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Published – Friday 12 June 2026
Questions for Answer on Monday 15 June
Questions for Written Answer
1Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of meetings the Prime Minister held with external organisations or individuals not in a ministerial capacity between February and September 2025.(9055)
2Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the statement by the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister of 1 June 2026, on Lord Mandelson, what is the legal basis for the Government not recovering official government information from former Crown Servants.(9056)
3Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 3339, on Special Advisers: Public Appointments, whether his Department (a) has appointed or (b) will be appointing delivery advisers as a Department in its own right.(9073)
4Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what conclusion the Cabinet Office’s Propriety and Ethics Team under the previous Government reached on the ownership of the electronic messages held on non-corporate devices relating to official government business.(9074)
5Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2026 to Question 2043 on Government Departments: Whatsapp, what the terms of reference are of the independent review into non-corporate communication channels; who will undertake it; who it will report to; and whether it will be published.(9075)
6Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much Jonathan Powell has claimed on expenses since he was appointed a special adviser; and whether any expense claims have been submitted but not approved.(9076)
7Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the EU's new custom and handling fees from (a) July and (b) November 2026 on (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) Great Britain exporters into the EU.(9077)
8Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Ministers requested to provide material for the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson provided a nil return originally and subsequently provided information.(9078)
9Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has received from the European Commission on international fees charged to EU students studying at UK universities.(9079)
10Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the SPS agreement with the EU will require payments to the EU Cohesion programme.(9080)
11Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 84244 on Government: Artificial Intelligence, whether his Department has issued guidance to civil servants on using AI to draft answers to written Parliamentary Questions, including (a) the Parlex tool and (b) other AI tools.(9081)
12Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of UK-affiliated (a) public relations and (b) public affairs firms contracting with businesses associated with Russia from 2022.(9082)
13Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minster had communications with Lord Mandelson that (a) have deleted due to disappearing messages and (b) were not in scope of the Humble Address.(9083)
14Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2026, to Question 204, on Lord Mandelson, whether the Cabinet Office provided the support of separate independent legal counsel to the Intelligence and Security Committee to assist with its work on reviewing the Humble Address redactions.(9084)
15Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what safeguards exist to ensure that suppliers providing digital platforms to civilian and defence Government departments maintain effective separation between those systems.(9249)
16Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria were used to select members of the Digital ID Advisory Group.(9144)
17Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the minutes, recommendations and advice of the Digital ID Advisory Group will be published.(9146)
18Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what budget has been allocated to support the work of the Digital ID Advisory Group.(9147)
19Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 210 on Peers, what is the process by which new non-legislative constitutional conventions are established.(9024)
20Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many written representations has the Prime Minister received from the Mayor of Greater Manchester since July 2024.(9025)
21Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 29 April 2026, to Question 120353, whether he plans to offer (a) the Rt Hon Member for Ashton-under-Lyne and (b) the Rt Hon Member for Ilford North the opportunity to make a donation to the Prime Minister's Library.(9026)
22Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to his Department's publication entitled Data on responses to correspondence from MPs and peers, 2025, of 28 May 2025, what assessment he has made of the reason for the decrease in the percentage of response achieved within target response time relative to the (a) 2023 and (b) 2024 statistics; and what steps his Department is taking to improve (i) productivity and (ii) timeliness of Whitehall correspondence replies to (A) MPs and peers and (B) the wider public.(9027)
23Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) Civil Service People Group holds on live industrial disputes in Government Departments.(9028)
24Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government Car Service has a policy on the transportation of Ministers’ pets which are not guide dogs.(9029)
25Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the average purchase cost of a government iphone provided to staff in the Cabinet Office; and what is the average cost of the monthly tariff for phone calls and data.(9030)
26Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2026 to Question HL16533, on Treaties: Parliamentary Scrutiny, whether the provision that the provisions of some international agreements may be kept confidential also applies to Treaties.(9031)
27Jonathan Davies (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of consumer protections where rogue traders use a limited company to avoid liability.(9241)
28Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help support the sustainability of leisure centres.(9071)
29Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2026 to question 5066 on Gymnastics: Huntingdon, what is the breakdown of the £116,588 of funding in the constituency of Huntingdon during 2024/2025.(9115)
30Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support amusement arcades in coastal towns.[Transferred] (8890)
31Luke Akehurst (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of local government reorganisation on local authorities' ability to (a) convene and (b) support Standing Advisory Councils for Religious Educations effectively.(9295)
32Luke Akehurst (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government regarding the role of Standing Advisory Councils for Religious Education since the publication of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's policy paper entitled Protecting What Matters: Towards a more confident, cohesive, and resilient United Kingdom.(9296)
33Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with the University and College Union on industrial action at the University of Nottingham; and what steps she is taking to ensure students are not adversely affected.(9177)
34Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of marking boycotts on university students.(9178)
35Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to include key life skills such as cooking, fixing and mending, upcycling and budgeting into the national curriculum.(9190)
36Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of guidance to schools on the [i] sourcing of meats for school dinners and [ii] labelling of meat based on methods of slaughter for school dinners.(9086)
37Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on how much time (a) primary and (b) secondary school children are spending on screens during (i) the school day (ii) for homework.(8988)
38Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the outcome of the nine-month EdTech Impact Testbed pilot rolled out in 2025.(8989)
39Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the evidence of improved outcomes for pupils who took part in the nine-month EdTech Impact Testbed pilot in 2025.(8990)
40Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) further education colleges are participating in the next EdTech and AI pilot scheme announced in January 2026.(8997)
41Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether guidance is issued to schools on assessing the eligibility of pupils to wear kirpans on school premises.(9309)
42Caroline Voaden (South Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of independent schools in England that have closed since the introduction of VAT on school fees.(9234)
43Caroline Voaden (South Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of pupils who have moved from independent schools to state schools since the introduction of VAT on independent school fees.(9235)
44Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the answer of 6 February 2026 to Question 109183 on Erasmus+ programme, who will undertake the review of the UK’s participation in the programme ten months after the association; and what the timetable is for its production and publication.(9012)
45Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the British Council has a definition of a woman for initiatives supporting women under Erasmus+.(9013)
46Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 109184 on Turing Scheme, what the (a) timetable and (b) deadline is for determining whether the Turing Scheme will be open for the 2027-28 academic year.(9014)
47Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Connaught School for Girls academy on (a) strike action and (b) facility time spending.(9015)
48Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 120329 on Opportunity Mission Board, if she will list the internal and external attendees of the most recent meeting of the Mission Board.(9016)
49Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 120329 on Opportunity Mission Board, how the Board has been reformed.(9017)
50Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds information on UK organisations which have applied to participate in the Jean Monnet Actions programme under the new Erasmus+ scheme.(9018)
51Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the answer of 29 April 2026, to Question HL16472, on Erasmus+ Programme, what forecast has been made of the number of (a) UK students who will have their EU fees paid and (b) EU students who will have their fees paid in 2026-27; and whether Erasmus+ students (i) in the UK from the EU and (ii) in the EU from the UK will receive any subsistence or maintenance payment.(9020)
52Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of full-time staff on full pay (1.0 FTE) in the department work compressed hours over a four day week.(9021)
53Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the new socio-economic duty will apply to (a) LEA schools, (b) academies, (c) further education colleagues, (d) universities and (e) the Office for Students.(9022)
54Andrew Cooper (Mid Cheshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has considered the potential merits of publishing the updated UK hydrogen strategy before the end of July 2026.(9289)
55Andrew Cooper (Mid Cheshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the industries which can only be decarbonised by switching to hydrogen energy.(9290)
56Andrew Cooper (Mid Cheshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of required pace of hydrogen network rollout to aid industrial decarbonisation in order to (a) meet the UK’s decarbonisation targets and (b) avoid a potential adverse impact on viability as industries come into scope of CBAM.(9291)
57Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which species of conservation concern will be covered by the forthcoming legislation to ban the import of hunting trophies.(9187)
58Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made about the [i] effectiveness of the potential means of enforcement of the prohibition on children being left unsupervised with banned breeds, and [ii] the consequences to the dog owner for the child being left unsupervised.(9135)
59Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost of re-issuing exemption certificates following the removal of the requirement for third-party public liability insurance for owners of exempted banned dog breeds from 1 July 2026.(9137)
60Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she made of the potential availability of a replica third-party public liability insurance scheme for owners of exempted dogs, following the Companion Club's announcement of withdrawal of its cover.(9138)
61Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May to Question 2168 on Dogs: Insurance, what discussions she had with the Dogs Trust, the Devolved Governments and the insurance sector on the development of a replacement insurance scheme to the Dogs Trust Companion Club.(9139)
62Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of non-monetised industry costs in the 2018 Nutrient Profiling Model's impact assessment on levels of cost for food manufacturers.(8984)
63Adrian Ramsay (Waveney Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of publishing her Department's report, tatus of Defra’s critical systems to 2030 and beyond.(9186)
64Jack Rankin (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of products designed to circumvent the definition of single-use vapes under current regulations.(9284)
65Jack Rankin (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the ban on single-use vapes on levels of vape-related litter and waste.(9285)
66Jack Rankin (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the ban on the sale and supply of single-use vapes since its introduction.(9286)
67Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the budget allocated to the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 in meeting demand from farmers seeking to enter the scheme.(9142)
68Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what transitional arrangements will be available to farmers with expiring Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier agreements who are unsuccessful in securing an SFI 2026 agreement.(9143)
69Hannah Spencer (Gorton and Denton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 3739, how many allegations of piglet thumping were investigated by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) in each of the last 3 years; and if she will take steps to record data on prosecutions in a way that would enable cases to be identified.(9266)
70Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 27 April 2026 to Question 126609 on ICF Consulting Services: Equality, whether biological men who are non-binary are counted towards the KPI; and what was the policy purpose of a KPI target for contractors on the number of non-binary staff.(9023)
71Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether any Memorandums of Understanding and other non-legally binding agreements that do not have the status of a treaty have been agreed by (i) her Department and (ii) its Arm’s Length Bodies with (a) foreign governments, (b) local, regional and state-level government tiers of foreign countries and (c) supranational organisations since 4 July 2024.(9085)
72Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 3444 on Animal Experiments, what recent engagement has she had with counterparts in Sweden to explore collaboration on the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods.(9274)
73Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the road safety risk posed by drivers who continue to hold a valid driving entitlement while having accumulated 12 or more penalty points for speeding offences.(8985)
74Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving licences were revoked or refused following medical assessments by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each of the last five years; and how many such cases there were in each year, broken down by age band.(9305)
75Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what statutory powers or legal obligations underpin the current employment and remuneration model for Coastguard Rescue Officers; and whether any changes to that model have been made following recent court judgments.(9306)
76Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment she has made of the treatment of (a) Coastguard Rescue Officers and (b) other Category 1 emergency responders under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.(9307)
77Alice Macdonald (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with stakeholders on steps to regulate airport drop off charges.(9188)
78Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the Department for Transport and (b) local and regional authorities on bus connectivity to East-West Rail (Bletchley to Cambridge section) in the context of the Oxford Cambridge Growth corridor.[Transferred] (8749)
79Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department maintains an internal Outcome Delivery Plan.(9167)
80Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to publish her Department’s Outcome Delivery Plan for 2025-26.(9168)
81Rebecca Paul (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role hydrogen for transport will play in the updated Hydrogen Strategy.(9227)
82Rebecca Paul (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential role of hydrogen-powered vehicles in decarbonising hard-to-electrify transport modes.(9228)
83Rebecca Paul (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with counterparts in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on coordinating low-carbon hydrogen production and end-use demand within the transport sector.(9229)
84Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department has had with (a) Buckinghamshire Council and (b) Oxfordshire County Council on the delivery of the Haddenham to Thame Greenway.(9102)
85Rebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to Question 919 from the hon. Member for South West Devon.(9312)
86Rebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to Question 3597 from the hon. Member for South West Devon.(9313)
87Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle potential barriers to progression for learners completing Level 6 architecture apprenticeships who are unable to access Level 7 apprenticeship funding due to age eligibility requirements.[Transferred] (8868)
88Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress the Department has made towards launching the pilot phase of the Disability Confident Reform Delivery Plan.(9050)
89 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of employers paying the Growth and Skills Levy recovered less than (a) 25%, (b) 50%, (c) 75% and (d) 100% of levy contributions through funded training in the latest year for which figures are available.[Transferred] (8694)
90Mike Martin (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring employers to (i) acknowledge and respond to job applications within a reasonable timeframe, and (ii) provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants; and what steps his Department is taking to support older jobseekers into employment.(9240)
91Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many aviation sector employers, representative bodies and training providers have been formally engaged by Skills England since its establishment; and on what dates those engagements took place.[Transferred] (8603)
92James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government crack down on pension scams, published on 9 June 2026, how many reports of pension scams were received by (a) Action Fraud, (b) The Pensions Regulator and (c) the Financial Conduct Authority in each of the last five years.(9218)
93James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government crack down on pension scams, published on 9 June 2026, what estimate he has made of the total financial losses arising from pension scams in each of the last five years.(9220)
94James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government crack down on pension scams, published on 9 June 2026, what estimate he has made of the number of pension savers who have lost money through transfers into Small Self-Administered Schemes in each of the last five years.(9221)
95James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many investigations into suspected pension scams are currently being undertaken by (a) The Pensions Regulator, (b) the Financial Conduct Authority and (c) other relevant authorities.(9222)
96James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government crack down on pension scams, published on 9 June 2026, what estimate he has made of the reduction in pension scam losses expected as a result of the proposed reforms.(9223)
97James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension scam prosecutions have been brought in each of the last five years; and how many resulted in a conviction.(9224)
98James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on how many transfers into Small Self-Administered Scheme pensions have taken place in each of the last five years.(9225)
99James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents of (a) Basildon, (b) Thurrock, and (c) Essex have reported being victims of pension scams in each of the last five years.(9226)
100Esther McVey (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of households in receipt of benefits made up of (a) 1 husband and 2 wives in a polygamous marriage and 6 children, (b) 1 husband and 2 wives in a polygamous marriage and 4 children, (c) 1 husband, 1 wife and 3 children, (d) a single parent with 3 children, (e) 1 husband, 1 wife and 2 children, and (f) a single parent with 2 children.(8996)
101Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the verification of the accuracy of service costs covered by both Housing Benefit and Universal Credit when paid directly to a landlord.(9257)
102Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the total value of Housing Benefit payments made for services that were either never provided or were billed above the actual cost incurred by the landlord in the 2025-26 financial year.(9258)
103Mohammad Yasin (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on bereavement-related employment support; and what assessment has been made of the potential implications of that consultation for future policy relating to the Bereavement Support Payment.(9113)
104Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help incentivise young people to enter into apprenticeship schemes in the manufacturing sector.[Transferred] (8811)
105Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions his Department has had with Treasury officials on increasing financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises with apprenticeship schemes.[Transferred] (8812)
106Richard Burgon (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed council commissioning rates for homecare to ascertain if councils are encouraging the underpayment of the National Living Wage.[Transferred] (8676)
107Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS Care Pathways and research funding for children and young people with Long COVID; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that paediatric Long COVID patients receive appropriate clinical investigation.(9268)
108Damien Egan (Bristol North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to ensure local Integrated Care Boards are giving adequate resourcing to (a) customer service, (b) complaints and (c) appeals teams.(9158)
109Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to WPQs 2849, 2850 and 2851 answered on 9 June 2026 about Steroid Drugs: Young People, if he will have discussions with UK Anti Doping on the findings of their 2026 Clean Sport Survey on trends in the use of SARMs by young people.(9087)
110Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to WPQs 2849, 2850 and 2851 answered on 9 June 2026 about Steroid Drugs: Young People, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on considering the impact of online advertising of SARMs and IPEDs in the response to the Growing up in the Online World consultation.(9088)
111Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to WPQs 2849, 2850 and 2851 answered on 9 June 2026 about Steroid Drugs: Young People, if he will ensure that issues surrounding Anabolic Steroids, IPEDs and SARMs are included in work to improve men's health literacy, as set out in the Men’s Health Strategy.(9089)
112Alice Macdonald (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to complete the assessment of NHS commissioned fertility services announced in the Women’s health strategy.(9189)
113James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the role of independent gyms in reducing demand on NHS services.(9279)
114James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on support for community-based facilities as part of preventative healthcare policy.(9281)
115Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the evidence given by the Head of UK Palantir on 8 July 2025 to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, and in particular comments that the Foundry and Gotham platforms are architecturally interoperable.(9245)
116Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether technical verification has been carried out (a) by and (b) on behalf of his Department to confirm that NHS patient data processed through Palantir Foundry cannot be transferred to other Palantir platforms.(9246)
117Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether independent technical (a) testing and (b) audit has been undertaken to assess the risk of (i) data and (ii) application interoperability between Palantir platforms used by different public bodies.(9247)
118Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contractual restrictions apply to the movement or reuse of NHS patient data processed through Palantir; whether those contractual restrictions have been independently reviewed to assess their effectiveness; and what mechanisms are in place to monitor compliance with contractual safeguards.(9250)
119Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to name the specific legal direction under section 254 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 that disapplies the National Data Opt-Out for NDIT processing by name and date.(9251)
120Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2026 to Question 128022, what the legal basis is for the processing of identifiable data prior to pseudonymisation.(9252)
121Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England received legal advice in 2024 that aspects of the Federated Data Platform lacked a legal basis.(9253)
122Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients are informed of the side effects of antidepressant medication prescriptions.(9059)
123Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is in place to manage withdrawal symptoms of patients coming off antidepressant prescriptions.(9060)
124Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with integrated care board leaders regarding the delivery of left atrial appendage occlusion in their regions.(9104)
125Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to left atrial appendage occlusion in (a) Shropshire (b) the Midlands and (c) England.(9106)
126Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 2018 Nutrient Profiling Model's impact assessment has taken account of likely consumer behaviour.(8994)
127Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of the risks posed by the reliance of the 2018 Nutrient Profiling Model's impact assessment on assumptions about consumer behaviour.(8995)
128Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the UK National Screening Committee on its decision not to recommend screening for spinal muscular atrophy.(9131)
129Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce emergency hospital admissions for people with neurological conditions for a) urinary tract infections, b) respiratory infections or c) other complications.(9133)
130Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to address variation in the proportion of people with multiple sclerosis starting a high-efficacy disease modifying therapy.(9134)
131Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the composition of the control group on the In-Service Evaluation in relation to spinal muscular atrophy screening.(9136)
132Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate levels of accountability for the potential impact of NHS reorganisation on staff, in the context of abolishing NHS England.(9239)
133Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential financial impact of dopamine agonist-related impulse control disorders on those experiencing such disorders, including through (a) gambling-related behaviours, (b) compulsive buying and (c) other routes.(9199)
134Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of dopamine agonist-related impulse control disorders and augmentation in people with restless legs syndrome and Parkinson’s disease on the economy, including effects on (a) employment and loss of earnings, (b) welfare and benefits claims and (c) mental health service use by patients and affected family members.(9200)
135Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data the Department holds on the number and proportion of dopamine agonist-treated patients with impulse control disorders who experience relationship breakdown or divorce.(9201)
136Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the level of suicides and attempted suicides among (a) people prescribed dopamine agonists who have experienced impulse control disorders, augmentation or dopamine agonist withdrawal syndrome and (b) immediate family members or co-habitants affected by the consequences of a relative’s dopamine agonist-induced impulse control disorder.(9202)
137Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data the Department holds on (a) the number and proportion of dopamine agonist-treated patients who report binge eating or marked weight gain, (b) weight and metabolic monitoring practices when dopamine agonists are started or doses increased, (c) the incidence of new-onset diabetes or serious obesity-related complications in that group and (d) how those findings affect prescribing or dose decisions.(9203)
138Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the levels of (a) sexually transmitted infections acquired in the context of dopamine agonist-induced hypersexuality and (b) unplanned pregnancies among women treated with dopamine agonists who have documented impulse control disorder-related hypersexual behaviours; and whether patients are routinely asked about current dopamine agonist use in abortion and sexual health services.(9204)
139Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is issued to clinicians on discussing in advance with patients, and where appropriate their families, how treatment should be managed if severe impulse control disorders develop while taking dopamine agonists, including the option of recording the patient’s wishes about dose reduction or discontinuation.(9205)
140Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds audit or research data on differences between neurology or movement disorder specialists and general practitioners in (a) warning patients and families about dopamine agonist-related impulse control disorders and augmentation, (b) monitoring for behavioural side effects at follow-up and (c) documenting impulse control disorders in a retrievable format for audit and research.(9206)
141Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of how dopamine agonist-related impulse control disorders and augmentation are taught and assessed in undergraduate medical education; and what postgraduate or continuing professional development training is available on dopamine agonist-related impulse control disorders, augmentation and withdrawal syndromes.(9207)
142Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the use of artificial intelligence and digital tools within the NHS and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to (a) detect potential dopamine agonist-related impulse control disorders and augmentation from prescribing and clinical records and (b) support earlier warnings and monitoring for patients at higher risk.(9208)
143Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data national bodies hold on (a) the number and proportion of people prescribed dopamine agonists who self-report impulse control disorders and (b) the number and proportion whose impulse control disorders are first reported by a family member, carer or other third party.(9209)
144Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence the Department has assessed on the number and proportion of patients who develop impulse control disorders while taking dopamine agonists and subsequently (a) continue dopamine agonist treatment and (b) are able to stop or switch treatment.(9210)
145Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence the Department has assessed on the average time from initiating a dopamine agonist, or increasing its dose, to (a) the onset or first report of impulse control disorder symptoms and (b) formal recognition and recording of dopamine agonist-associated impulse control disorders; and how those intervals vary by indication, care setting and method of detection.(9211)
146Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information national pharmacovigilance systems and clinical datasets provide on the range and relative frequency of withdrawal symptoms associated with dopamine agonist discontinuation, including anxiety, depression, autonomic symptoms, pain and craving.(9212)
147Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data the Department holds on (a) the average length of time patients remain on dopamine agonists or partial dopamine agonists for each licensed indication, (b) the proportion of patients who require dose escalation and (c) the typical timing and magnitude of such escalation.(9213)
148Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data the Department holds on the average age at (a) initiation of dopamine agonist therapy, (b) first report or diagnosis of an impulse control disorder while taking a dopamine agonist and (c) bringing a legal claim relating to dopamine agonist-associated impulse control disorders.(9214)
149Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of risk factors for dopamine agonist-induced impulse control disorders, including age, renal impairment, duration of exposure, cumulative dose, polypharmacy, pre-existing depression or anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, bipolar disorder and prior addictive or impulsive behaviours.(9215)
150Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data the Department holds on the proportion of patients with restless legs syndrome treated with dopamine agonists who have co-existing neurodevelopmental or psychiatric diagnoses, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism or bipolar disorder; and how many had documented impulse control disorders or addictive behaviours before dopamine agonist initiation.(9216)
151Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data the Department holds on the proportion of patients with restless legs syndrome alone, compared with patients with restless legs syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism or bipolar disorder, who develop new impulse control disorders or worsening pre-existing impulse control traits after dopamine agonist exposure; and whether similar data are available for Parkinson’s disease patients with those co-morbidities.(9217)
152Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on (a) the likelihood of patients who develop one dopamine agonist-associated impulse control disorder developing additional impulse control disorders and (b) the combinations of (i) hypersexuality, (ii) binge eating, (iii) compulsive shopping, (iv) compulsive gambling and (v) risky investments that are most commonly reported.(9219)
153Jack Rankin (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for publishing the consultation on the proposed retail licensing scheme for tobacco, vape, and nicotine products under the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026.(9283)
154Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) recruitment and (b) retention of NHS dentists.(9049)
155Tracy Gilbert (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether UK-produced arms are being used in a) the West Bank and b) the Gaza strip.(9230)
156Tracy Gilbert (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many export licenses for arms and defensive equipment between the UK and Israel are currently active.(9231)
157Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2026, to Question 6099, on Foreign Relations, if he will list each Non-Legally Binding Instruments that has been signed by the department and it's Arms Length Bodies since July 2024 other than those subject to the sensitive diplomatic, security or defence interest provisions.(9019)
158Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of the use of beagles supplied by MBR Acres in the United Kingdom in GLP studies conducted at UK facilities that support regulatory submissions to the United States Food and Drug Administration; and whether she plans to introduce additional regulations.[Transferred] (8692)
159Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Ministers in her Department received any (a) submissions and (b) briefings relating to the processing of asylum claims from Sudanese nationals in 2023.(9262)
160Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department made of country conditions in Sudan for the purpose of determining asylum claims in 2023; and what screening, security checks and exclusion criteria were applied before granting leave to remain to Sudanese nationals.(9263)
161Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring and safeguarding measures apply to individuals granted (a) asylum and (b) leave to remain; and whether her Department has undertaken any review of such measures since 2023.(9264)
162Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department issued any (a) guidance and (b) policy updates on the handling of asylum claims from Sudanese nationals in 2023.(9265)
163Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what operational guidance is in place for Border Force on the handling and disposal of small boats used by migrants arriving in the UK; and whether summary information on that guidance is published.(9308)
164Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the comments from Sir Mark Rowley on Times Radio on 11 June 2026, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of the decision by the Mayor of London not to adopt technology from Palantir on the level of police numbers in the Metropolitan Police.(9062)
165Luke Akehurst (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made on the impact of delays to the Defence Investment Plan, including funding for the Global Air Combat Programme, on UK defence-industrial co-operation with Italy and Japan.[Transferred] (8915)
166Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department’s contract with Palantir permits interoperability with other Palantir platforms in government; and what assurances his Department has received that systems used for live operational decision-making cannot receive data originating from NHS patient records.(9248)
167Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the population in Gaza, in the context of military reconnaissance flights.(9112)
168Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5096 on Military Aircraft: Training, if he will list the stage of the fast jet training pipeline that each trainee fast jet pilots is currently at.(9096)
169Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2026, to question 4926 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, what criteria need to be met before the second phase of delivering an improved Ajax vehicle can begin.(9116)
170Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in developing the use of machine vision for lock-on and terminal phase of one-way effectors.(9117)
171Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of defence AI learning from the Ukrainian Delta battle management system.(9275)
172Adrian Ramsay (Waveney Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing in full the Joint Intelligence Committee strategic assessment, National security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.(9185)
173Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken to publish the Defence Investment Plan on armed forces morale.(9141)
174James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding the Royal Navy plans to make available in 2026-27 to the Marine Society & Sea Cadets and to Sea Cadet units for equipment used for training.(9066)
175Luke Akehurst (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides on the role of Standing Advisory Councils for Religious Education in promoting social and community cohesion.(9297)
176Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124727 on Dedicated Schools Grant, what the estimated value is of the residual deficit across local government when the DSG Statutory Override ends in March 2028.(9004)
177Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124738 on Local Government Finance: Disadvantage, whether councils which reduce the level of deprivation in their locality will receive reduced central government funding.(9005)
178Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) he and (b) the Minister of State for Housing and Planning have attended events of the Labour Housing Group since their appointment.(9006)
179Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 21 May 2026 to Question 199, which sectors his Department plans to work with.(9007)
180Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 21 May 2026 to Question 1940 on Combined Authorities: Surrey, whether the strategic authority will have a mayor.(9008)
181Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124771, on Political Parties: Donors, what assessment has been made of whether the revenue test will prevent the transfer of assets in defunct property companies or trusts.(9009)
182Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication, High Value Council Tax Surcharge, published 19 May 2026, what is the expected value of the non-UK premium on the council tax surcharge.(9010)
183Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 19 May 2026, to Question 448, on Mayors: Public Appointments, whether there will be a public consultation on the detailed arrangements for the new misleading offence.(9011)
184Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding is being provided to local authorities in 2026-27 for authorised traveller sites following the abolition of the New Homes Bonus.(9032)
185Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled Common Ground Award 2025/26: Successful applicants, published 8 April 2026, what activities will be funded by the grant to the Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants.(9034)
186Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to (a) local authorities and (b) London boroughs providing temporary accommodation to those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness (i) outside their local authority area and (ii) outside London on whether the support of the external local authority in which they are housed is (1) required or (2) encouraged.(9039)
187Damien Egan (Bristol North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of Local Authority’s experience of introducing Article 4 Directions covering Houses in Multiple Occupation; and whether any proposals will be brought forward to simplify this process.(9161)
188James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government Actuary’s Department press release entitled Councillors in England access the Local Government Pension Scheme, published on 2 June 2026, what estimate she has made of the annual cost to local authorities of extending Local Government Pension Scheme eligibility to (a) councillors, (b) mayors, (c) deputy mayors and (d) London Assembly members.(9192)
189James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to local authorities in Essex of councillors participating in the Local Government Pension Scheme.(9193)
190Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to create a Service Charge Regulator to ensure that service charges are rigorously scrutinised for all those who have to pay them, including full renters, shared owners, and leaseholders.(9255)
191Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the SHAC 2025 review of First Tier Tribunal decisions which identified an overcharging rate of 63% in service charge accounts; and what steps he is taking to protect the public purse from systemic overcharging by social landlords.(9256)
192Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider introducing a statutory requirement for landlords to notify local authorities and the Department for Work and Pensions when a First Tier Tribunal finds they have overcharged tenants, to ensure the repayment of overpaid public funds via Housing Benefit or Universal Credit.(9259)
193Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the extent of the scrutiny gap where local authorities assume the Regulator of Social Housing monitors service charges, while the Regulator lacks a mandate to do so.(9260)
194David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what Public Works Loan Board borrowing has been given to the London Borough of Barnet since July 2024, and on what terms and purposes.(9103)
195David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the overnight visitor levy will apply to canal boats which are rented out on a short-term basis.(9105)
196Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the written answer 7796 of 11 June 2026, whether his Department has received representations from local housing authorities regarding staffing shortages in private rented sector enforcement since the passage of the Renters’ Rights Act 2026.(9118)
197Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the number of children living in temporary accommodation more than one hour from their registered school.(9122)
198Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local planning authorities currently do not have an up-to-date local plan in place.(9125)
199Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of planning applications awaiting determination beyond statutory deadlines.(9126)
200Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made by the New Towns Taskforce in identifying locations for new settlements.(9127)
201Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of social housing properties in Fylde constituency affected by damp and mould.(9128)
202Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding has been allocated to registered providers in Lancashire through the Affordable Homes Programme since July 2024.(9129)
203Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding has been provided to Lancashire local authorities for homelessness prevention in 2025-26.(9130)
204Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of enforcement capacity within Lancashire local authorities to implement the Renters’ Rights Act 2026.(9132)
205Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that national planning policy does not override locally adopted plans and that planning decisions remain accountable to locally elected authorities.(9298)
206Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to review housing targets in rural and county areas.(9299)
207Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that housing developers build out planning permissions that have already been granted by local authorities.(9300)
208Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impact of developer build-out rates on a council’s ability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply and meet the Housing Delivery Test.(9301)
209Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that infrastructure, including schools, GPs and transport links, are delivered alongside new housing developments.(9302)
210Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to increase the availability of forward funding for infrastructure required to support new housing developments.(9303)
211Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department collects data on the length of time complainants wait before a complaint is first considered by a caseworker at the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.(9107)
212Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many complaints submitted to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman were awaiting allocation for assessment for more than six months on the latest date for which figures are available.(9108)
213Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the longest period was that a complaint had been awaiting allocation for assessment by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman on the latest date for which figures are available.(9109)
214Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many complaints were awaiting allocation for assessment by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman on the latest date for which figures are available.(9110)
215Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the time taken for the allocation and investigation of complaints by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman on access to administrative justice.(9111)
216Mohammad Yasin (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to introduce a Remediation Bill.(9114)
217Bambos Charalambous (Southgate and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of additional County Court sitting hours to deal with Section 8 possession claims following the commencement of the Renters Rights Act.(9166)
218Bambos Charalambous (Southgate and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on recruiting judges to the first tier tribunal.(9172)
219Bambos Charalambous (Southgate and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of the implementation of the Renters Right's Act on the 1st May 2026 on requirements for additional sitting hours for first tier tribunals.(9173)
220Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what conversations has his Department had with the Legal Services Board over the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s ability to regulate the professional conduct of solicitors and Law firms in England and Wales.(9041)
221Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Solicitors Regulation Authority on potential steps to improve regulatory performance.(9042)
222Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department have had with the Solicitors Regulation Authority on the adequacy of the level of its resourcing.(9043)
223Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the current regulatory structure for the professional conduct of solicitors and Law firms in England and Wales.(9044)
224Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Solicitors Regulation Authority on cultural issues within the profession.(9045)
225Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the support available for trainee solicitors.(9046)
226Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Solicitors Regulation Authority on the support available for trainee solicitors experiencing issues with their training providers.(9047)
227Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Solicitors Regulation Authority on an independent assessment process for trainee solicitors.(9048)
228 NSarah Dyke (Glastonbury and Somerton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how he plans to help charities manage cashflow challenges caused by delays in receiving legacy donations.[Transferred] (8364)
229Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful civil claims for damages have been brought against public bodies in relation to family court proceedings in each of the last five years; and what the total value of compensation paid was.(9310)
230Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful compensation claims have been made against the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in each of the last five years; and what the total value of damages awarded was.(9311)
231Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5130 on HMP Leyhill: Prison Accommodation, what progress has he made in delivering the 100 additional places at HMP Leyhill under the Rapid Deployment Cells Programme.(9145)
232Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the trialling of artificial intelligence in Immigration and Asylum Tribunals that will allow judges to transcribe case notes and alleviate admin pressures, what specific safeguards are in place to ensure accuracy.(9150)
233Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding claims in the County Court Business Centre (Northampton) (a) for which the latest data is available and (b) were there on 1 June 2025.(9160)
234Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members does each of the Ministry of Justice's staff networks have.(9162)
235Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department paid to Stonewall in 2024/25 and 2025/26.(9163)
236Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with political parties in Northern Ireland on the a) knife attack on Monday 8 June and b) violence and disorder on Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 June 2026.(9191)
237Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps her Department is taking to increase rural productivity.(9070)
238Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is being taken to help support the hospitality sector in South Shropshire constituency.(9072)
239Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to facilitate the answering of written Parliamentary Questions by Hon Members about operational matters of (a) the Financial Conduct Authority and (b) Bank of England, by copying or depositing the reply from those public bodies via the sponsoring Minister.(9053)
240Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office has an Automated Valuation Model for England for council tax purposes.(9033)
241Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Valuation Office has made of the number of hereditaments on the 2026 Rating List in the (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) leisure sectors with a Rateable Value of above £500,000.(9035)
242Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason HMRC levies VAT on cladding repairs by social housing providers without counting them as costs of completing the original building work.(9036)
243Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled High Value Council Tax Surcharge, published 19 May 2026, whether the deferral scheme will apply to liabilities under the existing council tax system for such dwellings subject to the surcharge.(9037)
244Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Effects of the business rates retail, hospitality and leisure multipliers and high-value multiplier, published 26 November 2025, what is the breakdown of the £270 million cost in each of (a) 2026-27, (b) 2027-28 and (c) 2028-29; and whether that analysis includes behavioural affects.(9038)
245 NSarah Dyke (Glastonbury and Somerton): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing Charity ISAs to support long-term funding for the charity sector.(9054)
246Damien Egan (Bristol North East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department are taking to (a) ensure the compliance of (i) home and (ii) travel insurance firms with their legal obligations and (b) improve consumer protections related to (A) home and (B) travel insurance.(9157)
247Damien Egan (Bristol North East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason Companies House is using Authorised Corporate Service Providers as an alternative method for HMRC contact.(9159)
248James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rates on the financial viability of independent gyms.(9276)
249James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the fitness and leisure sector on business rates policy.(9277)
250James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rate relief for independent gyms on levels of a) physical activity and b) public health.(9278)
251Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will discuss with the Comptroller and Auditor General the potential merits of a National Audit Office investigation into the level of payments out of the public purse to landlords attributable to inaccurate service charge demands.(9261)
252Kate Osborne (Jarrow and Gateshead East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the length of time Credit Reference Agencies retain information on defaults; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of limiting that length of time, including to support people seeking to recover their financial standing.(9095)
253Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Financial Conduct Authority has made of the impact of their three-month contract with Palantir on (a) ethical risk, (b) reputational risk, (c) supplier dependency, (d) public trust, (e) national security and (f) digital sovereignty.(9090)
254Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has received a (a) data protection impact assessment, (b) social value assessment, (c) human rights assessment, (d) supplier dependency assessment and (e) digital sovereignty assessment conducted by the Financial Conduct Authority in relation to its contract with Palantir.(9091)
255Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms exist to prevent Palantir from learning, retaining or reusing Financial Conduct Authority (a) investigative workflows (b) financial crime typologies (c) intelligence methodologies and (d) risk indicators.(9092)
256Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Conduct Authority has adequate in-house technical capability to supervise Palantir’s access to sensitive regulatory intelligence data and methods.(9093)
257Euan Stainbank (Falkirk): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to 13.167 of the Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations, if she will provide a list of the identity documents that can be requested by service providers seeking to confirm the biological sex of someone seeking to access a single sex space.(9244)
Questions for Answer on Tuesday 16 June
Questions for Written Answer
1 NSarah Bool (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Google Classroom and YouTube within schools on children.(9269)
2 NSarah Bool (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the frequency of (a) inappropriate, (b) violent and (c) age-inappropriate content encountered by teachers and pupils while using YouTube for instructional purposes during live lessons.(9270)
3 NSarah Bool (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the (a) time spent in schools watching YouTube content and (b) associated revenue earned by YouTube.(9271)
4 NSarah Bool (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the risk of behavioural data collected via Google Classroom and school-managed Google accounts being utilised to refine algorithmic profiles on consumer-facing Alphabet services, such as YouTube.(9272)
5 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) whether she has made an assessment of the potential financial impact on families with children who are younger than nine months old on the start date of childcare, who therefore do not qualify for funded childcare for their first term, and (b) what alternative financial support is available for such families.(9184)
6 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure off grid users of energy (a) are protected by Ofgem and (b) benefit from energy price caps in the same way as grid customers.(9288)
7 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will consider making community benefits mandatory for all solar and BESS projects currently under consideration.(9304)
8 NMr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any recommendations from the Animal Welfare Committee's report entitled The welfare impacts on pigs of high concentration CO2 gas stunning and of potential alternative stunning methods, published on 16 October 2025, have been implemented.(9052)
9 NAndrew Griffith (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many premises in Arundel and South Downs constituency were included in the original Project Gigabit contract awarded to CityFibre for East and West Sussex; and how many premises are now out of scope for a fibre connection following changes to the programme.(9094)
10 NSarah Bool (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the contribution that reducing speeding offences will need to make to achieving the Government’s target of reducing the number of people killed or seriously injured on roads in Great Britain by 65% by 2035.(9280)
11 NAlex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to provide details of the scheme on the reimbursement mechanism for the Summer Free bus fares for children initiative to operators.(9243)
12 NJerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 6390 on Euston Station: Finance, what contingency measures her Department has put in place to deliver HS2 Euston if a public-private partnership is not secured.(9057)
13 NKerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what housing cost support is available for young apprentices living independently.[Transferred] (8013)
14 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of Universal Credit obtained a higher education qualification in the five years preceding their claim.(9063)
15 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance obtained a higher education qualification in the five years preceding their claim.(9064)
16 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of Employment and Support Allowance obtained a higher education qualification in the five years preceding their claim.(9065)
17 NHelen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to integrated care boards on the funding of community services.(9148)
18 NSir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to the Government of Russia on the prosecution of (a) Jehovah’s Witnesses and (a) other religious groups under extremism legislation in the last 12 months.(8982)
19 NJim Allister (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department received representations from (a) political parties and (b) political representatives to support the asylum claim of Hadi Alodid.(9287)
20 NAdrian Ramsay (Waveney Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to a) remove the requirement for the Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner post to be filled, b) provide for the necessary functions of that role to be carried out by the County Council Police and Crime Panel prior to the abolition of the Police and Crime Commissioner post in 2028, and c) ensure that the Council Police and Crime Panel have the necessary i) support ii) recourses to undertake these additional tasks.(9236)
21 NAdrian Ramsay (Waveney Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the merits of holding a by-election for the role of Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner ahead of the abolition of that role in 2028; and what estimate she has made of the costs of doing so.(9237)
22 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of incidents reported to Report Fraud that were not taken forward for investigation over Report Fraud's first three months of operation.(9180)
23 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of incidents reported to Report Fraud have been categorised as Romance Fraud.(9181)
24 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) whether the amount of money that an individual loses as a victim of fraud is a criterion used to decide whether to take an incident reported to Report Fraud forward for investigation.(9182)
25 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to review the approach taken in handling reported incidents of romance fraud to the Police.(9183)
26 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the establishment of a Boxer Mechanised Infantry Regiment for a) vehicles and b) soldiers.(9058)
27 NDr Danny Chambers (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the new planning process laid out entitled ‘Roll out of the new plan-making process’ guidance updated on March 6 with the plan for boundary changes – especially the boundary changes for LPAs – outlined for Hampshire and the Solent in Local Government Reorganisation on March 26.(9273)
28 NSir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026, what is the planned commencement and implementation date for the provisions on Supplementary Vote in relation to (a) Police and Crime Commissioner elections and by-elections and (b) council mayor elections and by-elections, and whether there will be further secondary legislation in this regard.(8998)
29 NLisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the level of the threat posed by Russia to UK elections.[Transferred] (900448)
30 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled AI tech ambition to deliver smarter justice for victims, published on 9 June 2026, if he will list the companies involved in developing the AI legal assistants.(9155)
31 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Ministry of Justice has provided any funding to any of its staff networks in the past year.(9179)
32 NJim Allister (North Antrim): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to list chronologically the dates, the amounts and the purposes, of each new Barnett Consequential allocation made by the Treasury in relation to Northern Ireland from 1 January 2020 until the present.(9242)
33 NAlex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department made representations to the Bank of England on changes to banknote design and imagery.[Transferred] (8625)
Questions for Answer on Wednesday 17 June
Questions for Written Answer
1 NMichael Wheeler (Worsley and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s consultation document entitled Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts, published on 2 June 2026, what his Department's definition is of an adequate baseline level of security and predictability in relation to the hours threshold.[R] (9194)
2 NMichael Wheeler (Worsley and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's consultation document entitled Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts, published on 2 June 2026, what estimate his Department has made of weekly earnings associated with guaranteed-hours thresholds of (a) 8, (b) 12, (c) 16 and (d) 20 hours per week; and whether those earnings are considered adequate to provide income security.[R] (9195)
3 NMichael Wheeler (Worsley and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s consultation document entitled Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts, published on 2 June 2026, whether the Government modelled the impact of a higher hours threshold than 20 hours per week.[R] (9196)
4 NMichael Wheeler (Worsley and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s consultation document entitled Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts, published on 2 June 2026, whether the Government has conducted an assessment of the impact of an hours threshold of 8-20 hours on workers.[R] (9197)
5 NMichael Wheeler (Worsley and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s consultation document entitled Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts, published on 2 June 2026, which businesses his Department met with during the preparation of the consultation.[R] (9198)
6 NGraham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays to the renewed Hydrogen Strategy on the UK hydrogen technology supply chain.(8991)
7 NGraham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure the timely delivery of the Hydrogen Allocation Round 2 scheme by end of 2026.(8992)
8 NGraham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to move projects shortlisted under the second Hydrogen Allocation Round to the Invite to Offer stage of negotiations.(8993)
9 NTessa Munt (Wells and Mendip Hills): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of the 20th April 2026 to Question 124082, how many of the 3277 shipments referenced in her response as having taken place between the 28th October 2025 and 2nd February 2026 had exceeded the sixteen week deadline for the submission of post-shipment information as of the 30th April 2026; and of that number how many have not supplied geo-tagged photographic information within the sixteen week window.(9000)
10 NTessa Munt (Wells and Mendip Hills): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of the 20th April 2026 to Question 124082, how many of the 548 shipments referenced in her response as having taken place between the 28th October 2025 and 2nd February 2026 which had exceeded the sixteen week deadline for the submission of post-shipment information by the 30th March 2026 and had not provided any information have subsequently provided the post shipment information required.(9001)
11 NTessa Munt (Wells and Mendip Hills): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her answer of the 25th February to question 113532, how many of the 14 exporters or brokers referenced who had been issued with a warning notice have subsequently come into compliance and provided the post-shipment information required.(9002)
12 NTessa Munt (Wells and Mendip Hills): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her answer of the 25 February to question 113532, how many exporters or brokers who failed to comply with the requirement to provide post shipment information within the revised sixteen week deadline have now been issued with a prohibition or stop notice by the Environment Agency.(9003)
13 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the consultation on mandatory health and welfare proposals will consider (a) increasing responsibilities on animal owners owners and (b) making animal seizure and prosecution easier for local authorities.(9238)
14 NMr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will set out the key performance indicators her Department uses to assess changes in the level of performance for train operators following nationalisation; and whether she has set targets for improvement.(9232)
15 NJerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a list of externally procured training programmes used by civil servants in her Department between 5 July and 31 December 2024.(9169)
16 NJerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what expenditure has been incurred to date on the introduction of the Great British Railways brand; what estimate she has made of the cost of implementing that brand across the rail network; how much of that expenditure relates to (i) train repainting and livery, (ii) station signage, (iii) staff uniforms, (iv) marketing and communications, (v) digital services and ticketing applications and (vi) consultancy and design services; and over what period those costs will be incurred.(9170)
17 NJerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's Main Estimate 2025-26, whether the forecast £464.6 million reduction in net subsidy to Train Operating Companies relative to 2024-25 will be achieved; and what contingency plans are in place should passenger revenue fall below forecast levels.(9171)
18 NDr Caroline Johnson (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ICB clustering on patient voice and the efficacy of Local Healthwatch.(9051)
19 NDr Caroline Johnson (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse has been of the use of external management consultants in the planning and delivery of i) the restructuring of his Department, ii) the abolition of NHS England and iii) changes to ICBs.(9164)
20 NDr Caroline Johnson (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisations, bodies, trade unions and other stakeholders have been (a) provided with advance sight of and (b) briefed on the contents of the forthcoming Workforce Plan.(9165)
21 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has she made of the number of spouses and children of current or former service personnel who have paid for Indefinite Leave to Remain since 5th July 2024.(9067)
22 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she plans to publish the next Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules.(9068)
23 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for delivering the pledge to waive Indefinite Leave to Remain fees for the spouses and children of current and former service personnel.(9069)
24 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry to the Hon. Member for Huntingdon during the Urgent Question on the Defence Investment Plan on 10 June 2026, by when will he write to the Hon. Member detailing the number of MOD contracts a) cancelled or b) allowed to expire since 1 April 2026.(9061)
25 NMr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the financial savings arising from local government reorganisation.(9233)
26 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes with planning permission remain unbuilt in (i) Lancashire and (ii) Fylde constituency.(9119)
27 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of affordable housing delivered in the last year was provided through Section 106 agreements.(9120)
28 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to local authorities of providing temporary accommodation in 2025–26.(9121)
29 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of landlords who have exited the private rented sector since July 2024.(9123)
30 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impact of the abolition of section 21 notices on the availability of rental accommodation.(9124)
31 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the trialling of artificial intelligence in Immigration and Asylum Tribunals that will allow judges to transcribe case notes and alleviate admin pressures, what specific admin pressures is it being used to alleviate.(9149)
32 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the trialling of artificial intelligence in Immigration and Asylum Tribunals that will allow judges to transcribe case notes and alleviate admin pressures, to confirm whether it will be used in tribunals involving sex offenders.(9151)
33 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled AI tech ambition to deliver smarter justice for victims, published on 9 June 2026, what safeguards will be put in place to ensure AI legal assistants will be accurate and avoid citing non-existent cases.(9156)
34 NRuth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 121139, when does her Department plan to publish its consultation on introducing a new ISA product for first time buyers.(9040)
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
1Dr Lauren Sullivan (Gravesham): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 17 June.(900466)
2Frank McNally (Coatbridge and Bellshill): (900467)
3Sarah Owen (Luton North): (900468)
4Matt Vickers (Stockton West): (900469)
5Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): (900470)
6John Whitby (Derbyshire Dales): (900471)
7Dr Beccy Cooper (Worthing West): (900472)
8Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): (900473)
9Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): (900474)
10Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): (900475)
11Bradley Thomas (Bromsgrove): (900476)
12Yuan Yang (Earley and Woodley): (900477)
13Josh Babarinde (Eastbourne): (900478)
14Anna Gelderd (South East Cornwall): (900479)
15Chris Vince (Harlow): (900480)
Questions for Answer on Thursday 18 June
Questions for Written Answer
1 NEmma Lewell (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2026 to Question 6751, what sanctions are placed on water companies if they do not provide Ofwat with their regular monitoring reports.(8999)
2 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has should demand from farmers seeking to enter the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 and those wishing to replace expiring Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier agreements exceed the available budget.(9097)
3 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out a forward plan for the Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier scheme offers for 2027 and 2028.(9098)
4 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an Sustainable Farming Incentive option that supports farmers to produce protein crops, including peas and beans.(9099)
5 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the delays in the processing of applications for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier on the level of environment protection, including in the most sensitive landscapes.(9100)
6 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that those who farm on common land are given equitable and swift access to the Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier.(9101)
7 NOlly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential long-term impact of the funding cuts of £162 million proposed by the Science and Technology Facilities Council on the astronomy and space science sectors.(9292)
8 NOlly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to retain specialist staff in the space research and development sector.(9293)
9 NOlly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of previous research grant cuts on UK space research and development.(9294)
10 NFabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the penalty points system in deterring repeat speeding offenders.(8986)
11 NFabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of speeding offenders who commit additional motoring offences.(8987)
12 NSarah Owen (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of average waiting times between GP referral for suspected musculoskeletal conditions and receipt of MRI scans in Luton.(9152)
13 NSarah Owen (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce delays in access to diagnostic imaging for patients experiencing severe pain and inability to work while awaiting MRI scans.(9153)
14 NSarah Owen (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of value for money of current arrangements with private providers delivering NHS diagnostic services.(9154)
15 NFabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Pakistani counterpart regarding the unrest and internet shutdown in Azad Kashmir.(8983)
16 NTony Vaughan (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide an update on the progress of the Asylum Accommodation Programme pilots.(9174)
17 NTony Vaughan (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the procurement timeframe will be for contracts providing asylum accommodation to replace the existing agreements that expire in 2029.(9176)
18 NJim Allister (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) formal and (b) consistent medallic recognition for service personnel who were (i) killed and (ii) injured while not deployed on named operations whose sacrifice is directly attributable to their service to the Crown.(9282)
19 NTony Vaughan (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made in allocating the £500 million of funding to local authorities to deliver asylum accommodation under the Asylum Accommodation Programme pilots.(9175)
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
1Andrew George (St Ives): What recent discussions she has had with her Greek counterpart on mutual exchanges of cultural artefacts.[R] (900493)
2Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): What steps her Department is taking to help support the heritage and listed buildings sector.(900494)
3Tessa Munt (Wells and Mendip Hills): What steps she is taking to help ensure children from less privileged backgrounds can access music and dance training.(900495)
4Peter Fortune (Bromley and Biggin Hill): What steps her Department is taking to help support grassroots sport.(900496)
5John Whitby (Derbyshire Dales): What steps her Department is taking to increase funding for UNESCO World Heritage Sites.(900497)
6Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What recent discussions she has had with the Charity Commission on Iran-linked charities operating in the UK.(900498)
7Ian Byrne (Liverpool West Derby): What recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing an inquiry on harmful media practices.(900499)
8Sarah Green (Chesham and Amersham): What steps she is taking to help support creative industries.(900500)
9Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): What steps she is taking to help ensure the sustainability of the BBC’s long-term funding.(900501)
10Sarah Smith (Hyndburn): What steps her Department is taking to increase the number of places that young people can go to outside school.(900502)
11Pete Wishart (Perth and Kinross-shire): What steps her Department is taking to publish the draft ticket tout ban bill.(900503)
12Aphra Brandreth (Chester South and Eddisbury): What steps her Department is taking to help support the tourism and leisure sectors.(900504)
13Jeff Smith (Manchester Withington): What steps her Department is taking to help support UK artists touring in Europe.(900505)
14Jonathan Davies (Mid Derbyshire): How many expressions of interest her Department has received in the Places of Worship Renewal Fund.(900506)
15Clive Jones (Wokingham): What steps her Department is taking to help support grassroots sports clubs.(900507)
16Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): What steps she is taking to help support grassroots sports facilities.(900508)
17David Williams (Stoke-on-Trent North): What steps her Department is taking to ensure that young people have an adequate level of influence on spending outlined in the National Youth Strategy.(900509)
18Jas Athwal (Ilford South): What funding her Department is providing to help increase levels of participation in grassroots sport.(900510)
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
T 1Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.(900511)
T 2Peter Swallow (Bracknell): (900512)
T 3Andrew Lewin (Welwyn Hatfield): (900513)
T 4Pete Wishart (Perth and Kinross-shire): (900514)
T 5Jonathan Davies (Mid Derbyshire): (900515)
T 6Patricia Ferguson (Glasgow West): (900516)
T 7Tony Vaughan (Folkestone and Hythe): (900517)
T 8Chris Bloore (Redditch): (900518)
Oral Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission and the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners and the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission and the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
1Shockat Adam (Leicester South): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church of England has made of the potential impact of the Government of Israel’s policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories on the adequacy of access to religious institutions.(900481)
2Ms Julie Minns (Carlisle): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent assessment the Commission has made of the adequacy of polling station provision for blind and visually impaired voters.(900482)
3Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to reduce the number of cleaning products used on the Parliamentary Estate that are not certified as cruelty-free.(900483)
4Daniel Francis (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to ensure that churches are accessible for disabled people.(900484)
5John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to increase the proportion of UK-sourced food served in catering venues.(900485)
6Torcuil Crichton (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what financial support is available for school parties visiting the House of Commons from constituencies that necessitate an overnight stay in London.(900486)
7Chris Vince (Harlow): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to help support families with the cost of living.(900487)
8Douglas McAllister (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how parishes can apply for the Places of Worship Renewal Fund.(900488)
9Tom Rutland (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission has made an assessment of the potential impact of closure of the Education and Engagement Outreach Team on schools.(900489)
10Laura Kyrke-Smith (Aylesbury): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to support Christians in Palestine.(900490)
11Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what discussions he has had with the National Audit Office on its role in examining value for money in local government reorganisation.(900491)
12Ben Goldsborough (South Norfolk): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to ensure that rural churches are aware of the Places of Worship Renewal Fund.(900492)
Questions for Answer on Monday 22 June
Questions for Written Answer
1 NTonia Antoniazzi (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that charities for women and girls have updated their charitable purposes in line with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers of 16 April 2025.(9140)
2 NChris Hinchliff (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to (a) accelerate the reform of the F-Gas Regulation to phase down hydrofluorocarbons and (b) publish a National Cooling Action Plan.(9267)
Questions for Answer on Thursday 25 June
Questions for Written Answer
1 NRobin Swann (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to WPQ7894, answered 11 June 2026, when was the last reported case of Cochliomyia hominivorax, in the UK.(9254)