Questions Tabled

Published – Tuesday 15 September 2026

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 15 September

Questions for Written Answer

1Amanda Martin (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to support women in the workplace with flexible working.[Transferred] (29283)

2Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to question 23165 on Breakfast Clubs: Huntingdon, which three primary schools in the Huntingdon constituency are currently providing free breakfast clubs.[Transferred] (29227)

3Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to question 23165 on Breakfast Clubs: Huntingdon, which schools in the Huntingdon constituency are planned to be added to tranches in 2027 and 2028 and how will they be allocated.[Transferred] (29228)

4 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of access to freshwater sources as a nationally developed capability for use in aerial firefighting.[Transferred] (28976)

5Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the three-year UK residency requirement for apprenticeships on British citizens who have lived overseas due to parental employment, and whether she plans to review this policy.[Transferred] (29141)

6Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many British citizens born in the UK have not been able to access apprenticeship programmes in each of the last five years due to the three-year residency rule, and what steps she is taking to address this.[Transferred] (29142)

7Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review apprenticeship funding rules to ensure that British citizens who did not choose to live abroad, but did so due to parental employment, have adequate access to training opportunities.[Transferred] (29143)

8Dr Zubir Ahmed (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits for reducing the normal pension age for ambulance workers under the NHS Pension Scheme to bring it into line with the retirement age for police and fire service workers.[Transferred] (29271)

9Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance is issued to Victim Liaison Officers regarding interactions between victims’ families and journalists, broadcasters, social media platforms and public relations advisers.[Transferred] (29249)

10Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to question 27061 on Defence: Finance, what public spending has been reprioritised within the £10.3 billion.[Transferred] (29232)

11Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether organisations classified as by and for service providers are required to accept referrals from persons who do not share the protected characteristics of the group for whom the service is primarily designed.[Transferred] (29248)

12Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to issue further guidance to retailers and security contractors clarifying that employees' personal, cultural, or religious beliefs regarding dogs do not justify denying access to a disabled person accompanied by an assistance dog protected under the Equality Act 2010.[Transferred] (29250)

Questions for Answer on Monday 12 October

Questions for Written Answer

1John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Attorney General, what the average percentage attendance rate was of assigned Government Legal Department staff at 3 New Bailey, Salford in the most recent working week for which figures are available as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(29647)

2Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Attorney General, what redress is available to victims where repeated administrative errors by the Crown Prosecution Service result in a criminal trial being postponed on multiple occasions; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of such delays on access to justice for elderly and seriously ill victims.(29660)

3Alex Brewer (North East Hampshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the period of time between announcing the Emergency Alert of 14 August 2025 to the public and the alert itself being issued.(29797)

4Alex Brewer (North East Hampshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment her Department made of the risk that alerts could expose survivors of domestic abuse relying on a concealed phone to seek help prior to issuing the Emergency Alert of 14 August 2026; and what prior engagement took place with domestic abuse charities on that risk.(29807)

5Alex Brewer (North East Hampshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria her Department applies in distinguishing between the use of Emergency Alerts to (a) warn of danger that is imminent and (b) help prevent a serious incident from occurring.(29809)

6Alex Brewer (North East Hampshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data her Department holds on the national opt-out rate from Emergency Alerts; and what estimate she has made of the number of mobile phone users successfully reached by the alert of 14 August 2025.(29810)

7Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Number 10 North on the constituency of Broxbourne.(29594)

8Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much her Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.(29353)

9Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.(29356)

10Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23232 on Defence and National Security, what outputs from the Home Defence Programme have been used to raise public awareness of the national conversation.(29708)

11Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will update the Civil Contingencies Act to reflect the changing nature of mass communication in a time of war.(29383)

12Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 22721 on Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions, whether the £9.9 million being withheld will be paid to Capita, regardless of the time taken to make payment to eligible recipients.(29711)

13Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 22721 on Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions, whether entitled persons whose payments are delayed will be paid (a) compensation for the distress caused by delayed payment and (b) interest on the payment for the period of delay.(29712)

14Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much money has been withheld for contracts with Capita across all Departments since the company took over administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme; and if she will outline what penalties can be levied against the company for delivery failures.(29713)

15Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of legal safeguards governing the development and deployment of the most capable artificial intelligence systems; and what plans she has to introduce additional legally enforceable safeguards.(29804)

16Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of whistleblowing protections in enabling employees of artificial intelligence developers to report concerns about potentially serious safety and security failures.(29805)

17 NDerek Twigg (Widnes and Halewood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data her Department holds on how many people in Widnes and Halewood constituency died from lung cancer each year since 2020.[Transferred] (29100)

18Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20901 on Prime Minister: WhatsApp, and with reference to the Cabinet Office guidance, Non-Corporate Communication Channels for Government Business, 30 March 2023, whether substantive communications by the Prime Minister with representatives of foreign governments are deemed to be (a) SECRET or TOP SECRET or (b) OFFICIAL: Significant information and/or Information with additional marking requiring protective controls or behaviours.(29407)

19Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to Question 20752, and of 2 April 2025, to Question 51650, on Information Rights User Group, for what reason the Information Rights User Group has not been convened under the current Government, and in what way the Government plans to promote best practice on the Freedom of Information Act.(29417)

20Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026, to Question 18045, on Lord Mandelson, whether information published in the Government’s response to the Humble Address was previously deleted information obtained from restoring tape backups.(29418)

21Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office policy statement, Rewiring the State – Cabinet Statement, of 31 July 2026, whether strategic authority mayors will be able to cut (a) income taxes, (b) business rates or (c) council tax, using the revenues from locally-retained central government taxes.(29419)

22Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026, to Question 18050, on Cabinet Office: Greater London, and with reference to the Cabinet Office transparency data, Monthly Average HQ Building Occupancy, updated 27 August 2026, what was the Cabinet Office HQ monthly average HQ occupancy, for (a) April, (b) May and (c) June, expressed as percentage of employees working in the HQ building compared to the number of assigned staff, rather than compared to the building desk capacity.(29420)

23Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place a copy of the letter she sent to all Departments on the new procurement rules; if she will place copies of the responses received from Departments in the Library concerning (a) the top 10 UK suppliers with high growth potential they were asked to identify and (b) the top three non-fiscal blockers to growth they were asked to identify.(29421)

24Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to Question 20561, on 10 Downing Street: Flag, what was the last year in which the NATO flag was flown from 10 Downing Street on NATO day.(29422)

25Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the policy of this Administration on (a) incumbent and (b) newly joined special advisers continuing to hold shares or share options in consultant lobbying companies.(29423)

26Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to Question 20940, on 10 Downing Street: Artworks, and with reference to paragraphs 233-234 of the Cabinet Office Guide to Parliamentary Work, if she will provide a relevant hyperlink to the Government Art Collection website that shows which artworks have been removed.(29424)

27Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to Question 24132, on Cabinet Office: Equality, whether Armed Forces Day was recognised and marked in a similar way by the Cabinet Office in 2025.(29425)

28Andrew Cooper (Mid Cheshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the development of AI being voluntarily slowed until the impact on job losses, cyber-security and RSI is fully assessed and the potential benefits of AI are maximised whilst minimising the risks.(29656)

29Graeme Downie (Dunfermline and Dollar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with retailers on the marketing of e-scooters to children and young people.(29693)

30Catherine Fookes (Monmouthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to help ensure Royal Mail delivers letters to vulnerable people in a timely manner.(29737)

31Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether pavement delivery robots are intended to be among the first uses of the sandboxing powers in the Regulating for Growth Bill; and what parliamentary scrutiny will apply to individual sandboxes established under those powers.(29826)

32Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how much his Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.(29354)

33Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.(29355)

34Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has considered developing a single Government-backed digital service to enable small exporters to calculate the landed cost of goods sold to customers in the EU, including applicable customs duties, VAT and rules of origin requirements.(29538)

35Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has considered making Government-held customs, tariff and rules of origin information available through an API for integration into ecommerce platforms used by small exporters.(29539)

36Chris Law (Dundee Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he is seeking the reinstatement of tariff rate quotas in any future UK-Canada trade agreement.(29426)

37Chris Law (Dundee Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to seek an interim arrangement with Canada to address tariff quota-related trade disruptions before the conclusion of a comprehensive trade agreement.(29427)

38Chris Law (Dundee Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to visit Canada in the next six months.(29428)

39Chris Law (Dundee Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the strategic importance of a future UK-Canada trade agreement; and whether he has set a timetable for determining the next phase of UK-Canada trade relations.(29429)

40Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the response to the Statutory review of the Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator: 2022 – 2026, what consideration his Department gave to introducing a guest beer right for tied pub tenants.(29785)

41Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what legislative steps his Department plans to take against major technology companies following the expiry of the deadline for tech firms to introduce device-level nudity-blocking technology on children's smartphones and tablets.(29624)

42Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what support his Department is providing to workers affected by the reduction of roles at Jaguar Land Rover.(29625)

43Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Jaguar Land Rover's job cuts on automotive (a) supply chain businesses and (b) logistics operations in (i) Mercia Park and (ii) the East Midlands.(29626)

44Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to safeguard engineering and advanced manufacturing jobs in (a) Leicester and (b) Leicestershire.(29627)

45Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to maintain the competitiveness of UK car manufacturing in the context of industrial electricity costs and Zero Emission Vehicle mandate targets.(29628)

46Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what lessons his Department has learned from the Competition and Markets Authority's 2025 final decision report on cloud services.(29814)

47Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of public sector software licensing and cloud computing costs since the publication of the Competition and Markets Authority's 2025 final decision report on cloud services.(29815)

48Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the Competition and Markets Authority releases a public roadmap for its Strategic Market Status investigation into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem; and how his Department is supporting the timely completion of that investigation.(29816)

49Michelle Scrogham (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the proposed compensation scheme for family members affected by the Post Office Horizon scandal will allow eligibility for compensation to be determined on the basis of the impact experienced and support provided by family members, rather than solely on whether they were living in the same household as the affected individual at the relevant time.(29591)

50Michelle Scrogham (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of household-based eligibility criteria on family members who provided substantial emotional, practical or caring support to victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal while living separately from them.(29592)

51Michelle Scrogham (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the compensation scheme for family members affected by the Post Office Horizon scandal is fair and accessible to those who experienced mental health, financial or social impacts as a result of the treatment of a family member.(29593)

52Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of transit charges on commercial vessels using international waterways on (a) UK importers and exporters and (b) supply chain costs.(29503)

53Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 26080, whether the Department has requested a timetable from the Competition and Markets Authority for it to respond to CAMRA’s request.(29472)

54Euan Stainbank (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many companies with a primary Standard Industrial Classification of 08 (other mining and quarrying) entered insolvency in the United Kingdom in each year since 2018.(29857)

55Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what meetings (a) Global Counsel and (b) Duolingo have had with Investment Ministers since July 2024.(29414)

56Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 20 July 2026, to Question 18825, on Unite, whether there is a planned timetable for the conclusion of the investigation.(29415)

57Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2026, to Question 20505, on Roman Abramovich, whether the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation under the Russian sanctions regime has permitted any licences which allow for (a) public relations or (b) public affairs expenditure.(29416)

58Monica Harding (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has considered extending the VAT exemption on repair works to listed places of worship.(29780)

59Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.(29352)

60Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the geographical distribution of Arts Council England funding to the arts and dance sector.(29686)

61Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that arts organisations based in Cornwall have access to national portfolio funding.(29687)

62Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what comparative assessment her Department has made of levels of Arts Council England funding between (a) Cornwall and (b) other parts of England.(29688)

63Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the location of an arts organisation does not disadvantage its access to national portfolio funding.(29689)

64 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to stop the use and depiction of (a) actual and (b) doll babies in explicit pornographic online content.(29694)

65Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the Rugby Football Union on reducing lower league rugby club's travel costs by introducing a fourth national rugby league for the Midlands area.(29378)

66Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with Sport England on supporting local rugby clubs to offer safe, single sex changing areas and toilet facilities to encourage more women and girls to play rugby.(29379)

67Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will ask Sport England to help local sports clubs introduce revenue raising activities in their facilities to become more financially resilient and self-sufficient.(29380)

68Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking through the National Youth Strategy to support local authorities in England to meet their duty to provide safe and accessible spaces for young people outside school hours.(29764)

69Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of greyhound racing on (a) the local economy and (b) community sporting provision in Romford constituency.(29370)

70Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the Department is doing to support grassroots cycling clubs.(29773)

71Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to distinguish between licensed adult gaming centres and illegal gambling activity.(29471)

72James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to set out further details on funding for lidos.(29521)

73James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria the Government is using to define a “trustworthy news provider” in the Media Green Paper’s proposals on news prominence on social media platforms.(29522)

74James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of state involvement in determining which news providers are “trustworthy” on editorial independence and press freedom.(29523)

75James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has received representations from international counterparts on the Media Green Paper’s proposal to require social media platforms to make news content from public service media and “trustworthy” news providers more prominent.(29524)

76James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what conditions must be met before a Digital Terrestrial Television switch-off in 2034 can proceed.(29525)

77James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of a 2034 Digital Terrestrial Television switch-off on older and disabled viewers and people living in rural areas.(29526)

78James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what public information activity is expected ahead of a Digital Terrestrial Television switch-off decision.(29527)

79James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to publish a White Paper setting out policy decisions for the next BBC Royal Charter.(29528)

80James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the Media Act 2024.(29529)

81James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act 2023 in protecting children and adults online.(29530)

82James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the latest estimated percentage is of premises with access to gigabit-capable broadband, and how this compares with the Government’s 99% by 2032 target under Project Gigabit.(29531)

83James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, where the 40 government-funded mast upgrades to be delivered as part of the Shared Rural Network before January 2027 are located.(29532)

84James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential effectiveness of the commercial rollout in filling remaining coverage gaps once the Shared Rural Network programme ends in January 2027.(29533)

85James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list for each regional Project Gigabit contract agreed the (i) value (ii) date signed (iii) the number of premises to be connected and deadline for completion of rollout and (iv) number of premises connected to date.(29534)

86Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of the school workforce that is neurodivergent.(29749)

87Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to amend the School Workforce Census to capture neurodivergence as a category distinct from disability.(29750)

88Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include data on the neurodivergent and disabled composition of the school workforce within the evidence base for the (a) SEND Improvement Plan and (b) forthcoming Schools White Paper.(29751)

89Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of neurodivergent staff representation and disclosure on outcomes for neurodivergent pupils in mainstream schools.(29752)

90Andrew Cooper (Mid Cheshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce the attainment gap between children on Free School Meals and their peers.(29654)

91Andrew Cooper (Mid Cheshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce mortality rates amongst young adults who have recently left the care system.(29655)

92Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, under what circumstances may an Ofsted inspection outcome be amended or downgraded by people who did not visit during a school inspection.(29501)

93 NJonathan Davies (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to announce the awarding of the contract for the operation of the National Centre for Arts and Music Education.(29845)

94Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools to recruit and train staff to deliver wraparound childcare, particularly where roles involve split and part-time-only working patterns.(29657)

95Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department provides to schools to (a) collaborate and (b) cluster to deliver wraparound childcare where individual schools are unable to provide adequate capacity.(29658)

96Samantha Dixon (Chester North and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will assess the potential merits of increasing places available on the educational psychology funded training (EPFT) scheme.(29577)

97Damien Egan (Bristol North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what alternatives to the current formula for calculating interest rates for Plan 2 student loans are under consideration by her Department.(29578)

98Damien Egan (Bristol North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government is taking steps to expand access to apprenticeships specifically among young people from white working-class backgrounds.(29579)

99Damien Egan (Bristol North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress the Government has made toward reaching the target of 10,000 new foster care places by the end of the Parliament.(29580)

100Damien Egan (Bristol North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will revise the funding formula for schools in England to better reflect educational disadvantages among young people from white working-class backgrounds.(29581)

101Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.(29351)

102John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason and on what evidential basis is the Department proposing to restrict funded specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance to exceptional circumstances only.(29781)

103John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of restricting funded specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance on the course completion and graduate employment rates of disabled students.(29782)

104John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of the proposals to restricting funded specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance.(29783)

105 NAbtisam Mohamed (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the International Student Levy Government technical consultation response, which fields of the Jisc Student Record will be used to determine which students a higher education institution will be eligible to pay the levy for.(29691)

106Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made in developing a national strategy for funding schools affected by falling pupil numbers.(29675)

107Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review whether current school funding arrangements adequately recognise the strategic importance of small rural schools where pupil numbers are low.(29676)

108Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what flexibility is available to maintained and church schools to develop alternative educational models that meet local needs while remaining financially sustainable.(29677)

109Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that school admissions arrangements can better support schools experiencing falling pupil numbers and prevent significant declines in pupil numbers.(29678)

110Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review whether current school funding arrangements adequately recognise the strategic importance of small rural schools in West Dorset where pupil numbers are low.(29679)

111Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what flexibility is available to maintained and church schools in West Dorset to develop alternative educational models that meet local needs while remaining financially sustainable.(29680)

112Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help ensure that school admissions arrangements can better support schools in West Dorset experiencing falling pupil numbers and prevent significant declines in pupil numbers.(29681)

113 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Derbyshire County Council’s use of its High Needs Provision Capital Allocation, including the length of time for which sums remained unallocated; what monitoring is undertaken by the Department to ensure SEND capital allocations are converted promptly into additional or improved provision for children; and what action can the Department take where significant capital allocations remain unallocated while local schools report severe pressures in meeting SEND need.(29756)

114 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the proportion of Derbyshire's £20.091 million of unallocated SEND capital at July 2025 that has now resulted in completed and operational SEND provision.(29757)

115Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 22510 on Teachers: Religious Education, what comparative estimate her Department has made of the number of accepted applicants to postgraduate Religious Education initial teacher training in the (a) 2026/27 and (b) 2025/26 recruitment cycle; and what analysis she has undertaken of the factors contributing to any change.(29619)

116Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 22510 on Teachers: Religious Education, whether the increase in postgraduate Religious Education initial teacher training recruitment cited was attributable in part to the availability of a bursary; and for what reason it concluded that recruitment would remain sufficient following the withdrawal of that bursary.(29620)

117Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage large employers to provide work experience placements for students aged 16 to 18.(29762)

118Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in Maidenhead constituency were surveyed under the most recent Condition Data Collection programme; and how many were assessed as having building elements in condition grade C or D.(29769)

119Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to the Condition Improvement Fund were received from schools in Maidenhead constituency in each of the last three financial years; and how many were successful.(29771)

120Vikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will require mainstream school staff to undergo additional, mandatory autism training.(29633)

121Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued on the minimum amount of curriculum time that schools should allocate to music at Key Stage 3.(29786)

122Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the relationship between the amount of music teaching pupils receive at Key Stage 3 and subsequent participation in GCSE Music.(29787)

123Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government's proposed technical education pathways will require changes to the funding available for post-16 transport in rural areas such as Suffolk.(29765)

124Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, at what age and date in the academic year the Government expects pupils to select a technical education pathway from September 2028, and what assessment she has made of the impact of that choice on the subjects they will be able to study subsequently.(29767)

125Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of specialist facilities and equipment in secondary schools to deliver the proposed technical education pathways from September 2028.(29768)

126Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of differing access to technical education pathways as a result of variations in local employer, school and further education capacity on pupils in different geographical parts of England.(29770)

127Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what initiatives her department is running to support schools wanting to install solar panels.(29601)

128Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of immigration on energy supply.(29486)

129Charlotte Cane (Ely and East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the impact of recent increases in oil prices on households that are not connected to the gas grid; and whether she plans to provide additional support to off-grid households during winter 2026-27.(29662)

130Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she is taking steps to enact a permanent statutory ban on fracking, including by (1) addressing the exemption in the fracking moratorium which permits applications for low-volume hydraulic fracturing, and (2) ensuring that any permanent ban applies to areas already covered by existing licences.(29884)

131John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many DESNZ staff are assigned to Darlington Feethams House; and what the expectation is of the percentage rate of office attendance for staff at that office.(29648)

132Catherine Fookes (Monmouthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of supporting heating oil users with household energy costs.(29738)

133Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much her Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.(29350)

134Joe Morris (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what resources she plans to allocate to rural and remote households living without connections to the electricity grid in order to support their energy security.(29632)

135Joe Morris (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans she has to support existing rural and remote households in securing a first-time connection to the electricity grid.(29867)

136James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what comparative assessment she has made of the cost of clean heat for (a) low-income homes and (b) wealthier households.(29586)

137James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she is implementing measures to ensure that low-income households do not pay disproportionately more for clean heat than wealthier households.(29587)

138James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the ADE: Demand’s No Home Left Behind report finding that policy increases the cost of a heat battery by £5,900 over the cost of heat pump; and whether she plans to close this gap.(29588)

139James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to follow the recommendation in ADE: Demand’s No Home Left Behind report to model clean-heat solutions for flats and leasehold homes.(29589)

140James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the findings in ADE: Demand’s No Home Left Behind report that over 60% of renters live in homes where a standard heat pump is harder to fit.(29590)

141James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme; and what the (i) target (ii) average and (iii) longest time taken to approve voucher applications under the scheme is.(29535)

142Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what initiatives are in place to support schools wanting to install solar panels.(29598)

143Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what mandatory inspection regime exists for the UK's critical undersea gas and energy infrastructure; and whether she will introduce annual survey requirements comparable to those in Germany and Sweden, including through the use of underwater drone technology.(29599)

144Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to increase the UK's gas storage capacity.(29600)

145Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria her Department uses when selecting sites for potential new reservoirs.(29483)

146Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of immigration levels on water supply.(29484)

147Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of immigration levels on water (a) usage and (b) security.(29485)

148Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of requiring large businesses to publicly report food waste.(29827)

149Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with colleagues in the Treasury on the potential impact of reducing food waste on the cost of living.(29828)

150Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of area-based agricultural support payments on poultry farmers and other farmers whose businesses require relatively small areas of land; and whether she has considered alternative payment models for such businesses.(29666)

151 NBarry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the Water Transition Plan.(29335)

152Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.(29349)

153Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the spread of emerald ash borer across Europe; and what steps she plans to take to prevent its spread into the UK.(29788)

154 NKerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department or the Forestry Commission will submit a pay flexibility business case in relation to Forestry Commission staff under the Civil Service Pay Remit Guidance 2026-27 before the 31 October 2026 deadline.(29372)

155 NKerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) staff turnover rate, (b) vacancy rate and (c) average time taken to fill vacancies was for frontline operational and regulatory delivery roles in the Forestry Commission in each of the last three years.(29373)

156James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether areas with the lowest levels of tree cover will be prioritised in the England Trees Action Plan.(29743)

157James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing tree cover in areas with the lowest levels of existing tree cover on health.(29744)

158James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increased urban tree cover on(a) heatwaves, (b) flooding and (c) drought in areas with low levels of existing tree cover.(29745)

159James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of encouraging China to address illegal wildlife trade without UK Official Development Assistance.(29839)

160James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the value for money of (a) funding projects in China and (b) allocating the same funding to countries with substantially lower levels of income and domestic resources under her Department's Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund.(29841)

161James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of funding under the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund provided to projects benefiting China has been matched by financial or in-kind contributions from (a) the Chinese Government and (b) other Chinese institutions.(29842)

162James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of ending Official Development Assistance under the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund for projects located in China and redirecting funding to lower-income countries with greater development needs.(29843)

163Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce delays in confirming cases of bluetongue disease in the South West.(29682)

164Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of current timescales in confirming bluetongue cases on farmers in West Dorset.(29683)

165Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the use of snares and prevent unnecessary suffering to wildlife in West Dorset.(29684)

166Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to strengthen regulations governing the use of snares in England.(29685)

167James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides to (a) households and (b) businesses on ways to lawfully dispose of waste that is unsuitable for regular weekly collections.(29585)

168Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 22817 on Reservoirs: Cambridgeshire, if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) nitrates and (b) phosphates found in water sources used to fill Grafham Water.(29851)

169Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 7th September 2026, to Question UIN 26076, on Water Abstraction: Teddington, what assessment she has made of Thames Water’s M2 (LTOA) abstraction licence in continuing to allow abstraction into the Thames-Lee tunnel at Hampton, in the context of naturalised flow over Teddington Weir being at 300 Ml/d on average for 10 days.(29466)

170Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8th September 2026, to Question UIN 26078, on Water Abstraction: Teddington, how many additional days would the proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction add to London’s potable water supply in a very severe drought when reservoir storage dropped to 25% and emergency drought orders were imposed.(29467)

171Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the ability of the proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction Scheme to provide resilience in a 1:200 year drought event, in the context of the 1:40 drought event of 2022 seeing naturalised flows over Teddington Weir drop as low as the limit of the M2 (LTOA) abstraction licence.(29468)

172Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet with Severn Trent Water to discuss expanding rainwater management systems across the public sector estate in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin so rainwater can be recycled for maintenance and irrigation of grounds and amenities owned by public sector bodies.(29382)

173Ian Roome (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential financial impact of bluetongue virus on livestock farms; and whether she plans to provide additional financial support to farmers facing financial losses arising from livestock movement restrictions, reduced productivity and disease control measures.(29702)

174Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a reduction in the number of licensed greyhound stadiums in England on the welfare and rehoming of retired greyhounds.(29371)

175 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has given to reviewing the requirement for planning applications to deliver a 10% Biodiversity Net Gain where a site is otherwise unviable and a considerable period of time has passed since the development site came forward.(29637)

176Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) water recycling, (b) new reservoirs, (c) leakage reduction and (d) desalination as measures to increase water supply resilience.(29872)

177Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department maintains to ensure the continued availability of essential food supplies in the event of significant domestic or international crop failures caused by extreme weather.(29873)

178Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve waiting times for ADI driving tests (a) in Ashfield and (b) nationwide.(29481)

179Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has of the adequacy of waiting times for ADI driving tests (a) in Ashfield and (b) nationwide.(29482)

180Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of whether aviation performance statistics adequately reflect passenger experience after an aircraft has arrived on stand; and whether the department would consider introducing reporting requirements for end-to-end arrivals performance, including disembarkation, border processing and baggage delivery times.(29789)

181 NKevin Bonavia (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026 to Question 27029 on Motor Insurance: Young People, whether she has considered the potential merits of capping insurance costs for young drivers and young drivers with black boxes installed in their vehicles.(29595)

182Alex Brewer (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of time taken to implement road safety measures following serious or fatal road traffic collisions; what steps her Department is taking to reduce barriers to the introduction of traffic calming measures where local communities and police forces have identified safety concerns; and whether she has made an assessment of the impact of planning, consultation and regulatory requirements on the time taken to introduce such measures.(29795)

183Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July to Question 14117 on Railways: Chichester, and with reference to derailment incidents during summer 2026, whether she plans to (a) review and (b) expedite the Weather Resilience and Climate Change Adaption plans for the railways in England.(29502)

184Catherine Fookes (Monmouthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for vocational driving licences for (a) new applicants and (b) renewals.(29739)

185Catherine Fookes (Monmouthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of moving to a fully digitalised vocational driving licence application system.(29740)

186Sir Ashley Fox (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) Notices to Improve and (b) written instructions her Department issued to train operating companies for which the Department is the operator in relation to (i) service performance and (ii) financial control in January 2026 and each subsequent month.(29729)

187 NOlly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how funding for the TransPennine Express will be allocated across maintenance and capital costs of trains.(29651)

188 NOlly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the a) cost of train orders, b) number of trainsets ordered and c) cost per trainset was over the last 10 years.(29652)

189Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on which local authorities have permitted commercial pavement delivery robot operations; and under what legal provisions those operations take place.(29823)

190Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with (a) RNIB, (b) Guide Dogs, (c) Transport for All and (d) Living Streets on the potential impact of pavement delivery robots on disabled and older pedestrians; and whether an equality impact assessment has been carried out on any proposed trial framework.(29824)

191 NAlison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will publish an assessment of the potential impact of the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate on (a) the competitiveness of UK-based vehicle manufacturers relative to Chinese vehicle manufacturers and (b) the market share of Chinese-manufactured vehicles in the UK.(29874)

192 NAlison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 26159 on Speed Limits: Cameras, how many speed cameras on (a) motorways and (b) A-roads remain affected by the technical anomaly; and what proportion of affected cameras have had the Home Office-approved solution implemented.(29875)

193 NAlison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 26241 on Road Works: Compensation, what data her Department holds on the cost incurred by highway authorities in undertaking remedial works following defective street works reinstatements in each of the last five years; and how much of that cost was recovered from undertakers.(29876)

194 NAlison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 26119 on East West Rail Line, how many trains require modification before passenger services can commence between Oxford and Milton Keynes; how many have been modified; and when she expects modification and testing of the full fleet to be completed.(29877)

195Alison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Ministry of Defence on protecting the freedom of navigation of UK commercial shipping through strategically important international waterways.(29878)

196Alison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21965 on Aerospace Industry, how many full-time equivalent staff have been employed in the Civil Aviation Authority's certification function in each year since 2019; and what the planned staffing level is for each of the next three years.(29879)

197Alison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21964 on Aviation: EU Emissions Trading Scheme, whether her Department has modelled the potential impact of the European Commission's proposals to extend the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on (a) air fares, (b) operating costs for UK airlines, (c) passenger numbers at UK airports and (d) the viability of routes between the UK and EU.(29880)

198Alison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21977 on Railway Stations: Construction, if she will publish the (a) station name, (b) original approved budget and (c) final outturn cost for each completed station construction project since 2020 for which her Department holds records.(29881)

199Alison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 24625 on Parking Offences: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, if she will publish the analysis of the trial of higher-level Penalty Charge Notices; and whether the results of that analysis will inform decisions on the level of Penalty Charge Notices in other local authority areas.(29882)

200Monica Harding (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of Graduated Driving Licensing in Northern Ireland on drivers.(29735)

201Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.(29348)

202Jonathan Hinder (Pendle and Clitheroe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 126283 on Ribble Valley Line, what recent steps she has taken to restore Northern Rail services on Sundays between Clitheroe and Blackburn.(29759)

203Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will list which members of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee contributed to the Committee's submissions to her Department on floating bus stops dated (a) 24 October 2025 and (b) 2 December 2025.(29540)

204Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 14930 on Railways: Standards, what information her Department holds on which state-owned Train Operating Companies record management information on service cancellations attributable to (a) short-notice staff sickness and (b) crew unavailability.(29541)

205Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of passenger journeys on South Western Railways that were affected by services that were cancelled in every four week rail period since the start of 2024.(29542)

206 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016, Schedule 14, Part 1, Paragraph 18 for zebra crossings at floating bus stops.(29543)

207Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026 to WPQ 26997, if she will publish all DfT and DftO documents and analysis relating to poorer operational performance being the reason for passenger revenue in 2025-26 being lower than forecast for i) SWR, ii) c2c, iii) Greater Anglia, iv) London Northwestern, v) West Midlands Railway, vi) Thameslink, vii) Southern, viii) Great Northern and ix) Gatwick Express routes.(29545)

208Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) enforceability of requirements for stripes at zebra crossings under Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016, Schedule 14, Part 1, Paragraph 18 at floating bus stops.(29546)

209Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of zebra crossings at floating bus stops that (a) do and (b) do not comply with Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016, Schedule 14, Part 1, Paragraph 18.(29547)

210Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of signage informing motorists of parking restrictions at supermarket electric vehicle charging points.(29671)

211Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce minimum standards for the size, location and clarity of signs setting out parking restrictions and penalty charges at supermarket car parks with 24-hour electric vehicle charging facilities.(29672)

212Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps to protect motorists from disproportionate parking charges where they have used supermarket facilities in good faith, including electric vehicle chargers or parcel collection services.(29673)

213Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will consider requiring supermarkets and private parking operators to make clear that the availability of 24-hour electric vehicle charging does not necessarily mean that unrestricted parking is permitted outside store opening hours.(29674)

214 NGrahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many operators of ferry routes between England and France have been issued with a surcharge for non-compliance with the Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024 to date.(29386)

215 NGrahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she last had discussions with her French counterpart on the enforcement of seafarer rights in the short sea ferry sector.(29387)

216Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vessels have been found to have invalid or insufficient insurance following challenge through the Voluntary Insurance Reporting Mechanism since March 2026.(29707)

217Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 17510 on Department for Transport: Public Relations, if she will publish the names of the public affairs companies which provide the two live contracts for HS2 Ltd; and if she will place a copy of the (a) Scope of Work document and (b) project specification for each in the Library.(29629)

218Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 16605 on Parking Offences: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, whether her Department plans to (a) conduct further pilots and trials and (b) amend legislation on municipal parking fines in England outside London.(29630)

219Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2026 to Question 16560 on Department for Transport: Public Relations, for what reason the public relations activity was undertaken by an external company; and what is the headcount of her Department’s press and communications team.(29631)

220Dave Robertson (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessments have been made of the effectiveness of alternative funding models for rolling stock procurement under Great British Railways.(29865)

221Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 26362 on Speed Limits: Cameras, what estimate her Department has made of (a) the number and (b) the proportion of speed awareness courses that have been cancelled as a result of the HADECS camera system anomaly; and what estimate it has made of the associated loss of income to course providers and instructors.(29505)

222Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21965 on Aerospace Industry, what was the average time taken by the Civil Aviation Authority to complete certification applications in each year since 2019; and how many applications have taken longer than (a) six, (b) 12 and (c) 24 months to complete.(29506)

223Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21972 on Large Goods Vehicles: Licensing, what specific reforms to (a) operator licensing requirements and (b) associated regulatory processes her Department is considering; and which road freight industry representative bodies it has consulted on those potential reforms.(29507)

224Rebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21972 on Large Goods Vehicles: Licensing, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reform of the Goods Vehicle Operator Licensing regime in respect of (a) administrative requirements and (b) costs for road freight operators.(29861)

225Rebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21977 on Railway Stations: Construction, if she will provide, for each completed station construction project since 2020 for which her Department holds records, the (a) station name, (b) original approved budget and (c) final outturn cost.(29862)

226Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has taken steps to address the delays to licenses being reinstated after a medical revocation by the DVLA, and the impact the current delays are having on individuals waiting for their licenses to be reinstated.(29871)

227Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of vehicles that could be required to be withdrawn from use or scrapped under her proposals on vehicle emissions.(29554)

228Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed additional vehicle emissions requirements on the finances of motorists.(29555)

229Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the contribution of coach travel in connecting the South West.(29602)

230Lorraine Beavers (Blackpool North and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of cross-government working between the Disability Policy Unit, the Department of Health and Social Care and other relevant departments in improving outcomes for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions.(29838)

231Lorraine Beavers (Blackpool North and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking with the Department of Health and Social Care to assess how changes to the Access to Work programme’s policy, implementation and claimant interactions could improve health outcomes and prevent avoidable deterioration of health for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions.(29840)

232Alex Brewer (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time is for Access to Work applications from self-employed people; how many self-employed applicants are currently awaiting a decision; and what steps he is taking to reduce delays in the assessment and approval of Access to Work support.(29732)

233 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the change between (a) 2015 and (b) 2025 in the numbers of those entitled to the Higher Rate Mobility Component of Disability Living Allowance and the Enhanced Rate of the Mobility Component.(29364)

234 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 115787, how many sick and disabled people who were previously left without contact for years have been helped back into work in the past twelve months, by the one thousand redeployed coaches.(29365)

235John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average percentage attendance rate was of assigned DWP staff at 2 St Peter's Square, Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(29649)

236John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average percentage attendance rate was of assigned DWP staff at Anchorage Anchorage Quay, Salford in the most recent working week for which figures are available as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(29650)

237Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to encourage small businesses in rural areas to offer apprenticeships for young people.(29360)

238John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the proposed Disabled Students' Allowance changes on the disability employment commitments in the Get Britain Working White Paper.(29784)

239Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rationale is for the proposed abolition of Direct Pay arrangements within the Child Maintenance Service.(29668)

240Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of charging receiving parents for the collection of child maintenance on the financial support received by children.(29669)

241Edward Morello (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what alternative approaches to reforming Direct Pay have been considered, and how his Department will ensure that children do not lose out financially as a result of any changes.(29670)

242Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average length of time each year between 2015-2026 that a person would wait on hold for when calling the Access to Work helpline.(29469)

243Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average wait time for a decision to be made following an application for Access to Work each year between 2015-2026.(29470)

244Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 16 and 17 year olds have received support through the Youth Guarantee Gateway since its introduction.(29763)

245Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department holds information on the long-term welfare outcomes of children born through surrogacy.(29397)

246 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to introduce legislation enabling parents experiencing economic abuse and accessing the Child Maintenance Service to safely transition from Direct Pay into Collect and Pay.(29635)

247Vikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce legislation to prohibit employers from making significant changes to incentive schemes with under a week's notice before pay day.(29640)

248Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the emerging recommendations in her Department's document entitled The Timms Review: co-chair update September 2026, updated on 11 September 2026, whether existing Personal Independence Payment claimants will be automatically transferred to any reformed benefit or whether they will be required to make a new claim or undergo a new assessment.(29704)

249Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the performance of Connect to Work to date against the target of supporting around 300,000 people by the end of the decade.(29715)

250Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether participation in Connect to Work or disclosure of an intention to seek employment can in any circumstances trigger a reassessment of a participant's disability benefit entitlement.(29717)

251Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the sufficiency of the incentives under the surplus extraction provisions in the Pension Schemes Act 2026 for sponsoring employers to share surplus funds with (a) scheme members and (b) members whose pre-1997 pension benefits do not receive annual increases.(29870)

252Steve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for publication of the Acquired Brain Injury Action Plan.(29389)

253Lorraine Beavers (Blackpool North and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce health inequalities in (a) liver disease and (b) liver cancer outcomes.(29758)

254Alex Brewer (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to prioritise access to specialist treatment for rare cancers; how patients with lymphoma are being prioritised; and what progress she has made on meeting commitments in those areas.(29811)

255Julia Buckley (Shrewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of access to GP appointments in Shrewsbury; and how does this compare with the rest of England.(29736)

256 NDr Danny Chambers (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is her latest estimate of the cost of a) increasing the upper capital limit for social care to £100,000 and b) increasing the lower capital limit for social care to £25,000.(29761)

257Andrew Cooper (Mid Cheshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made on tackling gender health inequality in relation to a) the quality of maternity wards, b) wait times for gynaecology services and c) acknowledgement of severe menopause symptoms.(29653)

258John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average percentage attendance rate was of assigned DHSC staff at 3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(29641)

259John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average percentage attendance rate was of assigned HRA staff at 3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(29642)

260Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made on delivering Action 66 of the Women’s Health Strategy.(29475)

261Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to enable additional voluntary-sector and commercial organisations to participate in the delivery of Action 66 of the Women’s Health Strategy.(29476)

262Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish a list of organisations involved in the Women’s Voices Partnership established under Action 1 of the Women’s Health Strategy.(29477)

263Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to what extent organisations involved in the Women’s Voices Partnership are representative of women excluded from and underrepresented in traditional engagement and consultation processes.(29478)

264Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish the next update on progress in delivering the Women’s Health Strategy; and whether she plans to make a statement to the House on that progress.(29479)

265Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has considered expanding regulation of funeral directors.(29692)

266Alex Easton (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for (a) brain cancer, (b) breast cancer, (c) lung cancer, (d) bowel cancer and (e) prostate cancer research since 2018, what amount and what percentage of reported public research expenditure consisted of infrastructure, programme or other expenditure not directly attributable to a named research project or study; and by what methodology that expenditure was included within disease-specific research expenditure figures.(29730)

267Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of employment prospects of newly qualified Physician Associates; and what steps she is taking to ensure that graduates are able to secure appropriate employment following completion of their training.(29659)

268Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of increasing the use of rechargeable batteries in automated external defibrillators; and what consideration he has given to the cost to individuals and organisations of replacing non-rechargeable defibrillator batteries.(29664)

269Monica Harding (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to secure access to omaveloxolone for those affected by Friedreich’s ataxia.(29746)

270Carolyn Harris (Neath and Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on its Topic Selection processes for hormone-based therapies used in the treatment of menopause and female sexual dysfunction and the need for timely decisions on women's health technologies awaiting appraisal.(29447)

271Carolyn Harris (Neath and Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of NICE's topic selection and health technology assessment processes in prioritising conditions that predominantly affect women, including menopause-related conditions and female sexual dysfunction; and whether she plans to review those processes.(29448)

272Carolyn Harris (Neath and Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of NICE in addressing medical and clinical misogyny within health technology assessment and clinical guideline development; and what steps she is taking to identify and eliminate systemic bias against women's health conditions.(29449)

273Carolyn Harris (Neath and Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with NICE on its appraisal and topic selection processes to ensure they comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty in relation to women's health.(29450)

274Carolyn Harris (Neath and Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with NICE on its work programme and the objectives of the Women's Health Strategy to ensure that women's health technologies and treatments are prioritised within future NICE work programmes.(29451)

275Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to establish a Fracture Liaison Service in Liverpool; and when she expects people in Liverpool to benefit from such a service.(29551)

276Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Fracture Liaison Services are currently operating across the Liverpool City Region; and what steps her Department is taking to improve Fracture Liaison Service provision across the region.(29552)

277Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what specialist NHS treatment is available for individuals who engage in stalking and fixated behaviour, including through services such as the National Stalking Clinic; and what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of that provision to meet demand.(29455)

278Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were on the transplant waiting list in (a) Bedfordshire (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) Hertfordshire in (i) 2023/24, (ii) 2024/25 and (iii) 2025/26.(29697)

279James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of redundancies among university-employed clinical academics on NHS clinical capacity; how many NHS programmed activities are currently provided by university-employed clinical academics; and what estimate has been made of the potential additional cost to NHS trusts of replacing clinical activity lost as a consequence of reductions in university clinical academic posts.(29582)

280James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions her Department has had with the Department for Education concerning the withdrawal of Strategic Priorities Grant support for clinical academic pay, and what assessment has been made of whether reductions in university clinical academic posts resulting from financial pressures on higher education could increase NHS workforce expenditure.(29583)

281James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has discussed with Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Nottingham the potential effect of the Future Nottingham restructuring programme on the number of clinical academic staff providing NHS services and on the clinical capacity available to the Trust.(29584)

282Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to protect NHS emergency care staff from violence and aggression from patients and the public.(29621)

283Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies on NHS staff retention of findings by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in its report entitled Safe to Care, published on 7 September 2026, showing that 73 per cent of A&E staff experience or witness violence or aggression on a daily or weekly basis.(29622)

284Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle discrimination against emergency care workers.(29623)

285Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential risk that women experiencing financial hardship could be disproportionately represented among women acting as surrogates under the proposed reforms.(29395)

286Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take to ensure that women are not coerced and unduly pressured into becoming surrogates.(29399)

287Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increased financial payments in surrogacy arrangements on the rights and welfare of children born through those arrangements.(29400)

288Vikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the ADHD assessment process.(29634)

289Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to address the postcode lottery in NHS mental health support for bereaved parents following pregnancy or baby loss; and if she will commit to issuing national standards for Integrated Care Boards to ensure all bereaved parents, including fathers and partners, can access specialist psychological support.(29760)

290Rebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the relationship between liver disease, benefit claims, and unemployment rates; and what assessment she has made of how those rates correlate with the prevalence of liver disease in the most deprived areas compared with the most affluent areas.(29755)

291Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of General Optical Council guidance on ensuring high street opticians offer patients all clinically appropriate lens options, including short distance varifocals.(29517)

292Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure commercial eye care providers refer patients for NHS cataract surgery without delay.(29518)

293Peter Swallow (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending free prescriptions to 16, 17 and 18-year-olds completing an apprenticeship.(29774)

294Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure children can access NHS dental appointments within a reasonable distance of their home.(29603)

295Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has considered the potential merits of a dedicated scheme to guarantee NHS dental check-ups for children.(29604)

296Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a formal risk assessment for patient safety has been undertaken regarding the delay to work exploring commissioning arrangements for people with severe and very severe ME/CFS until after the planned abolition of NHS England in 2027.(29605)

297Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Prevention of Future Deaths reports relating to ME/CFS were considered when deciding to delay work relating to specialised commissioning arrangements for severe and very severe ME/CFS.(29606)

298Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what interim measures are being put in place to ensure appropriate medical care and support for people with severe and very severe ME/CFS during the delay to work on specialised service commissioning arrangements.(29607)

299Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how Integrated Care Boards will be monitored and held accountable for providing appropriate services for people with severe and very severe ME/CFS pending the outcome of future commissioning discussions.(29608)

300Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an equality impact assessment has been undertaken regarding the delay to work on specialised commissioning arrangements for severe and very severe ME/CFS.(29609)

301Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the expected timetable is for both commencing and completing the delayed work relating to specialised commissioning arrangements for severe and very severe ME/CFS following the abolition of NHS England.(29610)

302Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department intends to publish any documentation relating to their decision to delay work on specialised commissioning arrangements for severe and very severe ME/CFS.(29611)

303Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the £4.75m contribution from the Office of Life Sciences for phase two of the Sequence ME & Long Covid study will be supplemented by funding from NIHR.(29612)

304Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to improve post-diagnosis support and ongoing care for people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or dementia.(29613)

305Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the standard framework for follow-up appointments following a dementia diagnosis and at what intervals healthcare providers are expected to make contact with patients to monitor their wellbeing.(29614)

306Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to allow patients who are entitled to free NHS prescriptions to voluntarily choose to pay for their prescription.(29615)

307Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the completeness and consistency of data recorded on people diagnosed with secondary breast cancer across NHS Trusts in England, in the context of the latest findings of the National Audit of Metastatic Breast Cancer (NAoMe) published on 10th September.(29723)

308Samantha Dixon (Chester North and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure UK Embassies support UK-based charities working overseas.(29576)

309Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take in the case of Ryan Cornelius that differ from those taken by the previous administration.(29336)

310Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publicly call on the Government of the United Arab Emirates to release Ryan Cornelius immediately.(29337)

311Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Prime Minister plans to raise the detention of Ryan Cornelius directly with the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates.(29338)

312Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Special Envoy for Complex Detention Cases will demand the release of Ryan Cornelius.(29339)

313Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of treatment of Buddhists and other religious minorities in North Korea; what assessment he has made of the level of restrictions on Buddhist worship and religious practice in that country; and what steps he is taking to help uphold freedom of religion and belief in North Korea.(29340)

314Alison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of unilateral transit charges on commercial vessels using international waterways on international maritime law.(29883)

315Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to uphold the principle of freedom of navigation for commercial shipping in international waterways.(29544)

316Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to his oral contribution of 8th September 2026, Official Report, Column 911, whether his Department will undertake a specific review process to consider whether a) extant and b) new applications for arms exports licences might materially contribute to the occupation.(29553)

317 NAyoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what actions his Department is taking to secure the release of Eman el-Shazly from detainment in Egypt.(29731)

318 NAyoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Envoy for Complex Consular Detentions on securing the release of Eman el-Shazly from detention in Egypt.(29733)

319 NAyoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to (a) his Egyptian counterpart and (b) the Egyptian authorities on securing the release of Eman el-Shazly from detention in Egypt.(29734)

320Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he will respond to correspondence sent to his Department on 12th May with the reference number SL06410/dw regarding the small boat flotilla with aid for Gaza.(29829)

321Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to respond to correspondence sent to his Department on 25 June with the reference number SL06987/dw regarding the campaign to stop the support of Israel's illegal settlements.(29830)

322Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to respond to correspondence sent to his Department on 25th June, and followed up on 28th July and 31st August, with the reference number SL06989/dw, regarding genocide in Gaza.(29837)

323Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to fund the Global Campaign on Children’s Care Reform for the duration of this Parliament.(29430)

324Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to engage faith communities in the Global Campaign for Children’s Care Reform.(29431)

325Calum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what deadline the Government has provided to Roman Abramovich's legal representatives for the transfer of funds from the sale of Chelsea Football Club to a charitable foundation.(29844)

326Calum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Department's annual budget allocation is for procuring external consultancy services in each year since 2015.(29846)

327Calum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department plans to publish an updated human rights and democracy report, together with an updated list of human rights priority countries.(29847)

328David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to publish the Statutory Instruments required to implement the provisions of The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Act 2025.(29374)

329Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps his Department is taking to protect freedom of navigation for commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.(29504)

330Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it is the Government’s policy to oppose the imposition of discriminatory transit charges on commercial shipping using international waterways.(29511)

331Rebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with international partners on preventing the introduction of unilateral or discriminatory charges on commercial vessels transiting international waterways.(29860)

332Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Indonesia concerning restrictions on the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s freedom to worship and reports of discrimination against its members.(29385)

333Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Inter Mediate has engaged with Hamas in its capacity as a Government contractor; and whether other contractors have been hired as an intermediary between the UK Government and Hamas.(29413)

334Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency arrangements are in place when passenger numbers arriving at UK airports exceed forecast levels; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of eGate technology in reducing passenger waiting times at UK airports.(29643)

335Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Border Force processing capacity at regional airports, such as Edinburgh Airport.(29644)

336Aphra Brandreth (Chester South and Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has identified any properties in Audlem, Cheshire East, as potential sites for asylum accommodation.(29754)

337Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on women’s safety of accommodating single adult males in non-detained facilities adjacent to rural settlements such as Piddington.(29432)

338Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted a gender-specific safeguarding assessment on the impact of placing large numbers of adult males in close proximity to small rural communities with high proportions of women, elderly residents and children.(29433)

339Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that women and girls in rural villages are protected from risks associated with large-scale male asylum accommodation operating with sign-in, sign-out arrangements.(29434)

340Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the suitability of rural villages with no shop, school or public transport infrastructure to host non-detained asylum accommodation for more than 1,000 residents.(29435)

341Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has evaluated the potential impact of large-scale asylum accommodation on the ability of women and children in rural communities to move safely around public lanes, footpaths and rights of way.(29436)

342Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration her Department has given to the ratio of asylum-seeking men to local residents when determining the suitability of rural sites for non-detained accommodation.(29437)

343Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish the safeguarding framework used to assess potential risks to women and children living near large-scale male asylum accommodation sites.(29438)

344Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information relating to identity verification, documentation status and background checks will be provided to local authorities and police prior to residents being placed at rural asylum accommodation sites.(29439)

345Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the policing resources required to ensure women’s safety in rural villages located adjacent to large-scale male asylum accommodation.(29440)

346Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has consulted Thames Valley Police on the potential risks posed to women and girls by non-detained asylum accommodation housing more than 1,000 adult males.(29441)

347 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Coalition on Secure Technology report entitled CIMs Risk in UK Agriculture, published on 7 September 2026, and the potential impact of Chinese manufactured chips in agricultural machinery on national security.(29362)

348Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 24272, whether a similar internal strategic review of awareness of (a) mental health and (b) neurodiversity will be conducted by the Countering Violent Extremism Hub.(29722)

349Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the resources and operational support available to police forces to tackle the dangerous or anti-social use of e-bikes in town centres.(29645)

350Sorcha Eastwood (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the trends in the level of fraud and misrepresentation in asylum applications; and what steps her Department is taking to strengthen the identification of fraudulent claims during the decision-making process.(29741)

351Sorcha Eastwood (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, ⁠what estimate her Department has made of the number of asylum applications which contain repeated narratives and evidence across multiple, unconnected claims; and what steps her Department is taking to investigate such patterns where identified.(29742)

352Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the lack of published service level standards for the processing of visa and indefinite leave to remain applications on applicants.(29661)

353Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the level of risk of pavement delivery robots being (a) hijacked, (b) used to carry unlawful items or (c) used to obstruct emergency responders at incident scenes or protests; and what cyber security standards operators will be required to meet.(29825)

354Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.(29347)

355Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 18195 on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group, if he will list each organisation which is subject both to (a) a Home Office policy of non-engagement and (b) a Home Office policy of publicly confirming that the organisation is subject to a policy of non-engagement, other than (i) CAGE, (ii) MEND, (iii) the Muslim Council of Britain and (iv) the Muslim Association of Britain.(29638)

356Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the multi-agency approach to stalking and the management of fixated offenders adopted by Cheshire Constabulary's Harm Reduction Unit; and whether she plans to support the adoption of that model by other police forces.(29454)

357James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information the Government holds on the onward disposal or transportation to France of small boats recovered from people attempting to cross the English Channel to the UK.(29724)

358James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions the Government has had with the French authorities about the disposal of small boats recovered following attempted Channel crossings, including whether any such boats are subsequently returned to locations from which further crossings can be attempted.(29725)

359James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information the Department holds on the proportion of small boats recovered by French authorities following attempted Channel crossings that are subsequently reused in further attempts to reach the UK.(29726)

360James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place to minimise the risk that small boats recovered in connection with attempted Channel crossings but not seized by UK authorities cannot subsequently re-enter the supply chain used by organised immigration crime groups.(29727)

361James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether information is shared with the French authorities concerning the identification and disposal of small boats used in attempted Channel crossings, including information that could assist in establishing whether individual boats are subsequently reused.(29728)

362Susan Murray (Mid Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking with police forces to protect Royal National Lifeboat Institution staff, volunteers and premises from intimidation and harassment.(29748)

363Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23044 on Deportation, for what reason was a charter flight used to remove a single person to France on 7 January 2026.(29706)

364Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 22823 on USA: Armed Forces, if she will publish the letter from the Chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council to Chief Constables in England and Wales reminding forces of their responsibilities under the Visiting Forces Act 1952.(29852)

365Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by how much has the use of dispersal accommodation increased since 5 July 2024; and at what cost to the public purse.(29853)

366Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23044 on Deportation, for what reason was a charter flight used to remove 8 people to Poland on 10 June 2025.(29856)

367 NNeil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2026 to Question 28021, for what reason a breakdown of asylum claimants who previously held a study visa by sponsoring institution is not currently published.(29480)

368 NChris Philp (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 126358 on Freedom of Expression, whether the independent review into public order and hate crime legislation has reported to her; and when that review will be published.(29456)

369 NChris Philp (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2026 to Question 28351 on Offenders: Foreign Nationals, if she will publish the number of foreign national offenders sentenced to less than a year in prison who are in the community as of 1 June 2026.(29457)

370 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will integrate the births, deaths and marriages register.(29639)

371Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve cooperation between police forces in tackling offences in rural areas affecting farms and agricultural businesses.(29766)

372 NNadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of sponsor licence suspensions and revocations on the immigration status and financial security of sponsored workers and their dependants; and whether she plans to put in place safeguards to protect sponsored workers who may be fearful of raising concerns about their workplace conditions because of the potential impact on their visa and immigration status if they lose their employment.(29556)

373Jim Allister (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the RAF provided air defence in Irish airspace for the visit of President Trump to the Republic of Ireland.(29696)

374Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy vessels are operationally ready to be deployed.(29489)

375Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of fitness requirements in the Army.(29490)

376Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support veterans with their mental health.(29491)

377 NLara Bird (Arbroath and Broughty Ferry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the UK rejoining the EU SAFE access scheme.(29779)

378Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of welfare and family support available to personnel serving in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and their families; and whether he has considered extending eligibility for support schemes available to Armed Forces families, including Service Pupil Premium funding and wraparound childcare provision, to the children of Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel.(29834)

379Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the costs of the agreement with Mauritius on the British Indian Ocean Territory were accounted for in the Defence Investment Plan.(29361)

380Emma Lewell (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the Memorandum of Understanding of the Technological Cooperation Programme.(29403)

381 NJames MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual running cost is of a Type 45 destroyer.(29790)

382 NJames MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual running cost is of a Type 23 frigate.(29791)

383Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23191 on Defence: Procurement, what is the estimated length of the delay to the completion of HMS Achilles as a result of the 2024 Devonshire Dock Hall fire.(29709)

384Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of military flight plan data entry on the NATS flight processing system on 8 September 2026.(29710)

385Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to line 6 called Asset Sales of his Department's joint document entitled The Defence Investment Plan Funding Explainer, published on 30 June 2026, if he can provide a breakdown of the specific assets to be sold each year from 2026/27 until 2029/30.(29718)

386Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 22967 on F-35 Aircraft, if the 12 F-35A aircraft for the Operational Conversion Unit will also be allocated to fulfil the role of Dual Capable Aircraft for the NATO Nuclear Mission.(29719)

387Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23347 on Boxer Vehicles, what is the breakdown by variant of the contractually delivered Boxer fleet to date.(29720)

388Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23386 on Artillery, for what reason is there currently a restriction on the RAF deploying the L118 105mm Light Gun by parachute.(29721)

389Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23249 on Guided Weapons, if he will provide a direct comparison between the rolling 10-year profile at (a) Quarter 4 (FY24/25) and (b) Quarter 4 (FY25/26) illustrating how the funding line remains similar despite the reduction in Whole Life Cost from £2967.59M to £1589.63M.(29798)

390Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23400 on Ajax vehicles, how many Ajax family vehicles have been accepted since 17 April 2026 by variant.(29800)

391Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the level of threat posed by Russian and Chinese installations on Antarctica to (a) Britain's South Atlantic Islands and (b) British research presence in Antarctica.(29849)

392Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 22802 on HMS Bangor, on what date did HMS Bangor return to the UK from Bahrain; and what the cost was of the replacement heavy lift contract.(29850)

393Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23400 on Ajax vehicles, what is the overall total of each variant now held mapped against the current production schedule.(29859)

394Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a risk assessment of outsourcing to the private sector the operation and maintenance of the Solid State Phased Array Radar at RAF Fylingdales.(29377)

395Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve accommodation for the Royal Irish Regiment based at Clive Barracks, Tern Hill, Shropshire.(29381)

396Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the British Support Team in Ramallah has identified any instances of UK nationals or UK-Israeli dual nationals engaging in settler violence in the West Bank.(29519)

397Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the British Support Team in Ramallah has identified any UK nationals or UK-Israeli dual nationals among individuals living on illegal settlements in the West Bank.(29520)

398Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of immigration levels on housing availability.(29487)

399Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of new homes required in Britain.(29488)

400Charlotte Cane (Ely and East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she expects the review of the local government reorganisation programme announced on 7 September 2026 to conclude; how local communities and Councils will be able to engage; and when affected local authorities will receive a decision on the future of their reorganisation proposals.[R] (29667)

401Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many times Mayors from devolved Mayoral authorities have had meetings with the [i] Prime Minister and [ii] Prime Minister's Officials at Number 10 North since July 2026.(29512)

402Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many times Council Leaders from non Mayoral authorities have had meetings with the [i] Prime Minister and [ii] Prime Minister's Officials at Number 10 North since July 2026.(29513)

403Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral statement by the Prime Minister of 1 September 2026 on Direction of Government, Official Report, column 28, whether (a) Cornwall and (b) other local authorities will have the same level of funding and power if they adopt a strategic authority restructure without a mayor, relative to those with a mayor.(29792)

404Katie 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, over what time period will the £6 billion to London be provided.(29793)

405Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 13628, on Empty Property: Council Tax, and with reference to her Department's document entitled Guidance on the implementation of the council tax premiums on long-term empty homes and second homes, May 2026, what advice or guidance has (a) her Department and (b) Valuation Tribunal Service provided on whether an empty dwelling that has claimed the empty homes premium Class I exception for 12 months following a grant of probate, and then claimed the Class F council tax exemption due to the death of the owner and probate, can then claim an additional 12 month Class G or H premium exception in succession after that initial 12 months if the dwelling is then being marketed for sale or rent; or whether the 12 month Class F and G exception can only be claimed if the dwelling was not marketed for sale or rent during the Class I exception period.(29794)

406Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Cost of Living taskforce plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of council tax increases on the cost of living of households.(29796)

407Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what responsibility the Public Control taskforce will have for housing policy.(29799)

408Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has been made of the potential impact of the Valuation Tribunal Service decision, Amazon UK Services Ltd and Karen Giles (Valuation Officer), Ref: Case No: CHG100896364, 27 July 2026, on the business rate liability of (a) distribution warehouses and (b) Generation 10 multi-story robotic distribution warehouses.(29801)

409Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 18188 on Devolution, if she will summarise the 43 requests; and what the response was for each of those requests.(29802)

410Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 17442 on Global Counsel, whether minutes were taken of the meeting between the Minister for Housing and Planning and Global Counsel.(29803)

411Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the planned target date is for the (a) full commencement of the new Know Your Donor provisions in the Representation of the People Bill and (b) associated statutory guidance consultation and ratification, in terms of months after Royal Assent.(29806)

412Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 11404 on MHCLG: Departmental Responsibilities, whether the commitments for each of the programmes for the years outside the Spending Review 2025 period up to 2057-58 are funded.(29808)

413Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 11667 on MHCLG: Remote Working, whether office attendance data for staff in the London HQ is collated in the same manner and shown in a centralised dashboard.(29812)

414Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information (a) her Department and (b) its Arm’s Length Bodies holds on residential land values by locality.(29813)

415Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the (a) change in amount and number of council tax arrears since 2024-25 and (b) number of arrears referred for enforcement.(29817)

416Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication entitled Planning powers for mayors in England, of 24 August 2026, para 17, whether there will be any public planning hearing before a mayor directs a local planning authority to refuse an application.(29818)

417Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultation outcome, Modernising and improving the administration of council tax - government response, updated 15 April 2026, para 37, what the timetable is for the review into the changes into council tax disregards; and whether any reforms will be delivered before the Spending Review 2027 period.(29819)

418Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 50 of her Department's response to the proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system consultation, published in August 2026, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the cost of delivering social rent dwellings with other types of tenure; and if she will publish a list of the organisations that contributed to the consultation.(29820)

419Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 45 of her Department's response to the proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system consultation, published in August 2026, what are the substantive policy differences between (a) Garden City and (b) New Town principles.(29821)

420Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether bank cards will be a permitted form of identification for the new Parliamentary Candidate identification requirements at nomination.(29822)

421Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what definition the Government uses to define long-term rough sleeping; what target date and measurable outcomes apply to the commitment to end long-term rough sleeping at the earliest opportunity; and when progress data will be published at local authority level.(29404)

422Susan Murray (Mid Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution on the abuse and intimidation of its staff and volunteers.(29747)

423Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND funding and average waiting times for individuals to be issued with an Education Health and Care Plan in (i) Shropshire and (ii) Telford and Wrekin.(29384)

424 NMr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 25253 on Parking: Payments, when her Department's assessment of consumer protections for motorists issued with private parking charges where payment systems are unavailable or malfunctioning will conclude, and when she expects the Private Parking Code of Practice to be brought before Parliament.(29698)

425David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the overseas electors cap in the Representation of the People Bill applies to apply to British citizens living in the Republic of Ireland registered as an overseas elector but not political donations from Irish citizens living in the Republic of Ireland.(29557)

426David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which organisations within the (i) public, (ii) private and (iii) voluntary sector her Department has (a) engaged with to date and (b) intends to engage with on the adoption of the new anti-Muslim hostility definition since the publication of the final definition.(29558)

427David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the Letter to the Electoral Commission: spending limits review (29 August 2026), published 1 September 2026, for what reason the campaign spending limits review was extended to include candidate donation limits.(29559)

428David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 18015, on Political Parties: Finance, whether her policy intent is that the UK residency test will also apply to domestic electors who were on the domestic electoral roll before 25 March 2026 and remain so after 25 March.(29560)

429David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 18015, on Political Parties: Finance, in light of the legislation commencing retrospectively from 25 March 2026, whether her policy intent is that the test of a full calendar year of UK residency requirement may include a period of time that predates 25 March 2026.(29561)

430David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 18016, on Political Parties: Finance, and of 25 June 2026, to Question 11686, on Electoral Register, whether her policy intent is that a domestically registered elector, who has a permanent residence in both a UK dwelling and in an overseas dwellings, (a) would or (b) would not be classed as overseas contributor for the purposes of the new residency test.(29562)

431David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the remit and timeline of the Government task and finish team on political donations.(29563)

432David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the target number of affordable homes which will be delivered under the whole Social and Affordable Housing Programme 2026-36, broken down by tenure and type of housing.(29564)

433David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 18483 on Recreation Spaces, whether the request for views on the public recreational green spaces review will be published on gov.uk; and what is the timetable for the contribution of views.(29565)

434David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the overnight visitor levy will apply to (a) commercial accommodation provided at music festivals and (b) private tents erected by individuals at such festivals.(29566)

435David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to introduce new policies to allow councils to address the frustration of planning enforcement through the sub-division of land.(29567)

436David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Reform UK Party provided oral or written evidence to the Rycroft review into foreign financial interference.(29568)

437David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answers of 1 September 2026, to Question 19132, on Home Office: Public Consultation, and 30 June 2026, to Question 11658 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Consultation, whether her Department takes the same approach as the Home Office regarding non-engagement with the Muslim Council in relation to written representations.(29569)

438David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the London Plan policy on Strategic Industrial Land on housebuilding in London.(29570)

439David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what role Ministers in the Office for Equality and Opportunity have in policy development and decisions on faith and belief; and whether Equalities Ministers attend MHCLG Ministerial meetings.(29571)

440David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the policy of her Department on recognising the new name of a local authority if it changes its name by resolution after vesting.(29572)

441David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 22095 on Urban Areas: Planning Permission, what is the criteria that will be used to assess whether a business is making a positive contribution.(29573)

442David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultation outcome, Home buying and selling reform roadmap, updated 19 June 2026, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of requiring a sales pack and property condition report on speculative sellers.(29574)

443David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release, Review of local government reorganisation launched, of 7 September 2026, if she will place in the Library a copy of all of the documentation from local authorities relating to the judicial reviews on local government reorganisation.(29575)

444Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will provide a list of organisations who received funding under the first round of the Common Ground Award by parliamentary constituency.(29775)

445Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure an equitable regional distribution of the second round of the Common Ground Award.(29776)

446Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to exempt (a) campsites, (b) activity centres and (c) other overnight accommodation used by voluntary youth organisations from the proposed Overnight Visitor Levy.(29772)

447Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish legal advice she has received in connection with the local government reorganisation programme.(29618)

448Jessica Toale (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of pet inclusive homeless and temporary accommodation.(29869)

449Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of (a) the costs and benefits for local authorities of installing underground refuse collection systems and (b) the potential impact on (i) collection efficiency, (ii) streetscape quality, and (iii) fly-tipping costs.(29868)

450Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department had any discussions with US counterparts regarding reports that a US diplomat suspected of possessing indecent images of children was removed from the UK before police questioning could take place.(29536)

451Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 21974 on Social Security Benefits: Polygamy, whether there is a statute law basis for recognising a polygamous marriage in England and Wales.(29548)

452Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 21974 on Social Security Benefits: Polygamy, if he will publish the required conditions under which an an overseas polygamous marriage is recognised under the law of England and Wales.(29549)

453Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 21974, have there been any instances where an uncle/niece or aunt/nephew marriage which falls within the prohibited degrees of relationship under the Marriage Act 1949 have been recognised.(29550)

454Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) treatment and (b) accredited behavioural interventions are available to individuals convicted of (i) stalking and (ii) exhibiting fixated behaviour in (A) custody and (B) while under supervision in the community.(29452)

455Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what risk assessment is carried out on offenders convicted of stalking and exhibiting fixated behaviour before they are released from custody, including under early release arrangements; and what steps he is taking to help safeguard victims on their release.(29453)

456Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders currently serving standard determinate sentences for offences related to domestic abuse may become eligible for release after serving one third of their sentence under the proposed sentencing reforms; and how many such offenders are managed by probation services in the West Midlands.(29405)

457Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what minimum period of notice will be given to victims before the release of a domestic abuse offender under proposed sentencing arrangements; and whether a new domestic abuse risk assessment will be mandatory before such an offender is released.(29406)

458Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 22797 on HMP Liverpool, for how long has work at the prison been paused.(29854)

459Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23332 on Prison Accommodation, when were the 6,000 places delivered, and in what locations, prior to the publication of the 10-Year Capacity Strategy.(29855)

460Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reviewing the mandatory retirement age for magistrates.(29699)

461Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of allowing magistrates to serve beyond the mandatory retirement age, subject to an assessment of their fitness and suitability to serve.(29700)

462Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the minimum service expectation for newly appointed magistrates on trends in the level of applications from people aged over 70.(29701)

463Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Welsh people (based on home address prior to entering custody) were held in prison on remand in England and Wales in (a) March, (b) June, (c) September, and (d) December of 2025, by origin local authority based on home address prior to entering custody.(29458)

464Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people with a home address in Wales prior to entering custody were held in prison on remand in England and Wales in (a) March, (b) June, (c) September, and (d) December of 2025, by establishment.(29459)

465Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people with a home address in Wales prior to entering custody were in prison in (a) March, (b) June, (c) September, and (d) December of 2025 were categorised as (i) Category A, (ii) Category B, (iii) Category C, (iv) Category D, and (v) on remand.(29460)

466Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Ministry of Justice’s Safety in custody: quarterly update to December 2025, how many prisoners who self-harmed in the 12 months to December 2025 were from Wales (based on home address prior to entering custody).(29461)

467Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Ministry of Justice’s Safety in custody: quarterly update to December 2025, how many prisoners whose deaths were recorded as self-inflicted in 2025 were from Wales (based on home address prior to entering custody).(29462)

468Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released from prison in (a) England, and (b) Wales with no fixed address in 2025-26, by the releasing establishment.(29463)

469Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many IPP prisoners from Wales (based on home address) were (a) unreleased, and (b) recalled in (i) March, (ii) June, (iii) September, and (iv) December, of 2025.(29464)

470Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the total number of prisoners identified as homeless at reception in Welsh prisons in 2025, by each prison in Wales.(29465)

471Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to legal parenthood in surrogacy arrangements on the level of disputes between surrogates and intended parents.(29396)

472Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed surrogacy reforms on the commercialisation of surrogacy.(29398)

473Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parental order applications in each of the last 10 years involved payments to a surrogate which exceeded what the court considered to be reasonable expenses, and in how many such cases the additional payments were authorised retrospectively.(29401)

474Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to P.Q. v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2026), what assessment he has made of whether the current system for determining reasonable expenses in surrogacy arrangements provides sufficient safeguards against surrogacy becoming commercialised, in the context of the absence of a statutory limit on payments to surrogates.(29402)

475Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 116101, whether each offender in the table is counted once only in each calendar year; whether the previous-conviction band is measured at the offender’s last qualifying conviction in that year; and how many offenders included for 2024 were convicted of theft from a shop more than once during that year.(29616)

476Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his letter to the hon. Member for West Suffolk, dated 10 September 2026, what the evidential basis is for the statement that there will be more people in prison than ever before by the end of this Parliament.(29617)

477Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether probabilistic record linkage tools, used by the Department or its agencies automatically link records relating to individuals where a predefined confidence threshold is met; and what human review is undertaken before such linked records are used for operational purposes.(29663)

478Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether probabilistic record-linkage tools used by the Department are used to link records relating to individuals across departmental boundaries; and what assessment he has made of the potential implications for individuals of being automatically included within, or excluded from, such cross-departmental linked identities.(29665)

479 NTonia Antoniazzi (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) Departmental Expenditure Limit and (b) Annually Managed Expenditure funding has been spent by the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery in each financial year since its establishment.(29473)

480Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.(29357)

481Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.(29358)

482 NTonia Antoniazzi (Gower): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 27 April 2026 to Question 128318 on Public Expenditure, how much funding he plans to provide to the Northern Ireland Executive for comparable support available through the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme; when it plans to provide that funding; and whether he has had discussions with the Executive on how it plans to use that funding.(29474)

483 NDame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish an update from the Office for Government Property on its estates rationalisation programme.(29390)

484 NDame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the bespoke departmental efficiency targets and plans.(29391)

485 NDame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he accepts the recommendation from the Office for Value for Money to conduct thematic value for money reviews and publish the terms of reference of these reviews in 2026.(29392)

486 NDame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what take-up there has been of the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme since July 2025 and how take-up compares with the predecessor scheme.(29393)

487 NDame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the cost and the impact of the Great British Summer Savings scheme.(29394)

488 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with the Governor of the Bank of England on the criteria used when making decisions on the (a) use and (b) removal of historical figures on bank notes.(29363)

489 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 117675 on National Wealth Fund, whether the director of the National Wealth Fund in Northern Ireland was notified of the UKRI/Innovate UK event for local businesses held in Londonderry on 20 May 2026.(29366)

490Linsey Farnsworth (Amber Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many payments were made through the Equitable Life Payment Scheme to residents of Amber Valley constituency.(29848)

491Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of inheritance tax and Stamp Duty Land Tax rules on families seeking to establish long-term multigenerational households; and whether he has considered introducing targeted tax reliefs to support families who choose to share a main residence across generations.(29690)

492 NMark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the added value concept introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority in its proposed cryptoasset perimeter guidance (CP26/13) appears in the Regulated Activities Order or any of its exclusions.(29388)

493Monica Harding (Esher and Walton): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HMRC has made of the average change in the amount of time self-employed people and landlords are spending each year on compliance as a result of the introduction of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.(29777)

494Monica Harding (Esher and Walton): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HMRC has made of additional software and accountancy costs faced by sole traders and landlords who are required to use separate systems for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax and existing VAT reporting.(29778)

495Carolyn Harris (Neath and Swansea East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis his Department has undertaken on the reasons for the difference between current alcohol duty receipts and the Office for Budget Responsibility’s November 2023 forecast.(29442)

496Carolyn Harris (Neath and Swansea East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has undertaken analysis of the excise duty regime by alcohol content by unit to identify different practices between different types of alcohol such as spirits, wine and cider.(29443)

497Carolyn Harris (Neath and Swansea East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of UK excise duty levels on the ability of UK spirits producers to compete internationally.(29444)

498Carolyn Harris (Neath and Swansea East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in spirits duty since 1 August 2023 on (a) the volume of spirits sold in the UK and (b) spirits duty receipts.(29445)

499Carolyn Harris (Neath and Swansea East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Evaluation of Alcohol Duty Reforms, published on 20 April 2026, does not consider the effect of duty rates on receipts; and if he will widen its scope to include that effect.(29446)

500Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.(29346)

501Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Self Assessment payments on self-employed people and small businesses with irregular and seasonal income; and whether any new arrangements will be voluntary.(29537)

502 NKerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve transparency in sustainability-linked lending by requiring companies and financial institutions to publish the key performance indicators, targets and independent verification used to assess eligibility for sustainability-linked loans.[Transferred] (29115)

503James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government press release entitled Almost 7 million adults in the dark about their State Pension, published on 14 September 2026, what proportion of people who have an incomplete National Insurance record have never checked their State Pension forecast.(29831)

504James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government press release entitled Almost 7 million adults in the dark about their State Pension, published on 14 September 2026, what estimate has been made of the number of people who could increase their State Pension entitlement by making voluntary National Insurance contributions.(29832)

505James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government press release entitled Almost 7 million adults in the dark about their State Pension, published on 14 September 2026, what information the Department holds on the number of people who have made voluntary National Insurance contributions after checking their State Pension forecast in the last three years.(29833)

506James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government press release entitled Almost 7 million adults in the dark about their State Pension, published on 14 September 2026, what assessment has been made of whether further action is required to ensure that people who do not regularly use digital Government services are able to obtain and understand their State Pension forecast.(29835)

507James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government press release entitled Almost 7 million adults in the dark about their State Pension, published on 14 September 2026, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing proactive notifications to people whose National Insurance records indicate that they may benefit from making additional contributions.(29836)

508Andrew Pakes (Peterborough): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to set out a timetable for implementing the recommendations of the Law Commission’s Review of the Friendly Societies Acts 1974 and 1992, published on 10 September 2026.(29695)

509Manuela Perteghella (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the equitability of vehicle excise duty rates for zero-emission light goods vehicles used for private, non-commercial purposes; and if he will review the differential between the £360 annual VED rate for electric light goods vehicles and the £200 rate for electric cars, in cases where vehicles are built on the same zero-emission platform, such as the Nissan e-NV200 van and e-NV200 Combi passenger vehicle.(29753)

510Dave Robertson (Lichfield): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on alternative financing models for rolling stock.(29866)

511Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria his Department applied in determining which sports qualified for the exclusion at Autumn Budget 2025 of remote bets on horseracing from the 25% remote rate of General Betting Duty.(29367)

512Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has estimated the net impact on Exchequer receipts of applying the 25 per cent remote rate to greyhound racing, including (a) betting turnover, (b) employment and (c) associated tax receipts.(29368)

513Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the new remote rate of General Betting Duty on Romford Greyhound Stadium.(29369)

514 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to deliver the economic abuse commitments in the Financial Inclusion Strategy; and what mechanisms are in place to monitor and report on progress in delivering those commitments and improving outcomes for economic abuse victim-survivors.(29636)

515Euan Stainbank (Falkirk): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) the April 2022 changes to rebated diesel entitlement and (b) the oil price since March 2026 on the viability of quarrying businesses.(29858)

516Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a VAT exemption on installing solar panels for schools.(29596)

517Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to introduce a VAT exemption for schools installing solar panels.(29597)

518Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are in HMRC's Valuation Office's High Value Council Tax Team.(29408)

519Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20810 on Treasury: Special Advisers, how many staff does the Chief of Staff (a) direct and (b) manage.(29409)

520Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the PCS press release entitled Valuation Office withdraws HVCTS Office Attendance communication, published on 24 August 2026, for what reason HMRC withdrew the Office Attendance communication; and what is the current office attendance expectation.(29410)

521Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 20578 on Sanctions, what other parts of Government may have remit over exemptions.(29411)

522Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 23863, on Treasury: Facilities Agreements, if he will publish facility time data for 2025-26.(29412)

523Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.(29359)

524Joy Morrissey (Beaconsfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the costs to the public purse of closing down the Social Mobility Commission.(29492)

525Joy Morrissey (Beaconsfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what meetings she has held since taking office with representatives of the Social Mobility Commission; and if she will provide the dates of those meetings.(29493)

526Joy Morrissey (Beaconsfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the costs to the public purse of implementing the proposed Class Unit.(29494)

527Joy Morrissey (Beaconsfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will set out the intended headcount of the proposed Class Unit.(29495)

528Joy Morrissey (Beaconsfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will set out the intended structure and civil service reporting lines of the proposed Class Unit.(29496)

529Joy Morrissey (Beaconsfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the costs to the public purse of implementing the new Socio-Economic Duty on public bodies.(29497)

530Joy Morrissey (Beaconsfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential costs and impact of the new Socio-Economic Duty on businesses involved in public procurement.(29498)

531Joy Morrissey (Beaconsfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how the new Class Unit will define “class”.(29499)

532Joy Morrissey (Beaconsfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will set out how she intends to maintain external scrutiny of the Government’s performance in relation to policy related to social mobility following the closure of the Social Mobility Commission.(29500)

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 13 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 NDr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the membership list of the Prime Minister's AI Taskforce.(29515)

2 NDr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which ministerial office is the AI Security Institute accountable to following recent machinery of government changes.(29516)

3 NRebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 26241 on Road Works: Compensation, what data her Department holds on the number of defective street works reinstatements identified in each of the last five years; and what proportion were remedied by the undertaker within the statutory guarantee period.(29863)

4 NRebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 26119 on East West Rail Line, what works and assurance activities remain outstanding before Winslow Station can be fully handed over; and on what date she expects that handover to take place.(29864)

5 NGareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Farnborough Airport Community Environmental Fund; what data her Department holds on how much funding it has generated in each of the last five years; and whether she has assessed the potential merits of requiring other business aviation airports to operate similar community environmental funds.(29342)

6 NGareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of annual business aviation movements at (a) RAF Northolt, (b) Farnborough Airport, (c) London Luton Airport, (d) London Stansted Airport, (e) Biggin Hill Airport and (f) London City Airport in each of the last five years.(29343)

7 NGareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of greenhouse gas emissions per passenger kilometre from private business jets compared with (a) commercial aviation and (b) rail transport; and how emissions from a typical four-hour private jet flight compare with average annual per-capita emissions in the UK.(29344)

8 NGareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) capability is currently available at RAF Northolt; whether SAF is available to business aviation operators using the airfield; how its availability compares with Farnborough, London Luton, London Stansted and Biggin Hill airports; and what plans she has to expand SAF and other aviation decarbonisation measures at RAF Northolt.(29345)

9 NDame Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) annually uprating the Bereavement Support Payment in line with inflation and (b) extending the payment period for the Bereavement Support Payment beyond 18 months.(29375)

10 NDame Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) financial and (b) administrative impact of differing mileage allowance rates for DWP and HMRC on self-employed people who are also in receipt of Universal Credit.(29376)

11 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the emerging recommendations in his Department's document entitled The Timms Review: co-chair update September 2026, updated on 11 September 2026, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing award reviews on the number of people who will be entitled to claim Personal Independence Payment.(29703)

12 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the emerging recommendations in his Department's document entitled The Timms Review: co-chair update September 2026, updated on 11 September 2026, whether he has assessed who will be responsible for commissioning and delivering the proposed Personal Independence Payment advocacy service.(29705)

13 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the variation in Connect to Work participation and employment outcomes between local authority and combined authority areas.(29714)

14 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Connect to Work participants have (a) a physical health condition, (b) a mental health condition, (c) a learning disability, (d) autism and (e) multiple health conditions or disabilities for which the latest data is available.(29716)

15 NGareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the public health impacts of aircraft noise and aviation-related air pollution on communities beneath flight paths serving RAF Northolt, including in the London Borough of Harrow.(29341)

16 NDr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the legal advice she has received relating to local government reorganisation also pertains to Surrey.(29514)

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 14 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 19238 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, whether the analysis referred to in the Answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 11454 will be published in full.(29509)

2 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 26159 on Speed Limits: Cameras, on what date testing of the Home Office-approved solution commenced; when she expects that testing to conclude; and when she expects implementation across all affected cameras to be completed.(29510)

Questions for Answer on Thursday 15 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the National Audit Office’s report Upgrading the electricity transmission network, published on 11 September 2026, on the proposed Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets Development Consent Order, including the case for further consideration of alternative transmission arrangements.(29646)

2 NGreg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 26119 on East West Rail Line, how many drivers are required for the commencement of passenger services between Oxford and Milton Keynes; how many have completed the required training; and when she expects all required driver training to be completed.(29508)