Questions Tabled

Published – Thursday 10 September 2026

Questions for Answer on Thursday 10 September

Questions for Written Answer

1Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, 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.[Transferred] (28196)

2 NMr Peter Bedford (Mid Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to work towards the phasing out of animal testing.[Transferred] (27354)

3Euan Stainbank (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the non-technical summaries of project licences granted in 2025, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of beagles authorised for use in scientific procedures.[Transferred] (28139)

4Euan Stainbank (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will make it his 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.[Transferred] (28140)

5Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 21928, entitled Software, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating the Be Open and use open source guidance, last updated 5.5 years ago.[Transferred] (28061)

6 NDavid Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the National Audit Office's report entitled Government cyber resilience, published on 29 January 2025, how many of the critical IT systems with significant gaps in government cyber resilience have since been reassessed.[Transferred] (27198)

7 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people used the Northern Ireland Pet Travel Scheme in the twelve months between June 2025 and 2026.[Transferred] (27407)

8Brian Leishman (Alloa and Grangemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ahead of the rolling stock procurement and infrastructure strategy on the use of alternative financing models to secure publicly owned trains.[Transferred] (28260)

9Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions have been had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of the rolling stock procurement and infrastructure strategy on the use of alternative financing models to secure publicly owned trains.[Transferred] (28054)

10Chris Evans (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to help protect gas engineers from customers who have had a past of being abusive to engineers.[Transferred] (27911)

11Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his 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.[Transferred] (27943)

12Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Public Works Loan Board borrowing rates on the capital investment capacity of locally led development corporations.[Transferred] (28138)

13Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on delivering Domestic Abuse Courts for victim-survivors in England and Wales.[Transferred] (28052)

14Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on the expansion of the provision of Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts.[Transferred] (28053)

15Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his 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.[Transferred] (28176)

16Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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.[Transferred] (28177)

17Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he 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.[Transferred] (28178)

Questions for Answer on Friday 11 September

Questions for Written Answer

1David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026 to Question HL1337 on Anti-Muslim Hostility, in what manner have the (a) Law Officers and (b) Government Legal Department adopted the new definition, and what changes have or are being made to government legal guidance.(28440)

2Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Attorney General, what guidance the Crown Prosecution Service provides to prosecutors on the evidential use of social media content apparently recorded or uploaded by a defendant in prosecutions for (a) theft, (b) burglary, (c) vehicle crime and (d) dangerous driving.(28431)

3Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the letter, "Simplification and Agency of Government - Letter to all ministers", of 7 September 2026, if she will make it her policy to place the updated legal risk guidance in the Library of the House once it has been produced.(28342)

4Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Cardiff West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the government is taking to ensure that that public contracts are not awarded to companies blacklisting workers.(28559)

5Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Minister for the Civil Service plans to take to engage with HM Opposition on changes to legislation affecting the Civil Service.(28364)

6Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Mission Boards are operational.(28365)

7Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Which department is now the lead department for the Defending Democracy Taskforce.(28366)

8Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any unused Ministerial residences in Admiralty House are paying the empty homes council tax premium to Westminster City Council.(28367)

9Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers in Government have the title of Chief of Staff.(28368)

10Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 19 March 2026, to Question 116770, whether Cabinet Office's Direct Ministerial Appointments portal entries on gov.uk should be amended once the Direct Ministerial Appointment leaves their post.(28369)

11Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Further to the written statement of 1 September 2026, HCWS296, on Canada’s entry I to force with the UK in CPTPP, what steps are being taken to ensure that the EU/UK reset supports the ability of the United Kingdom to maintain its existing free trade deals and sign new ones with non-EU countries and organisations.(28370)

12Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the answer of 28 July 2026, to Question 16155, on Intelligence Services: Summer Internship Programme, what consideration was given to the the eligibility require for the scheme.(28371)

13Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20826, on Propriety and Constitution Group: Recruitment, whether he (a) has agreed the role and person specification, (b) has agreed the composition of the selection panel, and (c) asked to be kept in touch with the progress of the competition, and (d) plans to meet the shortlisted candidates.(28372)

14Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to Question 20824, on Civil Servants: Nationality, what was the nationality of each (a) job applicant, and (b) employed applicant, for roles in the EU Relations Secretariat in the period for which information is held.(28373)

15Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20855 on Civil Service Commission: Conflict of Interests, whether the Civil Service Commission informed the Minister for the Civil Service that responsibility for determining complaints under the Recruitment Principles, Civil Service Code appeals and departmental audit scores had been delegated to the Chief Executive.(28374)

16Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether all (a) departments and (b) arm’s length bodies, including NHS England, are to act in line with the Government’s revised approach to prioritising British jobs and growth in public procurement; and whether (i) the Department of Health and Social Care and (ii) NHS England (A) have or (B) will have any exemption from that approach with regard to NHS England’s 2027 carbon reduction plan requirements.(28375)

17Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of 7 September 2026 to Question 19361 on Public Appointments: Equality and of 8 September 2026 to Question 20975 on Civil Service Recruitment, whether the socio-economic background of an applicant is a material consideration or determining factor in the appointment process for civil servants through the (a) Civil Service Masterclass and (b) the listed Going Forward into Employment recruitment schemes.(28376)

18Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 September 2026 on Driving Opportunity in Every Postcode, HCWS322, what is the current headcount staff of the Social Mobility Commission; and how many of those staff will be transferred within the Civil Service (a) in the interim as it is wound down and (b) following its abolition.(28377)

19Esther McVey (Tatton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 19336 on Death: Statistics, what proportion of deaths occurring on a given date in England and Wales are, on average, registered within (a) 1 day, (b) 3 days, (c) 7 days, (d) 14 days, (e) 21 days and (f) 28 days of the date of death.(28296)

20Esther McVey (Tatton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 19336 on Death: Statistics, what estimate the Office for National Statistics has made of the average and maximum revisions to provisional daily numbers of deaths by date of occurrence after (a) 7, (b) 14, (c) 21, (d) 28 and (e) 56 days.(28297)

21Esther McVey (Tatton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 19336 on Death: Statistics, what proportion of deaths occurring on a given date would ordinarily have been registered 12 days after that date.(28298)

22Esther McVey (Tatton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 19336 on Death: Statistics, whether any statistical criteria prevent publication of death-registration figures by individual date.(28299)

23Esther McVey (Tatton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics has assessed the feasibility of publishing deaths by individual date of occurrence subject to a fixed publication lag of (a) 14, (b) 21 and (c) 28 days.(28300)

24Esther McVey (Tatton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Office for National Statistics has made of whether the risk of misinterpretation of daily mortality figures could be mitigated through (a) provisional-data labelling, (b) publication of completeness estimates, (c) revision indicators, (d) seven-day rolling averages and (e) delaying publication of the most recent observations.(28301)

25Esther McVey (Tatton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 19336 on Death: Statistics, what quantitative analysis supports the Office for National Statistics' conclusion that publication of daily death figures could increase the risk of misinterpretation and misleading conclusions.(28302)

26Esther McVey (Tatton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what statistical criteria the Office for National Statistics uses to determine that weekly, rather than daily, publication represents the appropriate level of granularity for mortality statistics; and whether those criteria have been published.(28303)

27Esther McVey (Tatton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics will publish historical daily numbers of deaths in England and Wales by (a) date of occurrence and (b) date of registration for periods sufficiently historic that registration delay is no longer a material source of incompleteness.(28304)

28Esther McVey (Tatton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 19336 on Death: Statistics, whether the ONS will make daily counts by (a) date of death and (b) date of registration available as a downloadable dataset.(28305)

29David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Cabinet Office Procurement Policy Note 026 published on 5 August 2026 (a) applies to and (b) is mandatory for (i) local government and (ii) non-Civil Service Arm’s Length Bodies.(28441)

30David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has the ONS made of the real terms change in house prices in each of the last twenty years in the (a) UK, (b) each constituent nation of the UK and (c) each local authority area of the UK.(28442)

31David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics has made an assessment of the impact of council tax levels on the cost of living.(28443)

32Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2026 to Question HL2445, on Home Office: X Corp, what guidance has been given by the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Government Communications Service on the use of the complimentary Premium service status by X.(28328)

33Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 18048 on Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions, what the current average time is for deferred members to obtain a Preserved Pension current value statement when requested.(28329)

34Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Spending Review 2025 document, CP 1336, whether the Government's five missions remain a government priority.(28330)

35Mike 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 the event, work activity and topic was relating to the transaction, PMO DOMESTIC VISITS, MGI LONDON LTD, Ref: 1037289238.(28333)

36Mike 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 training was provided in relation to transaction, GCS SKILLS AND STANDARDS, PROVERSITY.ORG LTD, Ref: 1037287441; and for whom.(28335)

37Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 18641 on Cabinet Office: Public Relations, whether her Department holds the name of firms and external contractors used since July 2024 to undertake public (a) relations and (b) affairs activity.(28336)

38Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will publish the address of every office building maintained by the Government Property Agency for use by civil servants; and which public bodies have staff in each of those buildings.(28337)

39Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department provides centralised EDI guidance for departments and Arm’s-Length Bodies.(28339)

40Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the (a) Summary Business Case and (b) Full Business Case for the Manchester Digital Campus have been written.(28340)

41Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of regulators and Arm’s Length Bodies having shorter business appointment rule restrictions than the Civil Service on the effectiveness of the restrictions.(28341)

42Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions to Science and Technology Facilities Council programmes on regional growth and high-skilled jobs in regions of the country facing cuts.(28624)

43Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions to Science and Technology Facilities Council programmes on the UK's international scientific partnerships.(28625)

44 NMr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent steps have been taken alongside (a) local authorities and (b) police forces to prevent the illegal use of fireworks in public spaces.[Transferred] (28006)

45Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent steps he has taken to increase trade with Canada.(28382)

46Cat Eccles (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of sanctions on companies involved in settlements in the West Bank on the medicines supply chain.(28631)

47Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the retention of existing strategic export licences relating to Israel will be reassessed according to considerations of whether they materially contribute to the occupation of the West Bank.(28605)

48Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he plans to take to prevent the potential circumvention of the proposed ban on settlement goods through the trans-shipment, processing and re-export of goods through Israel and third countries.(28606)

49Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether UK Export Finance will exclude activities connected with the construction, expansion or economic development of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory from eligibility for its support.(28611)

50Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the cumulative impact of increases in the (i) National Minimum Wage, (ii) employer National Insurance contributions, (iii) business rates, and (iv) other employment costs, on small salon businesses.(28628)

51Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to prevent increases in employment costs from discouraging small salon businesses from (i) employing, and (ii) training people.(28629)

52Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the level of reliability of private parcel delivery and courier services on small and medium sized businesses.(28344)

53Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of protections available to small businesses when seeking compensation from private parcel delivery and courier companies for lost, damaged or delayed deliveries.(28345)

54Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its approach to AI safety of recent evidence of advanced artificial intelligence systems engaging in (a) deceptive behaviour and (b) unauthorised actions when given access to external tools and online environments.(28425)

55Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the biosecurity risks arising from increasingly capable artificial intelligence models; and what safeguards are in place to assess and mitigate those risks before advanced models are deployed.(28426)

56Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of existing testing and oversight arrangements for advanced artificial intelligence models in light of recent increases in their capabilities; and whether he plans to introduce further safeguards.(28427)

57Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of Royal Mail’s performance against its universal service obligations in Scotland.(28545)

58Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment has the department made of the potential impact of Anthropic's decision not to provide the UK AI Security Institute with pre-release access to its latest frontier AI model on UK AI safety and national security.(28530)

59Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the question from the member for Kingston and Surbiton at PMQs on 9 September 2026, what steps is the Department taking to ensure that Britain’s AI Security Institute retains access to future advanced AI models developed by overseas companies for independent safety testing.(28531)

60Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps is the government taking to create a national youth forum to consult young people on policies that affect them, giving them powers to challenge policies that will affect their interests.(28557)

61Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to attract Canadian tourists to the UK and increase the annual number of Canadians who visit the UK for tourism.(28385)

62Peter Fortune (Bromley and Biggin Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the telecare and telecoms industries on enabling network operators to safely move telecare customers between networks.(28567)

63Rebecca Paul (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her statement of 8 September 2026, what categories of technology her Department considers it appropriate for the Government to shape; and what criteria will be used to determine the limits of Government intervention.(28623)

64Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed restrictions on ticket resale on access to football matches for people in Scotland.(28543)

65Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the resilience of mobile networks during power outages in rural communities.(28544)

66Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve standards across the foster care sector.(28570)

67Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on bringing new carers into the sector and stopping carers exiting the sector.(28571)

68Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what further steps her Department has taken to evaluate the Mockingbird fostering model since the 2020 evaluation by her Department.(28572)

69Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of expanding the Mockingbird Programme.(28573)

70Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that employers are involved in the design of technical and vocational training to ensure that provision reflects workforce needs.(28348)

71Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what analysis she has undertaken of future skills requirements in the waste and resource management sector.(28349)

72Julia Buckley (Shrewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in light of the extreme hot weather this summer, whether her Department is planning to review the B101 regulations for school buildings.(28556)

73Juliet Campbell (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that careers advisers receive training on the challenges experienced by young people with dyslexia and other neurodiverse differences.(28457)

74Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve educational support and outcomes for children and young people with acquired brain injury.(28395)

75Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) introducing a "special circumstances" policy permitting 16- and 17-year-olds with specific care needs to be placed in CQC registered provision.(28361)

76Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the findings of the investigation by the Guardian and Bureau of Investigative Journalism, published on 8 September 2026, that local authorities spent more than £250 million on approximately 1,800 placements in unregistered children's homes over the previous two years; and whether her Department plans to collect and publish data on (a) the number, (b) duration and (c) cost of placements in unregistered children's homes by each local authority.(28664)

77Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the supply of registered children's home placements for children with complex needs; and whether she has made an assessment of whether the £53 million allocated to create up to 200 additional placements by 2029 will be sufficient to end local authorities' use of unregistered children's homes.(28666)

78Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) civil monetary penalties, (b) warning notices and (c) prosecutions have been issued or commenced in relation to the operation of unregistered children's homes since the commencement of the relevant provisions of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026; and what steps she is taking with Ofsted to prevent companies receiving financial benefit from operating such provision.(28668)

79Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the exemption in regulation 3(1)(c) of the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015 for accommodation provided for holidays and other specified activities for fewer than 28 days; and whether she plans to amend this exemption.(28669)

80Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the reported 70% decline in apprenticeships in the hairdressing sector.(28626)

81Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that small hair salons can continue to train young people as apprentices.(28627)

82Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how proposed technical education pathways for pupils from the age of 14 differ from technical education available to pupils through existing Key Stage 4 qualifications.(28613)

83Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of whether Suffolk will have sufficient specialist school places to meet the needs of pupils who are unable to have their needs met through the Government's proposed more inclusive mainstream education system.(28619)

84Juliet Campbell (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to support investment in net zero and renewable energy production facilities in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.(28458)

85Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to increase the speed of short-term measures to reduce emissions and improve climate resilience.(28476)

86Douglas Lumsden (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of plugging and abandoning wells, removing installed infrastructure and restoring the seabed associated with the Rosebank field development in the event that the development does not receive the consents required to commence production.(28630)

87Douglas Lumsden (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the time taken to determine the Rosebank consent application on the potential cost of maintaining, abandoning or removing wells and infrastructure already installed.(28632)

88Douglas Lumsden (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the allocation of financial responsibility for well abandonment and infrastructure removal at the Rosebank field in the event that the development does not receive the consents required to commence production.(28633)

89Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of whether existing compensation arrangements adequately reflect the impact of the proposed Norwich to Tilbury electricity transmission project on the operation of affected agricultural businesses.(28618)

90Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the skills and workforce required to support the transition to a more circular economy.(28350)

91Ian Byrne (Liverpool West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of nature-based solutions, including peatland restoration and reconnecting rivers with floodplains, on reducing flood, drought and wildfire risk; and how these measures will be reflected in the fourth National Adaptation Programme.(28411)

92Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Deposit Return Scheme, whether (a) local authorities and (b) Material Recovery Facilities operators will receive producer funding for (i) collecting, (ii) sorting and (iii) recycling containers in scope of the scheme but placed in household recycling collections.(28396)

93Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made any assessment of the financial viability of existing materials recovery facility operators after the implementation of the Deposit Return Scheme.(28397)

94Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered the potential merits of establishing a steering group involving (a) material recovery facilities operators, (b) local authorities, (c) re-processors, (d) producers and (e) retailers to influence the implementation of the Deposit Return Scheme.(28398)

95Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the proposals of the Jhatka Council for commercial Jhatka slaughter.(28363)

96Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the merits of introducing a ban on Brazilian meat imports, in line with measures introduced by the European Union.(28671)

97Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to require supermarkets to donate edible unsold food to charities and community organisations instead of disposing of it.(28477)

98Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to bring forward regulations to introduce a public food waste reporting requirement for large businesses.(28360)

99Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has in place to prevent delays to animal products leaving the UK should Official Veterinarian capacity decline before certification requirements arising from current export arrangements are removed.(28390)

100Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of requiring regional Environment Agency teams to create Facebook pages on the level of communication regarding local schemes and environmental alerts such as flood warnings.(28496)

101Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to secure a long-term agreement on veterinary medicines for Northern Ireland following the implementation of the Windsor Framework.(28319)

102Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Essex and Suffolk Water about the resilience of water supplies in Suffolk following the introduction of a temporary use ban in August 2026.(28621)

103Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of checks on the welfare and age of dogs imported into Great Britain for sale.(28547)

104Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help restore nature and biodiversity.(28356)

105Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to align UK oil and gas production with climate targets.(28529)

106Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to a) detect individuals who persistently evade fares on public transport, b) prevent those individuals from future fare evasion, and c) recover money owed to public transport networks lost as a result of fare evasion.(28384)

107Sir Ashley Fox (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2026 to Question 14997 on Railways: Standards, what criteria her Department uses to determine whether passenger demand is sufficiently low to justify a reduction in (a) train services and (b) station calls; and what minimum level of passenger demand would justify such a reduction.(28522)

108Andrew Ranger (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to promote the safe and responsible use of electric bicycles, including tackling illegally modified e-bikes that do not comply with speed and power restrictions.(28455)

109Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to amend the funding formula for capital funding for local highways authorities.(28620)

110Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that apprenticeship and skills funding provides employers with adequate flexibility to fund training to address sector-specific skills shortages.(28346)

111Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce administration for employers seeking to access apprenticeship and skills funding.(28347)

112Ben Coleman (Chelsea and Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that decision makers progress Mandatory Reconsideration cases in a timely manner; and whether the Department collects data on the number of cases outstanding beyond specified timescales.(28614)

113Darren Paffey (Southampton Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timeline is for expanding the digital application option for Personal Independence Payment to all eligible claimants.(28643)

114Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people on Universal Credit in Fylde constituency will be eligible for referral to Opening Shift.(28469)

115Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department will publish the number of participants who (a) commence, (b) complete and (c) subsequently obtain paid employment following an Opening Shift placement.(28470)

116Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Direct Deduction Orders have been issues since the introduction of the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025.(28474)

117Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of young people in Scotland who will be supported through the Youth Guarantee.(28538)

118Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help support young disabled people into work in Scotland.(28548)

119Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners receive Pension Credit in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency.(28550)

120Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children in Hamilton and Clyde Valley who have benefitted from the removal of the Universal Credit two-child limit.(28551)

121Maya Ellis (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in what way national guidance, training frameworks and service specifications for maternity, health visiting and perinatal mental health services support the use of evidence based observational approaches to parent–infant relationships, such as the Newborn Behavioural Observations and the Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale.(28574)

122Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has his Department spent on suicide prevention from the public health in Cumbria each year since 2014.(28291)

123Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 124063 on General Practitioners, what proportion of Speciality Trainee Year 3 GPs were not seen in the National Workforce Reporting Service within one year of the last appearance in the ST3 role in each year for which data is available.(28292)

124Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) introducing a "special circumstances" policy permitting 16- and 17-year-olds with specific care needs to be placed in CQC registered provision.(28362)

125James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve men’s engagement with preventative healthcare services.(28640)

126James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of public health campaigns in encouraging men to act on concerns about their health before symptoms become serious.(28641)

127Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what specific funding Stepping Hill Hospital will receive from the £200 million announced for major estates schemes.(28499)

128Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for repair works at Stepping Hill Hospital funded through the Summer Health & Resilience statement made on 9th September, and by what date those works are expected to be completed.(28500)

129Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what repair or safety issues at Stepping Hill Hospital the funding will address.(28501)

130Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the funding announced for Stepping Hill Hospital covers the cost of the repairs identified as necessary.(28502)

131Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to question 23152 on Air Ambulance Services: Cambridgeshire, what is the allocation of the eight Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine trainees across the three local education providers in Cambridgeshire.(28483)

132Dr Simon Opher (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are registered as veterans in England.(28454)

133Rebecca Paul (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the availability and accessibility of NHS services for the diagnosis and treatment of tongue-tie in newborn babies; what the average waiting time is for treatment following referral in each NHS region; and whether she will consider issuing guidance to NHS trusts on assessing babies for tongue-tie where breastfeeding difficulties are identified before discharge from maternity services.(28663)

134Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve a) research into and b) treatment of hearing loss conditions.(28288)

135Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support her Department is providing to Integrated Care Systems to ensure people with multiple sclerosis receive the best possible care.(28315)

136Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve data collection in relation to care provided to people with multiple sclerosis and other progressive neurological conditions outside of hospital settings.(28316)

137Jim 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 restrictions on vitamin, mineral and herbal food supplements on consumer access to those products in Northern Ireland.(28317)

138Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has undertaken a cross-government assessment of the economic implications for Northern Ireland businesses of proposed European Union food supplement regulations.(28318)

139Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure older people receive timely and appropriate care in suitable clinical settings rather than hospital corridors.(28320)

140Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve brain tumour research.(28321)

141Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what more is being done to support FY1 doctors as they progress into specialty training.(28322)

142Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure hospices are appropriately funded, staffed and able to provide palliative care to patients.(28324)

143Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delays and cost increases on the UK Health Security Agency's headquarters on people in Harlow; and what steps she has taken to ensure value for money for taxpayers.(28460)

144Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a) continued use of the FDP and b) implementation of the proposed Single Patient Record on public trust in NHS data governance.(28527)

145Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how privacy-by-design principles will be mandatory requirements in the development of the proposed Single Patient Record.(28528)

146Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what metrics her Department uses to assess public trust in NHS digital services regarding the NHS Federated Data Platform.(28532)

147Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what metrics the Department uses to assess public trust in NHS digital services regarding the future Single Patient Record.(28533)

148Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to support freedom of religion or belief for Jews who wish to engage in organised prayer at the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif.(28293)

149Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) Russian diplomats have been declared persona non grata and (b) other staff of the Russian Federation present in the UK have been declared not acceptable following criminal incidents in the UK linked to the Russian Government in the last five years.(28325)

150Tracy Gilbert (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Palestinian healthcare workers detained in Israel.(28565)

151Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps has he taken to raise the plight of the Bahai community in Iran.(28381)

152Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for freedom of expression in Hong Kong of the conviction of Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan for incitement to subversion.(28406)

153Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with Hong Kong officials on the use of Hong Kong’s national security legislation to prosecute individuals for commemorating the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.(28407)

154Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has discussed the arrest and questioning of twenty-six individuals associated with the Srebrenica Memorial Centre with Foreign Ministers from other Peace Implementation Council countries.(28410)

155Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Israeli regional and local councils involved in the development or expansion of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory will be capable of falling within the scope of the proposed settlement sanctions regime.(28601)

156Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to conduct a cross-departmental review of UK Government activity that may provide assistance to the maintenance of Israel's occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, following the change in Government policy announced on 8 September 2026.(28602)

157Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to update Government guidance to UK businesses operating in or trading with Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, following the announcement on 8 September 2026 that the Government considers Israel's occupation to be unlawful.(28603)

158Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the settlement sanctions announced on 8 September 2026 on the rate of settlement expansion in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.(28607)

159Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria his Department will use to assess the effectiveness of the sanctions against settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory announced on 8 September 2026.(28608)

160Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether conduct by members of the Israel (a) Defense Forces and (b) Police in connection with violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory will fall within the scope of the expanded Global Human Rights Sanctions regime announced on 8 September 2026.(28609)

161Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what interim measures he plans to take to restrict economic activity connected with settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory before the proposed new sanctions regime, announced on 8 September 2026, comes into force.(28610)

162Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether grants to political parties through the Westminster Foundation for Democracy will be permissible given the new profit test for company donations in the Representation of the People Bill.(28655)

163Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what instructions has he given to the Foreign Office for the accreditation of diplomats to the Palestinian embassy.(28482)

164Paul Davies (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken to issue police pensions.(28622)

165 NMr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to provide support to victims of investment fraud in (a) Slough constituency and (b) the South East.[Transferred] (28011)

166Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department (a) uses or (b) is taking steps to install rooftop solar panels on its premises.(28283)

167Warinder Juss (Wolverhampton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to allow event organisers to apply earlier for speaker’s visas to ensure that they are considered in time for events.(28583)

168Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of coach journeys used to transport asylum seekers from UK ports to reception or processing centres were booked (a) less than 24 hours, (b) between 24 and 72 hours, (c) between three and seven days and (d) more than seven days in advance in each year since 2020.(28553)

169Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what risk assessment procedures are required before coach transport is used to transport asylum seekers from ports of arrival to reception or processing centres.(28554)

170Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers transported by coach from UK ports to reception or processing centres are accompanied by Home Office, Border Force, police, security, or welfare staff; and what guidance governs those arrangements.(28555)

171Sir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of shoplifting in Royal Sutton Coldfield over the last three years.(28285)

172David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026, to Question 5337, on Visitor Levy: Asylum, whether she has had discussions with the Welsh and Scottish Governments on whether the overnight visitor levy applies to Home Office funded asylum accommodation.(28436)

173David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 1 September 2026 to Question 17446, on Prayer: Public Places, whether the Home Office has issued guidance on whether silent public prayer is permissible in a safe access zone.(28437)

174David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to HMT, Treasury Minutes, CP1668, August 2026, para 6.8 (page 8), if she will publish the comprehensive review of asylum accommodation contracts.(28438)

175David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to HMT, Treasury Minutes, CP1668, August 2026, para 7.2 (page 9), if she will list each of the significant challenges that have prevented the Government from updating official estimates of failed asylum seekers in the UK.(28439)

176Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what circumstances would trigger enforcement action against sponsors operating under the Religious Worker and Charity Worker routes.(28503)

177Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what conditions her Department considers about the a) necessity and b) genuineness of work when making decisions on applications for Religious and Charity Worker visas.(28504)

178Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what analysis is undertaken of the long-term immigration consequences of granting Family and other Dependent Visas linked to work and study routes.(28505)

179Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Family and Dependent Visa arrangements on incentives for chain migration.(28506)

180Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of family migration on levels of net migration beyond the original principal applicant.(28507)

181Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes when a visa holder changes residential address.(28508)

182Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of visa holders whose whereabouts are easily identifiable.(28509)

183Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks her Department undertakes to establish whether visa holders remain employed in accordance with the conditions of their leave.(28510)

184Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how immigration records are used alongside information held by other government departments to identify potential breaches of visa conditions.(28511)

185Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms her Department uses to identify visa holders who may no longer be complying with the conditions attached to their leave.(28512)

186Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the Department's standard process when a visa holder is found to have breached the conditions attached to their leave.(28513)

187Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what factors are taken into account when deciding whether to curtail leave following a breach of visa conditions.(28514)

188Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances a person who has breached visa conditions may subsequently obtain settlement.(28515)

189Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current enforcement measures in deterring breaches of visa conditions.(28516)

190Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what operational checks her Department undertakes to satisfy itself that visa holders remain compliant with the conditions attached to their leave throughout the duration of that leave.(28517)

191Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department assesses the effectiveness of its compliance and enforcement activity in relation to visa holders.(28518)

192Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assurance she can provide that her Department is able to identify visa holders who have ceased complying with the conditions attached to their leave.(28519)

193Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risk that visa holders may remain in the United Kingdom in breach of the conditions attached to their leave without being detected.(28520)

194Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what operational indicators are used by her Department to determine whether the immigration system is being effectively controlled and enforced.(28521)

195Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were in receipt of subsistence-only asylum support as of the most recent date for which figures are available.(28412)

196Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks her Department undertakes on the immigration status of a person hosting an asylum seeker under the subsistence-only support route.(28413)

197Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many addresses approved for subsistence-only asylum support are recorded as hosting more than one supported individual at the same time.(28414)

198Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in receipt of subsistence-only asylum support have had that support (a) withdrawn and (b) suspended in the last 12 months because her Department was unable to establish contact with them.(28415)

199Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who left Home Office asylum accommodation to stay with friends and family members did not go on to receive subsistence-only support.(28416)

200Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirement exists for an asylum seeker to notify her Department of a change of address after leaving Home Office accommodation to stay with friends or family, where they are not in receipt of subsistence-only support.(28417)

201Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who left Home Office asylum accommodation without receiving subsistence-only support are recorded as whereabouts unknown.(28418)

202Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of arrangements for identifying and intervening with persistent offenders involved in (a) vehicle theft and (b) dangerous driving; and what steps she is taking to support police forces to prevent escalation in such offending.(28419)

203Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance and resources are provided to police forces on identifying, preserving and using publicly available social media content as (i) intelligence and (ii) evidence of suspected (a) vehicle theft, (b) dangerous driving and (c) other serious criminal behaviour.(28420)

204Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of arrangements for police forces to combine intelligence from (a) police records, (b) automatic number plate recognition systems and (c) publicly available information to identify and disrupt persistent vehicle-related offending.(28421)

205Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the youth justice system in reducing reoffending among children and young adults convicted of (a) vehicle theft, (b) aggravated vehicle taking and (c) dangerous driving offences.(28422)

206Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people convicted of (a) taking a motor vehicle without consent, (b) aggravated vehicle taking and (c) dangerous driving in each of the last five years were aged (i) under 18 and (ii) 18 to 24; and how many people in each category had one or more previous convictions.(28423)

207Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve the safety of police officers responding to incidents involving vehicles being driven dangerously; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) training, (b) equipment and (c) operational guidance available to officers responding to such incidents.(28424)

208Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the use by police forces of social media content posted by suspected offenders as evidence in the investigation of (a) vehicle theft, (b) dangerous driving and (c) other criminal offences.(28428)

209Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is available to police forces on the collection and preservation of social media content posted by suspected offenders for use as evidence in criminal investigations; and whether she has plans to review that guidance.(28429)

210Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with social media companies on the preservation and provision to law enforcement agencies of content depicting suspected criminal offences.(28430)

211Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on a standard letter template used by Pakistani men to falsely claim they are gay during the asylum process.(28456)

212Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer on 09 September 2026 to Question 26088 on Warships: Republic of Ireland, whether a Royal Navy vessel provided air defence support during the recent meeting of EU defence ministers in County Wicklow.(28383)

213Luke Myer (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of UK participation in the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank on (a) access to finance for UK defence manufacturers and SMEs and (b) investment in UK defence industrial capacity.(28552)

214Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department classes the Jackal as an Armoured Fighting Vehicle.(28480)

215Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what retired aircraft does his department hold which are no longer in active fleet management.(28481)

216Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to question 23117 on Air Force: Republic of Ireland, whether the Royal Air Force defends the airspace of the Republic of Ireland.(28484)

217Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to question 23015 on Veterans: Visas, what work on delivering the pledge is ongoing.(28486)

218Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 26224 on Submarines, if he will set out the meaning of the term used, namely the maturation of infrastructure.(28488)

219Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 22844 on Fleet Solid Support Ships: Weapons, what is the Royal Navy's most likely future gun solution.(28489)

220Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by when is Jonathan Simcock due to present his review to his Department.(28490)

221Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the list of key performance measures linked to the Strategic Defence Review and the Defence Investment Plan established as part of the productivity measurement framework.(28491)

222Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 22947 on Nuclear Weapons, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the National Endeavour communications campaign.(28492)

223Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 23312 on Torpedoes: Procurement, if he will publish the July 2026 review note on the Spearfish Upgrade Programme.(28493)

224Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the available funding for mounted short range air defence.(28495)

225Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 23342 on Warrior Vehicles, how many Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicles have been disposed of to date.(28498)

226Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Defence Industrial Strategy on skilled jobs and apprenticeships in Scotland.(28539)

227Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase apprenticeships in the defence sector in Scotland.(28549)

228Josh Babarinde (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the number of accessible properties that are (a) temporary accommodation (b) emergency accommodation and (c) social housing available through each local authority in the South East.(28478)

229Markus Campbell-Savours (Penrith and Solway): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the revised statutory Private Parking Code of Practice will include guidance on the fair use of ANPR technology.(28535)

230Markus Campbell-Savours (Penrith and Solway): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what sanctions the Government will have at its disposal where private parking operators do not follow the revised statutory Private Parking Code of Practice.(28536)

231Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending Class BC permitted development rights to exclude land within (a) national parks, (b) national landscapes, (c) World Heritage Sites and (d) conservation areas from the temporary recreational campsite permitted development regime.(28290)

232Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the number of accessible homes for people with disabilities in Lincolnshire.(28284)

233Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many complaints concerning Notting Hill Genesis, and its predecessor organisations Notting Hill Housing and Genesis Housing Association prior to their merger in 2018, has the Housing Ombudsman concluded in each year since 2010.(28355)

234Warinder Juss (Wolverhampton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to include a (a) clause that lays out exclusive ownership as the people being the only persons paying for maintenance of that area, regardless of who has access; and (b) mechanism by which leaseholders can expand their Right to Manage after it has been agreed in leasehold reforms.(28575)

235Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Department has made of the total expenditure incurred by local authorities in preparing for local government reorganisation prior to the decision to pause those proposals; and whether the Government plans to reimburse councils for those costs.(28615)

236Katie 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 Question17449, on MHCLG: Expenditure, for what reason the Local Authority Housing Fund expenditure was returned by the Greater London Authority to the department, and what is the total amount of GLA housing funding which has been returned to the department, including amounts which are below the threshold for transparency data.(28649)

237Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 1 September 2026, to Question 19120, on Community Relations: Tower Hamlets, what specific activities were funded through the £25,000 of departmental funding to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets via the Common Ground Resilience Fund.(28650)

238Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the written statement of 1 September 2026, HCWS299, on the Social and Affordable Homes Programme and the reinvigoration of council housebuilding, how much funding is being allocated in each year of the 2026-2030 spending period; and how much has been allocated for the second half of the programme.(28651)

239Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what are the terms of reference of the democracy review.(28652)

240Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Dear Colleague letter on Introducing No10 North, of 1 September 2026, whether the policy of devolution by default will apply to requests for devolution by (a) principal local councils and (b) town and parish councils.(28657)

241Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the council tax surcharge will be levied on HMOs not subdivided into individual dwellings; and whether there will be any exemption.(28661)

242Peter Lamb (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis is for the greater efficiency of unitary authorities compared to two-tier areas.(28580)

243James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government's decision of 7 September 2026 to withdraw the decision on local government reorganisation in Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock, whether maintaining existing local government arrangements in Essex will be considered as an option as part of the review.(28584)

244James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government's decision of 7 September 2026 to withdraw the decision on local government reorganisation in Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock, whether the review will consider the (a) three, (b) four and (c) five council model proposals for Essex.(28585)

245James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government's decision of 7 September 2026 to withdraw the decision on local government reorganisation in Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock, whether hon. Members representing Basildon and Thurrock will be able to make representations before a new decision is made.(28586)

246James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government's decision of 7 September 2026 to withdraw the decision on local government reorganisation in Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock, whether opportunities will be provided for residents of Basildon and Thurrock to make representations on revised proposals before a new decision is made.(28587)

247James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of withdrawing the decision on local government reorganisation in Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock on the financial resilience of (a) Basildon Council and (b) Thurrock Council.(28588)

248James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of withdrawing the decision on local government reorganisation in Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock on investment in housing, transport and economic growth in Basildon and Thurrock.(28589)

249James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department are taking to ensure that Basildon and Thurrock do not lose access to funding or investment opportunities while local government reorganisation is under review.(28590)

250James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government's decision of 7 September 2026 to withdraw the decision on local government reorganisation in Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock, whether any revised proposal for Essex will be required to demonstrate measurable improvements in frontline services before being approved.(28591)

251James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government's decision of 7 September 2026 to withdraw the decision on local government reorganisation in Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock, whether any revised proposal for Essex will be required to demonstrate measurable financial savings before being approved.(28592)

252James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what lessons her Department has identified from the previous process for local government reorganisation in Essex that will inform the review of the local government reorganisation programme.(28593)

253James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the statement on Local Government Reorganisation of 7 September 2026, what factors, other than legal advice received as part of the judicial review process, contributed to the decision to withdraw the decision on local government reorganisation in Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock.(28595)

254James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the statement on Local Government Reorganisation of 7 September 2026, on what date she first considered withdrawing the decision on local government reorganisation in Essex.(28596)

255James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter entitled Local government reorganisation: programme review and decisions withdrawal letter to council leaders, published on 7 September 2026, whether the Department will publish all non-privileged correspondence relating to the decision to establish five unitary authorities in Essex and the subsequent decision to withdraw that decision.(28604)

256James 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 affordability of home ownership for people aged under 35 who are in full-time employment.(28636)

257James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of whether the allocation of social housing appropriately recognises applicants who are in employment.(28637)

258James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the proportion of people aged 18 to 34 living with their parents or guardians because they cannot afford to a) purchase or b) rent independently.(28638)

259Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to local authorities in Suffolk to meet expenditure incurred in preparing for the implementation of local government reorganisation before the Government announcement on 7 September 2026.(28617)

260Steve Yemm (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking in response to the consultation on Enhanced protections for homeowners on freehold estates, which closed on 12 March 2026.(28566)

261Dr Simon Opher (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made in delivering Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts across England and Wales.(28453)

262Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought in connection with the infected blood scandal; and if he will make a statement.(28459)

263Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the risks of holding 18 year-olds for longer in the youth estate.(28462)

264Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to repurpose prisons in the female estate to house male prisoners.(28463)

265Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department (a) uses or (b) is taking steps to install rooftop solar panels on its premises.(28282)

266David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission was consulted prior to the announcement of the cancellation of unitary elections in May 2027.(28434)

267David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission provides on whether Commonwealth citizens can stand for election to (a) Parliament and (b) local government, and what are the necessary qualifications in terms of leave to remain.(28435)

268Rosie Duffield (Canterbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential cost of providing compensation to victims affected by sodium valproate.(28379)

269Ayoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs will take to verify whether goods imported from Israel originate in settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, following the announcement of sanctions on 8 September 2026.(28612)

270Douglas Lumsden (Aberdeen South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the First Minister of Scotland’s Programme for Government statement on 1 September 2026 that he would seek to identify new powers that could be quickly devolved to the Scottish Parliament, whether his Department (a) has undertaken and (b) plans to undertake modelling of the fiscal and economic effects of devolving additional powers; and whether he plans to publish any such modelling.(28634)

271Douglas Lumsden (Aberdeen South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs’ planned further analysis of the Scottish taxpaying population will include the effect of intra-UK taxpayer migration on (a) Scottish Income Tax receipts and (b) UK Government tax receipts.(28635)

272David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Public Works Loan Board is a non-discretionary lender; and what consideration has been given to the potential merits of it assessing the purpose of a municipal loan application.(28444)

273David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the First Time Buyer ISA: Consultation, updated 29 June 2026, for what reason the pension saving option has been removed from the First Time Buyer ISA successor scheme which replaces the Lifetime ISA.(28445)

274David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether VAT is charged by HMRC on the overnight visitor levy set by councils in (a) Wales and (b) Scotland.(28446)

275David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether residential asylum accommodation will be liable for the council tax surcharge.(28447)

276David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC Research Programme: Updated July 2026, published in August 2026, entry: Tax Reliefs, Ref: 2324TRE04, Evaluation of tax reliefs intended to support house building, which organisation is undertaking the research, what are the terms of reference, and what is the timetable for the research to be completed.(28448)

277David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the No10 press release entitled "Burnham means business: PM slashes business rates bills for pubs, clubs and live music venues", of 23 July 2026, and the pledge to fully fund the reduction in business rates, whether there will be £100 million of increases in business rates by reducing reliefs.(28449)

278David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Valuation Office Agency annual report and accounts 2025-26, July 2026, p.22, if he will list each of the individual datasets use for the data collection and sales verification.(28450)

279David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026, to Question 5344, on Council Tax: Surcharges, whether the powers of officers appointed by the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to undertake valuations for the new council tax surcharge will use the Local Government Finance Act 1992 as their statutory basis, or whether the Government intends to legislate to provide additional powers.(28451)

280David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2026, to Question 22095, on Urban Areas: Planning Permission, whether the new positive contribution will apply to (a) all businesses, and all business rate reliefs, or (b) only Retail, Hospitality and Leisure businesses.(28452)

281Cat Smith (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has costed compensation for people impacted by sodium valproate.(28343)

282Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of workers who benefited from the increase in the National Living Wage in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency.(28542)

283Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 112 of his Department's annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC 424, published on 15 July 2026, what number and percentage of staff have declared whether they are from a lower socio-economic background.(28326)

284Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 111 of his Department's annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC 424,published on 15 July 2026, what is the methodological definition of a diverse ethnic background; and whether this includes (a) white Irish and (b) white Travellers.(28327)

285Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department (a) uses or (b) plans to install rooftop solar panels on its premises.(28281)

286Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Cardiff West): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what measures are the government taking to ensure employers are taking a proactive and preventative approach to protecting their employees from workplace sexual harassment.(28558)

287Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, Further to the written ministerial statement, Driving Opportunity in Every Postcode, 9 September 2026, HCWS322, what is the timetable for the commencement of the Social-Economic Duty.(28378)

288Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure autism in girls does not go unmissed.(28323)

Questions for Answer on Monday 14 September

Questions for Written Answer

1 NJosh Fenton-Glynn (Calder Valley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps she is taking to ensure a joined-up response to preventing avoidable deaths due to drowning.(28616)

2 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which government Department will be responsible for managing the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA).(28472)

3 NMike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2026, to Question 13827, on Cabinet Office: Marketing, and with reference to the Cabinet Office press release, Government-branded merchandise and away days banned, 6 April 2025, for what reason (a) branded t-shirts were purchased by the Government People Group and (b) t-shirts were purchased for a diversity network; and what the branding was on each of the t-shirts.(28331)

4 NMike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2026, to Question 13827, on Cabinet Office: Marketing, what was the multinational event.(28332)

5 NMike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 13827 on Cabinet Office: Marketing, whether the expenditure on diversity t-shirts was approved by a Minister under the EDI external expenditure process.(28334)

6 NMike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who are the members of the external advisory panel for the review into the organisation of the Civil Service.(28338)

7 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many foundation apprenticeships have expanded into the hospitality sector in the first three months since it's introduction in April 2026.(28287)

8 NAnn Davies (Caerfyrddin): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism’s quarterly pricing of fertiliser imports on the stability of the fertiliser market.(28562)

9 NGraeme Downie (Dunfermline and Dollar): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what engagement her Department has had with the Scottish Youth Parliament on the proposed under-16s social media ban.(28639)

10 NGraeme Downie (Dunfermline and Dollar): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to engage with (a) children and young people and (b) parents in the development and implementation of the proposed under-16s social media ban.(28642)

11 NGraeme Downie (Dunfermline and Dollar): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department (a) has undertaken or (b) plans to undertake a Children's Rights Impact Assessment of the proposed under-16s social media ban.(28644)

12 NGraeme Downie (Dunfermline and Dollar): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve digital literacy amongst children and young people in relation to the proposed under-16s social media ban.(28645)

13 NCarla Denyer (Bristol Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her planned timetable is to determine the Rosebank and Jackdaw development application decisions.(28523)

14 NCarla Denyer (Bristol Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department plans to establish an industrial strategy to support the North Sea oil and gas supply chain to diversify into future industries.(28524)

15 NCarla Denyer (Bristol Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will provide funding to effectively support the futureproofing of North Sea oil and gas ports.(28525)

16 NCarla Denyer (Bristol Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed Rosebank oil field development on the UK’s obligations under international humanitarian law.(28526)

17 NDr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has held any recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on (a) offshore oil and gas exploration in the waters around the Falkland Islands and (b) the Foreign Secretary’s statutory consent role for petroleum licences in the Falkland Islands.(28400)

18 NDr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has held any recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on Falkland Islanders' right to self-determination in decisions relating to offshore oil and gas exploration.(28401)

19 NDr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has provided advice to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on the granting of future petroleum exploration licences in the Falkland Islands, in the context of the Foreign Secretary’s statutory consent role in the last five years.(28402)

20 NMary Glindon (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Clean Industry Bonus in Allocation Round 7 on offshore wind foundation structure manufacturers in the UK.(28311)

21 NMary Glindon (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will provide a list of (a) successful applicants for the Clean Industry Bonus in Allocation Round 7, (b) the monetary value of each award and (c) a breakdown of the proposals by investment type.(28312)

22 NMary Glindon (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to strengthen offshore wind foundation structure supply chains.(28313)

23 NGraham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when clean community energy companies will be able to sell directly to households and businesses through the Local Power Plan.(28581)

24 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 impact of the rollout of the Local Power Plan on local trading from community energy schemes to homes and businesses.(28582)

25 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much her Department spent on external communications in each of the last three financial years.(28386)

26 NImogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the number of former mineworkers and dependants in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency impacted by the return of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme investment reserve.(28537)

27 NImogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress her Department has made on the implementation of the electricity-bill discount scheme for households living near (a) new and (b) substantially upgraded transmission infrastructure.(28541)

28 NBarry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to answer Question 25949.(28279)

29 NBarry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to answer Question 26883.(28280)

30 NGraeme Downie (Dunfermline and Dollar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the economic cost to the UK economy of the closure of a major UK airport for (a) one hour and (b) one day.(28670)

31 NRebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2026 to Question 17399 on Railways: Trespass, how many of the 65,540 trespass incidents recorded by the British Transport Police occurred in each financial year from 2021-22 to 2025-26.(28578)

32 NRebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2026 to Question 14997 on Railways: Standards, how many (a) scheduled train services and (b) station calls have been removed from planned timetables since 5 July 2024, broken down by train operating company.(28579)

33 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the fitness for purpose of the National Air Traffic Services.(28475)

34 NImogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to tackle the dangerous driving of illegally modified e-bikes on public roads.(28540)

35 NAnn Davies (Caerfyrddin): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 100,000 jobs announced on 8 September 2026 in the joint statement with the British Retail Consortium are expected to be created in Wales.(28560)

36 NAnn Davies (Caerfyrddin): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the 8 September announcement in partnership with the British Retail Consortium on rural unemployment levels in Wales.(28561)

37 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 100,000 jobs for young people by the end of the Parliament are expected to be (a) new jobs, (b) existing vacancies, (c) temporary jobs and (d) permanent jobs.(28468)

38 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a breakdown of Opening Shift placements by retailer, region and constituency.(28471)

39 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Driving Licence Disqualifications his Department has applied for against debtors refusing to repay funds despite having the means since the passage of the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025.(28473)

40 NDr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Band 5 physiotherapist posts were vacant in NHS trusts in England on the most recent date for which figures are available.(28357)

41 NDr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has assessed the adequacy of the number of Band 5 physiotherapist posts in the NHS relative to the number of physiotherapy graduates each year.(28358)

42 NDr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure physiotherapy staffing levels are maintained at current levels in NHS trusts.(28359)

43 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2026 to Question 128045, when does she expect to receive the final outcome report from the Multi Speciality Recruitment Assessment process.(28286)

44 NTessa Munt (Wells and Mendip Hills): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to her answer to written parliamentary question 19983, which department or body holds the patient data recorded using the four categories of severity for myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome that the SNOMED CT codes recognise, namely (a) mild (SCTID: 377181000000104), (b) moderate (SCTID: 377171000000101), (c) severe (SCTID: 377161000000108) and (d) very severe (SCTID: 2897971000000106).(28306)

45 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department and the MHRA are taking to enforce restrictions on the advertising of cannabis-based products for medicinal use on social media.(28388)

46 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she considers the volume of prescriptions issued for cannabis-based products for medicinal use to be consistent with patient safety.(28389)

47 NBob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he had with his Israeli counterpart before the announcement of sanctions on Israel on 8 September 2026.(28295)

48 NDr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Minister for International Development's contribution in response to the hon. Member for Hinckley and Bosworth during the Oral Statement of 8 September 2026 on Falkland Islands: Sovereignty, Official Report, column 877, what steps he is taking to ensure the Falkland Islanders' right to self-determination in relation to offshore oil and gas exploration.(28399)

49 NAlicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many new allegations of (a) torture and (b) mistreatment were received by his Department in relation to British nationals in 2025.(28403)

50 NAlicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many new allegations of (a) torture and (b) mistreatment were received by his Department in relation to British nationals in 2025, broken down by country and region.(28404)

51 NAlicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Hong Kong authorities on the conviction of Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan for incitement to subversion following their commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.(28405)

52 NBen Lake (Ceredigion Preseli): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help Syria develop local governance and security structures.(28380)

53 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what lessons from the operation of existing large asylum accommodation sites have been applied to the assessment of proposals for the use of Site A at MoD Bicester.(28576)

54 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to publish the assessment on which her Department based it's statement with regards to the expansion of Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre that the investment will deliver "value for money for the taxpayer".(28662)

55 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the modelling used by her Department in assessing future demand for immigration detention places, including projected occupancy on the expansion of Campsfield and Haslar Immigration Removal Centres, by category of detainee.(28667)

56 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the value for money of the proposed use of Site A at MOD Bicester for asylum accommodation; and what alternative options were considered as part of that assessment.(28672)

57 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has she made in working with colleagues in the Ministry of Defence to waive applicable fees for Indefinite Leave to Remain for the spouses and children or current and former personnel who have served for more than four years.(28485)

58 NChris Philp (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders, sentenced to less than a year in prison, were in the community as at June 2026.(28351)

59 NChris Philp (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders were convicted of any criminal offence but not sentenced to prison, broken down by offence type, in the year ending June 2026.(28352)

60 NChris Philp (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 26942 on Asylum: Sponsorship, when the cap on the new community sponsorship scheme will be announced.(28353)

61 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2026, to question 7772 on HMS Bulwark: Sales, with reference to the Press Release HMS Bulwark to transfer to Brazilian Navy as UK turns to future of amphibious ships, whether the sale of HMS Bulwark to the Brazilian Navy reflects a net return against the constructive loss of £428,459,000 made during the write-down of the remaining value of the Albion-class vessels detailed in the Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25.(28479)

62 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what type of white fleet vehicles are held in storage at MOD Ashchurch.(28487)

63 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 23368 on Guided Weapons, which proposed platform's estimated costs exceeded available funding.(28494)

64 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 23423 on Challenger Tanks, on what dates were each of the three Challenger 2 tanks disposed of.(28497)

65 NSteve Witherden (Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British armed forces officers are currently studying or training in Israel.(28568)

66 NSteve Witherden (Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to state the value of contracts awarded by his department to a) Elbit Systems, and b) Rafael, broken down for each year since 2020.(28569)

67 NCalum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what business cases or other internal approvals are required before a final decision can be made on proposals to use Site A at MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation; and whether any such approvals have yet been obtained.(28577)

68 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many community sentences were breached in the past two years, including how they were breached, what the outcome of the breach was, and how many of those who breached their community sentence were sent to prison.(28461)

69 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisoners convicted of buggery under the 1956 Sexual Offences Act are eligible for early release.(28464)

70 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a breakdown of the index offences of serving prisoners who were given Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences and have been recalled to prison.(28465)

71 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisoners who have assaulted a prison guard remain eligible for early release, and how many prisoners set to be released in the first ten tranches have previously assaulted a prison guard.(28466)

72 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to provide a breakdown of how many band 3-5 prison officers had at least five years service in HMPPS at the end of the last three financial years.(28467)

73 NBob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the announcement of sanctions on Israel on 8 September 2026.(28294)

74 NJim Allister (North Antrim): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC's letter of 21 August 2026 (ref CEDEL/4628028/2026), whether he plans to commission an assessment of the impact of the Republic of Ireland's agricultural VAT flat-rate scheme on Northern Ireland producers.(28654)

75 NJim Allister (North Antrim): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC (a) holds or (b) has at any time held, a copy of the Revenue Commissioners’ report entitled Operation of the Flat-Rate Addition Scheme for Farmers in the Poultry Industry, published July 2019.(28656)

76 NJim Allister (North Antrim): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HMRC has made of the potential impact of over-compensation in the Republic of Ireland’s flat-rate farmer scheme on Northern Ireland producers competing in the same market.(28658)

77 NJim Allister (North Antrim): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HMRC has made of the potential impact of the judgment of the Court of Justice of 12 October 2017 in Case C-262/16 on the operation of agricultural flat-rate schemes on the island of Ireland.(28659)

78 NJim Allister (North Antrim): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC’s letter of 21 August 2026 (ref. CEDEL/4628028/2026), on what date the Government became aware of the review undertaken by the Irish authorities referred to in the second paragraph of that reply, and through what channel that information was received.(28660)

79 NDame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he can list the names of the firms HMRC uses for Debt Collection as at today's date.(28307)

80 NDame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he plans to request an updated OBR Assessment of the impact on the UK economy of ending Tax Free Shopping.(28308)

81 NDame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have lost access to Tax-Free Childcare when their income reached £100,000 in each tax year since the scheme was introduced.(28309)

82 NDame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of forestalling that occurred with Capital Gains Tax in the 2024-25 financial year.(28310)

83 NAnn Davies (Caerfyrddin): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to developing a UK-wide resilience fund to financially support farmers with (a) the impact of extreme weather, (b) cases of bluetongue and (c) input costs such as fertiliser.(28563)

84 NAnn Davies (Caerfyrddin): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support farmers with the cost of fertiliser.(28564)

85 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Note 8. Purchase of Goods, Services and Other Expenditure on page 177 of the Whole of Government Accounts 2022-3, if she will provide a breakdown of expenditure in the financial years in (a) 2022/3 and (b) 2021/2 for (i) the category entitled Other in the Central government section by government department and (ii) the category entitled Other in the Public Corporations section by relevant body.(28387)

86 NImogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) access to cash and (b) the level of cash acceptance in towns and rural communities in Scotland.(28546)

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 15 September

Questions for Written Answer

1 NMr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Cabinet Office has made of the average cost to businesses of preparing social value responses when bidding for central government contracts under the Social Value Model set out in Procurement Policy Note 002.(28665)

2 NRuth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the UK - Faroe Islands free trade agreement to encourage his Faroese counterparts to ban dolphin hunting.(28391)

3 NRuth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he has plans to introduce a standing agenda item on dolphin hunting at future meetings of the Joint Committee established under the UK - Faeroe Island Free Trade Agreement.(28392)

4 NMr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the potential value to UK exporters of resolving the market access barriers recorded on the Digital Market Access Service in the 2025-26 financial year.(28646)

5 NMr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact on trade in pound sterling of publishing a sector by sector summary of each trade deal that the UK has signed, including a guide for businesses on how to take full advantage of the potential merits of said deal.(28647)

6 NMr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact on the value of UK exports in pound sterling of removing all of the market access barriers reported to his Department in 2025/2026.(28648)

7 NRuth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with Cabinet Colleagues regarding introducing animal welfare conditions within the UK - Faroe Islands Free Trade Agreement.(28393)

8 NMary Glindon (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of the Autumn Budget regarding funding to uprate the value of Bereavement Support Payment.(28314)

9 NDr Neil Hudson (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £27,693,000 allocated to Barts Health NHS Trust through the Estates Safety Fund has been allocated to Whipps Cross Hospital.(28432)

10 NDr Neil Hudson (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when will (a) Princess Alexandra Hospital and (b) Whipps Cross Hospital receive their allocations from the Estates Safety Fund.(28433)

11 NDave Doogan (Angus and Perthshire Glens): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Oral Statement of 8 September 2026 on Israel and Palestine, Official Report, columns 879-884, if he will set out how he will monitor the effectiveness of his sanctions to help tackle illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.(28394)

12 NAlicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Republika Srpska entity’s leadership over the arrest and questioning of twenty-six individuals associated with the Srebrenica Memorial Centre.(28408)

13 NAlicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he has taken following the arrest and questioning of twenty-six individuals associated with the Srebrenica Memorial Centre.(28409)

14 NAyoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the criteria for sanctions relating to settlement expansion will include involvement in (a) allocating land, (b) approving settlement plans, (c) approving the regularisation of outposts and (d) providing infrastructure for settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.(28594)

15 NAyoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will assess the potential benefits of imposing sanctions on Israeli public bodies exercising functions relating to the planning, financing or expansion of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.(28597)

16 NAyoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Israeli public officials involved in decisions to approve, finance or facilitate settlement expansion in the Occupied Palestinian Territory will be capable of designation under the proposed settlement sanctions regime.(28598)

17 NAyoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the provision of financial services for the construction or expansion of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory will be a criterion for designation under the proposed settlement sanctions regime.(28599)

18 NAyoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Israeli state-owned companies and contractors providing infrastructure or other services that facilitate settlement expansion in the Occupied Palestinian Territory will be capable of falling within the scope of the proposed settlement sanctions regime.(28600)

19 NDr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many complaints concerning Notting Hill Genesis, and its predecessor organisations Notting Hill Housing and Genesis Housing Association prior to their merger in 2018, has the Housing Ombudsman received in each year since 2010.(28354)

20 NLara Bird (Arbroath and Broughty Ferry): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Scotland Act to provide that a referendum be arranged in the situation where there is a consensus in Scotland for independence.(28673)

21 NMr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Transformation Roadmap Update 2026, what the current percentage is of HMRC interactions with tax agents that take place digitally, against the target of 90% by 2030.(28653)

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

1Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): Whether he plans to proceed with the legislative proposals in the Courts and Tribunals Bill to restrict trial by jury.(901359)

2Brian Leishman (Alloa and Grangemouth): What recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a Royal Commission on the criminal justice system.(901360)

3Stuart Andrew (Daventry): What progress his Department has made on replacing the water main serving the Onley Park Estate.(901361)

4Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): Whether he has set a target for the number of foreign national offenders in prison who will be deported.(901362)

5Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth): What steps his Department has taken to increase the size of the probation workforce.(901363)

6Sadik Al-Hassan (North Somerset): What steps he is taking to help tackle AI-based violence against women and girls crime in online spaces.(901364)

7Mike Reader (Northampton South): What steps he is taking to increase the speed of the delivery of the Rapid Deployment Cells Programme.(901365)

8Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): What steps he is taking to help tackle AI-based violence against women and girls crime in online spaces.(901366)

9Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): What steps his Department is taking with the coronial system to tackle delays in coroner decisions.(901367)

10Chris Murray (Edinburgh East and Musselburgh): What steps his Department is taking to use digital technology to improve prisons' processes.(901368)

11Monica Harding (Esher and Walton): What steps he is taking to improve programmes that reduce reoffending.(901369)

12Alison Hume (Scarborough and Whitby): What assessment he has made of the risks to children and families from the use of unregulated child contact centres.(901370)

13Laura Kyrke-Smith (Aylesbury): What steps he is taking to review Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences.(901371)

14Steve Witherden (Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr): What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle youth offending.(901372)

15Alex McIntyre (Gloucester): What steps his Department has taken to reduce youth reoffending.(901373)

16Chris Vince (Harlow): What steps his Department is taking to help tackle aggressive bailiffs.(901374)

17Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam): What steps he is taking to help tackle backlogs at Croydon Crown Court.(901375)

18Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): What steps he has taken to ensure the equitable regional distribution of residential properties used by the Probation Service during the early release scheme.(901376)

19Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree): What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure prisoners released under the early release scheme do not become homeless.[R] (901377)

20Joe Morris (Hexham): What steps his Department is taking to help tackle violence against women and girls.(901378)

21Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What recent estimate his Department has made of the number of children with a parent in prison.(901379)

22Richard Foord (Honiton and Sidmouth): What steps he is taking to improve programmes that reduce reoffending.(901380)

23Cat Eccles (Stourbridge): What steps he is taking through penalties to help tackle the sale of illegal tobacco and vapes.(901381)

24Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): What progress he has made on bringing forward legislative proposals on litigation funding agreements.(901382)

25Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): What steps he is taking to ensure that local residents are adequately considered in the construction of the new prison adjacent to HMP Grendon.(901383)

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

T 1Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.(901384)

T 2Josh Fenton-Glynn (Calder Valley): (901385)

T 3David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): (901386)

T 4Alison Hume (Scarborough and Whitby): (901387)

T 5Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): (901388)

T 6Wendy Chamberlain (North East Fife): (901389)

T 7Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Gateshead South): (901390)

T 8Danny Beales (Uxbridge and South Ruislip): (901391)

T 9Alistair Strathern (Hitchin): (901392)

T 10Edward Morello (West Dorset): (901393)

Questions for Answer on Monday 12 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 NMrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Gateshead South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has costed compensation for victims of sodium valproate and pelvic mesh.(28289)

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 21 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 NManuela Perteghella (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, why pitch fee reviews for residential park homes are linked to the Consumer Prices Index through legislation, while equivalent protections do not apply to holiday park homes; and whether she has considered introducing similar statutory protections for holiday park home owners.(28534)