Written answers

Monday, 20 July 2026

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Warships: Unmanned Marine Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2026, to question 15529 on Warships: Procurement, what phase is the Type 91 uncrewed missile platform currently at.

    • Warships: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when will the first Type 91 be completed.

      Defence: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 34 of his department's Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, will any AI be imbedded in the Integrated Force before 2030.

      Defence: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when is the Defence AI Centre (DAIC) being developed.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 31 of his Department's Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, what new measures he has introduced on single source...

      Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what upgrades and enhancements to the Typhoon force a) have been delivered and b) are within the scope of the Typhoon Long Term Evolution programme.

      Navy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the size and capability of the Navy.

      Armed Forces: Electricity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of military energy use is electric.

      Warships: Deployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, per year how many days does an average (a) batch 1 River class (b) batch 2 River class (c) Type 23 frigate (d) Type 45 Destroyer spend at sea.

      Armed Forces: Communication

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, High Readiness Forces, what is the full scope of CAIN.

      Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, High Readiness Forces, what projects fall within the scope of investment in...

      Type 31 Frigates: Ammunition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 93, what is the scope of the investment in new gun ammunition for...

      Future Combat Air System and Global Combat Air Programme: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the breakdown of skills base of the 4,500 people working on FCAS and GCAP.

      Unmanned Air Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any other nations are expected to join the Global Combat Air Programme.

      Military Aircraft: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the planned timeline for the early retirement of the Shadow R1 ISR aircraft.

      F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the estimated timeline for all the F-35As to enter service.

      Uncrewed Systems: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what were the findings of ARX Robotics UK testing in Estonia.

      Challenger Tanks: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the latest timelines for Challenger 3 completion.

      Army: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the capability requirement of the £400 million of the Land Lethality Pipeline.

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 July 2026, entitled The Armoured Cavalry Programme, UIN HCWS237, what the cost to the public purse is of...

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 July 2026, entitled The Armoured Cavalry Programme, UIN HCWS237, what criteria were used to determine the...

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 July 2026, entitled The Armoured Cavalry Programme, UIN HCWS237, if he will publish the full report of the...

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of whether the Defence Investment Plan enables the UK to meet all capability commitments agreed at the NATO Summit.

      Chinook Helicopters: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 42 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, how many Mk6A Chinooks will be retired and how many...

      Unmanned Air Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 45 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, what sovereign world-leading propulsion system will the...

      Future Combat Air System and Global Combat Air Programme: Quantum Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what quantum technologies are being used in FCAS and GCAP.

      Defence: Uncrewed Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 41 of his department's Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, what type of vehicles will the £150 million be...

      Defence: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has conducted a review of the resilience of UK defence supply chains against disruption during major conflict.

      Defence: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his department is taking to increase the resilience of the UK's defence industrial base in support of NATO's long-term deterrence objectives.

      Skynet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 83, for what reason did he not proceed with the SKYNET 6 Narrowband...

      Defence: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the economic impact of the Defence Investment Plan by region.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £7 billion to be spent on military accommodation in this Parliament has been spent as of 18 June 2026.

      AUKUS: Unmanned Marine Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, page 26, how much he has budgeted for investment in weapons and sensor...

      Defence: Technical Excellence Colleges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the consultation on the location of the West of Scotland Defence Technical Excellence College; and whether he has made an...

      Defence: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to the development of skills required by the defence industry in Fife.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage UK defence manufacturers to participate in programmes established through the Multilateral Defence...

      Finland and Netherlands: Military Alliances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in the establishment of a Multilateral Defence Mechanism between UK, Finland, and the Netherlands.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 25, by what date in 2026 will the Defence-wide Secret Cloud minimum...

      Type 45 Destroyers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether DragonFire will be fitted on Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyers (a) from and (b) by 2027.

      Uncrewed Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 26 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, what pioneering UK industrial research and development...

      Uncrewed Systems: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percent of the total defence budget is spent on uncrewed systems.

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Select Committee session on the Defence Investment Plan on 7 July 2026, what assessment his Department has made of the...

      Warships: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 50, by what year does he plan to introduce the new Hybrid Navy...

      Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the planned expenditure on (a) conventional equipment and (b) nuclear equipment in each year from FY26/27 to FY29/30 inclusive.

      A400M Aircraft: Uncrewed Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the Royal Navy's recent trial involving the airdrop of an uncrewed surface vessel from an A400M aircraft.

      Typhoon Aircraft: Global Combat Air Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications of the Typhoon upgrade programme for the transition to the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).

      Typhoon Aircraft: F-35 Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the upgraded Typhoon fleet will operate alongside the F-35 Lightning fleet; and what capabilities are expected to be delivered through integration...

      Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs supported by the Typhoon upgrade programme in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Scotland, (c) Lancashire and...

      Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all RAF Tranche 2 and Tranche 3 Typhoon aircraft are expected to receive the full package of capability upgrades announced in the Defence...

      Typhoon Aircraft: Radar

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF Typhoon aircraft are planned to receive European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk2 radars under the Defence Investment Plan; and what the...

      Defence: Satellites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 83, what investment in ‘space as a service’ options does...

      Military Aircraft: Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the timelines of the New Medium Helicopter being built in Yeovil.

      Navy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will the split of crewed and uncrewed Naval assets be by 2030.

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contribution the UK intends to make towards the NATO commitment to provide €70 billion in military equipment, assistance and training to...

      Defence: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how will the policies of the Defence Strategic Approach to AI ensure that algorithms are both ethical and transparent.

      Military Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 43 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, what are the expected greater distances capability across...

      Defence: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how does Taskforce RAID work or integrate with the AI Investment Fund.

      Ammunition: Factories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 91, what is the (a) location and (b) construction timeline of each...

      Armed Forces: Medical Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 108 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, what the expected date of completion is to...

      Military Intelligence: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work has taken place to establish a Digital Warfighter Group.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the expected timelines of the Land Mobility Programme.

      Veterans: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce processing times for veterans' claims under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme.

      Veterans: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on reducing the backlog of veterans' pensions affected by the McCloud remedy, including expected timelines for cases to be...

      Military Intelligence: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timeline is for the establishment of the Digital Targeting Web.

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 32 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, whether the planned £17bn investment from 2030 to...

      Netherlands: Amphibious Warships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the capability requirements of the joint UK-Netherlands amphibious ship.

      Nuclear Submarines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 30 of his Department's Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, what the new capabilities are of the Submarine Build...

      Devonport Dockyard: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timeline is for the completion of the Devonport Infrastructure Programme.

      Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether factories producing military equipment met productivity targets, broken down by category in 2025.

      Navy: Unmanned Marine Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 37 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, whether his Department has contingency...

      Ministry of Defence: Community Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department are taking to support community energy projects on his Department's land.

      Norway: Type 26 Frigates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, will the Type 26 frigates for Norway be built ahead of any UK MOD shipbuilding.

      Armed Forces: Credit Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of credit union services among the armed forces community.

      Roll-on Roll-off Ships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 38 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, what will be the future strategic sea...

      HMS Protector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 37 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, if he will set out details of the...

      RFA Proteus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 39 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, if he will set out the proposed...

      Type 31 Frigates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what date will the Type 31 frigate come into service.

      Defence: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the level of recruitment for specialist engineering, cyber and digital defence roles required by the Defence Investment Plan.

      Type 45 Destroyers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2026 to question 15401 on Type 45 Destroyers, what financial provision has been made in the Defence Investment Plan...

      Netherlands: Amphibious Warships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the capability requirements of the Joint Commando Craft in collaboration with Norway.

      Challenger Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 62, what the breakdown is of the £1.1 billion allocated to...

      Apache Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, Table 6: Spending on the Land Domain, what the full scope is of the £1.1...

      Shipping: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 37 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, whether the planned funding in new...

      Artillery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 21 January 2026 to question 105107 on Artillery, what progress he has made on establishing a timeline for replacing the...

      F-35 Aircraft: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 73, by what year he plans to join the NATO Dual Capable Aircraft...

      Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, Table 6: Spending on the Land Domain, what the full scope is of the £1.5...

      F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of the procurement of 12 F‑35A aircraft on (a) public spending priorities, (b) nuclear...

      F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2026, to question 15530 on F-35 Aircraft: Procurement, by what date does he expect delivery schedules to be agreed.

      Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 62, what is the Planning Assumption for Service Entry for the...

      Military Intelligence: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the Digital Targeting Web will remain cyber secure, including against quantum cyber innovation.

      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, what applications are being developed as part of the Land AI C2...

      Armed Forces: Uncrewed Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 31, what uncrewed systems swarming capability do each of the...

      Army: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the full scope of Project IRIS.

      Reserve Forces: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the potential merits of increasing tax free bounty payments to members of the reserve forces.

      Unmanned Air Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 40 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, if he will set out what steps the Army...

      Wildcat Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 38 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, what will be the autonomous replacement...

      Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure sovereign UK capabilities remain a priority for weapons integration, including F-35As.

      Military Intelligence: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the hearing of the Defence Committee on 7 July 2026, HC 530, what plans his Department has to accelerate the delivery of the Digital...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the living conditions of barracks for people in the armed forces.

      Defence Equipment: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, Table 6: Spending on the Land Domain, what is the breakdown of a) projects and...

      Armed Forces: Robots

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many robots are deployed in the armed forces and how much funding for robotic development has his department made available.

      Global Combat Air Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the latest project milestones for the Global Combat Air Programme.

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to written statement HCWS171 published on 1 July 2026, how the additional £700 million for schools in 2026–27 will be...

    • Relationships, Sex and Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what oversight and accountability arrangements are in place to regulate the content of relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) in schools.

      Relationships, Sex and Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what procedures exist for investigating complaints concerning the content of relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) taught in schools.

      Relationships, Sex and Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role Ofsted plays, if any, in assessing schools' compliance with statutory guidance on relationships, sex and health education (RSHE).

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding has been allocated to the new Teacher Training Entitlement in each financial year of this Parliament.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Jonathan Powell

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to question 16169 on Jonathan Powell, if he will specify the exact start...

    • Chagos Islands: Mauritius

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what was the outcome of the recent discussions on the Chagos Islands deal between the director of the Foreign...

      Ukraine: Aid Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the protection of humanitarian demining personnel in Ukraine in the context of...

      Sanctuary Counsel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 13197 on Sanctuary Counsel, if she will provide relevant...

      Organs: Post-mortems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that requests from the families of British nationals for the return...

      Gaza: Development Aid

      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 UK backs Gaza recovery...

      Occupied Territories: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Government of Israel regarding the detention and release of medical...

      Cyprus: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the consistency of HM Government's application of targeted measures to (a) Israeli...

      Small Businesses: Israeli Settlements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the auction of occupied Palestinian land in the UK,...

      Mohammed Al-Wahidi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Government of Israel regarding the killing of Palestinian aid official...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what was the cost to the public purse of her Department's summer reception held on 1 July 2026; and how much of...

      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 regarding reports that Dr. Hussam Abu...

      Kashmir: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that British nationals in Kashmir are safe and able to return to the...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Recreation Spaces: Parking and Railway Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of its proposals on density around train stations on...

    • Housing: Gardens

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of policy options to deliver adequately sized, high-quality gardens of 200 square metres...

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026, to Question 5955, on Council Tax, and with reference to the Fair funding share...

      Social Rented Housing: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the need for additional guidance to ensure that post-war low-rise council blocks, not...

      Supported Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help improve transparency in developer communications in the retirement housing...

      Sheltered Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ongoing service charges and maintenance fees in age-restricted...

      Housing: Population

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of population growth on housing demand in England.

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications were approved in England in each of the last five years.

      Planning Permission: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will review the Fast Track Appeal Process used by the Planning Inspectorate to enable residents to engage with...

      Park Homes: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that park home residents are consulted during the consideration of potential change...

      Advertising: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will require local authorities processing Section 3F from the Town and Country Planning Act to inform the police...

      Planning Inspectorate: Email

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Planning Inspectorate email inbox is closed to responses.

      Local Plans: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make a statement on how Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council can produce a Local Plan which meets the...

      New Towns: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the press release, Seven new towns proposed to kickstart housebuilding push, of 22 March 2026, how much...

      Housing: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of digital property logbooks under home buying and selling...

      Permitted Development Rights: Roads

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending permitted development rights for...

      Telecommunications: Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many meetings he has had with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology to...

      Building Alterations: Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the interaction between planning restrictions on residential annexes and their...

      Environmental Outcomes Reports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Environmental Outcomes Reports: Roadmap to reform publication of 13 March 2026, what the...

      Affordable Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that a meaningful proportion of new-build homes delivered through major...

      Domestic Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impact of the revised Housing Health and Safety Rating System on (a) inspection...

      Private Rented Housing: Ombudsman

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Private Rented Sector Landlord Ombudsman will consider previous cases of inadequate conduct by landlords...

      Planning: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she expects to publish the Government's response to the consultation on the proposed reforms to the National...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of local infrastructure to support new housing developments...

      Brownfield Sites: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications for brownfield regeneration funding in the West Midlands have been (a) received, (b) approved...

      Community Infrastructure Levy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households have been denied a Community Infrastructure Levy exemption as a result of procedural errors since...

      Planning: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Annex 14: Strategic planning, of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Impact assessment, May 2025,...

      Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the Planning Inspectorate decision, reference: APP/A5840/W/25/3366760, whether he considered recovering the...

      Parliament Square and Westminster Bridge

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with (a) the Metropolitan Police, (b) London boroughs and (c) the Mayor of London on the...

      Housing: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new housing starts in the West Midlands in the last year were on brownfield sites.

      Brownfield Sites: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding has been allocated to brownfield regeneration projects in Birmingham in each of the last five years, and...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 16 April 2026, HCWS1520, on 80A Duty to report on air quality in England,...

      Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on the park homes commission review.

      Brownfield Sites: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the average time taken from council approval to development commencement for mixed-use brownfield sites in (a)...

      Housing: Sewers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support timely investment in wastewater infrastructure for new...

      Telecommunications: Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to accelerate proposed planning reforms relating to permitted development...

      Leasehold: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the information provided by a) Housing Associations and b) retirement...

      Housing: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average upfront cost for a seller under the proposed home buying and selling reforms.

      Private Rented Housing: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to allow letting agents to submit data to the Private Rented Sector database on behalf...

      First Time Buyers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential barriers to home ownership for first-time buyers.

      Digital Technology: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Government will publish and implement its proposed reforms to planning rules for digital infrastructure.

      Vistry Group: Affordable Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 9578 on Vistry Group: Affordable Housing, whether Vistry Group is...

      Housing: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the London Plan policy on Accessibility (D7) on the ability to...

      Sport England: Recreation Spaces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of trends in the number of recreational spaces that fall outside Sport...

      Affordable Housing: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps were taken to encourage housing associations to partake in the Home Ownership for people with Long-term...

      Housing Associations: Tenants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 10293 on Housing Associations: Tenants, how the consultation will...

      Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to provide advice to local authorities on local event management.

      Housing: Brownfield Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is the Department taking to accelerate housing delivery on long-term derelict urban brownfield sites.

      Housing Ombudsman: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average waiting time was for cases handled by the Housing Ombudsman in each of the last five years.

      Sport England: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of the consultation responses received by his Department regarding the proposal to remove Sport England as a...

      Leasehold: Service Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve protection for leaseholders from increases in service charges.

      Landlords: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the capacity of local authority environmental health teams to enforce the new financial...

      Social Rented Housing: Tenants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the average income of social housing tenants in England.

      Regeneration: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding is available for mixed-use regeneration projects that combine housing and retail development in areas of...

      Local Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government intends for a) nationally-set housing targets or b) housing targets set out in Local Plans to...

      Housing: Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of a) water and b) sewage capacity in areas with high housing targets.

      Asylum: Multiple Occupation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on their enforcement responsibilities under the Housing Act 2004 in...

      Housing: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication entitled Environmental Outcomes Reports: Roadmap to reform, published on 13 March...

      Brownfield Sites: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Poolway Centre site in Garretts Green, Birmingham, is eligible for funding under current brownfield...

      Housing: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, (a) what assessment he has made of the extent of barriers faced by disabled leaseholders seeking reasonable adaptions...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Medway Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the transparency data, MHCLG: spending over £25,000, February 2026, published on 17 April 2026,...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Competition and Market Authority's report entitled Housebuilding market study, published on 26...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124799, on Housing: Construction, what assessment has been...

      Housing: Countryside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that new residential developments in rural constituencies such as North...

      Broadband: Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in the context of consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework, if he will revise Part 9 to recognise mobile...

      Affordable Housing: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for social housing, including changes to the stock of social and...

      Private Rented Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that local authorities have sufficient resources to enforce the...

      Development Corporations: Coastal Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to establish new powers for development corporations in coastal communities.

      Flats: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (i) audits, (ii) evaluations and (iii) assessments have taken place of use of Greater Manchester Combined...

      Empty Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) information his Department has and (b) what research his Department has commissioned on the amount of retail,...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for a breakdown of the programme gross spend and income of RDEL in the Housing and Planning Estimate Line in FY...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.

      New Towns

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason a) Stotfold Garden Village, b) Tempsford and c) Milton Keynes scored differently for Objective 2 of...

      Brownfield Sites: Regeneration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of brownfield regeneration on community cohesion.

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to commission an independent research report on the effect of the (a) Equality Act 2010...

      Planning: Data Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local planning authorities on assessing operational noise from data centres.

      Planning: Data Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of planning applications for large-scale data centres approved since 2020 have been located on...

      Housing: Yeovil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage housing developers to prioritise the development of brownfield land over...

      Global Counsel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the meeting on the housing market between the Minister for Housing and Planning and Global Counsel...

      Council Tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026, to Question 113737, on Council Tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth,...

      Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to temporary accommodation for vulnerable households.

  • Attorney General

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Babies: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the UK National Screening Committee to publish its recommendation following the consultation on newborn screening for...

    • Health: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to meet the Climate Change Committee’s proposed health targets for a well-adapted UK.

      Endometriosis: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of workforce understanding of endometriosis.

      Fractures: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made towards establishing Fracture Liaison Services across all NHS trusts by 2030.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to the Answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 8929, if his Department will consult with civil society organisations with expertise...

      Diagnosis: Terminal Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment on the potential impact of introducing specific diagnostic or reporting time standards for patients...

      Speech and Language Therapy: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the level of need for NHS health professionals to ask about children’s screen use and...

      ADHD: Lewes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the average wait time for an ADHD assessment in the Lewes constituency.

      Clozapine: Side Effects

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Yellow Card adverse drug reaction reference GB-MHRA-MED-202605220730230940-NSQYR (linked to case file CEC 256289) is being...

      Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of clinical awareness and training on Paediatric Acute-onset...

      Occupational Therapy: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending prescribing rights for occupational therapists on patient access to...

      Patients: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of the Care Quality Commission's enforcement powers to ensure patient safety.

      ADHD: Slough

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

      Mental Health Services: Lewes

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

      Medical Equipment: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cybersecurity vulnerabilities affecting medical devices have been reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory...

      Dental Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of NHS dental funding levels on the recruitment and retention of dentists providing...

      Dental Services: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his department spent on research into improving the (a) accessibility and (b) cost of dentistry in the last 12 months for which...

      Palliative Care: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care will be accompanied by a costed delivery plan.

      ADHD and Autism: Patient Choice Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a dual-tier NHS Right to Choose Tariff for ADHD and autism...

      General Practitioners: Castle Point

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of FTE GPs at surgeries in Castle Point constituency over each of the next five years.

      Postpartum Haemorrhage: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many instances of postpartum haemorrhage occurred in Slough constituency in each of the last five years.

      Palliative Care: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the funding required to achieve the aims set out in the interim update to the...

      Miscarriage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the policy under which women are routinely offered specialist recurrent...

      Audiology: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the outcome was of the NHS England Elect Audiology Improvement Collaborative; and whether he plans to publish its findings and...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.

      Unemployment: Young Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of recent findings by UCL, City St George’s and Carers...

      NHS Kent and Medway

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department held with representatives of NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care...

      Dental Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether additional recurrent funding will be provided alongside implementation of the proposed NHS dental contract reforms.

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) introducing a maximum annual limit on the amount of public funding that...

      Dementia: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the forthcoming Modern Service Framework for Dementia and Frailty will (a) improve the quality and...

      Social Services: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to social care services for the elderly.

      Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the volume of preventable deaths in the UK due to respiratory diseases.

      Liver Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated to the NHS Liver Transformation Programme for 2026-27.

      Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve health outcomes for people living with COPD.

      Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 9319, if he will ensure that guidance on the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 is published...

      Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the speech by Baroness Merron on 3 March 2026 on the proposed retail licensing scheme for tobacco, vaping and nicotine...

      Obesity: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish data on the performance of local obesity services, including service coverage, waiting times, and...

      Obesity: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS weight management services support long-term weight maintenance.

      Folic Acid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 15320 on Folic Acid, with reference to the Food Standard Agency's information page...

      Women's Health Hubs: Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women's health hubs have been established in NHS Devon ICB; and what services they provide.

      Lung Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme to improve the earlier diagnosis of...

      Health Services: Temperature

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of heatwaves on demand for NHS services.

      Health Services: Temperature

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the NHS of illnesses attributable to extreme heat.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Department takes to involve autistic people and other experts by experience in the design, drafting and review of written...

    • Vocational Guidance: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 12, what progress has he made in partnering jobcentre...

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2026 to Question 12047 on Employment: Disability, what recent conversations he has had with (a) other...

      Employment Schemes: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his answers to questions 8173 and 13206, in particular that the Get Britain Working initiative has been allocated £240m...

      Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of defined contribution pension assets that will be managed by schemes with more than £25...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding online chat facilities as a means for pensioners to raise pension-related...

      Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of pension scheme consolidation on investment in UK private markets.

      Access to Work Programme: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to publish updated estimates of the fiscal and economic return on investment generated by the Access to Work scheme.

      Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many responses to the Timms Review have been received from people living in the South West.

      Universal Credit: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposal to remove access to the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related...

      Social Security Benefits: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans with amputations or other permanent injuries were reassessed for disability-related benefits in each of the last three years.

      Disability Living Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to apply the findings from the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment: interim report to Disability Living Allowance...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of Universal Credit have (a) no member of the household in employment, (b) no member of the household in...

      Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance has the Department issued to local authorities on the mechanisms for scrutinise Housing Benefit claims in the period prior to...

      Universal Credit: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support available to homeowners with children who are claiming Universal Credit, in...

      Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has undertaken international comparisons of pension value-for-money assessment frameworks.

      Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has modelled the potential impact of pension scheme consolidation on member charges over the next five years.

      Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce backlogs in the recovery from estate department.

      Universal Credit: Debt Collection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's target timescale is for updating Debt Management records following a (a) first-tier tribunal decision and (b) revised...

      Employment: Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking following the Keep Britain Working review to improve access to paid employment for people with learning...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing the Child Poverty Strategy over the next ten years.

      Statutory Sick Pay: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a Statutory Sick Pay rebate or reimbursement scheme for small...

      Statutory Sick Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate the Department has made of the additional annual cost to employers arising from the removal of the Statutory Sick Pay waiting...

      Apprentices: Pilot Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an investment package to support apprenticeship brokerage pilots in...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.

    • Animal Welfare and Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on considering the outcomes of the research project commissioned in summer 2025 on the...

      Flood Control: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding she will make available for flood defences in each of the next five years for (a) Castle Point constituency and...

      Pigs: Animal Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial and advisory support will be available to assist pig producers to transition directly to free farrowing systems.

      Pigs: Slaughterhouses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether an assessment has been made of the potential merits of launching a public consultation into the use of high...

      Pet Travel Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to negotiate a longer-term pet passport arrangement with the European Union.

      Bananas: Import Duties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed suspension of tariffs on fresh bananas on...

      Poultry: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to end the use of fast-growing broiler chicken breeds in UK poultry production.

      Livestock: Emergencies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the Civil Contingencies Act to enable livestock owners and farmers to...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has (a) produced and (b) plans to produce a fifth edition of the global megatrends report that was published in 2024.

      Animal Welfare: Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 committed by people under the age of...

      Animal Feed: Birds of Prey and Reptiles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has held recent discussions with the British and Irish Association of Zoos...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, other than special advisers if her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Driving under Influence: Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate the Department has made of how many drink and drug driving cases have been thrown out on technicalities, and whether the Department is...

    • Crimes of Violence: Emergency Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Department's press release entitled Deputy Prime Minister sets out vision for the justice system, 24 February 2026, what...

      Domestic Abuse: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of strengthening guidance for courts and probation services on the link between...

      Open Prisons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the risks associated with unofficial auditors accessing the open prison estate.

  • Home Office

    • Telephone Services: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of establishing and operating a dedicated, multilingual hotline for reporting transnational...

    • Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 20 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the honourable Member for Mid...

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 17 of the report by Hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire entitled Backdoors to Britain,...

      Anti-social Behaviour: Offensive Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help support Dorset Police to tackle antisocial behaviour involving catapults in West Dorset constituency.

      Theft: Plants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of the increase in the theft of (a) laurel plants and (b) other...

      Unmanned Air Vehicles: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of swarms of drones on national security; and whether research has been commissioned on...

      Delivery Services: Alcoholic Drinks

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department will be taking to protect vulnerable people from rapid alcohol deliveries, and if she can provide a timeline for...

      Antisocial Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to limit anti-social behaviour in parks linked to alcohol in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.

      Animal Welfare: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of individuals convicted of animal welfare offences were (a) issued with an animal disqualification order under the Animal...

      Anti-muslim Hostility

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2026 to Question 6857 on Islamophobia, whether the Home Office has adopted the definition of anti-Muslim...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: CCTV

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has taken steps in 2 Marsham Street to prevent the installation of unauthorised cameras.

      Police: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training or exercises to prepare for civil unrest arising from a major national crisis have been conducted in the last 12 months,...

      Metropolitan Police: Retirement

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of Metropolitan police officers who have left the service before retirement age in each year,...

      Police: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential for artificial intelligence technology to allow police forces to securely integrate...

      Police: Civil Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the capacity of the police mutual aid system to respond to simultaneous civil disorder in...

      Emergency Services Network: Outages

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency arrangements are in place to maintain police communications in the event of a failure of the Emergency Services Network or...

      Alternatives to Prosecution

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences recorded by police in England and Wales were dealt with by (a) a community resolution and (b) an out of court conditional...

      Police: Leadership

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to develop top-level police leadership.

      Police: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the merging of police forces as part of the Government's proposed policing reforms...

      MBR Acres: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any inspections were undertaken by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit following reports concerning the welfare of dogs during...

      Anti-social Behaviour: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions Home Office officials have had with West Midlands Police regarding increased anti social behaviour during school holidays.

      10 Downing Street: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the cost to the public purse of security and policing in relation to Downing Street.

      Home Office: Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department is taking to tackle antisocial behaviour.

      Police Patrolling: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase police presence in town centres.

      Anti-social Behaviour: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour on the high street.

      Animal Experiments: Shellfish

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish a roadmap for the phased approach to policy development on decapods used in scientific procedures.

      Animal Breeding: Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, published in July 2026, what...

      Arson: Criminal Investigation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to support the police in promptly investigating arson offences.

      Chequers: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the cost to the public purse of security and policing in relation to Chequers.

      Antisocial Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures she is taking to help protect communities against anti-social behaviour.

      Community Safety Partnerships

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using any of the savings from abolishing Police and Crime...

      Nitrous Oxide

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the prevalence of the sale and misuse of nitrous oxide canisters since the introduction of the ban...

      Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of police officer numbers in England; and what steps she is taking to increase the police workforce.

      Home Office: Staff

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

      Respect Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what demographic data her Department plans to collect on the number of Respect Orders issued.

      Home Office: Westminster Hall Sittings

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to her Department of preparing ministers to respond to Westminster Hall Debates.

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisation will replace MHCLG when it vacates the 2 Marsham Street offices for the Government Offices Great George Street; and what...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Members

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many surgeries Ministers in his Department have held for hon. Members (a) between July 2024 and January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Youth Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision of youth services in local communities.

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Agency Workers

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

      Cryptocurrencies: Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the Reform Party holding discussions with the Gambling Commission on Crypto Gambling.

      Gambling: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Investigate Europe's report entitled Payment firms handled millions for companies linked to unlicensed gambling...

      Railways: Cultural Heritage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of heritage railways on the economy.

      Listed Buildings: Libraries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support libraries operating in listed buildings.

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Members

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

  • Cabinet Office

    • Darlington Economic Campus: Civil Servants

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil service staff in his Department are assigned to work in the Darlington Campus.

    • Intelligence Services: Voluntary Work

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 10652, on Intelligence Services: Voluntary Work, whether there are SIS internships or voluntary...

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2026, to Question 10654, on Defence: Finance, what is the definition of critical infrastructure used as part of the...

      National Security: Finance

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what specific items of expenditure have been counted towards the Government's claim to have met the NATO target of spending 1.5% of GDP on...

      Jaguar Land Rover: Cybercrime

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) his and (b) any other Department has identified any (i) state, (ii) state-linked and (iii) state-sponsored entity as (A) partially and (B)...

      Infrastructure: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps he has taken to protect critical national infrastructure from cyber threats.

      Cabinet Office: Conferences

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether officials (a) in his Department and (b) in Policy Lab attended the Creative Bureaucracy Festival on 11 June 2026.

      Government Departments: Public Appointments

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 12787, on Government Departments: Public Appointments, whether the approach on GDPR applies to...

      Government Departments: X Corp

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the policy of the Government Communication Service on (a) departments and (b) Ministers posting on the X platform.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Digital Technology: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of digital exclusion among older people.

    • Smart Devices: Data Protection and National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) potential impact of the use of Cellular Internet of Things modules in...

      Ofcom: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps Ofcom is taking to implement the Supreme Court judgment in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers...

      Smart Devices: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the (a) National Cyber Security Centre and (b) National Security Unit for Procurement have provided advice to (i)...

      Government Departments: Digital Service Providers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential operational and national-security risks arising from government departments...

      Copernicus Programme and Horizon Europe: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the cost to the public purse of participation in (a) Horizon and (b) Copernicus is, in (i) 2025-26 and (ii) 2026-27.

      Cybersecurity: Recruitment and Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help improve the recruitment and retention of cybersecurity specialists.

      Research: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Areas of Research interest gov.uk page published by the Government Office for Science, what plans she...

      Innovation: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support locally led innovation investment in a) Ribble Valley constituency and b) Lancashire.

      Innovation and Technology: Obesity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 15321 on Innovation and Technology: Obesity, whether the evaluation...

      Social Media: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of social media trends that encourage acts of animal cruelty.

      Artificial Intelligence: Legislation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of a) the US Cloud Act and b) the EU AI Act; and whether she has plans to...

      Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether (a) her Department and (b) its Arm’s Length Bodies have financially supported the development of any technical...

      Data Protection: Age Assurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of personal data retained by age-assurance providers on levels of a)...

  • Treasury

    • Business Rates: Reviews

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who the stakeholders were that they obtained evidence from during the call for Evidence Business Rates review, which closed on 18th Feb.

    • Stamp Duty Land Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of abolishing Stamp Duty for downsizers in (a) Yeovil constituency (b) Somerset and (c) England.

      Business Rates: Castle Point

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the amount of business rates to be paid by businesses in the retail, leisure, and hospitality sector in Castle Point...

      Employees' Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC's policy paper entitled Salary sacrifice reform for pension contributions, published on 4 December 2025, if she will publish the...

      Money Laundering: Scotland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the transfer of anti-money laundering supervisory responsibilities from the Law Society of...

      Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-employment Income Support Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the total monetary value of taxpayer-funded COVID-19 support payments, specifically the Coronavirus Job Retention...

      Money Laundering: Scotland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Financial Conduct Authority to safeguard Scottish law firm clients' interests under the proposed...

      Revenue and Customs: Criminal Investigation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms exist to ensure independent oversight of allegations of serious misconduct or criminality involving HMRC investigators, including...

      Treasury: Agency Workers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Fuels: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK to set end date for imports of Russian diesel and jet fuel via third countries,...

    • British Growth Partnership

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to publish annual monitoring reports on the economic impact of the British Growth Partnership.

      Business: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the economic contribution of female-led businesses to UK gross value added.

      Business: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of angel investment for female-led businesses.

      Agriculture: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has designated a team responsible for agri-tech as a frontier industry under the Industrial Strategy.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for October to December 2025...

      Small Businesses: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that the design of the UK’s electronic invoicing regime minimises costs and...

      Small Businesses: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Department is taking with the Cabinet Office to help innovative scale-up businesses navigate public procurement processes and...

      Agriculture: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much public funding has been allocated through the Industrial Strategy to support agri-tech as a frontier industry; and how this compares...

      New Businesses: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government has analysed companies incorporated during the pandemic against recipients of Bounce Back Loans and other Covid...

      Small Business Commissioner

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Department is taking to raise awareness among small businesses of the expanded role and powers of the Small Business Commissioner.

      Community Interest Companies: Bounce Back Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Community Interest Companies registered have had Striking Off action suspended due to objections pertaining to Bounce Back Loans...

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an estimate of the number of businesses which have stopped trading due to the extended producer responsibility scheme.

      Trade Agreements: Faroe Islands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether animal welfare concerns relating to the Faroe Islands' grindadráp whale and dolphin hunt will be considered during the 2026...

      Unite

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the status is of the Certification Officer’s investigation into the Unite trade union and the hotel development.

      Cement: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support British cement producers with their energy costs.

      Oxford-Cambridge Arc: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with institutional investors on increasing investment in businesses located within the Oxford-Cambridge Growth...

      Life Sciences: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's joint press release entitled UK life sciences attracts £3bn investment, creating jobs and faster...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last three years.

    • Drax Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will ask Ofgem to disclose (a) when Drax Group plc first informed Ofgem of the existence of the December 2022 and February...

      Drax Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, further to Question 14369, whether he will place in the Library details of (a) the dates and participants of any meetings and (b)...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Staff

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

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministry of Defence: Civil Servants

      To ask His Majesty's Government by what percentage the Ministry of Defence has reduced its civil service costs since 2 June 2025.

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Ministry of Defence is planning to delay planned investment in service accommodation; and if so, for how long.

      Type 83 Destroyers

      To ask His Majesty's Government why they cancelled the Type 83 destroyer programme; and how much was spent on the Type 83 destroyer programme to date.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the safeguards in place to prevent the immigration detention of unaccompanied children for over 24 hours.

    • Firearms: Licensing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to rank police forces in England and Wales on the speed of their processing of shotgun and firearms licensing renewals.

      Home Office: X Corp

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 9 July (HL1929), why the logo on the UK Home Office account on X is in the format which identifies...

      Police and Crime Commissioners: Wales

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they have had with the Welsh Government since 7 May regarding (1) proposals to abolish Police and Crime Commissioners, and (2) any...

      Protest

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of restricting, or banning, repetitive protest marches in order to prevent undue restriction on the activities of...

      Anti-Muslim Hostility

      To ask His Majesty's Government what safeguards are in place to ensure that the policing of Islamophobia does not exceed the legal framework regarding the protection of those with religious beliefs.

      Shops: Money Laundering

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch on 8 May 2025 (HL6763), what progress they have made in tackling money laundering through cash-based...

      Foreign Nationals: Financial Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of individuals holding Russian passports currently working in the UK in the financial services sector.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS: Expenditure

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of NHS expenditure has been allocated to (1) acute hospital services, (2) primary medical care (general practice), and (3) community health...

    • Brain Cancer

      To ask His Majesty's Government what indicator outcomes have been agreed for improving brain cancer outcomes across the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, the National Institute...

      Osteoporosis

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the pathway to treatment for a patient diagnosed with osteoporosis.

      NHS: Cybersecurity

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many cyber incidents the NHS Cyber Security Operations Centre (1) detected and prevented, (2) detected but failed to prevent, and (3) initially detected but...

      Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they use to assess whether NHS resource allocation reflects their longstanding commitment to deliver more care closer to home.

      Physician Assistants: Prescriptions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that physician associates do not act as prescribers.

      Obesity: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what metrics they plan to use in future studies on weight-loss medicines to assess employment outcomes, workforce participation and sickness absence.

      Hospitals: Infectious Diseases

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of artificial intelligence to support the early identification of hospital-acquired infections in NHS hospitals.

      Employment: Obesity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to assess the impact of obesity treatment on economic inactivity and workforce participation.

      Integrated Care Boards: Expenditure

      To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued to Integrated Care Boards on the allocation of resources towards prevention, primary care, and community services.

      Integrated Care Boards: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the equality impact assessment Health Bill: ICBs as strategic commissioners, published on 14 May, what mechanisms they intend to use to...

      Public Health

      To ask His Majesty's Government what safeguards they will put in place to ensure that decisions relating to public health functions continue to be informed by appropriate expert consultation...

      Migraines: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 6 July (HL1488), how the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency will...

      Hospitals: Consultants

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 29 April (HL16567), whether the National Consultant Information Programme (1) is publicly accessible to...

      Gender Dysphoria: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government when NHS England's evidence review of hormone treatment for adults with gender dysphoria will be published; and whether the NHS service specification on gender...

      Orphan Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK's fall in ranking from fifth to eleventh between 2020 and 2025 in the EFPIA Waiting to Access Innovative Therapies...

      Fractures: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Merron on 6 July (HL Deb col 2), how many Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) do not have a fracture liaison service in each of...

      Health Services: Performing Arts and Sports

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Merron on 15 April (HL Deb, cols 27GC–28GC), whether they intend the provision of treatment by foreign medical teams...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Neurodiversity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the total economic costs of ADHD and neurodivergence; and what assessment they have made of how this cost could be addressed...

      Health Services: Performing Arts and Sports

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Merron on 15 April (HL Deb, cols 27GC–28GC), whether they consider that the Care Quality Commission has the requisite (1)...

      Health Services: Performing Arts and Sports

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Merron on 15 April (HL Deb, cols 27GC-28GC), what consideration they have given to exempting the provision of treatment to...

      Preventive Medicine: Arts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to maximise the contribution of dance and the arts to the NHS prevention programme, including through collaboration between the...

      ADHD and Neurodiversity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impacts of untreated ADHD and neurodivergence.

      Preventive Medicine: Arts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of dance and the wider cultural sector in improving public health outcomes and reducing health inequalities; and what...

      Prostate Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Merron on 2 June (HLWS82), which stated £2.8 million in capital funding will be made available to...

      Orphan Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the 2025 Highly Specialised Technologies routing criteria updates on the number of orphan medicines being diverted...

      Food: Hygiene

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the financial or legislative barriers to making the display of food hygiene ratings mandatory in England.

      Family Hubs: Mental Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what role they intend Best Start Family Hubs to play in identifying and supporting mothers experiencing perinatal and postnatal mental health difficulties.

      Antibiotics: Drug Resistance

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many deaths attributable to antibiotic-resistant infections occurred in England in each of the last five years; and of those how many occurred on the NHS estate.

      Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure clear accountability for vaccination commissioning and delivery following the withdrawal of Section 7A of the National Health...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether any key target been removed from the Modern Service Framework for Dementia and Frailty, due for publication later this year.

      Community Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on patients of increasing wait times for NHS community services.

      Community Diagnostic Centres

      To ask His Majesty's Government which diagnostic tests they require to be available at individual community diagnosis centres.

      NHS Trusts: Procurement

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 8 October 2025 (HL10538), whether the NHS Supply Chain procurement exercises, including...

      Gender Dysphoria

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have commissioned research to establish the rate at which patients treated at adult Gender Dysphoria Clinics subsequently detransition, express regret...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will reconsider the cancellation of the public consultation on the Child Maintenance Service's calculation process.

    • Personal Independence Payment: Learning Disability

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 26 June (HL888), what plans they have to introduce accredited training specifically addressing masking,...

      Personal Independence Payment: Learning Disability

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 26 June (HL888), how the existing quality assurance process for the Transform Decision Making pilot measures...

      Personal Independence Payment: Learning Disability

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 26 June (HL886), what estimate they have made of the proportion of Personal Independence Payment claims...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Artificial Intelligence: Automation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications of artificial intelligence-driven automation for working hours in sectors affected by significant technological...

    • Technology: Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of investment by artificial intelligence and cyber security companies to the UK technology sector.

      Animal Experiments

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment have they made of the 45 per cent increase in scientific procedures using horses from 2015 to 2025, set out in the Annual statistics of scientific...

      AI Growth Zones

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the feasibility of delivering the proposed Artificial Intelligence Growth Zones by 2030.

      Employment: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of artificial intelligence on employment in occupations with high exposure to generative artificial intelligence.

      Crime and Policing Act 2026

      To ask His Majesty's Government when section 100 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 pertaining to the 48-hour take-down requirement for intimate image content will commence.

      Children and Young People: Social Media

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of social media use on loneliness and social isolation among children and young people.

      Graduates: Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of artificial intelligence on the availability of graduate training and entry-level professional roles.

      Telecommunications: Codes of Practice

      To ask His Majesty's Government what industry submissions on cost were received during the consultation on the revised Telecommunications Security Code of Practice 2026; and whether they will...

  • Department for Education

    • Further Education: Autism

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the success rates in each A-Level, T-Level, and applied general qualification, for young people with an Autism Spectrum Disorder or...

    • Department for Education: Buildings

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many (2) desks, and (2) civil servants are assigned to the Department for Education office in the Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London.

      Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce rates of exclusion and suspension in schools with high proportions of students with special educational needs.

      Languages: Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the numbers of children in England being offered teaching at school in (1) Mandarin, (2) Spanish, (3) Hindi, and (4) Arabic.

      Arts: Further Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that reforms to Level 3 qualifications do not narrow routes into creative education and employment in the creative sector.

      Private Education: Pupil Numbers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of figures in Schools, pupils and their characteristics Academic Year 2025/26, published on 4 June, showing that the...

  • Department for Transport

    • Department for Transport: Buildings

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) desks, and (2) civil servants, are assigned to the Department for Transport office at 33 Horseferry Road.

    • High Speed 2 Line

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Transport on 29 June (HC12808), when they estimate they will deliver a...

      Train Operating Companies: Capital Investment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total capital investment of Network Rail in the train operating companies in the financial year 2024–25.

      Electric Vehicles: Accidents

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the total cost of injuries caused by e-bikes and e-scooters in each of the past three years for which figures are available.

      South West Main Line: Rolling Stock

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of South Western Railways' passenger carriages to meet the publicised numbers for services on the mainline...

      Cambrian Line: Accidents

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch Collision between two passenger trains near Talerddig, Powys, published on 18 June, whether...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Amazonia

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks faced by environmental, land, and indigenous rights defenders in the Colombian, Peruvian and Bolivian Amazon basin;...

    • Palestinian Authority

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Palestinian Authority’s progress towards meeting its commitments to end incitement to violence within official...

      Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Saudi Arabia in support of the suspension of executions and commutation of death sentences of those...

      South Africa: Migrants

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent reports of xenophobic violence against migrants and refugees in South Africa; what discussions they have had with (1) the...

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much humanitarian aid they have provided to support the needs of the residents of Gaza in each of the last 3 years.

  • Treasury

    • Visitor Levy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the proposed overnight visitor levy will go to local authorities; and what assessment they have made of the potential effects of the levy on the...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Intimate Image Abuse: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring the sharing of non-consensual AI-generated intimate images by chatbots into scope of the image-based abuse offences under section 66D...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Poultry: Animal Welfare

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to enforce the commitment made in the Animal welfare strategy for England, published on 22 December 2025, to end the culling of male...

    • Poultry: Animal Welfare

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the UK egg industry about implementing a trial of in-ovo sexing technology to prevent the culling of male...

      Agriculture: UK Trade with EU

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 1 July (HL Deb col 1066), whether they have asked for an exception carve-out for precision...

      Fishing Vessels: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 1 August 2025 (HL9721), what was the outcome of Resource Futures' research on the...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Elections

      To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 29 June (HL1025), whether their discussions with the Electoral Commission included...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Households: Nationality

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 7 July (HL1157), how many households in (1) Greater London, and (2) the United...

    • Government Departments: Lobbying and Public Appointments

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to implement the recommendations in the report by the Ethics and Integrity Commission, Lobbying, Business Appointment Rules and Disclosure,...

      Cabinet Manual

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 23 June (HC8596), whether the agreement of revisions to the Cabinet Manual requires...

      Taxation: Self-assessment

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury on 28 May (2785), whether they will publish the (1) Prime Minister's, (2) Deputy...

      Cabinet Manual

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the Prime Minister decided to update the Cabinet Manual.

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