Questions Tabled

Published – Wednesday 2 September 2026

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 2 September

Questions for Written Answer

1Maureen Burke (Glasgow North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes she plans to make to UK procurement rules to support the Government's commitment to increase domestic purchasing.[Transferred] (23659)

2Maureen Burke (Glasgow North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential opportunities for Scottish industries arising from the Government's commitment to increase domestic procurement.[Transferred] (23660)

3Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether she plans to appoint combined authority mayors to the House of Lords.[Transferred] (20045)

4Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the No10 press release, of 23 July 2026, entitled Prime Minister pledges growth in every postcode across whole of UK as he visits Scotland, what methodology will be used assess the delivery of growth in every postcode.[Transferred] (20407)

5Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the No10 press release, Whitehall officials to be posted into mayors' offices as PM marks first month of No10 North, of 21 August 2026, if she will list each attendee of that No10 North virtual situation room meeting; what the terms of reference are of the situation room; and whether any council (a) leaders and (b) mayors were invited.[Transferred] (20421)

6Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2026 to Question 128813, whether the AI Security Institute has identified vulnerabilities in models deployed before the Institute confirmed those vulnerabilities had been resolved.[Transferred] (21384)

7Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of compulsory Office for National Statistics surveys on small businesses' administration.[Transferred] (25080)

8Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department is taking steps to reduce duplication by enabling the Office for National Statistics to make greater use of data already held by Government departments rather than requiring businesses to provide the same information through compulsory surveys.[Transferred] (25082)

9Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the First Secretary of State is the most senior Minister in Government after the Prime Minister.[Transferred] (20574)

10Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the First Secretary of State is the designated Minister to deputise for the Prime Minister.[Transferred] (20713)

11Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 17753 on Prime Minister: Facilities Agreements, whether information on trade union facility time within Downing Street is held by the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, including the Downing Street HR arm.[Transferred] (20723)

12Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether she plans to appoint a Deputy Prime Minister.[Transferred] (20727)

13Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2026 to Question 12774 on Public Duty Cost Allowance, whether she will review the level of the Public Duty Cost Allowance annual limit for the former Prime Minister, the Rt hon. Member for Holborn and St Pancras.[Transferred] (20730)

14Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Sir Stephen Lovegrove remains her Special Representative on AUKUS.[Transferred] (20898)

15Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many No10 special advisers employed under the previous Prime Minister at the end of the Starmer Administration have (a) been retained, (b) joined another department and (c) left government.[Transferred] (20899)

16Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the new Prime Minster has spoken to the Chinese Government since his appointment.[Transferred] (20900)

17Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he uses Whatsapp on her phone to communicate with representatives foreign governments; and whether her phone is in scope of the review into non-corporate communications.[Transferred] (20901)

18Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many No10 special advisers are permanently assigned to No10 North in Manchester.[Transferred] (21034)

19Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions she has had with institutional investors on supporting university spin-outs.[Transferred] (24317)

20Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of existing tax incentives in encouraging investment in university spin-out companies at the scale-up stage.[Transferred] (24365)

21Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of leave entitlement for kinship carers.[Transferred] (24568)

22Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what consideration his Department has made in the Parental Leave and Pay Review of kinship carers.[Transferred] (24569)

23Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July to Question 18171 on Furnaces: Port Talbot, whether his Department had discussions with Tata on the country of origin of the electric arc furnace.[Transferred] (21957)

24Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the press release issued by UK Export Finance entitled Public bodies mobilise £50 billion to drive UK economic growth and support over 802,000 jobs, published on 15 July 2026, how much of the support was allocated by (a) UK Export Finance, (b) the British Business Bank, (c) the National Wealth Fund and (d) Innovate UK.[Transferred] (22694)

25Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the press release issued by UK Export Finance entitled Public bodies mobilise £50 billion to drive UK economic growth and support over 802,000 jobs, published on 15 July 2026, how many of the jobs supported or sustained were (a) newly created and (b) existing jobs retained.[Transferred] (22695)

26Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the Government plans to appoint a Minister for Investment.[Transferred] (20722)

27Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department with telecommunications providers to ensure social tariffs for broadband and mobile data are routinely offered at sign-up to low-income households with disabled children.[Transferred] (24532)

28Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the under-16s social media ban on organisations that use social media platforms for online campaigns and outreach with young people.[Transferred] (24536)

29Aphra Brandreth (Chester South and Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated to the Shared Rural Network.[Transferred] (24584)

30Ms Julie Minns (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many constituencies will the Project Gigabit roll-out of fibre-optic broadband fall short of the 99% coverage target according to the latest data.[Transferred] (23463)

31James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of recognising women and girls as a discrete beneficiary group under the Dormant Assets Scheme.[Transferred] (22280)

32Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of what expenditure has already been incurred on the Digital ID programme prior to its cancellation.[Transferred] (22655)

33Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to Question 15826, on Information Commissioner’s Office: Pay, if she will place a copy of the ICO Career Banding Framework in the Library.[Transferred] (20789)

34Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what is the average time for the Information Commissioner to (a) open a case on a Freedom of Information Act appeal from time of application and (b) to substantively make a decision on a case once it has been opened, for (i) expediated and (ii) non-expediated requests.[Transferred] (20790)

35Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many Freedom of Information Act appeals are currently before the Information Commissioner, how many are more than (a) one year (2) two years, (3) three or more years from date of application; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce backlogs.[Transferred] (20791)

36Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what was the Information Commissioner Office’s request for funding in the 2025 Spending Review, and how much of the request was (a) provided and (b) not provided.[Transferred] (20955)

37Mr Jonathan Brash (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to address the declining number of children who can swim confidently.[R] [Transferred] (22208)

38Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of maintaining the Plan 2 student loan repayment threshold at its 2026-27 level for three years from April 2027 on the disposable income of graduates earning below median earnings.[Transferred] (25214)

39Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding is being provided to the British Council in (a) 2026-27 and (b) 2027-28 for it to act as the lead authority on Erasmus+.[Transferred] (20606)

40Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on whether the British Council has produced guidance on grant reductions relating to the Erasmus programme.[Transferred] (20920)

41Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) electrical and (b) fire safety risk from plug-in solar installations, including the (i) resilience of Residual Current Devices and (ii) use of BS 1363 plugs.[Transferred] (20088)

42Graeme Downie (Dunfermline and Dollar): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if her Department will provide an update on the surplus sharing arrangements of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme.[Transferred] (24760)

43Graeme Downie (Dunfermline and Dollar): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if her Department will provide an update on the surplus sharing arrangements of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme.[Transferred] (24761)

44Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, hat assessment has been made by of the potential impact of rural rewilding programmes on the prevalence and frequency of wildfires.[Transferred] (20330)

45Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,  pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2026, to Question 118760, on Aarhus Convention, whether changes to the implementation of the Aarhus Convention will be permitted under the proposed EU Single Market Electricity Agreement.[Transferred] (20409)

46James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider the merits of a ban on disposable barbecues.[Transferred] (19515)

47Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in developing her Department’s peatland calculator for carbon losses, whether the Government will include peat destruction caused by (i) wind farm developments and (ii) wildfires caused by excess vegetation.[Transferred] (19918)

48Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of restrictions on the mowing, burning and grazing of vegetation on (i) its volume, (ii) its age structure, (iii) its moisture content and (iv) its flammability.[Transferred] (19919)

49Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has a target to reduce (a) meat and (b) dairy consumption.[Transferred] (21018)

50Shockat Adam (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to help increase the number of apprenticeships in the hair and beauty sector.[Transferred] (23594)

51Shockat Adam (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the Youth Guarantee and apprenticeship reforms will support apprenticeships in labour-intensive service sectors such as hair and beauty.[Transferred] (23595)

52Lee Barron (Corby and East Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is considering a ban on engineered stone to prevent workers' increased exposure to silica dust.[Transferred] (24961)

53Harriet Cross (Gordon and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications his department received for its Crisis and Resilience Fund to assist with heating oil costs since its launch on 1 April 2026, broken down by local authority area, and how many (a) have been approved or rejected and (b) remain unprocessed.[Transferred] (24940)

54Sarah Pochin (Runcorn and Helsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will undertake a local skills needs assessment for Runcorn and Helsby constituency to identify employer demand in engineering, laboratory science, digital technology, construction, logistics and advanced manufacturing.[Transferred] (25877)

55Dr Roz Savage (South Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual productivity costs associated with diabetes including sickness absence, reduced economic participation and premature mortality.[Transferred] (25322)

56Vikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the School Holiday Voucher Scheme on levels of child poverty in England.[Transferred] (25152)

57Vikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to review the decision to end the School Holiday Voucher Scheme following the 2025/26 academic year.[Transferred] (25153)

58John Slinger (Rugby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a youth triple lock to provide ongoing support for the younger generation, across a range of policy areas.[Transferred] (23629)

59Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Jonathan Powell had Developed Vetting security clearance whilst he was Special Envoy on Chagos; and whether his security vetting was awarded before he was appointed.[Transferred] (20562)

60Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Prime Minister will meet representatives of the Mauritius Government to discuss the Chagos Islands treaty at the annual UN General Assembly meeting in New York in September 2026.[Transferred] (21036)

61Aphra Brandreth (Chester South and Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned the use of accommodation in Cheshire East for the purpose of housing asylum seekers since 5 July 2024.[Transferred] (24582)

62Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2026 to Question 6870 on Asylum: Housing, what is the timetable for publishing further public information on the local authority asylum accommodation model; and whether any pilots have taken place to date.[Transferred] (20189)

63Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Muslim Council of Britain is classified as extremist organisation.[Transferred] (20316)

64Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing transitional protections for members of the Police Pension Scheme who received pension benefit quotations before 2015.[Transferred] (25030)

65Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her assessment is of the extent and quality of the geographical coverage of the Emergency Services Network.[Transferred] (22123)

66Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ban the importation of child sex dolls.[Transferred] (23276)

67Sarah Pochin (Runcorn and Helsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions the Government has had with the Government of Spain on recent irregular migration into Ceuta.[Transferred] (25890)

68Sarah Pochin (Runcorn and Helsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions the Government has had with European leaders on preventing the onward movement of irregular migrants towards the United Kingdom.[Transferred] (25891)

69Sarah Pochin (Runcorn and Helsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to raise recent migration into Ceuta at her next meeting with European leaders.[Transferred] (25892)

70Sarah Pochin (Runcorn and Helsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions the Government has had with the President of France on strengthening controls against the onward movement of irregular migrants through France.[Transferred] (25893)

71Sarah Pochin (Runcorn and Helsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions the Government has had with the President of France on preventing the departure of larger migrant vessels from the French coast.[Transferred] (25900)

72Sarah Pochin (Runcorn and Helsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to establish a cross-government strategy on irregular migration into the United Kingdom.[Transferred] (25905)

73Sarah Pochin (Runcorn and Helsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to seek an expansion of the UK–France returns agreement to increase the number of small boat arrivals returned to France.[Transferred] (25909)

74Sarah Pochin (Runcorn and Helsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to seek agreements with additional safe countries for the return of people who arrive in the United Kingdom by small boat.[Transferred] (25911)

75Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the written statement of 30 June 2026 on Defence funding update, HCWS165, what is the nature of the £400 million identified to increase Ministry of Defence spending power from Ministry of Defence asset sales.[Transferred] (23207)

76Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence funding update, HCWS165, published on 30 June 2026, if he will provide further information on the £600 million identified to increase MoD spending power from MoD reprioritisation.[Transferred] (23226)

77Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to use Private Finance Initiative finance to support new towns.[Transferred] (20053)

78Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2026 to Question 9587 on Public Expenditure, if she will provide a breakdown of the £62 billion of long-term funding commitments, including the amount in each year outside the Spending Review period, by individual programme.[Transferred] (20060)

79Wendy Chamberlain (North East Fife): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will extend the principle underpinning its new business rates relief for pubs, social clubs and live music venues to post offices, in recognition of the services they provide and their contribution to local economies and communities.[Transferred] (21793)

80Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the No10 press release, 23 July 2026, "Burnham means business: PM slashes business rates bills for pubs, clubs and live music venues", whether the reference to clubs is (a) nightclubs or (b) venues with a clubs premises licence; and whether such clubs are eligible for the previous 15% pub and live music relief announced in January 2026; and whether there is a requirement that the club bar is open to the general public.[Transferred] (20265)

81Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the written statement of 23 July 2026, HLWS301, on Business Rates Relief for Pubs, Clubs and Live Music Venues, through which specific increases in taxation will the 20% reduction be centrally funded.[Transferred] (20272)

82Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed council tax surcharge on the freeholder on (a) the cost of a leasehold property, (b) the value of a freehold, and (c) the cost of enfranchisement.[Transferred] (20357)

83Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the closed consultation, High Value Council Tax Surcharge, published 19 May 2026, what is her planned timetable for responding to the consultation.[Transferred] (20360)

84Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2026, to Question 1182, on Business Rates: Canary Wharf, what is his Department's policy on the provision of business rate relief to individual firms.[Transferred] (20384)

85Sir James Cleverly (Braintree): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124688, on Business Rates: Tower Hamlets Council, whether JP Morgan has been offered business rate discounts or relief by HM Government in relation to its offices in Canary Wharf, including via the designation of an Enterprise Zone.[Transferred] (20419)

86Harriet Cross (Gordon and Buchan): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his department undertook constituency-level modelling to estimate trends in the level of support for constituencies from the £53 million emergency support package to help with rising heating oil costs.[Transferred] (24939)

87Jonathan Davies (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy, Security and Net Zero on the potential merits of reducing VAT for public electric vehicle chargers.[Transferred] (24640)

88Peter Fortune (Bromley and Biggin Hill): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to the potential merits of extending HRL relief to independent coworking spaces.[Transferred] (24508)

89Peter Fortune (Bromley and Biggin Hill): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, why serviced offices which split their hereditament are treated differently to coworking spaces for the purpose of business rates relief.[Transferred] (24509)

90Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of the freezing of the personal income tax allowance since 2021 on pensioners’ disposable incomes; what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners brought into income tax as a result of that policy; and what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the implications for recipients of the State Pension.[Transferred] (19805)

91Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to make changes to the level of the council tax surcharge.[Transferred] (21258)

92Ben Lake (Ceredigion Preseli): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has considered extending the proposed 20% business rates reduction for pubs, social clubs and live music venues to post offices.[Transferred] (21342)

93Connor Naismith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) pension freedoms and (b) the treatment of funds held in defined contribution drawdown arrangements on eligibility for means-tested benefits; and whether he has made an assessment of the appropriateness of the the current system appropriately for incentivising retirement saving.[Transferred] (24752)

94David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether single adult households will be able to claim the 25% single person discount on the council tax surcharge.[Transferred] (22080)

Questions for Answer on Thursday 3 September

Questions for Written Answer

1Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department monitors the amount of food waste generated by its offices each month.(25957)

2Juliet Campbell (Broxtowe): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the AI Security Institute has made of the incident disclosed by OpenAI on 21 July 2026, in which artificial intelligence models undergoing evaluation circumvented containment measures and accessed the infrastructure of a third-party company without being instructed to; and whether any UK authority was notified of that incident.(26197)

3Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister gave authorisation for the national emergency alert sent in August 2026.(25967)

4Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date did the Cabinet Office receive a copy from the National Cyber Security Centre of the APCO Worldwide/Labour Together report codenamed Project Cannon.(26062)

5Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether she has been allocated a Ministerial residence.(26063)

6Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has required incoming Ministers to declare previous criminal records to (a) her Department and (b) the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards.(26064)

7Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the outgoing Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Member for Holborn and St Pancras, has accepted a severance payment.(26065)

8Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 129180, on Angela Rayner, whether his Department plans to publish a tax return for the Secretary of State on gov.uk for the 2024-25 tax year.(26066)

9James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what role the Joint Intelligence Committee played in the production of the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.(26323)

10James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which departments and agencies were consulted in the preparation of the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.(26324)

11James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the status of the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security within the National Security Risk Assessment framework.(26325)

12James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the National Security Adviser has briefed the Prime Minister on the findings of the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.(26326)

13James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what forum exists to coordinate the Government's response to the cascading national security risks identified in the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security, including (a) migration, (b) serious and organised crime, and (c) state threats arising from ecosystem collapse.(26327)

14 NSir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will make it his policy to distribute to the book entitled Everybody Loves our Dollars by Oliver Bullough to her Cabinet.[Transferred] (19845)

15Luke Myer (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average length of time is from date of retirement to first payment for retired civil service pensioners.(26256)

16Luke Myer (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average lump sum is paid to civil service pensioners.(26257)

17Luke Myer (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average monthly pension payment is to civil service pensioners.(26258)

18Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to discuss the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands with the Prime Minister of Argentina when he attends the UN General Assembly.(26227)

19Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what actions she is taking to increase the proportion of British manufactures cars used in the Government Car Service.(26084)

20Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse is of additional staff and other resources deployed to help resolve the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme by Capita since December 2025; and how much of that cost has been recovered from Capita.(26249)

21Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment was made of the adequacy of Capita's performance in administering other public-sector pension schemes as part of the procurement process for the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme.(26250)

22Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department took to ensure that recent UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) operational funding decisions for key facilities aligned with the UK's broader strategic investments in frontier physical sciences prior to those decisions being finalised; and what formal impact assessments were conducted regarding the continuity of UK capital investment in those same facilities.(26294)

23Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of withdrawing UK Research and Innovation operational funding for international research facilities on UK operational standing within those international science infrastructure projects and the retention of UK-based scientific talent in frontier physical sciences.(26295)

24Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what support is available to MedTech SMEs to assist them with developing their exports.(26457)

25Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of safeguards introduced by developers of generative artificial intelligence systems to prevent the provision of advice that could encourage or exacerbate eating disorders.(26130)

26Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of whether measures used by developers of artificial intelligence systems to prevent harmful eating disorder-related outputs could be applied by social media companies to reduce users' exposure to content that promotes eating disorders.(26131)

27Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what plans he has to discourage UK-based companies in receipt of Government funding from moving a) intellectual property and b) jobs overseas.(26274)

28Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to increase testing and import controls for products at risk of asbestos contamination.(26142)

29Chris Law (Dundee Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to tackle the misclassification of workers as self-employed in the parcel delivery sector.(26049)

30Chris Law (Dundee Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to establish a minimum floor of employment rights for workers in the parcel delivery sector regardless of their contractual status; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current protections for those workers.(26050)

31Chris Law (Dundee Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to introduce proactive enforcement of employment status rules in the parcel delivery sector.(26051)

32Chris Law (Dundee Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on whether the current delivery regulatory framework adequately accounts for the growth of unregulated parcel delivery operators; and what steps he is taking to address any resulting imbalance.(26052)

33Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if the Department will establish a publicly accessible national register of proposed and operational data centres, including for each facility its (a) location, (b) planning status, (c) floorspace, (d) electricity requirement, (e) water requirement, (f) cooling technology and (g) number of permanent jobs.(26042)

34Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed right to guaranteed hours on the number of employment opportunities available to people aged 16 to 24.(26043)

35Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how much finance the National Wealth Fund has committed to projects in each region of England since its establishment; how much has been committed in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Greater Manchester; and what assessment the Department has made of the appropriateness of the geographical distribution of that investment.(26045)

36Katrina Murray (Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the implementation of the quota on the import of Stainless Steel and Mild Steel since 1 July 2026.(26370)

37Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what investment has he made in investing in UK intellectual property within the graphene industry.(26233)

38Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on providing small service providers with a mechanism to obtain a specific, binding assessment of whether an individual proposed feature would bring their service into a higher risk category under the Online Safety Act 2023, in addition to Ofcom's general published guidance.(26105)

39Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using device or operating-system-level age signalling to reduce the need for individual websites to collect identity documents or biometric data for the purposes of age verification under the Online Safety Act 2023; and what discussions he has had with device manufacturers on this matter.(26106)

40Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Online Safety Act 2023's age assurance duties on (a) LGBTQIA+ and (b) other minority (i) community websites and (ii) support services; and what steps he is taking to ensure such services are not disproportionately affected relative to the risks they present.(26107)

41Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what guidance his Department provides to (a) sole traders and (b) volunteer-run online services on the personal financial and legal liability they may face under the Online Safety Act 2023; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure enforcement against low-risk small services is proportionate.(26108)

42Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to publish the outcome of the consultation on access to market for small and independent brewers before Christmas recess 2026.(26080)

43Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many meetings have taken place within the department and appropriate predecessor departments to consider the responses to the consultation on retaining and expanding access to market for small and independent brewers since 22nd October 2025.(26081)

44Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the UK brick manufacturing sector to meet domestic demand bricks.(26082)

45Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the annual increase in UK GDP attributable to full UK access to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).(26217)

46Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to protect workers' rights to flexible working.(26071)

47Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if she will take steps to ensure the Responsible Business Conduct Review takes into account Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence.(26248)

48Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that the scope of the proposed ban on social media companies for children under 16 can respond to changes in (a) the services used by children, (b) the risks posed by those services and (c) the safety measures implemented by service providers.(26026)

49Ben Goldsborough (South Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the department is taking to support high growth-potential businesses in the creative industry sector in the East of England.(26288)

50Ben Goldsborough (South Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her department has made of a) the current value and b) the potential value of the creative industry sector in a) the UK, b) London, and c) Norfolk.(26289)

51Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department monitors the amount of food waste generated by its offices each month.(25959)

52Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of safeguarding standards and behavioural enforcement in grassroots youth football; and what steps she is taking to ensure that children participating in grassroots sport are protected from abuse, intimidation and unsafe environments.(26145)

53Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of governance and disciplinary processes operated by The Football Association in addressing repeated misconduct and safeguarding concerns in grassroots football.(26146)

54Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has assessed the impact of competition rules in grassroots football that award points to teams when fixtures are not fulfilled due to safeguarding concerns; and whether she has had discussions with relevant governing bodies on ensuring such rules do not discourage clubs from prioritising player welfare.(26147)

55Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what data her Department holds on the number of reported safeguarding and misconduct incidents in grassroots youth football in the last three years; and what assessment she has made of trends in such incidents.(26148)

56Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has met with representatives of The Football Association to discuss safeguarding and behavioural standards in grassroots football; and if she will make a statement.(26149)

57Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help to support that the galleries and museums.(26011)

58 NImogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of barriers to digital connectivity in Scotland.[Transferred] (23653)

59Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of BBC job reductions on the BBC's ability to provide trusted public broadcasting.(26070)

60David Chadwick (Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total value of expenditure on the Service Pupil Premium in England is in the 2026-27 financial year.(26357)

61Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of aligning eligibility for free home-to-school transport with a child's designated or catchment school, rather than nearest suitable school.(26380)

62Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps were taken to ensure that prospective Plan 1 student loan borrowers in the 1998-99 academic year were made aware that their loans could remain repayable until the age of 65; in which documents this information was provided; and whether it was included in the loan agreement itself.(26387)

63Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what were the reasons for changing the cancellation terms for Plan 1 student loans for borrowers entering repayment from 2006, from cancellation at age 65 to cancellation 25 years after entering repayment; and what assessment was made of the potential impact of that change on borrowers.(26388)

64Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has given to the potential merits of aligning the repayment cancellation terms for pre-2006 Plan 1 student loans, which are cancelled at age 65, with the 25-year cancellation period applied to borrowers from 2006 onwards.(26389)

65Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department monitors the amount of food waste generated by its offices each month.(25960)

66Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the Rt hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay's letter of 7 July 2026.(26156)

67Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds any analysis on the potential effects of the national penalty notice threshold, introduced in August 2024, on school attendance rates.(26450)

68Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on the delivery of the Holiday Activities and Food programme in Walsall Borough of incorporating funding for that programme into the Children, Families and Youth Grant from 2026–27; and what steps are being taken to ensure that the change does not reduce the number, geographical coverage or duration of holiday activity places available in the borough.(26040)

69Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of school behaviour and reward systems on the needs of vulnerable pupils, including those affected by Adverse Childhood Experiences and neurodivergent conditions; and whether guidance will be issued to support more trauma informed approaches.(26307)

70Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools on adapting physical and structured learning environments for pupils whose prefrontal cortex development has been impacted by trauma; and what steps she is taking to ensure that sensory and cognitive triggers do not lead to disciplinary action.(26308)

71Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how Ofsted’s new inspection framework will evaluate schools’ provision for vulnerable pupils, including those with Adverse Childhood Experiences; and whether inspectors will be required to consider the impact of behaviour and reward systems on pupil wellbeing and inclusion.(26309)

72Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the National Inclusion Standards being developed as part of the Schools White Paper will include a standardised, nationally defined methodology for schools to identify and determine whether a child has (a) special educational needs and (b) a disability, beyond those with an Education, Health and Care Plan.(26310)

73Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure schools apply a consistent, nationally defined methodology for identifying and determining whether a child has (a) special educational needs and (b) a disability, beyond those with an Education, Health and Care Plan, in the context of the Schools White Paper.(26311)

74Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a standardised methodology for identifying special educational needs and disabilities, ahead of the roll-out of the Inclusive Mainstream Fund and other targeted SEND funding announced in the Schools White Paper.(26312)

75James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out a timeline for the establishment of the UK-EU Youth Mobility Scheme.(26194)

76Neil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on resolving administrative issues with the Teachers' Pensions scheme.(26099)

77Neil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have returned their Remediable Service Statements for the Teachers' Pension Scheme; how many of those who have done so have been found to be owed money; and how many of those people are still owed money.(26100)

78Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered reviewing early years funding rates, including the impact on a) staff wages and b) staff recruitment and retention.(26110)

79Tom Rutland (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help older people access financial support for higher education.(26303)

80Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the department plans to introduce national timescales for allegations investigations involving foster carers approved by independent fostering agencies.(26009)

81Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that commissioning practices do not disadvantage Independent Fostering Agencies when identifying the most appropriate placement for a child.(26010)

82Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what guidance her Department provides to social housing providers on the (a) disposal, (b) replacement and (c) recycling of legacy solar photovoltaic panels that have reached the end of their operational lifecycle.(26024)

83Tom Gordon (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding for cross-pavement electric vehicle charging infrastructure in enabling households without off-street parking to access home charging.(26184)

84Tom Gordon (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions officials in her Department have had with the Department for Transport on the future of the Electric Vehicle Pavement Channels Grant beyond the 2025–26 financial year.(26185)

85Tom Gordon (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of households without access to off-street parking, and in what way this factors into the Government's electric vehicle uptake targets under the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate.(26186)

86Tom Gordon (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of differing levels of local authority uptake of cross-pavement charging schemes on geographic differences in the affordability of home electric vehicle charging.(26187)

87Tom Gordon (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department plans to publish further guidance to local authorities on integrating cross-pavement charging into wider electric vehicle infrastructure strategies.(26188)

88Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department monitors the amount of food waste generated by its offices each month.(25961)

89Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.(25965)

90Claire Hazelgrove (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to help residents in Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency improve the energy efficiency of their homes and reduce energy bills, in addition to government action to lower bills directly, ahead of the winter months.(26366)

91Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what interests has the new Secretary of State declared in relation to (a) North Rock Capital Management, (b) Lighthouse Partners and (c) Ordinate One.(26058)

92Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the number of households experiencing fuel poverty excluded from the Warm Homes Discount because they do not have a direct relationship with an energy supplier.(26091)

93Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what options she has considered for creating a dedicated funding stream for alternative support mechanism for households in fuel poverty excluded from the Warm Homes Discount.(26092)

94Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what conversations she has had with the Treasury regarding the UK's approach to negotiations on the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.(26344)

95David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her planned timetable is for publishing the response to the Eskdalemuir seismic array: revised approach to managing onshore wind turbine interference consultation.(25976)

96Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to remove regulatory barriers while maintaining high safety standards for domestic battery technologies.(26315)

97Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the impact of data centres on the natural environment.(26074)

98Nesil Caliskan (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve water quality of the River Thames tributaries such as the River Roding.(26277)

99Nesil Caliskan (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with Thames Water regarding sewage discharge in the River Roding.(26278)

100Nesil Caliskan (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many leaks were reported across water supply infrastructure in Barking constituency over the last five years.(26279)

101Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department last reviewed the 2009 technical advice document on the labelling of produce originating from the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and whether she plans to update the guidance.(26028)

102Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to implement Sections 3 and 48 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.(26376)

103Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ban imports of lamb meat from territories which allow routine castration and tail docking of lambs.(26458)

104Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her department will provide financial support for farmers to transition away from the routine castration and tail docking of lambs.(26459)

105Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.(25966)

106Claire Hazelgrove (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to address the risks to the UK’s food, water and economic security arising from biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation.(26363)

107Claire Hazelgrove (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ensuring that children and young people have regular access to nature and natural spaces.(26365)

108Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support or emergency grant funding her Department provides to animal welfare charities and rescue shelters experiencing high surrender rates of pets.(26085)

109Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration has she given to the potential merits of introducing a government wide strategy to reduce overfishing in UK waters.(26086)

110James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Government departments and agencies contributed to the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.(26328)

111James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support the Government is providing for coral reef protection in the UK, with reference to the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.(26329)

112James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support the Government is providing for boreal-like forest protection in the UK, with reference to the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.(26330)

113James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase UK food system and supply chain resilience, with reference to the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.(26331)

114James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the UK's exposure to a simultaneous collapse of production in two or more global breadbasket regions.(26332)

115James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to reduce the UK's reliance on imported (a) soy, (b) palm oil and (c) phosphorus fertiliser, with reference to the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.(26333)

116James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the vulnerability of UK food production to biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, through (a) depleted soils, (b) loss of pollinators, and (c) drought and flood conditions.(26334)

117James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of exemptions for households from restrictions on non-essential water use during temporary hosepipe bans.(26460)

118James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of permitting exempt households to use hosepipes for non-essential purposes during temporary hosepipe bans on water conservation.(26461)

119Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of South Staffs Water’s compulsory metering programme on household bills; and what information her Department holds on how many customers are expected to experience an annual bill increase of (a) less than £50, (b) £50 to £100, (c) £100 to £250 and (d) more than £250.(26047)

120Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of compulsory water metering on (a) large families, (b) disabled people, (c) people with medical conditions requiring additional water use, (d) low-income households and (e) residents unable to access online usage information; and whether water companies are required to complete and publish equality impact assessments before beginning a universal rollout.(26048)

121Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Windsor Framework on the availability of veterinary medicines in Northern Ireland.(26019)

122Vikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Food Standards Agency on its decision to classify Trametes Versicolor and Cordyceps Militaris as novel foods and plans for assessing the safety of consumption of those functional mushrooms.(26398)

123Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased access to CPTPP markets on UK food and drink exports.(26218)

124Bradley Thomas (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether assessments are being carried out on wildfire risk and management for areas where open or agricultural land adjoins to residential communities; whether environmental land-management schemes adequately take account of extreme wildfire conditions; and what steps her Department is taking to help farmers and agricultural landowners manage wildfire risks.(26282)

125Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve the quality of water for recreational use.(26075)

126Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Environment Agency made of the adequacy of Capita Pension Solutions' performance on other public-sector pension administration contracts before exercising the option to extend its contract for administration of the Environment Agency Pension Fund.(26251)

127Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for her Department's policies of levels of ambient concentrations of respirable crystalline silica near ball clay workings in England.(26244)

128Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a statutory body is under a duty to monitor concentrations of respirable crystalline silica in ambient air at residential properties in the vicinity of mineral extraction sites.(26245)

129Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to prepare the UK for El Nino in 2027.(26247)

130Stuart Andrew (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to correspondence dated 13 January 2026 from the hon. Member for Daventry regarding Isham Bypass, reference ST1066.(25989)

131Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of Potential Driving Instructors (1) passed, (2) failed and (3) did not sit the ADI part 3 test within the 6 month licence period in the most recent year for which data is available.(26290)

132Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of Potential Driving Instructors (a) applied for a second licence period and (b) had their application granted in the most recent year for which data is available.(26291)

133Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people (a) sat their practical driving test and (b) used dual control cars in each of the last 5 years for which data is available.(26292)

134Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact of the requirement for A2 licence holders to retake both Module 1 and Module 2 practical tests in order to progress to a full category A licence on (a) test waiting times, (b) training costs for riders, and (c) the availability of training providers willing to offer partial training courses; and whether her department plans to introduce a progressive access route based on structured training and assessment.(26396)

135Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on activities relating to Pride Month 2026.(25962)

136Claire Hazelgrove (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that regulations for e-scooters include effective measures to limit their speed and enable offending vehicles and riders to be identified.(26368)

137Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to respond to the Rt hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay's letter of 17 July 2026.(26157)

138Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for the Traffic Distribution Rules 1991 following the Civil Aviation Authority's review of those Rules; and when she expects to make a decision on this.(26160)

139Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatalities occurred in road collisions where a driver or rider was impaired by illegal drug use and (b) fatalities occurred in collisions involving a driver or rider over the legal drink-driving limit, in each of the last ten years for which data are available.(26161)

140Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action she is taking to improve train journey times between Manchester and London.(26093)

141James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17th July 2026 to Question 18946, whether the operational incident response plans for the Lower Thames Crossing will be subject to public consultation before they are finalised.(26470)

142James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 17th July 2026 to Question 18946, whether National Highways will publish performance standards for responding to incidents on the Lower Thames Crossing before the road opens.(26471)

143James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the time required to restore normal traffic flow following incidents of varying severity on the Lower Thames Crossing.(26472)

144James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of incidents on the Lower Thames Crossing on traffic volumes in South Basildon and East Thurrock.(26473)

145James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what key performance indicators National Highways will use to measure the effectiveness of incident management on the Lower Thames Crossing.(26474)

146James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of construction traffic associated with the Lower Thames Crossing on villages in South Basildon and East Thurrock.(26475)

147James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Lower Thames Crossing on local road usage in villages surrounding the route after the scheme becomes operational.(26476)

148Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, why the Office of Rail and Road does not publish thermal comfort guidance for road drivers; for what reason air conditioning is not legally required in lorries and vans; and if her Department will take steps to begin collecting statistical data on cab temperatures in road vehicles.(26152)

149Sir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the reliability and punctuality of rail services in (a) Royal Sutton Coldfield (b) the West Midlands.(25968)

150Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions has her department held with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on of each of the options for Local Government Reorganisation in Cambridgeshire.(26237)

151Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with cabinet colleagues regarding the feasibility of each of the options for Local Government Reorganisation in Cambridgeshire.(26239)

152Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a senior reference group to coordinate the development and delivery of surface access infrastructure for Heathrow Airport.(26207)

153Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the final Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement will require applications for the necessary rail infrastructure to be submitted before, or alongside, an application for development consent for Heathrow expansion.(26208)

154Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what evidence was used to support the revised model for the Coastguard Rescue Service.(26116)

155Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has carried out an impact assessment on the recruitment and retention policy on the operational capabilities of the Coastguard Rescue Service.(26117)

156Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has considered the potential merits of introducing a paid or part-time model for the Coastguard Rescue Service.(26118)

157Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing waiting times for practical driving tests.(26270)

158Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time is between the recruitment of a driving examiner and that examiner conducting practical driving tests.(26271)

159Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency on waiting times for learner driver tests and approved driving instructor qualification tests.(26272)

160Rebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) police forces, (b) regional road safety partnerships and (c) course providers on mitigating the financial impact on instructors of cancellations of (i) speed awareness and (ii) other educational courses arising from the suspension of speed camera enforcement.(26362)

161Bradley Thomas (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is her department taking to improve rail infrastructure resistance against extreme heat damage.(26283)

162Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration has he given to the potential merits of replacing the 18-month limit on Bereavement Support Payment with a tapered withdrawal of support for families with dependent children.(26385)

163Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Bereavement Support Payment recipients had children aged under five at the point their entitlement ended.(26386)

164Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking through the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) to assess whether the current PIP assessment process adequately reflects the needs and circumstances of claimants with autism and learning disabilities.(26392)

165Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the outcomes of PIP claims made by people with autism and learning disabilities compared with other disability groups.(26393)

166Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration is being given to introducing specialist assessor training on autism and learning disabilities to ensure that PIP assessments accurately capture the impact of such conditions on daily living and independent functioning.(26394)

167Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Timms Review will consider evidence from people with autism, learning disabilities and their families regarding their experiences when applying for Personal Independence Payment.(26395)

168Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on activities relating to Pride Month 2026.(25963)

169Patrick Hurley (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available to help young people develop confidence, resilience, leadership skills and work experience during the period between claiming Universal Credit and becoming eligible for the Jobs Guarantee.(26196)

170Darren Paffey (Southampton Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre districts (a) are without an operational Armed Forces Champion and (b) have been without one at any point in the last two years, and how long those districts did not have champions for.(26352)

171Darren Paffey (Southampton Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training Jobcentre staff receive on Armed Forces Covenant obligations; and how compliance is monitored.(26353)

172Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has considered the potential merits of routinely publishing data relating to CMS errors, complaints, system failures, and maladministration; and what assessment he has made of the impact this has on families.(26111)

173Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has considered the potential merits of an independent review of the Child Maintenance Service, including its systems, governance and complaints process.(26112)

174Steve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the announcement of 13 March 2025 on the future of NHS England, how many people have been hired by NHS England since that date; and how many of those recruits were appointed to each non-medical role or staff group.(25997)

175Steve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Care Quality Commission's statement that each NHS trust has been provided with an individual benchmark report containing headline results, trust scores for evaluative questions, comparative bandings and, where available, hospital-site level results, if he will publish the benchmark reports provided to (a) North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, (b) Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, (c) Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust and (d) The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust.(25998)

176Maureen Burke (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the trends in the levels of long-term health conditions among working-age adults in lower-income households; and what plans she has to target health improvement resources in lower socio-economic areas to support future economic productivity.(26255)

177Nesil Caliskan (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact of the Immigration and Asylum Bill on the social care sector.(26276)

178Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department is taking to address the ongoing shortage of Creon in England.(26371)

179Clive Efford (Eltham and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish the specifications for Haemophinia Care.(25953)

180Clive Efford (Eltham and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with Haemophilia Centre Doctors regarding the specification for Haemophilia care services.(25954)

181Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the prevention and treatment of eating disorders will be included in the Mental Health Strategy for England.(26121)

182Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Modern Service Framework for Severe Mental Illness will contain commitments relating to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders.(26122)

183Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies on the Modern Service Framework for Severe Mental Illness of Beat's news story entitled 1 in 20 people affected by eating disorders in UK, new figures show.(26123)

184Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of NHS eating disorder services to meet projected demand.(26124)

185Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase research into the causes, prevention and treatment of eating disorders.(26125)

186Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve access to early intervention eating disorder services in community settings.(26126)

187Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of eating disorders among boys and young men.(26127)

188Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve awareness and identification of eating disorders among boys and young men.(26128)

189Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of social media content and recommendation algorithms on the levels of eating disorders among children and young people.(26129)

190Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce avoidable eye-related attendances at Emergency Departments.(26132)

191Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role does she plan for community optometry to play in delivering the Government's commitment to shift care from hospitals into the community.(26133)

192Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of expanding community optometry-led urgent eye care services on reducing attendances at Emergency Departments.(26134)

193Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure patients are aware of community optometry services as an alternative to attending Emergency Departments for urgent eye conditions.(26135)

194Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using community optometrists to reduce pressure on Emergency Departments as part of the Government's neighbourhood health agenda.(26136)

195Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report by the Association of Optometrists that up to 400,000 people are attending emergency departments for eye issues that could be treated on the high street.(26137)

196Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the impact of (a) business rates and (b) national insurance contribution increases on the financial viability of community pharmacies.(26138)

197Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the impact of pharmacies reducing their opening hours on (a) patient care and (b) the wider healthcare system.(26139)

198Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase Government funding for research to improve outcomes for brain tumour patients.(26182)

199Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to produce an annual report on the state of NHS dentistry in England.(25956)

200Claire Hazelgrove (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of NHS provision for children and young people requiring specialist management of chronic pain, including access to services outside their local area where no appropriate local service exists.(26369)

201Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of referral guidance for suspected breast cancer.(26143)

202Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will review the role of age and family history in urgent referral criteria for patients presenting with possible symptoms of breast cancer.(26144)

203Brian Leishman (Alloa and Grangemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what specific measures have been implemented since 2024 to raise awareness among at-risk populations, including people sleeping rough and socially isolated people, about the dangers of synthetic opioids.(26286)

204Brian Leishman (Alloa and Grangemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising awareness of naloxone amongst people at risk of opioid overdose.(26287)

205Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in relation to, question 15159, how many women’s health hubs in England currently provide information and education on breast awareness, checking and screening eligibility.(26399)

206Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to question 15160, whether there are plans to integrate screening for women at moderate and high risk into the breast screening programme.(26400)

207Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many grants awarded through the Utilisation and Modernisation Fund in financial year 2025-26 have supported schemes aimed at improving the environmental sustainability of primary care premises, including improvements to lighting, ventilation and heating systems, energy-efficiency measures and other works supporting net zero objectives; and what the total value of those grants was.(26401)

208Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's January 2026 call for evidence on the impact of making the Accessible Information Standard mandatory, whether a cost-benefit assessment was subsequently produced, and whether it has been submitted to her Department.(26402)

209Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the adequacy of the enforcement of Regulation 20 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 (Duty of Candour) at independent sector providers delivering NHS funded care; and how many enforcement actions the Care Quality Commission has taken in respect of Regulation 20 at such providers in each of the last three years.(26403)

210Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the department are taking to assure itself that independent sector providers delivering NHS funded care comply with the Local Authority Social Services and National Health Service Complaints (England) Regulations 2009, including the requirement to inform complainants of their right to refer a complaint to the Health Service Ombudsman.(26404)

211Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department are taking to support those living with Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS) particularly in relation to there only being 2 PoTS specialists.(26405)

212Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions her department has had on improving dementia research, diagnosis and treatment, which haven’t seen significant improvements for nearly 20 years.(26406)

213Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the findings in the Royal College of Anaesthetists’ report titled 'The Anaesthetic Workforce: UK State of the Nation Report, June 2026', including that 88% of clinical leaders report surgery being postponed due to a lack of anaesthetists.(26407)

214Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the suggested recommendations provided in the Royal College of Anaesthetists’ report titled 'The Anaesthetic Workforce: UK State of the Nation Report, June 2026'.(26408)

215Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department are taking to work with Integrated Care Boards to ensure that every Neighbourhood Health Service has sufficient specialist menopause expertise to deliver high-quality and accessible care.(26409)

216Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her department has made on the recommendations provided in the ‘Eye care everywhere: taking pressure off Emergency Departments in England’ policy paper published by the Association of Optometrists.(26411)

217Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the reasons why Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board recorded the highest rate of postpartum haemorrhage involving blood loss of 1,500 millilitres or more in England in 2025.(26412)

218Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of whether the incidence rate of postpartum haemorrhage differs by (a) ethnicity, (b) deprivation, (c) geography; and how his department is ensuring better data collection for incidences of postpartum haemorrhages.(26413)

219Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of geographical variation in commissioning community urgent eye care services in England.(26414)

220Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of geographical variation in commissioning community urgent eye care services in England.(26415)

221Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her department has made on a) funding access to lipreading classes and b) classifying them as health and wellbeing courses rather than leisure activities to recognise their importance.(26416)

222Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's commitment to spend £343 million on opening 159 NHS mental health centres in England to provide people with earlier local support and specialist crisis care outside of A&E, whether provisions within this will provide support for young people who fall between early intervention and crisis care.(26417)

223Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with integrated care boards on expanding access to community optometry-led urgent eye care services.(26418)

224Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) raise awareness and (b) prevent further outbreaks of Group A Streptococcus (iGAS).(26153)

225Sir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking ahead of the winter to help relieve pressures on NHS services within the NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board area.(25969)

226Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the reduction in care provided by independent hospices on (a) NHS finances, (b) emergency admissions, (c) acute bed days, (d) community nursing and (e) care-home support.(26031)

227Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England’s national hospice funding framework will require integrated care boards to enter into multi-year contracts with hospices; and whether contracts will reflect the full cost of delivering commissioned clinical services, including staffing, medicines, estates, digital systems and regulatory compliance.(26032)

228Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when HPV self-sampling kits will become available through the NHS in the Black Country; how many people in Walsall Borough are expected to be eligible; and what steps will be taken to prevent differences in local commissioning decisions from creating unequal access to home testing.(26044)

229Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support the UK’s air ambulance charities and (b) establish a national policy to safeguard reliable 24/7 access to on-site hospital helipads.(26046)

230Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the number of miscarriages a patient is required to experience before they are routinely offered care, tests and treatment to help prevent further pregnancy loss.(26316)

231Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when does the Department plan to publish data on the outcomes of the national 2025–26 GP human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination catch-up campaign; and what assessment has it made of the campaign's effectiveness in improving HPV vaccination coverage among eligible young people.(26113)

232Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what arrangements are in place to enable the sharing of good practice on cervical cancer elimination between the UK Government, the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive.(26114)

233Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of using the Making Every Contact Count approach on improving access to (a) HPV vaccination and (b) cervical screening, as part of the Government's ambition to eliminate cervical cancer in England by 2040.(26115)

234Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the government is supporting individuals diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.(26008)

235Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of multiple sclerosis and other progressive neurological conditions in England.(26013)

236Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of consultant neurologists and specialist multiple sclerosis nurses in England.(26022)

237Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to increase capacity within NHS neurology services.(26014)

238Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her department will consider the establishment of national leadership to support alignment between NHS data initiatives in multiple sclerosis and neurology.(26017)

239Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on Northern Ireland of the European Commission's proposed maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements under Directive 2002/46/EC.(26018)

240Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which technologies are being considered for prioritisation under the National Health Tech Access Programme.(26020)

241Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the number of patients aged 80 and over who have experienced corridor care in Accident and Emergency departments in England.(26015)

242Cat Smith (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that funding is available for research into Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.(26054)

243Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to address the staffing breaches identified by the Care Quality Commission.(26211)

244Bradley Thomas (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her department has to introduce the Omavelexolone treatment for Friedrich’s Ataxia in the NHS.(26281)

245Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made to improve diagnosis and care for people with osteoporosis.(26073)

246Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to a) reduce and b) support victims of scam texts from people pretending to be the NHS.(26252)

247Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the British Embassy in Nepal was closed (a) during the August bank holiday weekend and (b) on bank holiday Monday.(26090)

248Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to support a peaceful resolution to the conflict in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon.(26377)

249Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his department has made of the potential merits of the use of targeted sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bans, against people alleged to be responsible for serious human rights violations in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon.(26378)

250Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his department is taking to improve humanitarian access to civilians impacted by the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon.(26379)

251Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, who will represent the UK at the Global Partnership for Education replenishment summit in New York on 23 September 2026; whether the Government intends to announce the UK's contribution to the Partnership’s 2026-30 replenishment at or in advance of the summit; and when such an announcement is expected to be made.(26322)

252Claire Hazelgrove (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with other Departments on the UK’s response to the disaster in Nepal; and whether additional consular, search-and-rescue or humanitarian assistance is being deployed to support those affected.(26367)

253James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Cabinet Office and the Joint Intelligence Committee on incorporating the findings of the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security into country and regional risk planning.(26335)

254James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security, whether officials have had discussions with the Government of Brazil on the resilience of the Amazon rainforest.(26336)

255James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the diplomatic and development challenges of engaging with the Democratic Republic of the Congo on protection of the Congo Basin.(26337)

256James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security, whether officials have had discussions with Russia-adjacent and Canadian counterparts regarding the resilience of boreal forests.(26338)

257James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security, whether the UK is providing support to South East Asian states for coral reef and mangrove protection.(26339)

258James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the risk of simultaneous production collapse across two or more global breadbasket regions.(26340)

259James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether officials have had discussions with counterparts in (a) Brazil, (b) the Democratic Republic of the Congo, (c) Canada and (d) South East Asian states regarding the six ecosystem regions identified as critical to UK national security in the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.(26341)

260James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the UK's official development assistance is directed towards ecosystem protection and restoration in the six critical ecosystem regions identified in the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.(26342)

261Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the continued detention of Osman Kavala by the Republic of Türkiye.(26151)

262Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what conversations he has had with the Treasury regarding the UK's approach to negotiations on the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.(26343)

263Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of casualty statistics reported following post-election violence in Tanzania in October 2024; and what steps he is taking to press the Tanzanian authorities to publish the findings of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry.(26313)

264Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of (a) the release of political prisoners detained following the post-election unrest in Tanzania, (b) restrictions on freedom of expression and media access in that country and (c) the adequacy of consular support available to British nationals in Tanzania.(26314)

265Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 3 March 2026 to question 115117 on Jonathan Powell, for what reason does the start date of “early August” not correspond with the news story of 6 September 2024 titled “Jonathan Powell appointed as Special Envoy for BIOT negotiations” which states that Jonathan Powell “will begin his role immediately”.(26234)

266Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to recognise and support Pakistani Christians and support the protection of freedom of religion in that country.(26021)

267Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Palestinian Authority about its implementation of reforms to recognise its statehood.(26016)

268Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what actions he is taking to ensure that each UK embassy and consulate around the world is using British made tableware.(26083)

269Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to prevent the drilling of oil in Greenland.(26246)

270Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. member for Newton Abbot sent on the 20th of May 2026 under case ref MW15998.(26253)

271Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of sponsor licence revocations on the sustainability of residential care providers in areas experiencing workforce shortages; and what consideration she has given to the proportionality of revocation decisions where compliance breaches are administrative in nature.(26321)

272Claire Hazelgrove (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of allowing time already spent lawfully living and working in the UK to count towards eligibility for indefinite leave to remain where settlement requirements are subsequently changed.(26364)

273Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the Rt hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay's letter of 2 July 2026 to the Minister of State for Policing and Crime.(26155)

274Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to the Rycroft Review: HM Government response, 6 July 2026, recommendation 11, under what circumstances the National Crime Agency has a remit over the investigation of breaches of political finance laws on the permissibility and reporting of donations; and what the role is of the (a) Metropolitan Police and (b) City of London Police in investigating such matters.(26059)

275Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK passports Reform Party member, George Cottrell, holds and in what name or names.(26060)

276Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme regulates political donations to (a) political parties and (b) regulated donees from sources based abroad which are (i) permissible and (ii) impermissible donations under political finance laws.[R] (26061)

277Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Flee Fund and Future Fund have been (a) received, (b) approved, and (c) rejected in each year since the schemes commenced; and what the sex of applicants and recipients was in each case.(26268)

278Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Flee Fund and Future Fund in supporting survivors of domestic abuse to achieve long-term independence.(26269)

279James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 18th July 2026 to Question 18949, how many visa applications have been refused on the grounds of evidence of antisemitic extremism in each of the last three years.(26477)

280James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 18th July 2026 to Question 18949, what assessment she has made of the proportion of reported antisemitic incidents on university campuses in which the alleged perpetrator was an international student.(26478)

281Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used to determine the allocation of funding under the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme; what weight is given to threat, risk and vulnerability assessments; and whether she plans to publish guidance setting out those criteria.(26345)

282Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme were (a) received, (b) approved, (c) rejected and (d) awaiting decision in each of the last five years; and what the median time taken to determine applications was in each year.(26346)

283Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time between approval of an application and the release of funding under the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme has been in each of the last five years.(26347)

284Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information is provided to unsuccessful applicants to the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme regarding the reasons for rejection; and whether applicants are informed of the outcome of any threat, risk or vulnerability assessments conducted in relation to their application.(26348)

285Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has assessed the adequacy of staffing and administrative resources dedicated to the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of those resources on application processing times.(26349)

286Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methodology is used to assess the level of threat and risk faced by mosques applying to the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme; and which agencies and organisations contribute to those assessments.(26350)

287Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how frequently threat and risk assessments informing the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme are reviewed and updated; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure that emerging threats to mosques are reflected in the allocation of funding under the scheme.(26351)

288Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 43 police forces in England and Wales have a specialist rape and sexual offence investigation team as at 1 September 2026.(26232)

289Neil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department has stopped publishing the age of those granted British citizenship since 2021.(26101)

290Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that security checks, character requirements and vetting procedures are not (a) expedited and (b) compromised to clear administrative backlogs before new immigration regulations take effect.(26203)

291Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial support and infrastructure funding her Department is providing to local authorities in the East Midlands to manage the ongoing transition out of hotel use for asylum seekers.(26204)

292Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders subject to active deportation orders are residing in community accommodation; and what timeline her Department has established to enforce their removal from the United Kingdom.(26205)

293Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a dedicated digital online reporting mechanism for victims of transnational repression.(26273)

294David Smith (North Northumberland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of housing and welfare conditions for dogs kept at MBR Acres, including the effectiveness of heat mitigation measures during periods of high temperature; and how many inspections of the establishment have been undertaken by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit in the last three years.(26300)

295David Smith (North Northumberland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure rigorous application of section 5(5)(b) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 during the assessment of project licence applications involving the use of dogs; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current procedures in ensuring that protected animals are not used where a scientifically satisfactory non-animal alternative is available.(26301)

296David Smith (North Northumberland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria is used by the Home Office when considering whether to review, vary, suspend or revoke an establishment licence under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; and whether concerns raised regarding MBR Acres have been assessed against that criteria.(26302)

297Euan Stainbank (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether recipients of the U.S Embassy to the United Kingdom's grant scheme entitled Liberty Under Law: The Shared Anglo-American Tradition have registered with the foreign influence registration scheme.(26242)

298Caroline Voaden (South Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration has been given to introducing a limit on the length of time a visa application may remain under consideration.(26297)

299Caroline Voaden (South Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what service standards apply to visa applications when repeated enquiries fail to produce a substantive response.(26298)

300Caroline Voaden (South Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications (i) are currently under consideration and have been so for more than (ii) six months, (iii) twelve months and (iv) twenty four months.(26299)

301Luke Akehurst (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the funding allocated in the Defence Investment Plan to Directed Energy Weapons will be spent on (a) laser-directed energy weapons, including DragonFire, and (b) Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapons.(26254)

302Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the financial contribution from Ireland is towards the deployment of a Royal Navy vessel for security at an event in Ireland.(26088)

303Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Armoured Cavalry 2025, what assessment his Department made of the potential merits of implementing a Contract Change Proposal for the programme before 2025-26 in order to avoid incurring the £40m additional CDEL.(26222)

304Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Armour Main Battle Tank Programme, whether the in-year variance forecast adjustments have now been approved.(26223)

305Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Submarine Dismantling Project, for what reason has the While Life Cost increased from £400.3 million to £489.6 million year-to-year.(26224)

306Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the UK armed forces equipment and formations 2026, published on 20 August 2026, what is the status of the 41 Wolfhound vehicles the fleet reduced by between 2025 and 2026.(26225)

307Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the UK armed forces equipment and formations 2026, published on 20 August 2026, what is the status of the one General Support Bridge the fleet reduced by between 2025 and 2026.(26226)

308Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 27 August 2026, to question 17495 on Defence: Procurement, what progress has Taskforce RAID made in establishing AI systems to support a) operational decision-making, b) anomaly detection and c) predictive insights.(26228)

309Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Press Release “New paraglider could give British troops an innovative way to strike from the sky”, published on 28 August 2026, where is the technology already in operational use within UK armed forces.(26229)

310Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2026, to question 7772 on HMS Bulwark: Sales, and with reference to the Press Release “HMS Bulwark to transfer to Brazilian Navy as UK turns to future of amphibious ships,” what are the a) regeneration costs and b) agreed sales figure for the sale of HMS Bulwark to the Brazilian Navy.(26230)

311Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure Armed Forces personnel who are away on duty are protected from Default Judgements for claims brought by private parking companies.(26454)

312Danny Beales (Uxbridge and South Ruislip): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential for stepping stone homes to help address youth homelessness in (a) Uxbridge and South Ruislip and (b) other areas with high levels of homelessness and high private rents.(26419)

313Nesil Caliskan (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to reform the leasehold system.(26280)

314Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether there is a target date set in autumn 2026 for laying the Private Parking Code of Practice before Parliament.(26025)

315Andrew Cooper (Mid Cheshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of regulation of the use of AI enhanced imagery in residential property listings.(26285)

316Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's planned timetable is for including social sector buildings in the total number of buildings 11 metres and over in height identified with unsafe cladding in its remediation progress reports.(26284)

317Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered reviewing the council tax premium exemptions as they apply to occupied annexes attached to unoccupied main dwellings.(26372)

318Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration she has given to amending planning guidance to enable local planning authorities to require ecological surveys, including bat surveys, as a condition of planning permission rather than requiring them before an application can be determined.(26373)

319Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides to homeowners seeking to a) challenge, b) renegotiate or c) clarify electricity wayleave agreements that affect the use or sale of their property.(26381)

320Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether proposed reforms to electricity network infrastructure, consents, land access and rights will include protections for homeowners where inherited wayleave agreements may delay or impede a property transaction.(26382)

321Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her department plan to take to reduce the number of young people on housing registers in a) Newbury b) West Berkshire and c) England.(26383)

322Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her department plans to promote examples of effective stepping stone schemes to local authorities as part of its work to prevent youth homelessness.(26384)

323Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that reforms to the homebuying and selling process are delivered alongside planning reforms so that people can buy and move into homes more quickly.(26390)

324Mary Glindon (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the effective implementation of the updated Decent Homes Standard.(26002)

325Mary Glindon (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the effective implementation of the Renters' Rights Act.(26004)

326Tom Gordon (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of local authorities' capacity to deliver cross-pavement electric vehicle charging schemes.(26189)

327Tom Gordon (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to local highway authorities on street works licensing and liability for cross-pavement electric vehicle charging channels.(26190)

328Tom Gordon (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities declined to apply for the Electric Vehicle Pavement Channels Grant in the 2025–26 financial year, and what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for non-participation.(26191)

329Tom Gordon (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of local government reorganisation, including the creation of new unitary authorities and combined authorities, on the delivery of electric vehicle charging infrastructure schemes at local level.(26192)

330Tom Gordon (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure funding allocated to combined authorities for infrastructure schemes, including electric vehicle charging, is passed on to and spent by constituent local authorities in a timely manner.(26193)

331Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the second homes council tax premium on properties subject to legally binding occupancy restrictions, such as (a) sheltered and (b) supported housing developments delivered with (i) Homes England and (ii) registered provider involvement, where those restrictions prevent the property being (A) occupied and (B) let by the owner’s family; and whether she plans to review statutory exceptions under sections 11B and 11C of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.(26055)

332Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to amend statutory exceptions to the second homes council tax premium to cover properties which cannot lawfully be (a) occupied and (b) let by owners due to pre-existing occupancy restrictions attached to (i) specialist and (ii) supported housing developments.(26056)

333Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for updating the Impact Assessment to the Representation of the People Bill following the Government’s response to the Rycroft Review.(26067)

334Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the forecast change in the (a) accuracy and (b) completeness of the (i) Parliamentary and (ii) local government electoral roll from the introduction of Automatic Voter Registration.(26068)

335Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the financial impact of the time taken to commence the provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 abolishing marriage value on leaseholders with fewer than 80 years remaining on their leases.(26140)

336Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for commencing the provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 which abolish marriage value.(26141)

337Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of encouraging local authorities to prioritise greater urban housing density in planning policy.(26096)

338Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of urban housing density in meeting Government objectives to increase affordable housing.(26097)

339Brian Mathew (Melksham and Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of bespoke tenure models used in New Zealand's housing-with-care care sector.(26296)

340James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 29th June 2026 to Question 14205, what steps she plans to take to require providers of digital property logbooks to obtain independent cyber security accreditation before offering services to homeowners.(26462)

341James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 29th June 2026 to Question 14205, what enforcement powers will be available where providers of digital property logbooks fail to meet required security standards.(26463)

342James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 29th June 2026 to Question 14205, what categories of personal information will be permitted to be stored within digital property logbooks under the proposed home buying and selling reforms.(26464)

343James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 29th June 2026 to Question 14205, what assessment she has made of the potential risks associated with unauthorised access to information held within digital property logbooks.(26465)

344James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what contingency plans her Department intends to require providers of digital property logbooks to maintain in the event of a a) cyber attack or b) data breach.(26466)

345James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether homeowners will be required to pay for updates to digital property logbooks following alterations or improvements to their property.(26467)

346James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of mandatory digital property logbooks on homeowners who have limited digital skills or internet access.(26468)

347James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to national planning guidance on the ability of local authorities to take account of local circumstances when determining planning applications relating to unauthorised encampments.(26469)

348Sir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of financial support available for first-time buyers in Royal Sutton Coldfield.(25970)

349Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to Question 18620 of 23 July 2026, on Housing: Land Use, what spatial modelling her Department has undertaken to assess how the Government’s target of 1.5 million new homes will be distributed between (a) previously developed land, (b) greenfield land within existing settlements, (c) greenfield land outside existing settlements, (d) Green Belt land released through local plans and (e) grey belt land; what datasets and assumptions are used in that modelling; and whether she plans to publish (i) the results and (ii) underlying methodology.(26037)

350Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to Question 18620 on 23 July 2026, on Housing: Land Use, whether her Department has estimated the number and proportion of homes in the Government’s 1.5 million homes target that will require (a) Green Belt boundary changes, (b) the application of Grey Belt policy and (c) the release of land not previously allocated for housing.(26038)

351Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much of the £9.58 billion of initial strategic partnership funding announced under the Social and Affordable Homes Programme on 25 August 2026 is expected to be spent in (a) Walsall Borough and (b) the West Midlands; and how many homes of each tenure that expenditure is expected to deliver in each area.(26041)

352Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of changes in FirstPort’s performance since April 2026 in relation to service charge transparency, complaint response times and maintenance accounts.(26317)

353Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing statutory time limits within which managing agents must provide leaseholders with annual service charge accounts.(26318)

354Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that leaseholders can obtain invoices and other documentation supporting service charge expenditure within a reasonable timeframe.(26319)

355Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of minimum response and complaint-handling standards for residential manging agents.(26320)

356Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department will consider updating Building Regulations to mandate permanent concrete access slopes over portable ramps for commercial premises.(26210)

357Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to lower the price of lease extensions for leasehold properties.(26455)

358Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to speed up the full implementation of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.(26456)

359Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress is being made to achieve justice for the victims of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.(26072)

360Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues to mineral planning authorities on the monitoring of respirable crystalline silica at residential receptors.(26243)

361Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that applications to the Probate Service requiring specialist consideration, including cases involving lost wills and affidavits, are processed without undue delay.(26374)

362Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for probate applications requiring specialist consideration, including cases involving lost wills and affidavits.(26375)

363Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on activities relating to Pride Month 2026.(25964)

364Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions related to school attendance offences were brought in England in each year, over the last three academic years.(26445)

365Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions related to school attendance offences were brought in Cornwall in each year, over the last three academic years.(26446)

366Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for school attendance offences in England in each of the last three academic years resulted in (a) a conviction, (b) a withdrawal, and (c) an unsuccessful outcome.(26447)

367Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for school attendance offences in Cornwall in each of the last three academic years resulted in (a) a conviction, (b) a withdrawal, and (c) an unsuccessful outcome.(26448)

368Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will release an estimation of the legal costs incurred in prosecuting school attendance offences in each of the last three academic years.(26449)

369Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign criminals subject to deportation orders were released on bail into community accommodation in 2026; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of early release mechanisms in the Sentencing Act on foreign national offender management.(26206)

370Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the 14,000 additional prison places the Government plans to deliver by 2031 have (a) been completed, (b) are under construction, (c) received planning permission and (d) yet to enter the planning process.(26213)

371Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional prison places he expects to create by converting (a) offices, (b) laundry rooms, (c) storage areas and (d) other existing prison spaces into cells.(26214)

372Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the expected date on which the first prisoners will be accommodated at the new 1,700-place prison in Lancashire.(26215)

373Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contractual safeguards are in place against cost overruns and delays in the construction of the new prison in Lancashire.(26216)

374Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are available in cases in which a Child Arrangements Order is not being complied with by one of the parties to the order.(26219)

375Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to allow independent celebrants to conduct legally recognised weddings.(26452)

376Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to lower the legal fees involved in acquiring a Deed of Variation.(26453)

377Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to help improve access to affordable housing.(26007)

378Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Prime Minister, whether (1) 10 Downing Street and (2) Number 10 North monitor the amount of food waste generated each month.(25958)

379Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential economic and environmental merits of applying zero-rating for VAT to repair and maintenance work on upland paths.(26293)

380Lorraine Beavers (Blackpool North and Fleetwood): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commit to introducing an interim redress scheme for victims of the Sodium Valproate scandal, as recommended in the Hughes Report.(26306)

381Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the regulatory treatment of prediction markets.(25977)

382Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has asked the Financial Conduct Authority to issue perimeter guidance on event contracts.(25978)

383Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on which regulator has responsibility for prediction markets.(25979)

384Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to establish a regulatory framework for prediction markets.(25980)

385Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the approach taken by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission to event contracts, and of its potential implications for the competitiveness of UK financial markets.(25981)

386Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the legal framework for payments initiated by autonomous software agents.(25982)

387Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to recognise autonomous software agents as a distinct class of payment initiator as part of the review of payments legislation.(25983)

388Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to establish liability and consumer redress arrangements for transactions initiated by an autonomous software agent acting outside the scope of its mandate.(25984)

389Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Payments Vision Delivery Committee has considered agent-initiated payments; and when he expects the Committee to report on that work.(25985)

390Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to establish a testing environment for agent-initiated payments covering both card and tokenised settlement.(25986)

391Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with international counterparts on standards for agent-initiated payments, including through the G20 cross-border payments roadmap.(25987)

392Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of agent-initiated payments on the volume of low-value, high-frequency transactions and on the capacity of UK payment systems to process them.(25988)

393Nesil Caliskan (Barking): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is considering to support small and medium sized businesses operating in high street premises.(26275)

394David Chadwick (Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether expenditure on the Service Pupil Premium in England generates Barnett consequentials for the Welsh Government; and if so, what the value of those consequentials is in the 2026-27 financial year.(26358)

395David Chadwick (Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the £2.5 billion Steel Fund has been spent on Scunthorpe Steelworks to date.(26360)

396David Chadwick (Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as of August 2026, how much of the £2.5 billion steel fund has been A) spent and/or B) allocated.(26361)

397Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Treasury has made an assessment of (a) the potential revenue that could be raised from extending the higher rate of Air Passenger Duty to all private jet flights and (b) the impact of using any additional revenue raised to support households facing higher living costs.(26027)

398Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to use the powers in the Financial Services and Markets Bill 2026 to establish a mutual recognition framework for digital assets, including stablecoins, to support the UK's competitiveness as a global financial centre.(25996)

399Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action he is taking to tackle discrimination on the basis of mental health conditions in the insurance industry.(26094)

400Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action he is taking to ensure people with mental health conditions have equitable access to insurance services.(26095)

401Chris Law (Dundee Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the Employer National Insurance Contributions lost to the Exchequer as a result of the misclassification of workers as self-employed in the parcel delivery sector; and what steps he is taking to recover those contributions.(26053)

402Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of exempting independent hospices from increases in employer National Insurance contributions where their staff provide services commissioned by the NHS; and what estimate he has made of the annual Exchequer cost of such an exemption.(26034)

403Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to provide businesses with timely and definitive guidance on the tariff treatment of aluminised steel coil and tube originating in China; whether that guidance will specify the relevant commodity codes, tariff-rate quota order numbers and anti-dumping duties; and if he will take steps to introduce an expedited Advance Tariff Ruling process where delays could affect manufacturing operations and employment.(26039)

404Susan Murray (Mid Dunbartonshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether spending on the Places of Worship Renewal Fund has been treated as comparable expenditure for the purposes of the Barnett formula.(26266)

405Susan Murray (Mid Dunbartonshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of the Barnett consequential arising for the Scottish Government from the Places of Worship Renewal Fund announced on 22 January 2026.(26267)

406Dan Norris (North East Somerset and Hanham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of modern capital instruments to enable non-member investment in co-operatives.(25955)

407David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his department last conducted a review of the appropriate proportion of the UK’s official international reserves to be held in gold; and whether he will publish the conclusions of that review.(26430)

408David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his department has modelled the a) financial and b) strategic implications of increasing UK official gold holdings to (i) 500 tonnes, (ii) 750 tonnes, (iii) 1,000 tonnes and (iiii) 1,500 tonnes.(26431)

409David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his department has considered proposals since 1 January 2022 to increase the quantity or proportion of gold held in the UK’s official reserves.(26432)

410David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Bank of England has provided advice to his department since 1 January 2022 on the appropriate level of gold held in the UK’s official reserves.(26433)

411David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his department has made of the potential benefits and costs of holding an increased proportion of official reserves in assets that do not constitute liabilities of another sovereign state or financial institution.(26434)

412David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has considered reducing the proportion of the official reserves invested in foreign sovereign debt and increasing the proportion held in monetary gold.(26435)

413David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria does the Department use in considering whether an increase in the quantity of monetary gold held in the Exchange Equalisation Account is appropriate.(26436)

414David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether geopolitical risk is explicitly considered when determining the strategic asset allocation of the Exchange Equalisation Account.(26437)

415David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of fragmentation of the international financial system on the appropriate composition of the UK’s official reserves.(26438)

416David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a sustained depreciation in the US dollar on the value and resilience of the UK’s official reserves.(26439)

417David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what stress tests his department applies to the Exchange Equalisation Account in respect of movements in (a) the US dollar, (b) the euro, (c) the yen, (d) interest rates and (e) the gold price.(26440)

418David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his department has assessed the implications for UK reserve management of foreign sovereign assets having been frozen or otherwise restricted as a consequence of international sanctions since 2022.(26441)

419David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential role of monetary gold in improving the resilience of the UK’s official reserves during periods of (a) financial market stress, (b) geopolitical conflict, (c) disruption to international payment systems and (d) significant currency volatility.(26442)

420David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his department has made of the counterparty-risk characteristics of monetary gold compared with foreign-currency securities held within the UK’s official reserves.(26443)

421David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the United Kingdom’s official gold reserves in the context of changes in the level of gold reserves held by other central banks since 2022.(26444)

422Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has considered the potential merits of introducing an exemption to the Electric Vehicle Excise Duty for motorists who purchased their vehicles before the removal of the 100% Vehicle Excise Duty exemption in April 2025.(26109)

423Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how will the government support Northern Irish hospitality businesses to compete with ROI counterparts.(26012)

424David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the guidance, Business Rates Multipliers: Qualifying Retail, Hospitality or Leisure, of 30 March 2026, whether student union bars are eligible for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure multiplier introduced in April 2026.(26163)

425David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC official statistics, Non-domestic rating: challenges and changes statistical commentary, 6 August 2026, whether there is a forecast for the total number of (a) Checks, (b) Challenges and (c) appeals in England against the 2026 rating list over the full rating cycle.(26164)

426David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the guidance, Business Rates Multipliers: Qualifying Retail, Hospitality or Leisure, of 30 March 2026, and with reference to the No10 press release, “PM vows to save hollowed out high streets with crackdown on vape and betting shops”, 10 August 2026, whether adult gaming centres are eligible for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure multiplier introduced in April 2026.(26165)

427David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2026, to Question 122709, if he will provide equivalent data, for the number of pubs with special category code 226 and 227, by local authority area, and their average Rateable Value by local authority, for the 2026 Rating List.(26166)

428David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been allocated to the Exceptional Regional Growth Fund in each year of the Spending Review period.(26167)

429David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC Valuation Office values cake sheds for business rates.(26168)

430David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations have (a) had departmental Civil Servants seconded to HMRC and the Valuation Office since July 2024 and (b) seconded organisational staff to HMRC and the Valuation Office in that period.(26169)

431David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the No10 press release entitled Burnham means business: PM slashes business rates bills for pubs, clubs and live music venues, 23 July 2026, how he plans to determine whether premises will be eligible for the relief; and whether it will be applied to (a) wine bars, (b) night clubs that do not play live music, (c) hotels with a bar open to the public, (d) pubs with hotel rooms and (e) private clubs not open to members of the public and (f) lap dancing clubs.(26170)

432David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the No10 press release entitled Burnham means business: PM slashes business rates bills for pubs, clubs and live music venues, of 23 July 2026, what the estimated annual revenue is from extending VAT online marketplace liability to combat non-compliance.(26171)

433David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the HMRC response to Freedom of Information Act request FOI2026/09619, of 11 June 2026.(26172)

434David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Valuation Office Agency annual report and accounts, 2025-26, HC401, 9 July 2026, page 46, how data enhancement was undertaken to improve council tax data quality.(26173)

435David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Valuation Office Agency annual report and accounts, 2025-26, HC401, 9 July 2026, page 81, if he will break down the increase in staff by business unit; and what the FTE target is for 2026-27.(26174)

436David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Valuation Office Agency annual report and accounts, 2025-26, HC401, 9 July 2026, pages 53 and 56, what the nature of the risk is in relation to (a) the introduction of the council tax surcharge and (b) 2029 business rates revaluation.(26175)

437David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to reduce business rates on (a) butchers, (b) bakers and (c) bookshops.(26176)

438David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Special Category Code is given by HMRC Valuation Office to (a) betting shops, (b) fast food takeaways, (c) adult gaming centres and (d) barbers.(26177)

439David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 26 February 2026 to Question 113649 on Council Tax: Valuation, whether there is HMRC Valuation Office guidance on physical inspections of dwellings for council tax valuations.(26178)

440Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of allowing celebrant-led weddings to be legally recognised on the economy.(26451)

441Matt Bishop (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce waiting times for gynaecological care.(26397)

442Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question HL10068, on Candidates: Equality, whether political parties have been formally consulted.[R] (26057)

443Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to tackle hate against disabled people.(26098)

444Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase healthy life expectancy for children born into deprived areas.(26023)

Questions for Answer on Friday 4 September

Questions for Written Answer

1 NBell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Online Safety Act 2023's compliance duties on (a) small, (b) community-run and (c) not-for-profit online services; and whether he plans to introduce a (i) proportionate exemption and (ii) simplified compliance route for such services.(26104)

2 NBell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has plans to give Ofcom enforcement powers against sites who fail to deliver safeguards for under 16s.(26103)

3 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the National Farmers Union on the continuation of Brazilian beef imports from September 2026.(25973)

4 NBarry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether consideration was given to sending press releases to news media and weather reporters before each of the following ozone episodes: a) 25 and 27 May, b) 25 June, c) 9 July, and d) 13 and 14 August.(25948)

5 NBarry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many deaths were attributable to ozone, fine particular matter (PM2.5) and PM10 during each of the heatwaves between May and August 2026 inclusive.(25949)

6 NBarry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many unique site visitors the Alert Bulletin page on the DEFRA UK AIR website received on each of the following dates: 25 May, 27 May, 9 July, 13 August, and 14 August 2026.(25950)

7 NBarry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what are the latest indicative estimates of when each of the UK's 43 reporting zones will become fully compliant with the nitrogen dioxide annual limit value based on DEFRA's national modelling and monitoring networks and additional local monitoring data gathered by cities and towns in the UK.(25951)

8 NBarry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to align the UK Air Quality Regulations (2010) with the EU Directive 2024/2881 on ambient air quality.(25952)

9 NSarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer provided on 14th July 2026, to Question 16496, on Water Abstraction: (a) what determination she made of the flow rate, measured at the Kingston gauge, that would trigger operation of the Teddington Direct River Abstraction Scheme, and (b) given that trigger event and based on historical river flow data, what assessment has she made of the average incremental cost per megalitre over the lifetime of the scheme.(26076)

10 NMary Glindon (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the absence of cash payments on LNER trains on the ability of visually impaired people to purchase food and drink on its services.(26001)

11 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what topics remain outstanding in relation to (a) the handover of Winslow station, (b) station security arrangements and (c) staffing arrangements before passenger services can commence on East West Rail; and what the estimated cost is of resolving those topics.(26154)

12 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 116225, what estimate she has made of when speed camera enforcement affected by the technical anomaly on motorways and A-roads will fully resume; and whether she will publish a timetable for restoration.(26159)

13 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate on the competitiveness of UK-based vehicle manufacturers relative to Chinese vehicle manufacturers; and whether her Department has assessed the extent to which the mandate may affect the market share of Chinese-manufactured vehicles in the UK.(26158)

14 NGraham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to develop a national policy framework for hospital helipads to support safe and reliable access for air ambulance operations.(26354)

15 NShivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of cancellations of speed awareness and other educational courses arising from the suspension of speed camera enforcement on the finances of self-employed instructors and other course providers.(26209)

16 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of parents entitled to an enhanced State Pension as a result of Home Responsibilities Protection but yet to apply.(25974)

17 NMary Glindon (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of annually uprating Local Housing Allowance to the 30th percentile of local market rents.(26006)

18 NSir Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is planning to take support the WASPI women's campaign for redress, in the context of the pledge of support given by the Prime Minister during his by-election campaign.(25947)

19 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the Government's position on fee paying and no win no fee organisations, who complete benefit applications such as PIP and attendance allowance for constituents which are inaccurate; and if he will consider whether regulation of these services ought to be extended to protect vulnerable applicants.(26263)

20 NJim Dickson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will consult on requiring cigarette filters to be sold in plain packaging and restrict their promotion.(26304)

21 NJim Dickson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which cigarette filters are used to circumvent the ban on menthol and other characterising flavours in tobacco products.(26305)

22 NHelen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) how many referrals via Advice and Guidance have been rejected each month since July 2024 (b) how many of these were later successfully referred.(26410)

23 NWendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the number of hospices at risk of (a) reducing services, (b) closing inpatient beds and (c) becoming financially unviable during each of the next three financial years.(26029)

24 NWendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of providing the adult hospice sector with £112.5 million in recurring revenue funding; what estimate she has made of the amount required to stabilise existing services; and whether additional funding will be announced before hospices make staffing and service decisions for 2027–28.(26030)

25 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the findings of the British Medical Journal with respect to (a) the investment case for pleasure-inclusive sexual health and (b) the return on investment of pleasure-inclusive approaches compared with existing sexual health programming.(26261)

26 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Welsh Gluten Free Subsidy Card Scheme; and whether it plans to introduce the same system in England to help people with coeliac disease meet the additional cost of medically necessary gluten free food.(26265)

27 NMr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the time was between his Department receiving an initial request to obtain location data from Apple for UK nationals missing in Nepal and a request being made.(26089)

28 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the investment case for pleasure-inclusive sexual health published in the British Medical Journal, and its implications for UK Official Development Assistance.(26262)

29 NBell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support efforts to recognise gender-based persecution more explicitly as a crime against humanity.(26102)

30 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has taken steps to establish whether illegal stun batons were used on 3 July 2026 at a protest at the Chinese Embassy in London.(25972)

31 NSarah Green (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with representatives of farming organisations on the potential impact of bringing Section 2 shotgun licensing more closely into line with Section 1 firearms licensing on rural communities.(26181)

32 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much expenditure has been incurred by her Department in connection with proposals to use Site A at MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation, broken down by category of expenditure.(26420)

33 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contracts have been awarded in connection with proposals to use Site A at MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation.(26421)

34 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, by what date in November 2026 will the essential maintenance that has been underway in T Block be completed and access restored.(25975)

35 NSteve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Westminster Hall debate on the army reserve on 22 April 2026, whether a decision has been taken on any changes to the number of reserve service days in 2026-27.(25999)

36 NGraham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2026 to Question 18392, how many of the 92 Lossiemouth defence properties have been upgraded in line with the August 2026 target.(26355)

37 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions has his department held with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government regarding the potential impact on Defence of each of the options for Local Government Reorganisation in Cambridgeshire.(26238)

38 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions has his department held with dual-technology companies in the Huntingdon constituency regarding sovereign capability with applications within defence.(26240)

39 NMary Glindon (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the effective implementation of Awaab's Law.(26003)

40 NMary Glindon (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the report by Citizens Advice entitled Building healthier foundations: How to improve access to healthy housing for all, published on 20 May 2026.(26005)

41 NAlicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any reports were made (a) within her Department, or (b) to the appropriate authorities, of suspected (i) surveillance of anyone in her Department, or (ii) interference from outside her Department, related to the decision on the redevelopment of the Royal Mint Court site into a new Chinese Embassy.(26150)

42 NLlinos Medi (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact of the capital/revenue split in the Local Growth Fund on local authorities in Wales.(26221)

43 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish (a) the Urgent Crown Development application for MOD Bicester Site A, (b) the statement explaining why the proposed development is considered nationally important and urgent and (c) the supporting documents; and how much time will be provided for representations before the application is determined.(26422)

44 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications have been (a) submitted, (b) accepted and (c) determined under the Urgent Crown Development procedure since that procedure came into force.(26423)

45 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Home Office's document entitled MoD Bicester (site A), Oxfordshire: factsheet, (a) which feasibility assessments remain outstanding, (b) when each assessment began, (c) when each is expected to be completed, (d) which assessments were available when the decision was taken to pursue the Urgent Crown Development procedure and (e) whether the results will be published before the deadline for representations on the application.(26424)

46 NWendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing centrally funded 100% business-rates relief to charity shops operated by hospices; and what estimate she has made of the annual cost of that measure.(26036)

47 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of housing support available to people leaving prison who have engaged extensively with rehabilitation programmes; and whether her Department plans to review guidance to local housing authorities on the eligibility of reformed offenders for access to social housing.(26264)

48 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Baroness Taylor, participated in a meeting with Labour MPs and/or councillors on Wednesday 15th July 2026 during which Local Government Reorganisation was discussed.(26235)

49 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the viability of the Business Case for Option D in relation to Local Government Reorganisation in Cambridgeshire.(26236)

50 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her letter to the Chief Executive of the Electoral Commission, dated 29 August 2026, what the evidential basis is of the position that spending limits for political parties are too high.(26212)

51 NAlison Bennett (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to review the maximum amount jurors can claim for loss of earnings while undertaking jury service, and whether he considers the current allowance to be sufficient.(26356)

52 NSarah Green (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the compulsory retirement age on the retention of experienced magistrates, and whether Ministers have considered alternatives such as regular competency assessments for those who wish to continue sitting beyond 75.(26179)

53 NSarah Green (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that people convicted of (a) rape, (b) child sexual abuse and (c) offences relating to the grooming of children are exempt from an early release scheme.(26180)

54 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, What estimate he has made of the average time taken between an application to enforce a Child Arrangements Order being issued and the court determining the application.(26220)

55 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to change the content or timing of the ten tranches of prisoners to be released.(26198)

56 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has undertaken any modelling on the projected adult prison population for each month from August 2026 to February 2028 under scenarios in which (a) the Sentencing Act 2026 is implemented as enacted, (b) the Act is implemented with the offence exclusions announced on 4 August 2026, and (c) the Act is implemented with the exclusion in toto of the section 23 early-release provisions.(26199)

57 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims will be sent letters advising them their perpetrator will be released from prison early as a result of the Sentencing Act 2026 following the relevant offence exclusions.(26200)

58 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners converted to a new religion while in prison in the past three years, broken down (a) by the ethnicity of the prisoner, and (b) the religion they were converting to and from.(26201)

59 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what legislation he plans to bring forward to give effect to the statement that the progression model will come into force on 1 October 2026; whether that legislation will amend or revoke the Sentencing Act 2026 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2026; and on what date he intends to lay it.(26202)

60 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when does he expect to receive the first report from the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery.(25971)

61 NDame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider extending the 20% business rates relief for pubs and music venues to post offices.(26000)

62 NDavid Chadwick (Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the £2.5 billion Steel Fund has been spent within Wales to date.(26359)

63 NWendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential financial impact of increases in employer National Insurance contributions on (a) adult hospices, (b) children’s hospices and (c) hospice charity-shop operations.(26033)

64 NWendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the aggregate business-rates liability of charity shops operated by adult and children’s hospices following the 2026 revaluation; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that liability on the unrestricted income available to support frontline hospice services.(26035)

65 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2026 to question 124889 on Defence: Development Aid, whether it remains his policy to spend 100 percent of the reduction in the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget on defence in (a) 2026/27, (b) 2027/28 and (c) 2028/29.(26231)

66 NLiz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of removing tax relief for non-reimbursed homeworking expenses on Ministers of Religion.(26069)

Questions for Answer on Monday 7 September

Questions for Written Answer

1 NKerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the carbon emitted from disturbance of carbon stores on the seabed.[Transferred] (19881)

2 NKerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to mitigate disturbance of blue carbon stores on the seabed by requiring marine developers to align with the Greenhouse Gas Assessment process.[Transferred] (19882)

3 NSarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the 2022 drought on the Queen Mary, Queen Mother and Wraysbury reservoirs.(26077)

4 NSarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of (a) the daily quantity of raw water that the Teddington Direct River Abstraction Scheme would supply to reservoirs for onward transport to water treatment works, and (b) what the percentage of the total daily raw water demand required by London’s water treatment plants would be supplied by the Teddington Direct River Abstraction Scheme.(26078)

5 NHarriet Cross (Gordon and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of providing Mountain Rescue with a similar level of support to HM Coastguard; and if she will consider providing financial support to mountain rescue stations that record the highest number of callouts each year.(26391)

6 NSir Ashley Fox (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered extending the statutory guarantee period for the reinstatement of highways following street works; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing guarantee periods in ensuring that undertakers bear the cost of defective reinstatements.(26241)

7 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what operational requirements remain outstanding before passenger services can commence on the East West Rail line between Oxford and Milton Keynes; and what is her latest estimate is for the commencement of those services.(26119)

8 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the suspension of speed camera enforcement on (a) the number of speed awareness and other educational courses commissioned and (b) the number of those courses subsequently cancelled.(26120)

9 NSarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to address the temporary accommodation subsidy gap.(26079)

10 NJohn Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has costed compensation for victims of sodium valproate.(25990)

11 NAlistair Strathern (Hitchin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Integrated Care Boards have (a) adopted and (b) begun implementation of NHS England and Starlight's Play Well Toolkit.(26183)

12 NMark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is working with the Financial Conduct Authority to ensure that its proposed approach to decentralised finance does not reduce innovation by restricting access to DeFi protocols.(25991)

13 NMark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to review the proposed 40% prudential risk weighting for cryptoassets, including non-UK stablecoins; and what international (a) regulatory developments and (b) market conditions would trigger such a review.(25992)

14 NMark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Financial Conduct Authority's proposed perimeter guidance on cryptoassets does not treat developers and maintainers of decentralised finance protocols as regulated financial intermediaries.(25993)

15 NMark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Financial Conduct Authority's proposed added value test in the Cryptoasset Permitter Guidance on the development of UK decentralised finance infrastructure.(25994)

16 NMark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to update the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No. 2) Regulations 2003 to ensure that tokenised assets receive the same legal treatment as traditional counterparts.(25995)

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

1Josh Newbury (Cannock Chase): What steps her Department is taking to ensure that the planning system provides green spaces for communities.(901181)

2Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): What information her Department holds on the percentage of Green Belt land that is classified as grey belt in Shropshire.(901182)

3Bradley Thomas (Bromsgrove): What steps she is taking to ensure that her Department has effective strategies for prioritising housing densification in urban areas.(901183)

4Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): What steps she is taking to help reduce the prevalence of private estate management arrangements on new housing estates.(901184)

5Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): What steps her Department is taking to ensure that adequate infrastructure is provided for new housing developments.(901185)

6Ms Julie Minns (Carlisle): What steps her Department is taking to encourage greater participation by young people in democratic processes.(901186)

7Alex Baker (Aldershot): What steps her Department is taking to encourage greater participation by young people in democratic processes.(901187)

8Monica Harding (Esher and Walton): What assessment she has made of the potential impact of planning policy on Green Belt land in Esher and Walton constituency.(901188)

9Navendu Mishra (Stockport): What steps she is taking to help increase levels of housing stock in Stockport constituency.(901189)

10Janet Daby (Lewisham East): What steps her Department plans to take through local government changes to further devolve funding decisions to regions.(901190)

11Fleur Anderson (Putney): ⁠What steps she is taking to support high streets in Putney.(901191)

12Jayne Kirkham (Truro and Falmouth): What support her Department is providing to councils to help them use their Housing Revenue Account to build council houses.(901192)

13Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): For what reason the local government reorganisation model in Devon was selected.(901193)

14Dame Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): What assessment she has made of the potential impact of Housing Revenue Account debt on the ability of local authorities to maintain and increase council housing stock.(901194)

15Steve Yemm (Mansfield): What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle rough sleeping.(901195)

16Ms Abena Oppong-Asare (Erith and Thamesmead): What progress her Department has made on tackling rough sleeping and homelessness in Erith and Thamesmead constituency.(901196)

17Patrick Hurley (Southport): What progress her Department has made on tackling rough sleeping and homelessness in Southport.(901197)

18Sally Jameson (Doncaster Central): What steps she is taking to tackle youth homelessness.(901198)

19Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): How her Department defines a walking distance to a train station.(901199)

20Adam Thompson (Erewash): What steps she is taking to support high streets in Erewash.(901200)

21Alex Brewer (North East Hampshire): What steps she is taking to support high streets.(901201)

22Tracy Gilbert (Edinburgh North and Leith): Whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on increasing skills in the net zero sector through the Local Growth Fund.(901202)

23Chris Vince (Harlow): What progress her Department has made on tackling rough sleeping and homelessness in Harlow.(901203)

24Olivia Bailey (Reading West and Mid Berkshire): What steps she is taking to help ensure that rural communities have access to affordable housing.(901204)

25Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor.(901205)

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

T 1Matt Western (Warwick and Leamington): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.(901206)

T 2Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): (901207)

T 3Olivia Bailey (Reading West and Mid Berkshire): (901208)

T 4Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): (901209)

T 5Imran Hussain (Bradford East): (901210)

T 6Chris Ward (Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven): (901211)

T 7Sonia Kumar (Dudley): (901212)

T 8Liz Jarvis (Eastleigh): (901213)

T 9Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): (901214)

T 10Chris Vince (Harlow): (901215)

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 8 September

Questions for Written Answer

1 NChristine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to review levels of gambling advertising.(26087)

2 NDavid Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, what funding has been allocated to the (a) physical and (b) cyber protection of the data centres supporting defence artificial intelligence.(26425)

3 NDavid Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 34 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, how much funding for AI is allocated within each of the (a) Digital Targeting Web, (b) Integrated Air and Missile Defence, (c) Project ASGARD, (d) Maritime Fighting Web, (e) Hybrid Navy and (f) Collaborative Combat Aircraft programmes.(26426)

4 NDavid Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 36 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, when he expects construction to start for the first large autonomous vessels of the Hybrid Navy.(26427)

5 NDavid Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 36 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, how much he expects the Common Combat Vessels to cost per unit, and how many units does his department intend to procure.(26428)

6 NDavid Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 45 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, how much funding has been allocated to procuring the 12 F35As, and how much does he estimate the total cost of the nuclear-capable F35A program will be.(26429)

7 NKevin Bonavia (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has she made of the financial pressures on councils caused by the levels of and interest on the debt they owe to the Treasury.(26195)

Questions for Answer on Friday 11 September

Questions for Written Answer

1 NDavid Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to make changes to the dispersal system for asylum seekers to different local authority areas.(26162)

2 NLuke Myer (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on how many Class E planning applications relating to hospitality uses of a property were (a) received, (b) approved, and (c) rejected by local planning authorities in each year since 2021.(26259)

3 NLuke Myer (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Class E planning applications for hospitality uses have been rejected by local planning authorities on the basis of an Environmental Impact Assessment in each year since 2021.(26260)