Written answers

Friday, 31 July 2026

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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...

    • Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Department is taking to help increase access to flexible and modular training for people seeking to move into occupations...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Waste Disposal: Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the Digital Waste Tracking service will be enforced; and how members of the public can report waste that is not disposed...

    • Waste Disposal: Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when further information regarding the Digital Waste Tracking service will be made available to the public.

      Assistance Animals: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help facilitate the movement of assistance dogs accompanying their owners travelling from the UK...

      Food: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Department is taking with food retailers and charities to improve the use of real-time data to increase the...

      Food: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of mandatory food waste reporting on the cost of living.

      Planning Permission: Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of planning applications her Department expects to remain subject to the biodiversity gain condition once...

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on (a) household costs...

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the forthcoming amendment to the pEPR statutory instrument on businesses.

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of EPR on the ability of businesses to meet recycling targets or to...

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of the impact assessment of EPR conducted 17 October 2024 in its assessment of...

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the financial impact of Extended Producer Responsibility fees on the hospitality sector; and...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Charity Commission

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in light of the Committee for Privileges in the House of Commons report, Matter referred on 4 September 2025: Actions of the Charity Commission, whether they...

  • Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

    • Innovation: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the fifth round of the Regulators' Pioneer Fund is expected to open; and whether it will confirm whether past winners remain eligible to apply with...

    • Business: Billing

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Leong on 21 July (HL Deb cols 1068-1070), what assessment they have made of the economic impact of the new section 2E(2) of the...

      Fire Resistant Materials: Furniture

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken in response to the 5,793 upholsterers who called for an end to chemical flame-retardant treatments in response to their 2023...

      Health Hazards: Fire Resistant Materials

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks posed by volatile chemical flame retardants that off-gas from upholstered furniture into household dust.

      Employment: Costs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to reduce the cost of employment for employers.

      British Steel: Nationalisation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish a business plan for British Steel.

      British Steel: Jingye Group

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they held with Jingye to agree terms of nationalisation of British Steel.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Afghanistan: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on women and girls of the 39 per cent reductions in bilateral ODA to Afghanistan by 2029.

    • British International Investment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what loan repayment terms usually apply to payments to British International Investment.

      International Assistance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to ensure that their priorities are furthered by multilateral official development assistance spending contributions;...

      Development Aid: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the documentary by Channel 4 News and The Fuller Project A matter of life or death: giving birth in Sierra Leone,...

      Islamic State: Yazidis

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the value of funding they provided for the establishment and running of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes...

      Syria: Education and Reconstruction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make future UK assistance for education and reconstruction in Syria contingent upon demonstrable progress towards a national...

      West Bank: Cultural Heritage

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with the government of Israel regarding the threat made by the Israeli Minister of Finance to take control of Solomon's Pools in...

      Climate Change: Loans

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether funding provided through British Climate Partners will be provided in the form of loans rather than grants; and, if so, how much funding is affected, and...

      Climate Change: Indonesia

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether any International Climate Finance projects in Indonesia will receive loans instead of grants; and, if so, which projects, and what the terms of the loans...

      Climate Change: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the total United Kingdom contribution to the International Climate Finance budget can be turned into loans.

      Forests: Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether funding for the Ecosystem Restoration Concession funded through Partnerships for Forests will be provided in the form of loans rather than grants; and, if...

      Democratic Republic of the Congo

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the announcement by the Prime Minister's Office of 22 July, Cheaper travel for millions with a third off fares, whether funding allocated to...

      Development Aid: Devolution

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Scottish Government about its use of its block grant on international development spending.

      Development Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the planned reduction in spending on official development assistance from 0.5 per cent of gross national income to 0.3 per cent.

      Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether women and girls will remain one of their foreign policy priorities.

      British Council: Loans

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to forgiving the Covid loan issued to the British Council in July 2020.

  • Department for Education

    • Students: Debts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the projected total liability for university student debt for both tuition fee loans and maintenance loans that will be written off.

    • Special Educational Needs: Costs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the additional cost to local authorities in England arising from increased demand for provision for children with special...

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many pupils were persistently absent from school in England for each academic year from 2018–19 to date.

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the principal causes of persistent absence from schools in England since the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Personal Independence Payment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost of changing the minimum Personal Independence Payment award to four years.

    • Independent Case Examiner

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many people work full time equivalent for the Independent Case Examiner; and what is its overall budget cost.

      Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the numbers of non-British nationals claiming Universal Credit.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Social Rented Housing: Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether eviction for anti-social behaviour is a realistic prospect under proceedings brought by public landlords; and whether...

    • Anti-social Behaviour and Shoplifting

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that local authorities and agencies are sufficiently resourced to tackle those who engage in repeated anti-social behaviour and...

      Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Lemos on 14 July (HL1546), whether they will now answer the question put, namely as to whether any of the four named...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Warships

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend occasional visits by warships exercising their right of innocent passage, such as that by HMS Medway to Puerto Arenas in Chile, and...

  • Department for Transport

    • Roads: Accidents

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any representations they have received which have called for legislation that requires drivers to stop, check and report any road...

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