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Published – Tuesday 14 July 2026
Questions for Answer on Tuesday 14 July
Questions for Written Answer
1 NDerek Twigg (Widnes and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the health of the River Mersey.(17963)
2Shockat Adam (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of fare-setting practices by digital private hire operators on the financial sustainability of licensed private hire drivers.[Transferred] (17855)
3Shockat Adam (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage local authorities to provide appropriate waiting areas and toilet facilities for licensed taxi and private hire drivers.[Transferred] (17856)
4Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which groups are eligible to receive free Radar keys for accessible toilets through government-funded or government-supported schemes; and whether the Government plans to extend eligibility for free Radar keys to any additional groups.[Transferred] (17872)
Questions for Answer on Wednesday 15 July
Questions for Written Answer
1Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.(17960)
2Gordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential operational and national-security risks arising from government departments deploying a small number of cloud-service providers.(18290)
3Gordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many central government websites and mobile applications do not currently meet the required public-sector accessibility standards; and what steps are being taken to remedy that.(18294)
4Gordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cybersecurity incidents affecting government departments in each of the last three years originated in or involved a third-party supplier; and what steps are being taken to strengthen cybersecurity requirements throughout government supply chains.(18299)
5Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the policy of the Government Communication Service on (a) departments and (b) Ministers posting on the X platform.(18033)
6Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Review into the Organisation, Performance and Transformation of the Permanent Civil Service, published on 1 July 2026, whether minutes, agendas and evidence submitted to the external expert advisory panel will be published.(18034)
7Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 10652, on Intelligence Services: Voluntary Work, whether there are SIS internships or voluntary work placements which are eligible for people who are white British.(18035)
8Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 12787, on Government Departments: Public Appointments, whether the approach on GDPR applies to declarations in relation to ministerial appointments.(18036)
9Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the trade union Partnership Framework published by the Cabinet Office on 30 June 2026, whether it is government policy to support an increase in trade union membership in the Civil Service.(18037)
10Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff were allocated to the Office for Statistics Regulation election stand up team in the May 2026 elections.(18038)
11Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office Second Headquarters 2030 Strategy, published in June 2026, what the required weekly office attendance is for staff in the Glasgow office.(18039)
12Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department holds records on staff that (a) are seconded to it from and (b) have been seconded from it to external organisations.(18040)
13Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of swarms of drones on national security; and whether research has been commissioned on that issue.(18041)
14Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department's Freedom of Information Team issues round robin guidance on answering Freedom of Information Act requests.(18042)
15Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the new Strategy Director in the National Security Secretariat was appointed by open and fair competition.(18043)
16Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, Volume 1, HC1774-I, 11 March 2026, page 107, what confidential undertakings were agreed.(18044)
17Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 26 March 2026 to Question 122146 on Lord Mandelson, whether the steps taken to retain material include (a) accessing tape backups and (b) turning off the autodelete policy on Number 10 computers.(18045)
18Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 111932 on Lord Mandelson, what discussions (a) Morgan McSweeney and (b) Paul Ovenden had via email on that matter.(18046)
19Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister was advised of the letter sent by Lord Glasman to Morgan McSweeney and Paul Ovenden on the appointment of Lord Mandelson as Ambassador to the United States.(18047)
20Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 26 June 2026 to Question 11150 on Civil Service: Workplace Pensions, whether he has a timetable for setting a target date.(18048)
21Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information (a) his Department and (b) the Government Property Agency holds on which government offices are based in Greater Manchester, across which Departments and agencies.(18049)
22Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the percentage of desks provided for Cabinet Office staff as a proportion of the number of assigned staff in London.(18050)
23Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with institutional investors on increasing investment in businesses located within the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor.(18314)
24Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to publish annual monitoring reports on the economic impact of the British Growth Partnership.(18315)
25Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with universities on increasing support for female founders emerging from higher education.(18319)
26Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the economic contribution of female-led businesses to UK gross value added.(18320)
27Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of angel investment for female-led businesses.(18321)
28Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Rolls Royce regarding the (a) progress of the Ultrafan project in the UK and (b) potential opportunities for a commercial Ultrafan Engine to be built in the UK.(18146)
29Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an estimate of the number of businesses which have stopped trading due to the extended producer responsibility scheme.(18435)
30Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last three years.(17946)
31Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring transparent display of price paid per gramme among (a) over-the-counter and (b) online operators in the gold-buying sector.(17979)
32Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will set out (a) where the electric arc furnace being installed at Port Talbot was manufactured, (b) whether any UK-based companies were invited to bid to manufacture the furnace and (c) what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the procurement on the UK steel supply chain.(18171)
33Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of enforcement powers to remove unsafe infant products from online marketplaces.(18255)
34Gordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that businesses simplify the processes of cancelling subscriptions.(18288)
35Gordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress he has been made on enforcement measures relating to fake or misleading online reviews.(18289)
36 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the average annual savings for pet owners arising from the proposed cap on written prescription charges.[Transferred] (17843)
37Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government's response to the Make Work Pay consultation on non-disclosure agreements will address staff employed by the overseas franchises of UK schools.(18251)
38Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what he is taking, as co-owner of the International Education Strategy, to ensure UK schools expanding overseas do not use non-disclosure agreements to silence harassment or discrimination in ways that would be unlawful in the UK.(18252)
39Alex Ballinger (Halesowen): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the Reform Party holding discussions with the Gambling Commission on Crypto Gambling.(18346)
40Alex Ballinger (Halesowen): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Investigate Europe's report entitled Payment firms handled millions for companies linked to unlicensed gambling network, published on 9 July 2026, whether the payments association is part of the illegal gambling task force.(18347)
41Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.(17959)
42Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the Rugby Football Union on grassroots rugby.(18447)
43Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of participation levels in grassroots rugby.(18448)
44Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department is providing for rural rugby clubs.(18449)
45Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support professional rugby clubs.(18450)
46Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with Prem Rugby on the long-term financial sustainability of professional rugby union.(18451)
47Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her Department has had with rugby governing bodies on the future of professional rugby.(18452)
48Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support professional rugby community foundations.(18453)
49Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of rugby community foundations on public health.(18454)
50Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding is available for rugby community outreach programmes.(18455)
51Dan Norris (North East Somerset and Hanham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding Sports England has provided to Development Sports; and what estimate has been made of how many people will use this programme.(17943)
52Dame Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Creative Content Exchange will launch; how it will be funded; who will administer it; and if she will make a statement.(17991)
53Dame Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (i) her Department and (ii) its Arm’s Length Bodies have spent on (a) developing the Creative Content Exchange platform and (b) digitising content from partner organisations.(17999)
54Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of local authorities met the statutory 20-week deadline for issuing Education, Health and Care Plans in the latest period for which figures are available.(18405)
55Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what accountability mechanisms are in place in cases where a local authority is found to have delayed or cancelled access to statutory SEND provision.(18406)
56Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what statutory guidance her Department issues to local authorities on maintaining written records of communications and decisions during the Education, Health and Care assessment process.(18407)
57Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations her Department has received from children and young people on improving the healthiness of school food as part of the proposed updated School Food Standards.(18051)
58Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing an investment package to support apprenticeship brokerage pilots in non-developed mayoral authorities, modelled on the £140 million fund to support mayoral-led apprenticeship brokerage pilots.(18145)
59Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last three years.(17958)
60Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools remain safe and operational during periods of extreme heat.(17980)
61Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the present period of extreme heat on the capacity of schools to remain safe and operational.(17981)
62Mr Paul Kohler (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools on identifying and supporting pupils with Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS); and what assessment she has made of the potential educational impact of these conditions on affected children.(18433)
63Danny Kruger (East Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure (a) the adequacy of results issued by Peason for this year’s Key Stage 2 SATs results, (b) that Peason delivers future results on time and (c) that teachers have adequate access to appeals, in the context of the link between SATs results and Ofsted grading.(18177)
64Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough and Thornaby East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what lawful basis are significant Automated Decision-Making being made or intended to be made.(18003)
65Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough and Thornaby East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued internally to help ensure compliance with the provisions of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 in relation to automated decision-making.(18004)
66Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough and Thornaby East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguards have been implemented to ensure compliance with statutory requirements relating to automated decision-making, including rights to information, human review, and challenge.(18005)
67Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough and Thornaby East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, given the passage of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 how individuals are informed that decisions affecting them have been taken, in whole or in part, by automated means.(18006)
68Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough and Thornaby East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what processes are in place to enable individuals to seek human review and to challenge decisions made by automated systems.(18007)
69Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough and Thornaby East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department define and ensure meaningful human involvement in decisions supported or made by automated systems.(18008)
70Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough and Thornaby East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, given the passage of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 what measures are in place to ensure that human oversight is substantive and effective, rather than limited to formal or nominal review.(18009)
71Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough and Thornaby East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to what extent are automated decision-making systems used in relation to civil service employment, including recruitment, performance management, discipline, or allocation of work.(18010)
72Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough and Thornaby East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with trade union representatives on the introduction or use of automated decision-making systems affecting staff.(18011)
73Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough and Thornaby East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps has her Department taken to assess and mitigate risks of bias or discrimination arising from the use of automated decision-making systems.(18012)
74Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough and Thornaby East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department ensures compliance with data protection requirements relating to the processing of special category data, including data relating to health or protected characteristics.(18013)
75Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough and Thornaby East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Department maintains a public register or internal inventory of automated decision-making systems; and whether it plans to publish such information.(18014)
76Gordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of schools and colleges that meet the Department’s cyber security core standard; and what steps she is taking to ensure that all education settings meet that standard by 2030.(18300)
77James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance she provides to schools on addressing social media trends that encourage cruelty towards animals.(18505)
78Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support rugby in schools.(18456)
79Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of access to (a) rugby in schools and (b) other school sport opportunities.(18457)
80Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with sporting bodies on increasing contact rugby participation in schools.(18458)
81Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with sporting bodies on increasing rugby participation in schools.(18459)
82Dan Norris (North East Somerset and Hanham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many publicly-funded adult education classes were provided in each year since 2023.(17938)
83Dan Norris (North East Somerset and Hanham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fixed penalty notices for school absences were issued in Bath, North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire in the last academic year.(17942)
84Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to amend the British Schools Overseas standards to prohibit accredited schools from using non-disclosure agreements to prevent disclosure of harassment or discrimination; and whether the approved inspectorates will be required to assess compliance.(18250)
85Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that policy changes arising from consultations relevant to the Warm Homes Plan are implemented in time to support delivery of that Plan's objectives.(18362)
86Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Energy Performance Certificate methodology for determining eligibility for Government-funded low-carbon heating and energy-efficiency schemes.(18363)
87Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Warm Homes Plan target of lifting one million households out of fuel poverty in meeting statutory fuel poverty objectives.(18364)
88Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to make timely decisions on energy efficiency and retrofit schemes, the mobilisation of the Warm Homes Plan and associated policy changes to avoid the loss of workforce capacity, skills and investment between programmes.(18365)
89Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the co-operative model for energy retrofit.(18307)
90Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support the uptake of the local power plan by (i) Buckinghamshire Council and (ii) Milton Keynes City Council.(18308)
91Torcuil Crichton (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the resolution procedures available to parties adversely affected by NESO decisions.(18350)
92Harriet Cross (Gordon and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of government policy on employment in Scotland's offshore oil and gas sector since July 2024.(18408)
93Harriet Cross (Gordon and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the economic impact of changes in North Sea oil and gas activity on the north-east of Scotland.(18412)
94Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a direct-payment mechanism under the Warm Homes: Local Grant scheme to enable grant funding to be paid directly to a TrustMark-registered and MCS-certified installer where a local authority confirms that it is unable to provide a nationally eligible measure through its local delivery arrangements.(18366)
95Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of unsupported flaring, in terms of cost per tonne of CO₂ equivalent abated, compared with other methane abatement measures.(18419)
96Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Nuclear Regulated Asset Base levy on registered charities and non-profit community organisations; and what steps he is taking to support these organisations in the context of increasing non-commodity energy costs.(17961)
97Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with Ofgem on the potential impact of the RIIO-3 Transmission Network Use of System charges on the charitable sector; and if he will consider the potential merits of extending energy-intensive exemptions or relief schemes to registered charities operating high-energy community facilities.(17962)
98Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the computational and energy requirements of (a) the machine learning and optimisation techniques used for electricity network management and (b) large language models.(18224)
99Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the data-centre capacity required to deliver the grid applications identified in the Interim AI Adoption Plan: Clean Energy.(18225)
100Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he made of requiring the structural steel used in the Net Zero Teesside carbon capture, utilisation and storage project to be (a) produced and (b) fabricated in the UK.(18170)
101Dan Norris (North East Somerset and Hanham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits geothermal heat systems which use the water in flooded former coalmines.(17941)
102Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made (a) an estimate of the cost of the Hornsea windfarm project in the North Sea and (b) a comparative assessment of the efficiency of the project with drilling oil in the same area.(17972)
103Dr Zubir Ahmed (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Court of Appeal ruling in December 2024 on the welfare of fast-growing chickens.(18335)
104Dr Zubir Ahmed (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to launch the consultation on phasing out farrowing crates for pigs; and what support she plans to make available to farmers to transition away from farrowing systems.(18337)
105Dan Aldridge (Weston-super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will review the eligibility criteria for the WaterSure scheme to ensure that households with a medically certified need to use more water are eligible for support regardless of whether they receive qualifying means-tested benefits.(18276)
106Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of AI data centres on the environment.(18084)
107Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the development of AI data centres on local energy and water resources.(18085)
108Harriet Cross (Gordon and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department undertakes research or collects data on confidence among farmers and agricultural businesses.(18409)
109Harriet Cross (Gordon and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on the cost of rural crime to farming businesses.(18410)
110Harriet Cross (Gordon and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the resilience of agricultural water supplies during prolonged dry weather.(18411)
111Harriet Cross (Gordon and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the the potential benefits of introducing an initiative to provide livestock farmers with practical guidance on disease prevention and responsible antibiotic use.(18413)
112Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of Battersea’s new Cost of Cute campaign.(18204)
113Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the cost of expanding bring banks for glass recycling.(18434)
114Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the financial impact of Extended Producer Responsibility fees on the hospitality sector; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating a proportion of that funding to support commercial glass recycling infrastructure for businesses.(18436)
115Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of the impact assessment of EPR conducted 17 October 2024 in its assessment of the impact on businesses.(18437)
116Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of EPR on the ability of businesses to meet recycling targets or to exceed them.(18438)
117Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the forthcoming amendment to the pEPR statutory instrument on businesses.(18439)
118Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Landfill Gas to Energy on supporting net zero goals.(18418)
119Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.(17949)
120Chris Hinchliff (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed appropriate prioritisation approach within Environmental Delivery Plans on environmental harm; and what framework will be used to assess value for money under that approach.(18349)
121Mr Paul Kohler (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason her Department is considering box-level Not for EU labelling of wine and spirits in Northern Ireland.(18424)
122Mr Paul Kohler (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish a proposed interim solution to the exemption process for non-household waste under Extended Producer Responsibility regulations.(18425)
123Mr Paul Kohler (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether an interim solution to the exemption process for non-household waste under Extended Producer Responsibility regulations will cover non-household drinks containers supplied indirectly via business models such as wholesalers and third-party distributors.(18426)
124Mr Paul Kohler (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has held with the Welsh Government on the differentiation of identical glass containers in scope of the Deposit Return Scheme in Wales and Extended Producer Responsibility in the UK from 1 October 2027.(18427)
125Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the recent heatwave in UK waters on marine species and habitats.(18256)
126Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the potential impact of high ocean temperatures on marine biodiversity in UK waters.(18257)
127James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has held with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on online animal cruelty content since the publication of the Animal Sentience Committee’s October 2024 report.(18504)
128Dan Norris (North East Somerset and Hanham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will provide guidance on the welfare of animals during a hosepipe bans.(17937)
129Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commit to ending the use of the neonicotinoid acetamiprid.(17976)
130Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of Greenpeace's report entitled Our Poisoned Land and its calls for the Government to help farmers to (a) reduce agricultural chemical use by 50% by 2030 and (b) reduce agricultural chemical use by 80% by 2040.(17977)
131Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of regulations protecting horse riders in Fylde constituency.(18216)
132James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support increased on-farm water storage capacity to capture high winter flows for use during periods of lower water availability.(18148)
133James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the duration of abstraction licences for farms.(18149)
134James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has for future rounds of the Water Management Grant.(18150)
135James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending permitted development rights for agricultural reservoirs.(18151)
136James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to expand the use of dynamic abstraction licensing to support water resource management across catchments.(18152)
137James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the establishment of additional Agricultural Water Abstractor groups.(18153)
138Dr Zubir Ahmed (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure that the AI Adoption Plan for professional and business services reaches small and medium-sized businesses in deprived constituencies such as Glasgow South West.(18336)
139Jess Asato (Lowestoft): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on whether Ofcom has established whether Meta carried out a risk assessment before the recent roll out of its new AI image-generation feature; and whether the regulator judged that assessment to be suitable and sufficient, as required under the Online Safety Act.(18263)
140Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how her Department will measure whether proposed new restrictions on (a) social media and (b) additional online functionalities for under-16s are improving children's safety and wellbeing in Yeovil constituency.(18302)
141Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what are the criteria for the strict UK benefit test being applied to assess prospective recipient companies of the Sovereign AI Fund.(18097)
142Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last three years.(17956)
143Gordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help improve the recruitment and retention of cybersecurity specialists.(18296)
144James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of social media trends that encourage acts of animal cruelty.(18506)
145James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with regulated online platforms on preventing the spread of social media trends that encourage acts of animal cruelty.(18507)
146Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking through its cross-government data strategy to develop a secure, unified data-sharing framework with the Department for (a) Energy Security and Net Zero and (b) Work and Pensions to map and mitigate fuel poverty.(18352)
147Dame Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether companies that have breached UK copyright law are eligible for funds from the Sovereign AI Unit.(17987)
148Dame Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of a) the US Cloud Act and b) the EU AI Act; and whether she has plans to bring forward similar legislation.(17988)
149Dame Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of targeted wholesale discounts by Openreach on alternative network providers' investment in full-fibre infrastructure.(17989)
150Dame Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the potential impact of Openreach pricing on the Government’s strategic priorities for the telecoms sector.(17990)
151Dame Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether (a) her Department and (b) its Arm’s Length Bodies have financially supported the development of any technical solutions to protect the creative industries from unauthorised AI scraping.(17998)
152Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates her Department has made of the monetised costs of aircraft noise pollution for communities under Heathrow flight paths exposed to noise above 43dB.(18155)
153Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Mass Transit Taskforce's remit includes tram-train projects.(18332)
154Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the Mass Transit Taskforce working with the devolved governments to help ensure the benefits to the UK supply chain are maximised.(18333)
155Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether when new rolling stock is introduced to a railway line she requires accessibility accessories such as Harrington Humps to be relocated to ensure compatibility.(18139)
156Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce a statutory definition of (a) autonomous delivery robots and (b) Personal Delivery Devices; what assessment she has made of the impact of such devices on pavement accessibility and safety for (i) blind and partially sighted people, (ii) wheelchair users, (iii) older people and (iv) other disabled pedestrians; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to prohibit the operation of autonomous delivery robots on public pavements.(18223)
157Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 12229 on Railways: Infrastructure, what the total number is of rail infrastructure projects in England with an anticipated capital cost of less than £50 million that are currently delivering on site; and what proportion of those projects are forecasting completion after their original baseline completion date.(18161)
158Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) Transport for London, (b) the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and (c) the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames have, individually or jointly, submitted (i) an expression of interest and (ii) an application to the Structures Fund in relation to Hammersmith Bridge; and whether officials in her Department have held discussions with any of those bodies on a potential Structures Fund application for Hammersmith Bridge in advance of any formal submission.(18162)
159Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Heathrow Airport's current economic regulatory framework to provide incentives for investment in infrastructure resilience.(18163)
160Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2026 to Question 15465 on Department for Transport: Carbon Emissions, when the Greening Government Commitments (2025–2030) will be finalised.(18165)
161Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2026 to Question 16088 on Department for Transport: India, what the (a) destination and (b) cost to the public purse was of each of the 12 additional journeys approved from the Department's overseas posting in New Delhi under the qualifying hardship post policy since 4 July 2024.(18166)
162Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average daily percentage of rolling stock available for passenger service was for each train operating company in each month since June 2024.(18167)
163Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 16056 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in her Department are (a) members of the Government Communication Service and (b) are embedded communicators but are not counted as members of the Government Communication Service.(18174)
164Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made recent progress on monitoring the steps taken by local transport authorities to implement the new statutory guidance on enhanced partnerships for bus services, published on 1 April 2026.(18258)
165Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 15380 on South Eastern Main Line: Mobile Broadband, what the names and locations are of the (a) 57 railway tunnels and (b) 12 Network Rail-managed stations included in the current phase of Project Reach.(18105)
166Gordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of eligible rail journeys currently result in passengers receiving automatic compensation for delays; and what steps she is taking to increase that proportion.(18291)
167Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons East-West Rail passenger services have not yet commenced.(18092)
168Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department intends to convene a meeting of stakeholders involved in preparing for the commencement of East-West Rail passenger services.(18093)
169Connor Naismith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the business case for the HS2 link between Birmingham and Crewe, and if she will publish an update on the economic, connectivity and regional growth merits considered as part of that assessment.(18387)
170Dan Norris (North East Somerset and Hanham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has withdrawn driving licences after receiving notification that the licence holder was medically unfit to drive in the last 5 years.(17939)
171Dan Norris (North East Somerset and Hanham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of heritage railways on the economy.(17940)
172Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which representatives of the outbound travel and package holiday sector were consulted during the development of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate and its accompanying cost-benefit analysis.(18210)
173Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent infrastructure issues at Heathrow Airport on regulatory arrangements for future airport expansion.(18211)
174Joe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Home Office on the introduction of roadside evidential drug testing devices for drug driving offences since 4 July 2024.(18369)
175Joe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the use of roadside evidential drug testing devices in other countries; and whether she plans to introduce comparable technology in England and Wales.(18370)
176Joe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Heathrow Airport expansion on passenger charges under the existing economic regulatory model.(18372)
177Joe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what factors are preventing the acceptance and entry into passenger service of the Class 810 fleet.(18375)
178Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will consider introducing a requirement for a minimum provision of food supplies for rail companies to provide passengers affected by delays between stations.(18213)
179Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the obligations of landowners near railway tracks to maintain land to avoid the risk of fire causing disruption to rail services.(18217)
180Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms are available to passengers to report breaches of maximum passenger numbers on public transport services.(18218)
181Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce congestion on local roads in rural areas resulting from major planning developments.(18485)
182Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has modelled the potential impact of pension scheme consolidation on member charges over the next five years.(18309)
183Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of pension scheme consolidation on investment in UK private markets.(18310)
184Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed pension reforms on member engagement with pension saving.(18311)
185Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of defined contribution pension assets that will be managed by schemes with more than £25 billion in assets by 2030.(18312)
186Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has undertaken international comparisons of pension value-for-money assessment frameworks.(18313)
187Josh Babarinde (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration he has given to reviewing criteria for those in receipt of Attendance Allowance to be able to access to the Motability scheme.(18229)
188Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress he has made in reforming the Child Maintenance Service.(18353)
189Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many variation applications based on diversion of income were received by the Child Maintenance Service in the last financial year.(18486)
190Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of variation applications based on diversion of income by the Child Maintenance Service were successful in the last financial year.(18487)
191Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Maintenance Service cases were referred to the Financial Investigation Unit in the last financial year.(18488)
192Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average investigation timescale is for referrals by the Child Maintenance Service to the Financial Investigation Unit.(18489)
193Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department will make n assessment of the potential merits of increased reporting of Financial Investigation Unit decisions and variation outcomes by the Child Maintenance Service.(18490)
194Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding online chat facilities as a means for pensioners to raise pension-related queries with the DWP.(18147)
195Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.(17948)
196Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of levels of Local Housing Allowance on a) poverty b) homelessness among Universal Credit claimants in Manchester Rusholme.(18098)
197Mr Paul Kohler (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to encourage employers to offer paid work trials as an alternative to formal interviews for jobseekers with learning disabilities.(18428)
198Mr Paul Kohler (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the provision of interview questions in advance as a reasonable adjustment for jobseekers with learning disabilities and autism.(18429)
199Mr Paul Kohler (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking following the Keep Britain Working review to improve access to paid employment for people with learning disabilities.(18430)
200Dan Norris (North East Somerset and Hanham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many responses to the Timms Review have been received from people living in the South West.(17936)
201Andrew Ranger (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the potential merits of introducing an annualised earnings assessment for recipients of Carer's Allowance employed on zero-hours and other irregular contracts to ensure that fluctuations in working hours and holiday pay do not result in the loss of Carer's Allowance and associated National Insurance credits for carers whose overall annual earnings remain below the equivalent annual earnings threshold.(18200)
202 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government's joint press release entitled UK life sciences attracts £3bn investment, creating jobs and faster patient treatments, published on 9 July 2026, what estimate he has made of the number of additional apprenticeship places required to support delivery of the Life Sciences Sector Jobs Plan.[Transferred] (17848)
203Sir Mel Stride (Central Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of work coach appointments with Universal Credit claimants are conducted a) in person, b) online and c) on the telephone.(17978)
204Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken a recent review of patient confidentiality and safeguarding arrangements in NHS inpatient wards; and whether he will consider introducing enhanced privacy measures for patients receiving care in shared ward accommodation.(18354)
205Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue updated guidance to NHS trusts on protecting patient confidentiality in shared hospital wards, including the use of patient identifiers, bedside information displays and the management of sensitive clinical conversations.(18355)
206Alex Brewer (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of specialist epilepsy nursing services in Hampshire; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with epilepsy in Hampshire have timely access to those nurses.(18376)
207Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding eligibility for the human papillomavirus vaccination to all young adults under the age of 25, irrespective of sex or sexual orientation.(18324)
208Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) shortest, (b) median, and (c) longest time was for patients to receive the results of a suspected cancer biopsy for each of the last 12 months, broken down by hospital trust.(18138)
209Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the (a) speed and (b) consistency of diagnostic assessments of (i) Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and (ii) Corticobasal Degeneration in Yeovil constituency.(18301)
210Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase supply of gastro-resistant prednisolone medication for people with Polymalgia Rheumatica.(18303)
211Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps have been taken to reduce waiting times for ADHD assessments in the constituency of Slough.(18086)
212Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with NHS trusts regarding the consistent implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework within mental health services.(18088)
213Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps have been taken to ensure the safety of (a) NHS staff and (b) patients within NHS services in Slough constituency.(18089)
214Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of the Care Quality Commission's enforcement powers to ensure patient safety.(18090)
215Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department has plans to publish guidance on the issuing of naloxone to those leaving prison with a history of opioid use.(18091)
216Graeme Downie (Dunfermline and Dollar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of supporting a nationally recognised clinical definition of advanced Parkinson’s disease across the NHS.(18388)
217Graeme Downie (Dunfermline and Dollar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking through improved management and treatment to help reduce the cost of care for advanced Parkinson’s patients.(18389)
218Cat Eccles (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the consultation on the introduction of mandatory reporting and health targets for large food businesses.(18395)
219Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to address regional differences in NHS healthcare.(18440)
220Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what oversight is NHS England exercising over ICBs whose conversion rates fall significantly below the national average.(18442)
221Anna Gelderd (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to collect and publish data on the impact of poor oral health and delayed or unmet dental treatment on NHS hospital costs; and whether his Department collects data on cases of sepsis associated with dental infections and the associated costs to the NHS.(18482)
222Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.(17952)
223Mr Paul Kohler (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of clinical awareness and training on Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) among NHS professionals; and what steps he is taking to reduce variations in diagnosis and care.(18431)
224Mr Paul Kohler (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of early intervention and treatment pathways for children with Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS); and what steps he is taking to improve access to timely diagnosis and treatment.(18432)
225James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children and young people referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the Lewes constituency.(18382)
226James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of accessibility to NHS mental health services, including average waiting times for assessment and treatment for residents in Lewes constituency.(18383)
227James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the average wait time for an ADHD assessment in the Lewes constituency.(18384)
228Lola McEvoy (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Yellow Card adverse drug reaction reference GB-MHRA-MED-202605220730230940-NSQYR (linked to case file CEC 256289) is being actively reviewed by the clinical assessors of the Neurology, Pain and Psychiatry Expert Advisory Group as part of their current, ongoing safety review into clozapine drug-level monitoring for toxicity.(18198)
229Lola McEvoy (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the MHRA intends to take to consider patient and bereaved family lived experience as part of its current scientific review of Clozapine; and whether he is taking steps to ensure that lived experience actively shapes the committee's clinical determinations before key regulatory decisions have been made.(18199)
230Gordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cybersecurity vulnerabilities affecting medical devices have been reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in each of the last three years.(18295)
231James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of Admiral Nurses across England.(18498)
232James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to increase access to specialist dementia nursing support in areas where provision is limited.(18499)
233James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of access to Admiral Nurses across regions in England.(18500)
234James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Admiral Nurses are currently employed in England, broken down by Integrated Care Board.(18501)
235Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to the letter of the Hon. Member for Dewsbury and Batley, sent 7th of May.(18385)
236Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.(18443)
237Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending prescribing rights for occupational therapists on patient access to treatment.(18460)
238Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support occupational therapists to undertake training required for independent prescribing qualifications.(18461)
239Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of occupational therapist prescribing rights on (a) reducing waiting times and (b) improving access to care in West Dorset.(18462)
240Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July to Question 3410, if he will make it his Department's policy to estimate the health costs caused by AI displacement in the workforce and associated stresses.(18156)
241Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of substantive posts for newly qualified midwives at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; and whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that midwives who train locally are able to remain and work within the Trust following qualification.(18052)
242Dame Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his department spent on research into improving the (a) accessibility and (b) cost of dentistry in the last 12 months for which data is available.(17992)
243Dame Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on NHS Workforce productivity and moral of the salaries of Band 2 and Band 3 NHS employees in the Agenda for Change being below the National Living Wage.(18509)
244Dame Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department plans to take to support (a) Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (b) Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to become accredited as Living Wage Employers.(17993)
245Rebecca Paul (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider introducing annual admission windows for suppliers seeking to join NHS Supply Chain framework agreements, subject to meeting relevant qualification requirements.(18401)
246Rebecca Paul (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of closed NHS Supply Chain framework agreements on opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises to supply goods and services to the NHS.(18402)
247Rebecca Paul (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the inability of new suppliers to join NHS Supply Chain frameworks during their term on innovation, competition and patient access to new medical technologies.(18403)
248Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of offering electrocardiogram screening to under 35s.(17975)
249Andrew Ranger (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the mandatory fortification of non-wholemeal wheat flour with folic acid on people with pernicious anaemia and other medical conditions for whom folic acid supplementation may not be appropriate.(18201)
250Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the value of NHS optical vouchers; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing those values to reflect changes in the cost of spectacles and contact lenses since April 2024.(18475)
251Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the value of the complex lens voucher supplements; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of that support in meeting the cost of spectacles for patients with complex prescriptions.(18476)
252Ian Roome (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department periodically reviews the eligibility criteria for Medical Exemption Certificates granting free NHS prescriptions; and on what basis those criteria are chosen.(18253)
253Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the roll-out of services for chronic migraine in the community.(18269)
254Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the waiting list for treatment for headache and migraine is across the NHS.(18270)
255Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to reduce waiting lists for patients with migraine.(18271)
256Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to reduce waiting times for neurology and headache clinic appointments.(18272)
257Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include migraine and other headache conditions within the Pharmacy First initiative.(18273)
258Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of introducing standardised plain packaging for vaping products on rates of youth vaping.(18212)
259Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of workforce understanding of endometriosis.(18481)
260Bradley Thomas (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of rare cancer patients unable to access treatment options due to standard NHS funding limitations; what steps he is taking to address treatment barriers, and what steps he is taking to increase funding into rare cancer research.(18279)
261Bradley Thomas (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the list of medical conditions which provide exemption from the prescription charges to include aplastic anaemia.(18280)
262Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to (a) ear wax removal services and (b) hearing test appointments on the NHS.(18081)
263Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with the European Union regarding the 90-days/180-days short-stay rule within the Schengen Area for UK nationals.(18087)
264Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last three years.(17957)
265Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the protection of humanitarian demining personnel in Ukraine in the context of the attack on Norwegian People's Aid staff in Kherson Oblast on 24 June 2026.(18468)
266Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps her Department is taking to promote British soft power through the mine action sector.[R] (18469)
267Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential long-term impact of explosive ordnance contamination on civilian return rates in Ukraine and what steps the Government is taking to support NGOs and commercial companies delivering humanitarian mine action alongside state military aid.(18470)
268Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of land and assets recovered by the Special Investigation and Prosecution Team have been returned to public and community use in the Turks and Caicos Islands.(18131)
269Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to the UK Government of investigating and prosecuting Michael Misick and his co-defendants through the Special Investigation and Prosecution Team since 2010 by financial year.(18132)
270Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the value of payments and inducements accepted by Michael Misick and his co-defendants; and what proportion of that sum her Department expects to be recovered through confiscation orders following the February 2026 conviction.(18133)
271Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether new statutory and institutional checks and balances have been introduced in the Turks and Caicos Islands since 2009 to prevent the misuse of ministerial and official discretion over Crown land and planning decisions, beyond the Crown Land Ordinance and the Integrity Commission.(18134)
272Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of checks and balances on planning permission in the Turks and Caicos Islands.(18135)
273Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many legal challenges and lawsuits relating to planning applications and Crown land decisions have been brought against the Turks and Caicos Islands Government and the Crown in each of the last ten years; and how many of the legal challenges resulted in
a (i) planning permission and (ii) Crown land decision being (a) overturned, (b) varied and (c) upheld on appeal.(18136)
274Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to the Crown, including legal costs, damages and settlements paid, arising from legal challenges to planning applications and Crown land decisions in the Turks and Caicos Islands in each of the last ten years.(18137)
275Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Nigerian counterpart on the persecution of Christians in that country.(17967)
276Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department has spent on legal fees opposing legal actions brought by Misley Mandarin and other Chagossians living in the British Indian Ocean Territory.(17973)
277Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support international counterparts to end childhood lead poisoning; and whether it intends to join the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future.(17985)
278Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what further steps she is considering to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela following the recent earthquake.(18080)
279Dan Aldridge (Weston-super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures the Government is taking to strengthen public confidence in the prioritisation of tackling violence against women and girls through criminal justice system.(18275)
280Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many woman and girls she estimates have been victims of grooming gangs; and what methodology she uses to calculate that number.(18334)
281Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, published in July 2026, what assessment she has made of the reduction in procedures reported as severe in 2025; and what measures she is taking to secure further future reductions.(18000)
282Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish a roadmap for the phased approach to policy development on decapods used in scientific procedures.(18001)
283Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources have been allocated to the planned phased approach to policy development on decapods, including the number of full-time equivalent staff involved, dedicated budget, external expertise commissioned and any other support.(18002)
284Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average tribunal waiting time is for the deportation of foreign national child sex offenders whose criminal sentences have fully expired.(18175)
285Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to fast-track immigration and deportation cases in which offenders have prolonged proceedings through appeals lasting more than three years.(18176)
286Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to question 16731, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of tracking response times to Mutual Legal Assistance requests.(18323)
287Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.(17954)
288Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of potential impact of (a) developments in technology, (b) information sharing and (c) risk assessment on the effectiveness of the the Disclosure and Barring Service framework; and whether she plans to undertake a review of opportunities to strengthen and modernise safeguarding arrangements.(18221)
289Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether funding has been provided since July 2024 in relation to the security of Hon Members from the Reform UK party.(18061)
290Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department is taking to tackle antisocial behaviour.(18259)
291Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in antisocial behaviour in town centres and residential areas.(18260)
292Gordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency arrangements are available to people who are unable to demonstrate their immigration status because of a technical failure affecting her Department’s digital services.(18292)
293Gordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to introduce mandatory reporting of ransomware incidents and payments.(18297)
294James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the annual cost of establishing and operating the Independent Immigration Appeals Authority.(18491)
295James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of establishing the Independent Immigration Appeals Authority on ministerial accountability for immigration decision-making.(18492)
296James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Clause 9 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, what estimate she has made of the proportion of applicants who will have claims determined through the expedited claims process.(18493)
297James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Clauses 9 and 11 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the expedited claims process when used as a result of a Clause 11 claims notice on applicants receiving earlier grants of leave to remain.(18494)
298James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to clause 20 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed exceptional circumstances to deportation on the level of incentives for people liable to deportation to establish or maintain family relationships in the UK.(18497)
299James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 committed by people under the age of 18 in each of the last five years.(18502)
300James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police forces are required to refer incidents of animal cruelty involving people under the age of 18 to a) safeguarding agencies and b) Youth Offending Teams.(18503)
301Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour on the high street.(18094)
302Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase police presence in town centres.(18095)
303Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the costs of a family visa for a Ukraine family.(18096)
304David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 21 April 2026, to Question 126741, on Strategic Migration Partnerships: Finance, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Grant Agreements and Memorandum of Understanding for each of the Strategic Migration Partnerships.(18191)
305David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what activities does the grant funding to the Strategic Migration Partnerships support.(18192)
306David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026, to Question 6411, on Radicalism, whether the revised guidance will be published on gov.uk, and whether it will be provided to local government, or only apply to central government.(18193)
307David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2026 to Question 6857 on Islamophobia, whether the Home Office has adopted the definition of anti-Muslim hostility.(18194)
308David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 7457 on Anti-muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group, for what reason MEND, CAGE, the Muslim Association of Britain and the Muslim Council of Britain are specifically named as groups that the Department does not engage with.(18195)
309David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 8253 on Strategic Migration Partnerships: Finance, if she will list the other government departments that fund Strategic Migration Partnerships; and whether her Department holds copies of the grant agreement with each partnership.(18196)
310Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether funding has been provided by the House of Commons since July 2024 in relation to the security of Hon Members from the Reform UK party.(18059)
311Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department are taking to support community energy projects on his Department's land.(18305)
312Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of credit union services among the armed forces community.(18306)
313Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 32 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, whether the planned £17bn investment from 2030 to 2035 for the Digital Backbone and Targeting Web is currently factored into the MOD budget.(18106)
314Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when will production commence on the the first Hybrid Navy Carrier Air Wing.(18107)
315Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, will the Type 26 frigates for Norway be built ahead of any UK MOD shipbuilding.(18108)
316Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what date will the Type 31 frigate come into service.(18109)
317Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 36 of his Department's Defence investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, what is his planned timetable for updating Parliament on the outcome of the review of future plans of Offshore Patrol Vessels.(18110)
318Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the capability requirements of the joint UK-Netherlands amphibious ship.(18111)
319Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the capability requirements of the Joint Commando Craft in collaboration with Norway.(18112)
320Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 37 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased deployments to the High North on the capacity of Royal Marines; and what plans he has to (a) increase the number of Royal Marines and (b) cancel other commitments.(18113)
321Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 37 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, whether the planned funding in new maritime capabilities of £32 billion between 2030-2035 is already included in his Department's budget.(18114)
322Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 37 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, if he will set out the novel funding mechanisms to increase the resilience and protection of critical underwater infrastructure.(18115)
323Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 37 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, whether his Department has contingency plans should the Hybrid Navy not be fully operational by 2035.(18116)
324Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 37 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, if he will set out details of the replacement for HMS Protector; and when will this be procured.(18117)
325Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 38 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, what will be the autonomous replacement for Wildcat maritime helicopters.(18118)
326Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 38 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, what will be the future strategic sea lift capability.(18119)
327Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the capability requirements of the UK-Netherlands Amphibious Transport Ship programme.(18120)
328Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 39 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, if he will set out the proposed enhanced capabilities for RFA Proteus.(18121)
329Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 40 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, if he will set out what steps the Army is taking to integrate drone capabilities at all levels.(18122)
330Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 40 of the DIP, what metric he plans to use to test the lethality of the Army.(18123)
331Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the British Army’s regular forces are undeployable or medically downgraded.(18124)
332Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 41 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, what are the next generation of uncrewed aerial systems to replace legacy Watchkeeper drones.(18125)
333James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the hearing of the Defence Committee on 7 July 2026, HC 530, whether his Department has made an assessment of General Sir Richard Barrons' comments on the financial gap between the level of funding required to implement strategic defence review requires and the proposed level of funding.(18070)
334James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the hearing of the Defence Committee on 7 July 2026, HC 530, whether he intends to introduce annual reporting to Parliament on the delivery of the Defence Investment Plan against published milestones.(18071)
335James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the hearing of the Defence Committee on 7 July 2026, HC 530, what plans his Department has to accelerate the delivery of the Digital Targeting Web.(18072)
336James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the hearing of the Defence Committee on 7 July 2026, HC 530, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the delay in appointing the National Arms Director on the timeline for the delivery of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026.(18073)
337James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the hearing of the Defence Committee on 7 July 2026, HC 530, whether his Department has made an assessment of the change in the threat posed by Iran to Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia.(18074)
338James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure sovereign UK capabilities remain a priority for weapons integration, including F-35As.(18075)
339James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to ensure that weapons integration of F-35As will duplicate the procurement model of F-35Bs.(18076)
340James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the level of recruitment for specialist engineering, cyber and digital defence roles required by the Defence Investment Plan.(18077)
341James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the Digital Targeting Web will remain cyber secure, including against quantum cyber innovation.(18078)
342Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether factories producing military equipment met productivity targets, broken down by category in 2025.(18322)
343Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of the procurement of 12 F-35A aircraft on (a) public spending priorities, (b) nuclear proliferation risks, and (c) the UK's obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.(18220)
344Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with the Government of New Zealand to ensure the UK Armed Forces play a present and active role in the Indo-Pacific region over the next 20 years.(18172)
345Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates vessels of the a) British Army b) Royal Navy c) Royal Air Force visited New Zealand since 1 January 2020.(18173)
346Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes to the a) regulatory and b) classification framework will be required in order to deliver the Royal Navy’s new Type 91-94 autonomous vessels.(18230)
347Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the full scope of Project IRIS.(18231)
348Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, page 26, how many Type 94 uncrewed radar platforms does he intend to build for the Royal Navy.(18232)
349Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 31, what uncrewed systems swarming capability do each of the services currently have in order to enable Taskforce RAID to drive a step-change.(18233)
350Ben 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, what applications are being developed as part of the Land AI C2 programme.(18234)
351Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 62, what is the Planning Assumption for Service Entry for the Precision Strike Missile.(18236)
352Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2026, to question 15530 on F-35 Aircraft: Procurement, by what date does he expect delivery schedules to be agreed.(18238)
353Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2026, to question 15529 on Warships: Procurement, what phase is the Type 91 uncrewed missile platform currently at.(18239)
354Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what upgrades and enhancements to the Typhoon force a) have been delivered and b) are within the scope of the Typhoon Long Term Evolution programme.(18242)
355Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, Table 6: Spending on the Land Domain, what the full scope is of the £1.5 billion against Ground Based Air Defence.(18243)
356Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 73, by what year he plans to join the NATO Dual Capable Aircraft nuclear mission.(18244)
357Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 21 January 2026 to question 105107 on Artillery, what progress he has made on establishing a timeline for replacing the L118 105mm Light Gun by 2030.(18245)
358Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, Table 6: Spending on the Land Domain, what the full scope is of the £1.1 billion against Apache Helicopters.(18246)
359Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 62, what the breakdown is of the £1.1 billion allocated to Challenger 3.(18247)
360Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2026 to question 15401 on Type 45 Destroyers, what financial provision has been made in the Defence Investment Plan for a Type 45 Life Extension Programme.(18248)
361Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the number of new cadets joining military cadet forces in 2026.(17969)
362Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the living conditions of barracks for people in the armed forces.(17971)
363Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the potential merits of increasing tax free bounty payments to members of the reserve forces.(18215)
364Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of local government reorganisation on infrastructure planning in local authority areas where emerging Local Plans have been delayed or withdrawn as a result.(18356)
365Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the risk of residential development being approved in areas where Local Plans have been delayed or withdrawn following Local Government Reorganisation before necessary water supply and wastewater infrastructure improvements have been secured; and what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his polices of statements by water companies regarding capacity constraints affecting housing applications in those areas.(18357)
366Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the wastewater treatment capacity of Alton Sewage Treatment Works to accommodate planned housing growth in Alton, Four Marks, Holybourne and surrounding villages; and whether Thames Water has set a timetable for capacity upgrades at that works.(18358)
367Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how will the Government ensure that housing growth required through national planning policy is matched by timely funding for water supply, sewerage and wastewater infrastructure during the transition to new unitary authorities.(18359)
368Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions has the Secretary of State had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Ofwat regarding the alignment of water company investment programmes with planned housing growth.(18360)
369Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has the Government made of the potential impact of additional housing growth on chalk stream catchments in instances where wastewater treatment works are functioning at or near full capacity.(18361)
370Steve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the issue of unfinished and unadopted housing estates.(17984)
371Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Tough new rules to crackdown on foreign money in UK elections, of 6 July 2026, whether political parties will be retrospectively required to return donations from 25 March 2026 to 5 July 2026 that do not comply with the minimum residency requirement in relation to former overseas electors or former non-registered electors who were residing abroad.(18015)
372Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026, to Question 5955, on Council Tax, and with reference to the Fair funding share calculator: final, published 9 February 2026, in how many local authorities is the national notional council tax level higher than their Band D equivalent level of council tax in 2026-27, based on the methodology used in the Technical annex on the Resources Adjustment (measure of tax base) of February 2026.(18017)
373Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the (a) total level of debt and (b) per capita debt, for each local authority in England.(18018)
374Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2026, to Question 5341, on Radicalism: Islam, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood on community cohesion and integration of Islamist sectarianism.(18019)
375Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any special advisers have left his Department since July 2024 for (a) misconduct and (b) breaches of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers.(18020)
376Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's consultation outcome, Home buying and selling reform roadmap, updated 19 June 2026, whether HMRC Valuation Office will have access to the digitised property data and sales packs.(18021)
377Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026, to Question 113737, on Council Tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, what assessment his Department has made of the financial viability of the six councils if they do not increase council tax by the assumed 5% + £150 on Band D in each of the next two financial years.(18022)
378Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds information on which local housing authorities have introduced housing allocations policies on requiring (a) a local connection and (b) British citizenship.(18023)
379Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what comparative assessment his Department has made of shared ownership residents’ liability for building safety and cladding costs with the liability of the underlying owner of the shared equity lending for such costs.(18024)
380Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) information his Department has and (b) what research his Department has commissioned on the amount of retail, hospitality and leisure hereditaments or business space which are empty or vacant.(18025)
381Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 13 March 2026, to Question 117888, on Candidates, whether his Department is retaining the requirement that the office address must be within the local authority area.(18026)
382Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2026, to Question 9006, on MHCLG: Labour Housing Group, whether the Minister of State for Housing and Planning has discussed official departmental business with the Labour Housing Group at those events.(18027)
383Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions and correspondence his Department has had with the Mayor of Greater Manchester on proportional representation.(18028)
384Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 8092 on Bakerloo line: Housing, whether his Department has had discussions with the Mayor of London on the proposed Bakerloo line extension.(18029)
385Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what planning policy and guidance he has issued in relation to planning applications to convert a single dwelling into a House of Multiple Occupation.(18030)
386Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 24 April 2026 to Question 124786 on Affordable Housing: Greater London, whether there have been cases where (a) Homes England and (b) GLA schemes have not proceeded and the grant has been recouped.(18031)
387Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is able to intervene in a shadow authority.(18441)
388Anna Gelderd (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the legal framework governing land held in trust for community recreation, public amenity or open space purposes on (a) the protections applying to such land and (b) the role of local town and parish councils in decisions relating to its future use.(18483)
389Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.(17947)
390Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on how much revenue each local authority in England received from traffic enforcement in each of the last three financial years.(18164)
391Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2026 to Question 9009 on Political parties: Finance, what assessment has been made of whether such property assets of defunct or wound-down (a) political property companies and (b) political clubs could become stranded as consequence of the new proposed profit test.[R] (18057)
392Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the interaction between the Electoral Commission’s draft guidance on sponsorship and the political finance reforms proposed by his Department; and whether an impact assessment has been undertaken of their combined impact on the finances of registered political parties.[R] (18058)
393Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support independent markets in town centres.(18254)
394Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is providing for listed building social housing projects.(18444)
395Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding for the maintenance of listed building social housing stock.(18445)
396Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support libraries operating in listed buildings.(18446)
397Connor Naismith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if the Government will review housing allocation guidance to ensure that children diagnosed with conditions such as precocious puberty are supported with respect to policies that use age-based criteria for bedroom entitlement, in cases where medical evidence demonstrates a requirement for separate sleeping accommodation on grounds of privacy, dignity and wellbeing.(18386)
398Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to limit anti-social behaviour in parks linked to alcohol in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.(17968)
399Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to increase to availability of (a) defibrillators and (b) other first aid equipment (i) across England and (ii) within Romford constituency.(17970)
400Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Highgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the need for additional guidance to ensure that post-war low-rise council blocks, not covered by the Building Safety Act, are proactively inspected and maintained.(18065)
401David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many meetings officials in his Department have had with (a) Edaroth and (b) AtkinsRéalis since 1 September 2025; and what the purpose of each meeting was.(18179)
402David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2026 to Question 8561 on Air Conditioning, what are the timetable and terms of reference for the Building Safety Regulator's review into Part O of building regulations; and whether it will explicitly include consideration of regulations on the cooling of dwellings.(18180)
403David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 24 April 2026 to Question 124786 on Affordable Housing: Greater London, whether his Department has made an assessment of the accuracy of data provided by the Greater London Authority in relation to starts stalling or being abandoned.(18181)
404David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to MHCLG: spending over £25,000, April 2026, published on 30 June 2026, what was the nature and purpose of the two payments to TPXimpact Limited on Digital New Towns Alpha.(18182)
405David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what was the evidence base for changes in the draft National Planning Policy Framework on off-street maximum parking standards.(18183)
406David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the London Plan policy on Accessibility (D7) on the ability to construct mansion blocks with walk-up steps in London.(18184)
407David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release, "Cheers! Football fans to raise a glass for the World Cup", published 8 June 2026, how the proposed changes to the duration to a pavement licence will change from the current two year period; what role will councils play in determining the specific length under the new regime; and what consideration has been given to making the duration of unlimited length.(18185)
408David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the overnight visitor levy cannot be levied on top of any Business Improvement District levy which is currently charged on overnight accommodation.(18186)
409David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities in relation to cake sheds and local authority enforcement.(18187)
410David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release, "Mayors meet in York as “devolution revolution” delivers", of 5 June 2026, if he will list each individual Right to Request made to date, and which (a) have been accepted, (b) have been rejected and (c) remain under consideration.(18188)
411David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2026 to Question 9582 on social rented housing: asylum, what assessment has been made of whether data sharing on former asylum seekers within two days will increase the provision of temporary accommodation by councils to such groups.(18189)
412David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) Edaroth and (b) AtkinsRéalis has (i) bid for and (ii) received funding from (A) his Department or (B) Homes England since July 2024.(18190)
413Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that transport infrastructure is delivered in conjunction with major developments such as new housing and renewable energy projects.(18484)
414Richard Tice (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the process for restoring planning decision-making powers to local planning authorities designated for poor performance; whether his Department has an indicative timetable or performance criteria for the return of those powers; and whether changes in political administration and improvements in planning performance are taken into account when considering whether to revoke a designation.(18264)
415Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many surgeries Ministers in his Department have held for hon. Members (a) between July 2024 and January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.[R] (18062)
416Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.(17953)
417Peter Lamb (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department will make an assessment on the potential to utilise the Government's Tell Us Once service to avoid the unnecessary issuing of jury notices to the recently deceased.(18480)
418Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of strengthening guidance for courts and probation services on the link between animal cruelty and domestic abuse.(18261)
419Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to limit the number of prison escapees and mistaken releases.(17966)
420Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the risks associated with unofficial auditors accessing the open prison estate.(18214)
421Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many surgeries Ministers in his Department have held for hon. Members (a) between July 2024 and January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.[R] (18063)
422Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, other than special advisers if his Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.(17951)
423Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many surgeries Ministers in his Department have held for hon. Members (a) between July 2024 and January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.[R] (18064)
424Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, whether funding has been provided by IPSA since July 2024 in relation to the security of Hon Members from the Reform UK party.(18060)
425Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what types of political donations and political gifts to Hon Members are reported (a) by the Electoral Commission on its registers, and not in the House of Commons Register of Members' Financial Interests and (b) by the House of Commons in the Register of Members' Financial Interests and not by the Electoral Commission on its registers, where such donations are over the respective reporting thresholds.(18053)
426Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has provided to the (a) Parliamentary Standards Commissioner and (b) House of Commons Registrar on whether donations or gifts to Members of Parliament that they receive in the 12 months before their first election to Parliament need to be from permissible sources.(18054)
427Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has given to local authorities on the provision of overseas electors data to political parties, the manner in which it is provided; and whether an associated domestic home address is reported with the overseas elector entry.[R] (18055)
428Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has given to Electoral Registration Officers on in which local authorities overseas electors should be registered if the electors has more than one previous domestic address.(18056)
429Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many organisations will be designated as critical third parties by the end of 2027.(18316)
430Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with financial regulators on testing operational resilience against simultaneous failures affecting multiple critical third parties.(18317)
431Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to publish guidance for financial institutions on contingency planning for disruption involving critical third parties.(18318)
432Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of abolishing Stamp Duty for downsizers in (a) Yeovil constituency (b) Somerset and (c) England.(18304)
433John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of whether the UK's tax treaty arbitration arrangements allow multinational companies to delay or the collection of UK tax in transfer pricing and Diverted Profits Tax disputes; and whether the Government will review those arrangements to ensure that profits generated in the UK are taxed fairly in the UK and that UK tax revenues are protected.(17982)
434Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.(17955)
435Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing VAT from sunscreen products on public health outcomes; and whether she plans to reclassify sunscreen products with SPF protection as essential health products.(18222)
436Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC's policy paper entitled Salary sacrifice reform for pension contributions, published on 4 December 2025, if she will publish the calculation underpinning the estimate that the mean average additional employee National Insurance contributions liability will be £84 in the first year.(18159)
437Jayne Kirkham (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will consider the potential merits of introducing a minimum standard for access to in-person banking services as part of the Access to Banking Services Review.(18393)
438Jayne Kirkham (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of using existing public infrastructure, such as the Post Office network, to expand the provision of in-person banking support.(18394)
439Gordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to ensure that people unable to use digital services can continue to manage tax affairs by telephone, post and face-to-face support.(18286)
440Gordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken by HM Revenue and Customs to respond to written correspondence from individual taxpayers was in the last year.(18287)
441Gordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government’s timetable is for bringing buy now, pay later products within the financial-services regulatory framework.(18293)
442Gordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to improve the availability of large scale capital in the UK for late stage start up businesses.(18298)
443Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that data held across HM Treasury, HMRC and the Department for Work and Pensions is used effectively to reduce fuel poverty and improve the targeting of energy affordability support.(18351)
444Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to which categories of medicines supplied free of charge HM Revenue and Customs has applied VAT, and for which periods assessments have been issued.(18477)
445Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to review the VAT treatment of medicines supplied free of charge to patients under early access schemes.(18478)
446Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration her Department is giving to the treatment of VAT assessments already issued in respect of medicines supplied free of charge under early access schemes.(18479)
447Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service other than special advisers since July 2024.(17950)
448Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will consider establishing an assessment scheme for the adequacy of toilet provision in public areas at catering to the needs of stoma users.(18219)
Questions for Answer on Thursday 16 July
Questions for Written Answer
1 NSiân Berry (Brighton Pavilion): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer to the Answer of 10 May 2002 to Question 54672, what recent guidance his Department has given to public bodies on potential embarrassment as a justifiable reason to withhold the release of material relating to the Royal Family under the Public Records Act 1958 (as amended in 1967).(18414)
2 NGordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants employed in digital, data and technology roles are based in the Glasgow City Region; and what plans he has to increase that number.(18285)
3 NDame Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to coordinate across the Home Office, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Education to ensure that English language testing used for immigration and education purposes aligns with the United Kingdom’s national interest.(17994)
4 NDavid Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what specific items of expenditure have been counted towards the Government's claim to have met the NATO target of spending 1.5% of GDP on resilience-related investment.[R] [Transferred] (17650)
5 NFreddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to accelerate resolution of McCloud remedy cases have not yet commenced and are not expected to be fully resolved until mid-2027.(18397)
6 NFreddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that members of the civil pension scheme who have depleted personal savings while waiting for McCloud remedy pension benefits to be paid are restored to their previous financial position.(18399)
7 NJim Allister (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what provisions will the Government make in the context of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 for goods made in Great Britain that only carry the CE marking, and not the UKNI marking, to be sold in retail establishments in Northern Ireland.[Transferred] (17917)
8 NSteff Aquarone (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on how many occasions and on what dates Ministers from his department met with representatives of the Baking Industry in a. 2024, b. 2025 and c. 2026.[R] (18267)
9 NGordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of barriers for grocery retailers seeking to open full-service stores in low-income urban communities with limited access to fresh food; and whether his Department plans to convene retailers and local authorities to help reduce those barriers.(18284)
10 NAbtisam Mohamed (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will commit to making regulations under section 76(1) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 to prohibit employers from making 100% wage deductions where the partial performance in question constitutes protected industrial action.(18262)
11 NDame Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to improve the delivery performance of first class letters in the North East region.(17996)
12 NLiz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps are being taken by his Department to ensure that animal conservation is recognised and promoted as part of a future UK – EU SPS veterinary agreement.(18079)
13 NGordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of AI assistants and answer engines on traffic and revenue received by public-interest news publishers; and whether her Department is considering requirements relating to source attribution and links to original reporting.(18282)
14 NPerran Moon (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will ensure that the next BBC Royal Charter reflects the recognition of the Kernewek in the Media Act 2024.(18330)
15 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to facilitate the transferring of funds to Ukrainian charities.(18465)
16 NValerie Vaz (Walsall and Bloxwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to UIN 109087 and the answer of 2 February 2026, what the funding is for Oak National Academy for 2026/2027 and 2027/2028; and when it will be published.(17983)
17 NLlinos Medi (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment has his department made of the potential merits of moving policy costs from domestic energy bills into general taxation.(18228)
18 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to answer question 14925 from the hon. Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston.(18100)
19 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to (a) provide guidance to veterinary practices on the pricing of Animal Health Certificates and (b) introduce regulations on the price levels for Animal Health Certificates set by veterinary practices.(18464)
20 NFreddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2026 to UIN 10802, what criteria her Department uses to make decisions on publishing such information.(18398)
21 NTony Vaughan (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether an assessment has been made of the potential merits of launching a public consultation into the use of high concentration carbon dioxide for slaughtering pigs.(18206)
22 NGordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking with the Department for Work and Pensions and Ofcom to identify people eligible for broadband social tariffs and notify them automatically of that eligibility.(18281)
23 NCaroline Voaden (South Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what comparative assessment has she made of the adequacy of mobile mast density in the UK with other European countries.(18338)
24 NCaroline Voaden (South Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her department has had discussions with mobile infrastructure companies on regulatory reform of the mobile coverage market.(18339)
25 NCaroline Voaden (South Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her department is taking to improve mobile coverage in rural and coastal areas.(18340)
26 NSteff Aquarone (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many medical driving licence applications took longer than six months to be issued in a. 2023, b. 2024, c. 2025 and d. 2026 to date.(18265)
27 NSteff Aquarone (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether surveys or questionnaires have been issued to Coastguard Rescue Officers in relation to changes to remuneration.(18266)
28 NSiân Berry (Brighton Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that foreign commercial interests do not act to disadvantage domestic producers in the implementation of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate.(18416)
29 NSiân Berry (Brighton Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing statutory guidance to local authorities that anyone with a chronic and progressive condition should not be reassessed for a Blue Badge.(18417)
30 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many knife-enabled crimes were recorded by the British Transport Police as having occurred at railway stations in each of the last 30 years.(18157)
31 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of (a) the total hours of delay to road users, (b) the number of road users affected and (c) the economic cost of traffic disruption resulting from incidents on the strategic road network in each of the last five years.(18158)
32 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many category D1 (minibus) practical driving tests have been conducted by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in each of the last 30 years.(18160)
33 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many scheduled passenger services operated by each train operating company were formed of fewer carriages than planned in each month since June 2024.(18168)
34 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 16176 on Railways: CCTV, whether the funding allocated to the rail CCTV connectivity project represents (a) the total estimated cost of delivering the programme or (b) funding allocated to date.(18169)
35 NSir Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason her Department did not pause the installation of additional floating bus stops until further research on safety had been carried out in the context of the advice of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee; what analysis she has undertaken of the likelihood of cyclists giving way to blind people trying to cross cycle lanes to board and alight from buses at floating bus stops; and what consideration she has given to representations on that subject by the National Federation of the Blind of the UK and other charitable bodies.(17935)
36 NJerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger services were cancelled due to rolling stock failure by each train operating company in each month since July 2024.(18102)
37 NJerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on how many passenger services operated by each train operating company were affected by defective passenger doors in each month since July 2024.(18103)
38 NJerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train operating company had the highest proportion of passenger services that were (a) cancelled because of rolling stock failures and (b) operated with fewer carriages than planned in the latest 12-month period for which data is available.(18104)
39 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department was consulted by the Home Office on the potential road safety implications of proposals to accommodate asylum seekers at MoD Bicester, including impacts on the B4011 and the use of that route by high-sided vehicles seeking to avoid the height-restricted railway bridge on the A41.(18513)
40 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2026 to question 121208 on A14: Trees, what steps National Highways is taking to ensure the survival of replanted saplings on the A14 during heatwave temperatures and drought.(18240)
41 NDame Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5917 on London North Eastern Railway: WiFi, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact on regional productivity of this timescale.(17995)
42 NShivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at which railway stations live facial recognition technology has been deployed in each of the last five years; on what dates it was deployed at each station; for what purpose; and how many individuals were (a) matched to watchlists, (b) stopped by police and (c) arrested following its use.(18207)
43 NShivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resources of British Transport Police to maintain a permanent policing presence at major rail interchange stations.(18208)
44 NShivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has modelled the potential impact of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate on the number of passengers beginning journeys from overseas airports.(18209)
45 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of people arrested or charged for a drug driving offence who were subsequently arrested for a further alleged drug driving offence before the conclusion of the original proceedings in each of the last five years.(18367)
46 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time was between (a) a roadside drug test, (b) the taking of an evidential sample, (c) receipt of toxicology results and (d) the first court hearing for drug driving cases in the latest period for which data is available.(18368)
47 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many knife-enabled crimes were recorded by the British Transport Police as having occurred on board trains in each of the last 30 years.(18371)
48 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what protected species licensing requirements Network Rail is required to comply with when undertaking (a) maintenance and (b) enhancement projects on the railway network.(18373)
49 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of the level of buy-out under the sustainable aviation fuel Mandate that would prompt a review of the trajectory of the advanced fuel and power-to-liquid sub-mandates.(18374)
50 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing road risk prevention orders, or a similar mechanism, to prohibit individuals suspected of posing a serious road safety risk from driving pending the outcome of criminal proceedings.(18140)
51 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of linking any interim driving prohibition for drug driving offenders to the successful completion of an approved drug driving rehabilitation course and a negative drug test.(18141)
52 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding her Department has provided since 4 July 2024 for (a) drug driving enforcement, (b) toxicology services relating to drug driving offences and (c) the National Roads Policing Coordination Centre's drink and drug driving workstream.(18142)
53 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which protected species most frequently require surveys, licences and mitigation before Network Rail can undertake maintenance and enhancement works.(18143)
54 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance has her Department provided to the sector on using banking and borrowing flexibilities under the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate to allow the deferral of obligations under the advanced fuel and power-to-liquid sub-mandates over a multi-year period.(18144)
55 NMichael Wheeler (Worsley and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the Maritime and Coastguard Agency changed the operating model of the Coastguard Rescue Service to an unpaid model rather making changes necessary to reflect the Court of Appeal judgment in Maritime and Coastguard Agency v Martin Groom and bringing volunteers' status into line with that of a worker.[R] (18348)
56 NSiân Berry (Brighton Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to apply the findings from the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment: interim report to Disability Living Allowance in areas where elements of both systems operate in similar ways.(18415)
57 NSteve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide an update on the Access to Elected Office Fund; and when it is likely that applications for support will open.(18205)
58 NAnn Davies (Caerfyrddin): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision not to uprate Local Housing Allowance on poverty (a) before and (b) after housing costs, particularly for households in Wales.(18277)
59 NAnn Davies (Caerfyrddin): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of homelessness among Universal Credit claimants since Local Housing Allowance was last uprated.(18278)
60 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a minimum child maintenance payment for all paying parents on the Child Maintenance Service regardless of income.(18463)
61 NRebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 126865 on Motability: Rural Areas, what estimate his Department has made of the average annual mileage driven by Motability Scheme customers living in rural areas, and if he will make a statement.(18404)
62 NDr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support those living with Stiff Person Syndrome.(18082)
63 NDr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of requiring safeguarded 24/7 on-site helipads at a) Major Trauma Centres and b) specialist hospitals that receive emergency air ambulance patients.(18083)
64 NSteff Aquarone (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings Ministers in his department have attended in relation to coastal health inequalities in 2026.(18268)
65 NOlly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to review the Tommy’s Miscarriage Centre pilot; and whether he has a timeline for replacing the three miscarriage rule with a graded care model.(18420)
66 NOlly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Modern Service Framework for Dementia and Frailty will improve outcomes for dementia patients.(18421)
67 NTom Gordon (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 15027 on Wheelchairs: Children, what information his Department collects on the amount of under-18 year olds not prescribed a wheelchair or personal wheelchair budget after being seen by wheelchair services.(18197)
68 NMike Martin (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many extra GP appointments were delivered in Tunbridge Wells constituency in 2025/26 compared to 2024/25.(18341)
69 NMike Martin (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Kent and Medway ICB has submitted Neighbourhood Health Centre proposals for (i) Lonsdale, (ii) Grosvenor & St James, (iii) Kingswood and (iv) Speldhurst & Greggswood GP surgeries.(18342)
70 NMike Martin (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current ratio of GPs to patients is in Tunbridge Wells constituency; how this compares to five years ago; whether a threshold exists for the ratio of GPs to patients above which additional GP provision is required; and what criteria are used to determine when GP services should be expanded.(18343)
71 NMike Martin (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department provides guidance to GPs on the suitability of premises for the delivery of GP services.(18344)
72 NMike Martin (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department held with representatives of NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board in the 2025-26 financial year; and how many of those meetings related to the provision of GP services.(18345)
73 NJohn Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were recruited into National Institute for Health and Care Research supported (i) phase 1, (ii) phase 2, and (iii) phase 3 trials for (a) dementia, (b) cancer, (c) stroke and (d) coronary heart disease for each year from 2020/21 to 2024/25.(18467)
74 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dental contracts within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB have been handed back in each of the last three years by number of contracts and Units of Dental Activity.(18241)
75 NDerek Twigg (Widnes and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many training places were allocated for GPs in each year since 2015.(17964)
76 NDerek Twigg (Widnes and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in each year since 2015.(17965)
77 NFreddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of 28 May 2026 from the hon. Member for Henley and Thame on the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act.(18400)
78 NNadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to (a) introduce national guidance and (b) amend NHS dental contractual requirements to ensure that NHS dental practices make reasonable adjustments for disabled patients before deregistering them from NHS dental lists.(18178)
79 NJames Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 15445 on Department of Health and Social Care: Public Expenditure, if she will set out which capital programmes have been identified as having flexibility for the redeployment of capital funding; and whether she will provide a breakdown of any such programmes with reference to the capital spending allocations for (a) NHS Providers (net) and (b) DHSC Programme and Administration expenditure shown under Voted Expenditure on page 45 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2026–27.(18154)
80 NBell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Crown Land Unit within the Attorney-General's Chambers and the Advisory Panel complaints process in preventing irregular and reversed planning and land allocation decisions in the Turks and Caicos Islands.(18126)
81 NBell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands on the operation of the Advisory Panel complaints process for disputed Crown land and planning decisions.(18127)
82 NBell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resources and investigative powers of the Integrity Commission in the Turks and Caicos Islands to scrutinise planning and land decisions in real time.(18128)
83 NBell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the governance reforms introduced after the 2009 Commission of Inquiry in preventing illegal conduct in planning and land allocation decisions in the context of the conviction of Michael Misick and two co-defendants in February 2026.(18129)
84 NBell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands on the exercise of reserved powers under the 2011 Constitution in relation to the oversight of planning and Crown land decisions.(18130)
85 NLara Bird (Arbroath and Broughty Ferry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential financial impact of paying the Immigration Health Surcharge, National Insurance and Income Tax on individuals and families awaiting a decision on Indefinite Leave to Remain; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the ILR period from 5 years on this.(18508)
86 NJanet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the auction of occupied Palestinian land in the UK, in the context of guidance on businesses maintaining commercial relationships with illegal settlements.(18101)
87 NJames McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to clause 19 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, whether a person will be required to demonstrate likely financial independence throughout the entire duration of any leave granted.(18495)
88 NJames McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to clause 20 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed exceptional circumstances to deportation on the number of foreign criminals that would otherwise be removed from the UK in each of the five years following the entering into force of this measure.(18496)
89 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposals to accommodate asylum seekers at MoD Bicester on access to and use of nearby community facilities, including those used by Five Acres Primary School and junior and youth football teams at Launton Football Club.(18514)
90 NJames Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart regarding military developments in Cuba.(18066)
91 NJames Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart regarding military developments in Iran.(18067)
92 NJames Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will provide an update on whether there have been any recent military developments in Cuba.(18068)
93 NJames Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will provide an update on recent military developments in Iran.(18069)
94 NGraham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of delays on upgrades for 14,000 defence homes until 2030 on departmental recruitment and retention in Lossiemouth and Kinloss.(18390)
95 NGraham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his department is taking to support service personnel and their families in Lossiemouth and Kinloss sites in the context of delays to the refurbishment of 14,000 military homes.(18391)
96 NGraham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with regard to the Defence Investment Plan, how many of the 14,000 military homes affected by delays in refurbishment are occupied by service personnel and their families.(18392)
97 NJames MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when will the independent review into single living accommodation conclude.(18377)
98 NJames MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many urgent repair calls to service family accommodation have there been in each month in 2026.(18378)
99 NJames MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of urgent repair calls for service family accommodation have been resolved within the target timescales in each month in 2026.(18379)
100 NJames MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military homes will be upgraded in each year to 2035.(18380)
101 NJames MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, of the 1,250 of the worst maintained homes which have been upgraded over the last 12 months, how many have since been subject to urgent repair call outs.(18381)
102 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date notice was served by his Department on the current occupants and users of the proposed asylum accommodation site at MoD Bicester.(18512)
103 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, Table 6: Spending on the Land Domain, what is the breakdown of a) projects and b) proportion of funding allocated to each project from the £160 million against Personal Weapons and Equipment.(18235)
104 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 62, what is the planned number of each vehicle to be procured under the a) Light Mobility Vehicle and b) the Heavy Protected Mobility projects within the Land Mobility Programme.(18237)
105 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many F-35 aircraft are scheduled to be produced for the Royal Air Force in Lots a) 15-17, b) 18-19 and c) 20-22.(18249)
106 NDame Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many robots are deployed in the armed forces and how much funding for robotic development has his department made available.(17997)
107 NGraham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will guarantee that planned reductions in civil service headcount in his Department will not result in a reduction in the number of Defence Driving Examiners available to conduct military driving tests.(17974)
108 NSir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the Rycroft Review response: letter to parliamentary parties, of 7 July 2026, whether the minimum residency requirement applies individuals who have been continually registered as domestic electors but who may have been residing abroad in whole or in part for the year, or only to overseas electors and non-registered electors who were residing abroad.(18016)
109 NSir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Rycroft Review response: letter to parliamentary parties, of 7 July 2026, whether the residency requirement for former overseas electors to no longer be subject to the £100,000 cap is a year of continuous UK residence from January to December in the previous calendar year.(18032)
110 NCharlie Dewhirst (Bridlington and The Wolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate has been made of the cost incurred by accountable persons for time spent by the Building Safety Regulator to determine building assessment certificate applications.(18274)
111 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason his Department determined that proposals for the use of site A at MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation should be considered under the Urgent Crown Development Order process.(18510)
112 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what period he plans to give (a) local residents (b) the local planning authority and (c) relevant statutory consultees to respond to consultation under an Urgent Crown Development Order procedure before such an application is determined.(18511)
113 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer question 14926 from the hon. Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston.(18099)
114 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to introduce a requirement for buyers of park homes to be provided with independent legal advice during the buying process.(18466)
115 NFreddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Disabled Facilities Grant system delivery model, involving upper-tier authorities, district councils and housing providers, on the time taken to to provide home adaptations for people with progressive or terminal conditions; and whether he will bring forward proposals to simplify the process.(18396)
116 NSir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when will HM Courts & Tribunals Service reference number 1753292273313841 (a) be listed and (b) be heard.(17944)
117 NSir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when will the probate application 1763-9735-8436-3140, submitted by David Bull on 24 November 2025, in respect of Beryl Patricia Bull, be granted.(17945)
118 NGordon McKee (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Government on sharing technology, research and technical standards developed by the Justice AI Unit with the devolved justice administrations.(18283)
119 NJack Rankin (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of terrorism offences have been discharged from detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last 10 years.(18471)
120 NJack Rankin (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether all people convicted of terrorism offences who are discharged from detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 are subject to a formal terrorism risk assessment before release.(18472)
121 NJack Rankin (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance is issued to NHS mental health providers on assessing terrorist risk when discharging patients convicted of terrorism offences.(18473)
122 NJack Rankin (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential impact of the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 on the ability of agencies to complete terrorism risk assessments prior to the discharge of convicted terrorist offenders.(18474)
123 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which influencers and content creators his Department has paid to support its campaigns.(18202)
124 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a breakdown of the religion of the prison population by ethnicity for each of the past four years.(18203)
125 NRobin Swann (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the last meeting of the East-West Council established under the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper was; and who attended.(18422)
126 NRobin Swann (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the next meeting of the East-West Council established under the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper is due to take place.(18423)
127 NLlinos Medi (Ynys Môn): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to address delays by the Valuation Office Agency in undertaking tax band valuations for holiday let accommodation in Wales.(18226)
128 NLlinos Medi (Ynys Môn): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of delays by the Valuation Office Agency in undertaking tax band valuations for holiday let accommodation in Wales on the amount of Council Tax charged on these properties.(18227)
129 NPerran Moon (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the VAT burden on hospitality businesses.(18331)
130 NDame Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research she has commissioned into distinguishing between goods produced in (a) the Occupied West Bank and (b) Green line Israel through scientific means.(17986)
131 NDavid Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, given the Prime Minister's confirmation at the NATO summit that the UK has met the NATO target of spending 1.5% of GDP on security-related investment, if she will set out (a) which departments' budgets contributed to reaching that figure, (b) in what proportion, and (c) whether any new funding was allocated for this purpose.[R] [Transferred] (17649)
Questions for Answer on Tuesday 1 September
Questions for Written Answer
1 NAlison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data the Department holds on testing of suspected illicit or non-compliant (a) cigarettes, (b) vaping products, (c) heated tobacco products, and (d) nicotine pouches in each of the last three years; what proportion of samples tested contained prohibited substances, nicotine concentrations above applicable legal limits, or other substances assessed as presenting a health risk; and whether those data are available for (i) West Sussex and (ii) Bognor Regis and Littlehampton constituency.(18329)
2 NAlison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data the Department holds on the number of retail premises suspected of selling illicit tobacco products or non-compliant nicotine products in (a) England and Wales, (b) West Sussex, and (c) Bognor Regis and Littlehampton constituency; and how many of those premises are suspected of links to organised crime groups.(18325)
3 NAlison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data the Department holds on investigations involving illicit tobacco or nicotine products in which there were also suspected links to (a) drug trafficking, (b) modern slavery or human trafficking, (c) fraud, and (d) money laundering in each of the last three years, broken down by (i) England and Wales and (ii) West Sussex.(18326)
4 NAlison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data the Department holds on enforcement operations against retail premises suspected of selling illicit tobacco products or non-compliant nicotine products in each of the last three years, including the number of (a) premises searched, (b) arrests made, and (c) premises closed, broken down by (i) England and Wales, (ii) West Sussex, and (iii) Bognor Regis and Littlehampton constituency.(18327)
5 NAlison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the tax and duty revenue foregone through illicit trade in (a) cigarettes, (b) hand-rolling tobacco, (c) heated tobacco products, (d) vaping products, and (e) nicotine pouches in the latest year for which data are available; and whether those estimates are available for (i) West Sussex and (ii) Bognor Regis and Littlehampton constituency.(18328)