Written answers

Thursday, 30 July 2026

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Voluntary Work: Prizes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to replace the Points of Light Award.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders are being enforced overseas.

    • Ministry of Justice: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how working hours were spent by civil servants in the Ministry of Justice undertaking agreed staff network leadership roles or carrying out agreed...

      Ministry of Justice: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many FTE equivalent staff in (a) their Department and (b) each Arm's Length Body it sponsors are dedicated to fulfilment of the Public Sector...

      Ministry of Justice: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for each Arm's Length Body (ALB) their Department sponsors, (a) how many people are employed in the following bands of total earnings, or nearest...

      Ministry of Justice: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which influencers and content creators his Department has paid to support its campaigns.

  • Home Office

    • Home Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she pans to answer named day written questions 12724, 12725, 12726 and 12727 tabled on 24 June.

    • Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of preventing asylum seekers in Home Office supported accommodation from being...

      Animal Welfare: Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of information on animal offenders recorded on the Police National Computer...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Youth Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that small businesses, charities and social enterprises are able to participate in the Youth...

  • Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

    • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Whitehall

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) desks, and (2) civil servants, are assigned to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology office at 22–26 Whitehall.

    • Artificial Intelligence: Business Premises

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the expansion of artificial intelligence companies on demand for commercial office space in London.

      Cybersecurity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proportion of computing capacity located in the UK that could not be remotely disabled, restricted, or otherwise rendered...

  • Treasury

    • Inheritance Tax: Probate

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will extend non-payment of inheritance tax on personal estates from six to 12 months because of severe delays to the obtaining of probate.

    • Disposable Income

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Livermore on 8 July (HL1794), what is the source of the data provided, including a direct link to where it is...

      Defence: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the £4.7 billion of uncommitted funding in the Defence Investment Plan will be met at the next Budget.

      Defence: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to allocate further funding to the Defence Investment Plan.

      Defence: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to meet the efficiency savings outlined in the funding package for the Defence Investment Plan.

      Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of taxation on working people.

      Capital Gains Tax

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of changing the rates of Capital Gains Tax to move in line with income tax rates; and what assessment they have made of how...

      Energy: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are planning to increase the Energy Profits Levy.

      Financial Conduct Authority: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of artificial intelligence by the Financial Conduct Authority to support the handling of supervisory cases.

      UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Livermore on 14 July (HL Deb col 562), what legal advice they have received on the compatibility of a revised UK-EU Trade and...

  • Department for Education

    • Higher Education: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the evidential basis for their decision to support high-cost STEM courses and cut high-cost creative courses, as set out in the letter from the Secretary...

    • Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the impact of the delayed announcement of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund for 2025-26 resulted in (1)...

      Boarding Schools

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the 8.2 per cent fall in the number of boarding pupils at independent schools recorded in the 2026 Independent Schools...

      Film and Media: Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) secondary schools, and (2) Further Education colleges, offer (a) GCSEs in film and media, (b) A levels in film and media, and (c) Level 3...

      Children: Care Homes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Ofsted inspection Regulation 44; and what assessment they have made of how to remove incentives which discourage...

      Journalism and Media: Higher Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether Media, Journalism and Publishing courses identified by Skills England as the key route to filling priority growth occupations in the creative...

      Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government what analysis they have undertaken of the average amount awarded per recipient through the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund in each financial year...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Charity Commission

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the cost of the review by Sir Gary Hickinbottom into the Charity Commission’s handling of the Lara Hall and Damian Murray case.

    • Charity Commission

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to take any steps in light of the Committee for Privileges in the House of Commons, Matter referred on 4 September 2025: Actions of the...

      Pornography: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of children in the UK accessing pornography websites through virtual private network services.

      Internet: Age Assurance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the safety and privacy risks of online age-assurance safety checks which require biometric or identity data to be submitted...

      Internet: Compensation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to introduce an individual right of redress against online platforms.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Development Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to continue the approach to international development set out in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office policy paper, The UK's Modern...

    • G20

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are their priorities for the UK's upcoming presidency of the G20.

      Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether any new legislation to implement the UK-Mauritius treaty on sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory will be brought forward in this session of...

      Morocco: Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to raise instances of the use of Pegasus spyware against journalists, foreign politicians and human rights activities with the government of...

      Conflict Resolution: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement their commitment to establish and publish a cross-government monitoring framework for Women, Peace and Security.

      UNRWA: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much they will provide in funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency in the 2026-27 financial year.

      Nature Conservation: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on their commitments to support the protection of tropical forests and oceans.

      Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether it remains Government policy to transfer ownership of the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius.

      Nato

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of non-EU allies to European defence and security; and what discussions they have had with NATO and EU...

      Palestine: Curriculum

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to establish specific enforceable benchmarks, sanctions, or funding conditions linked to Palestinian Authority curriculum reform in the...

      Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to reintroduce the Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill; and whether they plan to negotiate a new...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they plan to provide for young women entering the workforce in relation to the rise of artificial intelligence, lack of job security, and skills...

    • Personal Independence Payment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with representatives of Citizens Advice following findings that an increasing number of households are being directed towards...

      Pension Funds

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of their modelling on superfunds, published in June 2025, which suggested that a profit extraction trigger of around 150 per...

      Workplace Pensions

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether surplus held within a defined benefit superfund may, under the current regulatory framework, be released to enhance members' benefits; and what assessment...

      Public Sector: Workplace Pensions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what protections and rights of appeal are available to public sector pension scheme members who suffer avoidable losses due to incomplete Government Actuary...

      Universal Credit: Reviews

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 17 July (HL1821), how they will inform stakeholders and parliamentarians of changes...

      AEA Group: Workplace Pensions

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for Social Security and Disability on 17 March (HC119129), which issues were investigated by (1) the...

      Carers: Cost of Living

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support unpaid carers over the next 12 months in the light of increases to the cost of living.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • New Towns: Council Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of houses in new towns delivered through the New Towns Programme will be council-owned social houses.

    • Homes England: Land

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many acres of land Homes England owns.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Office for Nuclear Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Prime Minister on 2 July (HCWS180), what safety protections are in place for the functioning independence of the Office...

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