Questions Tabled

Published – Tuesday 8 September 2026

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 8 September

Questions for Written Answer

1 NMike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2026 to Question 17740 on Permanent Secretaries: pay, if he will place in the Library the senior pay control request.[Transferred] (26921)

2James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what data his Department holds on the proportion of job applicants who are not informed of the outcome of their applications.[Transferred] (27378)

3 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing legislation to restrict the sale of e-scooters.[Transferred] (27166)

4 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of a Department for Hospitality.[Transferred] (27171)

5 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will set out the grants available to local authorities to support the funding of existing public and publicly accessible academy trust swimming pools.[Transferred] (27170)

6Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 17353 on Digital ID Advisory Group, whether this group has been disbanded.[Transferred] (27257)

7Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of leasehold and social housing tenancy agreements mandating access to legal advice that is funded by landlords.[Transferred] (27245)

8Patrick Hurley (Southport): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of financial mutuals on (a) regional economic growth and (b) the proportion of businesses and financial institutions that are (i) locally and (ii) member owned.[Transferred] (27292)

9Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of applying the same 1.5p-per-mile Electric Vehicle Excise Duty rate to all plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on drivers of those vehicles.[Transferred] (27366)

10Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed Electric Vehicle Excise Duty on the resale values of older plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.[Transferred] (27367)

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 9 September

Questions for Written Answer

1Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Attorney General, what advice have the Law Officers given on the personal legal liability of a Secretary of State for actions of their department; and what legal indemnifications are in place for Ministers.(27463)

2Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Attorney General, whether the Government plans to negotiate changes to the European Convention of Human Rights at a Council of Europe level.(27464)

3Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 110793, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Flexible Working, how many and what proportion of full-time staff on full pay (1.0 FTE) in (a) her Department and (b) Crown Prosecution Service work compressed hours over a four day week.(27465)

4Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department (a) uses or (b) is taking steps to install rooftop solar panels on its premises.(27398)

5Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the implementation timeframe for dynamic alignment within the EU-UK SPS agreement on investment and retention decisions within the Official Veterinarian workforce.(27527)

6Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any gifts or hospitality, accepted in a Ministerial capacity, by Ministers in the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Downing Street, have been subsequently returned or repaid in calendar year 2026.(27466)

7Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026, to Question 18037, on Civil Service: Trade Unions, whether her Department has a policy on the level of trade union (a) membership and (b) recognition within the Civil Service.(27467)

8Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) she and (b) each of the Cabinet Office’s special advisers list pronouns on their email signatures when corresponding within government.(27468)

9Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 26 March 2026, to Question HL15648, on Government Departments: Security, and of 9 March 2026, to Question 115864, on Street Trading: Westminster Bridge, whether live information from the Government Security Zone Information Room on unlawful (a) pedicabs, (b) ice cream vans, (c) thimbleriggers, (d) 360 degree video booths, (e) caramelised nuts vendors and (f) hot dog vendors, operating on Westminster Bridge is provided by HM Government to the Metropolitan Police.(27469)

10Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter, "Simplification and Agency of Government - Letter to all ministers", of 7 September 2026, what is the timetable for the more detailed guidance on approaches to public participation to be produced, and if she will make it her policy to place it in the Library of the House once it has been produced.(27470)

11Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter, "Simplification and Agency of Government - Letter to all ministers", of 7 September 2026, whether the Cabinet Office Consultation Principles will be amended; and if she will place in the Library the new general guidance circulated by officials.(27471)

12Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026, to Question HL2688, on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, and with reference to the answer of 9 December 2025, to Question 96190, on Identity Cards: Digital Technology, if she will set out the methodology in (a) the estimate by the OBR of £1.8 billion over three years and (b) that adopted by the Cabinet Office, further to the statement that the OBR estimate was not an accurate cost of the programme.(27472)

13Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026, to Question 19034, on Minister’s Private Offices, whether the quarterly reviews of the record management policy compliance in relation to the Prime Minister’s Office, since the resignation of Lord Mandelson, have recommended any changes to procedures and processes on the retention of documents, and the recording of decision-making.(27475)

14Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 28 July 2026, to Question 16155, on Intelligence Services: Summer Internship Programme, whether (a) white British and (b) middle class students, will be able to join a MI5, MI6 or SIS internship scheme in summer 2027.(27476)

15Danny Beales (Uxbridge and South Ruislip): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to develop legally binding environmental regulations for lunar mining and habitation activities; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of international frameworks, including the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, to prevent the appropriation of lunar resources.(27771)

16 NAlex Brewer (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure the adequacy of employers' shared parental policies.[Transferred] (901251)

17Ian Byrne (Liverpool West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, for what reason has the Trade Remedies Authority has initiated an interim review into potential changes to anti-dumping duties.(27566)

18Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, which programme partners are involved in the National Quantum Strategy over the next five years.(27408)

19Lizzi Collinge (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of cybersecurity requirements applying to hardware wallets used to store private keys for cryptoassets.(27818)

20Dr Beccy Cooper (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade what steps his Ministry is taking to ensure FCA-authorised lenders are accountable for representations made by their introducer networks.(27753)

21Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with which countries their Department plans to pursue new free trade agreements with.(27798)

22Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department (a) uses or (b) is taking steps to install rooftop solar panels on its premises.(27397)

23Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment they have made of whether the UK's Sovereign Tech and Sovereign AI funding programmes are adequately supporting the UK's digital sovereignty; and what criteria are used to assess applications to those programmes.(27611)

24Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the Government considers maintaining domestic cement manufacturing capability to be of strategic national importance.(27563)

25James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to encourage employers adopting artificial intelligence to maintain a) entry-level employment and b) training pathways for young people.(27759)

26Sir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of gigabit-capable broadband for small businesses in Royal Sutton Coldfield.(27405)

27Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how much funding his Department has provided to Government research councils for (a) animal-based research and (b) the development of non-animal experimentation methods in each of the last five years.(27832)

28Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many of the projects listed on the UKRI Gateway to Research portal awarded funding within each of the last five years involve the use of live animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.(27833)

29Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of Royal Mail's NHS option on delivery of health-related correspondence.(27512)

30Neil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the hacking of Hugging Face by collaborating agents, and what plans he has for the further development of AISI and other UK government AI structures.(27518)

31Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what guidance is available to employers on making reasonable adjustments for employees with fluctuating conditions such as endometriosis.(27426)

32Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what proportion of successful Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund grant applicants were located in rural areas.(27447)

33Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what proportion of Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund funding allocated to each region in England.(27448)

34Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of school holiday scheduling on consumer prices in the travel and tourism sector.(27576)

35Luke Akehurst (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability and affordability of swimming lessons.(27843)

36Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support grassroots football in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.(27394)

37Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department (a) uses or (b) is taking steps to install rooftop solar panels on its premises.(27396)

38 NKim Leadbeater (Spen Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support the participation of women and girls in sport.[Transferred] (901258)

39Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department’s place-targeting approach to investment on the media and journalism sector in London.(27767)

40Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has assessed the potential impact of her Department's place-targeting approach on (a) investment in London-based media companies, (b) journalism jobs in London and (c) the UK’s wider media and creative industries.(27768)

41Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that support from her Department for northern regions does not inadvertently disincentivise investment and employment in London.(27770)

42Luke Akehurst (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review the statutory swimming and water safety requirements in the National Curriculum.(27840)

43Luke Akehurst (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to improve levels of consistency in how swimming attainment is assessed and reported by schools.(27841)

44Luke Akehurst (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of recruitment and retention trends among teachers involved in delivering curriculum swimming and water safety lessons in schools.(27842)

45Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguards her department will put in place to ensure specialist SEND capacity is not reduced before mainstream inclusion capacity has been established.(27698)

46Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the level of risk of SEND reforms reducing access to appropriate provision for children and young people with the most complex needs.(27700)

47Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department (a) uses or (b) is taking steps to install rooftop solar panels on its premises.(27399)

48James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the finding from the Adzuna UK Job Market Report, published on 31 July 2026, that there has been a 45.6% year-on-year reduction in graduate vacancies.(27758)

49James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 21 August 2026 to Question 11572 on PE and School Sport Partnerships Network, what criteria will be used to determine which schools are considered most in need of support under the PE and School Sport Partnerships Network.(27777)

50James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 21 August 2026 to Question 11572 on PE and School Sport Partnerships Network, how many primary schools will receive less funding for PE and sport in 2026/27 than they received through the primary PE and Sport Premium in 2025/26.(27778)

51Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a timetable for investment to be provided to schools in Witham constituency affected by RAAC for full remedial works to be undertaken.(27433)

52Rebecca Paul (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of piloting council-funded, low-arousal community hubs for children receiving Education Otherwise Than at School, including the provision of sensory facilities and access to specialist education and therapeutic professionals; and whether her Department has considered using existing Family Hubs as a basis for such a pilot.(27823)

53Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of endometriosis on school attendance and attainment among girls and young women.(27424)

54Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools on recognising and accommodating the impact of endometriosis and related conditions on pupils' education and attendance.(27425)

55Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing regional variations in summer holiday dates to reduce peak demand for domestic and international travel.(27573)

56Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with representatives of the travel industry regarding the relationship between school holiday dates and peak-season pricing.(27574)

57Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential financial impact of staggering school summer holidays across regions in England on families.(27575)

58Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating provisions or early-adopter frameworks for schools wishing to implement the new technical education pathways for 14 year olds for the 2027 GCSE cohort.(27693)

59Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will issue guidance to secondary schools on how to support students starting year 10 in 2027 who want a technical or vocational education ahead of the 2028 introduction date.(27694)

60Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of Government support for carbon capture and storage projects associated with new gas-fired power stations with the UK's net zero commitments.(27612)

61Sir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support is available to households in Royal Sutton Coldfield seeking to improve the energy efficiency of their homes.(27404)

62Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her planned timetable is for the Norwich to Tilbury Great Grid Upgrade to be (a) constructed and (b) operational.(27430)

63Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which offshore wind farms are scheduled to be connected to the grid in each of the next ten years; and what level of GW will be added to grid capacity from each development.(27431)

64Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she make an assessment of the potential (a) economic and (b) environmental impacts of establishing an offshore grid to connect offshore windfarms off of the coast of the East of England to the grid.(27432)

65Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether measures to enable homes and smaller businesses to buy electricity directly from local community-run energy enterprises will be in the forthcoming Energy Independence Bill.(27409)

66Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what comparative assessment her Department has made of domestic heating oil prices between in (a) Scotland and (b) other parts of the UK following publication of the Competition and Markets Authority's heating oil market study; and what steps she is taking to protect off-grid consumers ahead of winter.(27503)

67Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress has her Department made in implementing the recommendations arising from the Competition and Markets Authority's heating oil market study.(27504)

68Ian Byrne (Liverpool West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) increased public procurement of plant-rich foods, (b) expanded domestic horticulture production and (c) increased production of plant proteins for human consumption to the Government’s Food Strategy objectives on food security, public health, affordability and environmental sustainability.(27568)

69Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the fur working group established by her Department will consider the potential public health risks associated with overseas fur farming; and when she plans to publish her Department's policy position on the UK fur trade.(27460)

70Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what definition her Department uses of a failing water company for the purposes of regulatory intervention.(27410)

71Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what metrics her Department and Ofwat use to assess whether a water company has failed to meet its statutory obligations under the Water Industry Act 1991.(27411)

72Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a company's environmental performance rating as assessed by Ofwat's Environmental Performance Assessment forms part of the criteria for determining regulatory failure.(27412)

73Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of debt-to-equity ratio and other financial resilience thresholds her Department considers indicative of a water company's failure to manage its affairs.(27413)

74Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether persistent sewage discharges in breach of permit conditions constitute evidence of failure by water companies for the purposes of regulatory intervention, including Special Administration.(27414)

75Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the difference between grounds for special administration based on (a) insolvency and (b) performance failure in relation to Thames Water.(27415)

76Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with Ofwat on the threshold for recommending Special Administration for a water company.(27416)

77Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to (a) customers and (b) the public purse of placing a water company into (i) Special Administration and (ii) continued private restructuring.(27417)

78Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Water (Special Measures) Act 2025 on the (a) criteria and (b) process for placing a water company into Special Administration.(27418)

79Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role her Department considers carefully controlled prescribed burning should play in reducing wildfire risk; and in what circumstances burning on peatland may be authorised under a licence or an approved Wildfire Management Plan.(27486)

80Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the findings of Fielding et al. (2025) that cutting transferred fine heather material into the litter layer whereas prescribed burning reduced fine fuels; and whether those findings were considered in developing the current regulations and guidance on vegetation management.(27487)

81Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for the research required by commitment 77 of the Environmental Improvement Plan 2025 into increasing the natural resilience of habitats to wildfire through rewetting or restoring hydrological function; and whether her Department has reached any conclusions on the effectiveness of those measures in advance of the initial scoping review.(27488)

82Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Official Veterinarians needed to maintain current export certification volumes through to the point at which dynamic alignment with the EU-UK SPS agreement takes effect.(27519)

83Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Official Veterinarians currently undertaking export certification on a full-time basis.(27520)

84Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the risk of experienced Official Veterinarians leaving export certification roles before any reduction in certification requirements takes effect.(27521)

85Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has in place to ensure necessary capacity should Official Veterinarian capacity fall below the level needed to meet current export certification demand before the SPS agreement takes effect.(27522)

86Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and (b) veterinary sector representatives on workforce planning for the transition period to dynamic alignment.(27523)

87Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential risks to exporters of food and animal products of any delays to export health certification ahead of removal of SPS checks.(27524)

88Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to UK exporters of any disruption to certification capacity during the period before dynamic alignment with the EU-UK SPS agreement takes effect.(27525)

89Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for implementing dynamic alignment with the EU-UK SPS agreement; and what assessment has been made of whether current certification capacity can be sustained throughout that timetable.(27526)

90Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to retain and redeploy veterinary public health expertise currently engaged in export certification once SPS certification requirements are reduced or removed.(27528)

91Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a decline in veterinary certification capacity on the UK's ability to rebuild veterinary public health capacity quickly.(27529)

92Ben Lake (Ceredigion Preseli): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what fire intensity multiplier her Department uses when assessing the impact that higher fuel loads of vegetation will have on the ferocity of wildfires.(27505)

93Ben Lake (Ceredigion Preseli): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Official Veterinarians needed to maintain current export certification volumes through to the point at which dynamic alignment with the EU-UK SPS agreement takes effect.(27506)

94Ben Lake (Ceredigion Preseli): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of Official Veterinarians currently undertaking export certification on a full-time basis.(27507)

95Ben Lake (Ceredigion Preseli): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has in place should Official Veterinarian capacity decline before certification requirements arising from current export arrangements are removed.(27508)

96Ben Lake (Ceredigion Preseli): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to UK exporters of disruption to certification capacity during the period before dynamic alignment with the EU-UK SPS agreement takes effect.(27509)

97Ben Lake (Ceredigion Preseli): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for implementing dynamic alignment with the EU-UK SPS agreement; and what assessment has been made of whether current certification capacity can be sustained throughout that timetable.(27510)

98James 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 potential impact of AI-capable data centres on long-term national water demand forecasts.(27760)

99James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with local planning authorities on the water requirements of proposed AI-capable data centres.(27761)

100James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to require operators of AI-capable data centres to report annual water consumption to regulators.(27762)

101James 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 potential impact of proposed AI-capable data centres in Essex on local water resources.(27763)

102Sir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current measures to reduce fly-tipping in Royal Sutton Coldfield.(27406)

103Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria are used to determine whether a dog that has (a) attacked and (b) killed another animal should be considered dangerous.(27711)

104Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of legislation protecting domestic cats from dangerous dogs.(27712)

105Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of strengthening the law to protect domestic cats from dog attacks.(27713)

106Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve protections for domestic pets following serious dog attacks in West Dorset.(27714)

107Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of Brazilian beef imports on UK beef farmers.(27715)

108Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what safeguards are in place to prevent Brazilian beef imports adversely impacting British beef producers.(27716)

109Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of drought and bluetongue on the viability of beef farms in West Dorset.(27717)

110Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support is available to beef farmers in West Dorset for costs and livestock losses as a result of drought and bluetongue.(27718)

111Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to take steps to protect the UK beef industry from increased imports from countries with different production costs and regulatory requirements.(27719)

112Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of Brazilian beef imports on farm incomes and the long-term viability of the UK beef sector.(27720)

113Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of the report by the NAO entitled Resilience of the food supply chain to disruptions, published on 4 September 2026.(27577)

114James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of packaging costs on (a) breweries, (b) pubs and (c) hospitality businesses in Rushcliffe.(27583)

115Dan Norris (North East Somerset and Hanham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has made an estimate of the number of organised deer hunts that operated under exemptions relating to the flushing of deer to guns in 2024/25.(27393)

116Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2026 to question 23389 on Agriculture: Reservoirs, by when she plans to open a further round of the Water Management Grant.(27628)

117Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with train operating companies about the impact of removing ticket machines from railways stations on the length of ticket queues.(27538)

118Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of alternative funding models for rolling stock procurement under GBR such as those highlighted in ASLEF's Own Our Trains campaign which could result in publicly owned trains.(27695)

119 NJohn Grady (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the cost of transport for disabled people.[Transferred] (901264)

120Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of declassifying First Class accommodation on Great Northern and Thameslink services serving Cambridge on passenger capacity and crowding levels during peak periods.(27608)

121Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 17043 on Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Correspondence, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the DVSA to respond to 100% of simple enquiry emails within five working days.(27564)

122Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of rail journeys used fully digital tickets in each month since May 2026.(27565)

123Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what bus routes have been lost in Dorset since 2010.(27705)

124Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what bus routes have been lost in West Dorset since 2010.(27706)

125Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish a medium term business plan for Greater Anglia rail services.(27434)

126Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Note 27 of her Department’s 2025/26 annual accounts, what estimate she has made of the level of public subsidy to rail services in each of the next five years.(27435)

127Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the total costs of cancelling the A12 Widening Scheme.(27436)

128Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2026 to Question 3957, in which month will she publish her update on SAF and the Call for Evidence.(27544)

129Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2026 to Question 2243, what decisions stemmed from the initial workshop on updating the Setting Local Speed Limits and Red Light and Speed Camera guidance.(27545)

130Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2026 to Question 124880, what proportion of completed applications resulted in (a) interview invitations, (b) driving assessments, (c) appointments to training courses and (d) successful qualification as a driving examiner in each recruitment campaign listed.(27546)

131Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 510 on Railway Stations: CCTV, whether bike thefts will be included in the assessment of railway stations with the highest crime levels when prioritising CCTV integration across the network.(27547)

132Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 8116, whether the modelling work cited has now been completed, and if she will publish the modelling in full.(27548)

133Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 383, whether her Department intends to publish the recommendations and options review for the Northern Powerhouse Rail station choice at Manchester Piccadilly once the joint team concludes its work this autumn.(27549)

134Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the scope, content and diagrams have been developed for the forthcoming update to the Manual for Streets.(27550)

135Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 2368 on Parking: Private Sector, whether that review has now concluded; and when she plans to publish its outcome.(27551)

136Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish the revised MCA Rescue Boat Code.(27552)

137Caroline Voaden (South Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on the number of Regulation 261 compensation claims that were wrongly rejected by airlines in each of the past 5 years.(27686)

138Sir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of entry level employment opportunities for young people in Royal Sutton Coldfield.(27403)

139Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service in supporting parents and children in West Dorset.(27721)

140Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve access to and the timeliness of Child Maintenance Service cases for parents in West Dorset.(27722)

141Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to ensure that self-employed parents accurately declare income for the purposes of calculating child maintenance payments.(27723)

142Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action can be taken by his Department where there is evidence that a self-employed parent has deliberately understated their income to reduce their child maintenance liability.(27724)

143Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time was for complaints handled by Complaints Resolution Managers in the latest period for which data is available.(27725)

144Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what quality assurance arrangements are in place for final complaint responses issued by the Department.(27726)

145Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026, to Question 19347, on Pension Protection Fund: FleishmanHillard, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) Scope of Work document and (b) project specification for the FleishmanHillard public affairs for the Pension Protection Fund for each of the two activities.(27480)

146Lorraine Beavers (Blackpool North and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding her Department plans to allocate to the Liver Transformation Programme.(27775)

147Lorraine Beavers (Blackpool North and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Liver Transformation Programme on reducing the impact of liver disease on health inequalities, mortality rates and variations in care.(27776)

148Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her Department's planned timetable is for publishing a response to the Law Commission’s 2023 report on surrogacy.(27584)

149Dr Beccy Cooper (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the practice of historic NHS dental Penalty Charge Notices.(27754)

150Dr Beccy Cooper (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the process for challenging historic NHS dental Penalty Charge Notices and refunding penalties is robust and efficient.(27755)

151Dr Beccy Cooper (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the status of the NHS Business Services Authority as an arm’s-length body of the Ministry means in respect of (a) ministerial accountability, (b) operational independence and (c) financial oversight.(27756)

152Dr Beccy Cooper (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what arrangements are in place to scrutinise the NHS Business Services Authority’s processes for issuing, enforcing, reviewing and refunding NHS dental Penalty Charge Notices.(27757)

153Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that health visiting services have sufficient capacity to provide the statutory universal health and development reviews for children aged 9-15 months within the recommended timeframe.(27697)

154Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce geographic variation in liver disease (a) diagnosis (b) treatment and (c) health outcomes.(27482)

155Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce health inequalities in liver disease outcomes in the North West.(27483)

156Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evaluation has been undertaken of the adequacy of existing (a) mental health emergency
departments and (b) community mental health centres and their impact on waiting times, hospital admissions and patient outcomes.(27559)

157Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what metrics will be used to determine whether the proposed expansion of
community mental health services represents value for money.(27560)

158Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department provides to integrated care boards and NHS trusts on the frequency of planned reviews for people diagnosed with dementia following discharge from specialist memory and older people’s mental health services.(27531)

159Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of arrangements for the ongoing monitoring of people with dementia who have been discharged from specialist memory and older people’s mental health services to primary care.(27532)

160Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of regional variation in the (a) frequency and (b) quality of dementia care plan reviews; and what steps she is taking to reduce variation.(27533)

161Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department (a) uses or (b) is taking steps to install rooftop solar panels on its premises.(27395)

162Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase investment in pancreatic cancer research; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of that research on improving treatment options and survival rates for pancreatic cancer patients.(27609)

163Charlie Maynard (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to review the Appliance Prescription Management Service.(27839)

164Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the dentistry budget allocated to Dorset has been underspent in each of the last five funding cycles.(27707)

165Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the dentistry budget allocated to the South West has been underspent in each of the last five funding cycles.(27708)

166Kate Osamor (Edmonton and Winchmore Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued on support that should be made available to children and young people while they are awaiting assessment by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.(27492)

167Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If she has plans to increase the number of GP training places at Anglia Ruskin University.(27438)

168Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated to invest in (a) GP practices and (b) health centres in Witham constituency.(27439)

169Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to monitor and report on the implementation of NICE guideline NG73 (endometriosis) by integrated care boards, and what plans she has to strengthen accountability for its implementation.(27419)

170Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time is between symptom onset and confirmed diagnosis of endometriosis in England, broken down by age group and ethnicity, in each of the last five years.(27420)

171Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure earlier specialist assessment and referral for adolescents with suspected endometriosis.(27421)

172Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the affordability of long-term pain management and hormonal treatment for people with endometriosis, including prescription charge exemptions.(27422)

173Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to introduce a national mechanism for tracking progress in endometriosis diagnosis and care as part of the Women's Health Strategy.(27423)

174Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure comprehensive support is provided to people with multiple sclerosis at the time of diagnosis.(27453)

175Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how specialised commissioning expertise will be maintained following the merger of NHS England and her Department, including for the commissioning of services for people with multiple sclerosis.(27454)

176Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of provision of patient education and support at the time of diagnosis for people with multiple sclerosis; and what improvements can be made.(27455)

177Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration she has given to a centralised approach to Information Governance to reduce variation in digital communication methods and practices between NHS Trusts.(27456)

178Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether proposed European Union regulations on food supplements will apply in Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of those regulations on regulatory divergence between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.(27457)

179Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for each of the last five financial years, what data is available on the uptake of a) the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service, and b) the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme among patients living in rural versus non-rural areas.(27449)

180Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Action 25 of the National Cancer Plan, which NHS trusts have been identified as requiring additional oncology training places; and what proportion of those areas are in rural versus non-rural communities.(27450)

181Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data sources her Department is using to assess whether smoking prevalence among people aged 14 to 30 years is on track to reach the modelled level of near-zero by 2050; and whether she has plans to publish smoking prevalence data for that age group to enable external assessment of progress.(27451)

182Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the financial sustainability of community pharmacies under the 2026-27 Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework.(27602)

183Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reimbursing community pharmacies for business rates through NHS funding, in line with arrangements applying to GP and dental practices.(27603)

184Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of earlier diagnosis of prostate cancer on survival rates among men from groups at higher risk of the disease.(27570)

185Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to review the eligibility criteria for prostate cancer screening as further evidence becomes available from the TRANSFORM study.(27571)

186Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential for the findings of the TRANSFORM study to inform a future national prostate cancer screening programme.(27572)

187James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the Hughes Report on valporate and pelvic mesh.(27562)

188Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the differences in average salaries, for roles of the same grade, between (a) DHSC and (b) NHS England; and whether respective salaries will be levelled up or levelled down as a result of the planned merger.(27481)

189Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of trends in the levels of usage of the drug nerandomilast to treat pulmonary fibrosis.(27814)

190Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he can clarify what specific (a) fiscal metrics and (b) economic thresholds will be used to determine when a return to the 0.7% ODA target is possible.(27790)

191Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic and humanitarian aid response steps he is taking to prevent loss of life in the city of El Obeid.(27733)

192Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support people fleeing violence around El Obeid and in the Blue Nile State.(27734)

193Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how he and the Coalition for Atrocity Prevention and Justice in Sudan plan to respond to reports of sexual violence and drone strikes against civilians across Sudan.(27735)

194Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to increase (a) the humanitarian funding package for Nepal and (b) funding for (i) shelter, (ii) water and sanitation, and (iii) protection services in Nepal in response to the flash floods of August 2026.(27834)

195Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the United Kingdom's humanitarian funding in response to the August 2026 flash floods in Nepal is channelled directly to (a) local and (b) women-led organisations.(27835)

196Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take in response to recent developments in Sudan, including the reported encirclement of El Obeid by the Rapid Support Forces, to (i) protect civilians from atrocities, (ii) secure humanitarian access, (iii) prevent famine, and (iv) ensure aid from the United Kingdom reaches local Sudanese organisations.(27836)

197Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the bilateral relationship with Algeria, in addition to the work of the UK-Algeria Trade Taskforce.(27821)

198Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports of attacks and restrictions affecting Christian communities in the West Bank; and what representations he has made to the Israeli Government on protecting Christian places of worship and freedom of religion or belief.(27820)

199James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to raise the national security implications of ecosystem collapse at (a) the United Nations Security Council (b) NATO (c) the Council of Europe (d) other multilateral security forums.(27748)

200Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to respond to my Office's correspondence, dated 29 April 2026, on behalf of SKT Welfare.(27696)

201Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on the Delivering Accelerated Family Planning in Pakistan programme in each year since November 2017.(27627)

202Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) he, (b) his ministers and (c) his officials have had discussions and meetings with his counterpart in Mauritius to discuss the Chagos Archipelago since 20 July 2026; and whether any discussions and meetings are planned for the remainder of 2026.(27440)

203Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that British nationals detained overseas are given adequate support from the consulate.(27458)

204Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure cross border policing is effectively maintained across Northern Ireland and Ireland's border.(27459)

205Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what legal advice the Government has received on the compatibility of the proposed UK-Mauritius agreement with the 1966 UK-US Exchange of Notes concerning the British Indian Ocean Territory.(27607)

206Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of aerial attacks in Gaza and violence in the West Bank during August 2026.(27683)

207Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to introduce a statutory consultation duty with local authorities prior to establishing asylum accommodation sites.(27663)

208Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what anti-money laundering due diligence protocols are utilised when evaluating high-net-worth business investment visa applications.(27664)

209Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the average time taken for newly recognised refugees to secure accommodation following the issuance of a biometric residence permit.(27665)

210Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms her Department utilises to coordinate refugee transition policy with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.(27666)

211Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expenditure on asylum accommodation contracts was between the 2016–17 and 2023–24 financial years.(27667)

212Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of hotels used for contingency asylum accommodation since July 2024.(27668)

213Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what value for money reviews her Department has commissioned into asylum procurement contracts awarded prior to July 2024.(27669)

214Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the number of unprocessed initial asylum applications was as of 1 July 2024.(27670)

215Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average annual full-time equivalent headcount of asylum processing caseworkers was in each year between 2016 and 2024.(27671)

216Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many small boat arrivals were recorded in each year between 2016 and 2024.(27672)

217Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the trends in the operational costs of processing small boat arrivals since July 2024.(27673)

218Carla Denyer (Bristol Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's new story entitled PoliceAI to speed up investigations and fight crime, published on 10 June 2026, what mechanism exists to ensure that a tool shown by post-deployment monitoring to have suffered a substantial decline in accuracy is withdrawn; and who will be accountable if a Chief Constable chooses not to act on PoliceAI's advice.(27656)

219Carla Denyer (Bristol Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's new story entitled PoliceAI to speed up investigations and fight crime, published on 10 June 2026, whether PoliceAI plans to publish a public register of AI tools (a) piloted and (b) deployed across forces.(27657)

220Carla Denyer (Bristol Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's new story entitled PoliceAI to speed up investigations and fight crime, published on 10 June 2026, whether she plans to place a legal duty on (a) the College of Policing and (b) individual forces to seek and publish ethics review before expanding the scope, data sources, and purpose of an AI tool.(27658)

221Carla Denyer (Bristol Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story entitled PoliceAI to speed up investigations and fight crime, published on 10 June 2026, what assessment she has been made of the potential merits of placing PoliceAI's standards on a statutory footing.(27659)

222Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.(27401)

223Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of police powers where a dog has attacked and killed a domestic cat.(27709)

224Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what avenues are available to members of the public wishing to challenge a police decision to refer a serious dog attack to a local authority dog warden.(27710)

225Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the level of grant funding to Essex Police in each of the next five years.(27437)

226Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to police forces regarding the prosecution of offenders who assault service animals alongside emergency responders.(27597)

227Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received all data returns from the forces who participated in the pilot of the freight crime recording flag, and if she will published the assessment of the effectiveness of the pilot.(27553)

228Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department are taking to ensure that organisations holding sponsor licences are recruiting from overseas in response to genuine labour shortages rather than as a primary business model.(27635)

229Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what circumstances would trigger compliance action where a high proportion of a sponsor's workforce consists of sponsored workers.(27636)

230Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department applies any operational threshold for the proportion of sponsored workers employed by a sponsor when assessing compliance risk.(27637)

231Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used by UK Visas and Immigration to determine whether a sponsor licence holder should be subject to a compliance inspection.(27638)

232Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what circumstances would normally lead to the suspension of a sponsor licence.(27639)

233Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what circumstances would normally lead to the revocation of a sponsor licence.(27640)

234Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the suitability of a sponsor licence holder that has previously had a licence revoked to sponsor workers in the future.(27641)

235Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what processes are in place to verify that holders of Health and Care Worker Visas continue to work in the occupation for which their visas were granted.(27642)

236Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action is taken by her Department when a Health and Care Worker Visa holder ceases employment with their sponsoring employer.(27643)

237Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Health and Care Worker Visas holders do not breach their visa conditions after leaving sponsored employment.(27644)

238Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department conducts targeted compliance operations in sectors with large numbers of Health and Care Worker Visa holders.(27645)

239Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment is made before granting a Student Visa of whether the applicant is a genuine student whose primary purpose is study.(27646)

240Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what compliance activity is undertaken in relation to Student Visa holders after their arrival in the UK.(27647)

241Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes when a Student Visa holder ceases to attend the course for which leave was granted.(27648)

242Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Student Visa holders leave the UK when they no longer qualify for leave under the student route.(27649)

243Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department gives consideration to the educational outcomes of the institution sponsoring a student visa, prior to issuing visas.(27650)

244Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department conducts a regular audit of the a) number and b) proportion of students attending educational institutions on student visas.(27651)

245Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that educational institutions have a high threshold for English language ability when sponsoring student visas.(27652)

246Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential compliance risks associated with the Religious Worker and Charity Worker routes.(27653)

247Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether additional compliance measures apply to the Religious Worker and Charity Worker routes compared with other temporary work routes.(27654)

248David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, published in July 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the 2.54 million scientific procedures involving living animals which were carried out in Great Britain in 2025.(27844)

249David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, published in July 2026, what steps she is taking to replace the use of dogs in science with human-specific technologies.(27845)

250Dr Danny Chambers (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what date he expects the Transformation Programme to be in operation for WPS claims.(27685)

251Alex Easton (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of strength and readiness of UK military forces stationed in and around the Falkland Islands; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure sufficient recruitment, retention and personnel levels to maintain the long-term defence of the Islands.(27789)

252Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.(27400)

253James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.(27749)

254James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risk of interstate conflict and military escalation arising from competition for arable land, water and critical minerals, as set out in the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.(27750)

255James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Ministry of Defence's climate change and sustainability strategy has been updated to incorporate the findings of the national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.(27751)

256James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to commission an assessment of the military implications of ecosystem collapse in the six critical ecosystem regions identified by the Joint Intelligence Committee.(27752)

257James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of maintaining the reservist estate in the last financial year.(27827)

258James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of caretaker staffing levels to maintain reservist estate buildings.(27829)

259James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to recruit additional Cadet Force Adult Volunteers.(27830)

260James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to retain Cadet Force Adult Volunteers.(27831)

261Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 2 September 2026 to question 19165 on F-35 Aircraft: Guided Weapons, by when the precision-guided munition, Small Diameter Bomb will achieve Full Operating Capability.(27617)

262Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to adopt vertical tails for the Tempest aircraft within GCAP on stealth capability.(27618)

263Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the ability of the Royal Navy to mount a sovereign Carrier Strike Group without reliance upon escorts from allied navies.(27619)

264Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2026 to question 14524 on HMS Protector, by when he plans to decide upon the a) method of procurement and b) exact timeline for the replacement of HMS Protector.(27620)

265Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of his Department’s major projects are on budget as at the most recent period for which reporting is available.(27621)

266Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 29 August 2025 to question 72000 on Typhoon Aircraft: Procurement, what the disposal plans are for the remaining four Tranche 1 Typhoon FGR4s in the Falkland Islands upon their decommissioning in 2027.(27622)

267Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what operational restrictions are in place from the F-35 Joint Programme Office with regards to the use of the F-35B Lightning Force against allies of the United States.(27625)

268Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the independent review on the impact of the ban on LGBT personnel serving in the UK Armed Forces between 1967 and 2000, how many former service personnel have sought a) financial restorative justice via (i) a financial recognition payment of £50,000 and (ii) an Impact Payment of up to £20,000 and b) non-financial restorative measures via the opportunity to receive an official letter of apology, replacement service items and a restoration ceremony.(27626)

269Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Dynamic Readiness Levels are within the Commercial X Dynamic Market purchasing platform.(27629)

270Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the scope is of the UK’s contribution to NATO enhanced deterrence in the Arctic Region under Arctic Sentry.(27630)

271Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which current RAF platforms are not compatible with the Future Airborne Capability Environment.(27631)

272Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to ensure the RAF Rapid Capabilities Office is aligned with the USAF Autonomy Government Reference Architecture.(27632)

273Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's recruitment and retention targets are for each of the three Services for 2026/27.(27606)

274Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to improve data-sharing protocols between the Home Office and local authorities regarding individuals leaving asylum accommodation.(27674)

275Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration her Department has given to the potential merits of the redevelopment of vacant commercial properties into i) affordable housing, or ii) accommodation to support its campaign to end rough sleeping by Christmas.(27838)

276Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential safeguarding implications of children not being named or disclosed on tenancy agreements.(27692)

277Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the number of playgrounds that could be improved through a further £18 million investment in playgrounds.(27796)

278Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria will be used to prioritise areas with high levels of child poverty and poor access to quality play spaces in future playground investment programmes.(27797)

279Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered introducing a statutory duty on local authorities to assess and secure adequate play opportunities for children.(27799)

280Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of statutory play sufficiency duties elsewhere in the United Kingdom.(27800)

281Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to reduce geographic inequalities in access to playgrounds and play opportunities.(27801)

282Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provides to local authorities seeking to establish play streets and other child-friendly neighbourhood initiatives.(27802)

283Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of traffic levels on children's opportunities for outdoor play.(27803)

284Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to issue guidance to local authorities on removing restrictions on children's active play, including ball games.(27804)

285Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in children's outdoor play in England.(27805)

286Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of children who do not have access to a high-quality playground within walking distance of their home.(27806)

287Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children in deprived communities have equal access to quality play opportunities.(27807)

288Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has plans to legislate to enable local authorities to regulate minimum housing standards within individual rented park homes.(27808)

289Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has assessed the adequacy of local authority powers to address poor conditions within rented park homes.(27809)

290Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will review the effectiveness of existing enforcement powers available to councils where park home site owners repeatedly fail to comply with licence conditions.(27810)

291Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the costs incurred by local authorities pursuing enforcement action against non-compliant park home site operators.(27811)

292Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assurances she can provide that the proposed Cambridge East development will incorporate transparent and accountable estate management arrangements and effective engagement with local residents and parish councils.(27610)

293Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what meetings she has had with (1) Baroness Longfield, (2) any other members of the Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs’ panel, or (3) any other interested parties, on the topic of the Inquiry’s progress, since May 12th 2026.(27849)

294Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what material support, including provision of documentary evidence, her Department will provide to the Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs during the course of its work.(27850)

295Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 1 September 2026 to Question 18019 on Islam: Radicalism, for what public interest reason the Government name MCB, MAB, CAGE and MEND.(27853)

296Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what specific departmental savings are being made to fund increased defence spending as a consequence of the 1% reduction in CDEL allocations.(27854)

297Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the new profit test for political donations, whether there will be bespoke provisions for not-for-profit registered companies which do not make a profit as part of their articles of association or structure.(27855)

298James 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 adequacy of the provision of public playgrounds in England.(27736)

299James 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 adequacy of children’s access to a public playground within walking distance of their home.(27737)

300James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data she holds on the number of public playgrounds that have been (a) opened and (b) closed in each of the last five years.(27738)

301James 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 role of public playgrounds in helping to reduce levels of (a) childhood obesity and (b) physical inactivity.(27739)

302James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides to local planning authorities on the provision of children’s play facilities in new housing developments.(27740)

303James 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 adequacy of children’s play provision in major residential developments approved since 2024.(27741)

304James 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 availability of accessible and inclusive playground equipment for children with disabilities.(27742)

305James 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 condition of public playground equipment owned by local authorities.(27743)

306James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department issues guidance on (a) inspection and (b) maintenance standards for local authority-owned playgrounds.(27744)

307James 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 the loss of public green space on opportunities for children to engage in outdoor play.(27745)

308Esther McVey (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria her Department has for determining whether businesses make a positive contribution to local communities.(27441)

309John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to amend the standards and conduct framework for local authorities in England during the course of this Parliament.(27815)

310Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has considered introducing additional safeguards within the land registration process to alert spouses, civil partners or individuals with parental responsibility where a jointly occupied family home is being sold, transferred or remortgaged.(27691)

311James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support youth organisations, such as YMCA England and Wales, to develop and deliver affordable and supported housing for young people.(27578)

312Connor Naismith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to extend voting rights to 16 and 17 year olds in time for the 2027 local government elections in England.(27699)

313Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of (a) the total costs of local government reorganisation and (b) the changes to staffing levels in Essex.(27427)

314Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the grant formula funding to be provided to each of the five proposed unitary authorities in Essex under her local government reorganisations proposals in 2028/29.(27428)

315Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will undertake a review of the housing targets for (a) Maldon District; (b) Colchester City; and (c) Braintree District.(27429)

316 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve the provision of public toilets for people with disabilities.[Transferred] (901256)

317David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to reduce processing and decision lead times at the Building Safety Regulator for high-rise residential cladding remediation applications.(27846)

318David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of developer supply chain issues and contractor liquidations on building safety remediation timelines for affected leaseholders.(27847)

319David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support or expedited oversight her Department provides to leaseholders in buildings where remediation completion dates have been projected past 2029 due to regulatory and developer delays.(27848)

320Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date the submissions to the call for evidence by the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition were deleted.(27587)

321Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has spent on Local Government Reorganisation in Kent since December 2024.(27484)

322Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which local planning authorities have been subject to Government intervention under Section 27 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 since July 2024.(27485)

323Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the comments by the Minister of 2 September 2026, Official Report, Columns 340 and 342, on the Representation of the People Bill, what are the terms of reference for the Government task and finish team; when will it report by; whether the report will be laid before Parliament; and who are the members of the team.(27477)

324Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the expectation for the office attendance rate of Land Registry staff to attend the office; and what are the addresses of each office of the Land Registry.(27478)

325Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the comments by the Minister of 2 September 2026, Official Report, Column 342, on the Representation of the People Bill, what is the Government’s policy on (a) electoral system reform and (b) proportional representation in (i) local elections and (ii) UK Parliamentary elections.(27479)

326Mrs Elsie Blundell (Heywood and Middleton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that prisoners are delivered on time to Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.(27613)

327Mrs Elsie Blundell (Heywood and Middleton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court are delayed due to the late arrival of prisoners.(27614)

328Mrs Elsie Blundell (Heywood and Middleton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of releasing statistics on the adequacy of Prisoner Escort and Custody Services contractors’ performance.(27615)

329Mrs Elsie Blundell (Heywood and Middleton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the average time between the reporting of disrepair to completion of remedial works at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.(27616)

330Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of calls to HMP Dovegate were answered in each of the last three months.(27511)

331Calum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of staff turnover and changes of allocated workers on continuity of support and reoffending, and whether this will be measured under the new youth justice standards.(27747)

332Sir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of legal aid services for residents of Royal Sutton Coldfield.(27402)

333Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of mechanisms for enforcing family court property adjustment orders.(27687)

334Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing legal protections for victims of domestic abuse in preventing economic abuse through the disposal, transfer or occupation of property.(27688)

335Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on improving protections for domestic abuse survivors.(27689)

336Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department collects on cases in which domestic abuse survivors are unable to access or occupy property awarded to them through family court proceedings.(27690)

337Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of sentencing outcomes under the Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Act 2019 for violent attacks against police and emergency service animals.(27595)

338Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will direct the Sentencing Council to review sentencing guidelines for offences involving severe bodily harm inflicted on service animals.(27596)

339Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were being supervised by the Probation Service in (a) Wales, and (b) England, in (i) March, (ii) June, (iii) September, and (iv) December of 2025, by offence group.(27498)

340Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were being supervised by the Probation Service in (a) Wales, and (b) England, in (i) March, (ii) June, (iii) September, and (iv) December of 2025, by ethnic group.(27499)

341Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the number of people supervised under post-licence in Wales in (a) March, (b) June, (c) September, and (d) December of 2025, by ethnic group.(27500)

342Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were received back into custody for breach of post-release licence, excluding those returned to custody for the commission of a further offence, in (a) England and (b) Wales in 2025.(27501)

343Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were recalled to custody, where not involving a further offence, in (a) Wales and (b) England in 2025.(27502)

344Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the total cost of legal aid provided to a) prisoners convicted of terrorism offences and b) people convicted of terrorism offences, in the past two years.(27588)

345Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether justice ministers have visited Number 10 North.(27589)

346Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) why the Minister for Courts and Legal Services decided to appoint Professor Christina Pagel as an adviser on court efficiency and modernisation, (b) whether she or Professor Pagel declared any conflict of interests regarding their personal friendship with each other, and (c) whether any other candidates were considered for the role in addition to Professor Pagel and Professor Martin Utley.(27591)

347Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a breakdown of conviction data by nationality for the past five years.(27593)

348Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to Machine Gaming Duty on employment levels in (a) casinos and (b) bingo halls.(27812)

349Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential fiscal yield from asylum accommodation cost reductions.(27660)

350Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the role of state-backed investment visas in supporting the objectives of the Modern Industrial Strategy.(27661)

351Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the feasibility of publishing an annual report on the net fiscal contribution of migration.(27662)

352Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Company Share Option Plans in incentivising workforce retention in the manufacturing sector.(27675)

353Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the £100,000 adjusted net income threshold for childcare support on Effective Marginal Tax Rates.(27676)

354Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential long-term fiscal impact of social housing construction on Universal Credit housing element expenditure.(27677)

355Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Value for Money Government Procurement framework in prioritising bids that include capital investment guarantees.(27769)

356Ian Byrne (Liverpool West Derby): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will cut the VAT on swimming lessons for children.(27567)

357Ian Byrne (Liverpool West Derby): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential impact to the public purse of the trends in the level of money collected from beer duty paid over the past year compared to 2022-23.(27569)

358Lizzi Collinge (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that park home residents who purchase electricity through their site owners benefit from the removal of VAT from electricity bills from 1st October 2026.(27782)

359Brian Mathew (Melksham and Devizes): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of climate finance goes to smallholder farmers.(27732)

360Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each constituency in the East of England have been identified by HMRC as being owed pension tax relief as a result of not receiving the full tax relief available on pension contributions.(27817)

361Susan Murray (Mid Dunbartonshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the average speed of answer published in HM Revenue and Customs' performance data includes time spent by callers listening to automated messages before joining a queue for an adviser.(27816)

362James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reducing VAT rates to levels more closely aligned with those in other European countries.(27579)

363James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of beer duty rates on (a) pubs, (b) brewers and (c) consumers in Rushcliffe.(27580)

364James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of VAT rates on (a) pubs, (b) brewers and (c) consumers in Rushcliffe.(27581)

365James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of Draught Relief on (a) pubs, (b) brewers and (c) consumers in Rushcliffe.(27582)

366Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which local authorities and combined authorities will receive additional powers and resources under the measures announced in his written statement of 7 September 2026.(27600)

367Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reducing youth unemployment on UK productivity and economic growth.(27601)

368James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the levels of GDP growth per capita in each postcode in the United Kingdom since July 2024.(27561)

369Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help support residents with the cost of living in Devon.(27825)

370Carla Denyer (Bristol Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her department has had discussions with the Scottish Government concerning the draft Conversion Practices Bill.(27655)

371Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to ensure children are taught that religious hatred is wrong from a young age.(27452)

Questions for Answer on Thursday 10 September

Questions for Written Answer

1 NNesil Caliskan (Barking): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans her Department has to consider leasehold service charges in the cost-of-living taskforce.(27764)

2 NMims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of Statutory Guidelines On Disposable BBQ and on open flames restrictions, issued by the national alert on 14 August 2026, on (i) Sussex Bonfire and processions season (ii) and their charitable fundraising.[R] (27489)

3 NMims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what communication methods her Department has in place to confirm the lifting the Statutory Guidelines On Disposable BBQ restrictions on open flames, issued by the national alert on 14 August 2026.[R] (27490)

4 NMims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Statutory Guidelines On Disposable BBQ and on open flames restrictions, issued by the national alert on 14 August 2026, is still in affect.[R] (27491)

5 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Lord Hermer accepted a ministerial severance payment upon leaving office as Attorney General.(27590)

6 NRebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, when he plans to introduce the Regulating for Growth Bill.(27824)

7 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support museums in recording, cataloguing and preserving collections and community narratives for posterity.(27679)

8 NBell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her department has gathered on babies' exposure to bisphenols and phthalates from feeding bottles, dummies and teethers in their first 1,000 days.(27534)

9 NBell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered the merits of launching a investigation into chemical exposure from plastics during a baby's first 1000 days.(27535)

10 NLaura Trott (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on how many state-funded schools in England require female pupils to wear a hijab as part of their school uniform.(27554)

11 NLaura Trott (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a state-funded school may require a pupil of primary-school age to wear religious clothing as part of its uniform without the express consent of the pupil's parent or guardian.(27555)

12 NLaura Trott (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what protections are in place to ensure that pupils of (a) no religion and (b) a religion other than that of a faith school are not required to wear religious clothing as part of the school's uniform.(27556)

13 NLaura Trott (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofsted has a role in assessing whether a state-funded school's uniform policy is consistent with the (a) Equality Act 2010 and (b) school's obligations to promote fundamental British values.(27557)

14 NLaura Trott (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to state-funded schools on the circumstances in which a pupil may decline to wear religious clothing required by a school's uniform policy.(27558)

15 NGraham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the impact of standing charges on household bills in Scotland.(27788)

16 NBarry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which reporting zones are expected to show a deterioration in air quality in 2025; and for which pollutants.(27383)

17 NBarry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sign ups there have been to the new air quality alert service since the 30 July 2026.(27384)

18 NBarry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to UIN 25951, whether additional local monitoring data gathered by cities and towns in England includes monitoring data collected by local authorities and published in their Annual Status Reports in fulfilment of their duties to monitor and assess local air quality.(27385)

19 NSir Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider allowing the export of live animals for to the EU for fattening and slaughter as part of the dynamic alignment provisions of the proposed sanitary and phytosanitary agreement with the EU.(27382)

20 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to require all new homes to have rainwater collection methods installed on the property.(27680)

21 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support the installation of rainwater collection methods in existing homes.(27681)

22 NRebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to meet farmers, veterinary professionals, scientists and livestock industry representatives to discuss a national strategy to tackle the spread of bluetongue virus serotype 3, and if she will make a statement.(27728)

23 NRebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what work is being done by her Department to establish how epidemiological, genetic, meteorological and geographical evidence explain the pattern and speed of bluetongue virus serotype 3 transmission during the current outbreak.(27729)

24 NRebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's long-term education, vaccination and disease-control strategy is to prevent bluetongue virus serotype 3 becoming an annual cycle of infection, reproductive losses and reduced livestock production.(27730)

25 NRebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider a coordinated programme combining large-scale vaccination, Culicoides surveillance and systematic genetic monitoring, similar to measures adopted in France, to tackle the spread of bluetongue virus serotype 3.(27731)

26 NOlly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of business case (Strategic Outline; Outline; or Full) has been submitted by East West Rail for (a) Bletchley to Bedford and (b) Bedford to Cambridge.(27779)

27 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what modifications are required to the trains intended to operate passenger services between Oxford and Milton Keynes on East West Rail; what the estimated cost of those modifications is; and when she expects modification and testing of those trains to be completed.(27701)

28 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to make changes to airport slot allocation rules to protect access for dedicated air freight and cargo services.(27702)

29 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers and riders killed in road collisions had (a) toxicology results available, (b) toxicology results available for alcohol and (c) toxicology results available for drugs, in each of the last ten years; and what proportion of all deceased drivers and riders those figures represented in each year.(27703)

30 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 15005 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, when her Department last updated the assumptions in its Total Cost of Ownership modelling for HGVs relating to (a) battery-electric vehicle purchase prices, (b) diesel vehicle purchase prices, (c) electricity and fuel prices, (d) charging infrastructure costs and (e) residual values; and when it next plans to update that modelling.(27704)

31 NDaisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will urgently establish an online support service for teachers to contact his Department about Access to Work changes.(27539)

32 NDaisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) longest, (b) shortest and (c) average time taken was from the date an Access to Work application was submitted by teachers to the date a decision was made in 2025-26.(27540)

33 NSteve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to Question 124577 from the Rt hon. Member for North East Cambridgeshire.(27442)

34 NSteve 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.(27443)

35 NSteve 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.(27444)

36 NSteve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many jobs at NHS England have been advertised since 13 March 2025.(27445)

37 NBell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making additional funding available to support the work of the Institute of Cancer Research.(27536)

38 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring a diagnosis of terminal illness to trigger a referral for a Specialist Palliative Care assessment from a hospital or community centre.(27682)

39 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the number of community pharmacies in Fylde constituency, with other areas across England and Wales.(27604)

40 NGareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Sri Lanka on the involvement of international forensic experts in the excavation, preservation and identification of human remains recovered from the Chemmani mass graves.(27386)

41 NGareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has discussed with international partners the establishment of an independent international investigative mechanism to support accountability for crimes associated with the Chemmani mass graves in Sri Lanka.(27387)

42 NAnn Davies (Caerfyrddin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating the Licensing Act 2003 to reflect the growth of online alcohol delivery services and potential associated risks of alcohol related harm.(27813)

43 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum claims made by male Pakistanis have claimed to be in a homosexual relationship with the same one individual since 5 July 2024.(27633)

44 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum claims made by male Iraqi Kurds have claimed to be in a relationship with the daughter of the prime minister of the Kurdistan region since 5 July 2024.(27634)

45 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under (a) the Religious Worker route and (b) the Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) route in each of the last five years.(27513)

46 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under the Skilled Worker route in the last 12 months for which data is available, broken down by age group.(27514)

47 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under the Student route in the last 12 months for which data is available, broken down by age group.(27515)

48 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under the Graduate route in the last 12 months for which data is available, broken down by age group.(27516)

49 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under the Health and Care Worker route in the last 12 months for which data is available, broken down by age group.(27517)

50 NSteve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to the Question 16875 from the Rt hon. Member for North East Cambridgeshire.(27446)

51 NJames Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much he intends to spend on developing a Hybrid Navy in each of the remaining financial years of this Parliament.(27493)

52 NJames Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much he plans to spend on (a) uncrewed systems and (b) counter drone systems for the Army in each of the remaining financial years of this Parliament.(27494)

53 NJames Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total amount is that will be spent on developing Collaborative Combat Aircraft for the RAF in the (a) current and (b) remaining financial years of this parliament.(27495)

54 NJames Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total amount is that will be spent on uncrewed and autonomous testing for the Royal Navy in the (a) current and (b) remaining financial years of this parliament.(27496)

55 NJames Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the £220million allocated to the Barrow Transformation Fund will be included in UK NATO qualifying defence spend.(27497)

56 NDr Danny Chambers (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Transformation Programme on WPS claim response times.(27684)

57 NJames MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated average annual running cost is of a Type 31 frigate.(27826)

58 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2025 to question 74241 on Typhoon Aircraft: Decommissioning, what steps he has taken to replace the four Tranche 1 Typhoon FGR4s with 1435 Flight in the Falkland Islands upon their decommissioning in 2027.(27623)

59 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions has he held with his US counterpart and the F-35 Joint Programme Office on the future use of the F-35B Lightning Force in the defence of the Falkland Islands.(27624)

60 NBell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, When the Defence Nuclear Enterprise will be established and whether he plans to publish membership list when established.(27537)

61 NNesil Caliskan (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many council homes have been sold under Right to Buy in Barking constituency in each year since 2010.(27765)

62 NPerran Moon (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data Homes England collects on the acquisition of Section 106 affordable housing units by registered providers receiving grant funding through the Social and Affordable Homes Programme.(27819)

63 NPerran Moon (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to require registered providers receiving grant funding through Homes England to acquire a corresponding number of affordable homes through Section 106 agreements.(27822)

64 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how long she expects the review of local government reorganisation to take.(27605)

65 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been recorded as changing their religion, broken down by prison, in each of the last three years.(27585)

66 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims were originally contacted advising them that their perpetrator may be released from prison early as a result of the Sentencing Act 2026, but whose perpetrator will now no longer be eligible as a result of the latest offence exclusions.(27586)

67 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to proceed with the proposed restrictions to jury trials in the Courts and Tribunals Bill.(27592)

68 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners his Department expects to be released in the first tranche of early release under the Sentencing Act 2026 progression model by establishment.(27594)

69 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people used the Northern Ireland Pet Travel Scheme in the twelve months between June 2025 and 2026.(27407)

70 NSeamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the National Wealth Fund’s core capitalisation of £27.8bn has been invested in Scottish clean energy.(27784)

71 NSeamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the National Wealth Fund’s core capitalisation of £27.8bn has been invested in Scottish advanced manufacturing.(27785)

72 NSeamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the National Wealth Fund’s core capitalisation of £27.8bn has been invested in Scottish digital and technologies.(27786)

73 NSeamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the National Wealth Fund’s core capitalisation of £27.8bn has been invested in Scottish transportation and hubs.(27787)

74 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to expand the eligibility criteria for Museum and Gallery Exhibition Tax Relief to include local authority-operated museums.(27678)

75 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to the Inheritance Tax treatment of pension savings on household saving and investment before announcing the policy.(27598)

76 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his written statement on Economic Growth of 7 September 2026, what the regional disparities in public investment per head referred to are; and if he will publish a table showing public investment per head by region and nation.(27599)

77 NChris Ward (Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help tackle discrimination against trans people.(27783)

Questions for Answer on Friday 11 September

Questions for Written Answer

1 NMike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to give the Cabinet Secretary powers to direct departmental Permanent Secretaries or otherwise amend civil service delegation legislation.(27462)

2 NMike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the answer of 3 September 2026, to Question HL2688, on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, how much was spent on social media influences for Digital ID.(27473)

3 NMike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a Cabinet Office Minister specifically authorised the exit payment made to the outgoing Cabinet Secretaries of (a) Simon Case and (b) Chris Wormald.(27474)

4 NChristine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what consideration has made of improving paternity leave entitlement for self employed fathers.[Transferred] (27380)

5 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to launch the public consultation on the revised National Curriculum in September 2026.(27772)

6 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration her Department has given to the proportion of teachers recorded as teaching religious education who are specialists in and usually teach other subjects when (a) assessing the size of the religious education teacher workforce, (b) determining whether there is a shortage of specialist religious education teachers and (c) deciding whether to provide a bursary for religious education initial teacher training.(27773)

7 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration her Department has given in developing the revised national curriculum to how subjects including religious education and science can complement statutory relationships and sex education by providing pupils with the knowledge and understanding needed to support healthy relationships and sexual wellbeing throughout their lives.(27774)

8 NOlly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of the business cases (strategic outline; outline; or full) by East West Rail have been approved for (a) Bletchley to Bedford and (b) Bedford to Cambridge.(27780)

9 NOlly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of business case has been submitted by East West Rail regarding traction power and rolling stock for the (a) Bletchley to Bedford and (b) Bedford to Cambridge components of the project.(27781)

10 NJames MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Cadet Force Adult Volunteers there were in each of the last five years.(27828)

11 NAlex Brewer (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for how long will councillors elected in the local government elections confirmed for May 2027 serve in office.(27851)

12 NAlex Brewer (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which boundaries, regions and levels of local government will have elections in May 2027.(27852)

13 NGareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides on reporting alleged document fraud by regulated solicitors, including when both the police and the regulator decline to act; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure such allegations are not left without substantive examination by any body.(27388)

14 NGareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the interface between the police and approved legal regulators in cases where each declines to investigate an allegation of document fraud by reference to the responsibility of the other.(27389)

15 NJim Allister (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 3.4 of the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland Framework Document, whether his Department raised concerns about the activities of the PCNI with its Secretary, requiring explanations and assurances that appropriate action has been taken.(27727)

Questions for Answer on Monday 14 September

Questions for Written Answer

1 NTom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will commit funding to British Cycling’s pipeline of ready-to-deliver projects, including BMX tracks.(27791)

2 NGregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the closure of regional media companies and titles on (a) local democratic accountability, (b) employment in journalism and the wider creative industries, and (c) the resilience of the UK’s media ecosystem; and what steps her Department is taking to prevent further closures.(27766)

3 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for medical driving licence renewal applications in each month since June 2026.(27541)

4 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the level of net Government support to the rail sector per passenger journey in September 2026.(27542)

5 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent driving examiners recruited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) were (a) in post and (b) delivering practical car driving tests in each month since May 2026.(27543)

6 NMr Peter Bedford (Mid Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the volume price promotion restrictions in the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021 on food price inflation for households.(27746)

7 NJeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, to list the countries to which his Department has facilitated visits by the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation since 2019.[R] (27392)

8 NAlex Baker (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many playgrounds there are across the military estate; what assessment he has made of the state of those playgrounds; and what steps he is taking to maintain and upgrade children’s play areas.(27837)

9 NJeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF military transport flights have travelled from British bases to Israel since 20 July 2026.[R] (27390)

10 NJeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to review the UK-Israel military cooperation agreement, signed in December 2020.[R] (27391)

11 NDave Doogan (Angus and Perthshire Glens): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a lead shipyard has been identified for the Common Combat Vessels programme; and when he expects the lead shipyard to be announced.(27530)

12 NTom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to develop a National Play Strategy for England.(27792)

13 NTom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues on establishing cross-government objectives for children's play.(27793)

14 NTom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the contribution of children's play to improving health, educational attainment and community cohesion.(27794)

15 NTom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will consider providing additional funding for a second phase of the Playgrounds Fund in the Autumn Budget.(27795)