British Railways under the Railways Bill.

      Public Transport: Oxford-Cambridge Arc

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the Department for Transport and (b) local and regional authorities on bus connectivity to East-West...

      Department for Transport: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to Question 919 from the hon. Member for South West Devon.

      Department for Transport: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to Question 3597 from the hon. Member for South West Devon.

      Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role local and regional authorities will have in decision-making under the framework established by the Railways Bill.

      HM Coastguard: Conditions of Employment and Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what statutory powers or legal obligations underpin the current employment and remuneration model for Coastguard Rescue Officers; and whether any...

      HM Coastguard

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement on the future model for Coastguard Rescue Officers, what assessment her...

      Ports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential for UK ports to support increased dual-use civilian and military capability; and whether her Department...

      Department for Transport: Streaming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what sums her Department has spent on advertising on podcasts in each of the last three years.

      A12: Road Traffic Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to work with local authorities to reduce traffic congestion on the A12.

      Transport: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which new (a) road and (b) rail schemes have been (i) signed off and (ii) cancelled in the East of England since July 2024.

      Department for Transport: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 Transport: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 120039, (a) what the purpose was of each flight to Maldives; (b) which Ministers and senior...

      Department for Transport: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 120039, what the purpose was of each flight to Qatar; which Ministers and senior officials...

      Department for Transport: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department maintains an internal Outcome Delivery Plan.

      Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of heavier zero-emission heavy goods vehicles on (a) road deterioration and (b) maintenance...

      Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of heavier battery-electric heavy goods vehicles on (a) road wear and (b) deterioration and what...

      A12 and A120: Road Traffic

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an estimate of levels of congestion on (a) the A12 between junctions 19 and 25; and (b) the A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey...

      A12 and A120

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, (1) what funding she has made available for improvements to (a) safety; and (b) junctions between Junctions 19 and 25 on the A12 in each of the next...

      Department for Transport: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to publish her Department’s Outcome Delivery Plan for 2025-26.

      Department for Transport: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the answer of 24 March 2026 to WPQ 120039, what the purpose was of each flight to Nigeria; which Ministers and senior officials...

      Department for Transport: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 120039, what the purpose was of each flight to Indonesia; which Ministers and senior officials...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her written statement of 2 March 2026 on Asylum changes, what her planned timetable is for establishing a Named Community...

    • Immigration Controls: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the European Commission, (b) individual European Union Member States and (c) representatives of...

      Government Departments: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 19 March 2026, to Question HL15092, on Government departments: Public Consultation, how her Department uses...

      Artificial Intelligence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance exists on recording and publishing local supplier risk assessments when procuring AI or data platforms via central frameworks.

      Sikhs: Racial Hatred

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the risks of attack on Sikh Gurdwaras in the context of the recent conviction of the murderer of...

      Home Office: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy of on considering written representations to its consultations or calls for evidence from an individual or...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Ivf

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to complete the assessment of NHS commissioned fertility services announced in the Women’s health strategy.

    • Heart Diseases: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with integrated care board leaders regarding the delivery of left atrial appendage occlusion in their regions.

      Heart Diseases: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to left atrial appendage occlusion in (a) Shropshire (b) the Midlands and (c) England.

      Syphilis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce incidence of syphilis.

      Dental Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was to access Community Dental Services for (a) children (b) adults under the Harrogate and District NHS...

      Meals on Wheels: Brighton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of meals on wheels provision in (a) the Brighton and Hove local authority area and (b) other...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on providing 700,000 additional urgent NHS dental appointments.

      Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has assessed the potential merits of establishing new dental schools in areas with persistent shortages of NHS dentists.

      Carers: Respite Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his department will consider introducing a short respite service for unpaid carers that they can access yearly.

      Dental Health: Diabetes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of investment in gum disease management on the cost of diabetes-related healthcare.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost is of a cancelled GP appointment.

      Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on implementing the NHS dental contract reforms announced in December 2025.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 6676 from the hon. Member for North Shropshire.

      Medicine: British Students Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce pathways for British nationals who obtained medical degrees overseas when applying for NHS roles.

      Medicine: British Students Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce transitional or grandfathering arrangements for students who enrolled before the passage of the...

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce ambulance wait times and (b) increase availability of ambulances.

      Midwives: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of midwives leaving the NHS before retirement age in each year since 2015 by numbers leaving...

      NHS: Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address the increase in racial abuse towards NHS workers.

      Health Services: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of women waiting for NHS treatment.

      Mortuaries: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of giving families the right to visit their loved ones in a mortuary.

      Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with NICE on developing a fast track approval process for covid-19 treatments for the immuno-compromised.

      Prostate Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by when he expects to receive the initial results of stage one of the Transform trial.

      Hospitals: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of payments for validation on Trusts' willingness to validate waiting lists.

      Hospitals: Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve hospital flow and reduce preventable mortality.

      NHS England: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse has been of the use of external management consultants in the planning and delivery of i) the...

      Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust meets the objectives set out under the NHS Intensive...

      NHS: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the increase in the number of Very Senior Managers employed by the NHS between 2021 and 2025, as set out in the Joint...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether current workforce planning assumptions for prevention and long term condition management services specify roles for (a)...

      Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Westminster Hall debate led by the hon. Member for Bromsgrove on 11 September 2025, what progress has been made on...

      Community Diagnostic Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional Community Diagnostic Centres he plans to establish during this Parliament.

      Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the composition of the control group on the In-Service Evaluation in relation to spinal muscular atrophy screening.

      NHS Trusts: Electronic Messaging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to implement a digital-first communications approach across NHS trusts.

      NHS Trusts: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Very Senior Manager posts existed in NHS trusts in each year since 2021.

      NHS: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of Very Senior Managers employed by the NHS between 2021 and 2025.

      Gender Dysphoria: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the experiences and clinical outcomes of individuals who have de-transitioned, alongside a range of patient outcomes, are being...

      Queen's Hospital Romford: Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the proposals for a complete reconfiguration of the Queen’s emergency department from the Barking,...

      Rheumatology: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure sufficient staffing for NHS rheumatology services, including provision of multidisciplinary...

      Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase capacity in A&E departments.

      Midwives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress her Department has made in improving the recruitment and retention of midwives in the NHS under the Long Term...

      Health Services: Witham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether provision for capital investment in (a) new; and (b) updating healthcare facilities in Witham constituency is being made...

      Healthwatch

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ICB clustering on patient voice and the efficacy of Local Healthwatch.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisations, bodies, trade unions and other stakeholders have been (a) provided with advance sight of and (b) briefed on the...

      Gender Dysphoria: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has commissioned research to improve understanding of factors determining the number of referrals to gender...

      Gender Dysphoria: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that robust and consistent informed consent processes are applied in the provision of adult NHS gender...

      Allied Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of senior NHS leadership roles are held by Allied Health Professionals; and what steps he is taking to increase that...

      Hydrocortisone

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking, in collaboration with the Office for Life Sciences, to support and fast-track the development of...

      Hydrocortisone

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will work with Pfizer to accelerate the UK licensing of the ‘ACT-O-VIAL’ dual-compartment hydrocortisone product...

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to ensure that Single Point of Access pathways do not prevent patients being referred to consultant-led...

      Stem Cells: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential financial implications for the NHS of the level of reliance on imported haematopoietic stem...

      Stem Cells: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the independent review of haematopoietic stem cell supply will include consideration of appointing a single accountable...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many a) letters, b) emails and c) written communications were received by his Department from Newcastle-under-Lyme District Borough...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Street Trading: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with local police forces on (a) the effectiveness of enforcement of legislation regulating pedlars; and (b) the...

    • Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's consultation document entitled Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours...

      Israel: Arms Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many export licenses for arms and defensive equipment between the UK and Israel are currently active.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to introduce a Remediation Bill.

    • 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 124771, on Political Parties: Donors, what assessment has...

      Elections: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority or its mayor on (a)...

      Absent Voting: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received from Labour International in relation to overseas electors and voting...

      Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to take steps to remove regulatory barriers to the installation of air conditioning in...

      Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Cap on donations from overseas electors and ban on crypto donations to...

      Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the interaction of the provisions of the Representation of the People Bill...

      Building Safety Regulator

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average time is for the Building Safety Regulator to approve (a) remediation and (b) new build applications.

      Affordable Housing: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding has been allocated to registered providers in Lancashire through the Affordable Homes Programme since...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to review housing targets in rural and county areas.

      Council Tax: Surcharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the council tax surcharge on (a) housebuilding and...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impact of developer build-out rates on a council’s ability to demonstrate a...

      Service Charges: Overcharging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider introducing a statutory requirement for landlords to notify local authorities and the Department...

      Planning: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that national planning policy does not override locally adopted...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Labour Housing Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) he and (b) the Minister of State for Housing and Planning have attended events of the Labour Housing Group...

      Private Rented Housing: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the written answer 7796 of 11 June 2026, whether his Department has received representations from local...

      Stamp Duty Land Tax: First Time Buyers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions they have had with the Treasury on first time buyer stamp duty land tax limits, as considering the...

      Digital Technology: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on considering responses to its consultation on reforming planning rules to...

      Private Rented Housing: Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of legislative protections against discrimination during the application...

      Local Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local planning authorities currently do not have an up-to-date local plan in place.

      Ballot Boxes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating a separate ballot box for each polling district in...

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124770 on Elections: Proof of Identity, what assessment he...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff were recorded as entering his London departmental HQ building on Friday 29 May 2026 based on (a) pass...

      Religion: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides on the role of Standing Advisory Councils for Religious Education in promoting...

      Combined Authorities: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 21 May 2026 to Question 1940 on Combined Authorities: Surrey, whether the strategic...

      Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled Common Ground Award 2025/26: Successful applicants, published 8 April 2026,...

      Treaties: Parliamentary Scrutiny

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 28 April 2026, to Question HL16533, on Treaties: Parliamentary Scrutiny, whether any...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Pet Travel Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the European Union regarding recognition of UK-issued pet passports.

    • Dangerous Dogs: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost of re-issuing exemption certificates following the removal of the requirement for...

      Dangerous Dogs: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she made of the potential availability of a replica third-party public liability insurance scheme for owners...

      Dangerous Dogs: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made about the [i] effectiveness of the potential means of enforcement of the prohibition on...

      Agriculture: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has the Government made of the availability and affordability of public liability insurance for diversified...

      Meat Products: Origin Marking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend food labelling regulations so that the Union Jack and 'British'...

      Agriculture: Fertilisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential contribution of domestically produced polyhalite fertiliser to improving the...

      Fertilisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will take steps to meet the asks of the National Farmers Union Fertiliser Resilience Plan, with specific regard...

      Fishing Vessels: Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to mandate remote electronic monitoring on fishing boats in UK waters.

      Sustainable Farming Incentive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the budget allocated to the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 in meeting...

      Dangerous Dogs: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take legislative steps before the school summer holidays 2026 to increase protections for children against...

      Fishing Catches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to publish Bycatch Action Plans for seabirds, cetaceans, seals, elasmobranches and protected fish species.

      Sustainable Farming Incentive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what transitional arrangements will be available to farmers with expiring Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier agreements who...

      Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to eradicate the spread of tuberculosis among wildlife and livestock.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Areas: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of publishing her Department's report, tatus of Defra’s critical...

      Pigs: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 3739, how many allegations of piglet thumping were investigated by the...

      Slaughterhouses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support she is providing to abattoirs; what assessment she has made of the potential impact on abattoirs of the charges...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Hydrogen: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of required pace of hydrogen network rollout to aid industrial decarbonisation in order to (a) meet the...

    • Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has considered the potential merits of publishing the updated UK hydrogen strategy before the end of July 2026.

      Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the industries which can only be decarbonised by switching to hydrogen energy.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the cost of energy bills in Harpenden and Berkhamsted.

      Renewable Energy: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the timetable for auction being brought forward on large...

      Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the timetable is for the completion of the Second Hydrogen Allocation Round and the announcement of successful projects.

      Energy: Data Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the system operator on energy demand associated with AI-capable data centres.

      Electricity: Data Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of AI-capable data centre growth on regional electricity network constraints.

      Energy: Data Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2026 to Question 4046, what estimate he has made of the annual electricity consumption associated...

      Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on households and small‑scale renewable‑energy...

      Ammonia: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential role of low-carbon domestic ammonia production in improving the UK's energy security...

      Electricity: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits to people in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire of a move to...

      Clean Power: Data Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of AI-capable data centre growth on the Government’s clean power objectives.

  • Treasury

    • Treasury: Written Questions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to facilitate the answering of written Parliamentary Questions by Hon Members about operational matters of (a) the Financial...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Sick Leave: Migraines

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce workplace absences caused by migraines; and what steps they are taking to support people living with chronic migraines to...

  • Home Office

    • Police: Reorganisation

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to receive the final report of the Independent Review of Police Force Structures; and whether this report will be published.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Gibraltar: UK Relations with EU

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the draft UK-EU agreement in respect of Gibraltar will require the enactment of UK primary legislation prior to its ratification.

    • Hong Kong: Oppression

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect UK residents who have had bounties placed on their heads by the Hong Kong police.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Social Media: Age

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many respondents to their consultation paper Growing up in the online world, published on 2 March, said that they either (1) strongly agree, or (2) somewhat...

    • Telecommunications: Infrastructure

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the provisions concerning a complaints process about the conduct of operators under section 70 of the Product Security and Telecommunications...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Renewable Fuels

      To ask His Majesty's Government what role they intend renewable liquid fuels to play in meeting current and future Carbon Budgets.

    • Clean Energy: Heating

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish a response to the consultation Exploring the role of alternative clean heating solutions, which closed on 10 February; and whether the...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health Services: Gender

      To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance or instruction they have given to NHS organisations and providers about recording that patients have been transphobic due to requesting (1) they...

    • Autoimmune Diseases: Rare Diseases

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve care coordination for patients with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases, including the allocation of a named care coordinator,...

      Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people who will lose access to independent reviews and advocacy as a result of the Supreme Court ruling removing the...

      Perinatal Mortality

      To ask His Majesty's Government what independent investigatory route exists for families affected by antepartum stillbirth or stillbirth before 37 weeks' gestation other than a Perinatal...

      Perinatal Mortality: Coroners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Chair of the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation regarding the threshold from which coronial involvement in...

  • Department for Education

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed 2 Line: Old Oak Common Station

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current estimate of the cost to complete the HS2 work between Old Oak Common and Handsacre, including the interchange station on the Great Western...

    • Train Operating Companies: Sick Leave

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total cost of overtime and rest-day working payments made to cover staff sickness in each state-owned Train Operating Company, in each month since...

      Railways: Trespass

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 2 June (HL335), what was the total value of Schedule 8 compensation payments made by Network Rail...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Devolution: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to youth participation and youth inactivity when developing proposals for English devolution; and what role they envisage...

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