Questions Tabled

Published – Wednesday 8 July 2026

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 8 July

Questions for Written Answer

1Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2026 to question 10063 on Intelligence Services: Recruitment, for what reason are white candidates not eligible to apply for the MI5, MI6 and GCHQ Summer Intelligence Internship.[Transferred] (16155)

2Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding to Mountstewart Gardens to help enable Mountstewart to take her place as a UNESCO world heritage site.[Transferred] (15962)

3Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the proposed working group on independent and smaller creative organisations will consider measures to improve access to licensing and rights management mechanisms for visual artists, ceramicists, and other creators.[Transferred] (16014)

4Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the proposed working group on independent and smaller creative organisations will consider measures to prevent the unauthorised use of copyright-protected works by AI systems.[Transferred] (16015)

5Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether representatives of the visual arts sector will be included in the membership of the working group on independent and smaller creative organisations.[Transferred] (16016)

6Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has given to awarding compensation to individuals impacted by forced adoptions.[Transferred] (16342)

7Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with the Department for Work and Pensions, to increase funding for music tuition for children from low-income families to match increases in the cost of lesson tuition at school music schools.[Transferred] (15961)

8Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what fiscal steps she is taking to improve transport connectivity in North Staffordshire.[Transferred] (16213)

9Douglas McAllister (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department’s policies on UK -India trade discussions of the continued detention of British national Jagtar Singh Johal.[Transferred] (16127)

10Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of automatic planning permission for extending helipad operation hours at major trauma hospitals.[Transferred] (16313)

11Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that hospital helipads are protected from (a) planning and (b) operational restrictions.[Transferred] (16315)

12Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is he taking to help expand and maximise blue and green spaces in urban areas to improve climate resilience.[Transferred] (16010)

13Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of management firms misrepresenting themselves as insurers when contacting consumers following road traffic accidents on consumers; and whether she has discussed this practice with the Solicitors Regulation Authority.[Transferred] (16105)

14Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2026 to question 13286 on Defence: Procurement, on what date the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report will be published.[Transferred] (16158)

Questions for Answer on Thursday 9 July

Questions for Written Answer

1Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Solicitor General, Pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2026, to Question 4139, on Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness, if she will publish the most recent quarterly efficiency report submitted to HM Treasury by HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate as a non-ministerial department.(16503)

2David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Solicitor General, on how many occasions the Law Officers have been consulted by government departments on the lawful use of emergency powers in the context of civil emergency planning in the last 12 months.[R] (16798)

3Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure the timely administration of estates when someone has died intestate.(16409)

4Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing time limits for making a claim on the estate of someone who has died intestate.(16410)

5Dr Zubir Ahmed (Glasgow South West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that civil servants who have suffered financial hardship as a result of Capita's administration of the civil service pension scheme are fully compensated, and at whose expense.(16734)

6Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, How many claims have been brought under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 since July 2024, relating to which public body in each case, and how many have succeeded.(16497)

7Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Whether UK Statistics Authority and Office for Statistical Regulation staff are civil servants and bound by the Civil Service Code.(16498)

8Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2026, to Question 10650, on Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure, and with reference to the answer of 6 January 2025, to Question 21256, on Government: Policy, if he will provide a relevant hyperlink to the published transparency data on the Plan for Change costs, in line with the approach set out by the Leader of the House on 30 January 2025, to Question 25857, on Written Questions: Government Responses.(16499)

9Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2026, to Question 11152, on Civil Service: Facilities Agreements, what was the aggregate monetary cost of the facility time to the Civil Service in 2023-24 on which the 0.04% figure are based; and what was the average percentage figure for 2024-25.(16500)

10Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, With reference to the Cabinet Office Second Headquarters 2030 Strategy, published in June 2026, on what occasions in the last 12 months have Cabinet Office Ministers substantively worked from the Glasgow office.(16501)

11Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2026, to Question 10654, on Defence: Finance, what is the definition of critical infrastructure used as part of the 1.5% NATO target that the Government uses; and whether there is a longer guidance note on what spending is and is not included.(16502)

12Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the role of maintaining multiple, independent communications platforms in strengthening the UK’s national resilience – particularly those not dependent on fixed broadband.[R] (16466)

13Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what role he considers broadcast infrastructure plays in ensuring that the Government can communicate with the public during national emergencies.[R] (16467)

14Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of how the public will receive critical information in the event of widespread and prolonged broadband or power outages.[R] (16468)

15Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether alignment of EU and UK clean technology standards are a subject of discussion of the EU-UK Reset negotiations.(16374)

16Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 1718 of National Highways: Expenditure, whether the National Highways public affairs contract was approved by the Cabinet Office.(16608)

17Danny Kruger (East Wiltshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which external providers have been awarded contracts to support or conduct work for the recently announced Review into the Organisation, Performance and Transformation of the Permanent Civil Service; and if he will list the (a) name of each supplier, (b) financial value, (c) precise scope of work, and (d) procurement route utilised for each contract.(16618)

18Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will consider the implementation of enabling powers within the European Partnership Bill to support a future UK-EU youth mobility scheme for young professionals.(16701)

19Danny Kruger (East Wiltshire): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what were the dates of any determinations made by the Church Commissioners in accordance with its duty under section 2(1) of the National Institutions Measure 1998 during the last ten years; what were the amounts of income determined on each occasion, what were the periods applicable to each determination, what were the amounts of income distributed to the Archbishops' Council during each period in accordance with this duty and what steps were taken to ensure that these income distributions were and are being applied in accordance with the statutory restriction at section 2(3) of that Measure.(16619)

20Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help prevent pub closures in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.[R] (16463)

21Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support the creation of jobs for young people in East Grinstead and Uckfield.[R] (16464)

22Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of trends in employment levels in the retail sector in East Grinstead and Uckfield.[R] (16465)

23Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Fair Work Agency's fair work assembly includes representation from organisations working with marginalised workers such as young women.(16508)

24Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for the membership and terms of reference for the Fair Work Agency's fair work assembly.(16509)

25Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his department is taking to ensure the Fair Work Agency hears the voices of marginalised workers, including young women, in its decision making and advisory processes.(16510)

26Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Fair Work Agency is taking to ensure its first enforcement strategy addresses the specific barriers faced by marginalised workers, including young women, in accessing their employment rights.(16511)

27Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has appointed staff from outside the civil service other than special advisers since July 2024.(16366)

28Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, in relation to his Department’s review of Responsible Business Conduct, if he will (i) set out the process and timeline for completion and (ii) whether he plans to publish the review.(16459)

29David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the resilience of UK supply chains for critical minerals was last formally reviewed by his Department; and what the findings of that review were.[R] (16799)

30David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has a specific budget to support a) small and b) medium-sized businesses in developing business continuity plans for major disruption.[R] (16800)

31Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to protect workers from being filmed without consent while carrying out their duties and having that footage published on social media.(16717)

32Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a Guest Beer Agreement in England and Wales, similar to the Guest Beer Agreement already in place in Scotland.(16412)

33Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on pub trade of introducing a Guest Beer Agreement in England and Wales.(16413)

34Alison Taylor (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure SMEs in Paisley and Renfrewshire North are being kept up to date and receiving practical guidance on trading with the USA in a rapidly changing trade and tariff environment.(16682)

35Alison Taylor (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps are being taken to improve trade between the UK and the USA and in particular what steps are being taken to seek improvements on trade with the USA, wherever UK Exporters remain on less favourable terms than their competitors in the European Union.(16683)

36David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department last conducted a resilience test of public service broadcasting infrastructure against the scenario of a national telecommunications network failure.[R] (16801)

37 NGareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress she has made on establishing a working group on independent and smaller creative organisations on the impact of AI on creators, and when she expects the working group to hold its first meeting.[Transferred] (16013)

38Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the findings of the National Literacy Trust’s report entitled Children and young people’s reading in 2026 relating to children’s reading enjoyment.(16828)

39Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire will begin offering free breakfast clubs from September 2026.(16367)

40Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of data from ADR UK on multiple temporary exclusions of pupils and the criminal justice system, published in April 2026.(16373)

41Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of student loan liabilities on (a) disabled students and (b) students who withdraw from university due to ill health.(16658)

42Terry Jermy (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of Welsh ALN reforms; and what steps she is taking to ensure that requirements for schools and settings to produce Individual Support Plans does not discourage the identification and support of children and young people with SEND.(16782)

43Terry Jermy (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support children who do not meet the criteria for Specialist Provision Packages but require direct and ongoing support.(16783)

44Terry Jermy (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguards will be put in place to ensure children and young people who lose their EHCP under the transition to the new system are still provided with specialist provision.(16784)

45Adrian Ramsay (Waveney Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many how many schools closed as a consequence of extreme heat in the week commencing 22 June 2026.(16778)

46David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of schools in England have a business continuity plan that has been reviewed in the last 12 months.[R] (16802)

47Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to swimming and water safety education for primary school pupils.(16719)

48Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a cap on profits on the availability of children's social care placements.(16647)

49Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of ending the Primary PE and Sport Premium on the provision of PE, extra-curricular sport and physical activity in primary schools, including where schools have used that funding to employ sports apprentices or coaches.(16575)

50Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of whether the PE and School Sport Partnerships Network will provide equivalent school-based support to that previously funded through the Primary PE and Sport Premium, including the delivery of PE lessons, after-school clubs, sports teams and swimming provision.(16576)

51Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to provide direct funding to primary schools to enable them to continue employing sports apprentices, coaches or other staff to support PE and extra-curricular sport following the end of the Primary PE and Sport Premium.(16577)

52Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of replacing school-based PE funding with partnership-based provision on children whose participation in organised sport is limited by financial barriers, transport availability or a lack of local sports provision.(16578)

53Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken an equality impact assessment of the decision to end the Primary PE and Sport Premium.(16579)

54Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider introducing a maximum safe indoor temperature standard for nurseries and early years settings.(16694)

55Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of cooling and heat-management systems in nurseries and early years settings during periods of extreme heat.(16695)

56Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider providing funding to support nurseries in upgrading older buildings to make them safer during hot weather.(16696)

57Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to issue guidance on the indoor temperatures at which nurseries and early years settings become not safe for young children.(16697)

58Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate has been made of the potential cost impact of the UK ETS and domestic carbon pricing mechanisms on the cost of UK domestic flights between 2026 and 2050.(16609)

59Esther McVey (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what meetings a) Ministers and b) officials in his Department have had with i) local authorities and ii) private sector companies on the Peak Cluster project.(16395)

60Margaret Mullane (Dagenham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his department is taking to ensure transitional support for the landfill gas to energy sector will be in place when the Renewables Obligation for LFGTE expires on 31 March 2027.(16757)

61Margaret Mullane (Dagenham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the expiry of the Renewables Obligation for LFGTE on the Methane Action Plan.(16758)

62David Smith (North Northumberland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made on upgrading smart meters in North Northumberland constituency.(16736)

63Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing support to park home residents for energy efficiency upgrades to their homes, in the context of eligibility challenges of park homes for the Warm Homes Local Grant.(16411)

64Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to publish guidance on how the Office for Nuclear Regulation will balance facilitating economic growth with maintaining independent regulatory oversight.(16638)

65Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what timetable has been set for implementing the lead regulator model referred to in the Office for Nuclear Regulation Strategy 2026.(16639)

66Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the number of additional inspectors and specialist staff the Office for Nuclear Regulation will require to deliver its Strategy 2026.(16640)

67Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed revisions to the Office for Nuclear Regulation's charging model on nuclear operators of different sizes.(16641)

68Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of cybersecurity risks associated with the increased use of digital technologies by the Office for Nuclear Regulation.(16642)

69Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to increase grid capacity to enable a reduction in wind curtailment.(16698)

70Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4274 on Clean Air Zones, whether the new air quality targets in the Environmental Improvement Plan are legal limit values for the purposes of the Clean Air Zone policy.(16610)

71Dr Neil Hudson (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been provided to abattoirs through the Smaller Abattoir Fund since July 5th 2024.(16615)

72Ben Lake (Ceredigion Preseli): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2026 to Question 2218 Seeds: Imports, what measures is the government taking to safeguard domestic agriculture and horticulture from the risk of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and invasive species from imported into the UK via seeds sourced from online marketplaces.(16504)

73Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of residential properties expected to be lost to coastal erosion in the next five years by local authority area.(16711)

74Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications to the Farming Recovery Fund were (a) received, (b) approved and (c) paid; and what the total value is of payments made under the scheme.(16715)

75Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping maintained by the Environment Agency reflects the most recent available assessment of coastal erosion risk; and if she will make a statement on the timetable for its next update.(16716)

76Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to correspondence reference MC2026/09208/NA, what assessment he has made of the potential impact pEPR rules being for glass distributors on (a) costs to consumers and (b) levels of plastic packaging by those distributors.(16454)

77David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department last assessed the resilience of UK food supplies to a simultaneous disruption affecting major food-exporting countries; and what the findings of that assessment were.[R] (16803)

78David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department last assessed the resilience of water supplies in England; and what the findings were.[R] (16804)

79David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the National Drought Group last reviewed drought preparedness plans; and what the findings were.[R] (16805)

80David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms her Department has in place to maintain the supply of food to the population in the event of a major disruption to food supply chains, including (a) formal agreements with major retailers and food producers, (b) trigger points for government intervention and (c) contingency logistics and distribution arrangements.[R] (16806)

81David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the condition and capacity of food storage infrastructure used to support food security.[R] (16807)

82Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme to include the agricultural sector.(16401)

83Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on the availability of fertiliser.(16402)

84Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the availability of nitrogen fertilisers.(16403)

85Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to tackle rural crime.(16404)

86Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the transition away from direct payment schemes for farmers on a) food production and b) business viability.(16405)

87Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure an integrated approach to agricultural payment scheme timelines and application windows.(16406)

88Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage greater transparency for farmers on the price of fertiliser and red diesel.(16407)

89Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support farmers with increased electricity standing charges.(16408)

90Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has had discussions with a) the Ministry of Defence, and b) the Home Office, on plans to restrict the use of ammunition containing lead for commercial purposes at a time after the EU's decision to exclude bullets from its own regulations.(16415)

91Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's proposals to restrict the use of ammunition containing lead for commercial purposes on domestic demand for ammunition containing lead.(16416)

92Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of derogations from proposals to restrict the use of ammunition containing lead for commercial purposes on levels of domestic demand.(16417)

93Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce wildfires.(16418)

94Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will conduct a review of the Heather and Grass Management Code 2025 and assess the impact of a) grazing, b) mowing, and c) controlled winter burns on i) the prevalence and ii) the severity of wildfires on moorland.(16419)

95James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the annual tonnage of Air Pollution Control Residues arising from energy from waste plants.(16581)

96James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what projection she has made of the annual tonnage of Air Pollution Control Residues arising from energy from waste plants by 2030.(16582)

97James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the tonnage of Air Pollution Control Residues committed to landfill in the most recent year for which data is available.(16583)

98James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the tonnage of Air Pollution Control Residues committed to non- landfill treatments in the most recent year for which data is available.(16584)

99James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the annual tonnage of Air Pollution Control Residues used as a stabiliser to dehydrate dredgings under Section 43 (5) of the Finance Act 1996.(16585)

100James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the surplus market capacity within non-landfill treatment sites for the processing of additional Air Pollution Control Residues.(16586)

101Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Policy paper: “Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods”, published on 11 November 2025, what progress she has made on increasing investment in alternative methods.(16739)

102Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of how the UK’s communications infrastructure would perform in maintaining mass public communications in the event of a large-scale cyber-attack on broadband networks.[R] (16469)

103Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of how the UK’s communications infrastructure would perform in maintaining mass public communications in the event of a national power outage.[R] (16470)

104Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits for cyber resilience of maintaining communications systems with differing architectures and modes of delivery.[R] (16471)

105Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans her Department has in place to ensure continuity of mass public communications during prolonged disruption to IP-based networks.[R] (16472)

106Peter Fortune (Bromley and Biggin Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions to Science and Technology Facilities Council programmes on university physics departments.(16732)

107Peter Fortune (Bromley and Biggin Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with the Institute of Physics and the Royal Astronomical Society on reductions to Science and Technology Facilities Council programmes.(16733)

108Dr Allison Gardner (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of potential impact of online Com Networks on the online safety; and what information her Department holds on what enforcement action has been taken against online platforms to regulate content posted by these networks.(16781)

109Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to ensure that the planned social media ban for under-16s will have robust blocks in place to avoid circumvention.(16371)

110Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 11617, what her planned timeline is for the regulatory acceptance of alternatives in pharmacokinetic and cardiovascular safety studies involving dogs; and what interim metrics are being used to measure canine reduction before the publication of the performance framework.(16381)

111Cat Smith (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will meet with LightAware to discuss digital exclusion for light-sensitive people.(16453)

112Mrs Elsie Blundell (Heywood and Middleton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the funding required to meet the targets in the third cycling and walking investment strategy, and if she will make a statement.(16661)

113Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what statutory mechanisms are in place for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency to audit and physically verify the completion and quality of safety-critical vehicle recalls.(16775)

114Cat Eccles (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that individuals are not subject to (a) penalties, (b) enforcement action, and (c) adverse decisions as a result of Royal Mail delivery delays affecting correspondence from the DVLA (i) in the Stourbridge constituency and (ii) elsewhere.(16771)

115Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the recent heatwave on the punctuality of trains across the national rail network; and what steps she has taken to ensure passengers receive timely delay compensation.(16372)

116Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Oxfordshire County Council press release, "Council secures injunction to protect communities", of 23 June 2026, whether her Department has had discussions or correspondence with Oxfordshire County Council on the removal of flags from lampposts.(16598)

117Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 13259, on National Highways: Expenditure, which company or supplier provided the public affairs contract; if she will publish the contract and work specification; and for what reason an external public affairs contract was required in addition to the in-house staff.(16599)

118Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 13237, on Department for Transport: Public Relations, and with reference to the answer of 30 January 2025, to Question 25857, on Written Questions: Government Responses, if she will provide relevant hyperlinks to each of the live contracts in this area of spending.(16600)

119Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2026, to Question 3822, on Department for Transport: Public Relations, if she will name the public affairs firms or contractors who have been used since July 2024 by Office for Rail and Road, and the associated cost to the public purse.(16602)

120Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2026, to Question 4260, on Department for Transport: Lanyards, what was the business case for purchasing the branded lanyards.(16603)

121Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations has the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety made to Ministers since July 2024 on 20 mph zones.(16604)

122Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether HM Government has received representations from the Mayor of London on the GLA taking control of suburban rail services (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London.(16606)

123Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161 on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by the Department since the Government Chief Commercial Officer letter was sent; on what items, and at what cost.(16611)

124Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 13228, what metrics her Department will use to assess whether train operators in public ownership are delivering for passengers; and whether she plans to publish performance against those metrics.(16612)

125Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 12032, whether the public interest assessment was made on a case-by-case basis or as a general policy in respect of all flights funded for non-UK nationals.(16518)

126Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated annual operating cost of the Euston Delivery Company will be once established as a public body.(16519)

127Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects the outline planning application for the redevelopment of Euston to be submitted.(16520)

128Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Euston Masterplan will set out the anticipated number of (a) homes and (b) affordable homes to be delivered.(16521)

129Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 13561 on the Restoring Your Railway Fund, how much funding was spent on each individual scheme supported through the Restoring Your Railway programme; and what stage each scheme had reached at the point the programme was closed.(16522)

130Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 15007 on Network Rail: Biodiversity, what guidance Network Rail has issued to its own staff on managing the impact of seasonal ecological survey windows and protected species licensing requirements on project delivery.(16523)

131Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 14121 on Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries, what assessment her Department has made of the impact on investor confidence of announcing a review of the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate before its conclusion.(16524)

132Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the principal causes of continued short-formed rail services; whether her Department has modelled rolling stock availability over the next five years; what assessment her Department has made of the impact of (a) infrastructure and (b) maintenance constraints on rolling stock availability; and whether she plans to publish her Department’s long-term fleet planning assumptions.(16446)

133Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of reasons for (a) postponing and (b) cancelling planned statistical publications; whether Ministers have received advice identifying concerns regarding (i) data quality, (ii) methodology and (iii) digital systems; whether revised publication timetables have been agreed; and whether she will publish the internal assessments informing those decisions.(16447)

134Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department maintains a register of statistical publications considered to be at risk of delay; how many official statistical publications are classified as high risk; whether additional resources have been allocated to address those risks; and if she will publish that information.(16448)

135Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 13039 on Aviation: Antisocial Behaviour, whether her Department holds information on the number of passengers who have been (a) refused carriage and (b) banned from future travel by UK airlines due to disruptive or unruly behaviour in each of the last five years.(16634)

136Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes have been made of the remuneration of coastguards in the last 12 months.(16637)

137Joe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any monitoring visit to a British Overseas Territory since 4 July 2024 identified non-compliance with maritime safety or security requirements; and what follow-up action was taken in each case.(16747)

138Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 13301 on Air Routes, what specialist workforce shortages her Department has identified that could affect delivery of the Airspace Modernisation Strategy.(16550)

139Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department consulted the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee on the final draft of the statutory guidance entitled Floating Bus Stops: Provision and Design Guidance, published on 26 January 2026.(16551)

140Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 11818 on Airspace, whether she has made an estimate of the cumulative additional CO₂e emissions resulting from delays to the implementation of Free Route Airspace against the original planned implementation timetable.(16557)

141Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 13039 on Aviation: Antisocial Behaviour, whether her Department collects data on the number of passengers removed from aircraft prior to departure due to disruptive or unruly behaviour.(16558)

142Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026, to Question 1718, of National Highways: Expenditure, what company or contractor provided the public affairs services for National Highways.(16559)

143Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2026, to Question 1543, on Department for Transport: Public Relations, if she will name each public relations company that has provided services since July 2024.(16560)

144Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to use the powers contained in the Highways (Finance) Bill to introduce user charging or tolls on any road that is currently free to use.(16561)

145Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving examiners ceased to practice in June 2026.(16565)

146Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test centres recorded the maximum waiting time of 24 weeks for a practical car test in each month since March 2026.(16566)

147Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for driving licence applications in June 2026.(16567)

148Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 14998 on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and British Overseas Territories, what the purpose and principal outcomes were of each monitoring visit undertaken since 4 July 2024.(16568)

149Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance or expectation exists for the Health and Safety Executive to seek specialist input from the Office of Rail and Road when exercising its enforcement functions in relation to guided bus systems.(16684)

150Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance or expectation exists for the Health and Safety Executive to seek specialist input from the Office of Rail and Road when exercising its enforcement functions in relation to guided bus systems.(16685)

151Dr Zubir Ahmed (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people with autism to access employment, including through making recruitment processes more accessible and expanding work placement opportunities.(16735)

152Alex Brewer (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of instances where a Managed Payment to Landlord has been requested before a claimant's first Universal Credit payment but the housing element was nevertheless paid directly to the claimant; and what proportion of Managed Payment to Landlord requests are implemented before the claimant's next scheduled Universal Credit payment.(16749)

153Alex Brewer (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) compensation and (b) redress is available to landlords who incur rent arrears as a result of (i) delays and (ii) administrative errors in implementing Managed Payments to Landlords.(16750)

154Cat Eccles (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are in place to ensure that recipients of Universal Credit, State Pension and other DWP support are not financially disadvantaged by delayed postal communications, including in Stourbridge constituency.(16768)

155Cat Eccles (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure current Royal Mail delays do not affect people's ability to comply with his Department's deadlines.(16769)

156Cat Eccles (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure current Royal Mail delays do not affect people's access to payments.(16770)

157Dr Allison Gardner (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the Hardship Fund to all members eligible to receive civil service pensions.(16780)

158Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure consultations on disability benefits reforms are accessible for disabled people.(16506)

159Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policies on helping disabled people into appropriate employment.(16507)

160Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has been made of (a) the total capital cost of the Workplace Transformation programme, (b) expected annual savings arising from the programme, (c) the payback period, (d) consultancy expenditure associated with implementation, (e) whether programme risk registers have identified significant delivery risks; and if he will publish that analysis.(16449)

161Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what investigations are undertaken by the Child Maintenance Service into paying parents who are suspected of having undeclared income.(16455)

162Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what further steps he is taking to close potential loopholes in Child Maintenance that allow paying parents to avoid the agreed payments if they are paid in cash.(16456)

163Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence is required to establish if paying parents are failing to disclose their full income; and what action the Child Maintenance Service takes if it is proven.(16457)

164Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department is taking to reduce A&E wait times in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) England.(16539)

165Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of A&E capacities in England.(16540)

166Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of long A&E wait times on older patients.(16541)

167Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the gap between breast cancer outcomes in the most and least deprived areas.(16450)

168 NAnn Davies (Caerfyrddin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Future of Food Regulation programme on Wales.[Transferred] (16221)

169Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure consistent access across Integrated Care Boards to non-hormonal menopause treatments, including fezolinetant.(16569)

170Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether national guidance has been issued to Integrated Care Boards on the prescribing of fezolinetant following its approval for NHS use.(16570)

171Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of levels of regional variation in access to fezolinetant across England.(16571)

172Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance exists on shared care arrangements for patients seeking to transition from privately obtained medication to NHS prescriptions where those treatments later become available on the NHS.(16572)

173Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients are not disadvantaged when accessing NHS care after accessing treatment privately due to a previous lack of NHS availability.(16573)

174Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with NHS England on access to fezolinetant within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board.(16574)

175Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people with symptoms of breast cancer are not dismissed by healthcare professionals because of their age.(16741)

176Sarah Hall (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the final statutory guidance under the Down Syndrome Act 2022 provides clear expectations on Down syndrome-specific training for professionals working with people with Down syndrome.(16709)

177Sarah Hall (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021.(16710)

178Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has appointed staff from outside the civil service other than special advisers since July 2024.(16368)

179Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce cardiology waiting lists in Lincolnshire.(16370)

180Peter Lamb (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent fraud by GP Consortia.(16789)

181Peter Lamb (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans exist for replacing outdated scanning machines as part of the programme for doubling capacity.(16790)

182Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's current timetable is for delivering the replacement James Paget Hospital in Great Yarmouth.(16714)

183Sarah Owen (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS Trust community engagement following the removal of the statutory requirement for Councils of Governors in the Ten Year Health Plan.(16547)

184Manuela Perteghella (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to clinical trials for patients with pancreatic cancer by ensuring that eligible patients are automatically identified and referred to appropriate clinical trials; increase access to personalised treatment through routine tumour profiling and testing, where clinically appropriate; and increase funding for pancreatic cancer research, including the development of new treatments and the expansion of clinical trials, to improve survival outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer.(16704)

185Adrian Ramsay (Waveney Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many critical incidents were declared by NHS trusts as a consequence of extreme heat, in the week commencing 22 June 2026.(16776)

186Adrian Ramsay (Waveney Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the trends in the level of excess deaths as a consequence of extreme heat, in the week commencing 22 June 2026.(16777)

187David Smith (North Northumberland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the UK National Screening Committee to publish its recommendation following the consultation on newborn screening for metachromatic leukodystrophy; and when Ministers expect to make a decision on whether to add metachromatic leukodystrophy to the newborn blood spot screening programme.(16738)

188Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve community-based glaucoma services across England.(16563)

189Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to address the postcode lottery in community glaucoma care across regions in England.(16564)

190Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the representation of people with lived experience among respondents to the call for evidence for the Mental Health Strategy.(16655)

191Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the NHS online GP booking service, Anima, for patients.(16809)

192Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the NHS online GP booking service, Anima, with specific reference to people experiencing mental health conditions.(16810)

193Harpreet Uppal (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce guidance for public health research funders to ensure a geographical distribution of funding.(16766)

194Harpreet Uppal (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regional allocation of health research funding; and what steps he is taking to address differences in funding per head.(16767)

195James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to make Enhertu breast cancer drugs available to the NHS.(16587)

196James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with AstraZeneca and Diiachi Sankyo on making Enhertu breast cancer drugs viable for introduction to the NHS.(16588)

197James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing Enhertu for use in the NHS.(16589)

198Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to written question 11338 on Folic Acid, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the policy on prostate cancer rates and fetal death rates.(16699)

199John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Laotian counterpart on the protection of Christian converts and other religious minority communities in that country.(16394)

200Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in her Department have had discussions with Inter Mediate on the British Indian Ocean Territory since July 2024.(16364)

201Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made representations to the Government of Israel on the (a) detention, (b) welfare, and (c) legal status of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, including reports that he has been held without charge and subjected to torture and medical neglect.(16811)

202Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of reports of the (a) torture, (b) mistreatment, and (c) denial of adequate medical care, of Palestinian detainees held in Israeli custody.(16812)

203Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the use of generic service licences for animal experiments, granted without identification of the specific substance to be tested, and what steps she is taking to ensure that a robust harm-benefit analysis is undertaken before such licences are authorised.(16590)

204Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of forged shotgun licences used to purchase shotguns in England in the last five years.(16451)

205Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the use of forged shotgun licences in England.(16452)

206Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the retention, review and deletion of historic non-crime hate incident records following the replacement of the non-crime hate incident system.(16712)

207Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of polygraph testing as a tool for assessing and managing the risk posed by terrorist-connected offenders.(16713)

208 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government intends to use a Crown Development Order in relation to proposals to use Site A at MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation.[Transferred] (16359)

209Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of (a) the additional number of closure orders expected each year, (b) the number of police officers and local authority staff required to administer proposed changes, (c) the cost to police forces and local authorities of implementation and (d) regional variations in expected use of the powers.(16437)

210Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of longer closure orders on (a) lawful businesses operating from shared premises, (b) residential occupants and(c) landlords and leaseholders; whether she has received legal advice on proportionality and human rights compatibility; and if she will publish any Equality Impact and human rights assessment prepared in relation to the proposals.(16438)

211Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the full-time equivalent staffing headcount of Border Force was at (a) the Port of Dover, (b) Eurotunnel Folkestone and (c) Eurostar St Pancras International in each year since 2024.(16764)

212Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of (a) Eurotunnel Folkestone, (b) Eurostar at St Pancras International and (c) the Port of Dover regarding the (i) installation and (ii) operation of Entry/Exit System (EES) registration kiosks since the full implementation of the EES.(16765)

213Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department defines the statutory term scientifically satisfactory under Section 2A of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 as being legally dependent upon formal regulatory (a) validation and (b) acceptance by international bodies.(16379)

214Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for project licenses involving canines were refused by her Department in the last 12 months on the sole basis that a scientifically satisfactory (a) method and (b) testing strategy was already available.(16380)

215Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith and Chiswick): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect and support the mental health of asylum seekers housed in military accommodation.(16391)

216Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith and Chiswick): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of legal aid provision for refugees required to reapply for Leave to Remain every 30 months; and what additional funding she plans to provide in light of the shortage of immigration legal aid practitioners.(16392)

217Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 25 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.(16686)

218Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 26 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.(16687)

219Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 27 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.(16688)

220Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 28 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.(16689)

221Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 29 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.(16690)

222Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 30 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.(16691)

223Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to support people applying for settlement via the UK Ancestry route who miss the deadline to renew their permission due to complex personal circumstances, such as health issues.(16808)

224Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on 3 June 2025, HC 523, whether the Department plans to publish a written update on progress with actions relating to a) Police Forces, b) mobile network operators and c) device manufacturers.(16703)

225Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety has any Parliamentary permission, charter or authorisation to use the word Parliamentary in its title.(16607)

226Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an estimate of the value of UK defence exports that could be supported through programmes developed under the Multilateral Defence Mechanism.(16729)

227Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage UK defence manufacturers to participate in programmes established through the Multilateral Defence Mechanism.(16730)

228Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the number of major contracts awarded this year will exceed the average of the last 10 years.(16525)

229Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in the establishment of a Multilateral Defence Mechanism between UK, Finland, and the Netherlands.(16526)

230Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investments are Japan and Italy making into the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).(16527)

231Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected rollout date is for the 12 next-generation of SSN-AUKUS (SSN-A) nuclear powered conventional attack submarines.(16528)

232Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected rollout date is for the 13-strong fleet of submarine hunting frigates.(16529)

233Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what does the partnership with Germany on the deep precision strike weapons entail.(16530)

234Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will the new amphibious combined fleet with the Netherlands include.(16531)

235Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what capabilities the MOD is planning to disinvest in that no longer align with the evolving strategic context.(16532)

236Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the change to a Hybrid Navy Fleet, if the UK will continue to have an evacuation capability provided by destroyers.(16533)

237Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what date will the Hybrid Navy Fleet be operational.(16534)

238Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what systems will be developed with the £230m allocated to seabed warfare.(16535)

239Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the £1.1bn for Autonomous Mine Hunting Capability will be matched equally by France.(16536)

240Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the investment value for AUKUS Pillar 2.(16537)

241Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what systems he expects to develop with the £310m on Project CORVUS.(16538)

242James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled High-Speed boats and new drones for elite commando force under defence investment plan, published on 28 June 2026, when will the new high-speed Commando Insertion Craft enter service.(16473)

243James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled High-Speed boats and new drones for elite commando force under defence investment plan, published on 28 June 2026, how many high-speed Commando Insertion Crafts will be procured in the (a) current and (b) next Parliament.(16474)

244James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled High-Speed boats and new drones for elite commando force under defence investment plan, published on 28 June 2026, how much of the £500 million to be spent on the UK Commando Force will be spent on the new high-speed Commando Insertion Craft.(16475)

245James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, how much will be spent on the procurement of the six Common Combat Vessels in the (a) current and (b) next Parliament.(16476)

246James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, when will the first Common Combat Vessel enter service.(16477)

247James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, when the Type 91 uncrewed missile platforms will be in service.(16478)

248James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, how much has been spent on the delivery of the Type 91 uncrewed missiles platforms as of 29 June 2026.(16479)

249James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, how much will be spent on the delivery of the Type 91 uncrewed missiles platforms in the (a) current and (b) next Parliament.(16480)

250James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, when the Type 92 uncrewed underwater sensing platforms will be in service.(16481)

251James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, how much has been spent on the delivery of the Type 92 uncrewed underwater sensing platforms as of 29 June 2026.(16482)

252James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, how much will be spent on the delivery of the Type 92 uncrewed underwater sensing platforms in the (a) current and (b) next Parliament.(16483)

253James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, how many Type 92 uncrewed underwater sensing platforms will be delivered for the Royal Navy.(16484)

254James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, when the Type 93 Extra-Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles will be in service.(16485)

255James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, how much has been spent on the delivery of the Type 93 Extra-Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles as of 29 June 2026.(16486)

256James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, how much will be spent on the delivery of the Type 93 Extra-Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles in the (a) current and (b) next Parliament.(16487)

257James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, how many Type 93 Extra-Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles will be delivered for the Royal Navy.(16488)

258James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, when the Type 94 uncrewed sensor platforms will be in service.(16489)

259James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, how much has been spent on the delivery of the Type 94 uncrewed sensor platforms Vehicles as of 29 June 2026.(16490)

260James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitle, At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, how much will be spent on the delivery of the Type 94 uncrewed sensor platforms in the (a) current and (b) next Parliament.(16491)

261Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of Armed Forces pension scheme provisions which limit survivor pension entitlement for spouses who married former service personnel after they had left service; and whether he plans to review Armed Forces pension scheme provisions.(16660)

262Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 11755, what circumstances have previously been regarded as constituting a justifiable business requirement for making reference to a candidate's protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010 in employer input on suitability for military appointments or promotions; and, for each such circumstance, what protected characteristic was considered.(16613)

263James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 11099 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles, how many of the 700 Jackal vehicles in use across the British Army and Royal Marines are (a) Jackal 2, (b) Jackal 3 and (c) Coyote by service.(16752)

264James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 759 on Russia: Shipping, if he will provide an exact number.(16753)

265James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what operational surface-to-surface anti-ship capability the Royal Navy will possess at sea by December 2026.(16754)

266James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of how many of the (a) Type 26 (b) Type 45 will be fully fitted and cleared to deploy the Naval Strike Missile by the end of 2026.(16755)

267Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications have been made to the LGBTQ+ Independent Impact Panel; how many have been determined; and how many remain outstanding.(16591)

268Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the application deadline of 12 December 2026 will allow all eligible veterans sufficient opportunity to apply for restorative measures.(16592)

269Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he has yet met with Fighting With Pride to discuss the LGBTQ+ Financial Recognition Scheme.(16593)

270Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advertising campaigns are planned during the final six months of the Financial Recognition Scheme.(16594)

271Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2026 to question 14531 on Typhoon Aircraft, what the breakdown is of the £4.3bn excluding the £1.1bn allocated for upgrading the Typhoon fleet.(16664)

272Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the policy paper entitled The Defence Investment Plan Funding explainer, published on 30 June 2026, what the £2.4 billion under Treasury support for ongoing international objectives and more efficient defence procurement applies to.(16665)

273Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 46, how many offshore support vessels he plans to procure in conjunction with Norway.(16666)

274Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the composition is of the AI Expert Advisory Group’s membership.(16667)

275Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 35, under what project name AI for underwater dominance is being developed.(16668)

276Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 39, by when he plans to deliver the Defence Strategic Approach to AI.(16669)

277Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what items of a) uniform and b) equipment were manufactured by Cooneen Defence between 2018 and 2023.(16671)

278Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full scope is of Project Wavell.(16672)

279Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on delivering Tranche 1 of the Pan Defence Skills Framework.(16673)

280Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 35, under which programme name is the Land AI C2 concept being developed.(16676)

281Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 23 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, what is the common synthetic environment.(16677)

282Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 25 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, what is the £5.5 billion Digital Backbone budget for after the £420 million for improving the underpinning connectivity and infrastructure that supports a UK sovereign Digital Targeting Web.(16678)

283Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 28 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, by when will he double the number of the Sky Sabre air defence missile systems operated by the Army.(16679)

284Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to what extent are Projects ASGARD, BOYD, NEXUS and all elements of the Digital Targeting Web designed to be complementary and interoperable.(16680)

285Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 26 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, how many Type 93 extra-large uncrewed underwater vessels (XLUUV) does he intend to build for the Royal Navy.(16681)

286Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total defence budget allocation is for the current financial year.(16427)

287Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to ensure value for money in procurement of military equipment.(16428)

288Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the level of readiness of UK armed forces equipment.(16429)

289Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of the capability of the armed forces to respond to emerging threats.(16430)

290Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to improve recruitment and retention in the UK armed forces.(16431)

291Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support is provided to armed forces personnel experiencing mental health challenges.(16432)

292Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of levels of diversity and inclusion among service personnel.(16433)

293Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to support military families during overseas deployments.(16434)

294Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many companies in Great Britain currently manufacture centrefire ammunition at a commercial scale.(16414)

295Melanie Ward (Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to the development of skills required by the defence industry in Fife.(16740)

296Dr Beccy Cooper (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on private renters of letting agents and landlords declining to provide tenancy references until a tenant has served notice on their existing tenancy.(16773)

297Dr Beccy Cooper (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider taking steps to increase protections for private renters during the process of moving between tenancies, including in relation to tenancy references and the requirement to serve notice on an existing tenancy before a new tenancy is secured.(16774)

298Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, other than special advisers if his Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.(16369)

299Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an estimate of the number of retirement village properties that remain unsold following the (a) death and (b) transfer into care of the leaseholder; and whether he plans to bring forward measures to protect families from ongoing service charges, ground rents and other property-related costs while such properties remain on the market.(16659)

300 NRachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Value for Money Review of homelessness spending will include analysis of the cost-effectiveness of Housing First models.[Transferred] (16001)

301Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance exists to help ensure that building managers do not rely on welfare checks, curtain-management or the provision of fans as substitutes for addressing underlying building performance or overheating issues in specialist retirement housing.(16625)

302Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent guidance his Department has issued to help ensure that local planning authority requirements for traditional building aesthetics are not cited by developers as a reason for not meeting the optional accessibility standard in Approved Document M4(2).(16626)

303Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the consumer protections available to purchasers of new-build homes where a developer rejects a formal complaint about the performance of a building element or fixture without undertaking a physical site inspection.(16627)

304Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help improve transparency in developer communications in the retirement housing sector.(16628)

305Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have requested (a) Exceptional Financial Support, (b) capitalisation directions and (c) other forms of financial assistance during 2026–27; what estimate his Department has made of the value of those requests; how many remain under consideration; and whether the Department has made an assessment of the cumulative funding gap facing those authorities.(16441)

306Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the principal causes of failed residential property transactions; whether his Department has modelled the potential impact of the proposed reforms on fall-through rates; what estimate his Department has made of the potential financial savings to (a) buyers and (b) sellers; and whether his Department has completed regional modelling.(16442)

307Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department plans to take to implement the proposed home buying reforms; what estimate his Department has made of the potential costs of the reforms to (a) local authorities, (b) HM Land Registry, (c) conveyancers and (d) mortgage lenders; and whether his Department has prepared a programme risk register.(16443)

308Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of additional environmental health officers and enforcement staff local authorities will require to exercise the new enforcement powers under the Renters’ Rights Act; what estimate his Department has made of associated funding requirements; and whether his Department has identified councils at greatest risk of insufficient enforcement capacity.(16444)

309Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of civil penalties expected to be issued under the new Renters Rights enforcement regime during each of the next three years and (b) the revenue local authorities are expected to receive from those penalties; and whether his Department has taken steps to model landlord compliance rates.(16445)

310Margaret Mullane (Dagenham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his department has made of the potential impact the expiry of the Renewables Obligation for LFGTE on 31 March 2027 on local authority finances.(16759)

311Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions had with housing associations on their responsibilities to shared ownership tenants.(16458)

312Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the average cost to the public purse of a parliamentary by-election.(16492)

313David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with metro mayors on the potential impact of a referendum on council tax thresholds on council tax precepts.(16623)

314David Smith (North Northumberland): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration has been given to ensuring equitable permitted development rights for homeowners for properties that were originally built with stepped rear elevations.(16737)

315Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the £300 million High Streets Innovation Fund will be allocated.(16648)

316Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what standards will form part of the proposed Neighbourhood Guarantee.(16650)

317Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether compensation will be payable to owners where councils exercise powers to take over empty high street premises.(16652)

318Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what changes the Government is considering to simplify the Right to Manage process for social housing tenants.(16653)

319Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a legal requirement that vape shops cannot operate near schools.(16622)

320Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the impact assessment for the statutory Private Parking Code of Practice will be completed; and what the maximum parking cap and debt recovery fee for motorists will be.(16700)

321Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ensure people convicted of sexual offences are excluded from early release provisions.(16794)

322Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, other than special advisers if his Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.(16365)

323Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the revised Victims’ Code; what estimate he has made of additional staffing requirements across police forces, the Crown Prosecution Service and victim support services; whether implementation has been assessed by police force area; and if he will publish the implementation plan and associated costings.(16439)

324Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has established baseline data measuring compliance with the Victims’ Code; what performance indicators will be used to assess the revised Code; and whether any internal assessment has identified organisations at greatest risk of non-compliance.(16440)

325Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to support the rehabilitation of offenders with drug or alcohol dependencies.(16420)

326Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of levels of gaps in access to legal aid for family law cases.(16421)

327Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to improve legal representation for individuals with mental health conditions.(16422)

328Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of court closures on access to justice in rural areas.(16423)

329Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to improve support for victims and witnesses in the justice system.(16424)

330Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of electronic monitoring tagging schemes for offenders.(16425)

331Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what measures are being taken to protect sensitive court and prison data from cyber threats.(16426)

332Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he will publish an implementation plan for the recommendations contained in the Trowler Review.(16643)

333Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who will chair the YCS Safeguarding Oversight Board and how its members will be appointed.(16644)

334Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff working in youth custodial settings have current Disclosure and Barring Service checks.(16645)

335Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how local authorities, NHS bodies and safeguarding partnerships will be involved in implementing the recommendations of the Trowler Review.(16646)

336Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Ozempic injections intended for use by prisoners have been found in prisons in the past year.(16630)

337Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of revised Green Book guidance on the regional distribution of public funding across England over the next five years.(16723)

338Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to publish annual data on the geographical distribution of projects approved under the revised Green Book guidance.(16724)

339Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of the revised Green Book guidance on infrastructure investment decisions affecting rural communities.(16725)

340Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Multilateral Defence Mechanism on inward investment into the UK defence sector.(16726)

341Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of UK participation in the Multilateral Defence Mechanism.(16727)

342Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Multilateral Defence Mechanism on economic growth.(16728)

343Jonathan Davies (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the ongoing First Time Buyer ISA consultation, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of improving the Lifetime ISA product rather than creating a new product.(16748)

344James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what estimate she has made of the additional customs revenue expected to be generated by accelerating the removal of customs duty relief.(16813)

345James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the reforms on online retailers.(16814)

346James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the reforms on imports from online marketplaces based in China.(16815)

347James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the reforms on the volume of low-value imports.(16816)

348James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what assessment she has made of whether the implementation date of October 2028 provides sufficient protection for UK retailers.(16817)

349James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what discussions she has had with representatives of UK retailers on the implementation date.(16818)

350James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what estimate she has made of the number of overseas businesses that currently fail to comply with UK VAT obligations when selling through online marketplaces.(16819)

351James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the current online marketplace VAT regime in preventing tax avoidance.(16820)

352James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what estimate she has made of the reduction in business rates liabilities for (a) pubs, (b) restaurants, (c) hotels and (d) other high street businesses resulting from the reforms.(16821)

353James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what metrics will be used to assess the success of the reforms in supporting high street businesses.(16822)

354James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the reforms on consumer prices.(16823)

355James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the reforms on the competitiveness of UK-based online retailers.(16824)

356James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what estimate she has made of the number of low-value parcels imported into the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.(16825)

357James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what estimate she has made of the amount of customs duty foregone through the low-value import relief in each of the last five years.(16826)

358James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what discussions she has had with international counterparts on tackling tax avoidance by overseas online marketplaces.(16827)

359Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs has completed an Equality Impact Assessment for proposed lower-value debt recovery powers; what assessment she has made of the potential impact of those powers on (a) disabled people, (b) Universal Credit claimants and (c) other vulnerable taxpayers; what criteria HMRC plans to use when determining vulnerability; and how many vulnerable taxpayers will be within the scope of the proposals.(16435)

360Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has received (a) legal advice on the compatibility of the proposed lower-value debt recovery powers with the European Convention on Human Rights, (b) a programme risk register, (c) advice on reputational risks arising from the proposals, (d) external legal advice on implementation and (e) contingency plans should recovery rates fall below forecast.(16436)

361Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Child Benefit system in the context of modern shared parenting arrangements where a child spends substantial time living with both parents.(16785)

362Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has undertaken a review of the legislation governing Child Benefit payments to assess its adequacy in the context of modern family structures, including separated parents who share the day to day care of their children.(16786)

363Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing alternative financial support or tax relief for parents who provide substantial shared care for their children but are not the recipient of Child Benefit.(16787)

364Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has considered allowing Child Benefit to be split between two parents in cases where there are established shared care arrangements.(16788)

365Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT from swimming lessons for children.(16718)

366Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the benefit-in-kind tax treatment of used company vehicles on employees on lower incomes; and whether she has assessed whether calculating benefit-in-kind liabilities using the original P11D list price represents an effective approach to employment taxation.(16562)

367Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget has been allocated to the Access to Banking Services Review.(16656)

368James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration she has given to amending Section 43 (5) of the Finance Act 1996 such that materials added for the purposes of dehydrating dredgings are subject to the lower rate of landfill tax.(16580)

Questions for Answer on Monday 13 July

Questions for Written Answer

1 NJerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of people who were employed in the automotive manufacturing sector in each month since May 2026 up to and including the most recent month for which figures are available.(16515)

2 NDame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with HM Revenue and Customs on the operation of steel tariff quotas since 1 July 2026.(16397)

3 NDame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has received representations from businesses on delays at UK ports following the introduction of the steel trade measure on 1 July 2026.(16398)

4 NDame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what modelling he undertook of the likelihood of tariff-rate quotas being exhausted before the end of the applicable quota periods prior to implementation of the steel trade measure.(16399)

5 NDame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of importing steel products on operational continuity, since the implementation of the steel trade measure on 1 July 2026.(16400)

6 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what was the breakdown by constituency in the past two years of assistance offered to businesses by the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland.(16376)

7 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what consideration she has given to the involvement of young people with politics and their potential disenfranchisement following the social media ban.(16707)

8 NMr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions has she had with (a) Universities and (b) the Student Loans Company regarding (i) support and (ii) alternative arrangements available for students impacted by the misclassification of weekend-only courses by providers.(16505)

9 NGill Furniss (Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of the National Literacy Trust’s report on ‘Children and young people’s reading in 2026’ relating to children’s reading enjoyment.(16494)

10 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2026 to question 14924, what the breakdown is of capital spending in 2024/5 in the category of Other School Funding (Department); and whether any reductions in capital budgets announced in the Defence Investment Plan have been allocated to this spending line.(16512)

11 NDr Neil Hudson (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was provided to abattoirs through the Smaller Abattoir Fund between its inception and July 4th 2024 inclusive.(16614)

12 NDr Neil Hudson (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many projects were funded through the Water Management Grant between its inception and 4th July 2024 inclusive.(16616)

13 NDr Neil Hudson (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many projects have been funded through the Water Management Grant since 5th July 2024.(16617)

14 NDarren Paffey (Southampton Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on ensuring value for money in contracts for the treatment of separately collected household food waste, including where private contractors receive revenue from biomethane and digestate produced from that waste.(16756)

15 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a requirement for farmed animal mortality data to be published on publicly accessible platforms.(16779)

16 NCharlie Dewhirst (Bridlington and The Wolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the press release, social media to be banned for under-16s in landmark government move to give kids their childhood back, 15 June 2026, whether the Government’s new Digital ID will be used for age verification.(16720)

17 NCharlie Dewhirst (Bridlington and The Wolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer of 12 February 2026 to Question 111737 on Electoral Commission: Cybersecurity, whether the National Cyber Security Centre received representations in 2023 and 2024 relating to the leaking of Electoral Commission data on investigations into Labour Together following the Chinese cyber-hack.(16721)

18 NSir Ashley Fox (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has taken steps to identify alternative sources of Government funding for the restoration of Hammersmith Bridge, other than the Structures Fund.(16693)

19 NRichard Fuller (North Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the written statement of 30 June 2026, HCWS165, on Defence funding update, what reductions in programme spending will be made to deliver further Department for Transport savings and (b) reduce departmental capital budgets by one per cent.(16393)

20 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 13039 on Aviation: Antisocial Behaviour, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for offences relating to disruptive and unruly behaviour on board aircraft in each of the last five years.(16595)

21 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 11744, how many flights have been paid for by her Department since 4 July 2024 for external training providers approved by the Department; from which companies those training providers were sourced; and, for each such flight, what (a) the cost and (b) the purpose was.(16596)

22 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2026, to Question 4343, on Parking Offences: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, if she will publish the (a) public sector equality duty and (b) environmental principles assessments undertaken for that decision to authorise higher parking charges.(16601)

23 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2026 to Question 3821 on Parking Offences: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, what was the policy and evidential reason for approving the trial of higher level penalty charges.(16605)

24 NJerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of rail journeys used digital tickets in June 2026.(16514)

25 NJerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent driving examiners recruited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) were (a) in post and (b) delivering practical car driving tests in June 2026.(16516)

26 NJerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 14930 on Railways: Standards, whether her Department has requested management information from any state-owned Train Operating Company on service cancellations attributable to staff sickness or crew unavailability since 4 July 2024.(16517)

27 NShivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 26 June 2026 to Question 10561 on Department for Transport: Public Relations, which PR firms have been hired since July 2024; on what campaigns and topics; and at what cost.(16636)

28 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving examiners started to practice in June 2026.(16743)

29 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time for a practical car driving test was in June 2026.(16744)

30 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent driving examiners recruited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) were (a) in post and (b) delivering practical car driving tests in June 2026.(16745)

31 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the failure-to-attend rate for practical car driving tests was in (a) April 2026, (b) May 2026 and (c) June 2026.(16746)

32 NRebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many resident parents in receipt of Universal Credit receive Child Maintenance from more than one paying parent.(16772)

33 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, What funding will he make available for the National Institute for Health and Care Research Brain Tumour Research Consortium in the next financial year.(16375)

34 NSir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department of Health and Social Care or NHS England made or commissioned a clinical or patient safety impact assessment of the duty in paragraph 11C(2) of Schedule 3 to the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015, inserted by SI 2026/532, before that instrument was laid before Parliament.(16363)

35 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his department is doing to address recruitment and retention issues in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.(16705)

36 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a timetable for implementing the Mental Health Strategy.(16654)

37 NMartin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who has custody over the encryption keys used to protect data held within the NHS Federated Data Platform and the Privacy Enhancing Technologies.(16702)

38 NJim Allister (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the response of 6 July to Question 14187, whether the Department made any payments to the Causeway Initiative for Peace-building and Conflict Resolution International, otherwise known as The Causeway Initiative.(16793)

39 NWendy Chamberlain (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to written statement UIN HCWS144, what support will be available for the dependents of eligible students from Gaza travelling to UK universities.(16542)

40 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the special relationship with the USA, what plans she has for bolstering and developing the special relationship.(16706)

41 NWendy Chamberlain (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to written statement UIN HCWS144, what plans her Department has to help support the dependents of eligible students from Gaza travelling to UK universities.(16543)

42 NWendy Chamberlain (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether steps will be taken to support students from Gaza currently studying at UK universities to remain temporarily in the UK following graduation further to the eighteen months allowed under the UK Graduate visa.(16544)

43 NChris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Mutual Legal Assistance requests the UK Central Authority received in 2025; what the average speed was at which these requests are responded to; and what the longest amount of time was between a MLA request and a response in 2025.(16731)

44 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date (a) Oxfordshire County Council, (b) Cherwell District Council, (c) Thames Valley Police, (d) local NHS bodies and (e) other local public authorities were first informed of proposals to use Site A at MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation.(16830)

45 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what factors were taken into account in deciding that the proposed asylum accommodation at Site A at MoD Bicester should accommodate single adult males between the ages of 18 and 65.(16831)

46 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what screening, safeguarding and risk-assessment procedures will be applied before individuals seeking asylum are accommodated at Site A at MoD Bicester.(16832)

47 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of fees charged for spousal visa applications; and if she will provide a breakdown of the £3,994.50 fee.(16708)

48 NChris Philp (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Cameron Barracks will be returned to the Ministry of Defence.(16460)

49 NChris Philp (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she pans to answer named day written questions 12724, 12725, 12726 and 12727 tabled on 24 June.(16462)

50 NDr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 15179, what estimate her Department has made of the number of British citizens who have used ports of entry at (a) the Port of Dover, (b) Eurotunnel Folkestone, and (c) St Pancras International in each year since 2024.(16763)

51 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards are in place to ensure that Freedom of Information requests made to police bodies are considered on the basis of the information requested rather than the identity of the applicant.(16742)

52 NAndy Slaughter (Hammersmith and Chiswick): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent the backlog of asylum appeals from increasing as a result of the establishment of a new appeals body and the associated structural and staffing changes.(16386)

53 NAndy Slaughter (Hammersmith and Chiswick): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the additional structural, operational and staffing costs associated with requiring refugees to reapply for Leave to Remain every 30 months.(16387)

54 NAndy Slaughter (Hammersmith and Chiswick): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the revenue to be generated from proposals in the Immigration and Asylum Bill for asylum seekers to contribute towards their accommodation costs; and what projections her Department has made of how those proposals will operate in practice.(16388)

55 NAndy Slaughter (Hammersmith and Chiswick): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to expand the Community Sponsorship scheme as part of the refugee resettlement strategy; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of that scheme’s capacity to provide an effective resettlement route for refugees.(16389)

56 NAndy Slaughter (Hammersmith and Chiswick): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of housing asylum seekers in military accommodation on social cohesion and community integration.(16390)

57 NGraham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Official Statistics MOD regional expenditure with industry 2024/25, what assessment he has made of the impacts of a 6% reduction in defence spending on industry in Scotland, and if he will take steps to cancel this reduction.(16760)

58 NGraham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Official Statistics MOD regional expenditure with industry 2024/25, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of expenditure per capita in Scotland.(16761)

59 NJames MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the planned expenditure on (a) conventional equipment and (b) nuclear equipment in each year from FY26/27 to FY29/30 inclusive.(16751)

60 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department made of the potential impact of the proposed use of MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation on Service Personnel, their families and Defence activity at the site.(16829)

61 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 13 October 2025 to question 77262 on Armed Forces: Ammunition, what 5.56 x 45mm ball rounds heavier than four grams are used by the armed forces.(16662)

62 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the standard 5.56 x 45mm ball round to be fired from the L403A1 rifle without issue.(16663)

63 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparative assessment he has made of a) uncrewed, b) lean-crewed and c) boarding party support for maintenance of the Royal Navy’s new Type 91-94 autonomous vessels.(16670)

64 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 1 December 2025, to question 93097 on Navy: Guided Weapons, what progress has he made on the delivery of the Royal Navy's a) Stratus LO (Low Observable) and b) Stratus RS (Rapid Strike) programmes against their current planned in-service dates.(16674)

65 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has taken steps to ensure the Virtus recompete contract is awarded to a company that can guarantee domestic production in the UK.(16675)

66 NChris Philp (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the various community and armed forces groups that previously used the Cameron Barracks facility will be able to resume their activities at the barracks.(16461)

67 NSteve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the mean cost to the public purse was of a parliamentary by-election since 2024.(16633)

68 NRobbie Moore (Keighley and Ilkley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding allocated through the Towns Fund has been spent by the Keighley Towns Fund via the local authority to date; and how that amount compares with the funding spent by each of the other towns awarded funding under the same Towns Fund programme, broken down by (a) cash terms and (b) as a percentage of each town's total allocation.(16620)

69 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the High Streets Innovation Fund on Fylde constituency.(16649)

70 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any local authorities in the Fylde constituency will benefit from a Community Power Pilot.(16651)

71 NBlake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of the forthcoming Clacton by-election.(16692)

72 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact on the security and operation of HMP Bullingdon of proposals to use Site A at MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation.(16792)

73 NRobbie Moore (Keighley and Ilkley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access arrangements through the family justice system for children whose parents are no longer together; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that decisions are made in the best interests of the child while enabling both parents to play a meaningful role in their child's life where appropriate.(16621)

74 NDavid Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department last assessed the resilience of prison infrastructure, including a) power, b) water and c) heating systems, to major failure.[R] (16791)

75 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the cost of providing foreign national prisoners with phone credit in the past year.(16629)

76 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to provide a list of any celebratory events that have been held to promote inclusion at HMP Isis in the past year.(16631)

77 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will a) provide a list of items sold at the Heritage Hub at HMP/YOI Isis, b) the cost of each item, and c) state whether there is a cost to the taxpayer in running the Heritage Hub.(16632)

78 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects to receive a final report from the Robert Hamill Inquiry.(16377)

79 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation has made of any changes to the valuation of Libyan frozen assets in the past eighteen months.(16378)

80 NAdam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of regulating property investment training course providers.(16722)

81 NAndrew Griffith (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Interim Chief Executive of the Financial Ombudsman Service plans to respond to the letters of 29th April 2026 and 10th June 2026 in relation to a constituent.(16624)

82 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to assess the fairness of calculating company car benefit-in-kind tax on used electric vehicles using the vehicle's original P11D list price rather than its current market value, in the context of significant depreciation in used electric vehicle values.(16597)

83 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 14422 and the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 12225, if she will provide the total spending in the category of Purchase of Goods, Services and Other Expenditure by the following bodies in the following years: i) Cabinet Office, 2023/4; ii) Central Funds, 2023/4; iii) FCDO, 2024/5; iv) HMRC, 2024/5; v) Navy, Army and Air Force Institute, 2023/4; vi) National Nuclear Laboratory, 2023/4; vii) National Physics Laboratory 2023; and viii) UK Hydrographic Office, 2024/5.(16513)

84 NShivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury has considered calculating benefit-in-kind tax on used company vehicles by reference to their market value rather than their original P11D list price.(16635)

85 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of communities that lack reasonable access to in-person banking services.(16657)

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

1Lorraine Beavers (Blackpool North and Fleetwood): ⁠What progress her Department has made on improving the police response to domestic abuse.(900958)

2Jonathan Davies (Mid Derbyshire): ⁠What progress her Department has made on improving the police response to domestic abuse.(900959)

3Dr Zubir Ahmed (Glasgow South West): What steps her Department is taking to close asylum hotels.(900960)

4James MacCleary (Lewes): What steps her Department is taking to help tackle violence against women and girls. (900961)

5James Asser (West Ham and Beckton): What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the High Streets Organised Crime Unit.(900962)

6Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): If she will take steps to provide Ukrainian refugees with a route to permanent settlement. (900963)

7Patrick Hurley (Southport): What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the High Streets Organised Crime Unit.(900964)

8Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the authorisation of 1,250,687 animals to be used in 90 projects over the next five years through licences granted between January to March 2026 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.(900965)

9Matt Turmaine (Watford): What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the High Streets Organised Crime Unit.(900966)

10Edward Morello (West Dorset): What steps her Department is taking to improve mental health support for police officers.(900967)

11Josh Fenton-Glynn (Calder Valley): When she plans to announce the number of Seasonal Worker visas available for 2027.(900968)

12Peter Swallow (Bracknell): What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the British National (Overseas) visa settlement route.(900969)

13Sir John Whittingdale (Maldon): What estimate her Department has made of the number of police officers in September (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.(900970)

14Dr Kieran Mullan (Bexhill and Battle): What steps her Department is taking to help enforce no alcohol policies at asylum accommodation sites.(900971)

15Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare): What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the High Streets Organised Crime Unit.(900972)

16Wendy Chamberlain (North East Fife): If she will take steps to provide Ukrainian refugees with a route to permanent settlement. (900973)

17David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): What proportion of small boat arrivals were removed in 2025.(900974)

18Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on levels of illegal immigration.(900975)

19Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of its policies on family visas.(900976)

20Harpreet Uppal (Huddersfield): What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the High Streets Organised Crime Unit.(900977)

21Luke Akehurst (North Durham): What steps her Department is taking to help reduce illegal migration. (900978)

22Gill German (Clwyd North): What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the High Streets Organised Crime Unit.(900979)

23Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the UK Central Authority in coordinating and responding to mutual legal assistance requests from other countries.(900980)

24David Smith (North Northumberland): What steps she is taking to help tackle rural crime.(900981)

25Liz Jarvis (Eastleigh): What steps she is taking to ensure the timely processing of European Community Association Agreement Indefinite Leave to Remain applications.(900982)

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

T 1Susan Murray (Mid Dunbartonshire): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.(900983)

T 2Douglas McAllister (West Dunbartonshire): (900984)

T 3Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): (900985)

T 4Connor Naismith (Crewe and Nantwich): (900986)

T 5James Asser (West Ham and Beckton): (900987)

T 6Paul Davies (Colne Valley): (900988)

T 7Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): (900989)

T 8Dr Peter Prinsley (Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket): (900990)

T 9Joe Powell (Kensington and Bayswater): (900991)

T 10Jonathan Hinder (Pendle and Clitheroe): (900992)

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 14 July

Questions for Written Answer

1 NDavid Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cross-government resilience exercises involving two or more departments have been conducted in the last 2 years; and what the (a) title, (b) participating departments and (c) date was of each.[R] (16795)

2 NDavid Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many cyber security incident reports relating to energy infrastructure his Department received in the last 12 months.[R] (16796)

3 NDavid Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, a) what the UK's current gas storage capacity is as a proportion of average winter demand and b) how that compares with the capacity of other G7 countries.[R] (16797)

4 NSarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of indirect potable reuse schemes in improving London’s water supply resilience.(16495)

5 NSarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost per megalitre of water produced over an eighty-year lifespan of Teddington Direct River Abstraction.(16496)

6 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many working days each organisation or individual consulted on the statutory guidance on floating bus stops published on 26 January 2026 was given to provide a response; and whether any consultees (a) requested additional time and (b) were unable to respond within the time available.(16552)

7 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the price of sustainable aviation fuel since the introduction of the UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate has met the assumptions used in the Department's published impact assessment.(16553)

8 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in airport vehicle drop-off charges since 2016 on the cost of air travel for passengers.(16554)

9 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations her Department has received from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham on the eligibility of Hammersmith Bridge for support from the Structures Fund since 1 January 2026.(16555)

10 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2026 to Question 10713 on Railways: CCTV, whether the funding allocated to the Network Rail programme to connect existing station CCTV into a single cloud-based system represents (a) the total estimated cost of delivering the programme or (b) funding allocated to date.(16556)

11 NHelen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of Universal Credit have a total gross household income, including earnings and other income, within each of the following bands: (a) £0–£20,000; (b) £20,001–£40,000; (c) £40,001–£60,000; (d) £60,001–£80,000; (e) £80,001–£100,000; (f) £100,001–£120,000; (g) £120,001–£140,000; and (h) £140,000+.(16493)

12 NSarah Owen (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support earlier diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy among healthcare professionals.(16545)

13 NSarah Owen (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated to research into Multiple System Atrophy.(16546)

14 NSarah Owen (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take where an NHS foundation trust is found to have ineffective arrangements in place for local engagement.(16548)

15 NSarah Owen (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish an impact assessment on the removal of the statutory requirement for councils of governors in NHS foundation trusts, particularly for those from marginalised communities.(16549)

16 NDame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent further escalation of conflict in El Obeid, Sudan, and to support the protection of civilians and the delivery of safe, rapid, unhindered and sustained humanitarian assistance to El Obeid and other conflict-affected areas of Sudan.(16396)

17 NJayne Kirkham (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will review the annual allowance for the Rent a Room Scheme to allow it to catch up with inflation.(16762)

Questions for Answer on Thursday 16 July

Questions for Written Answer

1 NKerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on updating Government Buying Standards relating to food procurement.(16382)

2 NKerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that public sector food procurement meets the proposed requirement for 50% of food spend to meet higher environmental and welfare standards.(16383)

3 NKerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which public bodies will be required to comply with the revised Government Buying Standards for food and catering services.(16384)

4 NKerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on introducing clearer country-of-origin and method-of-production food labelling to support higher animal welfare standards since the Government response to the Fairer Food Labelling consultation.(16385)