Monday, 27 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the provision of interview questions in advance as a reasonable adjustment...
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 assessment he has made of the impact of (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK drone transformation to strengthen Armed Forces backed by more than £5 billion,...
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 General Sir Richard...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, given General Sir Richard Barrons' evidence to the Defence Committee on 7 July 2026 that expenditure under the 1.5% of GDP NATO resilience target has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how will UK MOD protect AI IP while maximising dual-use frontier technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 31, what steps will be taken to deliver advantage in denied and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned breakdown is of the £4.2 billion allocated to Reserves in the Defence Investment Plan by (a) service and (b) financial year, for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on developing the joint complex weapons portfolio office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, chapter 3, paragraph 14, does the £70 million allocation for Veterans...
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 he has made of the potential risks...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his department has made of the reasons for the decline in the number of planning permissions awarded...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police forces are required to refer incidents of animal cruelty involving people under the age of 18 to a) safeguarding agencies and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of targeted wholesale discounts by Openreach on alternative network...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the availability of guidance to parents following the planned social media...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many central government websites and mobile applications do not currently meet the required public-sector accessibility...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many MP surgeries have Ministers in her Department had with MPs (a) in the period July 2024 to January 2025...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason her Department did not pause the installation of additional floating bus stops until further research on safety had been carried out...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill on the functions of the intelligence and security services.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to set out a policy on the suitability of accommodating biological males in the women’s prison estate.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their current estimate of legal costs associated with litigation by the Ministry of Justice against the Office of the Information Commissioner regarding...
To ask His Majesty's Government who will sit on the panel for the Independent Review of the Prison System.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the current timescales for private rental sector landlords to obtain and enforce possession orders where...
To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the statement by the Prime Minister on 21 September 2025 that he had directed work to sanction Hamas figures "in the coming weeks", (1) what...
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of South Africa regarding the expulsion of migrants and refugees from Zimbabwe from South Africa.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 6 July (HL1195), regarding the award conferred on the UK Ambassador to Bahrain on 21 June,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure children and young people, regardless of background, can access dance as part of a broad and enriching education that supports...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility of one-to-one screen-based device use in primary schools in England with NHS guidance on daily screen time...
To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence they hold on the impact of the use of one-to-one screen-based devices and educational technology applications on educational...
To ask His Majesty's Government how they assess the educational efficacy of educational technology products before recommending or encouraging their use in schools in England.
To ask His Majesty's Government how state-funded schools (1) choose, (2) authorise, and (3) fund, books to be made available in school libraries.
To ask His Majesty's Government what independent evaluation they have commissioned into the educational effectiveness of (1) one-to-one screen-based devices, and (2) educational...
To ask His Majesty's Government what advice they have sought from the Chief Medical Officer on the use of screen-based devices by children in schools in England.
To ask His Majesty's Government how they consult health professionals on the health implications for pupils of the use of screen-based devices and educational technology applications in schools...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many diversity, equity and inclusion roles there are in state-funded schools; and what is the cost of those roles.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relationship between out-of-area placements for girls in care and the risk of exploitation, sexual abuse, or other forms of...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the licensing of datasets held by publicly funded museums for the development of artificial intelligence models.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the social and economic value generated by dance participation, including potential savings to health and social care services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of youth club closures on levels of anti-social behaviour and youth offending in England.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many children aged 10 to 13 have been arrested for (1) rape, (2) sexual assault, (3) assault by penetration, and (4) exposure, in each of the past five years.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many children aged 10 to 13 have been arrested for (1) common assault, (2) actual bodily harm, (3) inflicting grievous bodily harm, and (4) causing...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the White Paper Restoring Control over the Immigration System (CP 1326), published in May 2025, what steps they intend to take to...
To ask His Majesty's Government how the power to designate an entity involved in foreign power threat activity in accordance with the National Security Act 2023 differs from the power...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the White Paper Restoring Control over the Immigration System (CP 1326), published in May 2025, what steps they intend to take...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of live facial recognition systems by retailers to identify suspected offenders and alert the police.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights on the deportation of illegal immigrants.
To ask His Majesty's Government what test will be applied in determining whether a person has been “socially and culturally integrated in the United Kingdom” for the purposes of...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the incidence of drug driving.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish a timetable for the reopening of Cameron Barracks for use by all previous user groups; and whether they plan to ensure Highland Council...
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, the Secretary of State for Transport has had with Great Western Railway regarding recent disruptions to its services, particularly...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to commission research on securing level access to trains in the UK (1) by lowering the track bed where it is possible to do so, (2) by rising...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, the Secretary of State for Wales has to meet with the Welsh Government to discuss continuing support for Opera in Wales.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the insurability of homes built on floodplains since 2009.
To ask His Majesty's Government assessment they have made of the use of artificially generated images to mislead local housing authorities in the exercise of their enforcement functions.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) desks, and (2) civil servants, are assigned to the Department for Work and Pensions office at Caxton House.
To ask His Majesty's Government which regulatory body oversees the actuarial profession in connection with advice to members, trustees and sponsors of Defined Benefit pension schemes and what...
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...
To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker what is the cashflow time series of each costed proposal for the Restoration and Renewal programme and the discount rate and inflation rate assumed for each,...
To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker, following the announcement that cycle lanes will be constructed along Abingdon Street and St Margaret Street, what arrangement will be made with the Metropolitan...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many enquiries have been made of Taskforce Kindred and what proportion have led to the purchase/supply of equipment for Ukraine.
To ask His Majesty's Government how companies can contact Taskforce Kindred regarding supply of required equipment to Ukraine.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure the manufacture of body armour remains in the UK in order to safeguard resilience, jobs, and investment, in times of conflict.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk that female personnel are injured as a result of wearing body armour designed for male bodies; and when they expect...
To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to strengthen domestic supply chains for steel to support the delivery of the Defence Industrial Strategy.
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the announcement that both the five planned Type 32 and the planned Type 83 ships will now be replaced by six Common Combat Vessels, what assessment...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential benefits of establishing a housing association for defence housing, in particular the ability of housing...
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the £9 billion to be spent on defence housing is planned to be paid out of (1) Ministry of Defence revenue, and (2) Ministry of Defence...
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the purchase price of the Ministry of Defence housing from Annington; how the monies paid to Annington are accounted for in Ministry of Defence and...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the then-Minister for the Armed Forces on 12 March (HC117754), what is the status of the updates being made to the Exchange...
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