Questions Tabled

Published – Wednesday 9 September 2026

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 9 September

Questions for Written Answer

1Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the role of state-backed investment visas in supporting the objectives of the Modern Industrial Strategy.[Transferred] (27661)

2David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, published in July 2026, what steps he is taking to replace the use of dogs in science with human-specific technologies.[Transferred] (27845)

3Sir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of gigabit-capable broadband for small businesses in Royal Sutton Coldfield.[Transferred] (27405)

4Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of successful Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund grant applicants were located in rural areas.[Transferred] (27447)

5Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund funding allocated to each region in England.[Transferred] (27448)

6Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 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.[Transferred] (27472)

7 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the custody of HM Prison and Probation Service are currently receiving medication to manage problematic sexual arousal (MMPSA).[Transferred] (27272)

8Brian Mathew (Melksham and Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what percentage of climate finance goes to smallholder farmers.[Transferred] (27732)

9Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential fiscal yield from asylum accommodation cost reductions.[Transferred] (27660)

10Lizzi Collinge (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of cybersecurity requirements applying to hardware wallets used to store private keys for cryptoassets.[Transferred] (27818)

11Dr Beccy Cooper (Worthing West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Ministry is taking to ensure FCA-authorised lenders are accountable for representations made by their introducer networks.[Transferred] (27753)

Questions for Answer on Thursday 10 September

Questions for Written Answer

1Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the answer of 1 September 2026, to Question HL2133, on International Court of Justice, on how many occasions has the UK Government submitted (a) written submissions and (b) oral submissions to the International Court of Justice since July 2024, and on what matters.(27965)

2Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which polling organisations her Department commissioned since 5 July 2024 to present day; and how much her Department has paid to each of those organisations for each service.(27931)

3Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to her department's publication entitled Machinery of Government changes: Fact Sheet, what the forecast operating cost of the OneGov Delivery Agency is for 2026-27 and 2027-28, and what set-up costs have been incurred to date.(27998)

4Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the gross operating cost and full-time equivalent headcount was in 2024-25 for each of (a) the Government Recruitment Service, (b) civil service shared services, (c) the Government Car Service, and (d) UK Security Vetting.(27999)

5Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the OneGov Delivery Agency will charge departments for its services.(28000)

6Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what net saving to the departmental expenditure limit her Department expects from the July 2026 machinery of government changes in each of the next three years, and how much of that saving was already factored in to pre-existing plans.(28001)

7Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet will be a separate accounting entity to her Department; and which Accounting Officer is answerable to Parliament for its expenditure.(28002)

8Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps she is taking to ensure that that public contracts are not awarded to companies that engage in blacklisting workers who are members of trade unions.(27973)

9Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to Question 13868, on Minister: Official Residences, whether this policy extends to official ministerial residences which are occupied as a third home.(27977)

10Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reform the Civil Service to improve productivity.(27885)

11Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information her Department holds on the number of people who were employed in the automotive manufacturing sector in each month since January 2026.(28081)

12Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 17031 on Government Departments: Aviation, if he will list each of the 32 occasions on which an aircraft was commissioned for foreign travel since July 2024, including the (a) date, (b) destination, (c) purpose of the journey and (d) cost to the public purse.(28032)

13Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 19027 on Cabinet Office: Audit, what the procedural error in the sequencing of the recruitment process was.(27957)

14Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the European Partnership Bill will contain powers to amend legislation to adopt EU legislative provisions; and whether there will be secondary legislation with negative and affirmative provisions.(27958)

15Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 18047 on Lord Mandelson, whether the Lord Glasman communications have been withheld at the request of the Metropolitan Police.(27959)

16Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 18632 on Departmental Responsibilities, on what data her Department’s strategic plan was updated; and if she will publish that data.(27961)

17Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the publication, Expenditure Over £25,000 - July 2026 (Cabinet Office Core), 27 August 2026, what was the event, work activity and topic relating to the transaction, Communications External Events, One Two Agency Limited, Ref: SINV-000032795, for £56,638.58.(27963)

18Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, How much money the Church of England has spent on administrative staff in every year since 2000.(27876)

19Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how much money the Diocese of London has spent on administrative staff in every year since 2000.(27877)

20Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what percentage of parishes formed part of a multi-parish benefice in every year since 2000.(27878)

21Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many residential training colleges have closed since 2000.(27879)

22Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to support residential training colleges.(27880)

23Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, What steps the Church of England is taking to increase the number of ordinands.(27881)

24Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to increase the number of full-time stipendiary priests.(27882)

25Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, What assessment the Church of England has made of the potential impact of assisted dying legalisation on clergy’s cure of souls.(27883)

26Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church of England has made of the effectiveness of the Save the Parish led Consultation at St George’s House entitled ‘Parish Ministry: Addressing the Crisis in Stipendiary Clergy Numbers in the Church of England’.(27884)

27Chris Evans (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to help protect gas engineers from customers who have had a past of being abusive to engineers.(27911)

28Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to protect creative industries from inappropriate use of AI.(28209)

29Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to protect national security from potential impacts of inappropriate use of AI.(28210)

30Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring AI companies to publish their training models.(28211)

31Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many investigations into suspected phoenix company activity have been undertaken by the Insolvency Service in each of the last five years; and how many resulted in enforcement action.(28198)

32Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 21928, entitled Software, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of updating the Be Open and use open source guidance, last updated 5.5 years ago.(28061)

33Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the cumulative effect on UK downstream manufacturers of (a) the 50 per cent out-of-quota tariff applying under the steel trade measure introduced on 1 July 2026 and (b) existing anti-dumping duties on imports of corrosion-resistant steel and welded steel tubes originating in China; and whether he will publish that assessment.(27944)

34Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the availability from UK producers of the grades and specifications of aluminised steel coil and tube used by downstream manufacturers; and if he will establish a process through which businesses can seek an exclusion, product-specific quota or other relief where an equivalent product is not manufactured in the UK in sufficient quantities.(27945)

35Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring datacentre operators to report on the purpose and end use of their computing capacity as a condition of planning approval or grid connection.(27888)

36Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he has taken to support the motor vehicle industry.(27872)

37Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he has had discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority on the role of the Office for the Internal Market in monitoring any regulatory divergence arising from proposed European Union food supplement legislation.(27923)

38Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how the Approved Code for the home improvement sector will interact with the Competition and Markets Authority's principles for trader recommendation platforms.(28088)

39Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the accessibility for disabled people of GOV.UK guidance on setting up a business; and what steps he plans to take to improve it.(28276)

40Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the level of the barriers faced by disabled people in accessing start up funding; and what steps he plans to take to reduce them.(28277)

41Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether steps are being taken to ensure that children who develop talent and enthusiasm for sports through summer schemes are able to develop their skills and passion throughout the year.(27925)

42Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help reduce the impact of the hospitality VAT differential between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on cross-border hospitality business competitiveness.(27926)

43Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is planning to take to ensure grassroot clubs are supported to provide all-year round access to facilities.(27927)

44Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer given to written question UIN 111113, when does her department plan to publish an equalities impact assessment on the freeze to the Plan 2 student loan repayment threshold due to take effect in April 2027.(27972)

45Juliet Campbell (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase access to work experience, supported internships and pre-apprenticeship provision for young people with dyslexia.(28071)

46Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment they have made of the adequacy of government funding for Private Finance Initiative schools in the constituency of Slough.(28005)

47Chris Evans (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve (a) numeracy skills and (b) AI skills.(27912)

48James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the reasons why approximately 30% of 16-year-olds did not achieve a grade 4 or above in a) GCSE English and b) GCSE Mathematics in 2026.(28221)

49James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the factors contributing to regional disparities in 2026 GCSE a) English and b) Mathematics attainment.(28222)

50James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the current requirements for students who do not achieve a grade 4 in GCSE a) English or b) Maths to continue studying those subjects post-16.(28223)

51James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the reasons for levels of pass rates among students aged 17 and over resitting GCSE a) English and b) Maths in 2026.(28224)

52James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of GCSE resits in improving a) English and b) Maths attainment among students who did not achieve a grade 4 at age 16.(28225)

53Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer to WQ17788 on 16 July 2026, what portion of the £710 million renewal and retrofit programme is expected to be spent on air conditioning systems for schools.(28014)

54Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Department's Answer to WQ17788 on 16 July 2026, what portion of the £710 million renewal and retrofit programme has been spent on air conditioning systems for schools to date.(28015)

55Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support manufacturing employers to establish employer-led apprenticeship academies in partnership with further education colleges; whether Growth and Skills Levy funding may be used for employer-designed training modules that meet the requirements of an approved apprenticeship standard; and what financial support is available for the equipment, facilities and staff required to establish such academies.(27943)

56Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Walsall Borough are expected to (a) become eligible and (b) cease to be eligible for the Holiday Activities and Food programme as a result of the changes to eligibility taking effect from September 2026; and whether the Department will publish the methodology used to calculate those estimates.(27946)

57Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Department has made of whether Walsall Council’s Holiday Activities and Food programme allocation for 2026–27 will be sufficient to meet local demand; and whether additional support will be available if the number of eligible children or the cost of delivering holiday provision exceeds the assumptions used to determine that allocation.(27947)

58Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Department is taking to support Walsall Council and local voluntary, community and private-sector providers during the transition to funding the Holiday Activities and Food programme through the Children, Families and Youth Grant; and what assessment has been made of the potential impact of that transition on providers’ ability to plan provision, retain staff and offer places across successive school holidays.(27948)

59Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of transmission projects identified by the National Energy System Operator as essential to Clean Power 2030 that are on track for delivery by end of 2030 and (b) level of grid decarbonisation achievable by that date.(27986)

60Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her Department’s latest estimate is of the completion date of Eastern Green Link 1.(27987)

61Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her Department’s latest estimate is of the completion date of Eastern Green Link 2.(27988)

62Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her Department’s latest estimate is of the completion date of Eastern Green Link 3.(27989)

63Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her Department’s latest estimate is of the completion date of the Yorkshire GREEN project.(27990)

64Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her Department’s latest estimate is of the completion date of the Sea Link transmission reinforcement project.(27991)

65Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her Department’s latest estimate is of the completion date of the Norwich to Tilbury transmission upgrade.(27992)

66Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her Department’s latest estimate is of the completion date of substation works associated with the Beauly to Denny transmission upgrade.(27993)

67Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her Department’s latest estimate is of the total capital cost of the transmission network upgrades required to deliver Clean Power 2030.(27994)

68Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions she has had with the National Energy System Operator on the deliverability of Clean Power 2030 since taking office.(27995)

69Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to question 23174 on Radioactive Waste: Waste Management, by when will he have delivered the a) review, b) update of the programme’s business case and c) lifetime plan.(28103)

70Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many datacentres are currently in the queue to connect to the National Grid, and what the average expected connection wait time is.(27891)

71Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that park home residents who purchase electricity from a site owner rather than directly from a licensed supplier receive the full benefit of the removal of VAT from household electricity from 1 October 2026.(28176)

72Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recourse is available to a park home resident whose site owner does not reduce electricity charges following the removal of VAT from 1 October 2026; and what role Ofgem has in enforcing the maximum resale price in such cases.(28177)

73Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the effect of the removal of VAT from 1 October 2026 on park home residents who pay for electricity through a site owner operated pre-payment or sub-metered arrangement.(28178)

74Alex Sobel (Leeds Central and Headingley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she accepts the conclusion in ADE: Demand's No Home Left Behind that low-income households are effectively paying five times more than wealthier families for clean heat; and what immediate steps she will take to close that gap.(28016)

75Euan Stainbank (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to inform the public about (a) the risks posed by climate change and (b) steps that people and communities can take to reduce emissions and limit its effects.(28141)

76Elaine Stewart (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the geographical location of the Long Duration Energy Storage projects on Ofgem's ‘minded-to’ decisions list for cap & floor support in the context of the concentration of intermittent renewable generation capacity operating and planned in the south and south-west of Scotland; and what consultation she has had with Ofgem to ensure that cap and floor support is appropriately correlated with the regional presence of large-scale renewable generation, with particular reference to that area.(28251)

77Elaine Stewart (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the potential for Pumped Storage Hydro in ensuring grid stability and reducing constraint payments in respect of renewable energy generated in the south and south west of Scotland.(28252)

78Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risks posed to recreational water users, including paddlers, by sewage discharges such as those affecting Torbay; and what steps she is taking to ensure the Clean Water Bill addresses the health and safety of people who use rivers, lakes and coastal waters for recreation.(28080)

79Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with water companies to ensure customers are adequately informed on (a) planned and (b) unplanned water infrastructure repairs.(28010)

80Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with dog welfare charities on issues for dog owners seeking a withdrawal of a certificate of exemption.(28042)

81Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will have conversations with animal welfare charities about the possible number of dog owners who may seek withdrawal of their certificate of exemption because they do not believe that their dog is an XL Bully type.(28043)

82Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is holding discussions with the industry about whether the Horticulture Sector Growth Plan should include policy measures to support improvements to farming irrigation systems.(28046)

83Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to WPQ 21883 answered on 7 September 2026 about Fruit Horticulture, will she hold imminent discussions with the British Berry Growers Association to discuss [i] the challenges faced by the drought of Summer 2026 and [ii] the current challenges faced by growers in irrigating their crops.(28048)

84Dr Allison Gardner (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to restrict the importation of Brazilian beef and chicken.(28247)

85Dr Allison Gardner (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of devolution in England on equitable grant funding for English farmers in line with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.(28248)

86Dr Allison Gardner (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve testing capacity for blue tongue.(28249)

87Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of large food businesses in England reporting food waste data voluntarily through WRAP's Food and Drink Pact; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a public reporting requirement.(28066)

88Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the professions of the members on DEFRA’s Infrastructure Board.(28160)

89James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage local authorities to adopt proactive approaches to preventing fly-tipping.(28253)

90Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of South Staffs Water’s compulsory universal metering programme; and how many household meters the company is expected to install in each financial year from 2025–26 to 2034–35, by local-authority area.(27940)

91Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what requirements apply to water companies undertaking compulsory metering in areas designated as seriously water stressed in relation to (a) advance notice, (b) customer consultation, (c) access to private property, (d) internal installation, (e) reinstatement following works and (f) complaints and redress; and how compliance with those requirements is monitored.(27941)

92Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what protections water companies are required to provide to customers whose bills increase following compulsory meter installation; whether South Staffs Water is required to identify potentially eligible customers proactively for WaterSure, social tariffs and other affordability support; and whether the Department holds data on how many customers affected by South Staffs Water's universal metering programme have received each form of support.(27942)

93Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the scope of the Future Rural Payments Service.(28096)

94Manuela Perteghella (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the planned launch date for the single point of search tool that will allow all pet microchip databases to be searched.(28152)

95Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the water demand of new and planned datacentres, and whether she has made an assessment of the potential risk of their designation as critical national infrastructure taking priority over household water use during drought conditions.(27892)

96Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with Water UK regarding its warning that the UK does not have sufficient water resources to support planned datacentre expansion.(27893)

97Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on ensuring the continued supply of veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland.(27924)

98Vikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to increase funding for non-animal New Approach Methodologies to improve innovation and support the transition away from animal testing.(28156)

99Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 13402 on Flood Control: Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, what is the Department's definition of benefit-to-cost ratios and what are the metrics or key indicators used to make decisions.(28220)

100Euan Stainbank (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department’s planned timetable is for introducing multi-use pet passports for travel from Great Britain to the EU.(28142)

101Euan Stainbank (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what targets and timescales her Department plans to use to assess progress towards a voluntary move away from fast-growing meat chicken breeds.(28143)

102Euan Stainbank (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what way the Animal Welfare Committee’s advice on breeding will inform the assessment of targets and timescales on a voluntary move away from fast-growing meat chicken breeds.(28144)

103Euan Stainbank (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider introducing mandatory restrictions if voluntary measures to move away from fast-growing meat chicken breeds do not deliver adequate improvements in animal welfare.(28145)

104John Whitby (Derbyshire Dales): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to include capital grant options for improving on-farm water supply and storage infrastructure in the grant scheme that will incorporate elements of the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund from 2027.(28235)

105John Whitby (Derbyshire Dales): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will include measures to improve farm water security when determining which items currently supported through the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund will be incorporated into Environmental Land Management Capital Grants from 2027.(28236)

106John Whitby (Derbyshire Dales): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that sufficient supplies of vaccines against bluetongue virus are available to livestock keepers; and what steps she is taking to improve the availability and timely distribution of those vaccines.(28237)

107John Whitby (Derbyshire Dales): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of laboratories in processing bluetongue tests in a timely manner during periods of increased transmission; what the current average turnaround time is for such testing, and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that delays in laboratory testing do not (a) impede disease control measures and (b) increase disruption to the movement of livestock.(28238)

108Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase water security for Farmers in Devon during heatwaves.(28147)

109Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the amount of rainwater entering sewer systems during periods when that rainwater may overload the sewer systems.(28149)

110Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the combined impact of the (a) reduction in ticket office opening hours and (b) removal of ticket machines at railways stations on the accessibility of (i) railcard and (ii) discounted tickets.(28023)

111Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2026 to Question 118642 on Motor Vehicles: Lighting, to provide an update on her department’s engagement with the College of Optometrists about dazzling headlamps.(28024)

112Anna Dixon (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the department’s previous response to Question 113361 tabled on 12 February 2026, what progress has been made on assessing the risks posed by headlight glare, and what timeline her Department has established for further action on this matter.(28195)

113Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.(27863)

114Imran Hussain (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department will make an assessment of the affordability of motor insurance for drivers under the age of 25.(27974)

115Imran Hussain (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of recent increases in motor insurance premiums for drivers under the age of 25.(27975)

116Imran Hussain (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to help reduce the cost of motor insurance for young drivers.(27976)

117Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to improve coordination between local authorities and police forces in tackling the illegal and antisocial use of e-bikes and off-road bikes.(28059)

118Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 22814 on Driving Tests: Huntingdon, what estimate he has made of the potential increase in test availability that this will provide in Huntingdon.(28102)

119Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of rail connectivity between Camberley and London to support projected housing growth in Surrey Heath constituency.(28164)

120Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to require operators of privately operated tolled crossings that have statutory powers to issue penalty charges to provide access to independent adjudication of those charges.(28083)

121Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2026 to Question 18207 on Railway Stations: Biometrics, what offences were the 13 individuals arrested for; at which railway station did each arrest take place; and in what way was each arrest linked to the deployment of live facial recognition technology.(28030)

122Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2026 to Question 17404 on British Transport Police: Railway Stations, how many full-time equivalent British Transport Police officers were assigned to each of the 20 major rail interchange stations listed in that Answer in each year from 2022-23 to 2026-27.(28031)

123Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department have considered introducing a Northern Bypass around Ipswich.(28218)

124Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department plans to make any further major capital commitments before 2030.(28219)

125Juliet Campbell (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate the department has made of the number and proportion of young people who are not in education, employment or training who have dyslexia.(28070)

126Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to support people holding vocational qualifications to secure employment.(28007)

127Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of pension contributions being reduced during maternity leave on women's retirement savings.(28271)

128Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.(27862)

129Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases were included in the Universal Credit processing backlog on the most recent date for which data is available.(28207)

130Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to detect and prevent benefit claims made using fraudulent identities, fictitious households, or other forms of identity deception; and how many such cases were identified in the latest year for which figures are available.(28214)

131Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Maintenance Service decisions have been revised, overturned, or amended following mandatory reconsideration or appeal since 1 January 2020; and what proportion of those cases resulted in a reduction of child maintenance liabilities.(28217)

132Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding the potential health merits of removing VAT from sunscreen products.(28240)

133Jess Brown-Fuller (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Discharge-to-Assess pathways into intermediate care services in the South East; and what steps she is taking to prevent delays for patients awaiting transfer from hospital for rehabilitation.(28208)

134Juliet Campbell (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact of funding for earlier diagnosis and specialist heart failure services on NHS expenditure associated with emergency admissions.(28072)

135Juliet Campbell (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to pilot the provision of NT-proBNP point-of-care testing in community pharmacies for people presenting with symptoms of heart failure.(28073)

136Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many diagnoses of Postpartum Psychosis there were in England in 2025.(27996)

137Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending funding for certain early support hubs in March 2027 on the number of young people at risk of becoming not in education, employment or training.(28089)

138Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to expand access to early support hubs to help prevent young people’s mental health difficulties from allowing them to participate in education, employment or training.(28090)

139Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individuals recorded as asylum seekers were in receipt of a valid HC2 certificate on the latest date for which data is available.(28243)

140Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what nationality data is held for individuals recorded as asylum seekers in receipt of a valid HC2 certificate.(28244)

141Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the NHS was of treatment provided to individuals recorded as asylum seekers who held a valid HC2 certificate in each year since 2020.(28245)

142Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individuals with refugee status were in receipt of a valid HC2 certificate on the latest date for which data is available.(28246)

143Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether HC2 certificate holders are required to notify the NHS Business Services Authority of a change in immigration status.(28250)

144James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the a) accessibility and b) usability of the NHS App prescription service.(28226)

145James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of patients experiencing difficulties accessing prescription services through the NHS App.(28227)

146James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data she holds on the number of technical failures experienced by patients when using the NHS App.(28228)

147James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of difficulties accessing prescription services through the NHS App on patients’ ability to obtain medicines in a timely manner.(28229)

148James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the ability of patients to request repeat prescriptions through the NHS App for medicines that were previously prescribed as acute medications.(28230)

149James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England provides guidance to GP practices on enabling patients to request regular medicines through the NHS App where those medicines are not configured as repeat prescriptions.(28231)

150James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of difficulty using the NHS App on accessing NHS prescriptions.(28232)

151Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of access to cardiac screening for first-degree relatives following a death attributed to Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS).(28058)

152Kate Osborne (Jarrow and Gateshead East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help tackle violence and aggression towards Emergency Department staff.(28051)

153Manuela Perteghella (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of NHS menopause services in supporting women whose symptoms affect their ability to remain in work; if she will work with integrated care boards to ensure access to specialist menopause expertise in neighbourhood health services; and whether she plans to provide ringfenced funding for menopause care as a population health priority.(28151)

154Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental practices in Surrey Heath constituency were accepting new (a) adult and (b) child NHS patients in each year since 2021.(28165)

155Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of disparities in access to NHS dentistry on health inequalities in Surrey Heath constituency.(28166)

156Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS trusts whose maternity services are rated as requiring improvement for safety are required to publish (a) improvement plans and (b) regular progress reports.(28167)

157Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of recorded incidents of violence and aggression against NHS staff in emergency departments in England in each of the last five years.(27898)

158Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, What steps she has taken to support hospices in a) England and b) the parliamentary constituency of Romford.(27875)

159Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration she has given to ensuring that the implementation of the 10 Year Health Plan leads to improved care and outcomes for people affected by progressive neurological conditions, including multiple sclerosis.(27918)

160Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what resources are available to support care coordination, across geographies and disciplines, for multiple sclerosis and other progressive neurological conditions.(27919)

161Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of data collection regarding service performance and patient outcomes in multiple sclerosis and neurology.(27920)

162Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed European Union food supplement regulations on businesses operating in Northern Ireland.(27921)

163Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement her Department has had with businesses, healthcare practitioners and representative organisations in Northern Ireland on the European Commission's proposals to introduce maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements.(27922)

164Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the latest financial rules for NHS trusts on staff cuts in the South West.(28148)

165Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the government of Israel to deter further settler violence in the village of Umm al-Khair in the southern West Bank.(28242)

166Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect the UK consulate in Jerusalem from unlawful obstruction by Israel.(28012)

167Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to WPQ 26637 answered on 7 September 2026 about Chagos Islands Sovereignty, whether he intends to raise the issue of the UK Government's costs arising from the Chagos Treaty in further discussions with the US Government.(28038)

168Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to WPQ 26637 answered on 7 September 2026 about Chagos Islands Sovereignty, what assessment has he made about the US Government's position towards the UK Government's costs arising from the Chagos Treaty.(28039)

169Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he intends to raise the issue of the UK Government's costs arising from the Chagos Treaty in discussions with the US Government.(28041)

170John Grady (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international counterparts to ensure the safety of Christians in Syria.(28187)

171Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.(27861)

172Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department (a) uses or (b) is taking steps to install rooftop solar panels on its premises.(27866)

173Brian Leishman (Alloa and Grangemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on signing the Eurofima treaty.(28261)

174Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how frequently have FCDO officials had contact with the Central Tibetan Administration in each of the last ten years.(28060)

175Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport about the UK government signing the Eurofima treaty.(28055)

176Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of CARICOM’s 10-point plan for reparatory justice.(28097)

177Dr Simon Opher (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to UIN HCWS144, what progress has his Department made in carrying out medical evacuations of children in Gaza.(28069)

178Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK nationals have been issued with deportation or removal decisions from EU member states following rejected residency applications under the Withdrawal Agreement.(28168)

179Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many requests for consular assistance have been received from Britons facing deportation following rejected residency applications under the Withdrawal Agreement.(28169)

180Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness among UK nationals living in the EU of their residence rights under the Withdrawal Agreement.(28172)

181Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many appeals by UK nationals against decisions to reject applications for residence status under the Withdrawal Agreement have been successful since 2021.(28173)

182Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many complaints his Department has received on EU member states’ implementation of the citizens’ rights provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement since 2021.(28174)

183Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many late applications by UK nationals for residence status under the Withdrawal Agreement have been made in EU member states since 2021.(28175)

184Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Georgian counterpart on regulating surrogacy services offered by Georgian companies to UK citizens.(27886)

185Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026, to Question 16924, on FCDO: Official Hospitality, what was the budget for the summer reception.(27952)

186Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what is his policy on (a) cultural, (b political and (c) economic engagement within the Communist Party of China.(27953)

187Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Inter Mediate has undertaken any work for the UK Government in relation to the Chagos Islands or Mauritius.(27954)

188Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on delivering Domestic Abuse Courts for victim-survivors in England and Wales.(28052)

189Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on the expansion of the provision of Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts.(28053)

190Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to assess and mitigate any increased risks to British Jews which have arisen as a result of recent UK sanctions towards Israel and Israel’s response to the UK.(28013)

191Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to comply with Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to information surrounding animal experiments.(28269)

192Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to amend Section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) so that it complies with the latest court ruling in relation to Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.(28270)

193Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what processes are in place to identify non-UK nationals who are married overseas but fail to declare their marital status in immigration applications; and how many such cases were identified in the latest year for which figures are available.(28215)

194Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to undertake a review of the refugee status, humanitarian protection status and subsequent settlement grants of Bangladeshi nationals whose protection claims were based on a risk of persecution by the former Awami League government.(28216)

195Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release of 26 August 2026 entitled New counter-terror hub launched to protect British communities, when she plans to publish (a) the name, (b) the terms of reference and (c) any guidance or operating framework of the diversion programme discussed therein.(28202)

196Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to consult publicly on the design of the diversion programme announced on 26 August 2026.(28203)

197Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations her Department has consulted to date on the diversion programme announced on 26 August 2026.(28204)

198Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce legislation to give the diversion programme announced on 26 August 2026 a statutory basis.(28205)

199Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted a global talent visa in order to work in the video games industry in each year since 2020.(28056)

200Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the job roles successful applicants have qualified under when applying for a global talent visa in order to work in the video games industry.(28057)

201Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Ministry of Defence regarding the requirements of the Maritime Capability Replacement Programme to support military naval operations.(28099)

202Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 23377 on National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority, what was the outcome of the Programme Assessment Review of the Future Asylum Contracts Transformation Tranche 1 Outline Business Case.(28108)

203Euan Stainbank (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the non-technical summaries of project licences granted in 2025, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of beagles authorised for use in scientific procedures.(28139)

204Euan Stainbank (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce a statutory timetable, as proposed by Herbie’s Law, for replacing the use of beagles for use in scientific procedures where validated non-animal methods are available.(28140)

205Euan Stainbank (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will commission a review of the potential impact of cannabis decriminalisation and legalisation abroad on levels of crime and anti-social behaviour in the UK.(28146)

206Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many substantive interviews in the asylum system have been delayed as a result of applicant illness in each of the last three years.(28114)

207Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time is between initial screening interviews and substantive interviews in the asylum system.(28115)

208Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average time spent on responding to an asylum claim which is (a) rejected and (b) accepted.(28116)

209Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department checks whether letters of support provided for multiple asylum seekers come from the same individual.(28117)

210Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful asylum claimants have claimed to have the same partner since July 2024.(28118)

211Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims of asylum have been granted to Bangladeshi nationals on the basis of their membership of the Awami League since July 2024.(28119)

212Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful asylum seekers have claimed to have been (a) President, (b) Vice President and (c) General Secretary of the Awami League since July 2024.(28120)

213Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether they carry out checks to assess whether Bangladeshi asylum seekers claiming to have been a member of the Awami League held membership of that party.(28121)

214Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims have relied on paperwork from the same judge and magistrate since July 2024.(28122)

215Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the activities of successful asylum applicants.(28123)

216Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a copy of risk assessments or feasibility assessments prepared for the housing of migrants at RAF Barnham.(28075)

217Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what plans the Commission has to (i) extend the life of the UK Parliament Education Centre beyond 2030 and (ii) extend the Education Centre’s facilities.(27887)

218Chris Evans (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria he is using to measure the suitability of faux-fur alternatives to bearskin King's Guards caps.(27905)

219Chris Evans (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which industry experts have been consulted and which materials have been tested in considering replacing the bearskin King's Guard caps with a faux-fur alternative.(27906)

220Chris Evans (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to introduce faux-fur King's Guard caps.(27907)

221Chris Evans (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has put a contract out to tender for potential suppliers of faux-fur King's Guard caps.(27908)

222Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to WPQ 21894 answered on 7 September 2026 about Veterans Workplace Pensions, what the date is of the CEV requests being processed by his Department.(28033)

223Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to WPQ 21894 answered on 7 September 2026 about Veterans Workplace Pensions, what the published turnaround time is for CEV requests.(28034)

224Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what records his Department holds on incidents of damage to Ministry of Defence sites used for asylum accommodation since 2022; and what the estimated cost of rectifying that damage has been.(28206)

225Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will consider the potential merits of distributing monies left over in the the £75m LGBT Veterans Financial Recognition Scheme to eligible veterans, amended from the current cap of £50m earmarked for distribution.(28188)

226Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to question 22868 on Military Exercises, what was the outcome of tests on the Talaria Sting R e-bikes.(28092)

227Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to question 23037 on Trident Submarines: Procurement, what will trigger payment of the remaining £2.5bn allocated to Dreadnought Delivery Phase 4.(28093)

228Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to question 23071 on Air Force: Military Bases, what is the projected year each of the bases listed will be resurfaced.(28094)

229Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to question 23267 on Defence: Property, which states that “No projects within the Defence Estate Optimisation Portfolio have been resubmitted with a reduced scope to meet affordability targets”, if he can clarify the In-Year Variance Narrative comment for the Defence Optimisation Programme in the 2025/26 National Infrastructure & Service Transformation Authority report, which states “Affordability challenges presented by some projects have necessitated a resubmission and reduction in scope to meet Affordability targets”.(28095)

230Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of 113mm ammunition until the Type 45 leaves service.(28098)

231Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the scope of Project Horus.(28101)

232Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to question 16066 on F-35 Aircraft: Procurement, over how many years does he anticipate delivery of the next tranche of F-35 aircraft to take.(28106)

233Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to question 23066 on Canada: Army, by when will the annual funding profile be determined.(28107)

234Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the full scope of the fifth-generation Land Force programme.(28109)

235Josh Babarinde (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people with physical disabilities require adapted accommodation from local authorities, broken down by each local authority area in the South East.(28091)

236Anna Dixon (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department intends to develop Safety Schemes in Procurement and the Common Assessment Standard to reduce duplication in safety accreditation requirements for contractors.(28194)

237Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Policy Paper dated 31 July 2026, Rewiring the State- Cabinet Statement, what recent discussions has she had about the role for Members of Parliament in local accountability, working with mayors and councillors.(28035)

238Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Policy Paper dated 31 July 2026, Rewiring the State- Cabinet Statement, whether recent discussions about the role for Members of Parliament in local accountability could include the shaping of transport, housing, economic development, skills and budget decisions.(28036)

239Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made about whether 'local scrutiny committees' will be a future component of local government reform following the review of the local government reorganisation programme announced on 7 September 2026?.(28037)

240Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, as part of the full review of the local government reorganisation programme announced on 7 September 2026, what steps she is taking to ensure that the strategic priorities facing rural communities are considered as part of any future changes to local government structures.(28050)

241Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026, to Question 18023, on Social Rented Housing: Eligibility, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing councils to discriminate on the basis of nationality when setting housing allocation policies.(28159)

242Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms exist to protect motorists from excessive charges imposed by private parking companies; and whether the Government plans to strengthen those protections.(28200)

243Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce a cap on charges and associated debt recovery fees imposed by private parking companies; and what assessment she has made of the impact of such charges on consumers.(28201)

244James 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 local authority funding for the maintenance of a) public parks and b) green spaces.(28254)

245James 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 public parks and green spaces on public health and community wellbeing.(28255)

246James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of loss of publicly available green space in England over the last three years.(28256)

247James 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 new development on the availability of green space in a) urban and b) rural communities.(28257)

248Calum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to answer Question (a) 26422, (b) 26423 and (c) 26424 tabled by the hon. Member for Bicester and Woodstock on 1 September 2026 and Question 26826 tabled by the hon. Member for Bicester and Woodstock on 2 September 2026.(28239)

249Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the total cost incurred to date by local authorities in Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk in preparing for local government reorganisation decisions that have been withdrawn.(28111)

250Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the officer time and staffing costs spent by councils in the 14 areas now subject to review, in developing reorganisation proposals since March 2026.(28112)

251Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of conducting the rapid review of the Local Government Reorganisation programme, including staff time.(28113)

252Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to Question 18620 on 23 July 2026, on Housing: Land Use, what assessment her Department has made of the comparative infrastructure requirements and public-sector costs associated with delivering housing on (a) brownfield, (b) urban greenfield, (c) Grey Belt and (d) Green Belt sites; and whether those costs are reflected in the assumptions underpinning the 1.5 million homes target.(27932)

253Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to Question 18619 on 23 July 2026, on Planning Authorities: Housing, if her Department will commission an assessment of the number, location and outcome of planning applications and appeals determined under the presumption in favour of sustainable development following introduction of the revised standard method; and whether that assessment will include the legal and administrative costs incurred by local planning authorities.(27933)

254Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to Question 16442 on 15 July 2026 on Housing: Sales, which industry datasets her Department uses to monitor failed residential property transactions; what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the completeness and representativeness of those datasets; and if she will publish the baseline estimate of the number, value and principal stated causes of transaction failures prior to the implementation of the proposed home-buying reforms.(27934)

255Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers to Questions 16442 and 16443 on 15 July 2026, on Housing: Sales, what modelling her Department has undertaken of the potential impact of the proposed reforms on (a) transaction fall-through rates, (b) average completion times and (c) costs to buyers and sellers; what assumptions that modelling makes about adoption by conveyancers, lenders and estate agents; and if she will publish the modelling and sensitivity analysis.(27935)

256Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which railway stations serving Walsall Borough meet the definition of a well-connected station in the National Planning Policy Framework, published on 17 August 2026; what geographical area surrounding each station will be subject to the policy of in-principle support for development; and if her Department will publish maps showing the land affected.(27949)

257Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the National Planning Policy Framework, published on 17 August 2026, on the number of homes that Walsall Council will be expected to plan for; and if her Department will publish the annual housing requirement for Walsall for each year to 2031.(27950)

258Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the requirement on authorities with older local plans to demonstrate a six-year supply of deliverable housing sites on speculative development in Walsall Borough; and what protections exist for communities while the Walsall Borough Local Plan is being prepared.(27951)

259Margaret Mullane (Dagenham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the department has considered whether debt restructuring or cancellation will be offered to local authorities struggling with high levels of debt and interest rates.(28262)

260Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce transitional safeguards against speculative development in local authority areas undergoing local government reorganisation.(28161)

261Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that local planning authorities prioritise brownfield development and urban densification before considering the release of Green Belt land in Surrey Heath constituency.(28162)

262Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on aligning housing development around railway stations with the (a) frequency, (b) capacity and (c) journey times of existing rail services.(28163)

263Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of allowing qualifying datacentres to opt into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project regime on local authorities' ability to scrutinise such developments.(27889)

264Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many datacentre developments are awaiting planning permission in England, and how many of these have opted, or are eligible to opt, into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project scheme.(27890)

265Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to work with local authorities in tackling fraud within local government.(27873)

266Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many instances of fraud within local authorities have been recorded in every year since 2010.(27874)

267Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of church fires; and whether incidents of church fires have increased in the last five years.(28076)

268John Whitby (Derbyshire Dales): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the current planning and regulatory framework governing advertising for potential impact on the character and visual amenity of historic market and spa towns.(28233)

269Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring housing developers to include accessible playgrounds in new residential developments.(28278)

270Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on expanding Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts, as recommended by the Independent Sentencing Review.(28003)

271Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of safeguards for male victims of false allegations of domestic abuse in criminal and family court proceedings.(28199)

272Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for Forced Marriage Protection Orders were made in each of the last five years; and how many were (a) granted, (b) refused and (c) subsequently breached.(28213)

273Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to support the Crown Prosecution Service in pursuing shop-lifting cases.(27870)

274Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to support the Crown Prosecution Service in pursuing motor vehicle theft cases.(27871)

275Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average proportion of sentence served was by Welsh prisoners, based on home address, in custody in 2025, by ethnic group.(27981)

276Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison leavers in 2025 had an origin address in Wales, by prison establishment of release.(27982)

277Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in Welsh prisons were recorded as Welsh speaking at the end of (a) March, (b) June, (c) September and (d) December 2025, by prison in Wales.(27983)

278Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in English prisons were recorded as Welsh speaking at the end of (a) March, (b) June, (c) September and (d) December 2025, by prison in England.(27984)

279Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers working in Welsh prisons declared as Welsh-speaking using the Welsh language question introduced to Ministry of Justice systems in 2023, in (a) March, (b) June, (c) September and (d) December 2025, by prison in Wales.(27985)

280Vikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the SEND tribunal case process.(28155)

281Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department monitors the amount of food waste generated by its offices each month.(27864)

282Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will publish his response to the Competition and Markets Authority's market study into the supply of railway and public road infrastructure by the civil engineering sector.(28196)

283Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total value paid by Police Scotland in employer’s National Insurance contributions in the financial year 2025-26.(27928)

284Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total value paid by the Scottish Prison Service in employer’s National Insurance contributions in the financial year 2025-26.(27929)

285Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total value paid by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in employer’s National Insurance contributions in the financial year 2025-26.(27930)

286Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to integrate a distributional analysis of essential household expenditure into the formal Autumn Budget Tax Impact Assessments.(28124)

287Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of extending official fiscal forecast horizons beyond five years on long-term capital investment planning.(28125)

288Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to protect public sector net investment allocations from short-term spending adjustments during fiscal consolidations.(28126)

289Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the structural alignment between his Department's budgeting frameworks and the delivery goals of the Modern Industrial Strategy.(28127)

290Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the VAT registration threshold on the net revenue growth of SMEs.(28128)

291Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Capital Gains Tax annual exempt allowance tapers on private equity investment in early-stage businesses.(28129)

292Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the fiscal effectiveness of land value taxation mechanisms in disincentivising the holding of undeveloped commercial sites.(28130)

293Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of common bond geographic restrictions on the asset scaling capability of credit unions.(28131)

294Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allowing the National Wealth Fund to issue independent debt instruments.(28132)

295Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to increase HMRC compliance and enforcement capacity regarding ultra-high-net-worth individual tax liabilities.(28133)

296Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the average administrative compliance costs incurred by a business when transitioning across the VAT registration threshold.(28134)

297Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the total fiscal yield generated by the Energy Profits Levy.(28135)

298Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of targeted employer National Insurance contributions relief in supporting youth employment.(28136)

299Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of expanding local business rates retention flexibilities for non-devolved local authorities.(28137)

300Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Public Works Loan Board borrowing rates on the capital investment capacity of locally led development corporations.(28138)

301Chris Evans (Caerphilly): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to distribute the remainder of the funding allocation to those affected by the Equitable Life scandal.(27909)

302Chris Evans (Caerphilly): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people affected by the Equitable Life scandal who are yet to be traced.(27910)

303Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham Edgbaston): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of (a) trends in the level of displacement of UK-Iran personal remittances into unregulated channels and (b) the potential impact of visibility of those flows on law enforcement.(27997)

304Brian Leishman (Alloa and Grangemouth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport ahead of the rolling stock procurement and infrastructure strategy on the use of alternative financing models to secure publicly owned trains.(28260)

305Esther McVey (Tatton): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 14818, how much of HMRC's 2025 tax debt balance of £42.8 billion has been paid back.(27916)

306Calum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer Question 26825 tabled by the hon. Member for Bicester and Woodstock on 2 September 2026.(28212)

307Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to Question 16435 on 15 July 2026, on Taxation: Debt Collection, whether HM Revenue and Customs has prepared a (a) preliminary equality impact assessment and (b) screening assessment for the proposed lower-value debt recovery powers.(27936)

308Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to Question 16436 on 15 July 2026, on Taxation: Debt Collection, whether HM Revenue and Customs has received legal advice on the compatibility of the proposed powers with the European Convention on Human Rights and data-protection law; and whether a (a) programme risk register and (b) contingency plan exist.(27937)

309Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers to Questions 16435 and 16436 on 15 July 2026, on Taxation: Debt Collection, what safeguards are being considered in relation to (a) a minimum protected balance, (b) affordability assessments, (c) independent or human review, (d) notice and appeal periods, (e) errors caused by disputed liabilities and (f) people with additional support needs.(27938)

310Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 15 July 2026 to Questions 16435 and 16436 on Taxation: Debt Collection, what proportion of lower-value debts returned unsuccessfully by debt collection agencies relate to taxpayers in each income decile; what proportion have previously been identified by HM Revenue and Customs as requiring extra support; and whether anonymised distributional data will be published alongside the consultation response.(27939)

311Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions have been had with the Secretary of State for Transport ahead of the rolling stock procurement and infrastructure strategy on the use of alternative financing models to secure publicly owned trains.(28054)

312Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customs declarations have been processed for goods movements between Great Britain and Northern Ireland in each quarter since 2021.(28181)

313Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many supplementary customs declarations HMRC has processed for goods movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland in each quarter since January 2021.(28182)

314Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HMRC has made of the annual administrative cost to businesses of complying with customs requirements for goods movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland since 2021.(28183)

315Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have been named as importers on customs declarations for goods movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland in each year since 2021.(28184)

316Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many entry summary declarations HMRC has processed for goods movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland in each quarter since 2021.(28185)

317Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HMRC has spent on the Trader Support Service in each financial year since its establishment.(28186)

318Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the VAT treatment of electricity resupplied by park home site owners to residents in the context of the removal of VAT from household electricity on 1 October 2026.(28179)

319Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC will publish guidance for park home site owners on the VAT treatment of electricity resupplied to residents before 1 October 2026.(28180)

320Martin Vickers (Brigg and Immingham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of an increase in Machine Games Duty on the financial sustainability of the land-based bingo sector.(27900)

321Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026, to Question 10205, on Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure, in which financial year will the 3% target be met.(27966)

322Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the reappointment of Alex Depledge, announced by HM Treasury on 7 September 2026, whether the Entrepreneurship Advisor has made a declaration of political activity; how many days a month the adviser is working; and on what matters is the adviser recused from.(27967)

323Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a determination has been made of the split between the MOD and FCDO of the cost of the 99 year Chagos Treaty obligations.(27968)

324Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on exit taxes on (a) individuals and (b) companies which relocate out of the United Kingdom.(27969)

325Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 1 September 2026 to Question 18691 on Office for Road and Rail, if he will list each public body which is required to submit a quarterly efficiency report to his Department.(27970)

326Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Treasury annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC 424, July 2026, page 51, for what reason 40% of Ministerial correspondence replies to hon. Members were within the 20 working day deadline.(27971)

327Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department monitors the amount of food waste generated by its offices each month.(27865)

Questions for Answer on Friday 11 September

Questions for Written Answer

1 NMike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026, to Question 17707, on Attorney General’s Office staff, if she will list each external organisation that has seconded staff to the department since July 2026, and each organisation to which Civil Servants have been seconded.(27964)

2 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what consideration has been given to (a) varying or (b) suspending the Civil Service Pension Scheme's four month quotation process.(28157)

3 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps her Department is taking to prioritise Civil Service Pension cases where there are urgent (a) health, (b) financial, or (c) other exceptional circumstances affected by delays under the Capita contract.(28158)

4 NMike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office headcount and payroll data for July 2026, published on 25 August 2026, whether future editions of that data will break down staff based in (a) the Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet, (b) No10 North, (c) Cabinet Office and (d) OneGov Delivery Agency.(27955)

5 NMike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a (a) target and (b) budgeted headcount for No10 North.(27956)

6 NMike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 8059 on Permanent Secretaries, what the timetable is for a decision.(27960)

7 NMike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 19042 on Civil Servants: Redundancy, whether the dismissal of Oliver Robbins was undertaken under the (a) 2010 and (b) 1992 Act.(27962)

8 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to announce the outcome of the review of employment rights for unpaid carers before Christmas recess 2026.(27867)

9 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to encourage applicants from Northern Ireland to apply for assistance from the Music Export Growth Scheme in this financial year.(27868)

10 NMr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent steps have been taken to improve public awareness regarding legislation relating to the use of fireworks.(28008)

11 NLuke Myer (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of restoring Assisted Area status to support investment, jobs and economic growth in less economically developed parts of the UK, such as Teesside.(28274)

12 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will outline the process for selecting the Furniture and Home Improvement Ombudsman and Trusted Payments as delivery partners for the Approved Code and Trusted Payments schemes announced on 28 August 2026.(28085)

13 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, which organisations his Department consulted before announcing the Approved Code for the home improvement sector.(28086)

14 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what metrics his Department will use to evaluate the success of the Approved Code.(28087)

15 NMike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 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.[Transferred] (27473)

16 NMr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with schools operating under Private Finance Initiative contracts on the adequacy of funding available for school meals.(28009)

17 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 potential merits of increased geological hydrogen production in the UK.(28259)

18 NGrahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to ensure that lower-income families are not priced out of decarbonisation.[R] (27901)

19 NGrahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she agrees with ADE: Demand’s "No Home Left Behind" report findings that public policy should actively support households to install the clean-heat technology, such as compact heat batteries, that best fits their specific home.[R] (27902)

20 NGrahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to ADE: Demand’s "No Home Left Behind" report, what role she sees for heat batteries in easing grid pressure and supporting Clean Power 2030.[R] (27903)

21 NGrahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she will commit to providing a £7,500 grant for heat batteries.[R] (27904)

22 NMr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with water companies on the timely repair of water infrastructure.(28004)

23 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on the trends in costs for using recycling centres; and whether she has made an assessment of whether there is a link between these costs and the number of instances of fly tipping.(28153)

24 NMark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of introducing a Graduated Driving Licence on (a) road collisions and (b) fatalities of younger car drivers.(27914)

25 NMark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims, Violence Against Women and Girls, and International Justice on the potential correlation between dangerous driving and coercive control.(27915)

26 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 19484 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, what purchase price differential her Department calculated between diesel and equivalent zero-emission HGVs in each of the weight categories listed.(28062)

27 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications for first provisional driving licences were received by DVLA in each of the last five complete calendar years by applicant’s country of birth.(28020)

28 NRebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 19484 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, what operational assumptions her Department uses in its total cost of ownership analysis for zero-emission HGVs, including (a) annual mileage, (b) vehicle lifespan, (c) energy costs, (d) maintenance costs, (e) payload and (f) charging infrastructure costs.(28197)

29 NClaire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether sums have been paid to the contractor for the M49 junction 1 at Severnside in addition to the original contract value in respect of variations, compensation events or claims.(28190)

30 NSir Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria the NHS Business Services Authority applies when determining whether a person has acted wrongfully or with any lack of care for the purposes of Regulation 2(3)(g)(ii) of the National Health Service (Penalty Charge) Regulations 1999, and how it ensures that those criteria are applied consistently.(27856)

31 NHelen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the contribution of Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocates (MNISAs).(28068)

32 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to establish a National Social Carers' Register for England.(28234)

33 NDr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the Government's policy on new oil and gas exploration licences in UK waters with the Secretary of State's statutory consent role for petroleum licences in the Falkland Islands.(28040)

34 NDr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Falkland Islands Government on the Secretary of State's consent role in relation to oil and gas licences under the Offshore Minerals Ordinance 1994.(28044)

35 NDr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Falkland Islands Government on the importance of the Falkland Islanders' right to self-determination in relation to offshore oil and gas exploration.(28045)

36 NDr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he would withhold consent for the grant of a new petroleum exploration licence under the Falkland Islands Offshore Minerals Ordinance 1994 where such a licence had been approved by the Falkland Islands Government.(28047)

37 NDr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria he would use when deciding on whether or not to consent to new petroleum exploration licences under the Falkland Islands Offshore Minerals Ordinance 1994.(28049)

38 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has he made of the potential impact on the British presence in Antarctica of the progress made by Argentina in developing the Admiral Berisso Integrated Naval Base into an Antarctic Logistic Centre.(28110)

39 NPriti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the changes to the Green Book social time discounting rate to 3% announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to revise the estimate of the net present value of the costs of the UK-Mauritius Treaty in respect of the future of the Chagos Archipelago.(27913)

40 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government continues to use £3.4 billion as its headline estimate of the cost of the Chagos agreement.(28084)

41 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to WPQ 26501, when legislative provision will be enacted making it an offence to arrive in the UK without Electronic Travel Authorisation.(27869)

42 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who claimed asylum in the UK in each of the last five years had previously held a Student visa, by sponsoring institution.(28021)

43 NSteve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide additional detail on the commitment to protecting time, funding and equipment for Reserves in training in the Defence Investment Plan, including timescales, benchmarks and KPIs.(27917)

44 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to question 23062 on Military Bases, what progress has he made in identifying suitable redeployment opportunities within Defence and the wider Civil Service.(28104)

45 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to question 16066 on F-35 Aircraft: Procurement, whether he plans to order a further tranche of F-35 aircraft prior to taking delivery of the next batch in the early-2030s.(28105)

46 NDaisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, notwithstanding the delay to local government reorganisation announced on 7 September, if she will meet with Hertfordshire local government leaders to discuss accelerating devolution.(28022)

47 NMr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps have been taken alongside (a) local authorities and (b) police forces to prevent the illegal use of fireworks in public spaces.(28006)

48 NSir Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to next visit the New Forest and Waterside to assess their (a) societal, (b) cultural, (c) economic and (d) historical ties and interdependence.(27858)

49 NSir Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take in response to the petition, signed by 30,000 people and delivered to 10 Downing Street on 7 September, on the issue of splitting the local government of the Waterside from that of the New Forest.(27859)

50 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 address the fire risk posed by batteries and other combustible items in landfill sites during periods of extreme heat.(28154)

51 NRebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to her answer of 7 September 2026 to the Honourable Member for Exmouth and Exeter East, when a decision will be made as to whether elections to the existing local authorities will go ahead in May 2027.(28263)

52 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date (a) officials and (b) special advisers last met with representatives of the Forest City 1 project; and who attended.(28077)

53 NJess Brown-Fuller (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Courts and Tribunals Bill scheduled to return to the house after conference recess will contain clauses 1 to 8 relating to jury trials.(28258)

54 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the scope of the £110m of funding fast-tracked to accelerate construction of new prison places and secure new land for prisons.(28100)

55 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Restricted Patients Statistics, England and Wales 2025, published 30 April 2026, what the mean and median length of time is between a patient becoming subject to a hospital order with restrictions under sections 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983, and their first discharge, for the latest year for which data is available.(28017)

56 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were sentenced to a hospital and limitation direction under section 45A of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last five calendar years.(28018)

57 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the additional cost will be, in (a) money, and (b) staff hours, to the Probation Service as a result of the ten tranches of early released prisoners under the Sentencing Act 2026 progression model.(28074)

58 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences were released and then recalled to prison because they committed violent or sexual offences, in the last three years.(28078)

59 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted shoplifters and what percentage of convicted shoplifters avoided an immediate custodial sentence for shoplifting in the past two years.(28079)

60 NMr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to provide support to victims of investment fraud in (a) Slough constituency and (b) the South East.(28011)

Questions for Answer on Monday 14 September

Questions for Written Answer

1 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were ineligible for government-funded childcare in 2023/4, 2024/5 and 2025/6 as a result of the £100,000 earnings limit; and what her Department's estimate is of the value of funded childcare unavailable to those families.(28019)

2 NClaire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provisions the contract for the M49 junction 1 at Severnside contained requiring the contractor to remedy defects at its own cost; and whether National Highways has sought to recover any sums from the contractor in respect of that junction.(28189)

3 NClaire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the contract awarded by National Highways for the M49 junction 1 at Severnside was let on a fixed price basis or on a basis under which the final sum payable to the contractor could vary; and what the (a) original contract value and (b) final sum paid to the contractor were.(28191)

4 NClaire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the contract awarded by National Highways for the construction of the M49 junction 1 at Severnside was let as a design and build contract or as a construction only contract; and whether responsibility for the design of that junction rested with National Highways or with the appointed contractor.(28192)

5 NClaire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether National Highways has referred, or intends to refer, the dispute over defects identified at the M49 Severnside junction 1 to adjudication under the dispute resolution provisions of its construction contract.(28241)

6 NSir Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex dated 10 of June concerning Mr Lewis Mounteny’s questions about NHS Penalty Charge Regulations.(27857)

7 NYasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of violence and aggression against staff working in emergency departments.(27895)

8 NYasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department provides to NHS trusts on support for staff who report incidents of violence or aggression, including access to occupational health, counselling and time off.(27896)

9 NJeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will state the places which ranked highest for atrocity risks in the Global Conflict, Instability and Atrocity Risk Assessments, produced by the Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation, broken down by each report produced since 2023.(27860)

10 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to confirm the maximum number of service users that her department proposes will be accommodated at MOD Bicester (A-site).(28264)

11 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has reviewed whether the proposed use of Site A at MoD Bicester continues to meet the criteria for an Urgent Crown Development following the submission of the application on 2 September 2026.(28265)

12 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current expected date is for Site A at MoD Bicester to become operational as asylum accommodation.(28266)

13 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration her Department has given to withdrawing the Urgent Crown Development application for Site A at MoD Bicester and pursuing the proposal through the Crown Development procedure instead.(28267)

14 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procurement activity has been undertaken in relation to the potential operation of asylum accommodation at Site A at MoD Bicester.(28268)

15 NYasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is issued to police forces on the priority given to reports of violence and aggression against NHS staff, including in emergency departments.(27899)

16 NJames Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much will be spent on uncrewed and autonomous testing for the Royal Air Force in the (a) current and (b) remaining financial years of this Parliament.(27979)

17 NJames Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much will be spent on uncrewed and autonomous testing for the British Army in the (a) current and (b) remaining financial years of this Parliament.(27980)

18 NJames Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on Local Government Reorganisation a) nationally and b) in Suffolk.(27978)

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

1Tessa Munt (Wells and Mendip Hills): What steps she is taking to improve the student loan system.(901324)

2Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): What steps she is taking to support young people not in education, employment or training.(901325)

3Jen Craft (Thurrock): What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure a cross-government approach to improve outcomes for children with SEND.(901326)

4Caroline Voaden (South Devon): What steps she is taking to implement the recommendations of the Curriculum and Assessment Review.(901327)

5Bradley Thomas (Bromsgrove): What steps her Department is taking to support apprenticeships.(901328)

6John Grady (Glasgow East): What steps she is taking to help reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training.(901329)

7Aphra Brandreth (Chester South and Eddisbury): What assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to block funding and the Inclusion Fund on mainstream schools’ ability to meet the needs of pupils with SEND.(901330)

8Juliet Campbell (Broxtowe): What steps her Department is taking to improve educational outcomes for neurodivergent pupils in mainstream schools.(901331)

9Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): If she will include different autism profiles as part of SEND training for school staff.(901332)

10Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What assessment she has made of the potential impact of independent fostering agencies on fostering sufficiency in England.(901333)

11Wera Hobhouse (Bath): What support her Department provides to help colleges and training providers develop international skills partnerships.(901334)

12Jayne Kirkham (Truro and Falmouth): What steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools have access to specialist expertise in SEND.(901335)

13Mike Reader (Northampton South): What plans she has to ensure consistent financial support for kinship carers in local authority areas outside Kinship Zones pilot areas.(901336)

14Chris Hinchliff (North East Hertfordshire): What steps she is taking to improve SEND provision.(901337)

15Nesil Caliskan (Barking): What support her Department provides to councils for SEND services.(901338)

16Marie Goldman (Chelmsford): What steps her Department is taking to help improve SEND transport provision.(901339)

17Gareth Bacon (Orpington): How many full-time equivalent schoolteachers there were in (a) 2025 and (b) 2024.(901340)

18Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): What discussions her Department has had with local authorities on ensuring that SEND services accurately cater to levels of unmet need.(901341)

19Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): What steps she is taking to ensure that schools offer healthy meals.(901342)

20Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire): What assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for further education.(901343)

21Darren Paffey (Southampton Itchen): What steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of early deaths of care leavers.(901344)

22Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth): What progress her Department has made on ensuring that schools have access to high-quality training to support pupils with SEND.(901345)

23Chris Ward (Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven): What steps she is taking to support universities.(901346)

24Janet Daby (Lewisham East): What steps she is taking to improve support for SEND students and families transitioning to secondary and post-16 education.(901347)

25Chris Vince (Harlow): What steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools have access to specialist expertise in SEND.(901348)

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

T 1Jo White (Bassetlaw): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.(901349)

T 2Tom Rutland (East Worthing and Shoreham): (901350)

T 3Daniel Francis (Bexleyheath and Crayford): (901351)

T 4Sarah Dyke (Glastonbury and Somerton): (901352)

T 5Jessica Toale (Bournemouth West): (901353)

T 6Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): (901354)

T 7Bradley Thomas (Bromsgrove): (901355)

T 8Mary Glindon (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend): (901356)

T 9Jonathan Davies (Mid Derbyshire): (901357)

T 10Alistair Strathern (Hitchin): (901358)

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 15 September

Questions for Written Answer

1 NHenry Tufnell (Mid and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of insourcing the Civil Service Pensions Scheme.(28150)

2 NSteve Yemm (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what interventions under the East Midlands RISE programme will be directed at improving educational attainment for pupils in Mansfield.(28193)

3 NShivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the failure-to-attend rate for practical car driving tests was in each month since May 2026.(28082)

4 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 19484 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, what average purchase price her Department assumed for (a) diesel and (b) zero-emission HGVs in each of the weight categories listed in that Answer.(28025)

5 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2026 to Question 17595 on Maritime and Coastguard Agency: British Overseas Territories, how many officials participating in each monitoring visit were (a) qualified auditors and (b) new auditors attending as part of their training; and what proportion of the cost of each visit was attributable to officials attending for training or succession planning purposes.(28026)

6 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2026 to Question 18371 on Trains: Crimes of Violence, how many knife-enabled crimes were recorded by the British Transport Police as having occurred on board trains in each of the five years for which it holds readily extractable, comparable data.(28027)

7 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 17041 on Parking Offences: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, if she will publish (a) the evidence considered, (b) the conclusions reached and (c) any recommendations arising from her Department's review of the trial.(28028)

8 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 18158 on Road Traffic, whether her Department or National Highways holds estimates of (a) total hours of delay and (b) the economic cost of delay attributable specifically to incidents on the strategic road network in each of the last five years.(28029)

9 NIan Byrne (Liverpool West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reform surrogacy law to provide a pathway under which intended parents can become the legal parents of a child from birth, with appropriate safeguards for the surrogate and child; and what assessment she has made of the recommendations of the Law Commission and Scottish Law Commission’s 2023 review of surrogacy law.(28067)

10 NMs Abena Oppong-Asare (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of trends in the effectiveness of waiting times for gynaecological care relative to other elective specialties; and what steps her Department is taking to improve access to diagnosis and treatment for women with gynaecological conditions.(28063)

11 NMs Abena Oppong-Asare (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of current workforce pressures in obstetrics and gynaecology; and whether the forthcoming NHS Workforce Plan will include specific measures to support the recruitment, retention and wellbeing of the obstetrics and gynaecology workforce.(28064)

12 NMs Abena Oppong-Asare (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to monitor and report on the implementation of the Women’s Health Strategy; and whether she plans to publish progress updates, including milestones, performance measures and outcomes relating to the strategy's commitments.(28065)

13 NYasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine's survey findings that 96% of emergency department staff have experienced violence or aggression from patients or members of the public.(27894)

14 NLara Bird (Arbroath and Broughty Ferry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his statement to the House on 8 September on Israel-Palestine, whether a monitoring body will be established to assess compliance with the sanctions.(28272)

15 NLara Bird (Arbroath and Broughty Ferry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his statement on 8 September 2026 on Israel-Palestine, which licences will be refused where they materially contribute to the occupation.(28273)

16 NLara Bird (Arbroath and Broughty Ferry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK Government will take legal action against British citizens living in Occupied Palestine in illegal settlements who commit acts of terrorism and settler violence.(28275)

17 NDr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the European Commission on the protection of UK nationals’ rights under the Withdrawal Agreement.(28171)

18 NKatie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Review of local government reorganisation launched, published on 7 September 2026, whether local authorities will be required to submit proposals for interim warding arrangements to her Department by the specified deadline; and if she will publish all correspondence to her Department from the Local Government Boundary Commission for England which relates to advice and legal opinions on the creation of interim warding arrangements.(28170)

19 NYasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 in each of the last five years, broken down by sentencing outcome.(27897)