Written answers

Friday, 24 July 2026

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Affordable Housing: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 24 April 2026 to Question 124786 on Affordable Housing: Greater London, whether there...

    • Housing: Multiple Occupation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what planning policy and guidance he has issued in relation to planning applications to convert a single dwelling into...

      Housing: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the latest assessment of the number of homes that have been (a) started and (b) completed in the Old Oak...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure consultations on disability benefits reforms are accessible for disabled people.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the safety of release provisions in place for offenders serving custodial sentences for (a) domestic...

    • Deportation: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average tribunal waiting time is for the deportation of foreign national child sex offenders whose criminal sentences have fully expired.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 11755, what circumstances have previously been regarded as constituting a justifiable business...

    • Diego Garcia: Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the hearing of the Defence Committee on 7 July 2026, HC 530, whether his Department has made an assessment of the change in the threat...

  • Home Office

    • Resettlement: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals evacuated under Operation Pitting and granted indefinite leave to remain have voluntarily returned to Afghanistan; and...

    • Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the reasons why the number of asylum applications to the United Kingdom has increased at a different rate...

      Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2026 to Question 15306, whether she has submitted a change of use planning application under The Town and...

      Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to clause 20 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, how many deportation cases each year are expected to be prevented on the...

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Part 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, what estimate has been made of the annual amount expected to be recovered...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

  • Treasury

    • Business Rates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing a hybrid business rate which combines a reduced property business rate with a modest digital business rate...

    • Public Sector Debt

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Office for Budget Responsibility's projection that public sector debt could reach 300 per cent of GDP by 2075.

      Public Sector Debt

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Office for Budget Responsibility Fiscal risks and sustainability, published on 7 July, in particular its...

      Business Rates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to give councils more control over the funds generated from business rates from their respective areas.

      Land: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the impact of the introduction of a land value tax on (1) residents, (2) the local economy, and (3) house...

      National Savings and Investments: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following National Savings and Investment (NS&I) notifying the Treasury in December 2025 of a failure to comprehensively trace accounts for some...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Sexual Offences: Young Offenders

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many children aged 10 to 13 have been convicted of (1) rape, (2) sexual assault, (3) assault by penetration, and (4) exposure, in each of the past five years.

    • Juries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of changes to jury trials in the Courts and Tribunals Bill on (1) the Crown Court backlog, and (2) the rule of law.

      Special Educational Needs: Appeals

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of appeals against education, health and care plan decisions were successful in each of the last five years.

      Driving: Disqualification

      To ask His Majesty's Government, for each of the last five calendar years, how many appeals have been made against magistrates' court decisions which have rejected defendants' claims of...

      Legal Profession: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the legal statement on liability for AI harms by the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce made in July, what assessment they have made of expectations that...

  • Home Office

    • Artificial Intelligence: Intimate Image Abuse

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent AI-generated images that sexualise children being created based on images posted on social media by parents or family members.

  • Wales Office

    • Devolution: Wales

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many meetings have taken place between the UK and Welsh governments since May 8 2026.

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