Written answers

Thursday, 25 June 2026

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims have been sent letters advising them their perpetrator may be released from prison early as a result of the Sentencing Act 2026.

    • Prisoners' Release: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners were in full-time employment within six months of their release in each year since 2021.

      Prison Accommodation: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have specially-adapted wings for prisoners with autism; and how many prisoners reside in them.

      Immigration: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals heard by the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) in the last year were brought by sex offenders.

      Prisons: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what metrics his Department uses to assess whether the rollout of electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the prison estate is proceeding at an...

      Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships: Islam

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to make it a legal requirement for Muslim couples to civilly register their marriage before, or at the same time as, their Islamic ceremony.

      Mental Capacity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mental capacity assessments were undertaken by the Court of Protection in the last three years; and, of these, how many came back confirming...

      Public Office (Accountability) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Report Stage and other future stages of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill will take place before the Summer Recess.

      Ministry of Justice: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on the open-source AI model Qwen in the past two years.

      HMP Belmarsh and HMP Manchester: Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held at HMP Belmarsh or HMP Manchester have sued the Ministry of Justice or HMPPS over alleged breaches of the Public Sector Equality...

      Muslim Brotherhood: Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of the Muslim Brotherhood are held in prisons in England and Wales.

      Terrorism: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid in compensation payments to prisoners convicted of terrorism offences in the past two years, broken down by each payment and the...

      Prisons: Psychology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the answer of 11 June 2026 to Question 7174, how many employees in HMPPS under the Occupational Psychologist profession are i)...

      Magistrates: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new magistrates were appointed in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 to date.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Local Government: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the publication entitled "The changing cyber threat profile and potential impact on local councils", what...

    • Artificial Intelligence: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of AI infrastructure demand on hardware availability and pricing for...

      Artificial Intelligence: Public Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of dependency on foreign-owned AI systems on resilience in the...

      Mobile Phones: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Government response to the consultation on proposals to update the Telecommunications Security Code of...

      5G: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what performance thresholds will apply when assessing whether the Government's 2030 target for standalone 5G in all populated...

      Broadband: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what performance standards for mobile connectivity apply to Industrial Strategy Zones and AI Growth Zones.

      Telecommunications: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's consultation response entitled Proposals to update the Telecommunications Security Code of...

      Telecommunications: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's consultation response entitled Proposals to update the Telecommunications Security Code of...

  • Department for Transport

    • Buses: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is planning to consult with the bus manufacturing and operating sector on timescales for the Zero-Emission Bus mandate.

    • Driving Licences: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce wait times for medical driving licences.

      Parking Offences: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of improving regulation of the way that debt collection is carried out in the case of...

      Electric Bicycles: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is her assessment of the percentage of e-bikes on British roads which are not compliant with the EAPC regulations concerning a) electric motors...

      Electric Bicycles: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is her estimate of the number of e-bikes registered as road vehicles in the UK.

      Electric Bicycles: Speed Limits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is her department taking to help ensure that e-bikes are not exceeding 15.5mph.

      Electric Bicycles: Batteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what actions have her department taken regarding the online sale of lithium-ion batteries that could be used in an unsafe manner on e-bikes.

      Electric Bicycles: Delivery Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 5 March 2026 to Question 117052 on Electric Bicycles: Delivery Services, whether the National Work-Related Road Safety...

      Electric Bicycles: Delivery Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 65474 on Electric Bicycles: Delivery Services, what response her department received about the...

      Electric Bicycles: Delivery Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 65474 on Electric Bicycles: Delivery Services, which food delivery companies were contacted.

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to UIN 76899, whether the forthcoming Road Safety Strategy will include consideration of the thresholds at which local authorities are...

      Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of drivers using learner driver plates to work.

      Shipping: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has she made of the potential merits of updating the National Maritime Security Strategy 2022.

      Musicians: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce cabotage barriers affecting UK-based professional drivers supporting touring artists and performers...

      Active Travel: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of local authorities allocating funding towards delivery of the Third Cycling and Walking...

      Motor Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her department is taking to help lower car insurance costs.

      Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving examiners ceased to practice in May 2026.

      Railways: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what artificial intelligence systems, including generative artificial intelligence and AI agents, are being utilised by Network Rail; for what...

      Department for Transport: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) her Department's officials and (b) external training providers from her Department have delivered capacity development training sessions...

      Road Traffic

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish the next National Road Traffic Projections.

      Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what penalties apply to a person who books, changes, cancels or swaps a driving test on behalf of another person.

      Bus Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the consultation requirements for passengers under the Bus Services Act 2025; and whether she plans to...

      Electric Bicycles and Scooters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing stricter geo-fencing requirements for electrically assisted pedal cycle and...

      Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of using specialist technologies for improving the life of ageing infrastructure.

      Bridges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how frequently is the long term condition of bridges monitored and how is this information recorded.

      Roads: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the highways maintenance block formula on rural counties such as Suffolk.

      Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving examiners started to practice in May 2026.

      Driverless Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the regulatory regime for autonomous vehicles is supported by testing, validation and assurance...

      Driverless Vehicles: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles is exploring the adequacy of compensation arrangements for victims of accidents involving...

      Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of practical driving test waiting times on learner drivers at Ashford (Kent) Driving Test Centre;...

      HM Coastguard: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 8407 on HM Coastguard: Conditions of Employment, what estimate the Maritime and Coastguard Agency...

      HM Coastguard: Voluntary Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made on the impacts of the recent Court of Appeal judgment on the Coastguard Rescue Service.

      Ports: South Basildon and East Thurrock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing a) road and b) rail infrastructure serving ports located adjacent to South Basildon and East...

      Ports: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the level of constraints affecting port connectivity in England, including a) road and b) rail access.

      Ports: Road Traffic

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of road congestion on the efficiency of UK ports.

      Driving Tests: Lincoln

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact on learner drivers of average practical driving test waiting times at Lincoln Driving Test Centre; and what...

      Railways: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to incentivise summer rail travel in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a third platform at Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Station.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Jerusalem: Orthodox Church

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make representations to the Government of Israel regarding the seizure of land in Silwan residence...

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the answer of 23 February 2026 to Question 111183 on Prime Minister: Correspondence, what her...

      Jylman Red Jurado Farfán

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to the Government of Venezuela on access to urgent medical treatment,...

      Hussam Abu Safiya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 6 August 2025 to Question 68333 on Hussam Abu Safiya, what recent steps he has...

      Development Aid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress has been made in contributing to international maternal and child health programmes.

      Latin America: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic representations her Department has made in the last 12 months to governments in Latin America...

      Eastern Europe: BBC World Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her department has made of the effectiveness of BBC World Service long-wave broadcasts into...

      Saudi Arabia: Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the potential role of British Embassy officials in liaising with (a) the...

      Israel: Migrant Camps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to verify claims made by the Israeli government that the Nur Shams refugee...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times their Department has responded to a written parliamentary question saying that the information is...

      International Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with stakeholders on Western international broadcasting capacity in i.) Africa ii.)...

      Sudan: Crimes against Humanity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress has been made by the Sudan Atrocity Prevention Coalition to ensure justice for the people of Sudan.

      Russia: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Government of Russia on the use of administrative penalties to fine...

  • Department for Education

    • Primary Education: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish new research and guidance on efficiently running small primary schools for small rural primary schools.

    • Teachers: Part-time Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of schools issuing timetables and working patterns after teacher resignation deadlines...

      Special Educational Needs: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there are changes of (a) circumstances and (b) residency other than moving to (i) secondary school and (ii) college which could trigger change...

      Lifelong Learning Entitlement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what targets her Department has set for participation in modular courses funded through the Lifelong Learning Entitlement from January 2027.

      Further Education: VAT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the costs to FE colleges of their ineligibility for the VAT refund scheme.

      Numeracy: Adult Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department made of the potential impact of the Multiply programme on adult numeracy participation before the programme was...

      Students: Community Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the answer of 29 April 2026, to Question HL16548, on Community Relations, if she will list the members of the Advisory Group.

      Further Education: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing for post-16 education providers in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

      Open University

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Open University on participation in higher education among adults without traditional...

      Lifelong Learning Entitlement: Gloucester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Lifelong Learning Entitlement on (a) mature student enrolment numbers and (b)...

      Students: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has set a target for an expected reduction in the level of student debt between now and 2029.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to update guidance on handling complaints in children's social care.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Bank Notes: Design

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Bank of England's Banknote imagery advisory group minutes - October 2025, meeting held on 14 October 2025, Item 3, published on...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) metrics and (b) performance measures his Department plan to use to assess whether changes to the statutory...

    • Batteries: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to assess the potential merits of making local fire and rescue services statutory...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many retrospective planning applications have remained undetermined by local planning authorities for more than...

      Local Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of local government reorganisation on the strength of existing...

      Planning Obligations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve the enforceability of s106 agreements.

      Infant Mortality: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in child mortality rates among children living in temporary accommodation in...

      Local Plans: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support local authorities in Surrey to (a) develop and (b) adopt local plans.

      Fire and Rescue Services: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5016 on Military Aid: Fire and Rescue Services, what provision is...

      Fire and Rescue Services: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help improve response times to fires in Surrey Heath constituency.

      Defending Democracy Taskforce: Councillors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps (a) his department and (b) the Defending Democracy Taskforce is taking to tackle intimidation of councillors.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many new homes have been built in each region of England in each of the last five years compared with local...

      Park Homes: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, following the call for evidence on Park homes: reasons for commission payments, published 5 March 2026, whether he...

      Foreign Companies: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 11057 on Foreign Companies: Land, what is the total number of land...

      Housing: Mould

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment they have made of the adequacy of guidance on the treatment of established mould in homes; and whether...

      Sheltered Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill contains provisions to ensure...

      Parking: Parents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities and car park operators on the provision, location and...

      Gambling: Impact Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when gambling impact assessments will come into force.

      Investment Zones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the newly merged Industrial Strategy Zones on a) local...

      Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure confidence in the Community Governance Review process where...

      Supported Housing: Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to tackle rent inflation in exempt accommodation schemes.

      Supported Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether a) there has been an estimate of the number of unoccupied retirement flats across the country and b) can they...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Severe Disability Premium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his department will review the rules for transitional protection in the case of severely disabled people living in supported housing.

    • Universal Credit: Severe Disability Premium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of reduction in the Transitional Severe Disability Premium Element on the ability of...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the level of the 25 per cent threshold applied to changes in income for recalculating child maintenance liability.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that Universal Credit claimants can obtain clear and consistent guidance on whether particular financial...

      Restart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department assesses the value in providing outcome payments to Restart Scheme providers in situations where participants enter...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place to ensure that claimants are immediately informed of their right to challenge a sanction and seek accessible support.

      Young Future Hubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department for Work and Pensions' press release entitled UK to roll out Dutch-style employment support across Britain,...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department will require Jobcentres to provide claimants and their representatives with named representative for their designated...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to enable supporters of vulnerable claimants to contact Jobcentres by telephone.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has hired external public relations consultants since July 2024.

      Income Tax: Retirement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his department has assessed the potential impact of income tax on retirees who rely solely on the State Pension as their main source...

      Adult Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of adult learners who will be affected by the reduction in adult skills funding in the...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review sanctions that apply following a first missed appointment.

      Restart Scheme: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness and value for money of the Restart Scheme ahead of its planned end in June 2026.

      Carer's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people receiving Carer’s Allowance are aware that taxable benefits in kind, including...

      Pensions: Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether prisoners above pension age receive pensions in accordance with the contributions they have made.

      Pensions: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of pension scam cases reported in each year since 2021.

      Pensions: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government crack down on pension scams, published on 9 June 2026, how many reports...

      Means-tested Benefits: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider exempting compensation awarded to veterans for service-related (a) illness and (b) injury from means testing for benefits.

      Earned Income and Employment: Sikhs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department identifies employment, earnings and occupational outcomes for Sikhs as a distinct group.

      Access to Work Programme: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff are engaged in processing Access to Work claims; by what number has that changed in the last 12 months;...

  • Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

    • Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 3420 on Political...

    • Electoral Register

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has provided guidance to local...

      Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission provides on (a) reporting and (b)...

      Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026, to Question 5423, on Political...

  • Home Office

    • Repatriation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statement by the Deputy Prime Minister on the G7 Summit on 22 June 2026, how many and what proportion of the 67,000...

    • Detention Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the occupancy rate was across the immigration detention estate in each of the last 12 months.

      Detention Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 4 of the Statement of National Importance for Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre, published in March 2026, what...

      Female Genital Mutilation and Forced Marriage

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department has made on the feasibility study into estimating the prevalence of forced marriage and FGM.

      Crime: Statistics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) ensure police forces pursue all reasonable lines of enquiry to avoid categorising victim-based...

      Arrests: Chronic Illnesses and Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure the safety of people with (a) medical conditions and (b) disabilities during transportation to a...

      Police: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of surviving partners in receipt of a pension under the 1987 Police Pension Scheme who would lose...

      Adult Services Website Working Group: Membership

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the membership is of the Adult Services Website Working Group.

      Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the use of statutory demands, bankruptcy petitions and other debt-recovery and insolvency...

  • Treasury

    • Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 27 April 2026 to Question 128634, how many individuals identified by HM Revenue and Customs as eligible for the settlement...

    • Employers' Contributions: Small Businesses

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on (a) hairdressers and (b)...

      Exports: EU Countries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will publish data on the number of small and medium-sized enterprises that have ceased exporting to the EU following the UK’s...

      Capital Gains Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of her changes to capital gains tax on investment by UK individuals in UK assets.

      Entertainers: Customs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to (a) simplify and (b) reduce the cost of ATA carnets for (i) touring artists, (ii) musicians, (iii) performers and...

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HMRC has made of the circumstances of individuals affected by the Loan Charge who acted on professional advice.

      Social Security Benefits: Children

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children eligible for benefits receive their entitlement.

      Revenue and Customs: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the table SOPS 1.1 Analysis of resource outturn by Estimate line on page 157 of HMRC's document entitled Annual Report and Accounts...

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many outstanding cases involving disguised remuneration schemes are being considered by HM Revenue and Customs.

      Treasury: Written Questions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times her Department has responded to a written parliamentary question saying that the information is not held in 2026.

      Tobacco: Smuggling

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Government’s current strategy to prevent illicit tobacco sale.

      Compost: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will consider the potential merits of aligning biochar with other zero rated soil improvers for VAT classification.

      Motability: Insurance and VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with Motability on the Accessible Vehicles and Equipment Scheme following the changes to VAT and Insurance Premium Tax reliefs...

      UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: Standards

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the effectiveness of the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism following its introduction in 2027.

      Business: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of her changes to Business Property Relief on investment by UK businesses.

      Economic Growth: Interest Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of interest rates on economic growth over the next 12 months.

      Income Tax: Pensioners

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to (a) identify for each of the last four financial years those pensioners who may have been overcharged income...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Water Supply: Hertfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with Affinity Water on the reduction of water pressure to residents of Park Street village,...

    • Biodiversity: Property Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the new biodiversity net gain exemption for small sites will apply to existing planning applications in (a) Yeovil...

      Litter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has plans to (a) engage companies in action to reduce litter, including in relation to non-biodegradable...

      Electronic Cigarettes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will undertake a review of the effectiveness of the ban on single-use vapes.

      Pollinators: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to protect (a) bees and (b) other pollinators.

      Water Abstraction: Hampshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure water supplies for (a) residents and (b) local businesses in North East...

      Water Abstraction: Hampshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential long term impact of water abstraction on Greywell fen.

      Fly-tipping: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding has been provided to local authorities in England to prevent and tackle fly-tipping in each year since 2020.

      Fly-tipping: Enforcement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of guidance issued to local authorities on the seizure and...

      Fly-tipping: Enforcement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of regional variations in the investigation and enforcement of fly-tipping offences...

      Animal Products: Import Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what training will be given to border officials to enforce the government’s proposed ban on imports of hunting...

      Fishing Catches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to publish the Seabird Bycatch Action Plan for England and whether it will contain quantitative, time-bound...

      Marine Protected Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to publish further detail on the scope and purposes of the review of the marine protected area network.

      Sustainable Farming Incentive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the closure of applications for SFI agreements on farm businesses...

      Graffiti

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of retail sale of graffiti spray-paints and related products on levels...

      Agriculture: Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support British farmers to sustain the commitment to manage 30 per cent of land for nature by 2030.

      Animals: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her department has made of allowing exemptions in the Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill...

      Cats: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Animal Welfare Strategy for England, published on 22 December 2025,...

      Dogs: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Animal Welfare Strategy for England, published on 22 December 2025,...

      Hill Farming: South Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support upland farmers in South Shropshire constituency.

      Flood Re

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to issue guidance to insurers on communicating flood risk to homeowners whose insurance policies rely on...

      Flood Re

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to reach a policy decision before the end of this Parliament on the future of Flood Re beyond 2039.

      Sewers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government remains committed to implementing Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 in England.

      Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Department takes to monitor and enforce compliance with disqualification orders for animal ownership.

      Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many disqualification orders preventing the ownership or keeping of animals were made by the courts under the Animal...

      Birds: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what considerations to Red Listed cavity nesting birds are being considered to protect their cavity nesting habitat from...

      Poultry: Animal Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government will publish the findings of its consultation on a proposed ban on keeping a) laying hens, b) pullets...

      Southern Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4381 on Water Supply: Eastleigh, if she will take steps to ensure that...

      Thames Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her letter of Monday 15th June 2026 to Ofwat on Thames Water’s performance and infrastructure, what...

      Waste: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a single national reporting system for incidents of waste crime.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times her Department has responded to a written parliamentary question saying that the information is not held in 2026.

      River Thames: Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the planned timetable is for the submission of the Development Consent Order for the River Thames Scheme.

      Pet Travel Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on securing an agreement for a multiuse pet passport valid for travel to the EU.

      Rural Payments Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the (a) effectiveness and (b) performance of the Rural...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of products designed to circumvent the definition of single-use vapes under...

      Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the performance of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority in...

      Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will commission an independent review of the adequacy of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority's...

      Thames Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to question asked by the hon. member for Henley and Thame during a statement to the house on 16th June by the...

      Fishing Gear: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure adequate funding is made available for local initiatives which support the...

      Fishing Gear: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing an Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme...

      Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the written answer of 17 June 2026 to question 9454, if she will publish a list of councils that are compliant...

      Water Supply: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the level of the demand on water resources in the West Midlands; and what are the...

      Sewers: Wildlife

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made with her Cabinet colleagues of the prevalence of wildlife fatalities in urban drainage systems;...

      Cattle: Pest Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to WPQ7894, answered 11 June 2026, when was the last reported case of Cochliomyia hominivorax, in the UK.

      Fly-tipping: Ashford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle fly-tipping in Ashford constituency.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Horse Racing: Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of a) number of bets placed with and b) total value of stakes wagered with illegal gambling websites and...

    • Science Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with representatives of the Science Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum on the timeline of resuming...

      Tourism: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Trade Missions supporting Northern Ireland based businesses did VisitBritain and Tourism Ireland jointly fund in (a) 2024 and...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • China: Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the threat posed to UK armed forces by the new Chinese QN-202 mini-guided missile.

    • Strategic Defence Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time taken to progress the Transformation Programme.

      Boxer Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Boxer vehicles have been delivered under the Mechanised Infantry Vehicle programme.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what vehicle platform the award of a £19.7 million contract for 270 Recce Strike Vehicle for 11 Brigade was made.

      Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department's budget will increase in each remaining financial year of the current Parliament, as a percentage of GDP.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Defence Housing Strategy: A £9bn ‘generational renewal' for forces family housing...

      Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions regarding the implementation of efficiency savings in his Department in the (a) current and (b) next financial year.

      Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on how many Armed Forces Pension Scheme Cash Equivalent Transfer Value requests associated with divorce and...

      Veterans: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access of veterans to healthcare professionals who specialise in their unique mental health challenges.

      Army Reserve: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026, to question 8857 on Army Reserve: Finance, what the budget allocation for funding the British Army’s...

      Armed Forces: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, of the civil claims notified to his Department relating to events that occurred during the Troubles in Northern Ireland from 1969, how many of these...

      Veterans: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, of the civil claims notified to his Department relating to events that occurred during the Troubles in Northern Ireland from 1969, how many veterans...

      Ministry of Defence: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times his Department has responded to a written parliamentary question saying that the information is not held in 2026.

      Ministry of Defence: Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has hired external public relations consultants since July 2024.

  • Leader of the House

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Iron and Steel: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consultation he undertook with the upstream manufacturers of steel on quotas required before announcing a 50% tariff on steel imports...

    • Small Businesses: West Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support his Department is providing to micro businesses in West Dorset.

      Small Businesses: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support his Department is providing to micro businesses in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other rural areas.

      Cement: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, why the cement manufacturing sector is not eligible for the Energy Intensive Industries Compensation Scheme and whether cement could be included.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate patient access to vision rehabilitation services.

    • General Practitioners: West Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve GP access in West Dorset.

      General Practitioners: West Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the condition of GP estate buildings in West Dorset.

      General Practitioners: West Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase support for GP practices in rural communities in West Dorset.

      Dental Services: West Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS dentistry provision in West Dorset.

      Pharmacy: West Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve pharmacy provision in West Dorset.

      Stem Cells: Transplant Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure consistent national adoption of post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) for patients receiving...

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure national spending on brain tumour research is proportionate to the number of adults and children...

      Stem Cells: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many minority ethnic and mixed heritage haematopoietic stem cell donors were recruited in each of the years 2022-23, 2023-24, and...

      Stem Cells: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to renew or extend the DHSC Stem Cell Programme funding of £400,000 per year to Anthony Nolan and NHS Blood and...

      Rare Cancers: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a National Specialty Lead for rare cancers has been appointed, in the context of the Rare Cancers Act 2026.

      Stem Cells: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the underutilisation of cord blood haematopoietic stem cell units in the UK; and what steps he is taking...

      Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for appointing a Chair to the statutory public inquiry into Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.

      Miscarriage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve miscarriage prevention care for people who have experienced fewer than three miscarriages.

      Neurodiversity: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of a) the number of children and adolescents who have been waiting for more than 5 years for assessment by...

      Migraines: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 7593, whether his Department plans to assess the adequacy of national clinical...

      Glaucoma: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what analysis he has undertaken of the factors contributing to the availability of Latanoprost and Timolol combination eye drops; and...

      Occupational Therapy: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending independent prescribing rights to Operating Department Practitioners...

      NHS: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons why the National Data Guardian was not informed that external contractor staff at Palantir...

      Autism: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of training available to NHS staff on communication with autistic patients, including...

      NHS: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will clarify whether Palantir Technologies holds intellectual property rights, licensing rights, or technical control over the...

      Surrogacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his department has undertaken on the adequacy of safeguarding procedures for surrogacy arrangements.

      Childbirth: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 16 June to Questions 1233 and 1236, if he will take steps to make the recording of SNOMED codes mandatory...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.

      Maternity Services: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to produce a set of specific local recommendations for each trust included in the Amos review of maternity...

      Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 114500 on Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review, if...

      NHS: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to name the specific legal direction under section 254 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 that disapplies the National Data Opt-Out...

      NHS: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2026 to Question 128022, what the legal basis is for the processing of identifiable data prior...

      Antidepressants: Side Effects

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients are informed of the side effects of antidepressant medication prescriptions.

      NHS: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to ensure local Integrated Care Boards are giving adequate resourcing to (a) customer service, (b)...

      NHS: Palantir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the evidence given by the Head of UK Palantir...

      Palantir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the NHS Federated Data Platform contract with Palantir ahead of the 2027 break clause, in the context of reported...

      NHS: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to undertake a public consultation prior to any decision to end, extend, renew, or expand the NHS Federated...

      NHS: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England received legal advice in 2024 that aspects of the Federated Data Platform lacked a legal basis.

      Antidepressants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is in place to manage withdrawal symptoms of patients coming off antidepressant prescriptions.

      Social Services: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of the Armed Forces Bill extending the Armed Forces Covenant duty to include social care, how the Department will ensure...

      Miscarriage: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with Tommy’s on the potential wider rollout of its...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children and young people referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of crisis mental health provision for children and young people.

      Stem Cells: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for national health security of the decline in domestically sourced...

      Hydrocortisone

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with the withdrawal of liquid hydrocortisone what steps is his department is taking to source a suitable alternative liquid...

      Maternity Services: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to ensure that (a) quality and (b) safety of maternity services are more (i) clearly and (ii) consistently...

      Incontinence: Products

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure NHS Trusts comply with NICE guidance (Lower urinary tract symptoms in men, Faecal incontinence in...

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much public funding has been allocated to brain tumour research in each of the last five financial years.

      NHS: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the new value-based procurement assessment methodology published by the Department’s Medical Technology and Innovation...

      Surgery: Negligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the NHS to help reduce instances of wrong-site surgery.

      NHS: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will a list of all external contractor personnel granted elevated or “administrative-level” access within the NHS...

      Miscarriage: Chichester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to miscarriage investigation and support services for patients in the Chichester...

      Diethylstilbestrol: Side Effects

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve awareness of DES-related risks (a) among general practitioners and (b) within medical...

      Prisoners: Contraceptives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times female prisoners have been provided with an emergency contraceptive pill in the past two years.

      Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients has the total number on NHS Waiting Lists reduced by since 5 July 2024.

      Incontinence: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the new NHS England guidance on Children’s community nursing pathway on bladder and bowel management includes measures to...

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Berkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps have been taken to reduce Accident and Emergency waiting times in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.

      Ambulance Services: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps have been taken to reduce ambulance waiting times in Slough.

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Berkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate has been made of the average waiting times in Accident and Emergency in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.

      Ophthalmology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making vision rehabilitation specialists a regulated profession.

      Community Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on support for community-based facilities as part of preventative...

      Marriage: Relatives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 1717 on Cousin Marriage, if he will publish (a) the current guidance (b) the current...

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Sanitation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the (a) Cabinet Office, (b) Civil Service People Group or (c) Office for Equality and Opportunity, (i) has provided and (ii) plans to provide...

    • Banks: Closures

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information he he holds on the number of high street bank branches that have closed in each of the last 10 years.

      National School of Government and Public Services

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Policy Lab and Government Skills case study, Shaping a people centred Civil Service skills system, of 8 June 2026, how much was...

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many requests for Civil Service Pension quotations remain outstanding.

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of Capita's progress in meeting the Government’s mandate to restore Civil Service Pension Scheme...

      Permanent Secretaries: Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a salary of £310,000 to £314,999 a year is the new benchmark for Permanent Secretary pay.

      Government Departments: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) Civil Service People Group holds on live industrial disputes in Government Departments.

      Equality: Gender and Intersex

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 4166 on Equality: Gender and Intersex, if she will place a copy of the New model Policy and...

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many death in service pensions remain outstanding and unpaid as of 17 June 2026.

      Civil Service: Unpaid Work

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the policy of the Civil Service People Group is on (a) departments and (b) Arm's Length Bodies restricting access to internship schemes on the...

      Treasury: Furniture

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government Property Agency has spent money on outdoor furniture for (a) HM Treasury or (b) Great George Street (GOGGS) since July 2024.

      Peter Thiel

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister met Peter Thiel in (a) July and (b) August 2025.

      Government Departments: Electronic Messaging

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2026 to Question 2043 on Government Departments: Whatsapp, what the terms of reference are of the independent review...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Israel: Palestine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with international partners on coordinated diplomatic efforts to secure an end to Israel's military detention of Palestinian...

    • Republic of Ireland: Common Travel Area

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 11 June (HL500), whether they will now answer the question put, namely when a British...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Vaccination: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential role of artificial intelligence in the development of universal vaccines capable of providing protection against...

    • Anthropic: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of safeguards applied to Anthropic's Mythos artificial intelligence model and other frontier artificial...

      Artificial Intelligence: Safety

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need for regulatory safeguards to ensure that artificial intelligence systems remain subject to effective human oversight and...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many tax credit recipients migrated to universal credit (1) in total, (2) by natural migration, and (3) by managed migration, by quarter between December 2019...

    • Social Security Benefits: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what has been the increase in the welfare budget in the financial year 2025–26; and what is the estimated rise over the next financial year.

      Sick Leave: Chronic Illnesses

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether their planned welfare reforms will take account of people experiencing frequent short-term absences from work due to chronic conditions such as migraines.

      Employment and Support Allowance

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many people placed in the Support Group receive only New Style Employment and Support Allowance, by duration of awards (1) under two years, (2) between...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their response to the consultation on changes to the infected blood compensation scheme, published on 14 April, when they expect to bring forward...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Heat Pumps: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of government subsidies for heat pumps go to households with an income above the national mean.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Coroners: Perinatal Mortality

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Ministry of Justice on 12 March and 26 March (HC118173 and HC121720), what legal,...

  • Treasury

    • Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to replace revenue from fuel duties in the light of the increasing adoption of electric vehicles.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Environment Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to publish their 30by30 delivery plan.

    • Farming and Food Partnership Board

      To ask His Majesty's Government what the intended (1) remit, and (2) scope, of the Farming and Food Partnership Board will be.

      Pesticides

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the ban on pesticides on (1) agriculture, and (2) insect life; and whether they plan to review the use of...

      Consumer Council for Water: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 14 April (HL16149), what documents, meetings or processes are referred to by the phrase...

      Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask His Majesty's Government why they do not publish data on greenhouse gas emissions embedded within the supply chain of (1) energy intensive goods, (2) car batteries, and (3) solar panels,...

      Wind Power: Marine Environment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of evidence indicating damage to marine life caused by offshore windfarms and whether they will commission further research into...

  • Department for Education

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what information is available to them to determine whether a person claiming asylum in Northern Ireland has previously claimed asylum in Ireland.

  • Department for Transport

    • Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of zero-emission heavy goods vehicles currently available for purchase in the United Kingdom are manufactured in the United Kingdom.

    • Trinity House: Shipping

      To ask His Majesty's Government what role the Treasury has taken in the procurement of vessels for Trinity House.

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