Written answers

Wednesday, 15 July 2026

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Westminster Hall Sittings

      To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will make an estimate of the annual cost of administering Westminster Hall...

    • Reform UK: Security

      To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether funding has been provided by the House of Commons since July 2024 in relation to the...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Military Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to what extent are Projects ASGARD, BOYD, NEXUS and all elements of the Digital Targeting Web designed to be complementary and interoperable.

    • Defence: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the number of major contracts awarded this year will exceed the average of the last 10 years.

      Netherlands: Amphibious Warships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will the new amphibious combined fleet with the Netherlands include.

      Armed Forces: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 39, by when he plans to deliver the Defence Strategic Approach to AI.

      Warships: Antisubmarine Warfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 48, over what timescale will a) Type 92 and b) Type 93 join the...

      Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the level of readiness of UK armed forces equipment.

      Warships: Unmanned Marine Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on...

      Global Combat Air Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investments are Japan and Italy making into the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).

      AI Expert Advisory Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the composition is of the AI Expert Advisory Group’s membership.

      Navy: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 35, under what project name AI for underwater dominance is being...

      Warships: Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of how many of the (a) Type 26 (b) Type 45 will be fully fitted and cleared to deploy the Naval Strike Missile by the end of...

      Ministry of Defence Police: Seized Articles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 11878 on Ministry of Defence Police: Seized Articles, if he will provide a summary of all the weapons...

      Unmanned Marine Systems: Minesweepers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the £1.1bn for Autonomous Mine Hunting Capability will be matched equally by France.

      Aukus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the investment value for AUKUS Pillar 2.

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 20, what progress has he made in establishing the Defence Investment...

      Antiship Missiles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what operational surface-to-surface anti-ship capability the Royal Navy will possess at sea by December 2026.

      Navy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what date will the Hybrid Navy Fleet be operational.

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 19, by when will he publish a Defence Investment Roadmap.

      Destroyers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the change to a Hybrid Navy Fleet, if the UK will continue to have an evacuation capability provided by destroyers.

      Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2026 to question 14531 on Typhoon Aircraft, what the breakdown is of the £4.3bn excluding the £1.1bn...

      Seabed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what systems will be developed with the £230m allocated to seabed warfare.

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total defence budget allocation is for the current financial year.

      Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of the capability of the armed forces to respond to emerging threats.

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what capabilities the MOD is planning to disinvest in that no longer align with the evolving strategic context.

      Warships: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on...

      Warships: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on...

      Military Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 25 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, what is the £5.5 billion Digital Backbone budget for...

      Armed Forces: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 23 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, what is the common synthetic environment.

      Sky Sabre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 28 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, by when will he double the number of the Sky Sabre air defence...

      Armed Forces: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 35, under which programme name is the Land AI C2 concept being developed.

      Norway: Minesweepers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 46, how many offshore support vessels he plans to procure in...

      Frigates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected rollout date is for the 13-strong fleet of submarine hunting frigates.

      AUKUS: Nuclear Submarines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected rollout date is for the 12 next-generation of SSN-AUKUS (SSN-A) nuclear powered conventional attack submarines.

      Warships: Unmanned Marine Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published...

      Ammunition: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many companies in Great Britain currently manufacture centrefire ammunition at a commercial scale.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 11099 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles, how many of the 700 Jackal vehicles in use across the British...

      Cooneen Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what items of a) uniform and b) equipment were manufactured by Cooneen Defence between 2018 and 2023.

      Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what systems he expects to develop with the £310m on Project CORVUS.

      Armed Forces Day

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to mark Armed Forces Week.

      Veterans: Mefloquine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that the MOD Defence Medical Service updates its policy on Mefloquine-damaged veterans to (a) acknowledge the recent confirmation by...

      Armed Forces: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on delivering Tranche 1 of the Pan Defence Skills Framework.

      Russia: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 759 on Russia: Shipping, if he will provide an exact number.

      Defence Equipment: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to ensure value for money in procurement of military equipment.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, further to the policy paper entitled Specialised Committee on Participation in Union Programmes Minutes: 15 December 2025,...

    • Communication

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the role of maintaining multiple, independent communications platforms in strengthening the...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department maintains a public register or internal inventory of automated decision-making systems.

      Artificial Intelligence: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of energy regulation policies on the decision of OpenAI to terminate the...

      Science and Technology Facilities Council: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions to Science and Technology Facilities Council programmes on...

      Internet: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of potential impact of online Com Networks on the online safety; and what information...

      Telecommunications: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits for cyber resilience of maintaining communications systems...

      Social Media: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to ensure that the planned social media ban for under-16s will have robust blocks in place to avoid...

      LightAware

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will meet with LightAware to discuss digital exclusion for light-sensitive people.

      National Security Strategic Investment Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what is the average amount of funding provided by the National Security Investment Fund in financial years (a) 2024-25, (b)...

      Animal Experiments: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 11617, what her planned timeline is for the regulatory acceptance of...

      Life Sciences: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's joint press release entitled UK life sciences attracts £3bn investment, creating jobs...

      Telecommunications: Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of how the UK’s communications infrastructure would perform in maintaining...

      Life Sciences: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's joint press release entitled UK life sciences attracts £3bn investment, creating jobs...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Policy paper: “Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what reason Written Parliamentary Question 15089 on Project Gigabit: Mid Bedfordshire was not answered by close of...

      Telecommunications: Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans her Department has in place to ensure continuity of mass public communications during prolonged disruption to...

  • Department for Education

    • PE and Sport Premium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to provide direct funding to primary schools to enable them to continue employing sports apprentices, coaches or other...

    • Family Hubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential for Family Hubs to act as neighbourhood anchors bringing together childcare, parenting support, early...

      Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of childcare on meeting the needs of parents working irregular hours, shift patterns or in insecure...

      Swimming: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to swimming and water safety education for primary school pupils.

      PE and Sport Premium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken an equality impact assessment of the decision to end the Primary PE and Sport Premium.

      Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of schools in England have a business continuity plan that has been reviewed in the last 12 months.

      Pre-school Education: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent on the Early Learning for 2 year olds scheme in each of the last five financial years for which data is available.

      Childcare: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the level of spending was on the 15 hours free childcare offer in each of the last five financial years for which data is available, broken down...

      Breakfast Clubs: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire will begin offering free breakfast clubs from September 2026.

      Pupil Exclusions: Young Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of data from ADR UK on multiple temporary exclusions of...

      Foster Care: Sutton Coldfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to support the work of (a) emergency and (b) short term foster carers in Royal Sutton Coldfield.

      Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the consultation on the future reform of adoption and kinship support, including the Adoption and Special Guardianship...

      Children: Reading

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the National Year of Reading having engaged 6,800 schools and early...

      Schools: Temperature

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many how many schools closed as a consequence of extreme heat in the week commencing 22 June 2026.

      Parents: Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authority areas will participate in the pilot scheme to identify and support children with a parent in prison.

      Nurseries: Temperature

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider introducing a maximum safe indoor temperature standard for nurseries and early years settings.

      Schools: Temperature

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to improve the heat resilience of the school estate.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a cap on profits on the availability of children's social care placements.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Data Centres: Job Creation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the number of permanent jobs created by large-scale data centre developments once operational.

    • Furnaces: Port Talbot

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will set out (a) where the electric arc furnace being installed at Port Talbot was manufactured, (b) whether any UK-based companies...

      Employment: Video Recordings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to protect workers from being filmed without consent while carrying out their duties and having that footage...

      Overseas Trade: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps are being taken to improve trade between the UK and the USA and in particular what steps are being taken to seek improvements on...

      Minerals: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the resilience of UK supply chains for critical minerals was last formally reviewed by his Department; and what the findings of that...

      Public Houses: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a Guest Beer Agreement in England and Wales, similar to the Guest Beer...

      Fair Work Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Fair Work Agency's fair work assembly includes representation from organisations working with marginalised workers such as young...

      Energy Drinks: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2026 to question 14817, what specific representations his Department made on behalf of the vending industry...

      Veterinary Services: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the average annual savings for pet owners arising from the proposed cap on written prescription charges.

  • Attorney General

    • Law Officers: Emergencies

      To ask the Solicitor General, on how many occasions the Law Officers have been consulted by government departments on the lawful use of emergency powers in the context of civil emergency planning...

    • Crown Prosecution Service: Audit

      To ask the Solicitor General, Pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2026, to Question 4139, on Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness, if she will publish the most recent quarterly efficiency...

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Solicitor General, how many A.) prosecutions B.) convictions have been made since 2006 under Section 26(2) of the Firearms Act 1968 in relation to individuals purchasing firearms or...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support the 24-hour opening of the accident and emergency department at Chorley and South...

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the effectiveness of the New Hospital Programme.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with healthcare regulators on the application of adequate sanctions in cases of serious misconduct.

      Leukaemia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to support the national rollout of the Leukaemia Best Practice Timed Pathway.

      Sanitary Products: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021.

      Health Services: Temperature

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many critical incidents were declared by NHS trusts as a consequence of extreme heat, in the week commencing 22 June 2026.

      Breast Cancer: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people with symptoms of breast cancer are not dismissed by healthcare professionals because...

      Osteoporosis: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve (a) awareness and (b) early diagnosis of osteoporosis before people suffer bone fractures as a result...

      Health Services: Temperature

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the trends in the level of excess deaths as a consequence of extreme heat, in the week commencing 22 June 2026.

      Folic Acid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to written question 11338 on Folic Acid, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the policy on prostate cancer...

      Screening: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans exist for replacing outdated scanning machines as part of the programme for doubling capacity.

      Breast Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the gap between breast cancer outcomes in the most and least deprived areas.

      Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatohepatitis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to integrate steatotic liver disease indicators into non-communicable disease policy and frameworks...

      Migraines: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to collect or publish data on the number of people whose work capability is affected by migraine or related headache...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a legal requirement that vape shops cannot operate near...

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered incorporating portion size into future revisions of the Nutrient Profiling Model.

      Health: Staffordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the health of children and young people in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.

      Food: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to use the Healthy Food Standard to help ensure that supermarkets provide a range of affordable, healthy products...

      Pain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help improve the training given to (a) hospital and (b) general practice doctors in (i) understanding and...

      Health Visitors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average caseload per health visitor is (a) in the Devon Integrated Care Board area and (b) across all Integrated Care Board areas.

      Disability: Exercise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled people who are unable to walk outdoors, but who undertake other forms of...

      Sexual and Reproductive Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of NHS psychosexual services; and what steps he is taking to help reduce...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the ratio of nurses and doctors is in the (a) North and (b) South of England.

      General Practitioners: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential financial and workforce impact on GP practices of the requirement to deliver same-day...

      Breast Cancer: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to make Enhertu breast cancer drugs available to the NHS.

      Health: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regional allocation of health research funding; and what steps he is taking to address...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what stockpiles of medicines on the Critical Medicines List are currently held by her Department.

      Pancreatic Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to clinical trials for patients with pancreatic cancer by ensuring that eligible patients are...

      Health: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce guidance for public health research funders to ensure a geographical distribution of funding.

      Down's Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the final statutory guidance under the Down Syndrome Act 2022 provides clear...

      Pregnancy: Thromboembolism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve awareness of the signs and symptoms of venous thromboembolism among (a) pregnant and...

      Menopause: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure consistent access across Integrated Care Boards to non-hormonal menopause treatments, including...

      Speech and Language Therapy: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on how many children are currently waiting for NHS speech and language therapy in the Devon...

      NHS: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) number of hours of worked and (b) actual costs to date, (c) estimated future costs of...

      Health Services Safety Investigation Body and Healthwatch England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the likely cost of abolition of (a) HealthWatch England, (b) Health Service Safety Investigation...

      Neurological Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support earlier diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy among healthcare professionals.

      NHS: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the cyber security risks associated with the expansion of NHS digital infrastructure.

      Maternity Services: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what targeted interventions are in place to help reduce inequalities in maternal outcomes .

      Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a timetable for implementing the Mental Health Strategy.

  • Treasury

    • Economic Growth: Sutton Coldfield

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help increase economic growth in Royal Sutton Coldfield.

    • Defence: Foreign Investment in UK

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Multilateral Defence Mechanism on inward investment into the UK defence sector.

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the policy paper entitled The Defence Investment Plan Funding explainer, published on 30 June 2026, what the £2.4 billion under...

      Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the total value of payments made to With-Profits Annuitants under the Equitable Life Payments Scheme as of 30 May 2026.

      Tonnage Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her estimate is of Corporation Tax relief for qualifying shipping company groups in the Tonnage Tax in 2026-27.

      Treasury: Members

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many MP surgeries have Ministers in her Department had with MPs (a) in period July 2024 to January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.

      Landfill: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration she has given to amending Section 43 (5) of the Finance Act 1996 such that materials added for the purposes of dehydrating dredgings are...

      UK Relations with EU: Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Treasury's policy paper entitled Joint statement following the twelfth meeting of the Specialised Committee on Financial Provisions,...

      Lord Mandelson

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 2 June 2026 to question HL105 on Lord Mandelson, for what reason Lord Mandelson’s visit to 11 Downing Street on 8...

      Taxation: Debt Collection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs has completed an Equality Impact Assessment for proposed lower-value debt recovery powers; what assessment she has made of...

      World Bank

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the World Bank.

      Housing: Insurance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered the merits of introducing a law to compel property owners to have adequate insurance for damage caused by their trees,...

      Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of specific licences granted by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation under the category of...

      Bank Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will consider the potential merits of introducing a minimum standard for access to in-person banking services as part of the Access to...

      Motor Vehicles: Car Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the benefit-in-kind tax treatment of used company vehicles on employees on lower incomes; and...

      Import Duties: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on...

      Swimming: Education

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT from swimming lessons for children.

      Import Duties: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on...

      Import Duties: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on...

      Import Duties: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on...

      Import Duties: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on...

      Import Duties: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on...

      Import Duties: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on...

      Import Duties: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on...

      Import Duties: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on...

      Import Duties: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on...

      Import Duties: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on...

      Import Duties: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of revised Green Book guidance on the regional distribution of public funding across England over the...

      Child Benefit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Child Benefit system in the context of modern shared parenting arrangements where a child spends...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Leasehold: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Government plans to bring into force the remaining provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024;...

    • Business Rates and Council Tax: Arrears

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to Collection rates for Council Tax and non-domestic rates in England, 2025 to 2026, published on 24 June...

      Health and Safety: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the need for greater standardisation of Council's in England approach to approving...

      Shared Ownership Schemes: Housing Associations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions had with housing associations on their responsibilities to shared ownership tenants.

      Sheltered Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance exists to help ensure that building managers do not rely on welfare checks, curtain‑management or...

      Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what changes the Government is considering to simplify the Right to Manage process for social housing tenants.

      Sheltered Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an estimate of the number of retirement village properties that remain unsold following the (a)...

      Private Rented Housing: Tenancy Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on private renters of letting agents and landlords declining to...

      Environmental Health: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of additional environmental health officers and enforcement staff...

      Housing: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the principal causes of failed residential property transactions; whether his...

      Housing: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration has been given to ensuring equitable permitted development rights for homeowners for properties...

      Rented Housing: Landlords

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the change in the Renters' Rights Act from fixed term tenancies...

      Regeneration: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what standards will form part of the proposed Neighbourhood Guarantee.

      Parking: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the impact assessment for the statutory Private Parking Code of Practice will be completed; and what the maximum...

      Pride in Place Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the £300 million High Streets Innovation Fund will be allocated.

      Retail Trade: Empty Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether compensation will be payable to owners where councils exercise powers to take over empty high street premises.

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Westminster Hall Sittings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the annual cost to her Department of preparing ministers to respond to Westminster...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, other than special advisers if his Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.

      Pride in Place Programme: Fylde

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the High Streets Innovation Fund on Fylde constituency.

      Homelessness: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support 18-year-olds still in education who are experiencing homelessness.

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2026 to Question HL325 on Local Government: Elections, if he will make it his policy...

      Community Energy: Fylde

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any local authorities in the Fylde constituency will benefit from a Community Power Pilot.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Administration of Justice: Victims and Witnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to improve support for victims and witnesses in the justice system.

    • Intestacy: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help ensure the timely administration of estates when someone has died intestate.

      Administration of Justice: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of court closures on access to justice in rural areas.

      Legal Representation: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to improve legal representation for individuals with mental health conditions.

      Family Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of levels of gaps in access to legal aid for family law cases.

      Victims: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has established baseline data measuring compliance with the Victims’ Code; what performance indicators will be used to...

      Victims: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the revised Victims’ Code; what estimate he has made of additional staffing requirements...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the proposed 50,000 new apprenticeships for young people have been allocated to (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each sector...

    • BAE Systems: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with BAE Systems on apprenticeship rankings.

      Apprentices: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press notice entitled 50,000 more young people to benefit from apprenticeships as Government unveils new skills reforms...

      Jobcentres: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press release entitled Funding for businesses who give youngsters a chance as Government ramps up youth jobs drive, of...

      Youth Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people taking part in the Youth Guarantee trailblazer programme have secured (i) a job, (ii) study and (iii) training in (a)...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what independent external evaluation arrangements have been established for the Child Poverty Strategy.

      Children: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his department has made of trends in the level of child poverty in the Gillingham and Rainham constituency; and what steps his...

      Work Experience: Graduates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to assist local businesses in providing professional work experience and internships to unemployed graduates.

      Employment Schemes: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people with autism to access employment, including through making recruitment processes more accessible and...

      Employment Schemes: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policies on helping disabled people into appropriate employment.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the effectiveness of arrangements within the Child Maintenance Service whereby HMRC evidence is used to establish CMS payments.

      Unemployment: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to people aged 25 to 30 who are unemployed but do not fall within the NEET category.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Members

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made on reducing the time taken to provide a substantive response to casework enquiries from Members...

      Universal Credit: Food Banks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the APPG on Ending the Need for Food Banks' call for evidence into how the level of support offered by Universal Credit is...

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Means-tested Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of treating Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments as income for means-tested...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis has been undertaken as to the reasons why the number of individuals claiming Personal Independence Payments (PIP) has risen...

      Universal Credit: Food Banks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the APPG on Ending the Need for Food Banks' call for evidence into how the level of support offered by Universal Credit is...

      Universal Credit: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of protections for private landlords where Universal Credit housing costs have been paid to...

      Universal Credit: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has identified processing errors where housing cost increases under Universal Credit have resulted in a reduction of a...

      Work Capability Assessment: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department of Work and Pensions Freedom of Information Act response, reference FOI2026/51669 dated 6 June 2026, how many...

      Universal Credit: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has plans to introduce a mechanism enabling landlords to recover unpaid rent where Universal Credit housing costs have...

      Work Capability Assessment: Chronic Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department of Work and Pensions Freedom of Information Act response, reference FOI2026/51669 dated 6 June 2026, what...

      Employment: Temperature

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many inspections the Health and Safety Executive has undertaken relating to excessive workplace temperatures in each of the last five years.

  • Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

    • Reform UK: Security

      To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, whether funding has been provided by IPSA since July 2024...

  • Home Office

    • CCTV: Crime Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of CCTV footage in reducing crime in urban areas.

    • Asylum: Age Assurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of Facial Age Estimation technology procured by the Home Office when applied to children and...

      RAF Barnham

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has been made of the total capital cost of preparing and repurposing MoD Barnham for use as asylum accommodation, including...

      Police: Cameras

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the use of body-worn cameras by police officers.

      RAF Barnham

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether residents at MoD Barnham will be provided with a) English language classes, b) vocational training, c) internet access, d) gym...

      RAF Barnham

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has been made of the total cost of returning MoD Barnham to its previous condition following the conclusion of its use as...

      RAF Barnham

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers accommodated at MoD Barnham will be subject to monitoring of their social media accounts by (a) the Home Office, (b)...

      RAF Barnham

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguarding measures are required in contracts for asylum accommodation providers at MoD Barnham to protect female residents from...

      RAF Barnham

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether maximum response times have been specified for the assessment and treatment of (a) urgent, (b) serious and (c) emergency medical...

      RAF Barnham

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether contractual requirements have been placed on catering providers at MoD Barnham in relation to minimising food waste; and whether...

      RAF Barnham

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers based at MoD Barnham will be required to report their movements, either routinely or on request.

      Asylum: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Palestinians studying at UK universities have subsequently submitted an asylum application.

      Charter Flights: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the France No. 2 (2025) Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

      Artificial Intelligence: Age Assurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the AI model that will conduct AI facial age assessments on children at the border; and what assessment she has made of the risk of...

      Asylum: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people granted refugee status were in receipt of asylum support at the time of the decision on their asylum claim in the...

      Jewish Community Protective Security Grant: Buckinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been allocated through the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant to institutions in Buckinghamshire in each of the...

      Hate Crime: Islam

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect mosques and other Islamic institutions from hate crime and violent attacks.

      Asylum: Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect and support the mental health of asylum seekers housed in military accommodation.

      Asylum: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to use housing at the Stoke Heath housing estate to accommodate asylum seekers; and whether she will make a...

      Serco: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of residential properties purchased by Serco in fulfilment of its asylum accommodation...

      MOD Bicester: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether contracts have been awarded to companies to undertake assessments of Site A at MoD Bicester in connection with proposals for its use...

      Asylum: MOD Bicester

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government intends to use a Crown Development Order in relation to proposals to use Site A at MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation.

      Asylum: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the average total cost to the public purse per asylum seeker over the duration of their claim,...

      Visas: Married People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether that spousal visa fee reflects the administrative cost of processing such applications in full; and what proportion of the fee...

      Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers UK Border Force has to stop, board and inspect vehicles, public transport, buses and boats for immigration purposes.

      Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times UK Border Force has exercised powers to stop, board and inspect vehicles, public transport, buses and boats for immigration...

  • Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

    • Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 102392 on...

  • Scotland Office

    • Iron and Steel: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for steel production in Scotland.

    • Carbon Emissions: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase skills in low carbon sectors in Edinburgh.

      Energy Supply: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on Scotland’s contribution to UK energy security.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on making the wearing of a sgian dubh illegal.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support voluntary organisations that improve community pride in Scotland.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Bananas: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with counterparts in Ghana, Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire on the...

    • Israel: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to secure the release of Dr Abu Safiya and other medical staff from Israeli...

      Jerusalem: Religious Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of Jordan's custodianship of the Muslim and...

      Syria: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of current levels of food security in Syria.

      Craig Foreman and Lindsay Foreman

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure regular communication between Craig and Lindsay Foreman and their family in the...

      Hussam Abu Safiya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made representations to the Government of Israel on the (a) detention, (b) welfare, and...

      Palestine: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's press release entitled Foreign Secretary...

      Diplomatic Service: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of its consular surge capacity to support British...

      Palestine: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendation in the report of the UN...

      Palestine: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral answer of 18 June 2026 on support for Christians in Palestine, what representations she...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Civil Service: Sick Leave

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of working days lost due to sick leave in the Civil Service.

    • Retail Trade: Employment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in employment levels in the retail sector in East Grinstead and Uckfield.

      UK Statistics Authority

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Whether UK Statistics Authority and Office for Statistical Regulation staff are civil servants and bound by the Civil Service Code.

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 1 July 2026 on the Civil Service Pension Scheme, whether Capita met its commitment to restore administration...

      UK Relations with EU: Technology

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether alignment of EU and UK clean technology standards are a subject of discussion of the EU-UK Reset negotiations.

      Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the budget is for (a) media advertising, (b) marketing and (c) communications for the consultation on Digital ID; which creative agencies have...

  • Department for Transport

    • Speed Limits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations has the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety made to Ministers since July 2024 on 20 mph zones.

    • Aviation: Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 13039 on Aviation: Antisocial Behaviour, whether her Department holds data on the proportion of...

      Shipping: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2026 to question 13292 on Shipping: Russia, what is the breakdown of the 173 vessels by flag status at the time of...

      Aviation: Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 13039 on Aviation: Antisocial Behaviour, whether her Department collects data on the number of...

      Railways: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether HM Government has received representations from the Mayor of London on the GLA taking control of suburban rail services (a) inside and (b)...

      Rolling Stock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for each of the following operators: (a) LNER, (b) Southeastern, (c) TransPennine Express, (d) South Western Railway, (e) c2c, (f) Greater Anglia, (g)...

      Shipping: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there will be a review of the Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy before the end of the current Parliament.

      British Transport Police: Railway Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers were assigned to policing major rail interchange stations in each of the last five years; and if she will...

      Railways: Trespass

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of passengers delayed as a result of rail trespass incidents in each of the last five years.

      Southeastern: Rolling Stock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of new metro rolling stock for the southeastern network on performance and costs.

      Railways: North East Hampshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the economic impact of rail service reliability in North East Hampshire.

      Railways: CCTV

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2026 to Question 10713 on Railways: CCTV, whether the funding allocated to the Network Rail programme to connect...

      Airspace

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 11818 on Airspace, whether she has made an estimate of the cumulative additional CO₂e...

      Network Rail: Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 15007 on Network Rail: Biodiversity, what guidance Network Rail has issued to its own staff on...

      South West Main Line: WiFi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of on-train Wi-Fi on South Western Railway services through Fleet, Farnborough and Hook.

      Railways: Nationalisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 13228, what metrics her Department will use to assess whether train operators in public ownership...

      Railways: Incentives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration she has given to introducing a national rail miles scheme.

      Aviation: Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 13039 on Aviation: Antisocial Behaviour, whether her Department holds information on the number of...

      South West Main Line: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of rail ticket prices on commuters travelling from Fleet, Winchfield and Hook to London.

      Railways: North East Hampshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of short-notice rail service cancellations on the economy in North East Hampshire constituency.

      Bus Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance or expectation exists for the Health and Safety Executive to seek specialist input from the Office of Rail and Road when exercising its...

      Department for Transport: Facilities Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what responsibility (a) Great British Railways and (b) DfT Operator Limited will have on trade union facility time.

      Railways: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will review the restrictions applied to the Network Railcard; and if she will take steps to permit its use on weekday morning services before 10am.

      Railways: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of rail connectivity for rural constituencies such as West Dorset.

      Transport: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cyber security incident reports relating to transport networks her Department received in the last 12 months.

      Restoring Your Railway Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 13561 on the Restoring Your Railway Fund, how much funding was spent on each individual scheme...

      Bus Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance or expectation exists for the Health and Safety Executive to seek specialist input from the Office of Rail and Road when exercising its...

      Train Operating Companies: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what categories of management information are recorded locally by state-owned Train Operating Companies in relation to service cancellations.

      Air Routes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 13301 on Air Routes, what specialist workforce shortages her Department has identified that could...

      Maritime and Coastguard Agency: British Overseas Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any monitoring visit to a British Overseas Territory since 4 July 2024 identified non-compliance with maritime safety or security...

      Railways: Temperature

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the recent heatwave on the punctuality of trains across the national rail network; and what steps she...

      Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 12032, whether the public interest assessment was made on a case-by-case basis or as a general...

      Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 14121 on Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries, what assessment her Department has made of the...

      Active Travel: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the funding required to meet the targets in the third cycling and walking investment strategy, and if she will make a...

      Delivery Services: Robots

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce a statutory definition of (a) autonomous delivery robots and (b) Personal Delivery Devices; what assessment she has...

      Department for Transport: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.

      Roads: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with Birmingham City Council on preventative maintenance regarding potholes.

      Bus Services: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation with trade unions representing bus workers was undertaken (a) prior to and (b) since the announcement of the free bus travel for...

      Tolls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department or National Highways has undertaken any assessment of the potential use of tolling or road user charging on roads funded...

      Pedestrian Crossings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on side zebra crossings of the (a) use of side zebra crossings in...

      Department for Transport: Members

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many MP surgeries have Ministers in her Department had with MPs (a) in period July 2024 to January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.

      Shipping: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2026 to question 13292 on Shipping: Russia, how many suspected shadow fleet vessels have been challenged for proof of...

      National Highways: Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026, to Question 1718, of National Highways: Expenditure, what company or contractor provided the public affairs...

      Flags: Oxfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Oxfordshire County Council press release, "Council secures injunction to protect communities", of 23 June 2026, whether her...

      Department for Transport: Lanyards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2026, to Question 4260, on Department for Transport: Lanyards, what was the business case for purchasing the branded...

      Delivery Services: Robots

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of autonomous robots on pavements on a) disabled people b) blind people c) those with a mobility...

      Department for Transport: Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2026, to Question 1543, on Department for Transport: Public Relations, if she will name each public relations company...

      Tolls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to use the powers contained in the Highways (Finance) Bill to introduce user charging or tolls on any road that is currently free to use.

      Driving Tests

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

      Automatic Number Plate Recognition: Cameras

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions have DVLA misread the image from an ANPR camera in the most recent year for which records are available.

      Network Rail: Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Network Rail project account records, include additional expenditure arising from delays or rescheduling of vegetation management works...

      Network Rail: Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 11452 on Network Rail: Biodiversity, what the total cost to Network Rail was of producing habitat...

      Euston Station: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 10915 on Euston Station: Finance, how many of the organisations that participated in preliminary...

      East West Rail Line: Rolling Stock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 April 2026 to Question 124216 on East West Rail, what her Department’s latest estimate is of the date by which the...

      Aviation: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people (a) enrolled on and (b) failed to complete commercial pilot training courses in the UK in each of the last five years; and what the...

      Vehicle Number Plates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Question 8103, which foreign missions have i.) requested and ii.) received a personalised registration number; and how many personal...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Comcast: ITV

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has held discussions with Comcast Corporation on the potential acquisition of ITV plc since 5 July 2024.

    • Martial Arts: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the financial support available to athletes selected to represent Great Britain in...

      UK Relations with EU: Culture and Music

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken and what mechanisms are being used to ensure that Article 15 of the 2025 UK-EU Common Understanding...

      Communication: Emergencies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role she considers broadcast infrastructure plays in ensuring that the Government can communicate with the public during national...

      British Museum: Palestine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the British Museum on public-facing signage changes referencing Palestine, Palestinian and...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Seeds: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2026 to Question 2218 Seeds: Imports, what measures is the government taking to safeguard...

    • Data Centres: Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed data centre developments on local water resources in areas...

      Biodiversity: Sutton Coldfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support biodiversity in Royal Sutton Coldfield.

      Food Supply: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency measures her Department has in place to ensure food reserves in the event of a major disruption to food...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Office for Nuclear Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what timetable has been set for implementing the lead regulator model referred to in the Office for Nuclear Regulation Strategy 2026.

    • Office for Nuclear Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed revisions to the Office for Nuclear Regulation's charging model...

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Members

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many MP surgeries have Ministers in his Department had with MPs (a) in period July 2024 to January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.

      Renewable Energy: Landfill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his department has made of the potential impact the expiry of the Renewables Obligation for LFGTE on 31 March 2027...

      Diesel and Petrol: Reserves

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department holds any government-owned strategic reserve of (a) petrol and (b) diesel for emergency use, separate from...

      Business Premises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of privately rented non-domestic buildings in England and Wales with a...

      Agriculture: Electricity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support farmers with increased electricity standing charges.

      National Grid: Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to increase grid capacity to enable a reduction in wind curtailment.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made on upgrading smart meters in North Northumberland constituency.

      Office for Nuclear Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of cybersecurity risks associated with the increased use of digital technologies by the...

      Office for Nuclear Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to publish guidance on how the Office for Nuclear Regulation will balance facilitating economic growth with...

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Peak Cluster

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what meetings a) Ministers and b) officials in his Department have had with i) local authorities and ii) private sector companies...

      Aviation: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate has been made of the potential cost impact of the UK ETS and domestic carbon pricing mechanisms on the cost of UK...

      Energy: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing support to park home residents for energy efficiency upgrades to...

      Renewable Energy: Landfill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the expiry of the Renewables Obligation for LFGTE on the Methane...

      Renewable Energy: Landfill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his department is taking to ensure transitional support for the landfill gas to energy sector will be in place when the...

  • Wales Office

    • Temperature: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps she is taking to help mitigate the potential impact of extreme temperatures in Wales.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Data Centres: Energy and Planning

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of planning and energy infrastructure to support the development of artificial intelligence data centres.

    • Cybersecurity: Public Sector

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce cybersecurity risks arising from the continued use of legacy IT systems in the public sector.

      Artificial Intelligence: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of youth organisations in supporting the development of artificial intelligence literacy and online safety skills among...

      Artificial Intelligence: Astrophysics

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of artificial intelligence to support astronomical research and the analysis of data from scientific observatories.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Jobcentres: Learning Disability

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Jobcentre Plus work coaches have received dedicated specialist training in supporting individuals with learning disabilities; and what percentage of the...

    • Advisory Services: Older Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Midlife MOTs were delivered annually in the each of the last five years.

      Older People: Numeracy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support older adults to gain the numerical and financial literacy skills to manage their finances ahead of and during retirement.

      Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many tax credit recipients migrated to receiving universal credit in each quarter between December 2019 and December 2024.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the methods used by absent parents on incomes above £156,000 to evade full and accurate assessment for child maintenance by...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask His Majesty's Government why the £156,000 cap on annual income earned by the absent parent eligible for assessment by the Child Maintenance Service has not been uprated since December...

  • Treasury

    • Financial Services: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the regulatory framework governing the use of artificial intelligence models to provide personalised financial...

    • Inheritance Tax: Royal Family

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce legislation to levy inheritance tax on the estate of the Monarch.

      Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what policy the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation applies when considering whether to recommend the imposition of financial sanctions on individuals...

      Financial Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the powers conferred on the Financial Conduct Authority in the Financial Services and Markets Bill in schedule 2, paragraph 18, inserted new section...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • UNRWA: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their recent announcement that they will provide an additional £23 million contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, what...

    • Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are taking any measures to sanction Israel in response to reports of violations of the latest ceasefire agreement in Gaza which prevent...

  • Department for Transport

    • West of England Line

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of traffic on the mainline railway between Salisbury and Exeter is (1) passenger trains, and (2) freight trains.

    • West of England Line

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to upgrade the air conditioning on the diesel Class 158 trains between Waterloo and Exeter; and if so, when.

      West of England Line

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to electrify the mainline railway between Salisbury and Exeter; and if so, when.

      West of England Line

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the length of the mainline railway between Salisbury and Exeter is single track.

      West of England Line

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many passing loops are available for trains on those parts of the railway between Salisbury and Exeter which are single track.

      West of England Line

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to replace the diesel Class 158 passenger trains used on the mainline railway from Waterloo to Exeter; and if so, when.

      Air Traffic Control: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of artificial intelligence to support air traffic control operations.

      Motorways

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the final cost of the installation of new emergency areas on smart motorways; and what is the break down of costs for each relevant motorway.

      Electric Bicycles: Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to regulate e-bikes.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Tree Planting: Urban Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use measures of socioeconomic deprivation to inform targeted tree planting programmes in urban areas.

    • Agriculture: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support (1) farmers in relation to increased costs deriving from the Iran war, and (2) the long-term financial sustainability of farm...

      Water Supply: Wales

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they have had with the Welsh Government regarding future projections of the water requirements of English corporations who...

      Agriculture: UK Trade with EU

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish an impact assessment of a UK–EU sanitary and phytosanitary agreement before it is signed.

      Food: Public Sector

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards their target of ensuring that 50 per cent of publicly procured food is either from local producers in the UK or from suppliers...

      Recreation Spaces and Trees

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether access to trees and green spaces varies between communities with different levels of socioeconomic deprivation; and what...

      Sheep: Animal Welfare

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State on 9 June 2026 (UIN 7005), why they concluded that banning castration and tail docking of lambs was not the...

      Sheep: Animal Welfare

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the results of the lamb welfare consultation on proposed changes to castration and tail docking methods, which closed on 9 March.

      Sites of Special Scientific Interest

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the 2030 goal of 50 per cent of Sites of Special Scientific Interest features reaching a favourable condition is...

      Natural England

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether Natural England delivers value for money.

      Food: Public Sector

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the transparency and accessibility of procurement processes to improve responsive procurement of local and seasonal food.

      Food: Public Sector

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to updating data collection and reporting across public sector food contracts, including clear reporting of country of origin,...

      Food: Public Sector

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of food supplied in (1) schools, (2) prisons, (3) military establishments, and (4) hospitals, is produced in the UK.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Licensed Premises: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their plans to lower the voting age to 16, whether they plan to amend the definition of children in section 20 of the Licensing Act 2003 on the...

  • Home Office

    • Home Office: X Corp

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many X Premium accounts the Home Office has (1) paid for, or (2) been granted for free by X, in the past year; and whether they intend to renew them.

    • British Nationality: Applications

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Hanson of Flint to the first Oral Question on 9 July, what assessment they have made of the impact of the Home...

      Shipping: Forced Labour

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of publishing detailed shipping manifest data, as opposed to the aggregated customs data HMRC currently releases, so...

      Animal Experiments: Licensing

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 1 July (HL1346), how the level of pain expected to be experienced by animals is measured within the...

      Animal Breeding: Inspections

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in light of advice from the British Veterinary Association that high temperatures can pose serious risks to animal welfare, whether compliance with licence...

      Visas: Digital Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that non-EU citizens with digital-only eVisas, lawfully resident in, and with permission to enter, the UK are recognised as...

      Asylum: Ukraine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations of the report by researchers at the University of Birmingham, Displaced Ukrainians in the UK: Experiences and...

      Asylum: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 25 June (HL859), whether information available to them enables them to determine whether a person...

      Independent Immigration Appeals Authority: Conflict of Interests

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the procedures to be introduced by the Independent Immigration Appeals Authority to deal with potential conflicts of interest among its appointed...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Chess

      To ask His Majesty's Government in how many of the prisons located in Wales are inmates provided with facilities to play or study the game of chess.

    • Prisons and Probation: Vetting

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many women have ceased to hold their existing roles as a result of changes to vetting requirements introduced through the prison service instruction and...

      Prisons and Probation: Vetting

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many women employed by organisations providing services to probation under contract have been refused vetting clearance under the prison service instruction...

      Prisons and Probation: Vetting

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they conducted an Equality Impact Assessment of the prison service instruction and probation service instruction Security Vetting: PSI 07/2014, PI...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Local Government: Community Development

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to update the guidance issued by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 12 September 2016 concerning...

    • Voting Rights: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their plans to lower the voting age to 16, whether they have plans to amend the definition of a child to those under the age of 16 in the (1) Children...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Brain Cancer

      To ask His Majesty's Government what national route exists for clinicians to seek access to targeted treatments already used in other cancers where a patient with a brain tumour has the same...

    • Brain Cancer

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they have provided for brain tumour research since 2018; and how that funding was broken down by category, including (1) direct research funding...

      NHS: Palantir

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 16 June (HL696), who authorised the sign-off and publication of National Data Integration Tenant Data...

      Perinatal Mortality

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 19 June (HL946), given that access to independent investigation is not available to antepartum stillbirths or...

      Alzheimer's Disease

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the EuroQol 5-dimension questionnaire is the most appropriate tool for assessing the impact on caregivers of caring for...

      Brain Cancer

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to accelerate access to modern, biology-driven treatments for brain cancer, including Astrocytoma across all grades, and to reduce...

      Innovative Medicines Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the protocols under evaluation by the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group since 2024 were deferred to consideration in a future year; why any such...

      Wound Dressings: Expenditure

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the annual cost of wound care to the National Health Service in England across (1) primary, (2) secondary, (3) community and...

      Paterson Inquiry

      To ask His Majesty's Government what cross-departmental mechanism exists between the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Health and Social Care to monitor and report on the implementation...

      General Practitioners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the proportion of NHS-registered GPs in England who offer all patients the ability to make an appointment in person or by phone...

      Dementia

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure the Modern Service Framework for Frailty and Dementia establishes care co-ordination as a minimum national expectation for the care...

      Social Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of awareness that those who have capital or assets above £23,250 must pay the full cost of any adult social care;...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Microsoft: Competition

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Cabinet Office will be providing evidence on Microsoft licensing practices and other related matters to the Competition and Markets Authority for its...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Honours

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many honours, by each award level, were received in each region or nation of the UK in the 2026 Birthday Honours; and what percentage of the population of each...

    • Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many people are waiting to receive all or part of the compensation awarded under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.

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