Questions Tabled

Published – Monday 12 October 2026

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 13 October

Questions for Written Answer

1Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20417, on Retrospective Legislation, on what date or dates the Law Officers gave their consent for the retrospective political finance measures in the Representation of the People Bill.(32547)

2John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned Crown Prosecution Service staff at Sunlight House, in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(32347)

3Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Attorney General, how much their Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(32124)

4Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Attorney General, (a) how many hate crime prosecutions were brought; and (b) how many of those prosecutions were successful since July 2024.(32653)

5Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Attorney General, (a) how many prosecutions under section 20 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 were brought; and (b) how many of those prosecutions were successful since July 2024.(32654)

6Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Attorney General,(a) how many prosecutions under section 47 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 were brought; and (b) how many of those prosecutions were successful since July 2024.(33081)

7Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Attorney General, (a) how many prosecutions under section 18 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 were brought; and (b) how many of those prosecutions were successful since July 2024.(33472)

8Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Attorney General, (a) how many prosecutions under section 7 of the Theft Act 1968 were brought; and (b) how many of those prosecutions were successful since July 2024.(30639)

9Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Attorney General, (a) how many prosecutions under section 8 of the Theft Act 1968 were brought; and (b) how many of those prosecutions were successful since July 2024.(33473)

10Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Attorney General, (a) how many prosecutions under section 9 of the Theft Act 1968 were brought; and (b) how many of those prosecutions were successful since July 2024.(33082)

11Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Attorney General, (a) how many prosecutions under section 10 of the Theft Act 1968 were brought; and (b) how many of those prosecutions were successful since July 2024.(31043)

12Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Attorney General, (a) how many prosecutions under section 12 of the Theft Act 1968 were brought; and (b) how many of those prosecutions were successful since July 2024.(31847)

13Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Attorney General, (a) how many prosecutions under section 12A of the Theft Act 1968 were brought; and (b) how many of those prosecutions were successful since July 2024.(31044)

14David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20417, on Retrospective Legislation, with reference to the Representation of the People Bill, ECHR Memorandum for the Bill as introduced in the House of Lords, 3 September 2026, paragraphs 2 and 67 onwards, whether and assessment was made of the compatibility of giving consent for retrospective legislation on the overseas contributors donation cap UK residency test, announced on 6 July 2026, and the associated new criminal offence of not returning an impermissible overseas donation, to be commenced from 25 March 2026, with the European Convention on Human Rights.(31337)

15David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 9743, on Anti-Muslim Hostility, and of 8 September 2026, to Question 20416, on Crown Prosecution Service: Anti-Muslim Hostility, whether there is any internal guidance on the issue held by (a) the Government Legal Department and (c) Crown Prosecution Service other than the definition document published by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.(30513)

16Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Attorney General, if she will set out legal guidance for public authorities on whether they have the ability to seize frozen assets for community benefit.(32078)

17Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 24072 on Attorney General’s Office: Communication, if she will provide relevant hyperlinks to the transparency returns which list the communications, marketing and advertising spending in each of those financial years.(32004)

18Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the answer of 28 July 2026 to Question HL2133 on International Court of Justice, what guidance her Department has provided on the impact of the International Court of Justice’s ruling on International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 87 on the practices within the United Kingdom.(30377)

19Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 4 of the National Security Strategy, published 24 June 2025, what assessment has been made of the primary drivers of "radical uncertainty" identified in the National Security Strategy 2025.(32899)

20Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 20 of the National Security Strategy, published 24 June 2025, what criteria are used to measure the success of the three core pillars outlined in the National Security Strategy 2025.(30450)

21Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms have been established to cross-check departmental delivery of the priorities laid out in the National Security Strategy 2025.(30863)

22Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what role the Joint Intelligence Committee plays in implementing the National Security Strategy 2025.(30864)

23Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the devolved administrations have been integrated into the implementation and monitoring of the National Security Strategy 2025.(32470)

24Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will plans to publish a progress report on the implementation of the National Security Strategy 2025.(30865)

25Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 27 of the National Security Strategy, published 24 June 2025, what findings have been made by the annual National Exercises testing whole-of-society preparedness.(31282)

26Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the centre of government is managing inter-departmental working in executing the National Security Strategy 2025.(31283)

27Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what funding has been allocated to enhance public emergency alert systems in order to improve domestic resilience.(33303)

28Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress he has made on the Home Defence Programme in bridging civil-military preparedness gaps.(32074)

29Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what oversight the Cabinet Office maintains over foreign direct investment screenings to help protect sensitive domestic assets.(30453)

30Steve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to to the Answer of 15 April 2026 to Question 110422, when do they expect to launch the external recruitment campaign for the role of Director General for Propriety and Ethics.(30372)

31Juliet Campbell (Broxtowe): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether she plans to establish a cross-departmental approach to collecting and publishing data on outcomes for people with neurodivergent conditions.(30951)

32Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2026, to Question 28983, on Council Tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, whether the then Prime Minister was consulted over the decision to disapply the council tax referendum thresholds in the six councils.(32141)

33Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics has supplied the HMRC Valuation Office with property attribute data from the 2021 Census for individual dwellings.(31351)

34Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2026, to Question 28983, on Council Tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, whether the decision not to apply council tax referendum thresholds in the six councils was approved in a (a) Cabinet Committee meeting or (b) Cabinet Committee write-round.(32546)

35Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the St Albans City and District Council's Community Governance Review 2025/26, whether she will make representations on behalf of HM Government to request the issue of Letters Patent conferring city status on the St Albans City Parish council on its inauguration.(33308)

36Paul Davies (Colne Valley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the structure and membership of the public control taskforce; and what work does it plan to undertake on the public control of water services.(31918)

37Charlie Dewhirst (Bridlington and The Wolds): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government departments and agencies will be based at and have access to the Government Hub in York.(31839)

38Samantha Dixon (Chester North and Neston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions her Department has had with relevant stakeholders on the scheduling of the next UK-EU Summit; and when a date for that summit will be announced.(32968)

39Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Department is responsible for holding discussions with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in relation to oversight of the gold sector.(32461)

40Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to WPQ 29177 answered on 7 October 2026 about No 10 North, how many meetings were held between Cabinet Office officials and [a] Civil service representatives and [b] Trade Unions about the movement of the civil service workforce to the new Number 10 facility between 22 June 2026 and the opening of Number 10 North.(32086)

41Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether she has made an estimate of the potential cost of and overnight visitor levy to the operations of Number 10 North.(31736)

42Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much her Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(33361)

43Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on potential options for providing redress to women affected by maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age.(32790)

44Gill German (Clwyd North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current voluntary arrangements for the independent safety testing of advanced AI models; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the AI Security Institute has the statutory powers necessary to require developers to provide models for independent safety testing.(32213)

45Sarah Gibson (Chippenham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Civil Service Pension Scheme cases processed by Capita met the relevant contractual key performance indicators for (a) retirement quotes, (b) retirement payments, (c) bereavement cases, (d) death-in-service cases and (e) ill-health retirement cases as at 30 September 2026; and what reporting period, number of cases and contractual performance target were used for each category.(31499)

46Sarah Gibson (Chippenham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Civil Service Pension Scheme cases remained outstanding beyond the relevant contractual processing timescale for (a) retirement quotes, (b) retirement payments, (c) bereavement cases, (d) death-in-service cases and (e) ill-health retirement cases on 30 September 2026; and how many cases in each category Capita classified as non-workable.(31500)

47Tom Gordon (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of uprating future payments to family members affected by the infected blood scandal in line with inflation.(32538)

48Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Number 10 North on the county of Lincolnshire.(30343)

49Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Gateshead South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether she plans to require AI developers operating in the UK to (a) report within a fixed period any incident in which their systems access UK public sector data without authorisation, (b) delete any such data, and (c) certify that it has not been used to train or refine any AI model.(32377)

50Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Gateshead South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports that AI developers are investigating tens of thousands of security incidents linked to their models; and whether any of those incidents involved UK public bodies.(32378)

51James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions she had had with officials and ministerial colleagues about the potential merits of a new Civil Defence Office to coordinate and strengthen whole-of-society resilience.(33532)

52Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government spent on cloud computing services provided by (a) Microsoft Azure, (b) Google Cloud and (c) Amazon Web Services in each of the last five financial years.(32494)

53Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 September 2026 to Question 22121, how people in mobile signal blackspots would receive emergency alerts through other mechanisms such as "text or phone messages, social and broadcast media", which rely on mobile and broadband connectivity.(32129)

54James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when she plans to respond to Question 19520 from the hon. Member for Rushcliffe.(30529)

55Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a) MBR Acres and b) Labcorp within Huntingdon constituency fall within the scope of the 2023 Biological Security Strategy.(31383)

56Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23102 on Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities, what progress she has made on the Future Service Programme.(30967)

57Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Prime Minister has taken in respect of his commitment to working with Mauritius and the United States on a way forward that secures the operation of the base at Diego Garcia.(30573)

58Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the full scope of the procurement plan for commissioning firefighting planes to tackle wildfires.(32178)

59Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister intends to meet the President of Argentina to discuss the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.(33010)

60Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the Prime Minister of Mauritius will visit the United Kingdom.(32586)

61Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent outputs have been delivered by his Department in relation to the National Conversation as part of the Home Defence Programme.(33012)

62Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to question 23230 on Defence and National Security, by what medium will his Department launch a national resilience public awareness campaign this year.(33410)

63Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the outcome from the UK’s participation in the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Review Conference on a path to a) disarmament and b) non-proliferation.(30981)

64Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 25 September 2026 to question 19547 on Prime Minister: Official Gifts, what does the Cabinet Office intend to do with the Look 795 Road Bicycle presented to the former Prime Minister by the Secretariat General of the G7 on 14th June 2026 which is categorised as “held by department” in the Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: June 2026.(31792)

65Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 25 September 2026 to question 23286 on Government Communications: Recruitment, how many people have been hired at each grade as part of the active recruitment for the new team.(30583)

66Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on changing the 90 day visa rule for UK citizens travelling within the European Union.(30416)

67Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) National Crime Agency and (b) security service personnel were arrested and charged under (i) the National Security Act 2023 and (ii) the Official Secrets Act between 1st August 2025 and 31st August 2026.(33206)

68Dr Roz Savage (South Cotswolds): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) potential models for providing financial redress to women affected by maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age and (b) a rules-based compensation scheme.(30731)

69Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) energy rating and (b) energy band of each building occupied by her Department and its agencies was in each year for which figures are available.(31759)

70Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings have taken place between (a) Ministers and (b) officials and their European Union counterparts in each month since July 2024.(32568)

71Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Ethics and Integrity Commission has reported to a Prime Minister since October 2025.(30550)

72Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what oversight mechanisms are available to Parliament to ensure the independence of the Ethics and Integrity Commission.(33386)

73Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the AI Opportunities Unit established in the former Department for Science, Innovation and Technology continues to exist.(32087)

74Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the current timetable for (a) site selection, (b) contract award, (c) Phase 1 operation and (d) Phase 2 operation of the heterogeneous AI supercomputer; and which sites have submitted expressions of interest.(31293)

75Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the risk that voluntary pre-deployment access will not be granted for open-weight models developed outside United Kingdom; and what mitigations are in place.(33317)

76Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what methodology underlies the estimate that the UK AI assurance market could be worth £6.5 billion by 2035; and how many of the 524 firms counted in the 2024 market study are specialised assurance providers.(31691)

77Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential constitutional implications of powers to disapply sectoral regulation through the AI Growth Lab; and whether such powers would be subject to the affirmative procedure.(30879)

78Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which bodies constitute the UK's AI institutional landscape for the purposes of recommendation 30 of the AI Opportunities Action Plan; and whether he has reviewed overlaps between the AI Security Institute, the Alan Turing Institute, the Regulatory Innovation Office, the Centre for AI Measurement and the Ada Lovelace Institute.(31692)

79Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the status is of the AI Management Essentials tool and whether it will be made a procurement requirement.(32921)

80Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many AI accelerator procurements have been conducted using the competitive flexible procedure since the commencement of the Procurement Act 2023; what projects those procurements related to; and in how many cases suppliers were compensated for participation in completed stages of those procurements.(31296)

81Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which projects were selected for the Prime Minister's AI Exemplars programme; what each has cost; what scale each has reached; and what evaluation of each has been undertaken.(31297)

82Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for each tool in the Humphrey suite and for Extract and GOV.UK Chat, (a) whether it is live, in beta, transferred or retired, (b) how many users it has and (c) what its cost to date has been.(33320)

83Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the governance arrangement is between the Government Digital Service and the Prime Minister's AI Taskforce for public-sector AI adoption; and whether a memorandum of understanding or joint board exists.(32923)

84Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what outputs each AI Sector Champion has produced since appointment; and on what dates the champions have met Ministers.(31298)

85Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what conflict of interest arrangements apply to AI Sector Champions who are employees of companies supplying AI services; and if she will publish the register of interests.(31299)

86Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many unique individuals have completed at least one course through the AI Skills Hub; how many courses have been completed in total; and what is the definition of completion.(30883)

87Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the distribution of course duration is among courses completed through the AI Skills Hub; and how many completions were of courses of (a) under 20 minutes, (b) 20 minutes to 2 hours and (c) over 2 hours.(31695)

88Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the baseline, interim milestones and measurement methodology are for the target of 10 million workers trained in AI skills by 2030; and whether the methodology has been reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation.(30884)

89Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of central government cryptographic systems is assessed as capable of being upgraded in place to the standards published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in August 2024; and what proportion will require hardware replacement.(31300)

90Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill confers power to require regulated entities to migrate to post-quantum cryptography by a specified date.(32488)

91Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the readiness of operators of critical national infrastructure to meet the post-quantum cryptography migration milestones set out by the National Cyber Security Centre; and how that readiness is monitored.(32927)

92Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which services on the GOV.UK platform have completed migration to post-quantum cryptography; and what the timetable is for the remainder.(30885)

93Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, by what instrument the milestones in the National Cyber Security Centre's guidance Timelines for migration to post-quantum cryptography of 20 March 2025 are given effect for government departments and arm's length bodies.(32096)

94Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timetable is for compiling a cryptographic inventory of central government systems; and whether a summary of that inventory will be published.(30473)

95Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of placing the AI Security Institute on a statutory footing.(30887)

96Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings the AI Security Institute has had with the China General Technology Research Institute since its inception.(30479)

97Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Cabinet Office Civil Service staff assisting the Minister for AI have been appointed without open competition, through Civil Service recruitment principle exceptions.(33324)

98Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office news story, Dr Jade Leung appointed Vice-Chair of the AI Security Institute and Security Advisor to the AI Taskforce, of 23 September 2026, whether the Prime Minister intends to appoint a new Prime Ministerial adviser on AI.(32492)

99Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he intends to (a) statically or (b) dynamically align with the EU AI Act.(32493)

100Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper, Introducing the AI Economics Institute, published on 8 June 2026, what is the timetable for the Institute to be fully operational.(33325)

101Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 24328 on Civil Service: Artificial Intelligence, what is the evidential basis for the calculation of £45 billion of savings from the use of AI.(32931)

102Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the contact email address for correspondence by hon. Members with the AI Security Institute.(30480)

103Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Minister for AI has made any direct ministerial appointments.(30889)

104Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the (a) headcount and (b) FTE size of the Government’s AI Taskforce.(31698)

105Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants support the Cabinet Secretary on AI adoption.(31699)

106Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the (a) current and (b) planned (i) headcount and (ii) FTE staffing for the AI Security Institute.(30890)

107Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the AI Security Institute is required to publish transparency data on gov.uk, in line with the requirements of (a) government departments or (b) Arm’s Length Bodies.(32100)

108Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what are the full terms of reference of the AI Taskforce.(30481)

109Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will provide a list of all ministers who have visited Number 10 North (a) once, and (b) more than once.(30952)

110Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department takes to assess when a national Government response is needed during a climate emergency.(33311)

111Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department has produced modelling on the timing of Government responses to a) wildfires and b) flooding.(30455)

112Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much No10 North has spent on crockery.(32822)

113Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will list each direct ministerial appointment who has left Government since the change in Prime Minister.(33232)

114Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is an expectation of how many days a week a special adviser must work in their assigned office, other than when they are on official visits with their Minister.(30378)

115Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library the Civil Service Expectations training modules on equality, diversity and inclusion, produced by Government Skills.(32395)

116Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 20551 on James Purnell, if she will list specific (a) recusal, (b) mitigation or (c) disposal measures that have been introduced under the management of special advisers interests regime in relation to the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff and Flint Global.(32396)

117Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 21223 on Ministers: Official Residences, whether any individual is residing in the Admiralty House flats.(31202)

118Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Freedom of Information Act response, FOI2026/14099, of 24 August 2026, what is the estimated annual cost of No10 North, including security costs, that will be funded from the existing Cabinet Office budget.(33233)

119Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether No10 North is a department in its own right or a business unit of another department.(30379)

120Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement of 10 September 2026, HCWS325, on Church Appointments, what direct role does the Prime Minister intend to play in Church of England appointments once the 1829 legislation is amended by Parliament.(33234)

121Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the Government's policy on (a) the establishment of the Church of England and (b) its continued operation as the state church.(30794)

122Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Schedule, part VII, of the Chequers Estate Act 1917, whether the Prime Minister has declined to avail himself of the rights conferred upon him in relation to the use of Chequers.(31611)

123Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Register of Interests of Members’ Staff, published on 1 September 2026, whether the Chief of Staff to the Rt hon Member for Makerfield has a government role; and whether the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister line manages the Chief of Staff to the Rt hon Member for Makerfield.(30795)

124Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many days has the Prime Minister worked in No10 North since its opening.(32005)

125Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance the Cabinet Secretary provided to Ministers on the dismissal of Oliver Robbins.(33235)

126Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 19042 on Civil Servants: Redundancy, whether the Secretary of State has delegated the power to dismiss the Head of the Diplomatic Service to civil servants.(31614)

127Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has had meetings with Baron Alli of Norbury on party political funding since 20 July 2026.(30798)

128Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what substantive change has been made to the OBR’s forecast of the cost of Digital ID Cards that it is now recognised as an accurate estimate.(30382)

129Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when was guidance on Civil Service diversity and staff networks last updated.(31205)

130Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether HM Government intends to cite provisional estimates by the OBR in the future.(32398)

131Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 27473, on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, which creative agency was used to procure the social media influencers for the Digital ID programme.(32399)

132Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 20666, on Cabinet Office: Mission Boards, for what reason the Mission Delivery Unit was closed; and whether there is a Delivery Unit or Implementation Unit within the new Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet.(32825)

133Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Expenditure Over £25,000 - July 2026 (Cabinet Office Core), published on 27 August 2026, what was the nature of the expenditure undertaken and for what goods and services, in relation to the transaction, Perk UK Ltd, Ref: SINV-000032515, for £97,809.40.(30383)

134Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Expenditure Over £25,000 - July 2026 (Cabinet Office Core), published on 27 August 2026, what was the nature of the expenditure undertaken and for what goods and services, and in what policy area, in relation to the transaction, Disputes & Policy Implementation, Gowling WLG (UK) LLP, Ref: SINV-000032598, for £31,661.63.(30799)

135Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the publication, Expenditure Over £25,000 - July 2026 (Cabinet Office Core), 27 August 2026, what the event, work activity and topic was relating to transaction, Marketing & Communications, Four Agency Worldwide Ltd, Ref: SINV-000032848.(31615)

136Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the publication, Expenditure Over £25,000 - July 2026 (Cabinet Office Core), 27 August 2026, what the event, work activity and topic was relating to transaction, MAJOR EVENTS TEAM, SCOTLAND OFFICE, Ref: 2037005073; and whether there were underlying companies providing goods and services.(30800)

137Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the publication Government Procurement Card spend over £500 - July 2026 (Cabinet Office Core), 27 August 2026, what the purpose of the hotel booking was for transaction (a) DE VERE COTSWOLD WATER, Ref: 11703322286, (b) JEDDAH HILTON HOTEL, Ref: 11541786004 and (c) HOTEL ROYAL, Ref: 13243824929; and which (i) civil servants and (ii) Ministers the bookings were for.(30384)

138Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the publication Government Procurement Card spend over £500 - July 2026 (Cabinet Office Core), 27 August 2026, what the event was relating to transaction, BUTTON EVENTS, £526.16, on 02-Jul-26.(33236)

139Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are currently assigned to work in the OneGov Delivery Agency.(33237)

140Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 20831 on Cabinet Office: Facilities Agreements, and with reference to the section entitled Accuracy for FOI/PQs on page 12 of her Department's Civil Service facility time framework and guidance, April 2026, deposited in House of Commons and committed on 19 May 2026, reference DEP2026-0371, what estimate her Department of the cost of facility time required under the guidance for 2025-26.(32400)

141Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 20565 on Civil Service: Recruitment, whether any civil servants have been appointed by exception to the Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet Office who previously worked in party political roles since the recent change of Prime Minister.(31206)

142Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 20701 on Fraud, which Minister in her Department is the lead on the National Fraud Initiative.(33238)

143Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 28838 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Business Plans, whether all departments are required to produce Single Departmental Plans.(32826)

144Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the terms of reference of the National Economic Council in her Department's document entitled List of Cabinet Committees, updated on 10 September 2026, if she will define the term good growth.(30801)

145Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether special advisers must work in their assigned office for a minimum number of days each week, other than when they are on official visits with their Minister.(31616)

146Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards has provided guidance on declaring or handling interests in relation to a practising member of the Roman Catholic Church making Ministerial decisions in relation to the established Church of England and the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law.(30802)

147Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list each church appointment that is currently within the remit of the Prime Minister and his delegate.(32827)

148Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether anyone was residing in (a) Flat 1 and (b) Flat 3, Admiralty House at the start of the 2025-26 financial year.(32010)

149Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to her Department's document entitled SCS Declaration of Paid Outside Employment, updated on 15 September 2026, whether senior civil servants are required to declare if they are owners of (a) holiday lets and (b) buy to let properties.(32011)

150Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 20853 on Government Departments: Procurement, and with reference to the paragraphs 10-12 of the guidance, Procurement Policy Note 026: The Social Value Model of August 2026, whether central government bodies (a) can or (b) should continue to use the existing social value requirements in contracts listed in Procurement Policy Note 002 for (i) direct awards and (ii) call-off contracts, under existing framework agreements, (1) prior to 1 January 2027 and (2) after 1 January 2027.(31211)

151Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, page 117, footnote 57, whether the contractual compensation of £332,897 and additional severance of £526,598, made to Chris Wormald, were subject to the £30,000 tax-free allowance.(33239)

152Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20581, and with reference to the answer of 10 April 2025 to Question HL6032 on Arms Length Bodies, whether any of the proposed new bodies set out in the answer to Question HL6032 will no longer be taken forward.(30386)

153Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.29, what the date is of the 2026 EU/UK summit; and where it will be held.(30387)

154Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.162, if she will break down the Government Communications Service expenditure on each publicity and advertising campaign in 2025-26.(32013)

155Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.271, for what reason the Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet is led by the Cabinet Secretary.(32829)

156Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.31, if she will publish the training manuals and materials for the bespoke training course for Ministers.(32014)

157Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.143, what the reason was for the underspend on national security programmes in 2025-26.(32403)

158Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.145, what the reason was for the £2.7 million of higher costs to support the Prime Minister’s Office.(31212)

159Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.107, footnote 47, whether the additional pension contributions made to Chris Wormald were employer contributions; and whether any additional employer contributions were made in addition to those listed.(31213)

160Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.107, footnote 47, p.114 and p.117, whether the estimated CETV value of Chris Wormald’s Civil Service pension in March 2026 includes the additional pension payments referenced in footnotes 47 and 57.(32404)

161Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.107, footnote 47, what the reason was for the additional severance of £526,598.(32405)

162Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to Question 22333 on Civil Servants: LGBT+ People, whether the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Office for Equality and Opportunity has finalised its gender reassignment guidance following the model guidance issued to Civil Service departments.(32830)

163Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, pp.21, 46, whether an estimate has been made of the (i) expenditure and (ii) headcount of her Department in (a) 2023, (b) 2024, (c) 2025 and (d) 2026 disaggregating the effects of machinery of government changes.(32015)

164Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.19, whether the GovXchange secondment programme will apply to local authorities under Best Value intervention in relation to the seconding of local authority employees to the Civil Service.(30388)

165Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.261, how many headcount staff left her Department under the voluntary exit scheme in 2025-26.(32016)

166Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, pp.210, 272, what the expenditure was on Digital ID across government before its cancellation.(30806)

167Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.206, which Whitehall building had the £23 million revaluation loss following major refurbishment.(31619)

168Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.182, whether she plans to adopt the recommendation made by the Comptroller and Auditor General to undertake a review into the employment terms and conditions of Permanent and Cabinet Secretaries.(30807)

169Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.163, which external organisations provided the £610,000 of sponsorship by amount by donor.(31620)

170Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.57, which contractors and companies deliver the Ministerial carbon offset; and whether her Department holds information on the selected compliant offset projects which are UN CDM and Gold Standards certified.(33241)

171Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.34, what the changes are to how government campaigns are prioritised and funded.(30389)

172Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.39, how disinformation frameworks have been updated; and whether external contractors were used.(33242)

173Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 35 of her Department's publication entitled the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, published on 14 September 2026, for what reason did her Department decide to close the Civil Service Jobs Applicant Tracking System Programme.(32831)

174Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 34 of to her Department's publication entitled Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, published on 14 September 2026, whether there is a cost to the public purse of the collection of data on government approval that is now a key performance indicator; whether the rolling data will be published on a government dashboard; and what information her Department holds on the latest figure for government approval.(32406)

175Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 159 of her Department's publication entitled Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, published on 14 September 2026, what steps her Department are taking to minimise the contingent liability in relation to appeals against interpretation of legislation.(32407)

176Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to pages 11 and 32 of her Department's publication entitled Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, published on 14 September 2026, whether (a) the Sheffield Policy Campus 10-week internship and (b) the Future Leaders Internship Programme in Glasgow, was restricted to applicants based on their (i) socio-economic background on (ii) ethnicity.(31214)

177Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of introducing the socio-economic duty on (a) the requirements on public authorities to consult on the effect of proposed policies, and (b) the length and cost of equality impact assessments.(31215)

178Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to her Department's press release entitled ‘Box-ticking’ consultations scrapped to speed up delivery, published on 10 September 2026, if she will list each of the 7,000 consultation duties identified; and whether the Government plans to introduce legislation to remove these statutory consultation requirements.(30390)

179Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 159 of her Department's document entitled Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, published on 14 September 2026, what is the public body employer relating to the employment tribunal.(33243)

180Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to pages 156 and 262 of her Department's publication entitled Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, published on 14 September 2026, what is the planned timetable for the determination of whether a £8.9 million penalty will be applied by HMRC to Cabinet Office; whether this will be in addition to the £38 million of total estimated gross liability; which Cabinet Office business units were involved; and how many staff were involved.(32832)

181Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 162 of her Department's publication entitled Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, published on 14 September 2026, for what reason the Government Communications Service expenditure increased from £10.4 million in 2024-25 to £21.3 million in 2025-26.(33244)

182Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many gross headcount staff were recruited by her Department in 2025-26.(31621)

183Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.162, and pursuant to the answer of May 2026, to Question 2046, on 10 Downing Street, if he will provide a breakdown, by supplier and type of commodity, for the £8,546 of Cabinet Office expenditure on the Prime Minister's residence in 2025-26.(30808)

184Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.77, for what reason the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service does not attend Cabinet Office Board meetings.(31622)

185Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026, to Question 20906, on Cabinet Office: Remote Working, what was the business case for 128 staff members having home working contracts, in cases other than accompanying a partner on an official posting.(30809)

186Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2026, to Question 28367, on Admiralty House: Council Tax, on what date was each of the three flats last occupied.(31623)

187Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026 to Question 20821 on Government Departments: Communication, if she will require the Government Communications Service to collate information on communications spending across government.(32017)

188Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers who remained as special advisers under the change of Prime Minister have subsequently departed after their probationary period.(30391)

189Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) compressed hours and (b) working from home are taken into account when estimating public sector productivity by the Office for National Statistics.(32018)

190Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who wrote the No10 policy unit document, Policy Agenda: May – Autumn, published on 17 September 2026.(30810)

191Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when she will answer Question 20718, tabled on 28 August 2026 by the hon. Member for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire, on 1 Carlton Gardens.(31217)

192Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 20662 on Government Departments: Freedom of Information, and with reference to paragraph 221 of her Department's document entitled Guide to Parliamentary Work, if she will publish the Round Robin List of May 2026 disclosed in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.(32409)

193Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to her Department's document entitled List of Cabinet Committees and their membership, updated 23 September 2026, for what reason the Minister for Women and Equalities was not listed as a Member of the Domestic Affairs Committee in the version published on 10 September 2026.(32410)

194Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech at United Nations General Assembly of 22 September 2026, if she will set out the differences between the work of the proposed National Centre for Information Defence and the National Cyber Security Centre.(31218)

195Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government intends to make greater use of Citizens' Assemblies as an alternative to written public consultation.(31219)

196Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if her Department will review the business appointment provisions of Arm’s Length Body regulators which are not formally part of the Civil Service.(33246)

197Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what her policy is on restricting applicants to Civil Service paid jobs on the basis of social class.(32833)

198Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the social class requirements are to participate in the Stepping into Communications scheme; and what the salary paid for participants is.(33247)

199Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a central list of Direct Ministerial Appointments which have left government since the recent change in Prime Minister.(30392)

200Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 22 September 2026, to Question HL2320, on Public Appointments, if she will make it her policy to amend the guidance on Direct Ministerial Appointments to ensure that the Direct Ministerial Appointments portal is updated when a Direct Ministerial Appointment has ended their government service.(30811)

201Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 April 2025, to Question 118205, on Civil Servants: Recruitment, if she will publish these figures by public body.(32837)

202Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 April 2025, to Question 118205, on Civil Servants: Recruitment, how many job advertisements published on the Civil Service jobs website in 2026 to date were (a) available on the public website and (b) only available to Civil Service within the passworded website.(32022)

203Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Government Correspondence Hub, updated 25 September 2026, whether bias against protected characteristics includes the expression of gender critical views.(31628)

204Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department has a policy of non-engagement with (a) Just Stop Oil and (b) Extinction Rebellion.(31629)

205Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers across Government have the title Deputy Chief of Staff.(30817)

206Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps is the Freedom of Information team taking to operate as a centre of excellence, other than the issuing of Round Robin advice; whether her Department has distributed template best practice guidance to Departments; and how many staff are in the Cabinet Office FOI policy team.(32023)

207Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2026, to Question 20662, on Government Departments: Freedom of Information, what is the retention length by the Cabinet Office Freedom of Information team for the twice weekly Freedom of Information Round Robin lists.(30398)

208Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance her Department has given to Departments on ensuring that the information on the Direct Ministerial Appointments portal on gov.uk (a) is up to date and (b) covers all Direct Ministerial Appointments.(32024)

209Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2026 to Question 20981, Prime Minister: Secondment, for what reason would releasing this information compromise personal data.(32839)

210Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department received representations relating to the proposed National Centre for Information Defence from the Campaign for Countering Digital Hate; and what role the National Centre will play in relation to domestic sources of misinformation and disinformation.(32414)

211Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to uprate the claimed salaries of (a) Commons or (b) Lords Ministers in this Parliament.(32415)

212Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a donation by consultant lobbyists to a Minister is deemed to be contact for the purposes of registration on the Register of Consultant Lobbyists.(31225)

213Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what individual items from the Government Art Collection have been (a) installed and (b) deinstalled from 10 Downing Street since the change of Prime Minister, including the GAC reference number, artist and title.(31227)

214Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2026 to Question 7165 on Prime Minister: Official Gifts, what criteria are used to determine whether gifts are auctioned off.(31632)

215Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the proposed National Commission on electoral reform will be established in statute; and what the sponsoring department will be.(30820)

216Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026 to Question 20652 on Public Procurement Review Service, whether Palantir has (a) submitted a case and (b) discussed submitting a case to the Public Procurement Review Service in relation to the decision of the Mayor of London to block the awarding of the contract to the Metropolitan Police.(33253)

217Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026 to Question 20656 on Arms Length Bodies: Equality, whether Arms Length Bodies are required to submit nil returns when asked for information on external EDI expenditure for 2025-26; and whether her Department assumes zero spending on external EDI if no response is received from the Arms Length Body.(32845)

218Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department plans to review the operation and provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.(33254)

219Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 24 September 2026 to Question 20646 on Public Consultation, whether there will be consultation on which statutory duties on consultation will be repealed.(32422)

220Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 23 September 2026 to Question 29123 on Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information, if she will publish the minutes of the last meeting of the Information Rights Forum; and if she will list the organisational membership.(31231)

221Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026, to Question 20640, on Cabinet Office: Advertising, how much her Department has spent on (a) YouGov, (b) Pinterest, (c) Tiktok and (d) Spotify since July 2024.(32423)

222Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026 to Question 26937 on Cabinet Office: Social Media, if she will name the 22 influencers paid to promote her Department’s campaigns.(32846)

223Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026 to Question 20883 on Government Departments: Social Media, whether there has been expenditure under the RM6364 framework by the (a) Cabinet Office, (b) New Media Unit, (c) Government Communications Service and (d) Government Commercial Agency.(33255)

224Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Table 14, Summer Internship Programme recruitment by diversity characteristics, 2026, of the Civil Service Fast Stream: recruitment data 2026, 24 September 2026, whether the 4,148 registrations from those who declared a parent/guardian occupation of (a) Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations, (b) Intermediate occupations and (c) No parental occupation information provided were automatically rejected.(30400)

225Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 25 September 2026 to Question 20894 on Hannah Bronwin, whether Hannah Bronwin is (a) seconded from SSE Thermal and (b) on the SSE Thermal staff payroll.(33256)

226Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what her timetable is for the publication of the new Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.(30821)

227Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the written statement of 13 July 2026, HCWS226, on Ukraine Support, if she will publish the agreement with the EU in relation to the Ukraine Support Loan; and what the timetable is for the Council of the EU to approve the necessary implementing measures.(31633)

228Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the overnight visitors levy in Scotland on the cost of accommodation staff visiting her Department's headquarters in Glasgow.(30822)

229Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2026 to Question 28375 on Government Departments: Procurement, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of arm's length bodies requiring suppliers to have carbon reduction plans on businesses.(32030)

230Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the transparency data, MHCLG: business appointment rules advice, April to June 2026, published 29 September 2026, for what reason business appointments approval was required for those appointments.(30401)

231Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 24 September 2026 to Question 20646 on Public Consultation, and with reference to the Cabinet Office press release, Ministers rip up consultation culture, 26 March 2026, whether she plans to include legislative changes relating to Cabinet Office responsibilities in the legislative vehicle on the statutory consultations.(31234)

232Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20810, on Treasury: Special Advisers, whether permission of the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff is required for a departmental Minister to give their special adviser the title of Chief of Staff.(32034)

233Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Prime Minister’s policy is on holding a referendum on re-integration with the European Union.(32850)

234Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026, to Question 13164, on UK Trade with EU, whether the red lines of no return to (a) the EU Single Market or (b) the EU Customs Union remain government policy.(31636)

235Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled Explanatory Memorandum on a UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement or Trade And Cooperation Agreement Governance Document, COM(2025)804, whether the UK will be required to meet the EU’s 42.5% renewable energy target by 2030; and whether the UK will be subject to financial corrective measures if it does not meet the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) targets under Governance Regulation (EU 2018/1999).(31637)

236Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any assessment has been undertaken by the Office of the Prime Minister on the impacts of rejoining (a) the European Union, (b) the EU Customs Union and (c) EU Single Market, and joining (d) the Schengen Area and (e) the Euro Single Currency.(33260)

237Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Minutes for the fifth Trade Specialised Committee on Public Procurement under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, published on 1 October 2026, whether the EU's Made In Europe agenda was discussed at the meeting.(30404)

238Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the document “Guiding principles for EU legislation”, published April 2013 and withdrawn in January 2021, whether the Government intends to re-issue guidance in light of (a) dynamic alignment and (b) EU legislation to be transposed through European Partnership Bill powers.(31235)

239Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the No10 press release, "Appointment of Leah Kreitzman as the Advisor on Marketing Communication Processes & Strategy", of 30 September 2026, what are the full terms of reference of the review of the operating model for No10 to work with the Government Communications Service on marketing and campaigns, what is the timetable for the review, and whether the review will be published.(32427)

240Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the press release, Prime Minister Andy Burnham sets out plans for a new National Care Service, 29 September 2026, if she will publish the methodology used to calculate the £15 billion and £50 billion figures, and what are the equivalent figures discounted by (a) GDP deflator and (b) social time discounting; and what is the specific formula that will be used to account for earnings in the adjusted Triple Lock policy.(32428)

241Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the UK has red lines in its negotiations with the EU for a youth mobility scheme, and what the Government’s position is on (a) exempting EU citizens from the NHS healthcare surcharge, (b) allowing young people to be accompanied by close family members, (c) providing a right to family reunification, (d) quotas, (e) purpose-bound requirements and (f) time limits.(32851)

242Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether yearly changes in the level of (a) council tax across Great Britain and (b) domestic rates in Northern Ireland, are taken into account by the Office of National Statistics into the calculation of any measure of inflation.(30405)

243Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026,to Question 20826o n Propriety and Constitution Group: Recruitment, how many applications were made for the permanent role from (a) inside and (b) outside the Civil Service; and how many were shortlisted for interview.(33261)

244Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Cabinet Office press release, Measures to rewire the State, published on 27 September 2026, what is the budget for the National Shipbuilding Office, and whether it will be an Arm's Length Body.(32852)

245Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Cabinet Office press release, Measures to rewire the State published on 27 September 2026, how many staff will be allocated to the new Insourcing Unit.(30825)

246Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to table 14 of her Department's document entitled Civil Service Fast Stream: recruitment data 2026, published on 24 September 2026, if she will list the questions asked to determine whether an applicant's parent or guardian's previous occupation was classified as a routine and manual occupation.(31645)

247Rachel Blake (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of service charge increases on residents living in properties owned or managed by church bodies; and what steps she is taking to ensure service charges are transparent, reasonable and affordable.(31088)

248Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, further to the written statement of 10 September 2026, HCWS325, on Church Appointments, whether the Archbishop of Canterbury was consulted by the Prime Minister before the Prime Minister’s announcement of amending the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829.(30793)

249Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what his Department’s policy is on the sustainability requirements of imported charcoal; and whether there are plans in place to protect UK producers of charcoal from being impacted by imports.(31085)

250Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he has set a target for increasing bilateral UK-Taiwan trade over the next five years.(33470)

251Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what support his Department will provide to smaller businesses seeking to enter the Taiwanese market following the recent UK-Taiwan Trade Talks.(33077)

252Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of existing business support programmes in addressing the barriers faced by rural businesses.(32246)

253Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the growth potential of rural businesses.(31463)

254Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether research and development funding has been reallocated to support technological development in line with the National Security Strategy 2025.(32071)

255Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to help insulate UK supply chains from structural volatility.(32900)

256Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help protect foundational telecommunications infrastructure from state-sponsored cyber espionage.(31675)

257Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what regulatory actions are planned to secure smart city and Internet of Things ecosystems against systemic disruption.(32075)

258Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of UKRI-STFC funding reductions to the international LHCb particle physics experiment at CERN on UK particle physics expertise and early careers research.(33502)

259Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how his department is ensuring UK research is protected from increases in subscription fees to international facilities and resources.(31486)

260Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department plans to take with universities and laboratories to help ensure that staff and expertise are kept in the UK, in the context of Science and Technology Facilities Council cuts to Large Hadron Collider beauty Experiment.(31487)

261Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department plans to take with UK Research and Innovation to maintain the UK's international research reputation, in the context of cuts to Science and Technology Facilities Council funding.(32679)

262Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether there will be a review of UK Research and Innovation governance, in the context of recent Science and Technology Facilities Council funding cuts.(32680)

263Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will set out his Department's grant schemes, funds and support programmes available for social enterprises, community interest companies and SMEs working in (a) engineering skills development, (b) vocational and technical education, (c) advanced manufacturing and (d) workshop and productive capital equipment investment.(33106)

264Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of further delaying of the introduction of rules of origin requirements under the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.(33107)

265Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what support his Department is providing to battery manufacturers to ensure their readiness for the rules of origin requirements of the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.(33504)

266Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he is considering the potential merits of mandating AI-driven, on-device detection technology to prevent livestreamed child abuse and other image-based harms including child sextortion.(31006)

267Mrs Elsie Blundell (Heywood and Middleton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring companies registered with Companies House to publish a publicly accessible business email address.(30963)

268Victoria Collins (Harpenden and Berkhamsted): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the current regulatory framework for protecting vulnerable customers in the telecommunications sector from inappropriate upselling and mis-selling of telecommunications services.(31048)

269Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of applying the principles of the (a) home and (b) motor insurance markets to tackling loyalty penalties in the (i) broadband and (ii) pay TV markets.(32908)

270John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned (a) DSIT and (b) DBT staff was at Trinity Bridge House in Salford in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(30737)

271John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned Competition and Markets Authority staff was at 1 New Bailey St in Salford in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(32345)

272John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned Insolvency Service staff was at 3 Piccadilly Place in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(33180)

273John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned Building Digital UK staff was at Trinity Bridge House in Salford in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(32346)

274John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned DBT (BIST) staff was at Piccadilly Gate in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(32753)

275John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answers of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned EITA staff at 3 Piccadilly Place 3 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 3BN in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(31953)

276John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 16029 on Darlington Economic Campus: Remote Working, how many of his Department's staff are assigned to Feethams House, Darlington; how many CMA staff are assigned to work in Darlington; and what is the expectation of the percentage rate of office attendance for staff at each of those offices.(32774)

277Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to support business in Yeovil constituency with the cost of fuel duty.(33467)

278Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to support community-owned businesses in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset.(33075)

279Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of safeguards to ensure that confidentiality agreements cannot prevent employees and their representatives from participating in statutory consultations, particularly in safety-critical sectors.(32557)

280Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will provide an update on when the Commercial Payments Bill will come into effect.(33379)

281Gareth Davies (Grantham and Bourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has completed a UK-specific costed assessment of the potential economic impact of adopting the International Maritime Organisation’s Net-Zero Framework on the UK economy; and if he will publish any such assessment before the Government considers its adoption at the Marine Environment Protection Committee vote in late 2026.(31320)

282Gareth Davies (Grantham and Bourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has undertaken any modelling of the pass-through of additional compliance costs to UK shipping operators under the potential adoption of the International Marine Organisation’s Net Zero Framework.(32509)

283Gareth Davies (Grantham and Bourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of concurrent carbon-pricing and reporting obligations under the UK’s Emissions Trading System, the European Union’s Emissions Trading System, and the International Maritime Organisation’s Net Zero Framework on small and medium-sized UK shipping operators without dedicated compliance capacity.(31321)

284Gareth Davies (Grantham and Bourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of adopting the International Maritime Organisation’s Net-Zero Framework on the competitiveness of UK ports and shipping operators relative to ports and operators which do not adopt the Framework.(33345)

285Gareth Davies (Grantham and Bourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he has commissioned an independent assessment of the potential pass-through costs to UK consumers and businesses arising from the potential adoption of the International Maritime Organisation’s Net-Zero Framework.(30502)

286Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure safeguards surrounding the transfer of registered intellectual property are enforced in a digital setting.[R] (31257)

287Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen protections available to registered owners, in regards to registered intellectual property, who say that a transfer was made without their authority.[R] (32446)

288Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of protections and safeguards for the transfer of intellectual property rights in a digital setting.[R] (32878)

289Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of protections and safeguards for the transfer of intellectual property rights in a digital setting.[R] (33281)

290Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department plans to review the powers and statutory obligations of the Intellectual Property Office.[R] (33282)

291Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department are taking to support the Intellectual Property Office to improve safeguarding regarding the transfer of registered intellectual property via authenticators.[R] (31258)

292Bobby Dean (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps their Department is taking to support local authorities in establishing minimum requirements for the safety, reliability and accountability of emerging technologies before their deployment in essential public services.(32574)

293Bobby Dean (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether they plan to introduce guidance for local authorities on developing and testing exit arrangements before deploying emerging technologies in essential public services.(31382)

294Bobby Dean (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that public bodies deploying artificial intelligence and autonomous technologies in public services retain clearly defined human responsibility for explaining decisions made using those technologies and providing mechanisms for those decisions to be challenged and, where appropriate, reversed.(30560)

295Dame Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for for Work and Pensions on supporting unpaid carers to remain in or return to employment.(33223)

296Dame Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the role of social care services in enabling unpaid carers to remain in employment.(30369)

297Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department retains responsibility for the Women in Tech Taskforce and, if so, which Minister is responsible for it.(30441)

298Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what criteria, quantitative metrics, and scientific impact assessments were used in UK Research and Innovation's recent evidence-based prioritisation process; and if he will publish the risk assessments and scoring methodologies used to evaluate the impact of these decisions on university physics departments.(31240)

299Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what comparative cost-benefit analyses were conducted between maintaining domestic scientific infrastructure, such as the e-MERLIN array, and funding international subscriptions; and whether steps were taken during the prioritisation process to measure short-term inflation against long-term scientific capability changes.(31241)

300Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many external independent academic peer reviews were commissioned to inform the Science and Technology Facilities Council's 2026–2030 prioritisation outcomes; and if he will publish these review findings.(32437)

301Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of operational budget reductions on particle physics and astronomy research, relative to other research disciplines across UKRI; and for what reason operational funding reductions were designated at a level of up to 30%.(32862)

302Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the STFC's projected £162 million deficit attributable directly to (a) foreign exchange rate fluctuations, (b) international subscription commitments, and (c) energy price increases.(33266)

303Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department considered the potential merits of central foreign exchange hedging mechanisms for UKRI’s international scientific subscriptions to protect domestic particle physics and astronomy grant budgets.(30411)

304Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the planned cessation of STFC funding for e-MERLIN and Jodrell Bank scientific operations by April 2028 on the number of highly skilled jobs, technical expertise, and post-doctoral research positions.(30831)

305Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing mandatory registration for hairdressers; and whether he plans to review the Hairdressers (Registration) Act 1964.(33553)

306Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how much their Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(30515)

307Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the UK Space Agency’s 2025-2026 annual report, published on 14 July 2026, if he will set which companies were paid and the activities they were paid for under the In-orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing derisking project.(33159)

308Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for the UK's national radio astronomy facilities, including the e-MERLIN network and the Lovell Telescope.(30553)

309Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2026 to WPQ 7531, how many vehicles were manufactured in the UK in each month since January 2020.(31708)

310Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2026 to WPQ 6817, what the staffing levels were for the latest month for which figures are available.(30907)

311Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what guidance the Information Commissioner has provided on whether individuals who hire private investigators are required to register with the ICO as a data controller; and whether private investigators who are sole traders are required to register.(32049)

312Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what (i) advice and (ii) guidance has been produced by the Information Commissioner on the use of private investigators, including (a) requirements for data protection registration and (b) their processing of personal data; and whether they are encouraged by the ICO to adopt the ABI code of conduct issued under Article 40 of UK GDPR.[R] (30422)

313Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 13862 on Prices, in how many regulated areas income-based pricing is used for consumer goods and services.(32050)

314Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether rights for trade unions to access workplaces will allow trade union representatives to access workplaces (a) during strike days and (b) to influence strike ballots taking place in the workplace.(31249)

315Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 17156 on Conditions of Employment, through what mechanisms his Department is gathering evidence on the right to switch off; whether external research has been commissioned; and whether there is an informal (a) consultation and (b) call for evidence.(32444)

316Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the creation of manufacturing jobs for young people in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.(31031)

317Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to help support the creation of science and research development job opportunities for young people in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.(31838)

318Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions he has had with his Scottish counterpart on the potential impact of the UK-US Pharmaceutical Trade Deal on Scotland’s health budget in each of the next five years.(31519)

319Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, for what reasons the Scottish Government was excluded from negotiations for the UK-US Pharmaceutical Trade Deal.(33539)

320Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will make it his policy to review the eligibility criteria of the British Industry Supercharger Scheme to include the food and drink industry.(30693)

321Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will review the eligibility criteria of the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme to include the food and drink industry.(31101)

322Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what plans he has to introduce
environmental protections and animal welfare provisions as part of (a) future; and (b) existing Free
Trade Agreements.(31833)

323Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to introduce a standing agenda item on dolphin hunting at future meetings of the Joint Committee established under the UK–Faroe Islands Free Trade Agreement.(31024)

324Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many projects relating to (a) coaches and (b) coach manufacturing have received funding through the DRIVE35 programme; and what the value of funding awarded to those projects is.(32641)

325James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what feedback his Department has received from businesses on the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme eligibility checker since its launch.(31958)

326James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many businesses have used the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme eligibility checker since its launch.(32778)

327James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many users of the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme eligibility checker have started but not completed the eligibility check since its launch.(31959)

328James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what proportion of completed checks through the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme eligibility checker have indicated that the business is likely to be eligible for the scheme.(32779)

329James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons users of the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme eligibility checker do not complete the check.(32767)

330James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of administering the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme during the 2026-27 financial year and each subsequent financial year for which an estimate has been made.(32764)

331James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the average amount of time businesses are expected to spend completing an application for the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme.(32765)

332James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the level of administrative costs incurred by businesses in applying for the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme.(31563)

333James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many staff in his Department are responsible for administering the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme.(33188)

334James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme in helping to tackle the underlying causes of high electricity costs for manufacturing businesses.(32355)

335James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the level of electricity costs faced by eligible manufacturing businesses after the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme is implemented compared with those faced by comparable businesses in European countries.(33187)

336Esther McVey (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to keep Jodrell Bank open.(31193)

337Ms Julie Minns (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Post Office counter closures during 2026 on the Post Office's ability to comply with network access obligations.(31427)

338Sir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of independent retailers in the West Midlands on the illegal sale of fireworks.(31977)

339Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the privacy implications of connected vehicle manufacturers sharing Vehicle Identification Numbers with third-party advertising, analytics and data brokerage companies.(31898)

340Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department considers a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), when linked to location data or account information, to constitute personal data.(31095)

341Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if the Government will take steps to help ensure that consumers can opt out of non-essential data collection and third-party data sharing in connected vehicles without losing access to core vehicle functions.(30686)

342Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions he has had with vehicle manufacturers that use connected vehicle data-sharing practices on their compliance with consumer protection legislation; and whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of additional consumer transparency requirements for manufacturers of connected vehicles and associated mobile applications.(32704)

343Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that innovative battery start-ups are able to scale and remain headquartered in the UK.(31051)

344Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the levels of support for battery manufacturers and recyclers in the UK, the EU, the United States, China and India.(31858)

345Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many allegations of offences under section 77 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 were received by the Information Commissioner's Office in each of the last five years; and how many such allegations resulted in (a) an interview under caution and (b) a prosecution in each year.(31191)

346Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his department is taking to tackle AI fraud on music streaming sites.(31424)

347Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) level and (b) potential impact on the British music industry of AI fraud on music streaming sites.(30599)

348Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the (a) social and (b) economic impact of AI fraud on music streaming sites on the (i) media and (ii) music industry.(32209)

349Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what support his Department provides to (a) artists and (b) music streaming platforms been affected by AI fraud.(30999)

350Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle deepfake AI music fraud on streaming platforms.(31810)

351Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to help ensure that AI is not illegally used for music fraud on music streaming sites.(31000)

352Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to help make apprenticeships more affordable for businesses and specifically a) small businesses and b) businesses in the business service sector.(32617)

353Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the options for a right to guaranteed hours referred to in the Regulatory Policy Committee’s opinion, published on 14 August 2026, on small businesses and employers with seasonal and unpredictable demand; and whether his Department plans to consider measures to mitigate that potential impact.(30376)

354James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing insolvency arrangements for people who are unable to access a Debt Relief Order because they have previously had one within the last six years but who are unable to afford the cost of applying for bankruptcy.(32137)

355Dan Norris (North East Somerset and Hanham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what progress his Department has made on extending gigabit capable broadband coverage in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.(32363)

356Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what progress he has made on establishing the Kyiv Business Centre.(31771)

357Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, by when does the National Quantum Computing Centre expect to have established a sovereign UK capability in quantum computing.(32177)

358Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026 to question 26735 on Local Government: Cambridgeshire, what discussions his department has held with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government regarding the impact of Local Government Reorganisation on business in Cambridgeshire.(32188)

359Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has set a target for export licence processing times for a) military goods; and b) dual use goods by the Export Control Joint Unit.(32597)

360Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what the average processing time of export licences is for a) military goods and b) dual use goods by the Export Control Joint Unit each year since 2020.(31409)

361Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what percentage of applications for export licences for a) military goods and b) dual use goods since 2020 have been i) approved, ii) rejected and iii) voluntarily withdrawn.(31410)

362Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, a) which five countries have the longest average processing time of export licences for i) military goods and ii) dual use goods by the Export Control Joint Unit each year since 2020 and b) what is the average processing time for each of these countries.(32598)

363Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what the average processing time of export licences to the United States is for a) military goods and b) dual use goods by the Export Control Joint Unit each year since 2020.(32189)

364Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what the average processing time of export licences to European NATO allies is for a) military goods and b) dual use goods by the Export Control Joint Unit each year since 2020.(33020)

365Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what percentage of applications for export licences to European NATO allies for a) military goods and b) dual use goods since 2020 have been i) approved, ii) rejected and iii) voluntarily withdrawn.(32190)

366Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what proportion of applications for export licences to the United States for a) military and b) dual use goods have been i) approved, ii) rejected and iii) voluntarily withdrawn since 2020.(30584)

367Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to introduce statutory paid leave for employees following pregnancy loss before 24 weeks; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of unpaid leave on bereaved parents on low and middle incomes.(30840)

368Tristan Osborne (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle potential barriers to overseas companies establishing UK operations and employing workers directly.[R] (33110)

369Tristan Osborne (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential for remote and distributed employment models to increase access to tech and AI jobs in regions outside London and the South East.[R] (32271)

370Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he has had discussions with the European Commission on the potential impact of the proposed EU Industrial Accelerator Act on the UK’s (a) automotive and (b) chemical sectors, including the UK's status within the proposed legislation.(30696)

371Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he has discussions with the European Commission on the potential impact of the proposed EU Industrial Accelerator Act on the level of UK jobs in the automotive sector.(33145)

372Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential economic impact on the UK of the proposed EU Industrial Accelerator Act, including if the UK is excluded.(31106)

373Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what information his Department holds on the number of businesses that have contacted on the proposed EU Industrial Accelerator Act.(31905)

374Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of support available to fathers when a mother requires an extended period of recovery following childbirth in Surrey Heath constituency.(31107)

375Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the parental leave and pay review will assess the merits of increasing statutory paternity leave to a minimum of six weeks.(31906)

376Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will meet with Royal Mail to discuss improving delivery times of first and second class post in The Wrekin constituency.(30357)

377Mike Reader (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of issuing statutory guidelines under the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 in respect of the retail supply of consumer fireworks during periods of drought and elevated wildfire risk, comparable to the guidelines issued in respect of disposable barbecues on 14 August 2026.(32316)

378Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the hospitality sector in the context of rising operating and employment costs; and what assessment he has made of the case for targeted employer National Insurance relief for under-25s in qualifying entry-level roles in that sector.(31545)

379Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on business investment, job creation and high street confidence of (a) providing longer notice and implementation periods for significant fiscal and regulatory changes and (b) tackling illicit and persistently non-compliant retail operators.(32740)

380Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory right to time off for necessary medical appointments for (a) disabled employees and (b) employees with long-term health conditions.(31136)

381Ian Roome (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help UK small businesses comply with EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation 2026/40 (PPWR) and the requirement for each UK company to contract an authorised representative for waste reporting when selling goods to customers in each EU member state.(30619)

382Ian Roome (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation 2026/40 (PPWR) on UK small and micro-businesses trading with customers in EU member states.(32225)

383Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether consideration has been given to using the UK's G20 Presidency to lay the foundations for a global agreement on the replacement of animal experiments.(31572)

384Michelle Scrogham (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking with the Department of Health and Social Care to align the Government's life sciences priorities with its ambition to reduce premature deaths from heart disease and stroke.(32139)

385Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, when the Government plans to publish its response to the consultation on reviewing the broadband Universal Service Obligation, which closed on 27 November 2023.(31466)

386Cat Smith (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2026 to Question 16453 on LightAware, if he will arrange for officials from his Department to meet with LightAware to discuss digital exclusion for light-sensitive people.(32436)

387David Smith (North Northumberland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Part 4A of the Electronic Communications Code within the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Act 2021 in enabling broadband operators to obtain access to multi-dwelling properties where a landlord or freeholder is unresponsive; and what steps he is taking to reduce delays and administrative burdens associated with that process.(31878)

388David Smith (North Northumberland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of taking steps to reduce delays and administrative burdens associated with Part 4A of the Electronic Communications Code.(31879)

389Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2026 to Question 16412, what progress he has made on reviewing beer market access.(31606)

390Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what progress he has made on introducing additional Market Rent Only gateways and opt-out provisions for pub tenants.(30788)

391Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging mediation between pub tenants and Pub Operating Businesses for rent disputes resulting from Market Rent Only proceedings.(31607)

392Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of TrustMark's complaints and enforcement processes.(32155)

393Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will make it his policy to undertake an assessment of the potential conflict of interest in TrustMark's involvement in establishing Trusted Payments given Trusted Payments Limited's interest in the market which TrustMark seeks to regulate.(30548)

394Alex Sobel (Leeds Central and Headingley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many cargoes from the (a) Yamal LNG and (b) Sakhalin-2 terminals have been (i) transported, (ii) insured and (iii) financed by UK persons under the General Trade Licence for the maritime transportation of liquefied natural gas since 20 May 2026.(32063)

395Alex Sobel (Leeds Central and Headingley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many cargoes from the (a) Yamal LNG and (b) Sakhalin-2 terminals were (i) transported, (ii) insured and (iii) financed by UK persons between 20 January and 19 May 2026.(30443)

396Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, over what period Isambard-AI hardware is being depreciated in the accounts of the University of Bristol and UKRI; and what plan exists for its replacement or refresh.(30462)

397Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many companies have received compute allocations from the Sovereign AI Unit; how many GPU-hours in total; and what the notional value of those hours is.(31294)

398Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how much of the £59 million backing the Advanced Research and Invention Agency's Safeguarded AI programme has been committed; how the programme's revised objectives are to be measured following the decision not to proceed with the planned Phase 2 call under Technical Area 3; and how the funding allocated to that call has been redeployed.(32479)

399Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what the oversubscription ratio was for each AI Research Resource access route in each call; and how many awards were made under each.(32918)

400Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, when he will publish a draft National Policy Statement for data centres for consultation.(31689)

401Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, for each designated AI Growth Zone, what capacity in megawatts (a) has a firm grid connection offer with a date, (b) has planning consent, (c) is under construction and (d) is operational as at the latest date for which figures are available; and how much of that capacity pre-dates designation.(30877)

402Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what projects were funded under the AI Capability Fund for regulators and the Regulators' Pioneer Fund round 4; what each delivered; and how many are in operation.(32088)

403Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 on manufacturers in Northern Ireland making machinery incorporating safety components with self-evolving behaviour using machine learning.(30465)

404Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has sought, or intends to seek, an agreement with the European Union under Article 39 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 enabling conformity assessment bodies established under United Kingdom law to carry out the activities of notified bodies.(32089)

405Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what the budget outturn of the Regulatory Innovation Office was in 2024-25 and 2025-26; what its budget is for 2026-27; how many staff it employs; and what key performance indicators it reports against.(32484)

406Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what criteria will be used to evaluate projects funded under Round 4 of the Regulators' Pioneer Fund; whether those projects will be assessed against measurable outcomes and impacts; and what assessment he has made of the value for money of previous rounds of that Fund.(32485)

407Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what the evidential basis is for the statement in the AI Opportunities Action Plan that AI adoption could add £400 billion to the economy by 2030; and if he will publish the underlying analysis.(32092)

408Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many (a) offers were made, (b) places were accepted and (c) students enrolled in the first cohort of Spärck AI Scholarships; at which universities; and what was the total cost of each cohort.(32925)

409Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what data his Department holds on how many staff left the Alan Turing Institute in each year since 2023; how many were made redundant; and what the current headcount is.(32093)

410Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what the division of responsibilities is between the Alan Turing Institute's defence and security centres, the AI Security Institute and the Laboratory for AI Security Research; and what steps are being taken to avoid duplication.(31696)

411Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many applications were received for Phase 1 of the ProQure programme, when the successful applicants will be announced, and how many applicants were headquartered in the United Kingdom.(30471)

412Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the Industrial Strategy Digital and Technologies Sector Plan, how much of the up to £12 million for UK Data Sharing Infrastructure Initiatives from April 2026 has been spent; on what; and how that programme relates to the National Data Library.(32928)

413Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what meetings representatives of DBT and DSIT have had with the China General Technology Research Institute in the last 24 months.(32930)

414Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the AI Economics Institute has an allocated office space within HM Treasury.(32489)

415Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the Cabinet Office news story, Dr Jade Leung appointed Vice-Chair of the AI Security Institute and Security Advisor to the AI Taskforce, published on 23 September 2026, who is the AI Security Institute’s interim Chief Technology Officer, and whether there will be an open competition for the replacement.(32490)

416Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether there has been any expenditure on consultancy in relation to the machinery of government changes to the Department within the last six months.(31301)

417Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, on what dates the Women in Tech taskforce last met, and who is the current chair.(31302)

418Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to help increase the supply of MTP/MPO Tunk Cables, Ultra-Dense Ribbon Fibre, Single-Mode Fibre, Multimode Fibre and Direct Attach Copper cables into the UK.(30475)

419Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many individual companies have received investment from the Sovereign AI Fund.(32098)

420Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many people are currently employed by the Sovereign AI Fund.(30476)

421Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, when the last partner meeting or Investment Committee meeting of the Sovereign AI Fund took place.(30888)

422Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he has taken to increase the private capital available for use by the Sovereign AI Fund.(31303)

423Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether any BIST Civil Service staff assisting the Minister for AI have been appointed without open competition, through Civil Service recruitment principle exceptions.(31304)

424Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps have been taken by the AI Security Institute to help improve pre-release access to frontier models.(30477)

425Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he will use powers under the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 to introduce a requirement for clear external labelling of products containing lithium-ion batteries.(31813)

426Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether employers found to have underpaid statutory holiday pay as a result of payroll or administrative errors will be subject to public naming by the Fair Work Agency when it begins enforcement of statutory holiday pay in 2027.(31004)

427Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the postal delivery service provided by Royal Mail.(31942)

428Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the performance of Royal Mail.(33588)

429Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what powers he has to intervene at Royal Mail in cases of poor performance.(31153)

430Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent consideration his Department has given to the renationalisation of Royal Mail.(31946)

431Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department will publish a biennial environmental impact report of the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership in 2027; and if he will set out a timetable for its publication.(31157)

432Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of parcel delivery surcharges on (a) consumers and (b) small businesses in rural parts of Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency.(31821)

433Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what support is available to small businesses in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency seeking to export goods or services.(31014)

434Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to prevent online marketplaces from selling counterfeit goods that undercut legitimate retailers in town centres.(33443)

435Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to protect people from emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence.(31662)

436Matt Western (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to confirm the proposed Aerospace Supply Chain Fund; whether it will support dual-use and defence-related manufacturing activities; and whether eligibility criteria will include medium-sized manufacturers that sit above the standard small business threshold.(32457)

437Sir John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether any UK persons have notified the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation of activities involving Clean Planet, Clean Ocean or Clean Vision under the General Trade Licence for the maritime transportation of liquefied natural gas.(31962)

438Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what representations his Department has received from the TUC on trade deals with (a) Gulf Co-Operation Council and (b) Turkey.(32824)

439Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what plans he has to make primary legislation on (a) trade union law or (b) employment rights; and whether his Department has received representations from the TUC on this matter.(32007)

440Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the Welsh Government's Written Statement entitled An Ethical Framework for Welsh Government Engagement with the Defence Sector, of 3 September 2026, what discussions his Department has had with the Welsh Government on the new policy; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the policy of deferring investment in the defence sector on the level of UK manufacturing.(30381)

441Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 24066 on DBIST: Communication and with reference to the line entitled stop all non-essential spending on communications in Table 2 of HM Treasury's document entitled Fixing the foundations: public spending audit 2024-25, updated on 2 August 2024, if he will set out the business case for increasing his Department's advertising and publicity spending between 2024-25 and 2025-26.(32008)

442Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21066 on BIST: Buildings, what steps his Department is taking to increase the level of attendance in its London offices to 60%.(30796)

443Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20797 on Competition and Markets Authority: Darlington Economic Campus, what was the percentage of Darlington office attendance calculated on the basis of (a) the number of unique individual security pass swipes and (b) Wifi access recorded by the access control system as a percentage of CMA staff assigned to work in the Darlington building multiplied by the number of working days in that month in the most recent quarter for which data is available.(31612)

444Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 24108 on DBSIT: Databases, if he will list each data item that must be reported to the EU under those stated categories.(30797)

445Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to pages 49 and 214 of his Department's publication entitled Department for Business and Trade annual report and accounts, 2025-26, HC 349, July 2026, whether the Department itself has any liabilities to HMRC in relation to IR35, in addition to the provision in relation to the Post Office; and whether any fine or penalty has been paid in addition to Post Offices’ historic IR35 tax liability.(33248)

446Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the BIST certification officer investigation into the financial affairs of Unite the Union on the security implications of civil servants secondments to Unite.(32836)

447Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the administrators InterPath Ltd have submitted a directors’ conduct report on Global Counsel to the Insolvency Service.(32840)

448Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, further to the DBT transparency data, Department for Business & Trade: Ministers' Hospitality - June 2025, updated November 2025, whether any information on government business was passed back to Ministerial private office following the dinner with Flint Global and the Rt hon. Member for Stalybridge and Hyde of 2 June 2025; whether James Purnell was in attendance; and whether his Department holds a list of other commercial organisations present at the dinner.(32026)

449Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the implementation of the Employment Rights Act 2025 on levels of inflation.(31630)

450Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what work his Department has undertaken to assess AI pilot projects for police forces; and what discussions his Department has had with the Home Office regarding Police AI.(30608)

451Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department operates a software asset management system to maintain a central record of its software licences; and when his Department last completed a review of its software estate to identify dependencies and redundancies.(33048)

452Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of transferring responsibility for the regulation of postal services from Ofcom to a dedicated postal regulator.(32228)

453Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what the operating costs of Ofcom were in each of the last five financial years.(31021)

454Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what the cost to Ofcom was of carrying out its postal regulation functions in each of the last five financial years; and what proportion of that cost was recovered from Royal Mail.(31829)

455Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that rural communities in Buckinghamshire receive timely improvements in broadband and mobile connectivity.(33078)

456Rachel Blake (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to retain heritage as a distinct National Lottery good cause and maintain its existing share of National Lottery good cause funding; and whether her Department has assessed the potential impact of changes to that allocation on listed places of worship and the communities they serve.(32283)

457Rachel Blake (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to retain heritage as a distinct National Lottery good cause and maintain its existing share of National Lottery good cause funding; and whether Department has assessed the potential impact of any changes to that allocation on listed places of worship and the communities they serve.(31090)

458Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the closure of Digital Terrestrial Television services on the transmission costs of commercial radio broadcasters.(31197)

459Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the data protection framework in enabling information which is required by statute to be included in a public register to be made available online in a searchable and reusable format.(30914)

460Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of whether data protection legislation prevents local authorities from enabling searches by licence-holder name of public registers maintained under section 232 of the Housing Act 2004, where the name and address of the licence holder are prescribed particulars of that register.(31714)

461Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Information Commission on updating guidance on the online publication of personal data contained in statutory public registers, including landlord licensing registers.(30915)

462Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of restrictions on the searchability and downloadability of statutory public registers on public access to information that Parliament has required to be publicly available.(31715)

463Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has assessed the potential implications of developments in automated data extraction and artificial intelligence for guidance on balancing data protection with public access to statutory public registers.(33339)

464Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the current average waiting time is between a data protection complaint being lodged with the Information Commissioner's Office and a case officer being assigned; and what steps are being taken to address complaints that have significantly exceeded this average.(32660)

465John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 16029, on Darlington Economic Campus: Remote Working, how many staff in her Department are assigned to Darlington Feethams House; and what is the expectation of the percentage rate of office attendance for staff at that office.(32770)

466John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned Historic England staff at Canada House in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(31949)

467John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned OFCOM staff was at 1 Circle Square in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(32771)

468John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 14979, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned DCMS staff was at Bloc 17 Marble St in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(31950)

469Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential risks posed by serious offenders using dating apps following their release from prison.(33461)

470Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the mechanisms currently available to (a) prevent or (b) restrict individuals subject to (i) licence conditions, (ii) Sexual Harm Prevention Orders or (iii) other safeguarding measures from using dating platforms where this is necessary to protect public safety.(30632)

471Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with (a) online dating platforms, (b) law enforcement agencies and (c) safeguarding organisations to develop (i) stronger and (ii) more consistent protections for dating app users.(33462)

472Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of bringing social media companies into the scope of UK publishing law.(31457)

473Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the regulated gambling sector in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.[R] (32449)

474Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the regulated gambling sector in East Sussex.[R] (31263)

475Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the regulated gambling sector in West Sussex.[R] (33284)

476Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken to support the tourism industry in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.[R] (30429)

477Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken to support the tourism industry in East Sussex.[R] (33285)

478Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken to support the tourism industry in West Sussex.[R] (32880)

479Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the participation of women and girls in sport in East Grinstead and Uckfield Constituency.[R] (32450)

480Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the participation of women and girls in sport in East Sussex.[R] (31264)

481Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the participation of women and girls in sport in West Sussex.[R] (31265)

482Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of an overnight visitor levy on communities in the East Grinstead and Uckfield Constituency.[R] (32881)

483Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of an overnight visitor levy on communities in East Sussex.[R] (33286)

484Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of an overnight visitor levy on communities in West Sussex.[R] (30430)

485Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help preserve historic buildings in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.[R] (30850)

486Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help preserve historic buildings in East Sussex.[R] (31660)

487Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help preserve historic buildings in West Sussex.[R] (30851)

488Paul Davies (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on implementing the recommendations of the independent review of Arts Council England by Baroness Margaret Hodge, published December 2025; and what progress has been made on recommendation 3.1 relating to amendments to Theatre Tax Relief to include additional costs of touring.(30712)

489Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of renters being excluded from proposed measures to facilitate access to full fibre broadband on the level of digital inclusion.(32061)

490Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of whether existing legislation enables broadband providers to upgrade all existing infrastructure in multi-dwelling units to full fibre.(30440)

491Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of data provided by gambling operators on land-based gambling, including where records are not held digitally.(33190)

492Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a geographic concentration of higher-stake gaming machines in deprived communities on people in those areas.(32783)

493Alex Easton (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to provide long-term funding certainty for the UK Youth Parliament; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of uncertainty over future funding on Members of Youth Parliament elected in Northern Ireland for two-years.(33127)

494Cat Eccles (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness and independence of the Independent Press Standards Organisation, in light of its record on upholding complaints, conducting standards investigations and issuing sanctions against member publishers.(30699)

495Cat Eccles (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department will consider the potential merits of establishing a new independent system of press regulation, audited against the Leveson criteria.(31526)

496Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with [i] BT Openreach and [ii] other full fibre providers on ensuring the swift roll out of FTTP broadband to households in Hinckley.(31681)

497Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to UK Hospitality's analysis: Government set to announce unlimited taxation of family holidays, published in September 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of an overnight visitor levy on GDP.(30459)

498Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on the independent investigation into the leadership and culture of the Information Commissioner's Office; and whether she plans to publish its findings.(31923)

499Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of adequacy of the Information Commissioner's Office's governance in regulating the use of personal data in AI systems.(31127)

500Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on how her Department will measure how the Enrichment Expansion Programme delivers against the Enrichment Framework and the government’s ambition to halve the enrichment gap.(31735)

501Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much their Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(31339)

502John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her department is taking to prevent the creation, viewing and distribution of child sexual abuse material on adult devices, where no child's device is ever involved.(30371)

503Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): 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 (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire have access to national portfolio funding.(33196)

504Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with Sport England on supporting funding for swimming pools in rural areas that have few or no public pools.(30751)

505Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of ending the 3pm football broadcasting blackout on attendances at lower-league football matches.(32670)

506Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of ending the 3pm football broadcasting blackout on the finances of lower-league football clubs.(32671)

507Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with (i) the Premier League, (ii) the FA and (iii) EFL about the future of the 3pm football broadcasting blackout.(31477)

508Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits for football supporters of allowing live domestic broadcasting of matches played at 3pm on Saturdays.(32262)

509Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the financial sustainability of football clubs in the lower leagues.(30657)

510Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of trends in football ticket prices over the last five years.(32263)

511Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with football authorities on making football more affordable for supporters.(33099)

512Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ticket prices on younger supporters attending professional football matches.(31868)

513Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to increase access to affordable grassroots football facilities.(31063)

514Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the condition and availability of grassroots football pitches.(31869)

515Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the growth of women's football.(31064)

516Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to increase girls' access to football at school and grassroots level.(30658)

517Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of football club ownership on supporters and local communities.(33491)

518Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that football clubs remain financially viable while protecting the interests of supporters.(33100)

519Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of trends in the levels of participation in rugby among children and young people.(33492)

520Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to increase participation in grassroots rugby.(30659)

521Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase participation in rugby among women and girls.(31478)

522Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the financial pressures facing grassroots rugby clubs.(31479)

523Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the availability of BMX facilities for young people in England.(32672)

524Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to increase participation in BMXing among children and young people.(32673)

525Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with British Cycling on pathways for young BMX riders into elite competition.(33101)

526Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the financial sustainability of local theatre, opera and performing arts organisations in the context of rising production and venue costs; and what steps the Government is taking to support such organisations, including those providing arts education opportunities for children and young people.(30555)

527Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of measures to tackle dangerous and antisocial cycling in the Royal Parks; and what discussions her Department has had with relevant police forces on enforcement against such behaviour.(33331)

528Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 119943 on Journalism: Protection, what assessment her Department has been made of the potential impact of private investigators intimidating journalists on the level of press freedom.(30842)

529Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Gambling Commission has made of the level of unlicensed gambling activity, and soliciting of custom, through Tether.bet.(30843)

530Liz Jarvis (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of whether the Independent Football Regulator has sufficient powers to protect a club's trophies, stadium and other core assets where its owners have been found to have breached financial rules.(32973)

531Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Online Safety Act 2023, what steps she is taking to encourage social media companies to remove content depicting serious violence against animals.(31277)

532Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of anonymous, software-controlled ‘bot’ accounts spreading hateful messages on social media platforms.(31279)

533Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making identity verification mandatory for owning a social media account.(32466)

534Graham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is considering legislation regarding the regulation of fraudulent adverts on social media.(31518)

535Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure Ofcom enforces the Universal Service Obligation.(31100)

536Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether Project Gigabit is on track for 99% of UK premises to have access to gigabit-capable broadband by 2032; and whether Government-funded elements of the Shared Rural Network are on track to complete by January 2027.(31902)

537Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the migration of the analogue Public Switched Telephone Network to digital Voice over Internet Protocol is on track to be completed by January 2027.(30692)

538Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken to support the long-term financial sustainability of local newspapers and local journalism.(31832)

539Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to review restrictions on the consumption of alcohol within sight of the pitch at designated football matches.(31026)

540Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the use of vacant commercial properties by businesses and organisations in the creative industries.(31450)

541John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many items of correspondence from hon. Members received by the Department since 1 April 2026 have not yet received a substantive reply; what the average response time has been for such correspondence over that period; and what steps the Department is taking to ensure that correspondence from hon. Members is answered within its published response targets.(33563)

542Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the Information Commission on the sharing of connected vehicle data with advertising technology firms and data brokers.(33132)

543Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential risk of geolocation data collected by connected vehicle applications for advertising, analytics or profiling purposes being used by hostile actors.(33534)

544Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support the Live Comedy Association and (b) recognise the grassroots live comedy sector alongside the grassroots live music sector and (c) offer those working in live comedy the same support as people working in live music.(32206)

545James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her department has made on the potential merits of revoking the pitch-side ban on alcohol in UK football stadiums.(32138)

546Kate Osamor (Edmonton and Winchmore Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on recognising sign-presented British Sign Language content as distinct from sign-translated British Sign Language content within the Video-on-Demand Accessibility Code.(30431)

547Rebecca Paul (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that guidance issued by the national sports councils is consistent with the Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers.(31910)

548Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to increase the level of support for amateur boxing clubs in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.(31580)

549Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with (a) YouTube and (b) other online platforms on how they can improve their systems and complaints processes for stopping (i) online harassment and (ii) impersonation.(31178)

550Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the BBC about extending the 50 per cent TV Licence concession to people who are registered as partially sighted or sight impaired.(31179)

551Andrew Ranger (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, following the cyber attack on Manchester Airports Group, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen the protection of personal data held by organisations.(32975)

552Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to support English Travelling Showmen.(32794)

553Anna Sabine (Frome and East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of youth services in supporting young people aged 16 to 24 to progress into education, training or employment.(32713)

554Anna Sabine (Frome and East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support collaboration between youth services, employers, skills providers and local authorities to help improve outcomes for young people at risk of becoming not in education, employment or training.(33143)

555John Slinger (Rugby): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her department has considered legislating or amending the Online Safety Act (Section 162) so that Ofcom could require music streaming services and music video services to provide to independent researchers with information about how their algorithms select music for users and to assess whether it provides a level playing field.(32222)

556Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the total value is of grant funding that will be awarded to each local authority selected to participate in the Young Futures Hubs and Transformation Programme; and what proportion of that funding will be available for (a) planning and co-creation, (b) revenue expenditure, (c) capital expenditure and (d) digital projects.(32150)

557Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many local authorities submitted an expression of interest in the Young Futures Hubs and Transformation Programme; how many were successful; and how many were unsuccessful.(32151)

558Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that funding for Young Futures Hubs does not result in reductions in funding for other existing youth services.(32988)

559Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum's budget and staffing are; and whether the Government intends to give it any statutory function in respect of AI.(30880)

560Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of whether any AI developer has located training activity outside the UK because of the UK copyright regime.(33318)

561Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the potential implications of the judgment in Getty Images v Stability AI for the enforceability of UK copyright against models trained outside the UK; and whether her Department will legislate to address any gap identified.(30466)

562Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Creative Content Exchange platform has launched.(33319)

563Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which AI tools developed by the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence are in production use; how many users each has; what each cost to develop and operate in 2025-26; and what evaluation of each has been published.(32486)

564Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on requiring government data and functionality to be exposed through application programming interfaces; and what the timetable is for mandatory e-invoicing by government suppliers.(32487)

565Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many datasets have been made available to (a) accredited researchers and (b) commercial developers through the National Data Library to date; and what the median time from access request to access granted has been.(32095)

566Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings representatives of her Department has had with the China General Technology Research Institute in the last 24 months.(32097)

567Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an estimate of the number households and individuals that could be liable for a monthly internet charge.(33581)

568Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made for extending a compulsory television licence charge to households that only access online streaming services.(33170)

569Peter Swallow (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many young people took part in the most recent Member of Youth Parliament elections.(33067)

570Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Independent Football Regulator.(31553)

571Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the fitness test for owners and directors in the football industry is adequate.(33586)

572Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of its processes for assessing the wealth of prospective football club owners.(30734)

573Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to close regulatory loopholes for owners and prospective owners of football clubs.(33587)

574Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve mobile coverage in the rural parts of Hamilton and Clyde Valley covered by the Shared Rural Network.(31016)

575Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of mobile coverage in (a) Lanark, (b) Lesmahagow and (c) Blackwood and Kirkmuirhill.(33053)

576James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of mobile network performance and coverage projections supplied by mobile network operators used in national reporting and Ofcom coverage data.(30483)

577Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps (a) her Department and (b) the Gambling Commission have taken to conduct a business appointments assessment of the former Executive Director of the Gambling Commission setting up GamReg Consulting.(32413)

578Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to allow for the consumption of alcohol in stands at football matches.(31226)

579Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether there is an expectation of how many days a week a DCMS special adviser must work in their assigned office, other than when they are on official visits with their Minister.(32416)

580Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has received any representations from the Mayor of Greater Manchester on Manchester City Football Club.(32430)

581Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 23 September 2026 to Question 19348 on National Lottery Community Fund: Public Relations, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) contract and (b) project specification or brief for the National Lottery Community Fund contract with Lexington Communications.(32036)

582Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2026, to Question 20527, on Chinese Embassy: Construction, and further to the oral statement of 20 January 2026, Official Report, Column 173, on the Chinese Embassy, whether the National Cyber Security Centre is the lead public body for the delivery of the national security mitigations for the site announced on 20 January.(32854)

583Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026, to Question 21138, on Media: Regulation, on what date the roundtables took place that the Centre for Countering Digital Hate participated in, and what was the topic and title of each.(32037)

584Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026, to Question 11834, on DCMS: International Cooperation, how her Departments collates details of its international obligations with foreign governments and organisations.(30406)

585Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026, to Question 21139, on Independent Football Regulator: Public Appointments, whether special advisers had a role in the consultation process between her Department and No10.(31640)

586Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the answer of 11 February 2026, to Question 110421, on Ofcom: Public Appointments, for what reason the application deadline was extended from 18 December 2025 to 5 January 2026.(30827)

587Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department submitted evidence or received representations relating to the Premier League Disciplinary Commission into Manchester City Football Club.(31641)

588Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026, to Question 21006, on Media: Regulation, what is her Department's policy on further regulation of the press.(31644)

589Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the number of its business-critical systems that are dependent on software licensed from a single supplier.(30610)

590Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to ensure that future digital inclusion programmes are not dependent on software licences from a single provider.(31435)

591Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of misogynistic online content being accessed by pupils during school hours.(31039)

592Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofsted will consider implementation of the new misogyny framework as part of school inspections.(30636)

593Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of teaching (i) the Countryside Code and (ii) practical map-reading skills as part of the National Curriculum.(32245)

594Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle misogyny through improved relationship and sex education in schools.(33503)

595Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has assessed the potential impact of access to driving lessons on employment outcomes among young people.(33108)

596Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing the Plan 2 student loan repayment threshold between April 2027 and April 2030 on graduates' disposable income.(32272)

597Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the additional lifetime amount an average Plan 2 borrower will repay as a result of the repayment threshold freeze announced at Autumn Budget 2025.(30671)

598Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered restoring the Plan 2 student loan repayment threshold to the level it would have reached had it been uprated annually in line with earnings growth since 2016, as originally set out to borrowers.(31076)

599Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the difference between the repayment threshold that will apply in 2029-30 under current policy and the threshold that would apply had it been uprated in line with average earnings from 2016.(31881)

600Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on reversing the freeze to the Plan 2 repayment threshold announced at Autumn Budget 2025.(33510)

601Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of indexing the Plan 2 repayment threshold to average earnings on a permanent basis, to help ensure that further retrospective freezes are not required.(32686)

602Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Plan 2 repayment threshold freeze on graduates working as (a) teachers, (b) nurses and (c) other public sector professionals.(33511)

603Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the salary a Plan 2 borrower must earn for their outstanding loan balance to stop growing in cash terms, given current interest rates.(30672)

604Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered the potential merits of introducing a cap on total lifetime student loan repayments, such as the 1.2 times principal cap recommended by the 2019 Review of Post-18 Education and Funding.(31077)

605Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of interest accruing during maternity leave and periods of part-time work on the loan balances of women graduates with Plan 2 loans.(31882)

606Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of borrowers who took out Plan 2 student loans between 2012 and 2022 her Department forecasts will repay more, in real terms, than the amount they originally borrowed.(31078)

607Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of graduates with Plan 2 loans who are considering leaving the UK in order to reduce their total student loan repayments.(31883)

608Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the combined marginal deduction rate faced by a graduate with a Plan 2 loan earning above the higher rate threshold, once income tax, National Insurance and the 9% loan repayment are accounted for.(33113)

609Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to reduce the Plan 2 student loan repayment rate from 9%.(32273)

610Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 9% Plan 2 repayment rate on graduates' decisions on whether to accept promotions, increase their working hours, or start a family.(30673)

611Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with representatives of the teaching and nursing professions on the potential impact of the Plan 2 student loan repayment rate on recruitment and retention.(32274)

612Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the proportion of PAYE earners currently subject to a combined marginal deduction rate, including student loan repayments, of 50% or more.(31491)

613Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to bring forward proposals to lower the Plan 2 repayment rate in response to the Treasury Select Committee's inquiry into the student loans system.(32687)

614Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential impact on graduates' average monthly disposable income of reducing the Plan 2 repayment rate from 9% to 5%.(32688)

615Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to restore the Plan 2 repayment threshold to the level it would have reached had it risen with average earnings since 2016.(33114)

616Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Institute for Fiscal Studies' estimate that raising the Plan 2 repayment threshold to £31,200 and indexing it to earnings would cost the Exchequer in the region of £3 billion for the 2022-23 cohort.(32275)

617Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered the potential fiscal and distributional effects of permanent earnings-linked indexation of student loan repayment thresholds, to avoid future retrospective freezes.(31079)

618Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on the potential impact of the Plan 2 repayment threshold freeze on household disposable income and consumer spending.(31884)

619Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the repayment threshold freeze on the take-home pay of graduates employed in the public sector, including teachers and NHS staff.(31080)

620Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on public finances of capping interest on Plan 2 student loans at the rate of Consumer Price Index inflation, rather than the Retail Prices Index.(33513)

621Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the value of new Plan 2 loans that will never be repaid.(30675)

622Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the total value of interest charged above the rate of inflation on Plan 2 student loans since interest was first linked to the Retail Prices Index in March 2012.(31493)

623Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of above-inflation student loan interest rates on the incentive for high-earning graduates, including doctors, to remain resident in the UK for tax purposes.(31494)

624Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered introducing a lifetime repayment cap on Plan 2 student loans, set at a multiple of the amount originally borrowed; and if she will make an estimate of the cost of doing so.(32689)

625Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what fiscal assessment her Department has made of a combined student loads package of a higher repayment threshold, interest capped at CPI, and a lower repayment rate.(32690)

626Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment she has made of the UK's 9% student loan repayment rate against the income-contingent repayment rates applied in comparable systems, including Australia and New Zealand.(31885)

627Steve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on amateur music organisations of its decision not to renew Brass Bands England’s Body of Persons Approval (BOPA) arrangement beyond April 2027; and what reasons were given for that decision.(31997)

628Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support schools to deliver the nature, outdoor and adventure enrichment benchmark, including through sufficient funding.(31722)

629Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to work with zoos and other outdoor learning providers to support delivery of the nature, outdoor and adventure enrichment benchmark.(32949)

630Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the capacity of schools to deliver the nature, outdoor and adventure enrichment benchmark across all regions of England.(33341)

631Lorraine Beavers (Blackpool North and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues and officials in the Department for Transport regarding the future supply of seafarer Apprentices to the ferry industry from nautical colleges in coastal communities.(31082)

632Lorraine Beavers (Blackpool North and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues regarding the adequacy of maritime (a) training and (b) employment opportunities in coastal communities.(30677)

633Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how frequently SEN Support Plans are reviewed.(32939)

634Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how frequently Individual Support Plans will be reviewed under proposed SEND reforms.(31710)

635Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of termly SEN support reviews on annual reviews for Individual Support Plans.(30909)

636Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure schools admitting pupils from multiple Local Authorities do not experience issues relating to variation in digital systems used for Individual Support Plans.(31711)

637Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to publish examples of high-quality Individual Support Plans.(30910)

638Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 120023, on Special Educational Needs: Reform, what steps her Department plans to take to provide training to Governors to support the sampling of Individual Support Plans.(33333)

639Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of proposed SEND reforms on SENCo workload.(32940)

640Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to improve retention of SENCos.(33334)

641Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning research into the readability of information on SEND that is published by schools.(31312)

642Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the proportion of adults with low literary proficiency.(31313)

643Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure any revised SEND Code of Practice explicitly mandates the publication of school information on SEND in plain English.(32500)

644Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofsted uses the same pupil survey to collect pupil views in mainstream schools as it does in special schools for children with severe learning difficulties.(33335)

645Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment Ofsted has made of the effectiveness of its anticipatory duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments for disabled pupils regarding its pupil survey.(32941)

646Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what accessible versions of its online pupil survey Ofsted provides for disabled pupils, including versions using symbol-supported text.(33336)

647Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of schools to effectively implement the SEND training programme.(30492)

648Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of school leaders and SENCos to lead the effective implementation of the SEND training programme.(30911)

649Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will provide courses on leading SEND aimed at senior and middle leaders who are not SENCos.(31712)

650Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department plans to monitor participation in SEND training across primary and secondary settings.(30912)

651Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department plans to measure the effectiveness of schools embedding SEND and inclusion training.(32109)

652Saqib Bhatti (Meriden and Solihull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria will determine whether a child or young person receives support through an Individual Support Plan; and what steps she will take to ensure consistency in access to that support between local areas.(30493)

653Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is considering the potential merits of making free school meals automatic for all children in kinship care, including those under Special Guardianship Orders and Child Arrangements Orders, regardless of household income.(33436)

654Dr Danny Chambers (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to introduce the Education for All Bill to Parliament.(30708)

655Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the rules on Ofsted-registered childminders claiming government-funded early education and childcare hours for children to whom they are related, where care is provided outside the child’s home; and if she will adopt the same approach as in Wales.(31851)

656Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) teachers receive adequate training to identify and support children with Developmental Language Disorder within mainstream classrooms and (b) there are adequate numbers of Experts at Hand to provide essential specialist support and training within schools.(33476)

657Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the life satisfaction of 15-year-olds in England disaggregated by SEN status.(31468)

658Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the publication of New College Worcester’s report titled ‘Academically Successful and Independently Able’, what steps she is taking to clear the backlog of tribunal cases for visually impaired students needing EHCPs.(33477)

659Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of PACEY’s finding that childminders’ underlying costs do not vary between two-year-olds and three and four-year-olds in the context of lower funding for childminders of older children.(32661)

660Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the testimony evidence submitted to her Department on 15 July 2025 by Surrey County Council on SEND with the Department’s response entitled Local SEND Reform Feedback for Surrey, in which Q9 states "Surrey demonstrates strong engagement with parents, young people, schools and health partners".(31047)

661Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September to Question 29170 on Schools: Inspections, whether headteachers will have the opportunity to provide submissions to inform the plans.(33307)

662John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 16029 on Darlington Economic Campus: Remote Working, how many DFE staff are assigned to Bishopsgate House in Darlington; and what is the expectation of the percentage rate of office attendance for staff at that office.(33591)

663John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and to the Answer of 14 July 2026, to Question 14979 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned DfE staff was at Piccadilly Gate in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(33183)

664John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester and to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned Ofsted staff was at Piccadilly Gate in Manchester M1 in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(33592)

665Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of school attendance policies and attendance reward schemes on pupils with serious or chronic health conditions, including those undergoing treatment for cancer.(32861)

666Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help schools in Yeovil constituency provide school trips for pupils.(31456)

667Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve access to enrichment activities outside of school for children in Yeovil constituency.(32647)

668Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to boost funding for research into (a) educational and (b) psychosocial support for young dyslexic people.(33463)

669Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Ofsted’s training for inspectors on (a) staff wellbeing and mental health and (b) understanding school context and phase in (i) Yeovil constituency (ii) Somerset and (iii) England.(32650)

670Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered the potential merits of establishing an independent body to assess complaints relating to Ofsted inspections.(33073)

671Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of improving education on relationship abuse amongst teenagers in schools.(32651)

672Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the per pupil funding available to schools in Somerset relative to other counties across England.(30634)

673Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support financial literacy education in schools in Yeovil constituency.(32243)

674Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to consult school leaders before implementing changes to the PE and Sport Premium for primary schools.(31754)

675Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer 22328 to the question tabled by the Hon. Member for Torbay, published on 5th October 2026, what legal and regulatory requirements must private adult skills providers which do not receive government funding comply with.(31363)

676Jonathan Davies (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her department has made of the potential merits of establishing a national entitlement under which every pupil who demonstrates an interest in learning a musical instrument can access an instrument on a free loan.(31087)

677Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure that academic qualifications are an option for all pupils in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.[R] (32447)

678Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure that academic qualifications are an option for all pupils in East Sussex.[R] (32448)

679Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure that academic qualifications are an option for all pupils in West Sussex.[R] (31259)

680Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of coursework on disadvantaged students in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.[R] (31260)

681Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of coursework on disadvantaged students in East Sussex.[R] (33283)

682Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of coursework on disadvantaged students in West Sussex.[R] (32879)

683Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with schools on ensuring that third-party teaching materials are politically impartial in East Grinstead and Uckfield Constituency.[R] (31658)

684Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with schools on ensuring that third-party teaching materials are politically impartial in East Sussex.[R] (30849)

685Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with schools on ensuring that third-party teaching materials are politically impartial in West Sussex.[R] (31659)

686Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent children from carrying knives in schools in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.[R] (30428)

687Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent children from carrying knives in schools in East Sussex.[R] (31261)

688Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent children from carrying knives in schools in West Sussex.[R] (31262)

689Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support children with developmental language disorder, including through the SEND policy.[R] (32451)

690Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote whole school approaches to developmental language disorder support for children.[R] (32452)

691Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her department is taking to increase the level of awareness of developmental language disorder with schools, teachers and other education professionals.[R] (31266)

692Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the proposals in the consultation on Assistive software funded through the Disabled Students' Allowance, which closed on 18 June 2026.(32467)

693Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered ensuring that Inclusion Bases have access to appropriately trained specialist staff to meet the needs of the children and young people they support.(32721)

694Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to address the wellbeing and workload harms that school inspection can place on education professionals.(31915)

695Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the PE and Sport Premium arrangements on (a) the number of sports coaches employed by primary schools and (b) schools’ ability to participate in inter-school sporting events in the 2026-27 academic year.(32725)

696Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's statement that it will take an "appropriate and proportionate approach" to Dedicated Schools Grant high needs deficits arising in 2026-27 and 2027-28, (a) what criteria will be used to determine eligibility for support, (b) what estimate she has made of the aggregate national value of those deficits, (c) whether any proportion of those deficits will be written off or otherwise funded by central government, and (d) by what date local authorities will be given certainty on those arrangements ahead of the expiry of the statutory override in March 2028.(32726)

697Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much their Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(32526)

698Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce targeted funding streams to support clinical academic careers in dentistry.(31970)

699Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on improving the affordability of travel for post-16 students attending schools, colleges and training providers in rural areas.(33525)

700Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2026 to question 3784, what progress her Department has made on the development of a structured approach to performance management, including the evidence informing its development, the timescale for implementation and how teachers and trade unions are being consulted.(33279)

701Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to reassess the contribution of marriage in keeping families with children together.(31976)

702Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with representatives of the Marriage Foundation on The Timing of Marriage and Union Dissolution by Dr Harry Benson.(32793)

703Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent changes to visa rules on recruitment of international students by UK universities.(33391)

704Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Plan 2 interest accumulation on funded doctoral researchers.(33340)

705Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of reducing Plan 2 interest during PhD funded research.(32945)

706Darren Jones (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy following the recent Curriculum and Assessment Review to include the British Empire and colonialism as statutory content in Key Stage 3 History.(31273)

707Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assumptions her Department's analytical model used to determine annual uplifts to early years entitlement funding rates makes about (a) provider occupancy rates, (b) staff not included in statutory staff-to-child ratios and (c) non-contact staff time; and if she will publish those assumptions.(32101)

708Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the analytical model used to determine early years entitlement funding rates assumes that providers use funding received for younger children to cross-subsidise the cost of delivering entitlement hours for three- and four-year-olds.(32102)

709Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the 2013-14 General Labour Market data used in the Area Cost Adjustment of the Early Years National Funding Formula is representative of geographical variation in staffing costs in 2026-27; and if she will publish that assessment.(31702)

710Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the wellbeing of teachers during Ofsted inspections.(31276)

711Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the a) adequacy of the availability of art therapies in schools and b) potential merits of increasing art therapy provision in schools.(32066)

712Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with universities regarding upholding free speech on campus.(31278)

713Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many asylum seekers have received publicly funded training under the Adult Skills Fund and its predecessor schemes since asylum seekers first became eligible for such support.(31836)

714Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total cost to the public purse of training for asylum seekers funded under the Adult Skills Fund and its predecessor schemes has been since asylum seekers first became eligible for such support.(31030)

715James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools in the Lewes constituency remain safe and operational during periods of extreme heat.(33131)

716Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the suitability of pilot gig rowing for assessment under the rowing category in GCSE Physical Education examinations.(31141)

717Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has given to recognising pilot gig rowing within the list of sports approved for assessment in Physical Education examinations.(31934)

718Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider expanding the list of sports approved for Physical Education examinations where a sport has (a) an established governing body and (b) established participation among young people.(33578)

719Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with Central Bedfordshire Council on the delayed timetable for completing its transition from a three-tier to a two-tier school system; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of completing that transition on education in that area.(33058)

720Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support language learning in schools.(33062)

721Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is is taking to ensure that pupils have access to opportunities to develop skills in the use of artificial intelligence.(33450)

722Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department plans to measure the success of the National Year of Reading.(32639)

723John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of exposure to trauma, including but not limited to attempting or witnessing an attempt in the workplace at resuscitation of child or colleague, on the suicide risk among female staff with PTSD.(32784)

724John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what conditions are attached to the Ministry of Defence's university alliance funding, and whether a university that takes protest guidance from an arms company remains eligible.(31968)

725James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the prevalence of bullying among children at school, and what steps she is taking to tackle bullying.(30746)

726John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 19297, whether her Department has (a) contacted ITV News to obtain the evidence behind the whistleblower allegations broadcast on 3 July 2026 and (b) taken steps to establish whether the practices alleged exist in other local authorities in England.(32734)

727John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 22145, how many times in each of the last five years her Department has used its statutory powers to intervene directly in local authority SEND services; and in which local authorities.(32735)

728John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will establish a threshold of expertise for practitioners providing specialist advice through the Experts at Hand programme, including the role of qualifications, specialist training, professional competence and relevant experience.(33564)

729John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the Experts at Hand programme will ensure that the threshold of expertise reflects the individual needs of the child, including children with cerebral palsy who require condition-specific knowledge.(30720)

730John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how Experts at Hand will support mainstream settings to access appropriate expertise in cerebral palsy, relating to physical needs, communication, movement and the interaction between health and education.(33565)

731John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how local Experts at Hand partnerships will be supported to draw on specialist expertise beyond their immediate local workforce where this would help meet the needs of an individual child.(33163)

732John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role specialist schools, specialist health services and established centres of expertise will play to support the development and delivery of the Experts at Hand programme.(31543)

733John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to map existing specialist expertise in cerebral palsy across education, health and the voluntary sector to help local partnerships identify and access expertise through the Experts at Hand programme.(31544)

734John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities will be required to inform schools and families on the range and level of specialist expertise available through their Experts at Hand offer.(32738)

735John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department will evaluate whether Experts at Hand is enabling mainstream settings to access the appropriate level of specialist expertise for the needs of individual children, including those with cerebral palsy.(33566)

736Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to question 21950 titled Swimming: Pupils, what steps the PE and School Sport Partnerships network will take to reduce inequality in the proportion of pupils who leave primary school able to swim 25 metres across schools in Stockport constituency.(32104)

737Sir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the number of extracurricular activities offered to pupils in state primary schools.(31571)

738Sir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to support the work of kinship carers in Royal Sutton Coldfield.(30755)

739Joe Morris (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of school teacher training (INSET) days on working parents' childcare arrangements; and whether her Department has considered options to support the provision of supervised childcare or activity-based provision for pupils on such days.(33394)

740Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the contribution of independent training providers to meeting skills needs in the industrial, energy and net zero sectors; and what steps she is taking to ensure independent training providers have access to adequate and sustainable funding.(32442)

741Manuela Perteghella (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what oversight her Department has of the Student Loans Company's handling of (a) complaints and (b) disputed overpayments; and what safeguards are in place to ensure that (i) customers are provided with an itemised calculation of alleged overpayments, (ii) disputed debts are not referred to third-party debt collection agencies before complaints have been resolved, (iii) complaints and requests for reassessment are not prejudiced by delays attributable to the Student Loans Company and (iv) third parties are not contacted about a customer's debt without an appropriate legal basis.(32625)

742Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing funding for outdoor play and learning facilities in schools in Surrey Heath constituency.(32303)

743Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of increasing funding for outdoor play and learning opportunities in schools in Surrey Heath constituency.(30698)

744Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of increased opportunities for outdoor play and outdoor learning in primary schools on (a) educational attainment, (b) attention spans, (c) behaviour, and (d) wellbeing.(31108)

745Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will undertake a review of (a) the operation of discretionary 16 to 19 bursary schemes in further education colleges and (b) whether household-income thresholds should be reviewed and uprated periodically in line with inflation and changes in living costs.(32380)

746Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of additional school places required in (i) Telford & Wrekin and (ii) Shropshire as a result of new housing developments within existing and emerging local plans.(31982)

747Adrian Ramsay (Waveney Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of level of debt from tuition fees and living costs per student enrolled over the past 3 years.(32317)

748Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she intends to reform the higher-education funding mechanism.(30348)

749Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to reform higher education funding arrangements or overseas students.(31978)

750Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to improve awareness of CPR procedures within secondary schools.(33198)

751Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to support children of parents in prison.(30761)

752Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Ofsted’s inspection framework on the wellbeing of early-years staff.(30629)

753Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to issue guidance to early-years providers on responding to unexpected staffing emergencies.(32238)

754Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that early-years providers have an opportunity to demonstrate rapid improvement following an Ofsted inspection.(33068)

755Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of graded music theory examinations, including VAT, on the number of young people progressing to higher-grade music qualifications.(30955)

756David Smith (North Northumberland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the closure of Papyrus and its HOPELINE247 suicide-prevention service on rural young people and their families; and what discussions her Department has had with the organisations involved on the protection or transfer of the expertise and infrastructure previously provided by HOPELINE247.(31073)

757Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of early years funding levels on the ability of providers to meet increasing operating costs and deliver high-quality early education and childcare.(32058)

758Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of early years funding in reflecting differences in levels of deprivation and need between local communities.(30438)

759Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support early years providers to recruit, train and retain a skilled workforce, including through opportunities for providers to develop and train staff in-house.(32059)

760Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools maintain political impartiality.(31369)

761Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nurseries have been opened through upgrading space in primary schools since July 2024.(31371)

762Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has provided to (a) local authorities and (b) multi-academy trusts on the provision of separate toilet facilities for male and female students in schools.(33387)

763Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the trials of AI tutoring for disadvantaged pupils will begin; how many pupils will participate; whether the design is randomised; and who will conduct the evaluation.(32924)

764Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship starts there were on the Level 4 AI and Automation Practitioner standard in each quarter since its approval; and what proportion of starters were existing employees of the sponsoring employer.(33322)

765Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the median earnings of graduates of AI-relevant courses were at one, three and five years after graduation in the latest Longitudinal Education Outcomes data; and what proportion of international graduates of such courses remained in UK employment at each point.(32926)

766Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students were enrolled on undergraduate and postgraduate courses in artificial intelligence, computer science and data science in each academic year since 2021-22; and what proportion were international.(33323)

767Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Adult Skills Fund allocation is in cash and real terms in each year from 2024-25 to 2028-29; and how much of it is directed to AI or digital skills.(30470)

768Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings UKRI has had with the China General Technology Research Institute since July 2024.(30474)

769Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of training places required to supply the proposed Experts at Hand offer in Surrey.(33326)

770Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to help tackle workforce shortages among educational psychologists in Surrey.(32932)

771Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking as part of the new curriculum to ensure that disabled children can access and participate in PE and sport at school in Surrey.(33327)

772Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the respective roles of pupils, parents, schools, colleges and local leaders in determining whether a pupil aged 14 follows an academic or technical education pathway.(32309)

773Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the sufficiency of existing Department for Education budgets to fund the introduction of technical education pathways from September 2028.(30704)

774Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether pupils undertaking a technical education pathway from age 14 will be required to study GCSE English and mathematics alongside that pathway and what proportion of curriculum time the Government expects schools to allocate to those subjects.(32310)

775Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much will secondary schools be required to deliver technical education pathways, rather than through further education colleges or other providers, from September 2028.(31529)

776Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of proposed funding arrangements for enabling small and rural schools to offer technical education pathways without reducing the range of other subjects on offer.(32311)

777Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce measures to ensure that pupils who begin a technical education pathway at age 14 can subsequently transfer to an academic pathway.(31113)

778Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost to employers of providing work experience and employer engagement as part of the proposed technical education pathways from September 2028.(31911)

779Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what minimum number of hours of work experience each pupil undertaking a technical education pathway from age 14 will complete before the end of Key Stage 4.(33547)

780Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the risk of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds being disproportionately directed towards technical education pathways from age 14.(30705)

781Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed technical education pathways on the range of subjects that secondary schools will be able to offer at Key Stage 4.(33152)

782Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what arrangements she plans to put in place for pupils who wish to undertake a technical education pathway that is not available at their school or within reasonable travelling distance.(32312)

783Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the evidence on the appropriate age for pupils to begin specialising in technical education.(31912)

784Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the introduction of technical education pathways from September 2028 can be delivered without reducing the level of funding available for existing school provision.(31114)

785Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what outcomes she plans to use to assess the success of the proposed technical education pathways for pupils from the age of 14.(33153)

786Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of additional teachers, lecturers and technical specialists required to deliver the proposed technical education pathways from September 2028.(33548)

787Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Ofsted's specialist expertise and capacity to assess the quality of technical education pathways from September 2028.(30706)

788Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the additional transport costs for pupils who need to travel to another school, college or provider to access a technical education pathway from the age of 14.(31530)

789Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the amount of VAT that will be incurred by colleges on projects funded through the £2.275 billion further education college capital programme.(32336)

790Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with HM Treasury on VAT treatment for further education colleges.(30730)

791Alistair Strathern (Hitchin): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many babies under the age of two whose mother was in custody were (a) subject to care proceedings and (b) accommodated under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 in each of the last five years; and what plans the Department has to collect national data on babies separated from their mothers due to imprisonment.(32536)

792David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to embed learning about global development issues into the National Curriculum.(33573)

793Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are being taken to speed up Ofsted's voluntary register processing time for home child carer applications.(30435)

794Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made on the delivery of Enterprise Academy, the proposed new Autism Spectrum Disorder Free School in Malvern, Worcestershire, following the letter sent by Worcestershire County Council on the 13th August 2026.(32081)

795Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026, to Question 27047, on Erasmus+ programme, what is her Department's latest estimate of the number of (a) inbound and (b) outbound Erasmus+ mobilities in its first year.(30804)

796Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the EU's calculation of the net cost of the UK's contribution to Erasmus+ is based on (a) the UK's economic output or (b) the number of UK students predicted to utilise the scheme.(31617)

797Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 4 August 2026, to Question 13151, on Department for Education: Government Communication Service, how many headcount and FTE staff in (a) the department and (b) each of its Arm's Length Bodies are members of the Government Communication Service.(33250)

798Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026, to Questions 14609, on schools: Facilities Agreements, if she will place in the Library a copy of the request for views from trade unions on the issue of facility time.(30396)

799Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the answer of 5 February 2026, to Question 107711, on Department for Education: Public Appointments, if she will place in the Library (a) the correspondence to the Commissioner for Public Appointments and (b) the correspondence from the Commissioner.(31626)

800Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether payments have been made to the social influencer, Luca | Big 4 Apprentice, connected to his TikTok interview with the Prime Minister in August 2026; and whether the interview was organised by (a) her Department, (b) the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet or (c) the creative agency.(33252)

801Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 21001, on Department for Education: Social Media, if she will list the creative agency that hired each of the listed social media influencers, and which specific platforms did each of the listed social media influencers use to promote government content.(32842)

802Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the allergy safety requirements introduced under the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 to higher education providers in England.(31020)

803Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to work with the Office for Students and higher education providers to introduce statutory allergy safety guidance for universities.(31828)

804Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools and colleges on transition to further and higher education for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.(31830)

805Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Ofsted on how inspections assess support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities moving into further and higher education.(31022)

806Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Gatsby Benchmark 7 in providing practical preparation for young people moving into further education.(32229)

807Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department (a) defines a meaningful encounter with further education under Gatsby Benchmark 7 and (b) monitors school compliance.(30622)

808Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to help support (a) drivers and (b) businesses with increases in fuel costs caused by the conflict in the Middle East.(30867)

809Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential financial impact of rising fuel costs on households in England.(33304)

810Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle rising fuel costs.(32904)

811Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to help upgrade the security of energy pipelines in order to build resilience to future threats.(31674)

812Edward Argar (Melton and Syston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what measures her department has put in place to minimise the impact of domestic heating oil price increases on consumers.(30790)

813Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to communicate the seriousness of climate change to the public and businesses.(30667)

814Steve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether there will be increases to the projected costs of the Grimsby to Walpole project.(30373)

815Steve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether National Grid (a) has sought or (b) plans to seek any increase in funding or budget allowances for the Grimsby to Walpole project.(32390)

816Steve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the cost estimates presented to the public for the Grimsby to Walpole project.(32391)

817Steve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what safeguards are in place to protect consumers from substantial cost increases to the Walpole to Grimsby project.(31194)

818Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of implementing the recommendations of the Nuclear Regulatory Review on future civil nuclear employment in the UK.(32456)

819Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans she has for the deployment of small modular reactors beyond the Gwyndod project; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of that deployment on civil nuclear employment.(32060)

820Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a 15-year government-backed low-interest loan scheme for household solar and battery storage where monthly loan repayments do not exceed average monthly energy bill savings.(31196)

821Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to Question 26024 answered on the 1st September 2026, whether her Department has considered the potential benefits of issuing specific guidance for social housing providers on managing end-of-life solar photovoltaic panel disposal and recycling across large housing portfolios.(33229)

822Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to ensure compliance with Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment regulations for legacy solar panels where the original equipment manufacturer or installer has ceased trading.(33230)

823John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answers of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned DESNZ staff at Trinity Bridge House, 2 Dearmans Pl, Salford M3 5DS in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(30742)

824John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answers of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned Salix staff at 3 Piccadilly Place 3 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 3BN in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(31558)

825Harriet Cross (Gordon and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of new nuclear development at (i) Torness and (ii) Hunterston on civil nuclear employment in Scotland.(32314)

826Chris Curtis (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Written Statement of 24 January 2025 on the Plutonium Disposition Strategy, what the results were of the plutonium fuel pellet manufacturing trials undertaken with Orano at its demonstration facility in France using UK-produced plutonium, which the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority stated in March 2019 were scheduled for completion in 2020.(33438)

827Chris Curtis (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Written Statement of 24 January 2025 on the Plutonium Disposition Strategy, what work was undertaken to investigate the possibility of reuse as CANMOX and what the result of this work was.(30611)

828Chris Curtis (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Written Statement of 24 January 2025 on the Plutonium Disposition Strategy, what consideration was given in the decision to rapid developments in metallic fast-reactor fuel and uranium-transuranic fuel technologies that could utilise UK plutonium.(31818)

829Chris Curtis (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has been made of whether encapsulating the plutonium inventory for immobilisation would limit recovery of americium-241 for medical and space-power applications.(31011)

830Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when she plans to respond to the recommendations made in the Competition and Markets Authority's final report on the domestic heating oil market, published on 15 July 2026.(31462)

831Jonathan Davies (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her departments has made of the potential merits of developing a strategy for fuel cells and solid-oxide technology.(31892)

832Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he will conduct an assessment of public satisfaction with the Fuel Finder app to inform motorists about the price of fuel at local petrol stations.(31687)

833Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of levels of public engagement with the Fuel Finder app.(31688)

834Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans her Department has to ensure the UK's international climate finance contributions are provided in the form of grants rather than loans.(32382)

835Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much their Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(32527)

836Barry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has (a) had any communication with the Environment Agency regarding Lynemouth Power Station's March 2026 derogation request and (b) made any assessment of said derogation request.(32782)

837Barry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which its Contract for Difference with Lynemouth Power Station complies with the Environmental Principles within the Subsidy Control Act 2022.(31964)

838Barry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact on population health in England from high levels of Nox and particulate matter released by wood-pellet-fuelled biomass power.(32360)

839Gill German (Clwyd North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of why households in the Merseyside and Northern Wales electricity region face the highest standing charge under the energy price cap; and what steps she is taking to ensure that regional differences in standing charges do not disproportionately disadvantage households in areas that contribute to the UK's energy generation.(30604)

840Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether requirements have been placed on local and combined authorities receiving funding through the Warm Homes Local Grant to demonstrate how delivery of the scheme contributes to the objectives of the Fuel Poverty Strategy for England.(30554)

841Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information her Department collects to assess the contribution of the Warm Homes Local Grant to the objectives of the Fuel Poverty Strategy for England.(31375)

842Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what requirements have been placed on local and combined authorities receiving funding through the Warm Homes: Local Grant to demonstrate how delivery of the scheme contributes to the Government's objectives to reduce child poverty and improve health outcomes.(31376)

843Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information her Department collects to assess the impact of the Warm Homes: Local Grant on child poverty and health outcomes.(32570)

844Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how her Department defines community energy.(31378)

845Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress her Department has made on agreeing a definition of community energy.(31379)

846Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing or delaying Warm Homes Plan funding on the Government’s clean heat and energy efficiency ambitions.(30855)

847Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, further to the No10 press release, Cheaper travel for millions with a third off fares, of 22 July 2026, which international climate finance projects will have their funding converted into loans to fund the £454 million; whether the borrowing will core on the PSBR; and over what period the loans will be paid back.(30489)

848Nigel Huddleston (Droitwich and Evesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the letter from her Department to the Rt hon. Member for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge dated 11 February 2026, if she will publish data behind his department’s assessment that solar farms will provide “enormous potential to create good jobs, protect billpayers, ensure energy security”.(30409)

849Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what role she envisages for Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) production in Wales; and what assessment her Department has made of the need for GGRs to address residual emissions in hard to abate sectors in Wales.(31669)

850Chris Kane (Stirling and Strathallan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions her Department has had with the devolved Administrations on tackling fuel poverty among households reliant on domestic heating oil.(32643)

851Chris Kane (Stirling and Strathallan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans she has to support households that are off the gas grid and use domestic heating oil as their primary source of heating in Stirling and Strathallan constituency.(32644)

852Chris Kane (Stirling and Strathallan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of domestic heating oil prices on levels of fuel poverty.(31452)

853Chris Kane (Stirling and Strathallan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to provide advice and support to households that are off the gas grid and reliant on domestic heating oil to transition to low-carbon heating.(32236)

854Chris Kane (Stirling and Strathallan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households her Department expects to use domestic heating oil as their primary source of heating in each of the next ten years.(30628)

855Chris Kane (Stirling and Strathallan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what role Great British Energy will have in supporting communities that are off the gas grid in the transition to low-carbon energy.(32237)

856Graham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to ADE’s report entitled "No Home Left Behind", what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using heat batteries to reduce noise pollution in dense urban areas where heat pump noise can block installation.(32299)

857Graham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to ADE’s report entitled "No Home Left Behind", whether she plans to promote heat batteries in rural off-gas homes.(33136)

858Graham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to ADE’s recent report entitled "No Home Left Behind", what steps she is taking to ensure heat batteries can access smart, time-of-use tariffs, to enable households to charge when electricity is cheapest.(32705)

859Graham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made on whether and the extent to which transmission-connected generators have experienced unexpected financial gains or losses as a result of changes to Transmission Network Use of System charges compared with the assumptions that they reasonably would have expected at the time of the relevant Government allocation round and/or their Final Investment Decision.(32706)

860Graham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of policy costs and levies on the electricity bills and competitiveness of businesses in Scotland.(33137)

861Graham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what action the Government will take to support businesses in Scotland facing rising non-commodity costs on their energy bills.(33536)

862Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the consultation entitled 'Exploring the role of alternative clean heating solutions' which closed on 10 February 2026, when her Department plans to publish its (a) conclusions and (b) recommendations.(31935)

863Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when her Department plans to bring forward reforms to enable community energy schemes to sell electricity directly to local households and businesses.(32230)

864Charlie Maynard (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Competition and Markets Authority's document entitled Heating oil market study: Final report, published on 15 July 2026, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of the permanent regulation of the domestic heating-oil market, including protections for vulnerable customers.(31925)

865Charlie Maynard (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing mechanisms in the consumer heating oil market, including price protection and price-smoothing, to limit the potential impact of extreme short-term price increases caused by international conflicts on consumers.(33561)

866Charlie Maynard (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department plans to introduce an automatic or preventative protection from energy prices rises for severely disabled and medically vulnerable households.(30718)

867James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero press release entitled “Families set to save money through new and upgraded heat networks”, published on 23 September 2026, what estimate has been made of the average annual saving expected for households from the £90 million investment in heat networks.(33596)

868James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero press release entitled “Families set to save money through new and upgraded heat networks”, published on 23 September 2026, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Heat Network Efficiency Scheme in reducing household energy bills.(33184)

869James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero press release entitled “Families set to save money through new and upgraded heat networks”, published on 23 September 2026, what metrics will be used to evaluate whether the investment in upgrading heat networks has delivered value for money.(33597)

870James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero press release entitled “Families set to save money through new and upgraded heat networks”, published on 23 September 2026, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of transporting hot water by electric barges as part of the Thames heat network project.(32775)

871James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero press release entitled “Families set to save money through new and upgraded heat networks”, published on 23 September 2026, what estimate has been made of the proportion of heat supplied through the funded networks that will come from waste heat sources.(32776)

872James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero press release entitled “Families set to save money through new and upgraded heat networks”, published on 23 September 2026, for what policy reason were no heat network projects in Essex included in the latest funding announced by the Government.(32353)

873James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero press release entitled “Families set to save money through new and upgraded heat networks”, published on 23 September 2026, whether it is her policy that heat network projects in Essex will receive future Government funding.(33185)

874James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to support the development of heat network projects in Essex.(32354)

875James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions her Department has had with local authorities in Essex about developing or upgrading heat networks.(30747)

876James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the number of homes in Essex that could benefit from the development or upgrading of heat networks.(31561)

877James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential for waste heat from industrial and commercial sources in Essex to be used in local heat networks.(31562)

878Ms Julie Minns (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of sand battery thermal energy storage technology; and what funding programmes are available to support pilot and commercial deployment of that technology in the UK.(31002)

879Joe Morris (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans she has to introduce greater regulatory oversight or transparency requirements for the calculation and setting of Smart Export Guarantee export tariffs by energy suppliers.(30556)

880Joe Morris (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of whether current Smart Export Guarantee arrangements provide fair value to consumers who are supporting the transition to net zero through investment in renewable energy generation and storage technologies.(30557)

881James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when her Department plans to announce a revised timetable for the inclusion of waste incineration facilities within the UK Emissions Trading Scheme.(31746)

882Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what is the full scope of the joint DESNZ – MOD PhD programme as part of the nuclear skills plan.(31788)

883Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to page 8 of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Group’s document entitled Building our nuclear nation: NDA Group response to the Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce Review, published on 17 September 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing mandatory Civil Nuclear Constabulary armed escorts from (a) Category II and (b) Category III material transports on the level of security risk.(31805)

884Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to page 8 of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Group’s document entitled Building our nuclear nation: NDA Group response to the Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce Review, published on 17 September 2026, whether she has made an assessment of the potential cost savings of removing mandatory Civil Nuclear Constabulary armed escorts from (a) Category II and (b) Category III material transport in each of the next five years.(33034)

885Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when she will publish the holistic future policy framework for biomethane.(30364)

886Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the resilience of the UK's supply chain for nuclear boron required for the rollout of SMRs.(33570)

887Ian Roome (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending Electric Vehicle Grants to zero emission vehicles designed exclusively for off-road commercial use.(33054)

888Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the affordability for low-income households of ongoing servicing costs associated with heating systems installed under the ECO4 scheme.(30854)

889Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to support people with the cost of heating oil.(30375)

890Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress she has made on the review of the surplus-sharing arrangements for the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme; and when she expects that review to conclude.(33432)

891Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the estimated annual cost is of the regional electricity discounts available to data centres in AI Growth Zones; and how that cost is funded.(30463)

892Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what consideration has been given to the potential merits of requiring new data centres above a threshold capacity to provide on-site dispatchable generation or storage as a condition of connection, as adopted by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities in Ireland.(32919)

893Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, on what date Ofgem and NESO will publish final decisions on demand connection reform; and when the list of strategically important demand projects will be published.(32480)

894Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what criteria will be used to designate strategically important demand projects for prioritised grid connection; and whether all sites within AI Growth Zones will be so designated.(32481)

895Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average industrial electricity price in the UK was in the latest year for which figures are available compared with (a) France, (b) Germany, (c) the United States and (d) Sweden; and what assessment has been made of its potential effect on data centre investment decisions.(31295)

896Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of extending industrial energy price relief to data centres.(33316)

897Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many transmission-connected demand projects have received Gate 2 offers under the Gate 2 to Whole Queue process; how many are data centres; and what the earliest and latest connection date is offered to a data centre.(30878)

898Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government intends to require data centres above a specified capacity to provide a minimum level of demand flexibility as a condition of grid connection.(30464)

899Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps are being taken by the National Energy Systems Operator to help ensure data centres which support essential services to the public and infrastructure have continual power supplies.(30478)

900Hannah Spencer (Gorton and Denton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether previous work on the National Data Library to enable better targeting of energy bills support will continue following the machinery of government changes affecting the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.(33189)

901Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of (a) the value for money and (b) impact on affordability for low-income households of the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Household Tumble Dryers) Regulations 2026.(31143)

902Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential for new nuclear development at Dounreay to increase civil nuclear employment in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency.(30856)

903David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to review the compensation available to households and businesses impacted by electricity outages.(32325)

904David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resilience of the electricity distribution network in Hertfordshire to extreme weather and unplanned outages.(33169)

905David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to ensure that UK Power Networks provides timely and accessible information to impacted by unplanned power outages.(32743)

906David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had discussions with Ofgem on the performance of UK Power Networks in restoring supplies and communicating with customers during power outages.(32744)

907Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the resilience of electricity distribution networks serving rural parts of Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency.(32223)

908Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to (a) encourage Electric Vehicle ownership take-up and (b) improve access to EV charging.(31269)

909Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support schools to install solar panels.(31359)

910Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of UK aviation expansion on carbon emissions set in a a) global and b) European context.(33309)

911Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by Transport and Environment entitled 'Overshoot: How expansion plans break European airports' carbon limits'.(32910)

912Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will set out which sectors will be required to make savings in carbon emissions in the context of proposals to expand Heathrow Airport.(33310)

913Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to Question 19357, on Quadrature Capital, what are the mitigation measures taken in relation to Quadrature Climate Foundation.(31199)

914Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions she is having with the Falkland Islands Government on the Sea Lion development field.(31200)

915Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 19357, on Quadrature Capital, what measures her Department has taken that mitigate risks of Conflicts of Interest.(31201)

916Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to page 82 of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, HC524, published in July 2026, whether a fine or penalty has been levied by HMRC in addition to the settlement to HMRC of underpaid IR35 tax liabilities.(33249)

917Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Cabinet Office's publication entitled Monthly Average HQ Building Occupancy, Q1: April to June 2026, published on 27 August 2026, if he will publish equivalent figures for May and June, with attendance expressed as a percentage of assigned staff rather than as a percentage of building capacity.(30395)

918Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether an analysis has been undertaken of the potential increase in civil nuclear employment in Thornbury and Yate constituency from the deployment of advanced nuclear technologies at Oldbury.(32227)

919Shockat Adam (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the ecological status of the River Soar and its tributaries in Leicester and Leicestershire; what steps are being taken to tackle the principal sources of pollution in that catchment; and what targets and timescales have been set for improving water bodies that are not achieving good ecological status.(32624)

920Sadik Al-Hassan (North Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the revised National Planning Policy Framework's grey belt policy on progress towards the Government's commitment to protect 30 per cent of land for nature by 2030.(31118)

921Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to guarantee long-term funding through Environmental Land Management schemes for farmers in Buckinghamshire.(31041)

922Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential barriers faced by farmers in Buckinghamshire seeking to invest in on-farm water storage in order to improve resilience to drought and flooding.(31042)

923Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to end overfishing and support the recovery of fish stocks in UK waters.(30891)

924Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of fast-growing broiler chicken breeds compared with slower-growing breeds on welfare; and whether she plans to develop a pathway to phase out the use of fast-growing breeds in favour of higher-welfare alternatives.(30892)

925Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has measures in place to help ensure poultry farms are reliably supplied with power in the event of an electricity shortage.(32898)

926Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the security and continuity of the UK food supply chain is factored into national homeland resilience planning.(30452)

927Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to help ensure producer compliance schemes for fridges and freezers are able to operate effectively, given the reduction in the number of processing facilities.(31495)

928Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what enforcement steps her Department has taken against producer compliance schemes who have failed to fulfil their responsibility to take and dispose of fridges and freezers in the past 12 months.(31496)

929Jas 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 the (a) closure and (b) lack of capacity of producer compliance schemes for fridges and freezers on local authorities, including the need for them to meet the cost of such disposals.(32691)

930Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of requiring produce compliance schemes for fridges and freezers that lack sufficient processing capacity to identify and utilise suitable storage sites.(32276)

931Alison Bennett (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her department has made of the potential merits of using greywater harvesting to reduce domestic water consumption.(33540)

932Lara Bird (Arbroath and Broughty Ferry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reversing the decision to allow the English Single malt geographical indication.(32780)

933Irene Campbell (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 20 July 2026 to Question UIN HL1988, what the results were of the commercial in-ovo sexing trial which took place last year in a UK hatchery.(31451)

934Irene Campbell (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Naturewatch Foundation's press release entitled Shocking new figures suggest just 10.5-14% dog breeding is regulated, published on 21 September 2026, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the traceability of dogs kept for breeding.(33452)

935James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial support is available to farmers affected by increased input costs and adverse weather conditions.(31661)

936David Chadwick (Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 24815, whether her Department's evaluation of how other countries prevent wildfires will include Scotland's use of winter burns to protect its deep peat.(31903)

937David Chadwick (Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in terms of protecting deep peat, what estimate has her Department made of i) the carbon saved by its 2025 restrictions on winter burning and ii) the carbon released by wildfires since the restrictions came into effect.(31102)

938Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (1) what estimate she has made of the proportion of charcoal imported into Great Britain since 2021 that was produced on land deforested after 31 December 2020, and (2) what data her Department holds on charcoal imports from the Gran Chaco region of Paraguay.(31887)

939Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether charcoal will be a regulated product from the date forest risk commodity regulations come into force in Great Britain.(31083)

940Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2026 to Question 13144 on Forestry Commission: Appeals, how many current panel members are former employees of the Forestry Commission.(32550)

941Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce species-specific welfare standards for budgerigars under its Animal Welfare Strategy for England, including regulations on conspecific social housing, restrictions on non-veterinary wing-clipping, reviews of commercial hand-rearing and enforcement of flight guidance for bird retailers.(32249)

942John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average percentage attendance rate was of assigned Natural England staff at Arndale House 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.(31556)

943John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending grant funding schemes to support subscription-based models that enable farmers to access agricultural technology.(32350)

944John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on the internal market of the Scottish Government’s decision to implement ultra-high frequency bovine electronic identification.(30740)

945Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to consult horticultural businesses in the design and testing of new digital systems and processes for the movement of plants and plant products before those systems become mandatory.(30830)

946Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism does not undermine the competitiveness of the UK’s domestic food production.(30633)

947Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a set of core national production standards for domestically produced and imported food.(31458)

948Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pupils in West Berkshire participated in the School Milk Subsidy Scheme in 2024/25.(31914)

949Samantha Dixon (Chester North and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that zoo conservation transfers are recognised and promoted as part of a future UK – EU SPS veterinary agreement.(32130)

950Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment 4she has made of the potential merits of introducing legislation to prevent the breeding and killing of unwanted male dairy calves.(32760)

951Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's document entitled Animal welfare strategy for England, published on 22 December 2025, what steps her Department is taking to introduce a ban on the use of cages to breed game birds.(32761)

952Sarah Dyke (Glastonbury and Somerton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of continued decline in the cider market on cider apple orchards and farmers who depend on them.(32534)

953Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made about the number of farmers with environmental agreements expiring before the end of February 2027, that may apply for the SFI26 Scheme.(32476)

954Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps has she taken to consider the impact of the amount of budget assigned to SF126 on [i] levels of demand and [ii] the ability for farmers to business plan for long term environmental delivery.(31289)

955Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps has she taken to determine a timescale for farmers to apply for SFI26 whose environmental agreements expire after February 2027.(32084)

956Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to determine a plan for SFI27 that will cover expiring agreements and support farmers to deliver environmental improvements.(32085)

957Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the DEFRA Farming Blog article dated 16 June 2025, what assessment has she made about how the budget for SFI26 schemes aligns with Government ambitions to invest more than £2.7 billion in sustainable farming and nature recovery a year from 2026/27 to 2028/29.(32914)

958Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the DEFRA Farming Blog article dated 16 June 2025, what assessment has she made about how the budget for SFI26 schemes aligns with Government ambitions to increase funding for farmers under the ELM schemes to £2 billion by 2028/29.(31684)

959Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to WPQ 28048 answered on 8 September 2026 about 'Fruit, Horticulture,' with reference to the National Drought Group, [i] who are the members of the Group, [ii] when did the Group last meet and [iii] what were the conclusions of the meeting.(31685)

960Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to WPQ 28048 answered on 8 September 2026 about 'Fruit, Horticulture,' with reference to the National Drought Group [i] when will the next meeting of the Group take place and [ii] are there opportunities for external stakeholders to feed in topics for discussion.(30873)

961Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support livestock farmers affected by bluetongue with fallen stock costs.(30359)

962Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the Animal and Plant Health Agency's capacity to effectively deal with disease outbreaks on farm.(32801)

963Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which public body is responsible for managing wild deer populations in built-up residential areas in England.(32802)

964Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the Deer impacts policy statement for England in addressing deer impacts in residential and peri-urban areas.(31983)

965Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency is taking to monitor levels of (a) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and (b) other priority hazardous substances in motorway runoff discharged into the River Lune at Tebay.(30360)

966Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of motorway runoff from the M6 on Atlantic salmon populations in the River Lune and Birk Beck.(31984)

967Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to review the voluntary agreement between the Environment Agency and National Highways on the management of highway runoff pollution.(32803)

968Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to require environmental permits for highway runoff discharges from the Strategic Road Network.(31985)

969Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of Henry Dimbleby’s recommendations in his National Food Strategy (2021) the Government has acted upon.(30361)

970Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will open the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2027 in time for agreements to commence from 1 April 2027 and minimise gaps in environmental payments for farmers with schemes expiring after February 2027.(30768)

971Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ensure that the budget for Sustainable Farming Incentive 2027 is sufficient to cover expiring agreements and meet demand from farmers seeking to deliver environmental outcomes.(31585)

972Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where the £210 million difference between the value of expiring agreements, estimated at over £520 million, and the £310 million budget for Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 will be spent.(33207)

973Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the breakdown of ha applied for under each SFI26 action.(32804)

974Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many SFI26 applications were made in each county in England.(31986)

975Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many SBIs applied for Moorland Actions, Low Input Grassland, Herbal Leys and Winter Bird Food Mix.(30362)

976Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the net additional expenditure was on SFI26 agreements.(31987)

977Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency's key performance indicator that 97% of permitted waste sites should be in compliance bands A, B or C is calculated including sites that have not been inspected; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of that key performance indicator.(33209)

978Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many waste sites permitted under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 were not inspected by the Environment Agency in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those uninspected sites were automatically recorded as A and B compliant in each of those years.(30363)

979Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Office for Environmental Protection's report entitled A review of Environment Agency inspections in the waste operations and installations sector in England, published 14 May 2025, what steps she is taking in response to the findings on the quality of Environment Agency waste site inspections; and by what date she plans to report back to the Office for Environmental Protection on progress.(31183)

980Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether UK air quality warning capabilities provide proactive warnings about significant air-pollution
episodes.(30769)

981Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce contamination in paper recycling collections.(31538)

982Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of poor-quality paper waste on the ability of recycling facilities to produce high-quality recycled paper.(30716)

983Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with local authorities on improving the quality and consistency of paper recycling collections.(33161)

984Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has considered introducing the potential merits of introducing measures to improve the quality of paper placed in household recycling bins.(31922)

985Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration has been given to implementing regulations addressing the use of fireworks during heatwaves or periods of drought.(31534)

986Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will assess the merits of including medicine blister packs within the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework; and what discussions she has had with pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors and waste management operators on establishing a nationally funded collection and recycling scheme for blister packs in community pharmacies and local recycling hubs.(32727)

987Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much their Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(31340)

988Barry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the next update to the Great Britain list of Species of Special Concern will be published.(31564)

989Barry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Great Britain list of Species of Special Concern has not been updated recently.(30748)

990Barry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has assessed the potential merits of introducing a regular, scheduled review of the Great Britain list of Species of Special Concern.(31963)

991Barry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the time taken to update the Great Britain list of Species of Special Concern on efforts to meet Target 6 of the Global Biodiversity Framework.(30340)

992Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the presence of fipronil and its metabolites in drinking water in the UK stemming from pet parasite treatments; and whether she can confirm that UK drinking water is free from those chemicals.(33123)

993Ben Goldsborough (South Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applicants began a SFI26 Window 2 application but were unable to finalise and submit that application before the budget was fully allocated.[R] (32251)

994Ben Goldsborough (South Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many SFI26 Window 2 applicants secured the maximum available sum.[R] (31853)

995Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken any modelling of the potential financial and economic impact of converting privately owned water companies into mutually owned organisations.(30647)

996Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has discussed with Ofwat the potential merits of incorporating cash-flow coverage measures alongside net debt to Regulatory Capital Value when assessing the financial resilience of water companies.(32255)

997Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential difference in average household water bills between a water sector comprising shareholder-owned companies and one comprising mutually owned and publicly owned companies.(33091)

998Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of giving customers a formal ownership stake in water companies on water customers.(32256)

999Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the proportion of water-company revenues that has been distributed to shareholders since privatisation.(31054)

1000Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of whether water company shareholder distributions are consistent with the Government's objective of ensuring that water companies prioritise investment in infrastructure and environmental performance.(31861)

1001Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of whether the current water company ownership model provides the most cost-effective means of financing the long-term investment required in the water sector.(31055)

1002Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of whether Ofwat's regulatory framework is sufficiently flexible to accommodate mutually owned water companies.(31862)

1003Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the performance of Welsh Water as a mutually owned water company compared with shareholder-owned water companies in England.(31056)

1004Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has discussed with the Welsh Government the financial and regulatory experience of Welsh Water since its mutualisation.(33092)

1005Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what lessons her Department has identified from the financial structure and performance of Welsh Water that could be applied to the regulation of water companies in England.(33484)

1006Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has assessed the potential economic case for mutualising water companies.(30648)

1007Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has assessed what criteria should be used to determine which ownership model of a water company would deliver the best possible value for customers.(33485)

1008Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits to customers of Wessex Water of converting the company to a mutually owned model.(31471)

1009Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has modelled the financial and economic implications of converting Wessex Water to a mutually owned company.(32664)

1010Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential saving to Wessex Water customers if the company's existing debt could be refinanced at a lower cost of capital under a mutually owned structure.(32665)

1011Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has assessed whether Wessex Water could obtain a lower cost of debt if it were mutually owned.(31472)

1012Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the financial performance of Wessex Water.(33486)

1013Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the environmental performance of Wessex Water.(30649)

1014Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of whether the financial resilience of Wessex Water would be strengthened by a mutually owned structure in which profits were retained within the business rather than distributed to external shareholders.(33487)

1015Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has discussed with Ofwat whether its assessment of Wessex Water's financial resilience adequately captures the potential benefits of retaining earnings within the company under a mutual ownership model.(33093)

1016Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on Wessex Water's financial resilience, investment programme, and customer bills of retaining the estimated £340 million of dividends foregone over 2025–30 under its proposed dividend restriction.(31057)

1017Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that Wessex Water reduces its number of pollution incidents.(31863)

1018Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the value of dividends paid by Wessex Water to its ultimate shareholder since YTL acquired the company.(31058)

1019Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of Wessex Water's profits that have been distributed to shareholders rather than retained for investment in the company's infrastructure since 2002.(31864)

1020Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the amount of income generated by Wessex Water that is (a) retained for investment in the UK and (b) distributed to shareholders based overseas.(30650)

1021Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the regulatory framework's incentives for overseas owners of UK water companies to prioritise investment in UK infrastructure over returns to shareholders.(32257)

1022Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Water (Special Measures) Act 2025 on the (a) environmental and (b) customer performance of water companies.(33094)

1023Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of expanding the definition of a bather in the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 to include all recreational water users, including swimmers, paddlers, surfers, paddleboarders, kayakers, canoeists, rowers, windsurfers and small-boat users.(33501)

1024Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will amend the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 to ensure that water-quality monitoring and public-health protections apply to all recreational water users who may be exposed to waterborne pollution.(30664)

1025Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) the effectiveness of the regulatory framework for water companies and (b) the its potential impact on (i) strengthening personal accountability for water company executives and directors involved in serious environmental breaches and (ii) restricting bonuses and other financial rewards where companies have failed to meet their obligations.(30552)

1026Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of existing and planned energy-from-waste incineration capacity on waste reduction, recycling rates and the transition to a circular economy.(31374)

1027Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to question UIN 91562, what percentage of England's fishing catch quota for 2026 has been distributed through (a) Fixed Quota Allocation Units, (b) the Quota Application Mechanism and (c) other routes.(31380)

1028Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 18746 on Peatlands: Controlled burning, if she will publish the response from the National Fire Chiefs Council to the consultation on the 2025 burning regulations.(32048)

1029Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with Ofwat on Ofwat's document entitled Statutory consultation on changing our Wholesale Charging Rules and Charges Scheme Rules to promote greater water efficiency, published on 18 June 2026, including the proposal on allowing differences in charging based on incentives to promote water efficiency and the associated environmental and wider societal benefits; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of those proposals.(30841)

1030Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on the viability of upland livestock farms of requiring consent under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 for reseeding and liming of grassland in National Parks.(31247)

1031Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many screening applications Natural England has determined under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 for land in National Parks in each of the last five years, and in how many of those cases it decided that the project was likely to have a significant effect on the environment.(31248)

1032Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the statutory basis is for treating all agricultural land within National Parks and National Landscapes as semi-natural areas for the purposes of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2006, and whether that classification is set out in legislation or in guidance.(32443)

1033Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) what assessment her Department has made of the statement by National Parks UK that fuel loads in National Parks will increase while more fire-resilient habitats develop, (b) what estimate she has made of the period over which those fuel loads will increase, and (c) what steps she is taking to reduce vegetation fuel loads during that period.(30423)

1034Liz Jarvis (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many import permits were issued for hunting trophies between July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, for which species, and for what type of hunting trophy; and if she will set out the timetable for implementing a ban on such imports.(32974)

1035Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 15936 on Animal Welfare, when she plans to (a) update hon. Members and (b) publish findings of her Department's discussions with (i) the tourism industry and (ii) other stakeholders on (A) legislative and (B) non-legislative options to prohibit advertising of low-welfare animal activities undertaken abroad.(30448)

1036Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring business to list free sugars separately to total sugars on nutritional information labels for food and drink products.(33298)

1037Peter Kyle (Hove and Portslade): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage workers in Turkey to take-up places under the Seasonal Worker Scheme in the UK.(31255)

1038Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish her Department's forecasts of the impact of the UK CBAM on (a) fertiliser import volumes, (b) fertiliser prices and (c) fertiliser use by UK farmers.(33066)

1039Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Rural Payments Agency is taking to clear outstanding quarterly rural payments to farmers; and what the average delay in making those payments has been in the last 12 months.(30726)

1040Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department considered the potential merits of including a screening for bluetongue virus at abattoirs within the National Disease Surveillance scheme.(32330)

1041Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve data collection of attacks on domestic animals with a) air weapons, b) catapults and c) other weapons.(31446)

1042Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support farmers and landowners affected by fly-tipping on private land.(31023)

1043Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is having discussions with her Faroese counterparts on the potential merits of banning dolphin hunting.(32231)

1044Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade on introducing (a) animal welfare conditions within Free Trade Agreements; and (b) specifically the UK–Faroe Islands Free Trade Agreement.(33057)

1045Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether officials from her Department will attend the next meeting of the Joint Committee established under the UK–Faroe Islands Free Trade Agreement.(32232)

1046Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish the England Tree Action Plan.(32640)

1047Sir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help prevent decline in hedgehog populations in Royal Sutton Coldfield.(30753)

1048Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of international best practice in battery recycling regulation, including regulatory approaches adopted in the EU, China and India, as part of its review of battery producer responsibility legislation.(30644)

1049Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the forthcoming consultation on the he UK’s producer responsibility legislation for batteries will assess the costs and benefits of adopting requirements equivalent to the battery passport provisions contained in EU Regulation 2023/1542 in Great Britain; whether it will consider introducing statutory targets for the recovery and reuse of critical minerals from end-of-life batteries; and whether it will consider targets for the recovery, treatment, mineralisation or safe destruction of fluorinated compounds from end-of-life batteries.(33479)

1050Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the reuse, refurbishment, and repurposing of batteries.(33088)

1051Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the environmental impacts of fluorinated compounds arising from battery manufacture, use and recycling.(33480)

1052Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the substitution of hazardous materials used in battery manufacture with safer alternatives.(31857)

1053Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Standard Pig Price since August 2025 on independent pig producers.(30935)

1054Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent African Swine Fever from entering the country.(31739)

1055Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to assess the potential merits of introducing an emergency support package for the sector, in the context of a backlog of pigs causing welfare issues on farms.(33365)

1056Joe Morris (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to improve data collection and reporting of wildfires.(32996)

1057Joe Morris (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to introduce of a dedicated category for recording wildfire incidents within the Incident Recording System.(32162)

1058Joe Morris (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to deliver a coordinated national wildfire strategy.(31766)

1059Joe Morris (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve strategic decision-making to help prevent and manage wildfire risks.(31767)

1060Josh Newbury (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to raise public awareness of the deposit return scheme due to come into force in October 2027.(32132)

1061Josh Newbury (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of enabling producers to transfer their first right of refusal to material recovered under the deposit return scheme to a third party processor.(32133)

1062Josh Newbury (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase post-consumer sorting and processing capacity in the UK in the context of the time taken to introduce mandatory kerbside collection of flexible plastics under Simpler Recycling.(32539)

1063Josh Newbury (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in the context of the delay to mandatory kerbside collection of flexible plastics under Simpler Recycling, what steps her Department is taking to work with industry to stimulate end-market demand for recycled flexible plastic.(30526)

1064Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what provision is under consideration to address the increased and increasing flood risks which affect residents and businesses in South Herefordshire.(30775)

1065Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prioritise increased flood resilience in South Herefordshire.(31592)

1066Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department has secured for flood management and mitigation schemes in rural areas.(30776)

1067Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered the establishment of a cross-border agency to co-ordinate and consolidate the flood response for waterways running through Wales and England.(31593)

1068Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Environment Agency in providing short and long-term solutions for small to medium-scale rural flood areas.(33217)

1069Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the Department plans to reduce the complexity, cost and time for landowners to obtain the required licences to carry out repairs, tree management and flood mitigations on water courses.(32811)

1070Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration the Department is giving to the potential merits of a nationwide network of new reservoirs, both underground and overground, to combat both flooding and drought.(32388)

1071Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support the Department offers to both households and businesses who are unable to secure insurance following repeated flood events.(32389)

1072Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Environment Agency has made of the number of (a) residential and (b) commercial properties in Ewyas Harold at risk of flooding.(32812)

1073Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which flood risk management schemes for Ewyas Harold are included in the Environment Agency's capital investment programme; and what is the (a) funding allocated and (b) expected timetable for each scheme.(33218)

1074Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency has updated its flood risk modelling for the Dulas Brook catchment since 2020.(31594)

1075Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of natural flood management measures upstream of Ewyas Harold to reduce flood risk in the village.(30777)

1076Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial support is available to households and businesses in Ewyas Harold to install property flood resilience measures.(31595)

1077Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Environment Agency's policy is on single person site, river and infrastructure inspections.(30778)

1078Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the Environment Agency's policy on the number of miles its staff may be asked to walk in a day.(30366)

1079Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Environment Agency's policy is on the number of miles its staff may be asked to walk in a day.(31596)

1080Ben 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, what assessment she has made of the source of a) nitrates and b) phosphates found in water sources used to fill Grafham Water.(33000)

1081Ben 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, what was the level of a) nitrates and b) phosphates found in water sources used to fill Grafham Water.(33396)

1082Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the total budget allocated within Window 2 of the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 (SFI26).(30979)

1083Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 (SFI26) were a) received in Window 2 by the Rural Payments Agency and b) left incomplete upon closure of the window after 5 hours and 48 minutes on 22 September 2026.(31782)

1084Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2026 to Question 28893 on River Great Ouse: Flood Control, when she expects the Environment Agency to complete the full business case approval process for the fixed weir option to replace St Ives Sluice.(31408)

1085Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2026 to Question 29224 on Reservoirs: Cambridgeshire, whether she has received a drought permit application from Anglian Water to date.(32595)

1086Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2026 to Question 29224 on Reservoirs: Cambridgeshire, if she will list the stakeholders within the The Great Ouse Catchment System Plan partnership project.(32596)

1087Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Circular Economy Growth Plan will be published.(33211)

1088Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the consultation on GB's deforestation regulations will be published.(32384)

1089Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Department has considered introducing statutory time limits for water companies to decide applications to adopt existing private sewers and pumping stations.(32715)

1090Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Department has made of the number of households in Surrey Heath constituency served by shared sewers or pumping stations that have not been adopted by a water company.(32716)

1091Sarah Pochin (Runcorn and Helsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans she has made to support farmers in Runcorn and Helsby given that demand for Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 exceeded the available budget.(32356)

1092Sarah Pochin (Runcorn and Helsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support will be available to farmers in Runcorn and Helsby whose Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier or Higher Tier agreements expire in December 2026 and who were unable to secure a Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 agreement.(32768)

1093Sarah Pochin (Runcorn and Helsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department made before 22 September 2026 of the total value of applications to be made to Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 Window 2.(32766)

1094Sarah Pochin (Runcorn and Helsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reports the Rural Payments Agency received from farm businesses in Runcorn and Helsby of technical problems when applying to Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 Window 2.(32357)

1095Dr Peter Prinsley (Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will publish advance notice of opening dates and times for future Sustainable Farming Incentive application windows; and what assessment she has made of the impact on farmers who were unable to submit applications before available funding was exhausted.(31454)

1096Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the number of farmers in (i) Shropshire and (ii) Telford & Wrekin who (a) applied for funding in the Sustainable Farming Incentive second application window and (b) were unsuccessful with their application.(32381)

1097Adrian Ramsay (Waveney Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to enforce stricter laws for the slaughter of farmed fish.(31126)

1098Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with food and snack manufacturers on reducing excess packaging and increasing packaging efficiency.(31134)

1099Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging scheme provides incentives for manufacturers to reduce the amount and size of packaging used for food products.(31930)

1100Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has issued guidance to waste disposal authorities in England on how DIY waste that is not presented in 50 litre bags should be measured for the purposes of the free disposal allowance at household waste recycling centres.(33569)

1101Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with waste disposal authorities in England to help ensure that limits on the free disposal of DIY waste are applied consistently between household waste recycling centres.(33167)

1102Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the quantity of DIY waste that householders in England may dispose of free of charge at household waste recycling centres.(31135)

1103Ian Roome (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact of increasing fuel costs on the fishing sector.(32632)

1104Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to work with suppliers to reduce food waste.(30758)

1105Dr Sam Rushworth (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support is available to farmers and other agricultural landowners for the clearance of waste deposited illegally on their land by organised crime groups.(30606)

1106Anna Sabine (Frome and East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential for a ban on the release of sky lanterns.(31522)

1107Michelle Scrogham (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that farmers have certainty when planning participation in future SFI schemes.(30533)

1108Michelle Scrogham (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what update she can provide on the availability of Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier schemes for common land.(30534)

1109Vikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking in response to the recommendations of the UK Parliamentary Right to Food Commission.(31540)

1110Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the adequacy of building control arrangements in preventing foul-to-surface water misconnections in new and altered developments.(31364)

1111Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of powers available to local authorities under section 59 of the Building Act 1984 to require the rectification of foul-to-surface water misconnections.(32561)

1112Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to require sewerage undertakers to detect and rectify foul-to-surface water misconnections discharging into watercourses.(32987)

1113Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the planned timescale for the delivery of the River Thames Scheme and the key milestones for each remaining phase of the project.(32478)

1114Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the River Thames Scheme in terms of a) reduced flooding risk and b) economic growth.(31292)

1115Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 September 2026 to Question 28747, whether projected demand from data centres is included in water companies' water resource management plans; and what the Environment Agency's projection is for that demand in each water resource zone to 2040.(31690)

1116Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abstraction licences have been granted to data centre operators in each year since 2022; and in how many cases the site is in an area classified as water-stressed.(33315)

1117Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, further to the answer of 23 September 2026 to Question HL3327 on Data Centres: Water, what priority do data centres have for access to water supplies during a period of drought.(32491)

1118Hannah Spencer (Gorton and Denton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will launch a review into the potential impact of floral foam microplastics on a) the environment b) people who regularly handle this material.(33598)

1119Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to make provision for farmers who were eligible for Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 Window 2 and intended to apply but did not submit an application before the window closed on 22 September 2026.(30762)

1120Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of technical problems relating to the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 Window 2, including relating to (a) land parcel information, (b) action areas and (c) application verification on applicants.(31577)

1121Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect wildlife from targeted use of catapults.(33176)

1122Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of recent trends in the use of catapults against wild and domestic animals.(31150)

1123Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support bean and pulse farmers in the UK.(30736)

1124Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to incentivise the growing of protein crops.(32344)

1125Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of supply chain issues affecting bean and pulse farmers in the UK.(31154)

1126Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of the SFI scheme on the planting of harvestable legumes as break crops.(31947)

1127Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will develop and implement a National Protein Strategy.(31155)

1128Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what study her Department has made of whether the Canadian Government’s investment in their pulses industry could be replicated in the UK.(31948)

1129Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support intercropping.(33589)

1130Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of commissioning a national Climate Alert App to provide citizens with up-to-date information and advice on climate-related risks, including flooding, drought and wildfire, and guidance on adapting to and mitigating those risks.(31908)

1131Caroline Voaden (South Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which public authority is responsible for determining whether the management of privately owned woodland presents a wildfire risk to neighbouring residential communities.(30668)

1132Caroline Voaden (South Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reviewing the statutory framework for wildfire risk arising from privately owned woodland.(33506)

1133Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department is making on implementing the Animal Welfare strategy.(31268)

1134Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Impact Assessment, Amending the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998, of 13 November 2024, page 3, how many times has the UK-wide monitoring group met to date in relation to the addition of synthetic folic acid to non-wholemeal flour.(32027)

1135Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she will take through the EU SPS agreement on helping to tackle the spread of EU-borne (a) foot and mouth, (b) African swine fever, (c) lumpy skin disease and (d) Peste des Petits Ruminants, into the British mainland and its farms.(32855)

1136Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her Department's policy that British farms and food manufacturers will be obliged to follow EU farming and food regulations, following the SPS agreement, if the firms (a) do not trade with the EU and only trade within Britain and (b) export to outside the EU.(32431)

1137Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026, to Question 21087, on DEFRA: Equality, and of 9 July 2026, to Question 15238, on Ofwat: Equality, what were the titles of each of the short virtual EDI events that were undertaken by Cultural Calendar Club through Powered by Diversity.(32432)

1138Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the "UK-EU SPS agreement – information for businesses" published on 12 August 2026, what discussions she has had with businesses on EU regulations on food packaging and packaging waste.(32434)

1139Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle food waste in Devon.(30609)

1140Dan Aldridge (Weston-super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered introducing a mandatory vehicle noise test as part of the MOT; and what steps she is taking to tackle excessive vehicle noise.(33457)

1141Dan Aldridge (Weston-super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the age limit for GWR scholar discounts on pupils who turn 16 during Year 11 but remain in compulsory education; and whether her Department has considered the potential merits of allowing pupils to retain access to the GWR Scholar Annual Pass until the end of the academic year in which they complete their GCSEs.(32239)

1142Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help expand flexible transport options in rural areas.(31846)

1143Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her department is taking to support motorists with rising (a) maintenance, (b) insurance and (c) fuel costs.(32472)

1144Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional security mandates are being placed on major ports and aviation hubs to counter hybrid threats.(32073)

1145Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the economic impact of recurring NATS air traffic control outages on key regional infrastructure, including Edinburgh Airport; and what statutory measures she plans to introduce to enforce higher operational redundancy standards on NATS to safeguard UK airspace resilience.(31072)

1146Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of driving licence acquisition on employment outcomes for young adults.(30666)

1147Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of Section 58 of the Highways Act 1980 to help ensure fair treatment of motorists when Councils review damage claims caused by potholes.(33044)

1148Mrs Elsie Blundell (Heywood and Middleton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a standardised Delay Repay compensation threshold across all rail operators.(32997)

1149Ben Coleman (Chelsea and Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she intends to publish, before Christmas Recess 2026, the planned public consultation on regulations and guidance required to implement the licensing regime for dockless shared-cycle schemes under the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026.(32324)

1150Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications have been received for the Electric vehicle chargepoint grant for renters or flat owners to date, including how many have been (a) refused and (b) granted on appeal.(32077)

1151Dr Beccy Cooper (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to consider the introduction of a graduated drivers license scheme for newly qualified drivers in England and the potential impact on road safety.(32720)

1152John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and to the Answer of 14 July 2026,to Question 14979, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned National Highways staff was at Piccadilly Gate in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(32754)

1153John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned Network Rail staff was at Square One 4 Travis Street in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(32348)

1154John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned ORR staff was at Piccadilly Gate in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(33181)

1155John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned TF staff was at Piccadilly Gate in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(32349)

1156Harriet Cross (Gordon and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of NATS systems failures in 2026 on the economy in Scotland including tourism, businesses connectivity and the Highland and Islands.(31916)

1157Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to ensure that all EV charging stations are required to display information as to the price of charging per KW.(30743)

1158Cat Eccles (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, a) what steps her department has taken to support those affected by the recent Manchester Airports Group data breach and b) what steps her department is taking to help prevent events like this from taking place in future.(31525)

1159Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether pollution mitigation measures will be incorporated into the (a) National Highways Lune Gorge bridge improvement project and (b) future major road infrastructure schemes.(31584)

1160Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much their Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(32125)

1161Gill German (Clwyd North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that motorists have access to fair and effective appeals processes when disputing toll or penalty charges issued by toll road operators, including in cases involving exceptional circumstances or changes in vehicle ownership.(32212)

1162Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether utility companies that excavate private roads in order to carry out works associated with the installation or maintenance of utility services are required to reinstate and repair those roads to an appropriate standard upon completion of the works.(31506)

1163Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of bus fares on access to further education for post-16 students in rural areas; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging bus operators to introduce discounted travel passes for students travelling to and from further education colleges.(31891)

1164Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that PSVAR requirements do not restrict access to post-16 education for students in rural communities where there is no suitable alternative public transport available.(33526)

1165Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has issued guidance to bus operators on offering discounted fares for children and young people through non-digital methods.(31507)

1166Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to publish the amount of financial savings resulting from Avanti West Coast’s summer 2026 service reductions.(31120)

1167Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to publish the amount of financial savings resulting from Avanti West Coast’s planned December 2026 and January 2027 service reductions.(31921)

1168Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency spent on interpreters and related translation services in (1) 2022, (2) 2023, (3) 2024 and (4) 2025.(31163)

1169Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency spent on interpreters and related translation services in (1) 2022, (2) 2023, (3) 2024 and (4) 2025.(32366)

1170Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Maritime and Coastguard Agency spent on interpreters and related translation services in (1) 2022, (2) 2023, (3) 2024 and (4) 2025.(31975)

1171Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on consumers of airline seat allocation practices that require passengers travelling under the same booking to pay additional charges in order to guarantee seating together; and whether she plans to take steps to ensure that families and groups travelling on a single booking are seated together without incurring additional fees.(32158)

1172Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of vehicle headlight glare on road safety; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that vehicle lighting standards adequately protect road users from being dazzled by headlights.(32991)

1173Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve journey times, reliability and connectivity on cross-country rail routes between major regional centres.(33390)

1174Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of airport drop-off charges on passengers, particularly older people and disabled people; what information her Department holds on the accessibility of payment arrangements for those charges; and whether she has any plans to regulate airport drop-off charges or introduce measures to improve accessibility for passengers who are unable or find it difficult to use online payment systems.(32994)

1175Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 12808 on High Speed 2 Line, what indicative timetable she has set for (a) a decision in principle, (b) the commencement of construction and (c) completion of a new high-speed rail line between Birmingham and Manchester.(31705)

1176Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the causes of damage to Israir aircraft at London Luton Airport in the last year.(33328)

1177Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 15005 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, whether her Department plans to update its cost of ownership modelling for HGVs in the context of changes to zero-emission vehicle policies in the (a) European Union and (b) United States since the publication of the external analyses cited.(31308)

1178Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 August 2026 to Question 18772 on Railways: Standards, what the average (a) 'Time to 3' performance and (b) cancellations rate for passenger rail services in Great Britain in each month from March 2026.(30900)

1179Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the DVLA is taking to review its processes to prevent false and malicious registrations.(32935)

1180Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the answer of 7 July 2025, to Question 63326, on Prime Minister: Aviation, who is the supplier of the carbon offsets for Prime Ministerial flights.(32496)

1181Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of municipal (a) on-street and (b) off-street parking charges which impose additional charges on cars based on the vehicle weight or size.(30901)

1182Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has been offered a payment from HS1 to renew its franchise.(32105)

1183Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2026 to Question 9167, on DfT: departmental responsibilities, what is the name of the internal plan which has replaced the Outcome Delivery Plan.(32936)

1184Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2026, to Question 16608, on National Highways: Expenditure, what is the financial value of the threshold for Cabinet Office Commercial Assurance Review or Approval.(31309)

1185Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 16636, on DfT: Public Relations, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of her department's communications staff's PR skills to deliver such PR campaigns.(30486)

1186Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to Question 16636, on DfT: Public Relations, whether (a) JOE Media and (b) the News Movement, were paid from the public purse for those campaigns.(32106)

1187Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence her Department had with (i) combined authorities and (ii) other local authorities on the potential introduction of workplace parking taxes since July 2024.(30902)

1188Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had discussions or correspondence on introducing traffic filters in any localities other than Oxford.(31706)

1189Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps to support driverless buses (a) in and (b) outside London.(30903)

1190Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2026 to Question 14937 on Department for Transport: Public Relations, what expenditure Active Travel England has undertaken since July 2024 on external (a) public affairs, (b) stakeholder management and (c) public relations companies; and through what firms.(30487)

1191Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2026 to Question 14937 on Department for Transport: Public Relations, if she will publish the Lexington Communications contract, scope of work, work specification and associated documents for the type of work to be undertaken.(33329)

1192Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Greater Manchester Combined Authority has received in relation to the Electric Vehicle Pavement Channels Grant in the last three years.(32497)

1193Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2026 to Question 16606 on Railways: Greater London, if she will publish that representation.(32498)

1194Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2026 to Question 16606 on Railways: Greater London, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of passing responsibility to the Mayor of London on services outside Greater London.(31310)

1195Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 13939 on DFT: Public Relations, if she will publish list of stakeholder management and public affairs firms that have received public funding since July 2024; and the amount that each received.(30488)

1196Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2026 to Question 14937 on Department for Transport: Public Relations, what expenditure Transport Focus has undertaken since July 2024 on external (a) public affairs, (b) stakeholder management and (c) public relations companies; and through what firms.(30904)

1197Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 26687 on Roads: Repairs and Maintenance, if she publish the road schemes which has had their delivery contract (a) terminated, (b) postponed and (c) rescheduled since July 2024 by (i) her Department and (ii) National Highways, including the date of the decision to move the delivery date.(32499)

1198Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the proportionality of Continuous Insurance Enforcement in relation to (a) vehicles which are not roadworthy and are permanently kept on private property and (b) registered keepers who have inadvertently failed to make a Statutory Off Road Notification; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing the DVLA with greater discretion in respect of penalties arising from genuine administrative errors.(30905)

1199Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations in Scotland have had GBR branding applied to them.(30906)

1200Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the Metropolitan Police, (b) the Mayor of London and (c) Transport for London on proposed changes to specialist roads policing in London; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of those changes on (i) road safety and (ii) delivery of the Government’s Road Safety Strategy.(33330)

1201Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026 to WPQ 7223, what the analysis of the benefit to cost ratio of the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement showed.(31709)

1202Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes National Highways have made to their initial plans for diversionary routes following local consultation regarding the Lune Gorge Bridge replacement works and impact on Junction 38 since the start of the year.(30908)

1203Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2026 to WPQ 7171, which of the schemes were cancelled due to a) affordability, b) value for money and c) both.(32938)

1204Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what 10 standard class single journeys have seen the biggest increase in fares in i) 2025 and ii) 2026.(30491)

1205Liz Jarvis (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to the Answer of 16 April 2026 to Question [UIN 126472] on [Driving Licences: Health], what the DVLA's target processing time is for medical driving licence applications, what proportion of applications in 2025/26 exceeded that target, and how many applications have been outstanding for longer than (a) three months and (b) six months.(32972)

1206Liz Jarvis (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made and assessment of the potential merits of a national badge for parent and child parking spaces with eligibility checked through child benefit.(30527)

1207Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2026 to Question 28822 on Shipping: Training, what proportion of Support for Maritime Training funding was spent exclusively on training seafarers to obtain Watch Rating Certificates in each year since 2015-16 to the latest for which data is available.(30916)

1208Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2026 to Question 28823 on Shipping: Training, when she expects to (a) complete the implementation of the Ratings Review and (b) take forward the recommendations in the Review of the Effectiveness of Funding for UK Seafarer Training.(32110)

1209Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) on the level of uptake amongst (a) shipowners and (b) maritime training providers of Support for Maritime Training funding to train apprentice (i) deck and (ii) engineering ratings in the special circumstances set out in the MCA's document entitled MIN 707 (M): UK STCW Merchant Rating Training, Skills, Progression and Funding Availability, published on 11 April 2025.(30498)

1210Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration her Department has given to the potential merits of amending the conditions of use of the Veterans Railcard to allow the named adult companion and up to four eligible children to travel without the primary cardholder while retaining their entitlement to the associated rail fare discounts.(30895)

1211Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce structural barriers to private capital investment.(31275)

1212Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to require local highway authorities to publish standardised measures of the longevity of road repairs and rates of repeat defects at previously repaired locations.(32859)

1213Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to include the durability of completed road repairs as a scored component of Local Road Maintenance Ratings.(33265)

1214Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the durability of road repairs will be taken into account when determining future highways maintenance funding allocations or Local Road Maintenance Ratings.(30408)

1215Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will set out in statutory guidance the respective responsibilities of local authorities and the police for tackling obstructive pavement parking where no parking restriction is in place.(30725)

1216Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an estimate of the resources local authorities require to enforce new pavement parking powers, including during evenings and weekends.(33576)

1217Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to driving licence renewals on medical grounds, what the current average waiting time is from submission of an application to the return of a licence.(33579)

1218Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to driving licence renewals on medical grounds, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that drivers who must renew annually are notified of timescales ahead of deadlines to avoid interruptions to their entitlement to drive.(30727)

1219Brian Mathew (Melksham and Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will consult on a national regulatory framework for pavement parking.(33109)

1220Brian Mathew (Melksham and Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department will consult on a national licensing scheme for micromobility.(33505)

1221Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure a consistent approach by local authorities to determining applications for organisational Blue Badges.(31831)

1222Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason coach operators are not included in the one-off uplift to the Bus Service Operators Grant diesel reimbursement rate.(31025)

1223Lola McEvoy (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many SurRon e-bikes are registered with the DVLA in each constituency, or as close to this geographical breakdown as possible.(31741)

1224John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 129290, what information her Department holds on the outcome of the consultation with staff regarding the ending of reciprocal travel arrangements between Govia Thameslink Railway and Brighton & Hove Buses and Metrobus.(32736)

1225Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with vehicle manufacturers regarding the collection, retention and sharing of data generated by connected vehicles operating in the UK.(33535)

1226Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of regulatory standards on the collection and disclosure of driver and vehicle data by connected vehicles and companion mobile applications.(31514)

1227Joe Morris (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of converting disused railway lines into traffic-free shared-use greenways; whether she plans to establish a national programme to support their development; and what funding is available to local authorities and community organisations to support the development of such routes.(30558)

1228James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide an update on the nationalisation of East Midlands Railway.(31350)

1229Dan Norris (North East Somerset and Hanham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure bus stops have up-to-date timetable information in rural areas.(32362)

1230Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23228 on Armed Forces: Railways, what progress she has made in delivering an integrated approach to domestic and international rail movements to enhance the resilience and effectiveness of Defence's strategic logistics network.(31392)

1231Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23441 on Greater Thameslink Railway: Nationalisation, for what reason have train services to Huntingdon seen the “Time to 3” decrease from 85.9% in March 2026 prior to nationalisation to 76.8% in August 2026.(31783)

1232Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23441 on Greater Thameslink Railway: Nationalisation, for what reason have train services to Huntingdon seen the number of cancellations increase from 2.2% in March 2026 prior to nationalisation to 8.4% in August 2026.(31784)

1233Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026 to question 23330 on East Coast Main Line: Digital Technology, what the recommendations are covering the Programme’s governance and programme communications.(31796)

1234Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026 to question 23330 on East Coast Main Line: Digital Technology, what the recommendations are covering the Programme’s commercial arrangements.(30988)

1235Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026 to question 23330 on East Coast Main Line: Digital Technology, what the recommendations are covering the Programme’s risk management and financial planning processes.(32191)

1236Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026 to question 23330 on East Coast Main Line: Digital Technology, what the recommendations are covering the Programme’s freight business change agreements.(33024)

1237Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026 to question 23330 on East Coast Main Line: Digital Technology, what the recommendations are covering the Programme’s re-baselining and benefits strategy update.(32192)

1238Tristan Osborne (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her department can provide an update on the ongoing capital program for the Lower Thames Crossing.(33508)

1239Tristan Osborne (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of CO2 emissions from private jet flights departing the UK in each year since 2019.(31489)

1240Tristan Osborne (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will (a) consider extending sustainable aviation fuel requirements or (b) set private-jet-specific targets to the aviation sector's progress towards net zero.(31490)

1241Rebecca Paul (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that highway authorities regularly inspect and maintain roadside vegetation to prevent road signs being obscured by overgrown trees, hedges and foliage; and if she will consider issuing updated guidance on the timely clearance of vegetation where it affects the visibility of traffic signs and road safety.(30703)

1242Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many speed cameras there are on a) major and b) minor roads in each local authority area excluding motorways.(30770)

1243Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many speed cameras there are on a) major and b) minor roads in each local authority area, excluding motorways, relative to the number of residents who live in that local authority area.(31588)

1244Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, excluding motorways, how many speed cameras are there on a) major roads and b) minor roads in each local authority area, relative to the number of a) fatal accidents b) serious accidents c) slight accidents that occurred in that local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available.(31185)

1245Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many speed cameras there are in each local authority area, relative to the number of a) major accidents b) serious accidents and c) slight accidents.(33212)

1246Manuela Perteghella (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will consider measures to improve access to rapid charging for owners of electric vehicles fitted with CHAdeMO charging ports, including minimum connector requirements at charging stations or approved interoperability solutions.(30613)

1247Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce the incidents of illegal ghost vehicle registration plates being used by serious organised crime.(31582)

1248Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will introduce a lifetime ban from air travel from all UK domiciled commercial airlines for individuals convicted of endangering an aircraft, acting in a disruptive manner on an aircraft, or engaging in threatening behaviour on an aircraft.(32799)

1249Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the accessibility of the appeals process for Ultra Low Emission Zone penalty charge notices for people experiencing financial hardship; and whether she has had discussions with Transport for London on (a) payment by instalments, (b) the treatment of first-time contraventions and (c) the effect of payment of a penalty charge on an outstanding appeal.(30544)

1250Shivani Raja (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on (a) the number of buses purchased with Government funding that are fitted with air conditioning and (b) whether operators are required to use fitted air conditioning when those vehicles are in passenger service.(32149)

1251Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to review the requirements for traffic calming measures and repeater signs in 20mph zones on roads with street lighting.(31546)

1252Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of her Department's guidance to local traffic authorities on the signing of 20mph speed limits on roads with a system of street lighting.(30722)

1253Ian Roome (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to the Statement given to the House on 16 July 2026, what progress her Department has made on a longer-term model recognising the work of Coastguard Rescue Officers.(31017)

1254Ian Roome (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles has made of the potential merits of extending Electric Vehicle Grants to more classes of zero emission vehicles vehicles that are intended for commercial use.(32630)

1255Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to support the black cab sector.(31168)

1256Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to work with Transport for London to support the Black Cab sector.(31169)

1257Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered amending the regulation of private hire vehicles.(32371)

1258Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered amending regulation of driverless vehicles.(32372)

1259Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to tackle illegal ‘ghost’ registration plates on motorcars.(31173)

1260Dr Roz Savage (South Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that young people living in rural communities have access to reliable and affordable public transport to attend post-16 education, particularly in areas where scheduled bus services have been withdrawn and demand-responsive transport cannot guarantee regular journeys.(33584)

1261Dr Roz Savage (South Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the suitability of demand-responsive bus services as the primary means of transport for young people who need to make regular journeys to schools and further education colleges in rural areas.(30732)

1262Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help the police take action against vehicles with illegally modified exhausts.(33382)

1263Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the MOT test in identifying vehicles that are louder than the law allows.(32985)

1264Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to require toll bridge operators issuing Unpaid Toll Charge Notices to provide a mechanism by which registered keepers may transfer liability to the driver of a vehicle where the toll charge was incurred by a person other than the registered keeper.(32986)

1265Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether they will consider introducing a requirement for operators of road user charging schemes at toll crossings to issue penalty charge notices by signed-for delivery, in order to provide proof of receipt before any increased charge is applied.(33383)

1266Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the answer of 18 February 2026 to question 112270, when she will update Circular 01/2007 on speed camera guidance.(32563)

1267David Smith (North Northumberland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to (a) reduce the age of eligibility for concessionary bus travel in England outside London to 60, (b) introduce concessionary bus travel for NHS staff who retire at 60 and (c) review eligibility for concessionary bus travel in England outside London.(31074)

1268Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her department is taking to increase road users' awareness of the changes to the Highway Code made since 2022.(30600)

1269Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of fluctuations in fuel prices on the cost of living and operating costs for motorists and commercial road users.(33172)

1270Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes in fuel prices on the cost of road transport for businesses and households.(32333)

1271Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of fuel taxation on motorists and businesses when global oil prices increase.(32747)

1272Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of measures to limit increases in the overall tax burden on road fuel when the underlying price of fuel increases significantly.(31551)

1273Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of reviewing the taxation of road fuel to reduce the impact of significant increases in global fuel prices on households and businesses.(31552)

1274David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of giving local highway authorities additional statutory powers and resources to vary permit timelines during emergency works to reduce delays between excavation, repair, and road reinstatement.(32326)

1275David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has assessed the potential impact on bus patronage of the withdrawal by Hertfordshire County Council of the Senior SaverCard; and what assessment she has made of the potential role of local or regional concessionary fare schemes in encouraging bus use among the age group of 60 to State Pension age.(31933)

1276Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a licensing regime for legally compliant e-bikes.(31945)

1277Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of e-scooters and e-bikes on the safety of pedestrians.(30735)

1278Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to introduce a legal requirement to wear a helmet when riding a quad bike.(32342)

1279Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help tackle noise pollution from airports.(30434)

1280Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Cross Country trains in 2026 scheduled to stop at Cheltenham Spa have not stopped at that station due to overcrowding.(30539)

1281Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the news story, “New proposals just the ticket for getting young people into transport”, of 11 April 2024, what consideration has been made since July 2024 of lower age limits and removing restrictions for younger drivers in the coach industry and to address skill shortages.(31608)

1282Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the differences in safety rules between (a) buses and (b) coaches, and the effect on competition and comparative advantage between the two sectors.(30791)

1283Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her policy on Heathrow expansion remains the same as outlined in the Government press release, "New consultation sets foundations for Heathrow expansion to take off", of 18 June 2026.(32425)

1284Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making bus travel free for under 16s in Devon during term time.(31432)

1285Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of Child Maintenance Service cases repeatedly progressing to tribunal where decisions are subsequently revised, withdrawn or conceded; and whether he plans to review processes to reduce avoidable tribunal proceedings.(31888)

1286Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve communication between the Child Maintenance Service and service users to reduce the number of disputes progressing to appeal; and what assessment they have made of the impact of delays in resolving child maintenance disputes on the financial stability of separated families.(31084)

1287Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which sectors his Department expects the apprenticeship hiring payment will generate the greatest additional demand for apprentices.(31038)

1288Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of likely take-up of the apprenticeship hiring payment among businesses employing fewer than 50 people.(31845)

1289Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration the Government is giving to the potential merits of uprating LHA to reflect rents in the local private rented market.(30607)

1290Kevin Bonavia (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposals to make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for the first 12 weeks and minimum wage after that on families.(31356)

1291Jess Brown-Fuller (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the level of the Age Addition of 25p per week payable for the State Pensions from 80th birthday to pensioners.(33164)

1292Jess Brown-Fuller (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice the Access To Work scheme gives to entrepreneurs.(31928)

1293Jess Brown-Fuller (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the support that Access To Work provides for applicants who are transitioning between jobs.(31132)

1294Liam Byrne (Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to use the data held by central and local government agencies to identify individuals entitled to the means-tested Pension Credit and to ensure those individuals entitled to Pension Credit receive it.(32368)

1295Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to The Pensions Commission’s Interim Report Pension 2050: Evidence and Future Priorities, what steps he is taking to (a) encourage and (b) support self-employed workers to save into a private pension.(31459)

1296Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a Government-backed Collective Defined Contribution scheme for self-employed workers.(31460)

1297Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a Youth Opportunity Grant for young people aged 18 and over to help with essential costs such as (a) travel, (b) work clothing, (c) tools and (d) equipment to move towards employment.(31841)

1298Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is in place for individuals in social housing unsuitable for their access requirements.(32147)

1299Paul Davies (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve the training provided to PIP assessors to ensure they properly understand and recognise fluctuating conditions, such as cystic fibrosis.(31919)

1300Paul Davies (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Trussell's briefing entitled Closing the gap between Local Housing Allowance and rents to tackle hunger, hardship and homelessness, of September 2026, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the claim that restoring Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30th percentile of local rents would lift 105,000 people, including 40,000 children, out of severe hardship by 2028-29 compared with maintaining the current freeze.(30711)

1301Bobby Dean (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to review the 18-month limit for Bereavement Support Payment.(31768)

1302Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has his Department made of the effectiveness of the Crisis and Resilience Fund in reducing food poverty.(32865)

1303Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has his Department made of the efficiency of the roll-out of the Crisis and Resilience Fund.(32043)

1304Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what specific performance metrics his Department is using to evaluate the effectiveness of the Crisis and Resilience Fund in meeting the Government's commitment to end mass dependence on emergency food.(30413)

1305Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to publish the initial findings of its evaluation of the Crisis and Resilience Fund; and whether this evaluation will include local authority-level and constituency-level data on parcel reliance and hardship applications.(32044)

1306Graeme Downie (Dunfermline and Dollar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to Motability mileage allowances for people living in rural areas.(31516)

1307Graeme Downie (Dunfermline and Dollar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of customer service levels in Motability.(31517)

1308Graeme Downie (Dunfermline and Dollar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the process to allow Motability customers to submit evidence for exemptions or allowances according to individual circumstances.(30688)

1309Graeme Downie (Dunfermline and Dollar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to Motability mileage rules on disabled people participating in leisure activities.(32297)

1310Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using Alternative Dispute Resolution to resolve the dispute with the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign.(32757)

1311Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of pursuing litigation with the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign compared with seeking a resolution through Alternative Dispute Resolution.(32758)

1312Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on legal fees and associated costs relating to litigation brought by the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign since 1 January 2026.(31560)

1313Alex Easton (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) extending the period during which Statutory Maternity Pay is paid at 90 per cent of average weekly earnings from six to 12 weeks and (b) linking the rate payable for the remaining 33 weeks to the National Minimum Wage; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the current level of Statutory Maternity Pay on (i) the financial circumstances of new mothers and (ii) the timing of their return to work.(32699)

1314Cat Eccles (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why there is a delay between the annual uplift to Direct Payments rates taking effect on 1 April and the uprated rates being reflected in payments to recipients; what the average length of that delay has been in each of the last five years; and what steps he is taking to ensure that recipients receive the full benefit of annual uplifts promptly.(33147)

1315Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase pension saving among farmers given that they are excluded from automatic enrolment and receive no employer contributions.(31182)

1316Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of endometriosis on people's ability to remain in work; and if he will set out what support is available to people who have to leave employment or reduce their hours because of the condition.(31924)

1317Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants are awaiting a Work Capability Assessment reassessment; and how many and what proportion of those claimants have been waiting (a) less than three months, (b) three to six months, (c) six to 12 months, (d) one to two years, (e) two to three years and (f) more than three years.(33305)

1318Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria are used to determine the order in which claimants awaiting a Work Capability Assessment reassessment are offered an assessment appointment; and whether the length of time a claimant has already waited is a factor in determining priority.(32906)

1319Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contractual performance standards apply to Health Assessment Providers in relation to the time taken to schedule Work Capability Assessment reassessments following a valid referral; and what steps the Department is taking where those standards are not met.(33306)

1320Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much their Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(32126)

1321Dr Allison Gardner (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with employers to support disabled people into work.(32322)

1322Dr Allison Gardner (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness and accessibility of Access to Work support.(31927)

1323Dr Allison Gardner (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how he plans to improve coordination between employers and disabled people.(31131)

1324Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of potential models for financial redress for women affected by maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age, including a rules-based compensation scheme.(33195)

1325Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review Personal Independence Payment assessment guidance in relation to Functional Neurological Disorder to ensure that claimants are not being refused the daily living component on the basis that they do not have a diagnosed mental health condition.(33124)

1326Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to implement an income change threshold for triggering a maintenance recalculation for Child Maintenance Services from 25% to 15%.(31121)

1327Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent changes to Universal Credit on levels of child poverty.(31060)

1328Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that changes to Universal Credit support people into sustainable employment.(31865)

1329Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the child poverty strategy on levels of child poverty.(33488)

1330Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the removal of the two-child limit on child poverty.(30653)

1331Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of parental employment on levels of child poverty.(33489)

1332Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support parents in low-income households to move into sustainable employment.(33096)

1333Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Universal Credit in reducing in-work poverty among families with children.(32668)

1334Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to household income from welfare reforms on children's educational outcomes.(32669)

1335Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, further to the No10 press release entitled Free bus travel 24/7 for disabled people as Prime Minister takes further action to ease cost of living, of 17 August 2026, whether this is (a) additional DWP spending, (b) spending from unallocated budgets and (c) from reductions to other budgets.(31707)

1336Liz Jarvis (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the legal costs that may be incurred in relation to ongoing litigation brought by the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign.(32540)

1337Liz Jarvis (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of models for financial redress for women affected by maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age, including a rules-based compensation scheme.(32541)

1338Liz Jarvis (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a financial redress scheme comprising (a) a rules-based payment reflecting the length of notice and delay to State Pension age and (b) additional compensation for women able to demonstrate direct financial loss.(32971)

1339Liz Jarvis (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Child Maintenance Service has issued to staff on disclosing another parent's personal data when explaining the reasons for a decision that affects the paying or receiving parent.(31348)

1340Liz Jarvis (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the risk that, as a result of GDPR constraints, parents using the Child Maintenance Service are left unable to understand why their maintenance payments have changed.(30940)

1341Liz Jarvis (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of whether Work Coach and Disability Employment Adviser support is effective for people with a visual impairment, and whether any evaluation has looked at differences in outcomes of such support between people with different types of disability.(31743)

1342Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to support young people not in education, employment, or training in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and b) Staffordshire since 20 July 2026.(30631)

1343Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Local Housing Allowance rates for retired people in Manchester Rusholme constituency.(32064)

1344Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the challenges preventing people over State Pension age from claiming means-tested social security entitlements, including Pension Credit and Housing Benefit.(33139)

1345Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review health and safety guidance relating to the English language competence of workers on construction sites.(31453)

1346Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will assess the health and safety risks of construction sites where workers do not share a common working language, particularly in relation to the communication of safety-critical instructions and emergency procedures.(32645)

1347John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the total amount of child maintenance arrears owed in inactive cases; and, in these cases, what funds have been recovered by the service in the last 5 years.(31967)

1348John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government response: Child Maintenance: Improving the collection and transfer of payments, published June 2025, what plans are in place to ensure the process of consolidating the CMS into a single service type is sufficiently resourced.(31159)

1349John Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the planned publication date is of the final report of the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment and whether this has been impacted by the timing of the Milburn Review.(31542)

1350Sir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to tackle the causes of youth unemployment in Royal Sutton Coldfield.(31570)

1351Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled PIP claimants can communicate electronically with the DWP and contractors delivering the Health Assessment Advisory Service where email is required as a reasonable adjustment.(32613)

1352Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures apply where a claimant’s email address is recorded by the DWP but a contractor acting on behalf of the DWP is unable to verify or use that email address.(32614)

1353Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that claimants understand whether correspondence concerning PIP is being handled by his Department or by a contracted assessment provider.(31422)

1354Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what service standards apply to complaints concerning the Health Assessment Advisory Service; and what mechanisms exist where a claimant is unable to access or progress the contractor’s complaints process.(32207)

1355Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure Maximus’s compliance with reasonable-adjustment requirements when delivering the Health Assessment Advisory Service.(32208)

1356Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contractual requirements apply to the creation, retention and availability of assessor consultation notes, paper-based review notes and audio recordings of PIP assessments.(33038)

1357Luke Myer (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of delays to the procurement of Adult Skills Fund provision by the Tees Valley Combined Authority on (a) access to training for unemployed adults and (b) value for money from devolved Adult Skills Fund allocations; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that funding allocated for the 2026-27 academic year is used effectively.(33453)

1358Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Best Start Family Hubs have been established in Huntingdon constituency.(33411)

1359Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the withdrawal of Universal Credit and other means tested support as household earnings increase on the financial incentive for people already in employment to work additional hours.(31246)

1360Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of advance payments for adapted vehicles on the Motability Scheme for disabled people in work who are not eligible for grant assistance.(30419)

1361Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available, or under consideration, for disabled people who require adapted vehicles to remain independent and in employment but are not able to afford the advance payment required under the Motability Scheme.(30839)

1362Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that support under the Crisis and Resilience Fund takes account of costs faced by households affected by disability and long-term health conditions in Surrey Heath constituency.(31105)

1363Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of replacing the Household Support Fund with the Crisis and Resilience Fund on access to emergency financial support for disabled households in Surrey.(32301)

1364Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to collect data on the reasons for refusing applications for Crisis Payments under the Crisis and Resilience Fund in (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.(33144)

1365Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help parents plan for changes to their Universal Credit entitlement when a child leaves eligible education or training in (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.(33146)

1366Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available through Jobcentre Plus for Universal Credit claimants who are already in part-time work and wish to retrain or gain qualifications to increase their earnings in Surrey Heath constituency.(32302)

1367Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to retraining for low-income adults who are already in work, including people with chronic health conditions.(30697)

1368Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out the (a) training, (b) apprenticeship and (c) work-placement schemes specifically targeted at over-25s in receipt of Universal Credit.(31587)

1369Mike Reader (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of amending the contribution condition in section 31 of the Pensions Act 2014 to provide for cases where the deceased was incapable of paid employment throughout their working life as a result of a lifelong disability.(31119)

1370Mike Reader (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of people who would become eligible for Bereavement Support Payment and (b) annual cost to the public purse if the contribution condition in section 31 of the Pensions Act 2014 were treated as satisfied where the deceased was incapable of work throughout their working life.(30710)

1371Mike Reader (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for Bereavement Support Payment have been refused on the grounds that the contribution condition was not met in each year since 2017.(33554)

1372Mike Reader (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department took in response to the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland in O'Donnell v Department for Communities [2020] NICA 36; and whether surviving partners in Northern Ireland are treated differently from those in Great Britain in respect of the contribution condition for Bereavement Support Payment.(33156)

1373Mike Reader (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has carried out an equality impact assessment of the contribution condition for Bereavement Support Payment in respect of surviving partners of people with lifelong disabilities following the judgment in R (Jwanczuk) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2025] UKSC 42.(33555)

1374Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to support expectant parents in full time employment.(32373)

1375Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to amend Statutory Maternity Pay.(31170)

1376Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to support community food initiatives in a) England and b) the parliamentary constituency of Romford.(30350)

1377Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he intends to reform the Local Housing Allowance.(31171)

1378Dr Roz Savage (South Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies on the provision of financial redress of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's findings concerning maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age.(32339)

1379Dr Roz Savage (South Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to consider options for providing financial redress to women affected by maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age.(31149)

1380Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of limiting the number of temporary absences from the United Kingdom, under the 13-week rule, PIP recipients can undertake in a calendar year.(33083)

1381Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of PIP recipients who have undertaken (a) one, (b) two or (c) three trips abroad of up to 13 weeks in the calendar years (i) 2023, (ii) 2024 and (iii) 2025, and (iv) 2026 to date.(32655)

1382Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a Citizens Advance scheme, under which individuals could receive the first year of their state pension as an early lump sum.(32562)

1383Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the financial needs of children who spend substantial periods of time living in both parents' households when calculating child maintenance.(30546)

1384Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence the Child Maintenance Service accepts when there is a dispute about the number of nights a child spends with each parent.(32153)

1385Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent officials in her Department process claim forms for (a) Universal Credit, (b) Job Seekers' Allowance and (c) Personal Independence Payment; and how many such forms were processed on average each working day for each benefit in each of the last five years.(30957)

1386Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on translation services in each of the last five financial years.(30549)

1387Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of the (a) basic and (b) new State Pension, and what proportion of State Pension recipients each category represents for which the latest data is available.(33388)

1388Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly difference is between the State Pension received by those in receipt of basic and the full new state pensions.(32990)

1389Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims were referred for investigation by AI or machine-learning models in each year since 2023; what proportion were upheld; and what the referral and outcome rates were by protected characteristic.(31694)

1390Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to tackle housing benefit fraud.(31151)

1391Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance service's enforcement methods.(31527)

1392Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency who received an increased pension as a result of the State Pension uprating in April 2026.(33441)

1393Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency receive Carer’s Allowance.(33051)

1394Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to provide Jobcentre Plus services in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency in future.(31822)

1395Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of waiting times for Pension Credit claims made by residents in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency.(31825)

1396Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of frozen Local Housing Allowance rates on the ability of households in work to (a) maintain secure housing and (b) remain in employment.(30436)

1397Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, further to the HMT press release, "Chancellor backs young people into work by supporting jobs", of 28 September, if he will itemise the savings found by his Department for the Union Learning Fund, and in which financial years do they apply.(30829)

1398Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026, to Question 27480, on Pension Protection Fund: FleishmanHillard, when will the documents be published.(32038)

1399Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 21093, on European Social Fund, if he will provide a breakdown of the 1,047 financial corrections, by organisation, amount and nature of the breach of the rules that made the expenditure irregular.(32857)

1400Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of permanently linking local housing allowance to the lowest 30% of private rented properties on renters in Devon.(31009)

1401Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which department now has policy responsibility for resolving the AEA Technology pension case.(32633)

1402Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to provide an adequate means of redress for AEA Technology pensioners, as recommended by the Work and Pensions Committee.(33055)

1403Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training provision or guidance is given to Social Services staff regarding assessment of the welfare and needs of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, given the rise in diagnosis of ASD and other neurodivergent conditions, and the differences in presentation these may cause.(32278)

1404Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of NHS eligibility criteria for prescribing GLP-1 receptor agonist medicines for obesity in meeting meet the needs of patients whose obesity is attributable to an underlying endocrine disorder or other medically recognised condition; and if she will consider introducing greater clinical flexibility and funding within NHS prescribing guidance to enable specialist consultants to approve treatment in exceptional cases where obesity is a consequence of a complex underlying medical condition.(31890)

1405Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of eligible families in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency she expects to access the Healthy Babies programme.(30635)

1406Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the current level of health visiting capacity in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes given the expansion of Healthy Babies programme.(32244)

1407Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of Healthy Babies programme funding will be allocated according to levels of need in (a) Buckinghamshire Council and (b) Milton Keynes City Council.(31037)

1408Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures she will use to assess the impact of the Healthy Babies programme on infant health outcomes.(31844)

1409Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to make greater use of spare capacity among regulated musculoskeletal healthcare professionals operating outside the NHS to help reduce waiting times.(31040)

1410Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase support for patients with pulmonary fibrosis.(31676)

1411Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the diagnosis time for patients with pulmonary fibrosis.(31677)

1412Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure patients with pulmonary fibrosis receive equal levels of care across England.(32903)

1413Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department is taking to improve (a) neonatal and (b) maternity care.(31678)

1414Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the current state of (a) neonatal and (b) maternity care.(30868)

1415Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help improve the resilience of national stockpiles of critical pharmaceuticals and medical devices.(31284)

1416Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the uptake of free eye tests.(30665)

1417Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the recommendations in the suicide prevention strategy have been implemented.(32816)

1418Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is her plan to implement the 100 recommendations in the Suicide Prevention strategy.(30784)

1419Danny Beales (Uxbridge and South Ruislip): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of GP practices refusing shared care agreements on patients facing long waiting times for specialist care, including for ADHD and gender identity services; and what guidance her Department issues to Integrated Care Boards to ensure consistent access to shared care prescribing across primary care.(30721)

1420Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the latest MBRRACE Report on epilepsy-related maternal deaths; and what steps she is taking to reduce such deaths.(31598)

1421Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to implement the recommendations in the latest MBRRACE Report relating to the care of women with epilepsy, including through the NHS Maternal Care Bundle.(30779)

1422Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that pregnant women with epilepsy have access to specialist epilepsy and maternal medicine services.(31599)

1423Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the recommendations of the National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce will incorporate the standards set out in the NHS Maternal Care Bundle for women with epilepsy.(33219)

1424Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve the monitoring and management of anti-seizure medications during pregnancy.(30367)

1425Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the findings and recommendations of the latest MBRRACE Report will be reflected in the National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce’s national action plan.(33220)

1426Rachel Blake (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's guidance following the Supreme Court ruling on the mental health and wellbeing of trans women; and whether she has assessed the cumulative effects of that guidance on vulnerable trans people.(31089)

1427Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a mandatory paediatrician review for children who present to A&E or Child Assessment Units more than three times within a three-month period with similar symptoms, in line with escalation requirements under Jess’s Rule.(32052)

1428Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has identified gaps in escalation pathways between GP services operating under Jess’s Rule and urgent or emergency paediatric services where no equivalent trigger exists for repeated presentations.(30424)

1429Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will extend Jess’s Rule to cover NHS 111, A&E departments and Child Assessment Units, where repeated attendances may indicate an undiagnosed underlying condition.(32053)

1430Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve the adequacy of clinical decision-making for children with complex cardiac or respiratory conditions across urgent and emergency care settings.(32874)

1431Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to introduce national standardised protocols for oxygen saturation thresholds for paediatric patients with cardiac or respiratory vulnerabilities.(31657)

1432Suella Braverman (Fareham and Waterlooville): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of monitoring practices in Child Assessment Units, including short-duration observations and extended monitoring for children with complex medical needs.(30848)

1433Juliet Campbell (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of late or absent identification of dyslexia on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.(31753)

1434Juliet Campbell (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her department has made of the number of additional specialist heart failure nurses required to meet current and projected demand.(30540)

1435Juliet Campbell (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of patients referred with suspected heart failure received an echocardiogram within the diagnostic timeframes recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the last five years in (i) Broxtowe, (ii) Nottinghamshire and (iii) England.(30541)

1436Juliet Campbell (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether free at the point of use care under the proposed National Care Service will apply to (a) adults under the age of 65 with assessed care needs, and (b) whether the entitlement will cover accommodation and living costs, in addition to personal care.(33377)

1437James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in employer National Insurance contributions on community and adult social care providers in Suffolk.(30432)

1438James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in employer National Insurance contributions on the availability and continuity of community support services in Suffolk.(33288)

1439James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that local authority commissioning rates in Suffolk take account of the impact of increases in employer National Insurance contributions on care providers.(31267)

1440James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with Suffolk County Council and care providers in Suffolk on the financial sustainability of community and adult social care services, in the context of increases in employer National Insurance contributions.(32453)

1441James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures are available to support community and adult social care providers in Suffolk affected by increases in employer National Insurance contributions.(30433)

1442Dr Danny Chambers (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2026 to Written Question 7918 on Antimicrobials, whether the expected timetable for contract award under the UK antimicrobial subscription model remains November 2026; and whether the Department is able to share a more specific expected date for contract commencement within quarter one of 2027.(31913)

1443Bambos Charalambous (Southgate and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has made an assessment of the adequacy of current capacity to meet demand for (a) donor stem-cell transplants and (b) gene-edited autologous stem-cell transplants, including capacity for (i) apheresis, (ii) stem-cell laboratory services, (iii) workforce and (iv) protective isolation beds.(32885)

1444Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to increase funding for mental health services, including funding for menopause education and training for healthcare providers, to ensure that women receive appropriate and timely care.(33518)

1445Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support and extend specialist youth suicide prevention services.(31501)

1446Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department collects data on the number of NHS complaints that remain unresolved after (a) six months, (b) nine months and (c) twelve months; and what action is taken where NHS trusts exceed those timescales.(31713)

1447Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current NHS complaints procedures in cases where bereaved families have waited more than nine months for a final response from a trust, and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing maximum response times for complaint investigations.(30913)

1448Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department collects data on the time taken by NHS trusts to respond to complaints relating to inpatient mental health services; and what steps she is taking to reduce delays in the resolution of such complaints.(30494)

1449Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for receiving continuous healthcare funding.(33374)

1450Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of health and social care support available to autistic people who do not have a learning disability.(30643)

1451Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to improve access to health and social care support for autistic people who do not have a learning disability.(33478)

1452John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned NICE staff at 3 Piccadilly Place 3 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 3BN in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(30741)

1453John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned CQC staff at 3 Piccadilly Place 3 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 3BN in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(33594)

1454John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned NHS England staff at 3 Piccadilly Place 3 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 3BN in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(33595)

1455Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the National Screening Committee intends to review the breast screening programme to include women outside the national screening age.(32819)

1456Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department has taken to provide education and training to those who will be delivering the Healthy Babies programme, including on infant feeding.(32895)

1457Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce regional variation in the detection of atrial fibrillation.(32240)

1458Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure equitable access to case-finding for undiagnosed patients at risk of stroke.(33071)

1459Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure the Cardiovascular disease modern service framework, published on 7 July 2026, reduces inequalities in the detection of atrial fibrillation across (a) deprived and (b) under-served communities.(32241)

1460Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure people living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease have adequate access to affordable prescription medication in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) England.(31035)

1461Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of prescription charges on patient health outcomes for those with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.(32242)

1462Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of classifying Inflammatory Bowel Disease as a distinct category for analysis by NHS Hospital Episode Statistics.(33072)

1463Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to advance the treatment of leg ulcers.(32648)

1464Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve outcomes for patients with leg ulcers.(32649)

1465Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to provide clearer (a) national commissioning guidance and (b) implementation support on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder for NHS Integrated Care Boards.(31842)

1466Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to provide clearer (a) national commissioning guidance and (b) implementation support on autism for NHS Integrated Care Boards.(31036)

1467Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to enable stronger (a) oversight and (b) accountability across ADHD and autism services by the Care Quality Commission.(31843)

1468Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to strengthen the evidence base on the use of digital and AI-enabled tools in (a) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and (b) autism assessments to enable the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to update guidance in line with emerging evidence.(33464)

1469Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve continuity of care for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism.(33465)

1470Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure people with (a) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder clear and (b) autism have accessible information about their Right to Choose a provider under the NHS Constitution.(31461)

1471Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support the recruitment of newly trained NHS dentists in rural areas such as South Somerset.(33466)

1472Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of improving funding for (a) dentists and (b) dental nurses to visit schools to promote oral health in (i) Yeovil constituency, (ii) Somerset and (iii) England.(33074)

1473Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the level of (a) hygiene poverty in Yeovil constituency and (b) its impact on Yeovil residents' health.(33076)

1474Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department will respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Torbay of 26 June 2026, reference SD18023.(32558)

1475Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her department will review the pay and job descriptions of all Band 5 nurses.(31361)

1476Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her department plans to increase the number of mental health nursing courses.(31362)

1477Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her department plans to increase the number of learning disability nursing courses.(30543)

1478Ann Davies (Caerfyrddin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of new dentists joining the General Dental Council register last year have trained overseas, and in what way she expects that proportion to change in the next decade.(31840)

1479Jonathan Davies (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce delays in the process of families obtaining death certificates.(32282)

1480Paul Davies (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to monitor trends in the incidence and survival rates of primary liver cancer in England.(33157)

1481Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure blind and partially sighted people are involved in the design and testing of NHS digital services, including the NHS App.(32468)

1482Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance she has issued to NHS bodies on embedding co-design with blind and partially sighted people throughout the development, testing and ongoing improvement of digital health services.(32469)

1483Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to ensure accessibility and communication needs are recorded once and shared consistently across NHS services through the Single Patient Record and the Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag.(32894)

1484Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of children in West Berkshire participating in the Nursery Milk Scheme in 2026/27.(31115)

1485Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people subject to a Supervision Order under the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 were subsequently detained under civil provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 following a breakdown or breach of their community treatment plan in each of the last five years.(30835)

1486Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she (a) has reviewed and (b) plans to review the (i) provision and (ii) location of (A) inpatient and (B) outpatient health services in South Hertfordshire.(31651)

1487Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance and timetable her Department has provided to Integrated Care Boards regarding the allocation of General Practice capital funding for primary care infrastructure developments.(30836)

1488Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure Integrated Care Boards receive adequate capital funding to upgrade and replace primary care facilities in high-growth communities.(32045)

1489Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria her Department will use to select locations for new Neighbourhood Health Centres, and in what way priority will be given to areas with limited primary care capacity.(32868)

1490Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support primary care networks in increasing patient capacity and reducing waiting times for GP appointments in towns which are increasing in population.(32046)

1491Graeme Downie (Dunfermline and Dollar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what medical positions in the NHS require mandatory participation or engagement with disabled people or families to improve understanding.(33134)

1492Alex Easton (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the quality and availability of palliative and end of life care with international best practice; and what steps he plans to take to ensure that England provides world-leading palliative and end of life care.(33530)

1493Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to WPQ 26981 answered on 15 September 2026 about Mental Health Services, what steps she is taking to monitor the performance of Integrated Care Boards to deliver on the £343 million announced for community mental health centres and mental health emergency departments.(30461)

1494Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to WPQ 26981 answered on 15 September 2026 about Mental Health Services, what recent conversations she had with Integrated Care Boards to assess the physical estate capacity to deliver the proposed 59 mental health emergency departments announced on 5 August 2026.(32477)

1495Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 26981 on Mental Health Services, if she will publish the criteria used to determine the location of the proposed mental health emergency departments.(32917)

1496Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 26981 on Mental Health Services, if she will publish the (a) estimated additional staff and (b) professional groups that will staff the (i) community mental health centres and (ii) mental health emergency departments.(30874)

1497Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 26981 on Mental Health Services, what recent discussions she has had with integrated care boards on whether staffing new mental health centres will be achieved through (a) new recruitment and (b) redeployment of NHS mental health services.(30875)

1498Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 26981 on Mental Health Services, whether issues surrounding (a) self-referral to new community mental health centres, (b) the need for additional mental health access points on existing patient pathways, and (c) multiple assessments across different mental health services will be referred to in her forthcoming mental health strategy.(30876)

1499Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of bupropion as a treatment for depression.(30767)

1500Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients resident in the postcode district (a) LA2, (b) LA5, (c) LA6, (d) LA7, (e) LA8, (f) LA9, (g) LA10, (h) LA11, (i) LA12, (j) LA13, (k) LA14, (l) LA15, (m) LA16, (n) LA17, (o) LA18, (p) LA19, (q) LA20, (r) LA21, (s) LA22, (t) LA23, (u) CA10 3 and (v) CA17 4 received radiotherapy treatment at the Rosemere Cancer Centre, Royal Preston Hospital in 2025 and the first six months of 2026.(33208)

1501Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the average age of patients resident in the postcode district (a) LA2, (b) LA5, (c) LA6, (d) LA7, (e) LA8, (f) LA9, (g) LA10, (h) LA11, (i) LA12, (j) LA13, (k) LA14, (l) LA15, (m) LA16, (n) LA17, (o) LA18, (p) LA19, (q) LA20, (r) LA21, (s) LA22, (t) LA23, (u) CA10 3 and (v) CA17 4 who received radiotherapy treatment at the Rosemere Cancer Centre, Royal Preston Hospital in the first six months of 2026.(32805)

1502Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average time from first presentation to diagnosis of endometriosis in each of the last five years, broken down by integrated care board area.(33559)

1503Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of non-surgical pain management programmes for people with endometriosis.(30717)

1504Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding her Department has allocated to endometriosis research in each of the last five years.(33560)

1505Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the role of music therapy in community mental health support.(31285)

1506Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has considered introducing a streamlined process for recognising legal parenthood established through overseas surrogacy arrangements in jurisdictions with robust regulatory safeguards, judicial oversight and independent legal advice.(32724)

1507Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce delays, costs and duplication in parental-order proceedings for children born through overseas surrogacy arrangements and to provide greater legal certainty for intended parents while applications are determined.(33154)

1508Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much their Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(32962)

1509Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of new dentists joining the GDC register in each of the last 10 years had trained overseas.(32364)

1510Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential long-term impact on the NHS dental workforce of its level of reliance on overseas-trained dentists.(31161)

1511Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the current dental academic workforce to support existing and planned dental student numbers.(31162)

1512Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of administrative support reductions on the workload of dental academics.(32365)

1513Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what exemptions, alternative supply arrangements, and clinical provisions are being put in place to ensure that completely unfortified staple foods remain available and accessible to cancer patients, cancer survivors, and other groups who may be advised to limit their intake of folic acid-fortified foods.(31569)

1514Sarah Gibson (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance NHS England provides to independent investigators examining a homicide involving a person who received mental health care on sharing relevant findings with a Domestic Homicide Review into the same death.(31498)

1515Tracy Gilbert (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her department has made of the ethics of the use of the Lorber selection criteria.(33460)

1516Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish her Department’s acquired brain injury action plan.(31086)

1517Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will consider introducing a pathway for Postural Tachycardia Syndrome.(32280)

1518John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential financial impact of the proposed Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency registration fee increases on micro-businesses and small dental laboratories; and whether she will consider introducing a tiered fee structure or exemption for medical device manufacturers with fewer than five employees.(31993)

1519John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that proposed increases in MHRA regulatory fees do not lead to higher manufacturing costs for bespoke dental appliances.(30370)

1520John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of incorporating therapeutic garden spaces into NHS hospital sites, including as part of the New Hospital Programme, in the context of the impact on (a) patient wellbeing and recovery, (b) staff retention and (c) long-term cost to the NHS.(31192)

1521Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of variation between Integrated Care Boards in the upper age limit for NHS-funded IVF.(33158)

1522Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the supporting material for Integrated Care Boards on implementing NICE guideline NG257 will address eligibility criteria including age limits, and when it will be published.(32732)

1523Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Integrated Care Boards in England set an upper age limit for NHS-funded IVF below the age recommended in NICE guideline NG257.(30713)

1524Tom Gordon (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency.(32970)

1525Sarah Green (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department will publish a timetable for its substantive response to the Hughes Report.(33360)

1526Paulette Hamilton (Birmingham Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her strategy is for increasing public awareness of the risk factors and early symptoms of liver disease.(33368)

1527Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the timeliness of the CQC's publication of reports following inspections.(33278)

1528Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the CQC on unpublished reports; and how decisions not to publish reports are communicated to a) healthcare providers and b) the public.(30427)

1529Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): 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 South Holland and the Deepings constituency; and how does this compare with the rest of England.(30752)

1530Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were on the transplant waiting list in Lincolnshire in (i) 2023 (ii) 2024 and (iii) 2025.(32791)

1531Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the UK Health Security Agency spent on interpreters and related translation services in (1) 2022, (2) 2023, (3) 2024 and (4) 2025.(30347)

1532Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of greater uptake of NHS England and Starlight’s Play Well toolkit.(33497)

1533Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure sufficient numbers of trained health play specialists are employed across NHS trusts to support the implementation of NHS England and Starlight's Play Well Toolkit.(33498)

1534Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent health play professionals supported children admitted to hospital in the East of England in 2025.(32675)

1535Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many child hospital admissions there were in the East of England in 2025.(31482)

1536Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent health play professionals supported children admitted to hospital in London in 2025.(31483)

1537Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many child hospital admissions there were in London in 2025.(32676)

1538Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent health play professionals supported children admitted to hospital in the Midlands in 2025.(32677)

1539Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many child hospital admissions there were in the Midlands in 2025.(33104)

1540Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent health play professionals supported children admitted to hospital in the North East and Yorkshire in 2025.(33499)

1541Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many child hospital admissions there were in the North East and Yorkshire in 2025.(30662)

1542Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent health play professionals supported children admitted to hospital in the North West in 2025.(33500)

1543Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many child hospital admissions there were in the North West in 2025.(31876)

1544Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent health play professionals supported children admitted to hospital in the South East in 2025.(31070)

1545Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many child hospital admissions there were in the South East in 2025.(31877)

1546Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent health play professionals supported children admitted to hospital in the South West in 2025.(31071)

1547Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many child hospital admissions there were in the South West in 2025.(32267)

1548Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children admitted to hospitals have access to appropriately trained health play professionals.(30663)

1549Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has made an assessment of trends in the level of regional variation in access to health play professionals for children admitted to hospital.(32268)

1550Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding was allocated to health play services in NHS hospitals in England in 2025.(33105)

1551Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department provides to NHS trusts on the provision of health play services for children receiving inpatient care.(32678)

1552Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national minimum standard for the provision of health play professionals in NHS hospitals providing paediatric care.(31484)

1553Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of health play professionals on reducing the length of children’s hospital stays.(31485)

1554Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the level of contribution of health play professionals in preparing children for medical procedures in NHS hospitals.(32269)

1555Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the impact of Skilled Worker visa salary thresholds on the recruitment of Band 5 Biomedical Scientists in NHS pathology and laboratory services.(31763)

1556Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of private equity ownership of NHS contractors on (a) value for money, (b) patient outcomes and (c) the long-term sustainability of NHS services; and whether she plans to review the use of private-equity-owned companies in the provision of NHS insourcing services.(32573)

1557Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing protections for the privacy and dignity of patients receiving emergency medical treatment in public places; and whether she is considering any measures to strengthen those protections.(32160)

1558Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the total amount of (a) rent and (b) service charge income received by NHS Property Services from (i) GP practices and (ii) pharmacies, for each of the last three years for which data are available.(31187)

1559Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her statement of 15 September on the Thirlwall Inquiry and the “recommendation hub to properly track our implementation progress internally, not just for this inquiry but for others right across the NHS”, if she will publish her assessment of progress against the set of recommendations (a) to date and (b) periodically.(32806)

1560Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on potential use of NHS numbers as the “consistent identifier" envisaged in the Children’s Well-being and Schools Act 2026.(31990)

1561Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the answer to UIN 70396, tabled on 29 August 2025 and UIN 81279, tabled on 13 October 2025, whether there is any update on plans in relation to the future Children and Young People Mental Health studies.(33214)

1562Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the May 2025 update from NHS England that her department would be working with the Office for National Statistics on a discovery phase to explore the feasibility of delivering a new Mental Health of Children and Young People Prevalence Survey, what the outcome of this work was.(32807)

1563Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the May 2025 update from NHS England that her department would be working with the Office for National Statistics on a discovery phase to explore the feasibility of delivering a new Mental Health of Children and Young People Prevalence Survey, if in any new survey she will take steps to ensure time-series comparability with the earlier surveys.(32386)

1564Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will discuss with counterparts in comparable countries the possibility of aligning a subset of questions in future Mental Health of Children and Young People Prevalence Surveys with questions in those countries’ equivalent surveys, where such exist or are planned.(32387)

1565Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her projection of the costs of headcount reductions in her department, NHS England and ICBs remains within the £860m brought forward in the Budget November 2025.(31188)

1566Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £860m brought forward in Budget 2025 to cover headcount reductions in her department, NHS England and ICBs is to cover (a) redundancy payments (b) other costs, in each of those organisations.(31189)

1567Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the 50% cost reduction required of ICBs was achieved by 31 December 2025.(31590)

1568Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the total costs of ICBs including capital and revenue spend, one-off items and recurring items in (a) 2024/5 (b) 2025/6 (c) 2026/7.(30771)

1569Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what analysis did her department reach the benchmark figure of £18.76 per capita running costs for ICBs.(31591)

1570Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an estimate of the financial impact of moving the Health Services Safety Investigation Body functions into the Care Quality Commission, beyond the recurrent pay savings and the transition costs for digital, data and technology identified in the ‘Health Bill: patient safety measures - impact assessments’.(30365)

1571Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) one off costs and (b) net change in annual running costs will there be from moving Healthwatch into ICBs, local authorities and her department.(32808)

1572Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions about the effectiveness of the Fit Note system.(30772)

1573Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate she has made of the cost of establishing Neighbourhood Health Centres.(33215)

1574Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Neighbourhood Health Centres will be (a) new builds, (b) re-purposed existing healthcare premises and (c) other.(32809)

1575Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many responses she received to the consultation on proposed Multi-Neighbourhood Provider and Single Neighbourhood Provider contracting models to support neighbourhood health services; and when she plans to respond.(33216)

1576Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made on her Department's workstreams arising from the Mayfield Keep Britain Working Review.(31190)

1577Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many FTE positions at each grade are budgeted for (a) this and (b) next year in the Patient Experience Directorate.(32810)

1578Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Gateshead South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the funding required to address the gaps in capacity for the fresh freezing and storage of brain tumour tissue identified by NHS England, including essential supporting infrastructure; and whether she plans to make dedicated funding available for that purpose.(32376)

1579Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Gateshead South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 10706 on Brain: Tumours, what progress her Department and NHS England have made with the Royal College of Pathologists on reviewing tissue retention guidance; whether that work is considering national guidance on the fresh freezing of suitable brain tumour tissue once diagnostic requirements have been met; and when she expects that work to conclude.(31175)

1580Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Gateshead South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 10706 on Brain: Tumours, what progress has been made on reviewing consent processes for the storage and future use of brain tumour tissue; whether her Department is considering a consistent national approach to informing patients about those issues before surgery; and when she expects that work to conclude.(31176)

1581Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Gateshead South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the risk of autonomous AI agents gaining unauthorised access to NHS systems holding patient or operational data; and whether she has commissioned testing of those systems following the reported unauthorised access by an OpenAI agent to Australia's Medicare Statistics Reporting Service in June 2026.(33204)

1582Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Gateshead South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what protocol is in place for NHS England and the National Cyber Security Centre to be notified if an AI system obtains NHS data without authorisation; and within what timeframe AI developers are required to report such incidents.(30356)

1583Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Gateshead South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that NHS data remains under UK control and is used for the benefit of UK patients.(31177)

1584Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2026 to Question 29179 on Births: Medical Records, if she will publish the assessment and evidence used to determine that SNOMED coded information should be permitted but not required in the Maternity Services Data Set.(32937)

1585Alison Hume (Scarborough and Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the eligibility criteria for NHS patient transport services in order for vulnerable patients in North Yorkshire to access hospital appointments and receive timely treatment.(31508)

1586Liz Jarvis (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) whether her Department has assessed the risk that allowing individual GP practices discretion over the scope of proxy access granted to parents and guardians of children aged 11 to 15 results in inconsistent access to health information across England; (b) what assessment she has made of the risk that parents and guardians may be excluded from their child's records where local practice policy requires the child's real-time telephone consent and the child is unable to provide this independently, including where the child is autistic or has another condition affecting their ability to do so; and (c) what steps her Department is taking to mitigate these risks.(32542)

1587Liz Jarvis (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's proposed increase in statutory fees on micro-businesses in the dental laboratory sector; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a tiered fee structure based on business size.(31742)

1588Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve a) research into and b) treatment for those with GNB-1 (Guanine Nucleotide-Binding ) genetic condition.(32503)

1589Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with NHS leaders on improving outcomes for people with rare genetic diseases and conditions over the longer term.(32944)

1590Clive Jones (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Lung Cancer Screening Programme in England will (a) move to Section 7A funding and (b) be ring fenced beyond 2030.(31854)

1591Clive Jones (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated to support the National Lung Cancer Screening Programme in England a) at a national level, b) by Cancer Alliance and c) by Integrated Care Board in each financial year from 2025-26 to 2029-30.(31049)

1592Clive Jones (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards are being put in place to ensure that current Integrated Care Board restructuring does not undermine the performance, accountability or full roll out of the National Lung Cancer Screening Programme by 2030.(31855)

1593Clive Jones (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards are in place to ensure continuity of funding, leadership, data systems and oversight for the roll out of the National Lung Cancer Screening Programme during the transition away from NHS England.(31050)

1594Clive Jones (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to ensure GP practices meet the new contractual requirement to share patient data with the National Lung Cancer Screening Programme to identify the full eligible population.(31856)

1595Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, since 2019 how many price concessions were offered to pharmacists who were not able to secure products at the price set out in the NHS list for repaying them, year-on-year.(32709)

1596Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department has spent on external consulting since July 2024.(33140)

1597Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many missed outpatient appointments there were in England in each year since 2022.(33538)

1598Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish impact assessments, modelling and further detail on the UK-US pharmaceutical trade deal.(30691)

1599Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential role of psychedelic-assisted therapies in the treatment of (a) treatment-resistant depression, (b) PTSD and (c) other mental health conditions; and what steps his Department is taking to support clinical research into those therapies.(31239)

1600James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she expects the motor neurone disease pathway to come into effect.(32293)

1601James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether local authorities will be required to follow the proposed motor neurone disease pathway.(30684)

1602James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with local authorities on the adequate provision of adapted housing for people with motor neurone disease.(31895)

1603Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce inappropriate polypharmacy.(33056)

1604Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) children and young people and (b) adults received an autism assessment in the area covered by Central East ICB in the latest 12 months for which data is available.(32635)

1605Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were (a) treated at scene and (b) provided with clinical advice by telephone without conveyance to hospital by East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust in each of the last three years.(32636)

1606Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of cancer were detected through NHS screening programmes in the area covered by Central East ICB in the latest year for which data is available, broken down by cancer type.(33059)

1607Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children and young people received speech and language therapy in the area covered by Central East ICB in each of the last three year.(32233)

1608Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average age of an emergency ambulance operated by EEAST is.(33061)

1609Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children and young people accessed NHS mental health support in the area covered by Central East ICB in each of the last three years.(33448)

1610Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Mental Health Support Teams are operating in schools and colleges in the area covered by Central East ICB; and how many pupils those teams are able to support.(31447)

1611Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many zero-emission and electric vehicles are operated by EEAST; and what plans there are to increase that number.(32637)

1612Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time-equivalent paramedics were employed by EEAST in the last financial year.(32638)

1613Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve the detection and management of hypertension in primary care.(33449)

1614Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure equitable access to community eye care services across England.(33063)

1615Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to reinstate the two-week timeframe for urgent suspected breast cancer referrals.(31834)

1616Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the number of radiology staff to enable the Faster Diagnosis Standard for urgent referrals for suspected breast cancer to be met in (a) Bedfordshire, (b) East of England and (c) England.(33451)

1617Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of steps being taken to support NHS trusts to meet the Faster Diagnosis Standard for urgent referrals for suspected breast cancer in (a) Bedfordshire, (b) East of England and (c) England.(30625)

1618John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the proportion of public-access automated external defibrillators that are accessible 24 hours a day.(31966)

1619John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of maintenance and replacement costs, including batteries and pads, on the long-term availability of community automated external defibrillators.(31565)

1620John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of regional disparities in accessing cardiac rehabilitation and psychological support services for sudden cardiac arrest survivors.(31566)

1621John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the arrangements in NHS acute hospitals in England for providing estates and engineering cover outside normal working hours; and whether his Department holds information on the number or proportion of acute hospitals that operate a formal engineering on-call or standby rota.(32786)

1622John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what national NHS terms and conditions apply to estates and engineering staff who are required to be available on-call outside their normal working hours; and what provision those terms make for (a) payment for availability and (b) payment for work undertaken while on-call.(33193)

1623John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance NHS England has issued to NHS trusts on ensuring continuity of access to appropriately competent engineering personnel outside normal working hours where the knowledge or competence required to respond to failures of critical hospital infrastructure is held by only one, or a small number of, employees; and what guidance has been issued on mitigating any associated operational and business continuity risks.(30342)

1624Ms Julie Minns (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether 999 call handlers and members of the Ambulance service will have access to the Single Patient Record to help them respond effectively to callers with life-threatening rare diseases, such as Addison's Disease.(31811)

1625Ms Julie Minns (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her department has made of the number of specialist training spaces required to address the low number of Consultant Neurologists in England.(31001)

1626Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment she has made of liver disease mortality trends in England relative to other western European countries.(31703)

1627Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of making omaveloxolone available to eligible people living with Friedreich's ataxia.(30896)

1628Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on children and young people of the closure of PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide and its HOPELINE247 service; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure continued access to specialist suicide-prevention support for young people previously supported by that service.(31704)

1629Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to address incidents of a) racism, b) homophobia and c) discrimination at all levels of the NHS workforce.(32934)

1630Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role she expects social enterprises to play in delivering the Government's plans to shift healthcare from hospitals into neighbourhood and community settings.(32103)

1631Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will (a) make an assessment of the adequacy of levels of domiciliary dental provision available to residents in Stockport constituency and (b) set out how unmet need amongst housebound patients is identified.(32495)

1632Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department has taken to ensure access to NHS dental care in North Shropshire.(30518)

1633Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has been made of the demand for GP appointments in North Shropshire in comparison to the number of available appointments.(33366)

1634Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of considering GP availability in the planning stages of housing developments.(32964)

1635Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department has taken to ensure adequate access to GP surgeries in areas with new housing developments.(32529)

1636Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will outline the Department's timeline for the implementation and delivery of the Modern Services Framework on cardiovascular disease.(32530)

1637Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will outline the timeline for a) the publication and b) the delivery of the NHS Workforce Plan.(31342)

1638Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the suitability of currently available emergency hydrocortisone injection products for self-administration by patients experiencing an adrenal crisis.(30519)

1639Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) hospital admissions relating to adrenal crisis, and (b) subsequent fatalities in hospital settings have been recorded in each of the last five years.(32127)

1640Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is planning to introduce a Modern Service Framework for neurological conditions.(31343)

1641Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the level of waiting times for the results of non-urgent x-rays in North Shropshire constituency.(32966)

1642Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to ensure that x-ray results are received by patients within the national average of two weeks.(33367)

1643Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of allowing the use of Scrambler Therapy.(30521)

1644Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps have been taken to ensure those with complex regional pain syndrome have access to novel treatments.(30936)

1645Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of waiting times for ophthalmic NHS services in North Shropshire constituency.(31740)

1646Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps have been taken to help ensure that waiting times for ophthalmic services are not causing people to seek private emergency eye care.(30937)

1647Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of variation in prices paid by NHS trusts in England for medical devices and consumables; and what the difference was between the average price paid and the lowest price paid for the 20 highest-spend product categories in 2025-26.(32531)

1648Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the savings from NHS trusts in England paying the lowest available national price for medical devices and consumables.(32532)

1649Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS trusts in England spent on medical devices and consumables purchased outside the NHS Supply Chain in 2025-26; and what proportion of total spend on those items that represented.(32967)

1650Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Out of Reach report, published recently by the Hepatitis C Trust, and if she will be responding to its (a) findings and (b) recommendations.(31992)

1651Joe Morris (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of delays in NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments on patients with progressive neurodegenerative conditions.(30559)

1652Joe Morris (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure consistency in NHS Continuing Healthcare funding decisions across integrated care boards.(33395)

1653Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to support hospices in accordance with Hospice UK's four point plan for fair hospice funding.(31806)

1654Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the NHS supports (a) those with aphasia and (b) those living with communication disabilities.(33035)

1655Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an estimate of (a) the number of people affected by aphasia and (b) the potential economic impact this has on the economy.(32205)

1656Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps with NHS England and leading specialist charities to ensure that people with aphasia can access support in all parts of England.(30597)

1657Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of digital-first access to NHS healthcare, particularly general practice, on people aged 75 and over; and whether her Department has collected data on the proportion of practices where non-digital routes are not consistently available.(30996)

1658Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that older people can continue to access NHS healthcare by telephone, in person or through other non-digital routes; and what monitoring arrangements are in place to verify that these routes remain reliably available.(33428)

1659Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assurance her Department has sought that general practices which report providing online, telephone and in-person access offer those routes equitably; and what steps they are taking to prevent online access being favoured in a way that creates a two-tier system for older people.(33429)

1660Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many general practices offer (a) online (b) telephone and (c) in-person appointments booking; and how many provide all three routes consistently for people aged 75 and over.(32611)

1661Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on digital exclusion among people aged 75 and over in relation to accessing general practice; and whether she plans to publish updated figures on digital literacy, device access and using NHS digital services.(31421)

1662Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many general practices have been assessed for compliance with NHS England's requirement that digital services should not replace offline access; and what enforcement or improvement actions have been taken where practices do not meet this requirement.(32612)

1663Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints NHS England has received in the last three years relating to difficulties accessing general practices via non-digital routes; and what proportion were submitted by people aged 75 and over.(33430)

1664Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of current loneliness screening practices in NHS general practice; what data her Department holds on the number of practices routinely identifying or recording loneliness as part of patient assessments; and what steps she is taking to ensure that older people are consistently offered opportunities for loneliness screening and appropriate follow-up support.(33037)

1665Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what screening tools or question sets NHS England recommends for identifying loneliness in older people; and what assessment she has made of levels of variation in their use across general practices.(33431)

1666Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assurance her Department has sought that general practices are complying with NHS England guidance on identifying and recording loneliness; and how many practices have been assessed for adherence to this requirement in the last three years.(30598)

1667Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Timms review of Personal Independence Payment considers the needs of people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.(30997)

1668Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that welfare reforms proposed by the Milburn Review take into account the needs of people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.(31807)

1669Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her department has made towards implementing the Patient Safety Commissioner’s recommendations regarding pelvic mesh implants.(31808)

1670Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason her Department has not responded to the Hughes report before the 16th July 2026 deadline; and if she will lay out a timeline for a response.(30998)

1671Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding her Department is providing for brain cancer research in the current financial year; and whether the level of this has changed following the debate on Brain Cancer, Monday 15 June 2026, cc271WH-296WH.(31423)

1672Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made to increase the level of freezer capacity in NHS England for brain cancer tissues.(32615)

1673Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what work her Department is undertaking to (a) support brain cancer suffers and (b) increase the proportion of funding available for clinicial trials and research.(32616)

1674Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that access to specialist speech and language therapy for those with aphasia is geographically equitable.(31809)

1675James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for ADHD assessments; and what steps she is taking to help tackle shortages in the supply of Guanfacine.(31349)

1676James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to guanfacine through primary care for patients with ADHD.(31744)

1677James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a UK-wide Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Prevention and Response Programme to support prevention, early identification and access to appropriate services for those affected.(31745)

1678James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a UK-wide Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Prevention and Response Programme to support prevention, early identification and access to appropriate services for those affected.(33371)

1679James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS England pilot of rapid genomic diagnosis of brain tumours developed by the University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed redundancies among clinical academic and pathology staff at the University of Nottingham on (a) the delivery and sustainability of NHS research and innovation programmes and (b) the capacity of the NHS to translate university-based medical research into clinical practice.(31748)

1680James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms are in place to help ensure that NHS England and her Department are consulted where proposed redundancies at a university may impact clinical academics or other university-employed staff contributing to NHS services, NHS-funded research or NHS England innovation programmes; and if she will review the process in the context of the Future Nottingham restructuring programme.(30943)

1681James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria her Department will use to assess the further rollout of community water fluoridation in areas where oral health outcomes are poorest, whether Nottinghamshire and the wider East Midlands will be included in that assessment, and when she expects it to be completed.(30530)

1682Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of levels of epilepsy medication availability on patient safety.(30894)

1683Dan Norris (North East Somerset and Hanham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve unpaid carers' awareness of the support available to them.(32789)

1684Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she carried out an Equality Impact Assessment prior to the decision to withdraw the Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme.(32587)

1685Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026 to question 23023 on Dementia: Public Appointments, what is the process she will follow in order to appoint a dementia czar.(31785)

1686Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to question 27305 on Tranexamic Acid: Finance, what progress she has made in attaining regulatory approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.(30980)

1687Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the scope of the Frontline Productivity Programme.(30982)

1688Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 22 September 2026 to question 23156 on Dialysis Machines: Huntingdon, whether the renal dialysis service location will remain at Hinchingbrooke Hospital following completion of the rebuild.(31412)

1689Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026 to question 22867 on Wes Streeting: Redundancy Pay, by when her Department’s annual report and accounts for 2026/27 will be published.(30586)

1690Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026 to question 23184 on NHS: Palantir, whether she has undertaken analysis of potential negative impacts of removing Palantir from the Federated Data Platform programme.(33419)

1691Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026 to question 29230 on Hinchingbrooke Hospital, what the conditions are requiring completion in order to be eligible for final approval.(33023)

1692Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made towards achieving the target of 92% of patients undergoing treatment within 18 weeks by the end of this Parliament.(33420)

1693Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition plans to undertake an assessment of iodine deficiencies in the UK before the end of this year.(30437)

1694Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure continuity of care for transgender patients receiving treatment from Gender Identity Services when they change GP or move out of area.(32870)

1695Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve communication and information sharing between Gender Identity Services and GPs on patients under their care to help ensure that GPs have the information needed to provide appropriate ongoing care.(32047)

1696Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of levels of staffing and capacity to deal with workload at the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby.(33272)

1697Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of self collected vaginal swabs in NHS cervical screening, and what steps he is taking to ensure that patients who are not able to undertake self sampling continue to have access to clinician led screening.(32871)

1698Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of NHS prescribing guidance on access to lidocaine plasters on patients with chronic neuropathic pain who have previously experienced clinical benefit from that treatment.(33273)

1699Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department provides to NHS commissioners and home oxygen suppliers on determining appropriate oxygen cylinder provision for patients with cluster headaches; and what steps he is taking to ensure that reductions in prescribed oxygen supply are based on individual clinical need.(31652)

1700Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of NHS specialist pathways for patients with cluster headaches; and what steps he is taking to improve access to clinicians with appropriate expertise, including where patients require specialist treatment outside their local area.(30417)

1701Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to make further regulations under the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026 to recognise significant experience of working as a doctor in the NHS as a priority criterion for medical specialty training recruitment in 2027.(30838)

1702Dr Simon Opher (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to develop a child health workforce action plan (a) in or (b) following the publication of the NHS Workforce Plan.(32969)

1703Dr Simon Opher (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed change of ownership of Spire Healthcare on the contractual and regulatory protections applying to NHS services provided by the company.(32131)

1704Dr Simon Opher (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed acquisition of Spire Healthcare on NHS services provided by that company.(30938)

1705Tristan Osborne (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for women with endometriosis, adenomyosis, fibroids and other complex reproductive health conditions; and what her Department is taking to ensure that women with complex conditions can access appropriate specialist and multidisciplinary services rather than relying solely on general gynaecology pathways.(33507)

1706Tristan Osborne (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to establish clear milestones and accountability for improving radiotherapy services under the National Cancer Plan.(31075)

1707Manuela Perteghella (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu) available on the NHS to patients with strongly HER2-positive rare cancers, including metastatic salivary gland cancers, where clinicians consider that the treatment could provide significant clinical benefit; and what steps she is taking to ensure that patients with rare cancers have adequate access to targeted treatments, irrespective of the site of origin of their cancer.(31819)

1708Dr Peter Prinsley (Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve the accuracy and granularity of data on suicide among healthcare workers; and if she will convene relevant bodies to consider linking data from the Office for National Statistics, the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health, coroners’ reports, Prevention of Future Death reports and Fatal Accident Inquiries.(32646)

1709Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of GP practices in (i) Telford & Wrekin and (ii) Shropshire to meet demand for primary care as a result of new housing developments within existing and emerging local plans.(32800)

1710Richard Quigley (Isle of Wight West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made, including under the Government's arrangements for managing strategic suppliers to health and other oversight arrangements, of the potential impact of the proposed acquisition of Spire Healthcare, including its financing and ownership structure, on the financial resilience of Spire Healthcare and continuity of the NHS services it provides.(31027)

1711Richard Quigley (Isle of Wight West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an assessment has been made of the pro forma financial position of Spire Healthcare following the proposed acquisition, including its leverage, liquidity, debt-service obligations, covenant headroom and future refinancing requirements, in the context of its NHS-funded provision; and whether it has conducted stress testing of that position against adverse financial scenarios to assess any potential risks to service continuity, investment capacity and patient care.(31835)

1712Richard Quigley (Isle of Wight West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the proposed transfer of Spire Healthcare's hospital properties to a separate property-holding company, and associated lease and financing arrangements, on its continuity of NHS services; and what safeguards have been identified as necessary in relation to such arrangements.(31028)

1713Jack Rankin (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question HL1306, when NHS England plans to publish the updated Renal Service Specification.(32739)

1714Jack Rankin (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms NHS England will use to hold commissioned renal providers accountable for delivering its ambition for at least 20 per cent of dialysis patients to receive treatment at home; and whether provider-level performance against that ambition will be published annually.(32323)

1715Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS funding for palliative and end-of-life care in England; and whether he plans to take steps to reduce the reliance of hospice and palliative care providers on charitable funding.(33165)

1716Joe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he considered allowing GP practices to participate in the MenB vaccination catch-up programme alongside community pharmacies.(33125)

1717Joe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to enable GP practices to deliver MenB catch-up vaccination in the future, particularly practices serving populations at increased risk, such as those caring for large numbers of young people or university students.(32281)

1718Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to improve access to speech and language therapy in a) England and b) Romford constituency.(31573)

1719Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that there is greater public awareness regarding out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.(31172)

1720Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve patient safeguarding procedures.(31174)

1721Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce instances of abuse of vulnerable patients.(32374)

1722Anna Sabine (Frome and East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department issues to health and social care professionals on conducting decision-specific Mental Capacity Act 2005 assessments for young people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, particularly at the transition to adulthood.(31103)

1723Anna Sabine (Frome and East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure integrated care boards commission services are consistent with the UK Clinical Guidelines for Alcohol Treatment published in November 2025, particularly regarding prenatal alcohol exposure and FASD.(31904)

1724Anna Sabine (Frome and East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is provided to health, education and social care professionals to distinguish presentations of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder from trauma or behavioural difficulties, to reduce the risk of misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis.(31104)

1725Anna Sabine (Frome and East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £3.4 billion Public Health Grant ring-fenced for drug and alcohol treatment over 2026-27 has been commissioned for prenatal alcohol exposure and FASD services in each local authority area; and what assessment she has made of reports that specialist voluntary sector organisations are unable to access this funding.(33142)

1726Anna Sabine (Frome and East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to prioritise implementation of the National Cancer Plan in Frome and East Somerset.(32712)

1727Dr Roz Savage (South Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in South Cotswolds.(32340)

1728Michelle Scrogham (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of creating a single point of contact for mental health support for postpartum individuals.(32545)

1729Michelle Scrogham (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the creation of a register of postpartum individuals, to allow for early detection and intervention of postpartum mental illnesses.(31749)

1730Michelle Scrogham (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department plans to publish consultations on (a) healthier food sales targets and (b) mandatory reporting requirements for the food and drinks industry.(32976)

1731Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for initial outpatient gynaecology appointments.(30630)

1732Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department has issued on the use of telephone appointments for initial gynaecology consultations.(33455)

1733Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department intends to publish the outcome of the Reforming the General Medical Council legislative framework consultation.[R] (31464)

1734Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of inactivity, defined as less than 30 minutes activity per day, on the mental health of 11 to 16 year olds in England.(31465)

1735Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of eligible individuals who have undertaken an NHS Health Check in (a) 2024, (b) 2025 and (c) 2026 to date.(30640)

1736Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of years spent with and without disability at age 65 for (a) men and (b) women by local authority area in England.(31848)

1737Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of staff at her Department work from home more than 2 days per week.(31045)

1738Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions her department has had on building (a) surgical and (b) medical readiness within the NHS as part of plans for improving national resilience, including mass casualty response.[R] (31849)

1739Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what performance data her department holds for NHS Talking Therapies, for anxiety and depression services covering the years 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26 in respect of (a) the total number of referrals per month; (b) the total number of patients on the waiting list per month; (c) the average waiting time from referral to assessment appointment; (d) the average waiting time between assessment appointment and initiation of treatment.(33085)

1740Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what performance data her department holds for Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder services covering the years 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26 in respect of (a) the total number of referrals per month; (b) the total number of patients on the waiting list per month; (c) the average waiting time from referral to assessment appointment; (d) the average waiting time between assessment appointment and initiation of treatment.(33475)

1741Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what performance data her department holds for Early Intervention of Psychosis services covering the years 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26 in respect of (a) the total number of referrals per month; (b) the total number of patients on the waiting list per month; (c) the average waiting time from referral to assessment appointment; (d) the average waiting time between assessment appointment and initiation of treatment.(30641)

1742Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department provides to Integrated Care Boards on commissioning dental services for children with complex learning disabilities; and whether she plans to mandate minimum service standards for this cohort.(31366)

1743Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department has issued to fertility clinics on providing information to prospective same-sex parents concerning the legal status and parental rights of non-biological parents.(31368)

1744Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in the North West have waited more than 18 months for NHS treatment in each month since July 2024; and what assessment she has made of the reasons for those delays.(31370)

1745Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the cost to the NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB of agency staffing since July 2024.(32566)

1746Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department spent on translation services in each of the last five financial years.(33385)

1747Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the number of dental appointments in Fylde constituency; and what has been the change in the number of available appointments since July 2024 to the period for which the latest data is available.(31372)

1748Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she expects to appoint a Maternity and Neonatal Commissioner.(32989)

1749Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she will bring forward the publication of the National Maternity and Neonatal Action Plan from December 2026, in the context of the findings of recent maternity investigations and reviews.(32157)

1750Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the consistency of bereavement support provided to families following stillbirth, neonatal death or pregnancy loss across England.(30551)

1751Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish the Government's response to the recommendations of the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation led by Baroness Amos, published on 30 June 2026.(31761)

1752Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the abolition of the Health Services Safety Investigation Branch on the level of maternity safety.(30958)

1753Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional midwives have been recruited since July 2024; and how many further midwives the Government expects to recruit during the remainder of this Parliament.(31762)

1754Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK’s first maternity and neonatal commissioner to be appointed, published on 30 June 2026, how the additional funding to tackle urgent safety risks in maternity and neonatal units will be allocated between NHS trusts.(30959)

1755Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Question 15645, when he expects the initial wave of Modern Service Frameworks to be completed; and what the National Quality Board’s timeline is for determining conditions to prioritise for new Modern Service Frameworks.(32210)

1756Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department has taken to develop and publish a national implementation plan for the full rollout of Fracture Liaison Services across England by 2030.(33041)

1757Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her department will publish the results of its review of Tommy’s Graded Model of Miscarriage Care, and whether she has identified a potential timeline for its implementation.(31812)

1758Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made on giving community pharmacists the ability to amend prescriptions in response to medicines shortages.(31003)

1759Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 18 July 2025 to Question 65769, when her Department will publish its study on the causal association between alcohol marketing and related attitudes and consumption.(33042)

1760Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to respond to the Stroke Association's report entitled Unlocking Potential: A Bold Vision for Stroke Care in England.(32211)

1761Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the funding required to enable the (a) employment and (b) implementation of the 4,500 additional medical speciality training places announced in June 2026.(33433)

1762Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the potential cost of uprating the social care capital limit in line with CPI since 2010/11.(31431)

1763Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to uprate the social care capital limit for 2027-28.(32622)

1764Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has been made of the potential benefits of the NHS AI programme over the next decade; on what evidence it is based; and if she will publish the underlying analysis.(33321)

1765Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS trusts received funding from the AI Diagnostic Fund; how many of the funded tools are in routine clinical use; and what evaluation of clinical outcomes has been undertaken.(30467)

1766Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of chest X-rays in England were reported with AI assistance in the latest quarter; and what NICE's recommendation is on the use of AI-assisted chest X-ray interpretation outside research settings.(30882)

1767Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the EDITH trial of AI in breast screening will report; and whether national procurement of AI screening tools will await its results.(31693)

1768Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of potential levels of the exposure of NHS systems holding patient data to the harvest-now-decrypt-later risk; and what the confidentiality lifetime of that data is assumed to be.(30886)

1769Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the governance structure of the Health Data Research Service is; whether it will operate a federated or centralised data model; and when it will first provide data access to researchers.(32929)

1770Hannah Spencer (Gorton and Denton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure neighbourhood health plans in Gorton and Denton consider the needs of people living with a) Huntington's disease and b) other rare, neurological conditions.(31960)

1771Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an estimate of how many ambulances are equipped with navigation systems that show live traffic information.(33580)

1772Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the reasons are for the time taken for Act-O-Vial hydrocortisone to be licensed for use in the UK.(30728)

1773Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions her Department has had with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regarding the licensing of Act-O-Vial hydrocortisone.(32332)

1774Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that patients with adrenal insufficiency, including children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia, have access to rapid emergency hydrocortisone treatment in the event of an adrenal crisis.(31146)

1775Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the unavailability of Act-O-Vial hydrocortisone in the UK on patient safety.(31939)

1776Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions her Department has had with patient organisations, including the Addison's Disease Self Help Group, on improving emergency treatment options for people with adrenal insufficiency.(31147)

1777Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings, calls and correspondence have taken place since 18 September 2026 between Palantir Technologies UK, including Lord Watson, Ministers and senior officials in DHSC and NHS England.(31148)

1778Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards are in place to prevent improper access or influence over Government decision-making by representatives of Palantir Technologies UK.(32746)

1779Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of British Sign Language interpreters in Accident and Emergency departments.(33171)

1780Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that Deaf patients who use BSL can access timely and effective communication support when receiving emergency care.(33582)

1781Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the implementation of Trauma-Informed Approaches across NHS mental health services.(33583)

1782Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of child-friendly formulations of medicines used to treat tuberculosis for children in England and Wales.(31941)

1783Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are currently registered with a Special Allocation Scheme in England.(32334)

1784Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients currently registered with a Special Allocation Scheme have remained on the scheme for (i) more than one year, (ii) more than three years and (iii) more than five years.(32335)

1785Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what arrangements are in place for ICBs to monitor Special Allocation Scheme providers and review whether individual patients continue to meet the criteria for inclusion on the scheme.(32748)

1786Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints and safeguarding concerns relating to patients registered with Special Allocation Schemes have been recorded in the last five years.(32749)

1787Will Stone (Swindon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to expand access to NHS dentistry in Swindon.(32134)

1788Will Stone (Swindon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will look to open an emergency dental care unit in Swindon as the largest urban centre in Wiltshire.(32135)

1789David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve data sharing between GP practices and Integrated Care Boards to support the early identification of risks to patient safety and access to care.(31139)

1790David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what barriers have been identified to effective data sharing between primary care providers and Integrated Care Boards; and what steps her Department is taking to address them.(31932)

1791David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the department has made of the potential implications of Pelvic Radiation Disease on people who have received cancer treatment.(31548)

1792David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what treatments are available on the NHS for people suffering from Pelvic Radiation Disease.(32327)

1793David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has plans to introduce routine screening for Pelvic Radiation Disease symptoms following pelvic radiotherapy.(30724)

1794Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the means to improve diagnosis and treatment of brain cancer.(31111)

1795Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve innovation and technology for brain cancer treatment.(33149)

1796Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the potential merits of appointing a brain cancer lead in her Department.(30701)

1797Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support carers who take care of people with rare cancers.(32304)

1798Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2026 to UIN 10804, when the UK National Screening Committee will next review the evidence for whether screening for Group B Streptococcus should be routinely offered during pregnancy.(33151)

1799Martin Vickers (Brigg and Immingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the ongoing restructuring of Integrated Care Boards on commissioned pathways for the early detection of liver disease.(31186)

1800Martin Vickers (Brigg and Immingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will provide a breakdown by Integrated Care Board of the proportion of patients presenting with liver disease at a late stage.(32385)

1801Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made in enabling the approval of medicines developed without animal testing.(32224)

1802Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding will be available to Integrated Care Boards to commission women's health services through Women's Integrated Neighbourhood Services; and whether her Department will monitor local expenditure on women's health services.(32952)

1803Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) NHS England workforce reductions and (b) the transfer of its functions to the Department on the clinical expertise and capacity required to deliver women's health services, including the development of Women's Integrated Neighbourhood Services.(32510)

1804James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage increase in dental training places is planned for each year of this Parliament.(30482)

1805James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of inspections of NHS hospitals by the Care Quality Commission were (a) announced and (b) unannounced in each of the last three years.(31305)

1806Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of adding carcinogenic warnings to the packaging of processed meats, such as ham and bacon.(32909)

1807Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS guidance entitled 2027 NHS carbon reduction plan requirements for the procurement of NHS goods, services and works, published on 9 June 2026, whether NHS England carried out a formal impact assessment, including an assessment of the costs, benefits and risks to suppliers, and the impact on NHS supply chain resilience.(30380)

1808Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 17087 on NHS: Political Activities, if she will place the new guidance on political activity in the Library.(31203)

1809Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 21074 on DHSC: Equality, whether there is any monitoring by (a) her Department or (b) Cabinet Office on whether her Department’s civil service s arm’s length bodies have complied with the Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Guidance.(31204)

1810Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 20961 on DHSC: Leeds, whether there has been any change to how the Leeds regional office operates following its designation as DHSC North.(32397)

1811Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has operational fax machines or faxing facilities.(32009)

1812Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of NHS England's 2027 NHS carbon reduction plan requirements for the procurement of NHS goods, services and works on UK-based (a) jobs and (b) investment.(31223)

1813Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the current policy of (a) her Department and (b) NHS England on delivering net zero via NHS procurement, and how this policy has changed as a result of the Prime Minister’s social value announcement in August 2026 and the associated publication by the Cabinet Office of guidance PPN 026: The Social Value Model.(31224)

1814Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions her Department has had with the Cabinet Office on (a) the top 10 UK healthcare suppliers with high growth potential and (b) the top three non-fiscal blockers to growing UK inward investment from healthcare suppliers.(32838)

1815Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2026, to Question 27169, on Flour: Folic Acid, whether there are plans for a post-evaluation assessment of the Bread and Flour (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024 in relation to the addition of synthetic folic acid to non-wholemeal flour.(32419)

1816Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2026, to Question 16699, on Folic Acid, what assessment has been made since 2017 of the risks of sustained high doses of folic acid in relation to including (a) exacerbation of low vitamin B12 status, (b) prostate, breast, colorectal and overall cancer risk and (c) the long-term effects of unmetabolized folic acid in the body; and for what reason foetal death rates was not a health outcome previously considered by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition.(32843)

1817Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2026, to Question 107567, on NHS England: Costs, what is the most recent estimate for the net reduction in Department and NHS England staff that will be required; and how many employees have left to date under (a) voluntary and (b) compulsory terms.(32847)

1818Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026, to Question 28805, whether revised procurement policy from the Cabinet Office will require changes to the NHS England Net Zero Supplier Roadmap on net zero and climate change regulatory requirements on NHS suppliers.(32424)

1819Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026, to Question 28804, on Department of Health and Social Care: Pay and Workplace Pensions, whether her policy intention is that staff in her department transferred from NHS England should not be entitled to contractual pay progression, or whether Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment (TUPE) provisions would apply for transferred staff.(32426)

1820Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026, to Question 28804, on Department of Health and Social Care: Pay and Workplace Pensions, and to the answer of 8 July 2026, to Question 15245, on Department of Health and Social Care: Secondment, whether any departmental staff are currently on (a) contractual pay progression and (b) the NHS pension scheme, under (i) TUPE arrangements or (ii) secondments.(32033)

1821Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme appeals.(33046)

1822Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information the department holds on the average waiting time between an appeal being lodged and the appeal being determined under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme in each of the last five years.(32216)

1823Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many appeals under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme had been awaiting determination for more than (a) six months, (b) 12 months, (c) 18 months and (d) 24 months as of the 1st of September 2026.(31815)

1824Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many appeals against decisions made under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme were awaiting determination by the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal as of 1 September 2026.(31008)

1825Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what workforce plan is currently in operation for the NHS in England.(33047)

1826Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan for England published in June 2023 is still in operation.(32217)

1827Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of whether existing NHS workforce plans for England plans are sufficient to meet the objectives set out in the 10 Year Plan for England published in July 2025.(32623)

1828Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department has asked NHS England to review its use of the term "signed up" in reporting uptake of the Federated Data Platform, in circumstances where NHS organisations described as signed up are not actively using the platform.(33437)

1829Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England’s web publication NHS Federated Data Platform uptake and benefits, whether NHS England will publish uptake statistics that distinguish between hospitals that are (a) signed up but not actively using an FDP product, (b) actively using one FDP product and (c) actively using two or more FDP products.(31434)

1830Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in Newton Abbot.(32218)

1831Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of time required to port the Federated Data Platform from Palantir to another supplier.(31436)

1832Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the costs for the NHS Federated Data Platform will be after 7 years of the contract with Palantir.(32219)

1833Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are additional costs for the NHS FDP programme if the NHS increases the amount of data (a) processed and (b) stored.(33049)

1834Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 23 March 2026 to Question 121056 on General Practitioners: Contracts, by what date her Department plans to implement a revised Carr-Hill funding formula for general practice.(31437)

1835Steve Yemm (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what due diligence her Department undertakes to review and assess the suitability of surrogacy agencies before they are added to, or linked from, the Government webpage providing information on surrogacy.(33080)

1836Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the diplomatic apparatus is being restructured to match the strategic framework set out in the National Security Strategy 2025.(33300)

1837Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether multilateral engagement strategies have changed following the publication of the National Security Strategy 2025.(31673)

1838Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 14 of the National Security Strategy, published 24 June 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of eroding rules-based international frameworks on the implementation of the National Security Strategy.(32072)

1839Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 26920 on Notice to Importers: imports from Israel into the United Kingdom, what estimate his Department has made of the number of illegal settlement expansions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 22 August 2025.(32394)

1840Victoria Collins (Harpenden and Berkhamsted): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to prioritise covering UK promotion of Freedom of religion or belief in any upcoming Human Rights and Democracy report.(32250)

1841Victoria Collins (Harpenden and Berkhamsted): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to address the additional vulnerabilities of women and girls from religion or belief minority communities who face rights violations for both their faith or belief and their gender overseas.(32662)

1842John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the average percentage attendance rate was of assigned British Council staff at Bridgewater House, 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.(33593)

1843Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact on the security of UK citizens and their families of the Houthis in Yemen.(32460)

1844Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with his Chinese counterparts on ensuring that cyanide exports do not contribute to the illicit gold trade.(32462)

1845Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help protect Sudan’s October 2026 to January 2027 harvest, including by securing safe access to farmland and markets and protecting civilian infrastructure essential to food production and distribution.(32464)

1846Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the British Embassy in China has had discussions with their Chinese counterparts on the case of Wang Wang and the issue of animal welfare.(31955)

1847Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Pakistani counterpart on the imprisonment of Imran Khan.(32759)

1848Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to WPQ 28039 answered on 15 September 2026 about Chagos Islands Sovereignty and the Statement of the Prime Minister on 22 September 2026, when will [a] he, [b] his ministers and [c] his officials next meet with the US Government to discuss the the Chagos Treaty.(32083)

1849Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to WPQ 28039 answered on 15 September 2026 about Chagos Islands Sovereignty and the Statement of the Prime Minister on 22 September 2026, if [a] he, [b] his ministers and [c] his officials will raise the issue of the UK Government's costs arising from the Chagos Treaty during their next meeting with US Government counterparts.(30458)

1850Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much their Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(31737)

1851Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Türkiye regarding the detention and legal proceedings against LGBTQ+ activists, human rights defenders and civil society representatives since 13 September 2026.(33495)

1852Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department has sought from the Government of Türkiye about the legal status, whereabouts and access to lawyers, medical care and family members of people detained during recent operations against LGBTQ+ organisations and activists.(33102)

1853Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the British Embassy in Ankara is taking to engage with LGBTQ+ and HIV organisations and monitor court proceedings arising from recent operations.(33496)

1854Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with Türkiye’s other NATO allies about a coordinated response to restrictions on LGBTQ+ civic space in Türkiye, including practical support for affected LGBTQ+ and HIV organisations.(31872)

1855Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he intends to take, in cooperation with multilateral organisations including the Council of Europe, to convene and lead an international coalition in response to the reported crackdown on LGBTQ+ and HIV organisations in Türkiye.(31067)

1856Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the blocking of websites and social media accounts belonging to LGBTQ+ organisations, human rights defenders and independent media outlets in Türkiye on freedom of expression and association.(31873)

1857Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the use of pre-trial detention against LGBTQ+ activists and human rights defenders in Türkiye following the operations of 12 and 13 September 2026.(32264)

1858Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to document alleged violations of the human rights of LGBTQ+ activists and human rights defenders arising from the recent operations in Türkiye.(30661)

1859Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether British diplomatic officials have attended or sought permission to attend court hearings arising from the recent detention of LGBTQ+ activists and civil society representatives in Türkiye.(32265)

1860Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of reports that electronic devices and other material were seized from LGBTQ+ organisations during recent police raids in Türkiye.(31480)

1861Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any UK-funded programmes and organisations in Türkiye have been affected by the recent restrictions on LGBTQ+ civil society organisations.(32674)

1862Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the recent operations on the provision of HIV prevention, testing, treatment and support services in Türkiye.(31481)

1863Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has raised the recent operations against LGBTQ+ organisations in Türkiye with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and the Commissioner for Human Rights.(32266)

1864Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the European Union and other European partners on the potential implications of the recent operations in Türkiye for human rights and the rule of law.(33103)

1865Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government will support efforts to secure independent international observation of legal proceedings arising from the recent operations against LGBTQ+ organisations and activists in Türkiye.(31874)

1866Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what consideration he has given to targeted measures against individuals responsible for alleged serious human rights violations arising from the recent operations against LGBTQ+ organisations and activists in Türkiye.(31068)

1867Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government will consider using existing human rights sanctions mechanisms in response to credible evidence of alleged serious human rights violations arising from the recent operations in Türkiye.(31875)

1868Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of the recent operations against LGBTQ+ organisations and human rights defenders in Türkiye for the UK's stated commitment to human rights, democratic values and the rule of law in its bilateral relationship with Türkiye.(31069)

1869Simon Hoare (North Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will set out the UK's diplomatic presence in Syria.(30425)

1870Simon Hoare (North Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department intends to appoint a fully accredited UK Ambassador to Damascus.(32875)

1871Patrick Hurley (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of reductions in development assistance to Nepal on (a) levels of poverty, (b) humanitarian support and (c) the UK's bilateral relationship with Nepal; and if he will reconsider those reductions in light of Nepal's longstanding contribution to the British Armed Forces through the service of Gurkha soldiers.(32554)

1872Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent in Colombia annually in the last five years, broken down by different types of aid.(32504)

1873Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department has taken to help ensure the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon since signing the Memorandum of Understanding with the Internal Security Forces.(31720)

1874Ben Lake (Ceredigion Preseli): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Moroccan counterpart on Saharawi prisoners linked to the Gdeim Izik protest camp in Western Sahara and detained in Morocco.(32887)

1875Ben Lake (Ceredigion Preseli): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the consideration of the Moroccan Autonomy Proposal, if he will note the potential merits of the proposal addressing the principle of self-determination including the option of independence.(30859)

1876Chris Law (Dundee Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the (a) South African and (b) the Zimbabwean authorities regarding the death of Kudzai Weston Saruwaka on 7 February 2026.(32860)

1877Chris Law (Dundee Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of transnational repression of Zimbabwean political activists.(32435)

1878Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the independent international fact-finding mission for the Sudan's report entitled Fuelling Sudan’s conflict: weapons, fighters and external support networks, published on 1 September 2026, if his Department will review arms licences to countries named in the report (Chad, Colombia, Ethiopia, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan, Panama and the United Arab Emirates).(32707)

1879Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations his Department is making to (a) the Sudanese Armed Forces, (b) Rapid Support Forces officials, and (c) international counterparts, to (i) strengthen the protection of civilians in Sudan and (ii) ensure that civilian targets such as schools, hospitals and displacement sites are not targeted in drone strikes.(33138)

1880John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the United Kingdom has received any Iraqi or Kurdish requests for legal assistance to trace corruption proceeds since 2020.(31567)

1881James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the FCDO annual review of the FSDA - Financial Sector Deepening Africa Platform, reviewed on 17 October 2025, what assessment has been made of the extent to which the depreciation of the US dollar contributed to FSDAi's internal rate of return falling below its expected return, and what assessment was made of the impact of other factors on that performance.(32352)

1882James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the FCDO annual review of the FSDA - Financial Sector Deepening Africa Platform, reviewed on 17 October 2025, what assessment he has made of the assumptions underpinning FSDAi's expected net internal rate of return of zero per cent, including the extent to which anticipated currency movements were reflected in that expectation.(30745)

1883James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the FCDO press release entitled “Minister for Overseas Territories statement on the Falkland Islands: 18 September”, published on 18 September 2026, what discussions he has had with the Government of Argentina on businesses and people supplying goods and services to the Falkland Islands.(32762)

1884James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the FCDO press release entitled “Minister for Overseas Territories statement on the Falkland Islands: 18 September”, published on 18 September 2026, what discussions he has had with international counterparts on businesses and individuals doing business with the Falkland Islands.(32763)

1885Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support humanitarian efforts in Syria.(32610)

1886Tom Morrison (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to improve the humanitarian conditions in (a) Sudan and (b) other fragile and conflict-affected states.(33036)

1887Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what contact have a) ministers, b) parliamentary staff and c) civil servants within his department had with Feroz Khan, prior to his interview in New York City in September 2026.(32176)

1888Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when (a) he and (b) Ministerial colleagues last met with the Ambassador of Qatar.(31781)

1889Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to question 12325 on Jonathan Powell, whether he visited China in any capacity between 1 August 2024 and 8 November 2024.(33013)

1890Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, by when will he commence his review of the current deal to handover sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius.(32609)

1891Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2026 to Question 28110 on Argentina: Antarctic, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the overlap of the British Antarctic Territory and the claimed Argentine Antarctica on the level of diplomatic relations with the Government of Argentina.(33033)

1892Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) EU counterparts and (b) the European Commission on exempting UK citizens from European Travel Information and Authorisation System requirements.(33543)

1893Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help secure (a) humanitarian access to Oleshky, Ukraine and (b) the safe evacuation of civilians from Oleshky.(31184)

1894Andrew Ranger (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Government of Pakistan on the imprisonment of Imran Khan.(32544)

1895Ms Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UN Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran, published on 17 September 2026, what practical steps the Government plans to take in response, beyond what has been established by the EU and allies' joint statement.(32869)

1896Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his department has made of the potential impact of changes to levels of overseas development assistance on the (a) treatment and (b) elimination of neglected tropical diseases.(33040)

1897Alison Taylor (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make representations to his G20 counterparts for the abolition of the death penalty in member countries; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of proposing a ban on the death penalty at the forthcoming UK G20 summit.(32618)

1898Alison Taylor (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will include the use of the death penalty by member countries on the formal agenda for the forthcoming UK G20 summit.(32619)

1899Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on helping to ensure that prisoners repatriated to their country of origin will serve out their entire sentence.(31944)

1900Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with US counterparts on jurisdiction for the prosecution of members of the US armed forces who commit crimes on British soil.(32146)

1901Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he is having with his counterparts in China regarding the imprisonment of the Tiananmen Square anniversary vigil organisers.(32454)

1902Sir John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government will allow the General Trade Licence for the maritime transportation of Russian liquefied natural gas to expire on 1 January 2027 without extension or replacement; and if he will commit to not introducing further licences or exemptions permitting UK firms to provide insurance, financial or other maritime services connected with Russian LNG after that date.(32781)

1903Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Afghanistan in relation to the treatment of religious communities by the Taliban.(31988)

1904Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has had discussions with Jonathan Powell on to the decision to levy sanctions on Israel.(32823)

1905Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026 to Question 27047 on Erasmus+ programme, what the British Council’s estimate is of the number of (a) inbound and (b) outbound Erasmus+ mobilities in its first year; and what proportion of each will be students (i) at school, (ii) in further education and (iii) at university.(31216)

1906Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to Question 20606, on British Council: Erasmus+ programme, what the British Council's estimated (a) publicity and marketing and (b) administrative spending is on Erasmus+; and what the value was of the financial contribution from the European Commission.(32408)

1907Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 19358, on Climate Change: Compensation, what information his Department holds on attempts to use the International Court of Justice to litigate for reparations relating to historic issues from previous centuries.(33245)

1908Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Khan Khan has been renumerated by his Department for his promotion of the Government since July 2024 (a) directly and (b) via a creative agency.(30818)

1909Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 20972 on Overseas Development Institute, what programmes ODI was (a) contracted and (b) funded to provide since July 2024.(31631)

1910Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20580 on Erasmus+ Programme, whether the British Council (a) has published and (b) plans to publish guidance on EU publicity requirements.(30819)

1911Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2026, to Question 20614, on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what criteria are used when assessing submissions on a case by case basis; and whether representations from extremist organisations may be taken into account.(32841)

1912Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has received representations from (a) the African Union and (b) Caricom on the payment of reparations by the United Kingdom; and whether his Department has a policy on that issue.(33251)

1913Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026, to Question 26568, on European IDAHOT+ Forum: Finance, in what way do voluntary groups apply for funding; whether there is a prospectus; and if he will list the existing implementing partners who will be the key beneficiaries.(31232)

1914Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20608, and further to the answer of 8 April 2025, on Question 43485, on FCDO: Flags, whether any other flags were displayed on internal flagpoles, other than the UK national flags or Ukraine flag, in that period, without being flown from a publicly visible, external flagpole.(31233)

1915Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20609, and further to the answer of 8 April 2025, on Question 43485, on FCDO: Flags, whether the Department still holds the Bisexual flag.(30402)

1916Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20615, and of 25 November 2025, to Question 91402, on 1 Carlton Gardens: Repairs and Maintenance, if he will place in the Library the Facilities Management Contract that covers 1 Carlton Gardens.(32031)

1917Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 19875, on Chagos Islands: Corruption, if he will place the (a) Equality Impact Assessment and (b) Environmental Principles Assessment for the Chagos Islands Treaty in the Library.(32848)

1918Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20586, on China: Development Aid, whether the Chinese Government are aware of each of the project and programmes that the UK Government is funding in China in 2025-26.(32032)

1919Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any foreign agreements have been agreed with Mauritius, other than the Chagos Treaty, since July 2024.(30823)

1920Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20784, on Depo Akande, if he will confirm whether or not Mr Akande made a declaration of political activity.(31634)

1921Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20601, on FCDO: Sexual Offences, in which countries do the 12 FCDO staff dismissals for sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, relate to.(30824)

1922Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20772, on Sanctuary Counsel, if he will publish the contract between his Department and Sanctuary Counsel; and whether it was for public affairs work.(31635)

1923Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20587, on USA: Expenditure, if he will itemise these programmes.(33257)

1924Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20592, on Procurement: Fraud, whether any of his Department's employees have been disciplined, and whether there has been any police investigation.(32849)

1925Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026, to Question 26567, on FCDO: Taxation, what is the timetable for his Department to conclude the IR35 irregularities matter with HMRC.(33258)

1926Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20637 on Inter Mediate: Contracts, what was the total finding provided to Inter Mediate since July 2024.(32429)

1927Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 20 July 2026, to Question 16915, on Sanctuary Counsel, and of 18 September 2026, to Question 28764, on Inter Mediate: Contracts whether any of the payments made to Sanctuary Counsel have been published on gov.uk since 2024.(31236)

1928Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the Bank of England press release, Tripartite Commission holdings of Nazi Gold at the Bank of England, published on 8 May 1997, whether all of the United Kingdom’s Nazi gold holdings have been disposed of.(32039)

1929Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Public Service Pensions Remedy (McCloud remedy) on police officers who are transitioning between the 1987 Police Pension Scheme and the 2015 Career Average Revalued Earnings scheme; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that such officers are not subject to financial penalties when retiring at their originally expected retirement point.(33521)

1930Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued to police pension scheme administrators on the provision of retirement benefit projections to officers affected by the McCloud remedy; and whether she plans to introduce minimum standards to ensure officers can make informed retirement decisions.(30679)

1931Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has instructed police forces or their pension administrators regarding support for officers impacted by the gap between legacy and reformed pension schemes; and if she will make a statement.(33522)

1932Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve police forces’ ability to tackle organised rural crime.(32247)

1933Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of measures to prevent and prosecute fly-tipping on private land in rural communities.(33079)

1934Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to protect the Jewish community from antisemitic attacks.(32905)

1935Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what specific measures are being taken to harden critical national infrastructure against sub-threshold attacks.(33302)

1936Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of levels of foreign operations targeting domestic academic institutions.(32901)

1937Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how local resilience forums are being resourced to meet the expanded threat profile.(32471)

1938Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to counter the weaponisation of illegal migration networks by hostile states.(30866)

1939Rachel Blake (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle threats and actions by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the UK against the national interest; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of IRGC-related activities on the level of safety and security of Iranian diaspora communities in Cities of London and Westminster constituency.(33529)

1940Phil Brickell (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a breakdown by individual law enforcement agency of the value of assets recovered through civil recovery orders in each financial year from 2016-17 to 2025-26.(33440)

1941Phil Brickell (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the gross expenditure of the a) the National Economic Crime Centre and b) Legal operating segments at the National Crime Agency in 2025-26.(30616)

1942Liam Byrne (Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average waiting time is for evidence submitted to Digital Forensics Units to be processed; how many cases are currently awaiting processing; and how many criminal cases have been delayed as a result of backlogs.(31166)

1943David Chadwick (Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the additional barriers faced by victims of domestic abuse in rural communities compared with those in urban areas.(32711)

1944David Chadwick (Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to rural-proof her Department's policies and strategies relating to domestic abuse.(33141)

1945David Chadwick (Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to domestic abuse support services for people living in rural and isolated communities.(33541)

1946David Chadwick (Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of funding for specialist domestic abuse services operating in rural areas.(30694)

1947David Chadwick (Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the National Rural Crime Network's report entitled Captive & Controlled, published in July 2019, what assessment she has made of the finding that domestic abuse lasts, on average, 25 per cent longer in the most rural areas than in urban areas; and what steps she is taking to tackle that disparity.(33542)

1948Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of thefts of hydraulic rescue equipment from fire and rescue stations on the operational capacity of fire and rescue services; and what steps her Department is taking to address such thefts.(33086)

1949Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Version 5.0 change mandating refusal for suspended sentences of 12 months or more will apply retrospectively to convictions connected to the 2019 Hong Kong protest movement that were already disclosed to, and accepted by, her Department at the point a BNO visa was granted.(32659)

1950John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average percentage attendance rate was of assigned Home Office staff at (a) Dallas Court, Salford and (b) Soapworks and Boiler House, 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.(32755)

1951Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Devon and Cornwall Police implements the improvements required following the PEEL 2025–27 assessment; and what continuing monitoring or scrutiny is taking place.(30542)

1952Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 9 September 2026 to Question 21369 and of 22 September 2026 to Question 28809 on Asylum: Sudan, for what reasons her Department does not (a) collect and (b) publish data on the percentage of Sudanese nationals who claim asylum following a grant of entry clearance as a student who go on to claim asylum support.(32463)

1953Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statutory requirements are placed on Home Office accommodation providers to notify local planning authorities before acquiring or leasing Class C3 dwellinghouses for conversion into multi-occupancy asylum accommodation; and whether such providers are required to comply with local Article 4 Directions restricting Class C4 HMO conversions.(32439)

1954Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residential properties operate as dispersed accommodation for asylum seekers in England meet the physical definition of a HMO for which the latest data is available; and how many are located in local authority areas subject to an active Article 4 Direction for which the latest data is available.(32042)

1955Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues to police forces on managing individuals subject to both a Supervision Order and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) who breach their SHPO conditions but are legally unfit to undergo standard criminal prosecution for that breach.(32867)

1956Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements for supervising individuals who have been found by a court to have done the act in a Trial of the Facts for qualifying sexual offences, but who reside in the community under a supervision order rather than a hospital order.(33271)

1957Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure that people found during a Trial of the Facts to have committed qualifying sexual offences remain actively managed under Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements after their statutory two-year Supervision Order expires.(31650)

1958Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that Border Force have adequate vessels, personnel and capability to perform their role of intercepting and escorting illegal vessels attempting to enter the UK by water.(31954)

1959Cat Eccles (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered the potential merits of upgrading nitrous oxide to a higher drug class; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing tougher penalties for the supply and use of nitrous oxide, particularly in cases where individuals drive under its influence.(33148)

1960Damien Egan (Bristol North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of measures used to tackle antisocial behaviour in (a) Bristol and (b) South Gloucestershire.(32537)

1961Josh Fenton-Glynn (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase access to domestic abuse perpetrator programmes to reduce repeat offending.(30700)

1962Josh Fenton-Glynn (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the amount of time taken by the Crown Prosecution Service to reach charging decisions in domestic abuse cases.(31109)

1963Josh Fenton-Glynn (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the time taken for domestic abuse cases to reach a court hearing on the number of victims withdrawing support for a prosecution before trial.(31110)

1964Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been detained and questioned under counterterrorism legislation since the proscription of Palestine Action, including how many were questioned at the UK border.(33558)

1965Mr Will Forster (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made under counterterrorism legislation since the proscription of Palestine Action; and of those how many were made at the UK border.(31537)

1966Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of (a) trends in the levels of use of balaclavas and other face coverings by young people to intimidate members of the public, and (b) the potential merits of measures to address their use in such circumstances.(31679)

1967Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Skilled Worker visa salary thresholds on the retention of staff working in probation Approved Premises; and whether she plans to introduce transitional salary arrangements for those staff equivalent to those available to prison officers.(32315)

1968Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Student visa applications were decided within the published processing time in each of the last six months; and what proportion of applications made using the priority service received a decision within five working days.(33155)

1969Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of current waiting times in processing Student visa applications on students who have already incurred tuition and accommodation costs and whose courses have begun; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that applicants, including those who have paid for the priority service, receive decisions within published processing times.(33551)

1970Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Mayor of London on bringing the Knife Angel to London.(32525)

1971Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(31738)

1972Gill Furniss (Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to expand the support available to male victims of domestic violence.(33290)

1973Sarah Gibson (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Domestic Homicide Reviews commissioned before 15 September 2026 remain unpublished; and, of those, how many have been in progress for more than (a) two years and (b) three years.(33116)

1974Sarah Gibson (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Domestic Homicide Reviews were awaiting their first assessment by the Home Office Quality Assurance Board on 1 September 2026; and what the median time was between submission by a Community Safety Partnership and that first assessment in the most recent year for which figures are available.(33516)

1975Sarah Gibson (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides on the frequency of progress updates to bereaved families during Domestic Homicide Reviews commissioned before 15 September 2026; and who is responsible for providing those updates while a review is undergoing Home Office quality assurance.(32692)

1976Sarah Gibson (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on options for improving oversight of the implementation of recommendations from Domestic Homicide Reviews; and when she expects to announce the outcome of that work.(31497)

1977Carolyn Harris (Neath and Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules made on 3 September 2026 (HCWS311) (a) what data she holds and (b) what assessment she has made of the sectors other than the adult social care sector in which workers on skilled worker visas are being exploited.(31252)

1978Carolyn Harris (Neath and Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules made on 3 September 2026 (HCWS311) what plans she has to make further changes to sponsorship rules to prevent exploitation by enabling workers to escape poor treatment more easily before it escalates to the point of modern slavery.(31253)

1979Carolyn Harris (Neath and Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to the answer given to written question UIN 27191 of 9 September 2026 about modern slavery victims on skilled worker visas (a) how many employers' sponsor licences have been revoked on the grounds of exploitation of their workers and (b) how many of these revocations have been the subject of criminal investigation.(32054)

1980Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers temporarily housed in hotels are required to sign in and out when leaving and entering the premises.(30345)

1981Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers temporarily housed in hotels have absconded in each of the past five years.(31973)

1982Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of small boat crossings have travelled from Belgium in each of the past five years.(30346)

1983Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Immigration Advice Authority spent on interpreters and related translation services in (1) 2022, (2) 2023, (3) 2024 and (4) 2025.(32792)

1984Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were housed in hotel accommodation in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area on (a) 1 July 2020, (b) 1 August 2020, (c) 1 September 2020 and (d) 1 October 2020.(33493)

1985Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were housed in hotel accommodation in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area on (a) 1 July 2021, (b) 1 August 2021, (c) 1 September 2021 and (d) 1 October 2021.(30660)

1986Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were housed in hotel accommodation in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area on (a) 1 July 2022, (b) 1 August 2022, (c) 1 September 2022 and (d) 1 October 2022.(33494)

1987Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were housed in hotel accommodation in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area on (a) 1 July 2023, (b) 1 August 2023, (c) 1 September 2023 and (d) 1 October 2023.(31870)

1988Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were housed in hotel accommodation in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area on (a) 1 July 2024, (b) 1 August 2024, (c) 1 September 2024 and (d) 1 October 2024.(31065)

1989Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were housed in hotel accommodation in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area on (a) 1 July 2025, (b) 1 August 2025, (c) 1 September 2025 and (d) 1 October 2025.(31871)

1990Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were housed in hotel accommodation in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area on (a) 1 July 2026, (b) 1 August 2026, and (c) 1 September 2026.(31066)

1991Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) the Department of Health and Social Care and (b) the Institute of Biomedical Science on the classification of Biomedical Scientists under SOC 2113 for Skilled Worker visa purposes.(30960)

1992Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of Skilled Worker visa salary thresholds on the recruitment of NHS Band 5 Biomedical Scientists; and whether she plans to review the application of those salary thresholds to NHS Band 5 Biomedical Scientist posts.(31764)

1993Jonathan Hinder (Pendle and Clitheroe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve the accuracy of domestic abuse risk assessments used by frontline police officers.(33531)

1994Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) commence and (b) revise legislation on private investigation businesses.[R] (31654)

1995Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (i) advice and (ii) guidance has been produced by the (a) Home Office and (b) Security Industry Authority on the use of private investigators.[R] (30845)

1996Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026 to Questions 19860 and 20860 on Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, whether the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme regulates foreign financial influence on UK political parties from the United States of America.(31655)

1997Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 26060 on George Cottrell, if she will publish the information on the number of George Cottrell passports under the legitimate interest legal basis in Article 6(1)(f) of UK GDPR.(32873)

1998Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from the Police Service of Northern Ireland about the costs associated with Operation Repreparation in Portadown.(33070)

1999Darren Jones (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the new Respect Orders introduced in the Crime and Policing Act 2026 on anti-social noise in the vicinity of war memorials.(30858)

2000Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to prohibit non-consensual intimate audio-recordings.(30445)

2001Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect victims of abuse relating to non-consensual intimate audio recordings from further abuse and dissemination of such recordings.(32893)

2002Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of powers available to sentence perpetrators who abuse victims through the dissemination of non-consensual intimate audio recordings.(33299)

2003Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain have been submitted through the European Community Association Agreement in each of the last five years.(32788)

2004Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain through the European Community Association Agreement have been (a) accepted, (b) rejected, and (c) remain contested since September 2025.(33194)

2005Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time has been for determination of applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain through the European Community Association Agreement from time of application to time of acceptance or rejection in each of the last five years.(30750)

2006Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil society organisations that had previously received funding through the Prevent programme were subsequently (a) refused further Prevent funding, (b) excluded from bidding for Prevent funding and (c) had funding withdrawn in each year since 2015.(31029)

2007Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent staffing level is of each directorate and unit within the Homeland Security Group.(33454)

2008Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken as a result of its call for evidence on decapods, published on 5 July 2023.(32634)

2009Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Stalking Protection Orders have been (a) applied for and (b) granted in (i) Bedfordshire, (ii) Cambridgeshire and (iii) Hertfordshire in each of the last three years.(33446)

2010Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of releasing suspects under investigation on the time taken to reach a charging decision.(33447)

2011Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many disclosures have been made under the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme in (a) Bedfordshire, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) Hertfordshire in each of the last three years.(32234)

2012Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many metal theft offences were recorded in (a) Bedfordshire, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) Hertfordshire in each of the last five years.(30624)

2013Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Auror crime intelligence platform in supporting police forces to tackle shoplifting and repeat retail offending.(31448)

2014Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support local enforcement action against the illegal use of off-road bikes and antisocial vehicle use in Bedfordshire.(31449)

2015Ms Julie Minns (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on updating refugee family reunion provisions, including expected timescales for implementation following the suspension of previous refugee family reunion routes.(31428)

2016Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the technical capacity and expertise of Strategic Authority Mayors and Police and Crime Boards to scrutinise force-level AI procurement and deployment; and what plans her Department has in place to manage the transition from Police and Crime Commissioners.(33533)

2017Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces in England and Wales have (a) an established (i) Police Ethics Board and (ii) equivalent body and (b) a Police and Crime Commissioner who has formally scrutinised that force's use of AI in the last 12 months; and whether she plans to mandate a minimum standard of ethics board coverage before the abolition of PCCs in 2028.(30685)

2018Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the Information Commissioner’s Office’s audit of police use of facial recognition technology; and how she plans to improve data protection compliance.(31093)

2019Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Prevent Standards and Compliance Unit still operating.(31515)

2020Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Prevent Standards and Compliance Unit collected any open-source observations about Prevent on social media sites since 1 May 2025.(30687)

2021Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Prevent Standards and Compliance Unit found the open source observations it describes in its 2024-25 annual report, and what criteria did it use to determine which observations to log.(32295)

2022Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential risks resulting from the Prevent Standards and Compliance Unit’s observation of (a) social media complaints about Prevent and (b) children's social media accounts.(33133)

2023Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department or agencies hold lists of people or organisations that criticise the Prevent programme.(32296)

2024Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the UK has provided to France for activity to prevent small-boat crossings in each year since 2018; and what performance information the Government receives in return for that funding.(32000)

2025Margaret Mullane (Dagenham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has taken with her French counterpart about identifying individuals responsible for knowingly putting overloaded and potentially unseaworthy vessels to sea from the French coast.(31899)

2026James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the 159,341 extensions granted under the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme between 4 February 2025 and 30 June 2026, how many grants of permission have been made under that Scheme to date, broken down by (a) initial grants of up to 18 months’ permission to stay and (b) further grants of up to 24 months’ permission to stay; and what is the latest date for which those figures are available.(33372)

2027Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the delivery timeline is of the Maritime Capability Replacement Programme.(33006)

2028Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23196 on USA: Armed Forces, by when the NPCC will have considered whether additional formal guidance for police forces is required.(32175)

2029Ben 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, how many of those returned to the countries listed were foreign national offenders.(30973)

2030Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 23296 on Asylum: Housing, what was implemented in the comprehensive assurance action plan.(31395)

2031Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2026 to question 23295 on Police: Databases, for what reason the Final Endpoint Switchover date for the Law Enforcement Data Service was re-planned to March 2027.(31396)

2032Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026 to question 27064 on Sexual Offences, what progress she has made in establishing specialist rape and sexual offence investigation teams within Cambridgeshire Constabulary.(30574)

2033Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026 to question 23291 on Home Office: Housing, for what reason the 2025 review concluded that the original aims of Bridging Accommodation and Services Project were no longer achievable.(32179)

2034Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the scope of the Citizen Assist AI crime reporting tool currently under trial by Cambridgeshire Constabulary.(32590)

2035Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the level of risk of the China General Technology Research Institute supporting Chinese Ministry of State Security espionage by using British academics to spy on British AI research.(31400)

2036Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the level of national security risk posed by over 100 UK-linked academics identified as having contributed to projects funded by the China General Technology Research Institute in support of Chinese Ministry of State Security espionage.(32181)

2037Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2026 to question 28099 on Navy, by when he plans to finalise the requirements for new vessels within the Maritime Capability Replacement Programme.(31795)

2038Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were a) arrested and b) charged following the break-in at MBR Acres in Huntingdon on 29 September 2026.(30987)

2039Neil O'Brien (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the costs of Afghan settlement schemes are included in the Home Office publication "ASY_04: Breakdown of Asylum costs and productivity".(30447)

2040Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential use of geographically targeted Emergency Alerts to assist police in cases involving missing children and vulnerable adults who are considered to be at immediate or significant risk.(30418)

2041Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK citizens are estimated to have traveled to EU countries in (a) 2023, (b) 2024, and (c) 2025.(32717)

2042Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will work with AI companies to monitor AI chatbot searches for developing home-grown chemical and biological pathogens.(31980)

2043Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve vetting of Border Force personnel.(31180)

2044Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force personnel have been removed from their positions as a result of (a) data breaches, (b) misuse of data or (c) accessing data without the necessary consent, for the last period in which this data is held.(33205)

2045Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce new provisions to allow Ukrainians fleeing the war in Ukraine since July 2026 to settle temporarily in the UK.(30765)

2046Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish data on the number of serving police officers who have died or been put on sick leave as a result of self-harm for the latest period of data availiable.(31583)

2047Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will update her Department's protective security advice to (i) UK tech company employees and (ii) executives of international tech companies domiciled in the UK.(31981)

2048Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South and Walkden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the outcome of the earned settlement consultation will be presented to Parliament for MPs to consider before it is implemented.(31989)

2049Mike Reader (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the unit cost to her Department is of processing an application for naturalisation; and what the fee charged is.(31535)

2050Mike Reader (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a reduced naturalisation fee for applicants resident in the UK for more than 20 years.(31536)

2051Mike Reader (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to her Department is of providing citizenship ceremonies.(32728)

2052Mike Reader (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much revenue was raised from naturalisation fees in each of the last three financial years.(32729)

2053Mike Reader (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to identify and counter potentially state-backed digital advertising campaigns promoting Russian citizenship and residency to people in the UK.(32730)

2054Mike Reader (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will respond to the Member for Northampton South's correspondence reference MR07710.(32731)

2055Tim Roca (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an implementation timetable for the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 has been agreed; and whether she plans to implement the Act within 24 months of Royal Assent.(30695)

2056Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many project licence applications under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were rejected between January 2026 - September 2026.(30757)

2057Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will request a new security assessment of the Provisional IRA from the security services.(33201)

2058Dr Sam Rushworth (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will publish its response to the consultation on a new legal framework for law enforcement use of biometrics and facial recognition technologies, and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing safeguards pending the introduction of any new legislation.(30605)

2059Dr Sam Rushworth (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the implementation of the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2003 on levels of theft of agricultural equipment.(31005)

2060Dr Sam Rushworth (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of fuel theft affecting rural and agricultural communities; and what steps she is taking to help reduce such theft.(31814)

2061Dr Sam Rushworth (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of trends in organised crime groups affecting rural communities since the introduction of the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act of 2023; and what steps she is taking to tackle such crime(33434)

2062Dr Sam Rushworth (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of the use of off-road bikes in criminal activity in rural areas; and what steps she is taking to support police forces in tackling unlawful use where it results in damage to agricultural land and crops.(33435)

2063David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 20231 on Students: Community Relations, what assessment has been made of whether the NUS is continuing to campaign against the Government’s Prevent programme, including its Students Not Suspects campaign.(32960)

2064David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 18194 on Anti-Muslim hostility, whether the new anti-Muslim hostility definition will be embedded in the codes of conduct and guidance given to her Department’s immigration enforcement officers.(30931)

2065David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 8998 on Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioners: Elections, when she plans to lay the secondary legislation on Police and Crime Commissioners.(31733)

2066David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20414 on Religious Buildings: Registration, what is the change in the number of certified places of worship from (a) June 2024 to (b) the most recent period for which figures are available.(30932)

2067David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 11 February 2026, to Question 110385, on Asylum: English Language, if she will make it her policy to make it mandatory for asylum seekers to learn English as a condition of (a) their residency in the United Kingdom and (b) the awarding of leave to remain.(31734)

2068Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her department has any plans to introduce revised legislation (such as to revise the Antisocial Behaviour Act 2003) on high hedges, to give neighbouring property owners greater clarity on height, spacing and when they can be said to be “harming reasonable enjoyment”.(32984)

2069Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on implementing the recommendations arising from the November 2024 joint report into the police response to stalking, following the super-complaint submitted by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust; and what assessment she has made of the extent to which police forces are now identifying and recording stalking offences correctly.(33384)

2070Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted a full bat survey in regards to proposals for an asylum camp at MOD Bicester Site A.(33312)

2071Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to prevent the international removal of a child from the UK where a family court has made an order (a) restricting and (b) prohibiting the child's removal from the jurisdiction.(30547)

2072Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the net change in the number of arrivals under the UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme, part of the UK-France Agreement.(32156)

2073Alex Sobel (Leeds Central and Headingley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for Student visa applications made outside the UK in each of the last 12 months; how many applications remain outstanding beyond the published service standard; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken for the processing of Student visas.(31665)

2074Alex Sobel (Leeds Central and Headingley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the time taken to process Student visa applications ahead of the 2026-27 academic year; and what steps she is taking to ensure applicants receive decisions before the start of their courses.(32891)

2075Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of ambulances lacking live traffic navigation systems on response times.(31937)

2076Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what variation there is between ambulance trusts in access to live traffic navigation systems, broken down by region.(31144)

2077Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of equipping all frontline ambulances with live traffic navigation systems.(31938)

2078Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to fund the roll-out of live traffic navigation systems to ambulance trusts that do not currently have them.(31145)

2079Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the correlation between the availability of live traffic data in ambulances and average response times to Category 1 and Category 2 calls.(32331)

2080David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much Official Development Assistance was spent from the Home Office budget in each of the 2024/25 and 2025/26 fiscal years; and how much of each amount was reported in the 2024 and 2025 calendar ODA statistics.(32742)

2081David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the feasibility of publishing non-sensitive inspection summaries for establishments licensed to breed animals for scientific procedures.(32328)

2082David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of police forces using e-scooters or e-bikes to tackle local anti-social behaviour and crime; and what guidance is provided to police forces on procuring tactical e-vehicles.(33572)

2083David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking with HM Treasury and the Ministry of Justice to prevent perpetrators of domestic abuse from using joint mortgages and property ownership to maintain financial control after separation.(31140)

2084Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of disbanding the Metropolitan Police’s Roads and Transport Policing Command on road safety in London.(30603)

2085Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that repatriated prisoners will serve out their full sentence in the country they have been repatriated to.(31943)

2086Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent the repatriation of prisoners sentenced for violent crimes when there is any doubt that the prisoner will serve out the remainder of their sentence.(31152)

2087Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle under-16s illegally riding e-scooters and e-bikes.(33178)

2088Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of existing legislation governing massage parlours in preventing modern slavery, human trafficking and sexual exploitation.(30918)

2089Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the powers available to local authorities to regulate and inspect massage parlours.(31723)

2090Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with local authorities and police forces on the use of massage parlours by organised criminal groups.(30500)

2091Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has assessed the extent to which differences in local licensing arrangements affect the ability of agencies to identify potential victims of modern slavery in massage parlours.(32114)

2092Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to police forces and local authorities on partnership working to identify and safeguard people being exploited in massage parlours.(32950)

2093Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on devolving additional powers to local authorities to regulate massage parlours.(32115)

2094Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent premises presented as massage parlours from being used to facilitate modern slavery, human trafficking, prostitution or money laundering.(32508)

2095Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of protections for hospitality workers who experience violence and abuse in the course of their employment.(30919)

2096Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending protections provided by the offence of assaulting a retail worker to hospitality workers in public-facing roles.(32951)

2097Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local antisocial behaviour and community safety plans address the potential impact of non-compliant retail premises on crime, antisocial behaviour and perceptions of safety on high streets.(33343)

2098Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that measures in the Government's High Street Strategy are supported by effective enforcement against retail premises that breach trading standards, tax, immigration or other regulatory requirements.(30501)

2099Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve coordination between police forces, local authorities, Trading Standards, Immigration Enforcement and HMRC in tackling persistent non-compliance by retail premises on high streets.(33344)

2100Matt Vickers (Stockton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department collects on enforcement action taken against non-compliant retail premises on high streets; and whether she plans to publish data on (a) inspections, (b) closure orders, (c) seizures and (d) prosecutions arising from the Government's high street enforcement programme.(31319)

2101Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of section 8 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 on the ability of police forces to tackle the antisocial use of e-bikes.(33052)

2102Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect Uyghur individuals in the UK from a) refoulement and b) transnational repression.(32511)

2103Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide multi-year protective security funding for Muslim communities on a similar basis to that announced in July 2026 for Jewish communities.(31322)

2104Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with regards to the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme, if she will publish a) how many applications have been i) received, ii) approved and iii) refused, b) what the average time from application to payment is for those applications approved, and c) how much of the £40 million fund has been paid out to date.(32512)

2105Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2026 to Question 28456 on Asylum: Pakistan, whether her Department is aware of a letter template used by Pakistani men to falsely claim they are gay during the asylum process.(31752)

2106Pete Wishart (Perth and Kinross-shire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visits by Immigration Officers have taken place in each Scottish prison in each year since 2015.(31167)

2107Pete Wishart (Perth and Kinross-shire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Immigration Officers were employed in the operational arm of the Foreign National Offender Returns Command Immigration Prison Team on 2 September 2026; which prisons those officers were based in; and whether they were located (a) within the prison estate, (b) in embedded hubs and (c) in other facilities.(32369)

2108Pete Wishart (Perth and Kinross-shire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where the embedded hubs for Immigration Prison Teams are located; which prisons are included in each hub; and how many Immigration Officers are employed in each hub.(32370)

2109Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of whether there are labour shortages within the United Kingdom of (a) human resource managers and directors and (b) equality, diversity and inclusion managers.(31609)

2110Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the written statement of 3 September 2026, HCWS311, on Statement of Changes in Immigration rules, what estimate has been made of the number of foreign national students who will visit the United Kingdom a year as a consequence of the changes made on the Erasmus+ scheme.(30792)

2111Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action her Department has taken in relation to check-off since July 2024; and what form of check-off currently operates.(31610)

2112Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have made an assessment of the potential merits of providing police forces with direct access to HMRC's tobacco Track and Trace application to enable officers to verify in real time whether tobacco products are (i) illicit and (ii) counterfeit.(32012)

2113Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21008 on Civil Service: Recruitment, for what reason the requested information on a civil service recruitment campaign relates to protective security at specific sites.(32025)

2114Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on whether trade union facility time counts as qualifying work under visa rules.(30828)

2115Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place China on the foreign interference registration scheme enhanced tier in the context of the M15 Security Service Espionage Alert on the China General Technology Research Institute of 30 September 2026.(31643)

2116Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the funding for Bedfordshire Police’s pilot scheme with Palantir, Project Nectar, was ended.(33045)

2117Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the evaluation report relating to the Project Nectar pilot with Bedfordshire Police.(32215)

2118Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has assessed the Project Nectar pilot's compliance with the National Police Chiefs' Council's Covenant for Using Artificial Intelligence in Policing regarding the principle of Maximum Transparency by Default.(31433)

2119Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 16607 on the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, if the House of Commons authorities will review the ongoing use of the title Parliamentary Advisory Council for organisations which are not formally established as a (a) Parliamentary body and (b) APPG.(32107)

2120Adrian Ramsay (Waveney Valley): To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what consideration has been given to the potential merits of extending British Sign Language interpretation to parliamentary proceedings beyond Prime Minister’s Questions, including proceedings of House of Commons Committees.(31125)

2121Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20501, on Written Questions: Arms Length Bodies, and of 9 September 2026, to Question 20800, on National Gallery: Flags, whether the Leader has undertaken an assessment of whether Ministers from sponsoring department are properly answering questions through the letter relaying process outlined in the answer, and whether recent guidance has been given to departments other than the Guide to Parliamentary Work.(31237)

2122Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 21131, on Written Questions: Government Controlled Companies, what is the timetable for the update to the Guide to Parliamentary Work, in light of the recent report from the Procedure Committee.(31238)

2123Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Leader of the House, what is the provisional timetable for the introduction of the European Partnership Bill, and whether there will be pre-legislative scrutiny.(32433)

2124Luke Akehurst (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of whether the North East of England continues to lag behind other regions of the United Kingdom in the number of defence-related manufacturing and industrial jobs; and what steps his Department is taking to increase defence employment and investment in the region.(31816)

2125Luke Akehurst (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department identifies the United Kingdom's domestic capability to design and manufacture transparent armour and bullet-resistant glazing systems for military vehicles as a sovereign defence capability; and what consideration is given to maintaining UK-based production capacity when procuring protected vehicle glazing for the British Armed Forces.(31010)

2126Luke Akehurst (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what weighting is given to sovereign industrial capability, supply chain resilience and retention of specialist skills when evaluating procurement decisions involving transparent armour and vehicle protection systems.(31817)

2127Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the Ministry of Defence is aligning its force posture with ongoing geopolitical shifts.(33301)

2128Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent European and Middle Eastern conflicts on the implementation of the National Security Strategy 2025.(30451)

2129Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support military engineering units are providing to civil authorities for homeland infrastructure protection.(32902)

2130Lara Bird (Arbroath and Broughty Ferry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recent US Department of Defense findings concerning civilian casualties arising from US military operations against the Houthis in Yemen in 2025; and whether those findings have prompted any review of UK policy or operational practice in relation to future joint operations with the United States.(31961)

2131Lara Bird (Arbroath and Broughty Ferry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK officials have discussed with their US counterparts the findings that US operations against the Houthis in Yemen in 2025 caused civilian deaths and injuries.(32769)

2132Lara Bird (Arbroath and Broughty Ferry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether an assessment of civilian harm risks forms part of the decision-making process when determining whether to accept a request from the United States for UK military assistance in operations against the Houthis in Yemen.(32358)

2133Lara Bird (Arbroath and Broughty Ferry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has reviewed whether any civilian harm incidents identified by the US in their recent ‘1057’ review involved intelligence, targeting information, surveillance, refuelling, basing or other support provided by the United Kingdom.(32359)

2134Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected timeline is for the Ministry of Defence to conclude its examination of historic Armed Forces redundancy arrangements relating to Gurkha veterans discharged under Special Army Order No. 18 of 1967, and when does he expect to be in a position to make a decision on whether the qualifying service requirements for settlement should be amended for this cohort.(30780)

2135Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Gurkha veterans with fewer than four years of service have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain in the United Kingdom since 2009, and on what grounds was discretion exercised in those cases.(31600)

2136Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential humanitarian case for extending the visa fee waiver to Gurkha veterans discharged under Special Army Order No. 18 of 1967.(30781)

2137Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(30516)

2138Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out whether future defence satellites will be required to be refuelled.(31123)

2139Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish (a) his Department's strategy for major announcements and (b) a list of changes made since the Strategic Defence Review was published in 2025.(32108)

2140Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with cabinet colleagues on increasing the number of jobs for young people in the defence industry in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.(33069)

2141Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether training of military personnel using living animals is undertaken in the United Kingdom.(31098)

2142James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Storm Shadow deep-strike-capable missiles will be withdrawn from service.(32284)

2143James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Stratus deep-strike-capable missiles will enter into service.(33128)

2144James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the remaining Type 45 vessels will be withdrawn from service.(32285)

2145James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Common Combat Vessels will enter service.(32700)

2146James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Service Complaint Forms related to ill-fitting equipment supplied to women service personnel across the Armed Forces received in 2026 to date.(32287)

2147James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget has been allocated to the Complex Geometry Body Armour project; what stage the project has reached; and what the (a) earliest and (b) latest expected in-service date is.(30681)

2148James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on female-specific personal equipment in each year since 2020.(32288)

2149James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all female personnel currently deployed on operations have been issued with correctly fitting body armour and helmets.(31091)

2150James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of female recruits at each Phase 1 training establishment were issued correctly sized uniform and equipment at first issue in the latest year for which data is available.(31092)

2151James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what value of contracts has his Department awarded to small-and-medium-sized firms in each year since 2020.(32289)

2152James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what value of contracts has his Department awarded to defence primes in each year since 2020.(30682)

2153James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what number of defence contracts were allocated via uncompetitive tender in each year since 2020.(32290)

2154James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what number of defence contracts were allocated via competitive tender in each year since 2020.(31512)

2155James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what value of contracts his Department has awarded to external consultants in each year since 2020.(32702)

2156James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the value of contracts to be awarded to external consultants in each year to 2030.(32703)

2157James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the establishment of a European Security Council which includes the UK.(31513)

2158James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of the UK joining a European Security Council.(32291)

2159James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with European counterparts about the possibility of the UK joining a European Security Council.(30683)

2160James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his Canadian counterpart on Canada joining the Global Combat Air Programme as a full participant.(33130)

2161James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of Canada joining the Global Combat Air Programme as a full participant.(32292)

2162James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of risks of delaying the publication of the Defence Readiness Bill.(31893)

2163James MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has made with officials and ministerial colleagues about the possibility of a civilian volunteer reserve, supported with non-military training.(31894)

2164Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total value was of contracts awarded by his Department to small and medium-sized enterprises based in the East of England in each of the last three financial years.(33060)

2165Llinos Medi (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a financial compensation scheme for (a) nuclear test veterans present during the nuclear testing programme from 1952 to 1967 and (b) their families.(30964)

2166Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any Royal Air Force personnel or teams were given commendations in the King's Birthday Honours 2025 or 2026 for service related to the war in Gaza.(31896)

2167Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any Army personnel or teams were given commendations in the King's Birthday Honours 2025 or 2026 for service related to war in Gaza.(31094)

2168Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the purpose of the RAF cargo flight that went from RAF Akrotiri to Nevatim airbase in Israel on 22 September 2026.(31897)

2169Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions has he had with his Japanese counterparts regarding the range requirements of the Japanese air force with regards to GCAP.(30561)

2170Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which aircraft does his department hold in storage to preserve airframe hours.(32163)

2171Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to question 23372 on Defence: Motor Vehicles, on what date was the one Foxhound vehicle disposed of.(32998)

2172Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to question 23397 on Defence Equipment on what dates were each of the two quads disposed of.(32164)

2173Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to question 23454 on Military Vehicles, on what date was the one BV-206 vehicle disposed of.(32576)

2174Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to question 22833 on Command and Control, what was the full scope of Project Guardian UKV2.(31384)

2175Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23247 on Minesweepers, what is the scope of the next phase of the programme.(31385)

2176Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to question 22881 on Armed Forces: Digital Technology, for what reason was the Digital Warfighter Group not established by the July 2026 deadline.(32577)

2177Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on developing the new National Biosecurity Centre.(32165)

2178Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 22823 on USA: Armed Forces, by when will he have a) identified and b) applied the lessons arising from the case involving Dr Steele.(32999)

2179Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times has RAF E7 Wedgetail WT001 flown since arriving at RAF Lossiemouth on 21 May 2026.(32166)

2180Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 4929 on Navy: Military Aircraft, what assessment has he made of the performance of the five Slocum G3 gliders during the recent 64 day oceanographic data gathering exercise conducted by the Meteorological and Oceanographic Information Warfare Group.(30562)

2181Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 22837 on Army: Digital Technology, what was the full scope of Project Janus.(31769)

2182Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23193 on Unmanned Air Systems: Guided Weapons, by when does he expect to issue operational clearances for using Brimstone 3 on the Protector platform.(30965)

2183Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of procuring the Knights Armament Light Assault Machine Gun as a contender for selection within Project Shirker.(31770)

2184Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23196 on Defence: Procurement, with reference to the Departmental Commentary on Delivery Confidence Assessment Rating for the Armed Forces Recruitment Programme, if he will conduct replanning.(30966)

2185Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to question 23062 on Military Bases, by when he will inform Army caretakers that they are encouraged to engage early with local housing authorities and relevant independent advice services where they need support to secure alternative accommodation.(30968)

2186Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to question 23344 on Defence: Motor Vehicles, on what dates each of the four HET vehicles were disposed of.(32167)

2187Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to question 23447 on Defence: Motor Vehicles, on what date the one Mastiff vehicle was disposed of.(33001)

2188Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to question 26226 on Defence Equipment: Bridges, on what date the one General Support Bridge vehicle was disposed of.(32168)

2189Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to question 23448 on Military vehicles, on what dates each of the 17 Falcon vehicles were disposed of.(30563)

2190Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to question 23371 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles, when Ajax and Boxer collective training will take place to ensure 1 UK Division is an effective armoured formation.(32169)

2191Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much will be saved by the Army in in-year reductions in 2026-27.(31386)

2192Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 22871 on NATO, what gaps he has identified in the Defence Investment Plan following creation of the NATO Interoperability Roadmap.(32578)

2193Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the scope is of Project SERPENS.(32579)

2194Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who sits on the Ship Names and Badges Committee.(31387)

2195Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether RAF E7 Wedgetail WT001 is a new build aircraft from the Boeing production line or a converted airframe and converted from what.(32170)

2196Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by when does he plan to declare IOC for the RAF Wedgetail fleet.(30564)

2197Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23243 on Defence: Procurement, what is the budget allocation to the second procurement phase and on what date did that funding begin.(32171)

2198Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23246 on Future Combat Air System, in what way will the Delivery Confidence Assessment be upgraded to AMBER following the publication of the Defence Investment Plan.(33002)

2199Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23265 on Defence: Telecommunications, what is the latest schedule which corresponds to adequate funding having been allocated within the Defence Investment Plan.(31772)

2200Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23269 on Boeing E-7, what equipment within the programme has required a) re-design and b) re-certification.(30969)

2201Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23271 on Guided Weapons, what options for the progressive introduction of additional layered air defence capabilities are being assessed.(31773)

2202Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23271 on Guided Weapons, what system has been removed from consideration in order to prioritise lower-cost and faster-to-field capabilities.(30970)

2203Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23272 on Ministry of Defence: Civil Servants, in what way he plans to measure the release of Service Personnel in back-office functions to front-line roles to maximise the effectiveness of the Whole Force, given that no central record is maintained of these decisions.(30565)

2204Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23322 on Navy, what is the breakdown of the £2.7 billion reduction in Whole Life Cost broken down across the updated assumptions on a) scope, b) delivery and c) commercial arrangements.(33397)

2205Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the scope is of Programme Lyra.(33003)

2206Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by when he plans to complete the governance, assurance and investment approvals requirements to deliver the Naval Support Integrated Global Network Submarine Support Full Business Case.(33398)

2207Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the use of the Airborne Tactical Extraction Platform for (a) tactical and (b) search and rescue.(32580)

2208Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23282 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles, what the previously planned additional future capability procurements are from the Boxer programme baseline to be delivered through different routes owing to the reallocation of funding provision by the Army.(31388)

2209Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23282 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles, how the Army’s capability requirements will be met through its wider equipment portfolio and investment plans following the reallocation of funding provision.(31389)

2210Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23304 on Challenger Tanks, by when he plans to procure a hard-kill Active Protection System as part of the planned survivability enhancements for Challenger 3.(33399)

2211Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23215 on Defence: Procurement, by when he expects approval to be received from the Investment Approval Committee.(33004)

2212Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23065 on Dstl and UK Defence Innovation, what the recruitment process and timeline will be for the vacant role of Director General Innovation within the National Armaments Director Group.(33400)

2213Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23310 on Tanks, how many Challenger 3 tanks have been delivered to date.(30566)

2214Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23316 on Defence: ICT, by when does he plan the programme’s future funding allocation to be confirmed.(33401)

2215Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23317 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles, by when does he plan to have delivered the action plan to address the Delivery Confidence Assessment for the Armoured Cavalry Programme.(31774)

2216Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23320 on Future Combat Air System, by when does he expect to have delivered the tri-national collaboration working environment for GCAP.(30971)

2217Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what date does he plan to deliver Project Anvil II for 809 Naval Air Squadron.(31775)

2218Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23321 on Guided Weapons, in what way has the planned acquisition approach to Ground Based Air Defence been revised in response to affordability pressures.(30972)

2219Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23343 on Hawk Aircraft, how many of the Hawk fleet will be made available for sale to private collectors upon disposal.(32172)

2220Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23346 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles, what the disposal plan is for the remaining Bulldog fleet.(30567)

2221Ben 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 the delivery timeline is of the remaining 498 vehicles by variant.(32173)

2222Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23359 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, by when he plans to have established and implemented a) strategic and operational dashboards, b) consistent performance measures and c) role-based reporting.(33005)

2223Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23363 on Defence Equipment: Training, what further work is required to bring the full complement of OpNET nodes into service; and by what date that work will be completed.(32582)

2224Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23363 on Defence Equipment: Training, for what reason the delivery of OpNET to the Land environment was not fully completed in May 2026.(32583)

2225Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23361 on Defence, by when the programme will develop and implement an Assurance Action Plan.(31390)

2226Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23361 on Defence, by when in 2026 he plans to have completed the formal review into the Next Generation (Fixed) Communication Network.(31391)

2227Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23359 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, by when he plans to have delivered the common data model and integrated digital platform to bring together information from across the three Services and provide a single view of candidate progress throughout the recruitment journey.(30568)

2228Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23361 on Defence, for what reason The National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority has not completed the Q1 2026/2027 reassessment of programme performance.(32174)

2229Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential impact on the Haddon-Cave enquiry of 97 million new documents.(33404)

2230Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential threat to the Falklands posed by Argentina’s purchase of 24 Danish F-16A/B MLU multirole fighters.(30976)

2231Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his Danish counterparts on the sale of 24 F-16A/B MLU multirole fighters to Argentina.(30570)

2232Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23385 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles, whether the programme team has spoken with a) the Challenger 3 programme team regarding their exploration of a hard-kill C-UAS system or b) General Dynamics Land Systems regarding their exploration C-UAS solution on their Ajax Blackjax demonstrator.(33405)

2233Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the US National Security Infrastructure the Minister for Defence Readiness and Infrastructure indicated has been agreed with the Chagos Bill.(33008)

2234Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23409 on Defence: ICT, by when does he plan to complete the review and establish an affordable and deliverable programme baseline.(33406)

2235Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23388 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles, whether the supply chain delays affecting the delivery schedule have now been resolved.(30571)

2236Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled RAF launches first ever space squadron dedicated to defending Britain's satellites, published on 23 September 2026, what proportion of the £880 million allocated to space control has the formation of No. III Squadron utilised.(31393)

2237Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by when he plans to announce the shortlist for the light mobility programme.(31394)

2238Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23444 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles, for what reason was the revised costing profile not submitted within Q1 2026/27.(32584)

2239Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what date will HMS Agamemnon complete sea trials and join the fleet.(32585)

2240Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2026 to question 27055 on Warrior Vehicles: Procurement, by when he plans to make a decision on whether Project ATILLA will progress beyond the trial phase.(33009)

2241Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparative assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) the Collins Aerospace ACES 5 ejection seat of the Boeing T7A Red Hawk with (b) the Martin Baker ejection seats used across the rest of the RAF fleet.(33407)

2242Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026 to question 27623 on Typhoon Aircraft: Decommissioning, what are the disposal plans for the four remaining Tranche 1 Typhoons due to be withdrawn from the Military Aviation Authority Register in December 2027.(30572)

2243Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026 to question 22789 on Jobcentres: Armed Forces, what progress he has made in agreeing the implementation timetable.(33408)

2244Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when did his Department last meet with the F-35 Joint Program Office regarding the procurement profiles and delivery schedule for the next batch of F-35 Lightning aircraft.(31779)

2245Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2026 to Question 27069 on F-35 Aircraft: Production and Modernisation, whether he has requested access to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Update on Production and Modernization Efforts annual report.(30977)

2246Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2026 to Question 28104 on Military Bases, by what date does he anticipate that Trade Union consultation will have concluded.(31780)

2247Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the success of the test firing of the Mk48 torpedo from XV Excalibur as part of the AUKUS Pillar II trial during Operation Broadsword on 13 September 2026.(30978)

2248Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of upgrading from the Kongsberg RS4 to the Kongsberg RS6 remote weapon station on the Boxer.(30577)

2249Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what accounting method is used by the Ministry of Defence to depreciate Royal Navy vessels.(33412)

2250Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the performance of the Vanta12 autonomous vessel as a potential contender for his hybrid navy concept.(31401)

2251Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to question 27319 on Guided Weapons, what is the scope of the equipment enhancements within the Land Ground Based Air Defence Programme's Capability Uplift Package 1.(32591)

2252Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to question 22985 on Ministry of Defence: Secondment, by when will the Department have finalised the resources and arrangements required to implement the delivery plan and by when will it be delivered.(31402)

2253Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to question 22934 on NATO, what is the composition of the Nuclear Planning Group and which UK ministers sit on it.(31403)

2254Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to question 22928 on Defence, by when in 2026 will he have updated the Homeland Defence and transition to war plans.(33413)

2255Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026 to question 27053 on HMS Albion: Decommissioning, what is the total cost of maintaining HMS Albion since it was written off as a constructive loss in the most recent MOD accounts.(31786)

2256Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to question 22788 on Military Intelligence, which company provides the architecture upon which NEXUS is built.(31787)

2257Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to question 27304 on Military Aircraft: Decommissioning, what progress has he made in identifying an uncrewed platform capable of replacing the full range of capabilities of the Shadow R1 fleet by March 2027.(32182)

2258Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to question 22834 on Defence Equipment, what type of Stinger missiles does the UK stockpile contain.(33014)

2259Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to question 22882 on Defence: Finance, for what reason delivery of the Defence Finance and Investment Strategy (DFIS), due by March 2026, has been delayed by more than six months.(32183)

2260Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to question 22935 on Guided Weapons, what are the scope of the enhancements to Command and Control and sensing systems as part of the £790 million in dedicated homeland IAMD.(30578)

2261Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the performance of the M230LF Chain Gun as a potential main armament option for the Boxer remote weapon station.(31404)

2262Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to question 22834 on Defence Equipment: Cameras and Lasers, what specific equipment was due to be replaced within the Thermal Imaging camera and Laser Range Finder replacement programme.(32592)

2263Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to question 26230 on HMS Bulwark: Sales, if he will explain the calculation that projects a net financial return to the Ministry of Defence from the sale of HMS Bulwark to the Brazilian Navy following its current period of regeneration at HMNB Devonport.(33015)

2264Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to question 28485 on Visas: Armed Forces, what assessment his Department made of the feasibility of implementing New Clause 4 at Report Stage of the Armed Forces Bill.(32184)

2265Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to question 22934 on NATO, what progress has he made in a) enhancing NATO's nuclear deterrence mission by modernising NATO's nuclear capabilities, b) strengthening its nuclear planning capacity, and c) adapting to achieve its security interests.(33016)

2266Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23243 on Defence: Procurement, at what stage is the second procurement phase as at 1 October 2026.(31789)

2267Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 139 of his Department's document entitled Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25, published on 4 November 2025, what was the breakdown of the remaining economic value of each Albion Class vessels at the time the class was written-down.(33414)

2268Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2026 to Question 22975 on Air Force: Training, by when he expects to make decision on the ongoing sustainment of Complex Weapons through the Weapon Availability Support Programme.(30579)

2269Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the directive to suspend collective training will be lifted.(33415)

2270Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2026 to Question 23210 on Defence: Procurement, if he will set out the period covered by the Defence Investment Plan funding allocation for the Next Generation Communications Network programme.(32593)

2271Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to Question 23210 on Defence: Procurement, what is the scope of the Assurance Action Plan.(32594)

2272Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Foreword to his Department's document entitled Defence Nuclear Enterprise 2026 Annual Update to Parliament, published on 15 September 2026, if he will set out how he has amended the Single Source Contract Regulations.(31405)

2273Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Foreword to his Department's document entitled Defence Nuclear Enterprise 2026 Annual Update to Parliament, published on 15 September 2026, what aspects of John Fingleton’s review of nuclear regulation have been implemented to date.(31406)

2274Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Foreword to his Department's document entitled Defence Nuclear Enterprise 2026 Annual Update to Parliament, published on 15 September 2026, if he will set out how work has progressed for the UK to join the NATO dual capable aircraft nuclear mission.(30580)

2275Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long is HMS Astute’s Mid Life Re-Validation Period projected to take.(33017)

2276Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many SSN-AUKUS submarines will be procured by the Royal Australian Navy.(33416)

2277Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when is SMITE2 scheduled to a) commence and b) be completed.(30581)

2278Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in completing the Detailed Design and Long Lead phase of the Aukus-class submarine (SSN-AUKUS) programme.(30983)

2279Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects AWE Nuclear Security Technologies to publish an updated UK Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty-compliant warhead science, engineering and technology strategy.(31790)

2280Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made in re-establishing a safe and secure defuelling capability at Devonport Dockyard.(30984)

2281Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current annual cost of storing decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines.(31791)

2282Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made in removing the Intermediate Level Waste (ILW), including the Reactor Pressure Vessel, from HMS Swiftsure.(33018)

2283Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made in assessing all options for a future submarine disposal capability within the UK.(32185)

2284Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by when he will have restored domestic production capacity and the delivery of British-designed 105mm artillery barrels from Sheffield.(30582)

2285Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how will the four-year framework agreement support the continued availability of critical components for the UK armed forces across the Light Gun and wider artillery portfolio.(32186)

2286Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2026 to question 27626 on Veterans: LGBT+ People, by when he will have made a decision on whether to grant each of the applications.(31407)

2287Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 27631 on Military Aircraft: Software, which current RAF platforms are compatible with the Future Airborne Capability Environment.(33019)

2288Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2026 to Question 27632 on Air Force: Defence Equipment and Technology, when he plans to have completed the assessment of the compatibility of relevant projects and activities in the RAF Rapid Capabilities Office with the USAF Autonomy Government Reference Architecture.(32187)

2289Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2026 to question 27620 on HMS Protector, how much is budgeted for the replacement of HMS Protector.(31793)

2290Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the scope is of the Reduce to Produce programme for Typhoon.(30985)

2291Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2026 to question 22901 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, on what date the decision not to pursue Recommendation 16 was taken.(31794)

2292Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2026 to question 28109 on Army, by when he plans to have completed the work to define the Fifth Generation Land Force.(30986)

2293Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2026 to question 28095 on Defence: Property, to what extent the scope of the schedule and funding profile of the Defence Estate Optimisation Portfolio has been reduced.(33021)

2294Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2026 to question 28101 on Warships: Unmanned Air Systems, what the length is of the contract for capability provided under Project HORUS.(33417)

2295Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2026 to question 28101 on Warships: Unmanned Air Systems, what platforms are being used by the Royal Navy under Project HORUS.(30585)

2296Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2026 to question 28101 on Warships: Unmanned Air Systems, by when he plans to make a procurement decision to replace the capability under contract through Project HORUS.(33418)

2297Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2026 to question 28094 on Air Force: Military Bases, when final surveys and approvals will be completed in order to complete work on a) RAF Northolt, b) Leuchars and c) RAF Woodvale.(33022)

2298Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2026 to question 28094 on Air Force: Military Bases, for what reason the programme for the refurbishment of RAF Northolt, Leuchars and RAF Woodvale was not completed in 2025/26.(32599)

2299Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2026 to question 28094 on Air Force: Military Bases, what progress he has made on the locations of RAF Odiham, RAF Cranwell and RAF Lossiemouth within the Air Operating Surface Sub-Programme.(32600)

2300Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2026 to question 28492 on Nuclear Weapons, what the metrics are for measuring levels of awareness, support for and understanding of the nuclear deterrent.(31411)

2301Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 18 September 2026 to question 28891 on Romania: Military Aircraft, how many of the seven incidents were resolved prior to interception.(32601)

2302Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 18 September 2026 to question 28907 on Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle: Decommissioning, whether the vehicle was (a) damaged and (b) destroyed by enemy action.(32602)

2303Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 18 September 2026 to question 28907 on Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle: Decommissioning, how disclosure of the date of disposal of the one Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle would be likely to prejudice the capability of the Armed Forces.(33025)

2304Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 21689 on Defence: Innovation, on whether UKDI achieved its operating capability on 1 July 2026 as part of its transition into its fully designed operating model in financial year 2026/27.(32193)

2305Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 23 September 2026 to question 22803 on Nuclear Submarines: Procurement, how many unproductive hours there were.(30588)

2306Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 23 September 2026 to question 22803 on Nuclear Submarines: Procurement, for what reason those hours were unproductive.(32194)

2307Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2026 to question 28903 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles, what the projected delivery date is of the upgraded MLRS launchers to the modernised fleet.(33026)

2308Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether civil servants in his Department are required to disclose membership of a political party.(31797)

2309Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2026 to question 28896 on Chinook Helicopters: Decommissioning, for what reason disclosure of the disposal dates would prejudice the capability of the Armed Forces.(30989)

2310Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which RAF Squadron will be assigned to the NATO Dual Capable Aircraft mission.(31798)

2311Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 20 July 2026 to question 18244 on F-35 Aircraft: Nuclear Weapons, how the 12 F-35As planned to be obtained in the early 2030s will allow the UK to join NATO’s Dual Capable Aircraft mission.(30990)

2312Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding for military housing refurbishment and repairs his Department has allocated to deferred investments in the next financial year.(30589)

2313Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026 to question 29231 on Defence Academy, if he will publish a complete list of FTSE100 companies which have sent staff on Defence Academy courses since 2024.(33421)

2314Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2026 to question 28490 on Ajax Vehicles: Reviews, whether he plans to publish the Ajax Simcock Review following its presentation to Ministers.(33027)

2315Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2026 to question 28489 on Fleet Solid Support Ships: Weapons, by when consideration of the most appropriate gun solution for the Fleet Solid Support ships will be completed.(33422)

2316Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026 to question 22846 on Defence: Cybersecurity, when the seven undeployed cyber security appliances were procured.(32603)

2317Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026 to question 22846 on Defence: Cybersecurity, what the seven undeployed cyber security appliances were.(31415)

2318Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2026 to question 28492 on Nuclear Weapons, what the results were of reach and engagement across traditional and digital media platforms in 2026.(32604)

2319Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026 to question 29226 on Armed Forces: Housing, how much of the investment has been deferred until after 2029/30.(31416)

2320Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026 to question 23033 on Defence and National Security, what the planned public engagement activities are that will take place as part of the National Conversation.(30590)

2321Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026 to question 23033 on Defence and National Security, how he plans to measure increased public preparedness, participation and resilience; and what the success criteria will be.(32195)

2322Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of awarding the WSS Skynet Contract to i) Airbus and ii) Lockheed Martin on a) job creation and b) sovereign manufacturing capability.(32196)

2323Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 28905 on Armed Forces: Artificial Intelligence, what the breakdown is of the £12.6 million.(30991)

2324Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22779 on Type 31 Frigates: Procurement, whether HMS Venturer F12 is on track to make an Operational Service Entry date by the end of the decade.(31799)

2325Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the scope was of Project SERAPH.(30992)

2326Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the certification process for aircraft to be approved for use with the RAF Aerobatic Team.(31800)

2327Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22806 on Defence, for what reason was the Project SERAPH contract with Deloitte terminated for convenience resulting in a fruitless payment of £1.354 million.(30993)

2328Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22809 on Defence: Seized Articles, what were the assets and from which company were they procured.(33028)

2329Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22809 on Defence: Seized Articles, who attended the due diligence visit to verify manufacturing capabilities, supply chain and deliverability of the requirement.(33423)

2330Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22809 on Defence: Seized Articles, which project was the procurement a part of.(30591)

2331Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22809 on Defence: Seized Articles, for what reason were the assets seized by the Polish authorities as part of an independent investigation into the supplier.(33424)

2332Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22860 on Defence: Procurement, if he will break down the £11.8 billion across the a) Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), b) Dreadnought Delivery Phase 4 (DP4), c) Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation (LCST) and d) the Collective Training Transformation Programme (CTTP), by value.(31417)

2333Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22972 on RAF Brize Norton, which companies he has spoken to on funding and improving RAF Brize Norton with private finance.(32605)

2334Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22850 on Type 31 Frigates, by when will he make a decision on the replacement for Type 31 Through Life Support.(32606)

2335Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22839 on Defence: Software, if the £4,739,000 loss related to a payment made in order to settle the contract.(31418)

2336Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22849 on Navy, when the decision to build the Operational Advantage Centre was made.(33425)

2337Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the scope was of the Operational Advantage Centre.(30592)

2338Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which company is developing Project Bowline.(33426)

2339Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22859 on Ballistic Missile Defence, what progress he has made on developing measures to minimise the spread of missile technology under the STORM framework.(33029)

2340Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22859 on Ballistic Missile Defence, what progress he has made on developing measures to discourage the use of threat missiles under the STORM framework.(30994)

2341Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22859 on Ballistic Missile Defence, what progress he has made on developing measures to reduce the quantity of missiles, supporting equipment and facilities available to an aggressor during a conflict under the STORM framework.(31801)

2342Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22859 on Ballistic Missile Defence, what progress has he made in developing measures to detect, track, intercept and disable/destroy missiles in flight under the STORM framework.(30995)

2343Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22859 on Ballistic Missile Defence, what progress has he made in developing measures to mitigate and recover from the effects of threat missiles impacting on their target under the STORM framework.(31802)

2344Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22827 on Defence Equipment, what was the scope of the ACTO amnesty.(30593)

2345Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22838 on Military Bases: Solar Power, what was the proposed location of the Photovoltaic Farms Project.(32197)

2346Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22838 on Military Bases: Solar Power, what did the cost escalate from and to.(33030)

2347Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22838 on Military Bases: Solar Power, what were the unforeseeable technical constraints which limited the benefits.(32198)

2348Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22839 on Defence: Software, which company was delivering the Software Module Project.(31803)

2349Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22861 on Ministry of Defence: Risk Assessment, by when the reforming of defence acquisition will be implemented.(33031)

2350Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 22861 on Ministry of Defence: Risk Assessment, by when he will introduce faster acquisition pathways.(32199)

2351Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of future weapons integration with the F-35A in the context of the larger weapons bay.(30594)

2352Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 October 2026 to question 23086 on France: Guided Weapons, by when he plans to conclude the bilateral discussions to define the most efficient, iterative options to support a UK-France Complex Weapons Joint Portfolio Office.(32200)

2353Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 October 2026 to question 23086 on France: Guided Weapons, by when the UK-France Complex Weapons Joint Portfolio Office will be operational.(32607)

2354Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2026 to question 28480 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles, for what reason the Royal Armoured Corps classify the Jackal as an Armoured Fighting Vehicle.(32608)

2355Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23386 on Artillery, whether the RAF possess the ability to deploy the L118 105mm Light Gun by parachute.(31419)

2356Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23386 on Artillery, which allied aircraft from which nations are cleared to deploy the the L118 105mm Light Gun by parachute when operating as part of a coalition.(32201)

2357Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is the Senior Responsible Officer for the Mechanised Infantry Programme.(30595)

2358Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2026 to question 28486 on Veterans: Visas, what aspects of the policy and scope need to be fair, comprehensive and achievable.(32202)

2359Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 9058 on Army, if he will make it his policy to establish a Mechanised Infantry Rifle Company in the First Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.(33427)

2360Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2026 to question 23021 on Military Bases, what land was being sold; and what its current ownership status is.(32203)

2361Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's annual report and accounts 2025-2026, what was the total sum of losses under £300,000.(30596)

2362Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of the announcement by the F-35 Joint Program Office on the disappearance of classified F-35 parts en route from Australia to the United States on the RAF’s F-35B Lightning Force.(32204)

2363Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to question 23321 on Guided Weapons, how has the planned acquisition approach been revised in response to affordability pressures.(31420)

2364David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department provides to those veterans’ organisations that fell outside the scope of VALOUR Development Funding.(32741)

2365Ian Roome (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on the defence industry.(32629)

2366Ian Roome (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Navy is required to obtain the (a) agreement and (b) authorisation of a civilian police force before (i) intercepting and (ii) challenging a foreign military vessel suspected of posing a threat to national security within the United Kingdom’s territorial sea; and what legal and operational guidance governs the responsibilities of the Royal Navy and civilian police in such circumstances.(31826)

2367Ian Roome (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the clarity of the division of responsibilities between the Royal Navy, Royal Navy Police and civilian police forces for responding to suspected hostile activity by foreign military vessels within UK territorial waters.(31018)

2368Ian Roome (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will (a) review the requirement for Royal Navy Police to exercise maritime enforcement powers only at the request of civilian police forces and (b) consider enabling suitably trained Royal Navy Police officers to exercise those powers independently where necessary to (i) protect life, (ii) prevent serious crime and (iii) respond to an immediate maritime security incident.(31827)

2369Ian Roome (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of legislative changes to provide Royal Navy Police with consistent maritime law-enforcement powers throughout the territorial waters of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, subject to legal jurisdictions and devolution settlements.(31019)

2370Ian Roome (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the six-month review of the Maritime Enforcement Powers (Specification of the Royal Navy Police) Regulations 2020, announced on 17 December 2020, was completed.(30620)

2371Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he will take to remember the contribution of Indian soldiers who served in the Great War of 1914 to 1918.(32795)

2372Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the air-to-air refuelling capabilities of the Royal Air Force.(32375)

2373Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his department’s policy to develop a sovereign strategic bomber capability.(32796)

2374Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of HM Armed Forces' long-range strike capabilities.(33200)

2375Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to ensure the security of military bases.(30353)

2376Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours the British Army spent on Collective Training for each of the following years (a) 2023; (b) 2024; (c) 2025; and (d) 2026 to date.(31046)

2377Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what AI systems are in operational use in the Ministry of Defence for non-weapon administrative and analytical purposes; what they have cost; and what evaluation of each has been undertaken.(30468)

2378Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the proportion of the Department's cryptographic estate that cannot be upgraded to post-quantum standards without hardware replacement; and what the replacement timetable is.(32094)

2379Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with AWE plc regarding the reduction of apprenticeship training provision, the redundancy of apprenticeship training staff and the outsourcing of apprenticeship delivery.(31940)

2380Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with AWE plc on apprenticeships, skills development and the maintenance of critical engineering skills within the defence sector.(30729)

2381Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b) the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on support for the Golden Valley Development.(31554)

2382Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of the Golden Valley Development to delivering the Defence Investment Plan’s objectives for the cyber domain.(32343)

2383Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the levels of capability and readiness of the Armed Forces and civil emergency services to respond to wildfires.(31907)

2384Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Armed Forces are taking to prepare for an increase in requests for military support during (a) floods, (b) wildfires and (c) other extreme weather events.(33546)

2385Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of climate change as a national security threat.(31909)

2386Matt Western (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that commitments to increase defence spending associated with smaller UK businesses will benefit Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers, including through reporting requirements on UK supply-chain content and the provision of forward demand forecasts to suppliers.(32458)

2387Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Welsh Government's Written Statement: An Ethical Framework for Welsh Government Engagement with the Defence Sector, of 3 September 2026, what discussions his Department has had with the Welsh Government on that policy; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of deferring investment in the defence sector on the United Kingdom’s defence capabilities.(30805)

2388Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 21121 on Ministry of Defence: Secondment, for what reason a civil servant has been seconded to Unite; who is paying their salary; and what their responsibilities are within Unite.(31618)

2389Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21115 on Armed Forces: Clubs, what changes have been made to private members’ club affiliations as a consequence of that review.(30813)

2390Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 22937 on NATO: Nuclear Weapons, whether the NATO Dual Capable Aircraft nuclear mission is classified as a tactical nuclear weapon.(30814)

2391Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 20892 on Armed Forces: Mileage Allowances, what publicly funded transport is made available to reservists.(31625)

2392Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20862 on Armed Forces: Clubs, for what reason Ministers were not asked to approve the private members’ club review directed by the Deputy Chief of General Staff, including the potential impact of the review on civilian organisations.(30816)

2393Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to the written statement of 13 July 2026, HCWS226, on Ukraine Support, whether the purchase of UK defence equipment will count towards the Ukraine Support Loan programme requirement that 65% of the content is sourced from EU, Norway, Iceland or Ukraine; and whether any expenditure under the Ukraine scheme will count towards qualifying NATO spending.(33263)

2394Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 13 January 2026, to Question 103301, on Military Aircraft: Carbon Emissions, if he will provide the equivalent information for the 2025 calendar year; and what is the company which provides the carbon credits.(32856)

2395Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to the written statement of 13 July 2026, HCWS226, on Ukraine Support, what is the financial contribution that the UK will be required to make to the EU for participation in the Ukraine Support Loan programme as a third country, and whether it will be based on the size of the UK GDP relative to EU GDP; and what is the estimated UK liability for interest payments in each year.(33264)

2396Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 21124, on Defence: Finance, what was the qualifying amount of NATO spending in 2025-26 in cash terms, and what proportion of (a) defence qualifying and (b) resilience and security qualifying, under the respective 3.5% and 1.5% NATO spending targets.(31642)

2397Sadik Al-Hassan (North Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which land adjoining nationally designated sites, including Sites of Special Scientific Interest, has been identified as grey belt since the publication of the revised National Planning Policy Framework in December 2024; and what arrangements are in place to monitor this.(31117)

2398Sadik Al-Hassan (North Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing the footnote 7 reference from the definition of grey belt in the revised National Planning Policy Framework on protections for land adjoining Sites of Special Scientific Interest.(31917)

2399Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of leasehold rules that do not allow owners and executors of retirement properties from renting those properties to eligible older residents; and whether the Government plans to review legislation and guidance relating to retirement housing leases to permit such properties to be let to qualifying tenants where owners are unable to secure a sale.(33120)

2400Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will extend the developer remediation contract to require developers to (a) remediate structural defects and (b) meet the costs of interim safety measures, including waking watches and alarm systems, where those measures are made necessary by defects that developers find during remediation investigations.(31503)

2401Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the costs that leaseholders face for defects which lie outside the scope of the developer remediation contract.(31504)

2402Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will require developers that have signed the developer remediation contract to commission Type 2 fire risk assessments of the internal compartmentation of common parts in residential buildings over 11 metres, and Type 4 assessments inside flats where those surveys find defects.(32693)

2403Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to extend the developer remediation contract to buildings under 11 metres, so that developers pay for remediating fire safety defects in the buildings they built.(32694)

2404Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of retirement leasehold properties in England that remain unsold for extended periods, and what steps her Department is taking to reduce the costs for leaseholders and estates arising from service charges, council tax and other costs incurred while such properties remain vacant.(33121)

2405Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to issue guidance to local authorities on accommodating people with support dogs in temporary accommodation.(31889)

2406Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether fee income from the Private Rented Sector Database will be ringfenced for (a) the operation of the Database and (b) local authority enforcement; and what proportion of that income will be passed to local authorities.(33524)

2407Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria her Department will use to determine which local authorities receive funding from the Derelict Buildings Fund.(33471)

2408Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Boarded-up high streets brought back to life with £210m boost, published on 25 September 2026, what assessment she has made of the number of vacant high street properties expected to be brought back into productive use.(32652)

2409Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether information on the level of rent charged for privately rented properties will be collected through the new Private Rented Sector Database.(31700)

2410Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she had made of the levels of antisocial behaviour coming from Houses in Multiple Occupancy.(32076)

2411Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the response to the call for evidence for 'Park homes: reasons for commission payments' will be published, and whether the intention remains to set out the Government's final position by the end of 2026.(32897)

2412Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed First Homes scheme on (a) the residential property market and (b) the level of rental prices.(32270)

2413Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the cost of temporary accommodation to local authorities.(33342)

2414Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to improve access to social homes for people at risk of homelessness.(31317)

2415Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will review the impact of historic Housing Revenue Account debt on the ability of local authorities to deliver social homes.(32506)

2416Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to consult with local authorities on the impact of the decision to not uprate Local Housing Allowance since 2024 on the ability of local authorities to relieve homelessness.(31318)

2417Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she will consider directing Homes England to allocate more of the continuous market engagement bids during this Parliament, in order to allow additional councils and housing associations to start building social homes.(30499)

2418Alison Bennett (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her department has made of a) the potential reduction in water consumption, b) the cost of installation and c) the ongoing maintenance costs for householders with regards to greywater harvesting systems in new build homes.(32710)

2419Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what timeline she can give for publishing regulations on supported housing as part of implementing the Supported Housing Regulatory Oversight Act (2023).(30368)

2420Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether supported housing will be considered as part of the thematic value for money review of homelessness support.(33221)

2421Rachel Blake (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to reduce the cost of temporary accommodation to local authorities.(33126)

2422Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take legislative steps against council tax on unfinished, unsold and unoccupied homes.(32214)

2423Kevin Bonavia (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when does she expect the analysis of the call for evidence on Park homes: reasons for commission payments, published 5 March 2026 to be published.(33376)

2424Juliet Campbell (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities to develop coordinated pathways into education, training and employment for neurodivergent young people.(30950)

2425Markus Campbell-Savours (Penrith and Solway): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the difference between revenue forgone by billing authorities as a result of mandatory business-rate reliefs and the amount reimbursed to those authorities through Section 31 grant payments; and if she will publish the latest quantified assessment.(33439)

2426Markus Campbell-Savours (Penrith and Solway): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the difference between the (a) council-tax revenue forgone by billing authorities as a result of properties operating as furnished holiday lets and receiving Small Business Rate Relief and (b) Section 31 grant funding provided to compensate for that relief; and if she will publish the most recent quantified assessment.(31439)

2427Markus Campbell-Savours (Penrith and Solway): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the difference between the (a) council-tax revenue forgone by Westmorland and Furness Council as a result of properties operating as furnished holiday lets and receiving Small Business Rate Relief and (b) Section 31 grant funding provided to that authority to compensate for that relief; and if she will publish the most recent quantified assessment.(32626)

2428Markus Campbell-Savours (Penrith and Solway): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the difference between the (a) council-tax revenue forgone by Cumberland Council as a result of properties operating as furnished holiday lets and receiving Small Business Rate Relief and (b) Section 31 grant funding provided to that authority to compensate for that relief; and if she will publish the most recent quantified assessment.(31440)

2429David Chadwick (Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to review section 13 of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865, which requires fire insurers in London to contribute towards the cost of fire and rescue services, and if she will consider extending a modernised version of that funding mechanism to fire and rescue services across the rest of the United Kingdom.(31520)

2430David Chadwick (Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of equipping military planes with fire-retardant kits to provide additional capacity to help halt the frontlines of a wildfire, as used by French emergency services in Bordeaux in summer 2026.(32300)

2431Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Electoral Commission’s report on the 2026 England mayoral and local government election published on 14 September 2026, which recommendations the her Department intends to implement.(30678)

2432Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether an application for a material change of use from a dwellinghouse in Use Class C3 to a house in multiple occupation in Use Class C4 constitutes a minor residential application for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026.(32942)

2433Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether an application for a material change of use from a dwellinghouse in Use Class C3 to a sui generis house in multiple occupation constitutes a minor residential application for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026.(33337)

2434Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the National Scheme of Delegation of Planning Functions on local democratic oversight of HMO planning applications in areas experiencing significant increases in such applications, including the London Borough of Enfield.(30495)

2435Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration her Department gave to the potential impact of concentrations of houses in multiple occupation when determining which planning applications should be included in Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026.(31314)

2436Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will consider amending the National Scheme of Delegation of Planning Functions to enable an application for a house in multiple occupation that would otherwise fall within Schedule 1 to be considered for referral to a planning committee where it raises significant local planning issues, including the cumulative concentration of HMOs or the loss of family housing.(32501)

2437Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the interaction between Article 4 Directions removing permitted development rights for changes of use from dwellinghouses to houses in multiple occupation and the treatment of minor residential applications under the National Scheme of Delegation of Planning Functions.(32943)

2438Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to issue guidance to local planning authorities on whether applications for changes of use to (a) Use Class C4 and (b) sui generis houses in multiple occupation constitute minor residential applications under the National Scheme of Delegation of Planning Functions.(33338)

2439Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether an application made under section 73A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the retrospective change of use of a dwellinghouse to a house in multiple occupation falls within Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026.(30496)

2440Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether costs incurred by a local housing authority in establishing and maintaining a register under section 232 of the Housing Act 2004 may be taken into account when determining the reasonable fee for supplying a certified copy or extract under subsection (5) of that section.(30497)

2441Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance to local housing authorities on the calculation of reasonable fees under section 232(5) of the Housing Act 2004.(31315)

2442Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered requiring registers maintained under section 232 of the Housing Act 2004 to be made available online in a searchable and machine-readable format.(31316)

2443Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to review section 232 of the Housing Act 2004 and the Licensing and Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation and Other Houses (Miscellaneous Provisions) (England) Regulations 2006 to ensure that statutory landlord licensing registers are readily accessible to the public in digital form.(32502)

2444Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what changes have been made to affordable or low-cost home ownership schemes, supported by her department or Homes England, since July 2024.(32978)

2445Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to enhance councils' enforcement powers and penalties to stop unauthorised traveller development taking place on (a) weekends and (b) bank holiday weekends.(30948)

2446Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Oral Statement of 7 September 2026 on Local Government Reorganisation, Official Report, columns 667-669, what is her policy on imposing strategic authorities if local councils in the locality do not support a strategic authority.(30949)

2447Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter Local government reorganisation: programme review and decisions withdrawal letter to council leaders, of 7 September 2026, whether she plans to publish another Devolution White Paper further to the publication of December 2024.(32979)

2448Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2026 to Question HL3255 on Unitary Councils, and with reference to the her Department's press release entitled Review of local government reorganisation launched, published on 7 September 2026, if she will take steps to ensure the Local Government Boundary Commission for England is consulted as part of the review on the processes by which the interim electoral arrangements are initially drawn, prior to a subsequent electoral review.(30535)

2449Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what was the total cost to her Department of the legal action, including (a) legal advice, (b) legal fees and (c) claimant costs, in relation to the proposed cancellation of the May 2026 local elections and the subsequent decision not to cancel those elections.(33375)

2450Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Review of local government reorganisation launched, published on 7 September 2026, and to her Department's guidance entitled Local authority, combined authority, and county combined authority election cycles in England, updated 22 July 2025, if she will publish an updated list of which local council, combined county authority and combined authority elections will take place in May 2027 in England.(31353)

2451Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether new town and parish councils created following unitary local government restructuring will be subject to council tax referendum principles.(32548)

2452Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has a numeric target for the number of council homes, with social rent, to be built each year in this Parliament.(31354)

2453Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the point on departmental capital budgets in the Ministry of Defence joint document entitled Defence Investment Plan Funding explainer, published on 30 June 2026, whether the Social and Affordable Housing Programme budget has been reduced.(32551)

2454Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she taken to recuse herself on matters relating to companies from whom she has received political donations.(32144)

2455Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including the number of homes for which planning permission has been granted, but which have not yet been completed, in the Housing Delivery Test for planning authority areas.(30870)

2456Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to encourage developers who have received planning permission to deliver the approved homes in planning authority areas not currently meeting the Housing Delivery Test targets.(30871)

2457John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned Housing Ombudsman staff was at Citygate City Gate, Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(30738)

2458John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 9580 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what the average percentage office attendance rate was, as a percentage of assigned staff, in the Darlington office in August 2026.(31951)

2459John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 16029 on Darlington Economic Campus: Remote Working, how many staff in her Department are assigned to Darlington Feethams House; and what the expectation of the percentage rate of office attendance is for staff at that office.(32772)

2460John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned Homes England staff was at 3 New Bailey in Salford in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(31952)

2461John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what the average percentage attendance rate of assigned Regulator of Social Housing staff was at 3 Piccadilly Place in Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(32773)

2462Ms Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his timetable is for the commencement of the provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 relating to 990-year lease extensions.(31994)

2463Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure effective oversight of local authority decisions on (a) planning and (b) highways.(31034)

2464Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help support community-owned assets in council areas with funding deficits.(33468)

2465Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to expand Housing Health and Safety Systems to account for the circumstances of the current occupant.(32982)

2466Charlie Dewhirst (Bridlington and The Wolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in relation to higher-risk buildings as defined by the Building Safety Act 2022, what assessment her Department has made to identify systemic hazards linked to the risk of structural failure and the potential impact on different structural typologies of higher-risk buildings.(31033)

2467Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Homes England has undertaken a post-award evaluation of the Affordable Homes Programme grant allocation awarded to McCarthy Stone (Shared Ownership) Ltd in 2021, including an assessment of the funding's value for money and delivery outcomes for residents.(32722)

2468Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what monitoring Homes England has undertaken of its 2021 Affordable Homes Programme grant allocation to McCarthy Stone (Shared Ownership) Ltd.(32723)

2469Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Scottish Government on the potential merits of extending the proposed right for leaseholders to request a full fibre broadband connection to leaseholders in Scotland.(32062)

2470Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that leaseholders can request a full fibre broadband connection.(32888)

2471Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the financial liability incurred by local planning authorities under Section 108 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 when issuing immediate Article 4 Directions to restrict HMOs; and whether she will consider reforming compensation rules to enable local authorities to enact immediate directions without delay when facing an over-concentration of unpermitted HMO conversions.(33267)

2472Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of lowering the statutory mandatory Housing in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licensing threshold under Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004 from five occupants to three occupants on tenant living standards and safety conditions in small shared properties; and what steps she is taking to support local planning authorities seeking to manage small, unlicensed HMOs operating below the national threshold.(32863)

2473Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to local planning authorities on preventing speculative property conversions from Class C3 to Class C4 during the standard 12-month notification period of a non-immediate Article 4 Direction.(30832)

2474Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) additional resources and (b) enforcement powers her Department is providing to councils to identify unauthorised HMO conversions.(31646)

2475Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to improve data-sharing and integration between local authority private sector housing licensing teams and planning enforcement departments, in the context of ensuring that properties operating with an HMO licence also hold the necessary planning permission or Lawful Development Certificate.(30833)

2476Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent speculative property conversions from Class C3 to Class C4 during the statutory 12-month notice period following the announcement of a non-immediate Article 4 Direction; and whether she will consider interim planning protections for local authorities during this transition period.(31647)

2477Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of reviewing Section 108 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to create a financial indemnity mechanism or safe-harbour framework for local planning authorities that enact immediate Article 4 Directions to protect local residential character.(30412)

2478Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what statutory guidance her Department provides to local planning authorities on the evidentiary standards required to grant a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing HMO use established shortly before an Article 4 Direction takes effect.(32040)

2479Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Article 4 Directions relating to HMOs were enacted by local planning authorities in England in each of the last five years; and how many of those directions were (a) immediate directions taking effect without advance notice and (b) non-immediate directions subject to a 12-month notice period.(32864)

2480Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Class C3 to Class C4 small HMO conversions completed during the statutory 12-month notification period of non-immediate Article 4 Directions in each of the last three years.(32041)

2481Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Article 4 Directions relating to HMOs have been (a) modified, (b) restricted and (c) cancelled by her using powers under Schedule 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 in each of the last five years.(32438)

2482Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) financial civil penalty notices and (b) court prosecutions were issued by local housing authorities in England for operating an unlicensed HMO in each of the last three financial years; and what was the total monetary value recovered in penalties.(31242)

2483Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of statutory exemptions from HMO licensing requirements for properties managed by accommodation providers under Home Office Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contracts on a) on local community cohesion and b) on local planning authority oversight in areas subject to an Article 4 Direction; and whether she plans to ensure all asylum accommodation HMOs comply with local authority mandatory and additional licensing health and safety standards.(31243)

2484Damien Egan (Bristol North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has to expand the range of powers available to local authorities to tackle anti-social behaviour.(31347)

2485Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason she plans to reduce thank-you grants to Councils as part of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.(32082)

2486Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the long-term sustainability of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.(32912)

2487Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate she has made of the level of savings from reductions in funding to the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.(32474)

2488Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions in funding for the Homes for Ukraine Scheme on levels of benefit payments to displaced Ukrainian families.(32475)

2489Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the visitor levy on the additional costs to parents of their children attending [i] residential camps [ii] and sleepovers as part of their child's participation in youth groups and school groups.(31682)

2490Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential administrative impact of processing the Visitor Levy on small residential activity venues.(31683)

2491Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of visitor levies on children's social mobility and the ability of low- to middle-income families to afford residential stays for their children as part of their child's participation in youth groups and school groups.(30872)

2492Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of UK Hospitality's analysis: Government set to announce unlimited taxation of family holidays (September 2026) which predicts of a loss of 33,000 jobs after the introduction of overnight visitor levies.(32913)

2493Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will have discussions with foundation strategic authorities and mayoral strategic authorities on a communications strategy which sets out the reasons for the introduction of an overnight visitor levy; and how the levy will support local growth.(33313)

2494Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, What recent conversations has she had with the fire and rescue authorities about their operational needs following the wildfires of September 2026.(31686)

2495Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions has she had with fire and rescue authorities about whether their community risk management plans could be supported by military aid.(33314)

2496Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department intends to specify in legislation a maximum percentage rate for the proposed overnight visitor levy; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of an uncapped levy on the tourism and hospitality sectors.(33549)

2497Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether revenue from an overnight visitor levy will be treated as additional funding and will not result in reductions to local government settlements.(30709)

2498Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department intends to require mayoral strategic authorities to allocate a minimum proportion of overnight visitor levy receipts to the local authority area in which those receipts were generated.(33550)

2499Zöe Franklin (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of protections for social housing tenants using mutual exchange services; and whether she plans to take steps to improve transparency and accountability during the process of identifying and progressing potential exchanges.(33552)

2500Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much her Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(33362)

2501Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has assessed the potential merits of amending the National Planning Policy Framework to require all new roads to be built to an adoptable standard.(33556)

2502Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse has been of her Department's proposed Local government reorganisation policy since its inception.(31974)

2503Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement regime for residential park home sites where site owners repeatedly fail to comply with site licence conditions.(33089)

2504Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce an automatic escalation mechanism where park home site owners repeatedly fail to comply with site licence conditions.(33482)

2505Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress she has made on introducing powers enabling (a) local authorities and (b) an appropriately qualified body to take temporary management control of residential park home sites where the site owner repeatedly fails to comply with legal obligations.(30645)

2506Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce a temporary management regime for residential park home sites including powers for (a) local authorities and (b) appointed managers to recover the costs of management and essential works from the site owner.(33483)

2507Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what protections she intends to provide to residents of residential park homes where a site licence is revoked, including in relation to continued occupation, safety and the value of residents' homes.(31859)

2508Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce a statutory managed transfer or temporary management regime as an alternative to immediate consequences for residents following the revocation of a residential park home site licence.(31052)

2509Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce minimum statutory standards for the safety, repair and habitability of individual park homes used as residential accommodation.(31860)

2510Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Fit and Proper Person Test for residential park home site owners in giving local authorities information, resources and powers to assess the suitability of site owners.(31053)

2511Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether repeated breaches of site licence conditions, prosecutions, convictions and failures to comply with compliance notices will be given greater weight in future Fit and Proper Person assessments of residential park home site owners.(32253)

2512Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Fit and Proper Person Test for residential park home site owners will take account of an owner's financial capacity and willingness to fund essential works and maintain the site to an appropriate standard.(30646)

2513Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of regulatory requirements concerning flood resilience, emergency arrangements, drainage, access and infrastructure maintenance at residential park home sites located in areas of flood risk.(32254)

2514Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that the vulnerabilities of older residents living in residential park homes are taken into account in the regulation of sites located in areas at risk of (a) flooding and (b) other emergencies.(33090)

2515Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of repeated non-compliance by the operator of Iford Bridge Home Park in Bournemouth East constituency on the effectiveness of the residential park homes regulatory framework .(32663)

2516Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with local authorities on the adequacy of their powers to intervene where residential park home site owners repeatedly fail to comply with site licence conditions despite prosecution and financial penalties.(31470)

2517Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 on levels of housing security for private renters.(30651)

2518Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) landlords and (b) tenants in understanding their rights and responsibilities under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.(31473)

2519Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of measures in the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 in improving standards in the private rented sector.(31474)

2520Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provides to local authorities to ensure effective enforcement of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.(32666)

2521Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provides to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council to ensure effective enforcement of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.(32667)

2522Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provides to local planning authorities to implement the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025.(33095)

2523Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of revenue local authorities are expected to retain from financial penalties imposed under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using this to support future housing enforcement.(32258)

2524Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the private rented sector database established under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 on local authority enforcement.(30652)

2525Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 on the time taken to determine planning applications.(32259)

2526Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 on the delivery of infrastructure required to support new housing.(31059)

2527Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress her Department has made on analysing responses to the call for evidence on commission payable on the sale of park homes, which closed on 29 May 2026.(33490)

2528Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish the Government's response to the call for evidence on commission payable on the sale of park homes, which closed on 29 May 2026.(33097)

2529Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason 10 per cent commission is payable to a park home site owner when a park home is sold.(30655)

2530Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many responses were received from park home site owners to the call for evidence on commission payable on the sale of park homes which closed on 29 May 2026.(31061)

2531Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many respondents to the call for evidence on commission which closed on 29 May 2026 supported retaining the commission payable on the sale of park homes at 10 per cent.(31866)

2532Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many responses were received from park home residents to the call for evidence on commission payable on the sale of park homes which closed on 29 May 2026.(31062)

2533Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of the responses received from park home residents to the call for evidence on commission payable on the sale of park homes supported retaining the commission at 10 per cent.(31867)

2534Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of commission charge of up to 10 per cent on the sale of park homes on (a) mobile home residents and (b) site owners; and whether she has made an estimate of the commission paid in England in each of the last five years.(33098)

2535Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the annual income to site owners generated by the 10% commission on park home sales.(32260)

2536Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 10% sales commission on park home residents.(30656)

2537Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what evidence supports the continued retention of a maximum 10 per cent commission on the sale of park homes.(32261)

2538Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reducing the maximum commission payable on the sale of a park home from ten per cent to (a) five and (b) zero per cent on relevant stakeholders.(31476)

2539Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) local authorities and (b) communities where estate management companies on new housing developments are not operating in a transparent and accountable manner.(30961)

2540Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has to monitor the impact of the Renters' Rights reforms on tribunal workloads and processing times.(32569)

2541Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to independent complaints mechanisms for residents when making complaints about the administration of parish and town councils.(30962)

2542Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to (a) extend the jurisdiction of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman and (b) establish an alternative independent complaints mechanism for investigation of allegations of maladministration by parish and town councils.(32993)

2543Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many complaints received by the Housing Ombudsman Service were awaiting allocation to a caseworker on the most recent date for which figures are available; and what steps are being taken to reduce delays in allocating complaints for investigation.(33393)

2544Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of requirements on estate management companies to provide accounts and supporting documentation to residents within a reasonable timeframe.(32159)

2545Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to require estate management companies to publish annual statements on reserve fund balances, expenditure and liabilities owed to residents.(31377)

2546Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to strengthen the rights of residents on privately managed estates to take over, replace or directly appoint estate management companies where confidence in existing arrangements has broken down.(32571)

2547Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to require developers and estate management companies to publish clear timescales and governance arrangements where responsibility for estate management is intended to transfer to residents.(32572)

2548Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that the risk of groundwater flooding is taken into account by a local planning authority for planning applications in areas with high concentrations of chalk geology.(33213)

2549Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward proposals to ensure that groundwater flood risk (in areas with high concentrations of chalk geology) is given statutory consideration in the planning process.(31589)

2550Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of removing the call-in process by ward and parish councillors within the National Scheme of Delegation for Planning Committees on the public’s ability to effectively scrutinise planning applications.(32884)

2551Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of how the National Planning Policy Framework addresses the cumulative and wider effects on (a) education, (b) primary healthcare, (c) transport, (d) parking, (e) drainage and (f) other local infrastructure arising from development assessed on a site-by-site basis; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of clearer national guidance on the aggregation of impacts for cases such as the Astley warehouse development that extend beyond individual planning applications.(31311)

2552Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 2 September 2026 to Question 19365 on Local Government: Reorganisation, for what reason the Electoral Commission was not consulted on the cancellation of council elections announced on 18 December 2025.(30420)

2553Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that every local authority has access to adequate methods for identifying women experiencing rough sleeping.(32111)

2554Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides to social housing providers to encourage the delivery of green infrastructure.(32946)

2555Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides to social housing providers to encourage the adoption of Electric Vehicle charging points in communal parking areas.(31716)

2556Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the estimate of the funding gap for English councils in the financial year 2027/28 in UNISON's publication entitled Bridging the Gap, published on 14 September 2026.(32947)

2557Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to (a) stabilise local government finances and (b) increase the level of funding in order to allow previously closed services to resume and closed buildings to re-open.(32112)

2558Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of increasing the level of resources and funding for councils ahead of the Budget.(31719)

2559Darren Jones (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will assess the potential merits of extending permitted development rights to allow homeowners to install external blinds and shutters, in the context of the changing climate; and whether such permitted development rights could also be extended to leaseholders of flats and maisonettes.(32886)

2560Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has assessed the effectiveness of local authority homelessness prevention practices for young survivors of domestic abuse; and if she will review processes for identifying survivors at risk of homelessness, such as the evidential thresholds applied when assessing homelessness risk.(31198)

2561Katie Lam (Weald of Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) civil servants and (b) Ministers in her Department (i) invited and (ii) received representations from Amira Elghawaby regarding the Government's "anti-Muslim hostility" definition.(31521)

2562Alex Mayer (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to protect leaseholders from excessive fees charged by managing agents.(30623)

2563John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will legislate to require defibrillators in all new-build housing and commercial developments.(30341)

2564Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in levels of (a) anti-Hindu sentiment and (b) Hinduphobia.(30897)

2565Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of households living in temporary accommodation in Stockport borough, where 188 households are currently in temporary accommodation.(31306)

2566Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps she has taken to reduce the number of children living in temporary accommodation in Stockport borough, where 214 children are currently living in temporary accommodation.(31307)

2567Iqbal Mohamed (Dewsbury and Batley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many women were identified as sleeping rough in (a) Kirklees and (b) West Yorkshire in each of the last five years.(32294)

2568Helen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer to question 28873, what steps her Department is taking to support towns and communities that are not in receipt of Pride in Place funding and do not have Shared Prosperity Funding.(32965)

2569Joe Morris (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she will lay the statutory instruments necessary to confirm the Protected Pension Age administrative arrangements for eligible Local Government Pension Scheme members; and what steps she is taking to help ensure administering authorities can provide members with certainty over their retirement age and pension entitlement before the increase in the Normal Minimum Pension Age takes effect in April 2028.(31765)

2570James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of domestic abuse on levels of youth homelessness; and what steps her Department is taking to improve housing support for young people experiencing domestic abuse.(30942)

2571James Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities in wider adoption of accessibility rating systems.(31747)

2572Josh Newbury (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of lost income from recycling credits from the introduction of the deposit return scheme in October 2027 on local authority budgets.(30525)

2573Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23245 on Fire Prevention, what assets and resources from the national wildfire response capability are located in Cambridgeshire and the East of England.(30575)

2574Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 24 September 2026 to question 28897 on Fire and Rescue Services: Cambridgeshire, by when Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service will receive that range of new vehicles and equipment.(31414)

2575Kate Osamor (Edmonton and Winchmore Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered introducing planning guidance requiring data centre developers to publish anticipated and actual water usage as part of the planning process.(30852)

2576Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to prevent young people being made homeless as a result of fleeing domestic abuse.(32379)

2577Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that brownfield sites are prioritised for the development of industrial, commercial, and residential property.(31181)

2578Adrian Ramsay (Waveney Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the summary of responses to the Park Home sales commission consultation will be released; and whether she plans to make a final decision before the end of 2026.(30715)

2579David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 61-086-20250616 of the Planning Practice Guidance, what criteria local planning authorities and Planning Inspectors are expected to apply in determining whether the content of an emerging local plan has "changed significantly from the one presented at the initial Regulation 19 stage" for the purposes of Annex 1 of the National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2024; whether those criteria include any quantitative threshold; and what guidance has been issued to the Planning Inspectorate on applying that paragraph.(33168)

2580David Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 61-086-20250616 of the Planning Practice Guidance, whether the removal of a housing allocation, or a reduction in the number of homes allocated, following an initial Regulation 19 consultation constitutes a significant change to the content of a plan, such that the plan is treated as having reached Regulation 19 on the date a subsequent consultation commenced for the purposes of Annex 1 of the National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2024.(33571)

2581Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has considered introducing additional protections for purchasers of new-build homes where information provided by a developer on anticipated estate management charges at the point of sale is subsequently found to have been materially inaccurate.(33567)

2582Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the redress available to new-build homeowners where inaccurate information about ongoing estate management charges was provided during the sale of their property.(33166)

2583Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to strengthen the options available where a developer indicates that materially inaccurate information about an ongoing estate management charge was provided to a purchaser before completion.(33568)

2584Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in which month she expects to publish the summary of responses to the Call for Evidence on park home sale commission payments.(31931)

2585Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has given to local authorities in making planning provision for English Travelling Showmen.(30349)

2586Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to help local authorities to support those facing homelessness due to domestic abuse.(30351)

2587Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to support pensioners in social housing.(33197)

2588Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to support local authorities to tackle fly tipping in a) England and b) the parliamentary constituency of Romford.(33199)

2589Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to support local authorities in introducing knife surrender bins in a) England and b) the parliamentary constituency of Romford.(30352)

2590Anna Sabine (Frome and East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of official rough sleeping statistics in capturing the numbers of women who are rough sleeping.(31523)

2591Michelle Scrogham (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the summary responses to the Call for Evidence to the park home sales commission review will be published; and what next steps will be taken with that evidence.(30944)

2592Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her department has made of the number of applications to convert residential properties into children's home, broken down by local authority in England for each of the following years (a) 2023; (b) 2024; (c) 2025; and (d) 2026 to date.(31850)

2593David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2026, to Question 28983, on Council Tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Greater London Authority’s representation to the draft Local Government Finance Settlement for 2026-29.(32513)

2594David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 22 April 2026, to Question 126744, on Electoral Register: Commonwealth, what estimate has the Home Office made of the proportion of the one million Commonwealth nationals living in the UK who have a form or type of permission to enter or stay, whether indefinite, time limited or conditional.(30504)

2595David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20159, on Council Tax, whether her department has made an estimate of the effective financial loss in funding for each of the six councils that have below-average levels of current council tax, specifically as a consequence of the national notional council tax level being applied in the Local Government Finance Settlement.(33346)

2596David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 15 May 2025, to Question HL7178, on Political Parties: Finance, if she will make it her policy to amend UK-wide electoral law to prohibit foreign citizens, who are eligible to vote in local and devolved elections in Scotland and Wales, who would not otherwise be eligible to donate under reserved electoral law, from donating to political parties and regulated donees across the United Kingdom.(30921)

2597David 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 20093, on Eden Project: Morecambe, through which specific funding stream the remaining £50 million allocation for Eden Project Morecambe will be delivered now that transitional local government unitary structures have been paused.(30922)

2598David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that transfers of monies and assets between limited companies owned by political parties are not caught by the profit test proposed in the Representation of the People Bill.(31323)

2599David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Change Log for the amendments to the Community and Engagement Survey 2025-26 datasets, amended on 16 September 2026, what groups were (a) added to and (b) removed from the narrative to reflect the statistical significance testing.(32116)

2600David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Visitor Levy Consultation Government Response, of 10 September 2026, whether the levy will be charged (a) per room or (b) per person, per night; and what is the time of day or night at which accommodation will become liable for the charge in cases of where a hotel room is booked for use during the day.(31724)

2601David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, updated June 2023, if she will make it her policy to ensure that any new wards or divisions created through unitary local government restructure do not have an electoral imbalance of more than 10% from the average ratio for that new unitary authority.(30923)

2602David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2026, to Question 28983, on Council Tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, whether her Department has received representations from the Hon Members for the Parliamentary constituencies representing (a) Westminster and (b) Wandsworth, relating to the government funding for their respective councils in the three-year 2026-29 Local Government Finance Settlement.(31725)

2603David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any assessment has been undertaken of Russian influence in the Workers Party of Great Britain.(30924)

2604David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20199, on Political Parties: Finance, whether her department has had any discussions with representatives of the House of Commons (a) on alignment of the House Commons Code of Conduct with the new political finance regime for MPs in the Representation of the People Bill and (b) to avoid creating dual reporting requirements.(33347)

2605David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20124, on Political Parties: Finance, if she will make it her policy to engage with political parties on such matters before they are announced by the Government, through (a) the Parliamentary Parties Panel, (b) direct consultation, (c) Usual Channels or (d) Inter-Party Talks.(33348)

2606David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20242, on Parking: Fees and Charges, if she will make it her policy to commission research into the use of surge parking fees and the potential effect on the viability of high streets and town centres.(32514)

2607David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20294, on Recreation Spaces: Planning Permission, if she will place in the Library a copy of the survey sent to stakeholders on the review into recreational green spaces.(31324)

2608David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20451, how many working class civil servants have been recruited under the scheme.(31325)

2609David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 23934, on MHCLG: Social Media, how many individual social media influencers were paid further to the £114,831 of total spend, and which agency hired them.(32515)

2610David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20114, on MHCLG: Cognizant, what were each of the indicators before they were updated.(30505)

2611David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20214, on Local Government: Reorganisation, if she will publish a copy of the representation from ALACE on the threshold for the making and disclosure of special severance payments.(32117)

2612David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 23339, on Fire and Rescue Services, whether there is general monitoring of radiological and nuclear sources, other than the emergency services equipment, including monitoring of public highways on routes into major cities.(30925)

2613David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20149, on Independent Review into Civil Unrest in Leicester, if he will place the Panel’s review document that was submitted on 1 July 2025 in the Library of the House.(31726)

2614David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20474, on MHCLG: Annual Reports, and further to the case of Woodhouse Investment Pte Ltd and West Cumbria Mining (Holdings) Limited v. United Kingdom (ICSID Case No. ARB/25/37) before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, what are the maximum level of damages that West Cumbria Mining and Woodhouse Investment Pte are seeking to obtain from HM Government as a consequence of the decision of the UK Government not to take forward permission for the Cumbria coal mine.(30926)

2615David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Policy paper, The Social and Affordable Homes Programme and the reinvigoration of council housebuilding, 25 August 2026, how much funding will be allocated to purchasing existing homes.(33349)

2616David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the written statement of 15 September 2026, HCWS351, on Homes for Ukraine funding changes, and with reference to the departmental letter to Council Leaders of 15 September 2026, on the Homes for Ukraine scheme funding, what is the estimate total change in annual funding as a consequence of the reductions in (a) Thank you payments to sponsors and (b) Tariff payments to local authorities.(32953)

2617David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Whether the revenue from the overnight visitor levy will be taken into account when determining (a) mayoral integrated settlements and (b) the Local Government Finance Settlement; and whether any assumptions will be made of assumed revenue in a similar manner to the new notional council tax assumptions.(31326)

2618David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20159, on Council tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, and of 9 September 2026, to Question 20138, on council tax, what is the mathematical formula for the resource adjustment, in relation to the change in council funding as a consequence of a local authority’s Band D rate, excluding police, mayoral and parish precepts, being set below the national notional council tax.(32118)

2619David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of householders being required to make retrospective payments to a property company to undertake home improvements as a result of historic restrictive covenants, and what guidance has been given to householders by (a) her department and (b) the Land Registry on how unreasonable covenants can be removed.(32954)

2620David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20488, on Combined authorities: council tax, if she will make it her policy to extend councils’ powers to levy (a) council tax discounts and (b) business rate discounts, to combined authority and county combined authority mayors.(32516)

2621David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement, 9 September 2026, HCWS322, on Driving Opportunity in Every Postcode, whether the socio-economic duty will apply to decisions on the Local Government Finance Settlement.(31327)

2622David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2026 to Question 27853 on Islam: Radicalism, whether there is a consolidated list of the groups and individuals which are subject to a policy of non-engagement, where the Department has taken a decision that it is in the public interest to name them.(31328)

2623David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraphs 2 and 67 onwards of her Department's document entitled Representation of the People Bill ECHR Memorandum for the Bill as introduced in the House of Lords, published on 3 September 2026, and her Department's press release entitled Tough new rules to crackdown on foreign money in UK elections, published on 6 July 2026, whether an assessment was made of the compatibility of the proposed retrospective application of the overseas contributors donation cap UK residency test and the associated criminal offences with the European Convention on Human Rights.(30506)

2624David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 14 September 2026, Official Report, House of Lords, column 972, what was the evidential basis that election spending limits are too high; and what assessment has been made of recent donations to political parties in the last six months in coming to that conclusion.(32119)

2625David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Oral Statement of 7 September 2026 on Local Government Reorganisation, Official Report, columns 667-669, how much has been budgeted to pay costs and damages to the councils which initiated legal action; and how much her Department has spent on legal advice and representation to date.(32955)

2626David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what was the cost to the public purse of damages and costs for the legal challenge on the cancellation of the May 2026 local elections to date.(32120)

2627David 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 work with the (a) Secretary of State for the Home Department and (b) Electoral Commission to ensure that police officers are stationed within the curtilage of polling stations in elections where incidents of (a) so-called family voting and (b) intimidation outside polling stations have been recorded in the past five years.(31727)

2628David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans for shadow unitary authorities to have the power to create new town and parish councils before the unitary is vested.(30927)

2629David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what are Homes England's current benchmarks for the construction costs of new build affordable housing, per unit, excluding and including land costs, in each locality in England.(31728)

2630David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she intends to allow strategic authority mayors to utilise the powers to levy (a) council tax discounts and (b) business rate discounts available to local billing authorities.(33350)

2631David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued on liability for (a) second home and (b) empty homes council tax premium for a homeowner where it is not their primary residence, the dwelling is furnished, but there is a contractual provision on retirement home, assisted living or sheltered accommodation that prevents the owner from occupying the property due to their age.(33351)

2632David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 104908 on Empty Property, what is the latest timetable for setting our details of the proposal to strengthen local authorities’ ability to take over the management of vacant residential premises in the English Devolution White Paper, published in December 2024.(30507)

2633David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 21628 on Local Government Finance, and further to Homes England's guidance entitled Council Housebuilding Support Fund: Assessment criteria, updated on 18 September 2026, for what reason the Council Housebuilding Support Fund operates on a bidding basis.(31329)

2634David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an estimate of the highest council tax bill that will be levied in England on a Band H home with the top tier council tax surcharge for a (a) primary home and (b) second home.(32517)

2635David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 8577 on Members: Correspondence, and further to her predecessor's letter to the Leader of the Opposition on long-term commitments, of 21 March 2026, how much of the 10 year Social and Affordable Housing Programme 2026-2036 is not funded in the current Spending Review.(32518)

2636David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 9032 on Travellers: Caravan Sites, for what reason there will be no future rounds of the Traveller Site Fund.(31330)

2637David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Historic council housebuilding comeback to help families into secure homes, published on 24 August 2026, what is the profile of the first wave funding in each financial year.(33352)

2638David 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 20481 on Local Government: Workplace Pensions, and with reference to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs' Oral Statement of 8 September 2026 on Israel and Palestine, Official Report, column 879-884, what plans her Department has to allow councils, and local government pension schemes and pools to divest in firms based in the occupied territories in relation to the provision of (a) goods and (b) services; and what steps are being taken to prevent municipal policies being adopted which seek to divest or boycott (i) Israel as a whole and (ii) kosher foods.(30508)

2639David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has responded to the local government restructuring representation from the City of Lincoln Council of 17 August 2026 on linking the size of electoral wards and the number of councillors to the Index of Deprivation.(33353)

2640David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government amendment at Commons Report Stage to the Representation of the People Bill, on Postal vote re-applications: moving from 3- to 5-year cycle, what consultation of (a) political parties and (b) the Parliamentary Parties Panel was there on the proposal before it was tabled.(31331)

2641David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman press release and report, "Ombudsman warns thousands may be missing free way to challenge council tax bills", 27 August 2026, what steps her department is taking to ensure local billing authorities correctly signpost the rights of taxpayers to appeal to the Valuation Tribunal, and what steps have been taken in the last 12 months to publicise council taxpayers’ rights to council tax discounts and exemptions.(31332)

2642David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Homes England, Homes England Nature Positive Plan, 26 August 2026, whether the allowable Biodiversity Net Gain exemptions for exempted sites have been applied to Homes England's policy on its new build sites.(30509)

2643David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2026, to Question 11416, on affordable housing, what is the latest (a) start and (b) completion date for the 2,800 homes funded by the £300 million.(33354)

2644David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans her department has to collate statistics on land designated as Grey Belt.(32956)

2645David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 24 July 2026, to Question 18031, on Affordable Housing: Greater London, what estimate has Homes England made of the number of affordable housing dwellings since July 2024 have had their grant reclaimed.(32519)

2646David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Policy paper, The Social and Affordable Homes Programme and the reinvigoration of council housebuilding, 25 August 2026, what is the target for the number of social and affordable homes will be (a) started and (b) completed in each year from 2026 to 2039.(31333)

2647David 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 20093, on Eden Project: Morecambe, what assessment she has made of Lancaster City Council's capacity to act as the sole accountable body and financial guarantor for Eden Project Morecambe following the pausing of Lancashire's Local Government Reorganisation.(30510)

2648David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20159 on Council Tax, if she will make it her policy to provide additional financial flexibility and funding to the six councils in order to avoid increases in council tax above the council tax referendum thresholds set for the generality of councils.(32121)

2649David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Oral Statement of 7 September 2026 on Local Government Reorganisation, Official Report, columns 667-669, whether her Department substantively responded in court to the judicial reviews on local government restructuring, or whether she has decided to concede the case before the duty of candour on providing documents to the claimants commenced.(32957)

2650David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20419, on JP Morgan: Business Rates, if she will place a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding on the JP Morgan business rates zone in the Library.(31729)

2651David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Oral Statement of 7 September 2026 on Local Government Reorganisation, Official Report, columns 667-669, whether it is her policy to abolish district and county councils where such councils do not support being abolished.(31730)

2652David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether campervans, caravan and motorhomes park pitches will be subject to the overnight visitor levy.(30928)

2653David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Homes England press release entitled Homes England and government confirm strategic partners set to help deliver once-in-a-generation increase in social and affordable homes across England, published on 25 August 2026, what is number of units, of each type of tenure, that each of the 33 partners have committed to provide.(30511)

2654David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities's document entitled Uprating spending limits and reviewing other sums in electoral law: letter to Parliamentary Parties Panel, published on 2 September 2022, whether the list of respondents included the Labour Party.(33355)

2655David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 2 September 2026, HCWS302, on Restoring Pride in High Streets, whether a wider assessment has been made of the effect of the deregulatory provisions in the Gambling Act 2005.(32958)

2656David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2026 to Question 8574 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Staff, and to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned Rosebery Court, Norwich staff in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(33356)

2657David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Captain of the King’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard and Deputy Chief Whip during the proceedings of the Grand Committee on the Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 in the House of Lords on 14 September 2026 , Official Report, column 367GC, for what reason the Representation of the People Bill's provisions on allowing non-photographic bank cards for voter identification in polling stations will apply to Great Britain only; and what assessment her Department has made of the relative level of electoral fraud in Northern Ireland and Great Britain.(32520)

2658David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) outhouses, (b) gardens and (c) appurtenances within the curtilage of the dwelling are taken into account when valuing a wider dwelling for council tax.(31334)

2659David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is her department’s policy on candidates standing for election to (a) local government and (b) the UK Parliament on being resident in the United Kingdom; and what is her policy on residency requirements for those who are elected, over and above the provisions of Section 41 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010; and what is her policy on registered overseas electors participating in elections.(31335)

2660David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the PCS trade union on the ongoing industrial action in her Department on office closures and office attendance.(32521)

2661Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of building control inspection arrangements in securing compliance with Part H of the Building Regulations 2010 in respect of foul and surface water drainage connections.(31365)

2662Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed overnight visitor levy on rural areas.(33227)

2663Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed overnight visitor levy on a) businesses, and b) the rural economy in North Yorkshire.(32818)

2664Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department consulted with rural hospitality businesses, accommodation providers, and tourist boards on the potential impacts of the proposed overnight visitor levy to the same extent as those in urban areas.(33228)

2665Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many additional homes have been delivered against the Government's annual housing target since July 2024; and what assessment he has made of the likelihood of meeting the target for this Parliament.(32567)

2666Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications for data centres were (a) received and (b) determined within each AI Growth Zone local planning authority in each year since 2023; and what the median determination time was.(32482)

2667Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government will publish a draft National Policy Statement for data centres for consultation, and which Department will lead this following the machinery of Government changes.(32483)

2668Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications for data centres have been (a) submitted and (b) approved within each AI Growth Zone since designation; and what the median determination time was.(32920)

2669Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the results were of trials of the AI planning tool; whether a control group of authorities was used; and when national rollout will begin.(32090)

2670Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of designating data centres as Critical National Priority within the planning system.(32099)

2671Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost to the applicant of submitting and handling a planning application through the planning permission process for a data centre (a) under the Town and Country Planning Act regime and (b) Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project regime.(31697)

2672Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to support families who inherit village retirement homes.(33177)

2673Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of estate management fees levied on families who inherit village retirement homes.(32341)

2674Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is she taking to reduce barriers to building affordable housing.(31528)

2675Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is she taking to support care leavers moving out of supported housing.(32718)

2676Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to introduce a clearer framework for assessing and reducing embodied carbon within the UK planning system.(32145)

2677Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the benefits of requiring a whole-life carbon assessment to accompany every major planning application.(32555)

2678Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing lifetime carbon emissions reporting for buildings.(31357)

2679Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to expand the list of approved products and installers eligible for the 20% VAT reduction on home energy retrofits.(31358)

2680Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will introduce requirements to ensure that applications for major demolition projects have demonstrated that they have first considered retrofit as an alternative.(32556)

2681Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): 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, what is the proposed degree of retrospectivity in relation to the application of the overseas donation cap.(32006)

2682Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has had recent discussions with banks and building societies on the potential merits of re-introducing the Help to Buy scheme for first time buyers.(33240)

2683Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the answer of 21 September 2026, to Question HL3154, on Political Parties: Finance, whether political parties will be consulted by the cross-government task and finish team; what is the timetable for it to finish, and who it will report to.(31624)

2684Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the answer of 21 September 2026, to Question HL3154, on Political Parties: Finance, what is her department’s definition of political equality, and what are the metrics to measure or quantity it.(30812)

2685Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): 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 the overseas contributor donation cap as currently announced will retrospectively apply to political donations made since 25 March 2026, where an elector on the domestic electoral roll makes a donation to a political party or regulated donee, but the donor’s actual residence has not been within the United Kingdom for a full calendar year at the time of the donation.(32834)

2686Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2026, to Question 21061, on MHCLG: Vacancies, if she will list the job titles of the 202 job advertisement campaigns that were only advertised across government on the internal Civil Service jobs website.(32019)

2687Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.271, how many staff have been transferred from the local economic growth and devolution strategy team of MHCLG to No10 North.(30393)

2688Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026, to Question 20211, on INTERREG Programme, whether any financial corrections were applied by her Department.(33262)

2689Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026, to Question 20191, on European Regional Development Fund, if she will provide a breakdown of the 4,573 of financial corrections, by organisation, amount and the breach of the rules that lead to the irregular expenditure.(30407)

2690Mohammad Yasin (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent and forthcoming planning reforms on the workload of local planning authorities and the capacity of local planning authorities to manage the pace and volume of changes being introduced to the planning system; and what support her Department is providing to ensure councils can implement these reforms effectively to deliver the Government’s ambitions for housing and growth.(32455)

2691Mohammad Yasin (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration she has given to ensuring that town and parish councils effectively contribute to local planning decisions under the new national scheme of delegation.(31272)

2692Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has his Department made of the average costs incurred by jurors since 2011, and a) whether they plan to update remuneration for travel and subsistence costs to be in line with current government rates, and b) whether they have plans to revise the day rates claimable for loss of earning to reflect the rise in the National Minimum Wage.(33119)

2693Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of fixed penalties as opposed to means tested penalties as a deterrent for speeding offences and whether they have plans to consider larger or graduated penalties for higher earners.(33520)

2694Chris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that survivors and domestic abuse specialist services are involved in shaping the proximity-monitoring pilot scheme.(31469)

2695John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average percentage attendance rate was of assigned CAFCASS staff at Piccadilly Gate, 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.(30739)

2696John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned LAA staff at Piccadilly Gate 26 Store St, Manchester M1 2WD in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(31559)

2697John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 13 July 2026 to Question 18049 on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington,what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned HMCTS staff at Metro Building Salford M5 3EY in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(32756)

2698Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what preventative services his department is offering to individuals in custody to stop re-offending.(32559)

2699Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what specific schemes his department has in place to help reduce re-offending in a) South West and b) Torbay.(32560)

2700Samantha Dixon (Chester North and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Solicitors Regulation Authority following the collapse of PM Property Lawyers; and what steps he is taking to ensure continuity of service for clients when a law firm ceases trading.(30522)

2701Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of women released from prison into homelessness.(31274)

2702Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the link between homelessness and reoffending.(30442)

2703Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the particular risk for women leaving prison homeless.(33295)

2704Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce regional variations of women released from prison into homelessness.(32889)

2705Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026, to UIN 13835, if he will make it his policy to keep data on trials which do not go ahead because the defendant was found unfit to stand trial.(30834)

2706Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the operational effectiveness of multi-agency arrangements for ensuring that individuals found to have done the act in a Trial of the Facts for qualifying sexual offences are automatically placed on the Sex Offenders Register and the Children's Barred List.(31648)

2707Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order in protecting victims.(31649)

2708Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to expand the provision of court registered intermediaries and special assistance mechanisms to enable defendants with learning difficulties or neurodivergent conditions to participate effectively in criminal trials, in line with recommendations made by the Law Commission on unfitness to plead.(33268)

2709Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reform the legal criteria for unfitness to stand trial under the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964; and what assessment he has made of the suitability of the 1836 Pritchard criteria when evaluating defendants with complex learning disabilities.(30414)

2710Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the statutory two-year maximum duration of a Supervision Order issued under Schedule 1A to the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 as a mechanism to protect public safety.(33269)

2711Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a Supervision Order issued under Schedule 1A to the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 reaching its statutory two-year maximum limit in cases involving child sexual abuse on public safety.(32866)

2712Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Supervision Orders issued under Schedule 1A to the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 following a Trial of the Facts that reached their statutory two-year maximum limit in each of the last five years.(32440)

2713Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what requirement or guidance exists under the Victim’s Code to notify victims of child sexual abuse, or their guardians, when a defendant’s statutory two-year Supervision Order is due to lapse; and what reassurances are provided regarding ongoing public protection measures.(32441)

2714Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has reviewed the statutory two-year maximum duration for Supervision Orders made under the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964.(31244)

2715Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the legal mechanisms available to Crown Courts when an individual breaches the requirements of a Supervision Order made under Schedule 1A to the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964; and how many such orders were revoked or amended due to non-compliance in each of the last five years.(31245)

2716Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the level of the public protection risks arising from the statutory restriction that a breach of a Supervision Order issued following a Trial of the Facts cannot result in criminal sanctions, fines, or custodial recall due to the defendant’s lack of legal capacity.(30415)

2717Sir Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to review Schedule 1A to the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 to establish alternative, non-custodial statutory enforcement powers for supervising officers when an unfit defendant consistently non-complies with mandated treatment or residence conditions.(33270)

2718Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(31341)

2719Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in (1) 2022, (2) 2023 and (3) 2024.(31971)

2720Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Prison and Probation Service spent on interpreters and related translation services in (1) 2022, (2) 2023, (3) 2024 and (4) 2025.(30344)

2721Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Legal Aid Agency spent on interpreters and related translation services in (1) 2022, (2) 2023, (3) 2024 and (4) 2025.(31972)

2722Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to conduct analysis of the potential impact of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 on divorce rates.(31165)

2723Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the recommendations contained in the Woodhill Commitments, developed by the Woodhill Families Group following deaths in custody at HMP Woodhill; and whether he plans to implement those recommendations across the prison estate.(33392)

2724Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for the transfer of prisoners requiring urgent inpatient mental health treatment from prison to secure mental health facilities in each of the last five years; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce those waiting times.(31373)

2725Warinder Juss (Wolverhampton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to nationalise prison escort and custody services.(32277)

2726Ben Lake (Ceredigion Preseli): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 16046 on Probate: Applications, what was the average time taken to issue a grant of probate to applications submitted in a) English and b) Welsh in each year since 2021.(33291)

2727Ms Julie Minns (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has assessed the extent to which criminal record disclosure questions used by employers are accessible to neurodivergent applicants.(31429)

2728Ms Julie Minns (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the his Department has considered establishing a national criminal record disclosure portal through which applicants could access information about the convictions and cautions they are required to disclose to employers.(31430)

2729Ms Julie Minns (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of a standardised national system for criminal record declarations for applicants and employers.(32620)

2730Ms Julie Minns (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with employers, representative bodies and disclosure services on improving the consistency of criminal record disclosure practices across recruitment processes.(32621)

2731Ms Julie Minns (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the clarity and accessibility of terminology used in criminal record disclosure questions on job application forms, including references to convictions that are "protected" or "eligible for filtering".(33039)

2732Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which prisons will existing space, such as unused office space, laundry rooms and storage areas, be converted into new cells and how many cells will be created in each prison via this project.(31776)

2733Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23438 on Prison Accommodation, what is the breakdown of further places at other sites across the prison estate created through the refurbishment or reconfiguration of individual cells.(30974)

2734Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 26918 on Prisons: Construction, what is the breakdown by prison of the additional prison capacity created between 1997 and 2010.(31777)

2735Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what official inspections of the standard of accommodation across the prison estate were conducted between 2005 and 2015.(30975)

2736Ben 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, what is the current usage capacity of HMP Liverpool.(33007)

2737Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made in delivering alcohol tagging.(33402)

2738Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23403 on Prisons: Procurement, what change in reporting approach by the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority has resulted in a £1.28 billion saving in 2025/26.(30569)

2739Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison places were closed between 1997 and 2010.(33403)

2740Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Research and analysis entitled Estimated progression model tranche release volumes, published 30 August 2026, what the scheduled date is of each of the ten tranches of early prisoner releases from October 2026.(33011)

2741Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released from HMP Littlehey in Tranche 1 of the early release scheme.(32180)

2742Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026 to question 28100 on Prisons: construction, what progress has he made in identifying the a) unused and b) underutilised existing space across the prison estate to be converted into cells.(31398)

2743Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026 to question 28100 on Prisons: construction, what is the total amount allocated to further investment to purchase new land to secure potential sites for future prisons between now and 2029/30.(33409)

2744Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026 to question 28100 on Prisons: construction, what is the breakdown by prison of the hundreds of new prison places that will be delivered in the next two years.(30576)

2745Tristan Osborne (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his department can provide an update on the timeframes for the introduction of dedicated courtrooms for rape and serious sexual offence cases for Maidstone Crown Court.(31488)

2746Manuela Perteghella (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will undertake a review of whether serious child sexual abuse prosecutions should be given priority listing where there is evidence that a defendant may become medically unfit to stand trial before proceedings are concluded.(32220)

2747Manuela Perteghella (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of criminal court delays on survivors of child sexual abuse and other serious sexual offences; and whether his Department plans to introduce measures to reduce delays in such cases.(33050)

2748Manuela Perteghella (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the legal framework governing Trials of Fact in recognising proven wrongdoing in cases where a defendant is found unfit to plead.(32221)

2749Manuela Perteghella (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has considered introducing additional forms of judicial recognition, formal findings, or symbolic accountability measures in cases where a court has determined that a defendant committed the acts alleged, but a conventional criminal sentence cannot lawfully be imposed.(30615)

2750Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to increase the penalties and sanctions for providers of illegal ghost vehicle registration plates.(31581)

2751Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of sanctions for those who are proven not to run ID checks on vehicle owners before providing illegal ghost vehicle registration plates.(30766)

2752Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will increase the maximum penalties and sanctions for people convicted of fly tipping.(30358)

2753Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to support children of parents in prison.(31576)

2754Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Law Commission’s report entitled Unfitness to Plead, published on 13 January 2016.(33289)

2755Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2026 to question 28953, what assessment he has made of the need for primary legislation in the medium and long-term.(30638)

2756Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cells across the England and Wales prison estate were unoccupied in each month between 1 August 2024 and 31 July 2026; and what the stated reasons were for unoccupancy.(32656)

2757Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of re-introducing issue fees in the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales).[R] (33474)

2758Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Senior President of the Tribunals on the potential merits of introducing a pre-action protocol for matters arising before the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales).[R] (33084)

2759Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Solihull West and Shirley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of changing the name of the Chancery Division to the Business & Property Division.(32248)

2760Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has considered introducing guidance for family courts on distinguishing between (a) a child who has never had an established relationship with a parent and (b) a child whose previously established relationship with a parent has been disrupted during proceedings.(32152)

2761Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to resolve private-law Children Act proceedings.(31367)

2762Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether the current law provides sufficient protection for non-biological parents in same-sex families who have been involved in the upbringing of their children from birth.(32564)

2763Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether prospective same-sex parents receive sufficient information about the legal implications of (a) biological parenthood, (b) legal parenthood and (c) Parental Responsibility before or during fertility treatment.(32565)

2764Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms exist to ensure that family court orders restricting the removal of children from England and Wales are communicated promptly to the police, HM Passport Office and Border Force.(30956)

2765Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what measured effect Justice Transcribe has had on (a) probation officer contact time with offenders, (b) caseloads and (c) recorded outcomes; what accuracy testing has been undertaken; and what the tool has cost.(32091)

2766Alistair Strathern (Hitchin): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) pregnant women and (b) mothers of babies under two were under probation supervision in each of the last five years; how many of those women were recalled to custody; and whether the Department plans to collect data on outcomes for mothers of babies under the age of two on probation.(32535)

2767Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Office of the Public Guardian.(30733)

2768Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve public awareness of the role and responsibilities of the Office of the Public Guardian.(33585)

2769Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating financial institutions to notify the Office of the Public Guardian if they suspect an individual with Lasting Power of Attorney is undertaking negligence and fraud regarding money in a donor's account.(33175)

2770Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating that a person granted Lasting Power of Attorney must submit a detailed financial statement of themselves to an oversight body upon appointment.(32750)

2771Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to introduce mandatory safeguarding training for individuals granted Lasting Power of Attorney.(32751)

2772Nick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many separate occasions in the past five years British police forces have ceded jurisdiction to US military investigators in cases where US military personnel have been accused of committing serious crimes on British soil.(30954)

2773Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of legal aid for people who have extended or multiple hearings in family courts.(32306)

2774Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of current measures that familiarise judges with reports prior to hearings in family courts.(33150)

2775Freddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that repeat litigation is not used maliciously in child arrangement cases.(32719)

2776Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Church Appointments (Repeal of Discriminatory Provision Bill) Explanatory Notes, published 15 September 2026, paragraph 6, if he will list the 450 benefice appointments within the patronage of the Lord Chancellor; and whether these powers are still utilised.(32003)

2777Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the answer of 5 June 2026, to Question 3763, on Government Communications Service: Staff, and of 19 January 2026, to Question 104195, on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in the department are (a) members of the Government Communication Network and (b) are embedded communicators but are not counted as members of the Government Communication Network.(30815)

2778Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2026, to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spend on branded goods and merchandise by the department since the Government Chief Commercial Officer letter was sent; on what items, and at what cost.(31627)

2779Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Explanatory Note to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Uprating Election Expenses) Order 2026, if he will publish the inflation methodology for the uprating of each of the election expenditure limits, over what period was the uprating backdated to, and whether CPI or RPI was used.(31352)

2780Alex Easton (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the potential merits of benchmarking palliative and end of life care in Northern Ireland against international best practice; and what steps he is taking to encourage the sharing of best practice across the UK in order to improve the quality of end of life care.(30680)

2781Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(32528)

2782Claire Hanna (Belfast South and Mid Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the potential merits of permitting an opposite-sex couple whose marriage was in Scotland to convert the marriage into a civil partnership in Northern Ireland.(31721)

2783Claire Hanna (Belfast South and Mid Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department wrote to The Executive Office to indicate support for inviting the International Commission on Missing Persons to support the work of the Truth Recovery Independent Panel report into workings of Mother and Baby Homes, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses in Northern Ireland between 1922 and 1995.(32948)

2784Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations he has received from the Northern Ireland Executive about the costs associated with Operation Repreparation in Portadown.(31032)

2785Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish an assessment of trends in the levels of (a) state actors and (b) non-state actors spreading disinformation via social media platforms to try and fuel community tensions and sow disagreement between organisations in Northern Ireland.(32798)

2786Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent conversations he has had with the PSNI on facilitating the walk of the Portadown District Loyal Orange Lodge No 1 on the Garvaghy Road.(31574)

2787Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to help ensure that members of the Northern Ireland Executive keep their Pledge of Office.(30759)

2788Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had conversations with the Northern Ireland Executive regarding the participation of its Ministers in unlawful protest.(31575)

2789Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had conversations with the PSNI regarding the participation of Northern Ireland Executive Ministers in unlawful protest.(30760)

2790David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the comments by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, Official Report, House of Lords, Grand Committee, Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 and Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Uprating Election Expenses) Order 2026, 14 September 2026, Col. 366GC, and the associated Explanatory Memorandum for the Election Expenses Order, what was the evidential basis used to determine that election spending limits are too low in Northern Ireland.(30933)

2791Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the procedures in Schedule 6B to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 will apply to any Joint Committee decision adding Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 to Annex 2; and whether the Northern Ireland Assembly will be consulted before a position is taken.(30881)

2792Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he was briefed at COBRA on 12 August 2026 about the health effects of wildfire smoke and the likelihood of ozone triggering an alert on 13 and 14 August 2026.(31586)

2793Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has a policy on Ministers receiving (a) criminal and (b) civil sanctions for breaking the law and remaining in office.(31210)

2794Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, what the timetable and terms of reference are for the review of the Chagos Islands deal.(30399)

2795Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to ensure the UK Government commemorates the 1,100th anniversary of the establishment of the Kingdom of England and the foundations of a unified nation state.(32417)

2796Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Prime Minister’s announcement of a National Commission on electoral reform of 29 September 2026, if he will consider a nationwide referendum before any change to the voting system.(32028)

2797Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, what is the planned date for his attendance at the EU/UK reset summit.(31229)

2798Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, further to the answer of 3 February 2026, to Question 106203, on 10 Downing Street, and to the answer of 31 March 2025 to Question 39119, whether a data sharing agreement has since been agreed.(31230)

2799Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Prime Minister’s announcement of a National Commission on electoral reform of 29 September 2026, what are the terms of reference of the National Commission, when will it report by, and how will its members be selected.(32420)

2800Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2026 to Question 7165 on Prime Minister: Official Gifts, which auctioneers are used.(32421)

2801Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, what his policy is on independence referendums in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.(32029)

2802Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to introduce further (a) taxation and (b) regulation on second homes.(32844)

2803Harriet Cross (Gordon and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the potential impact of a new nuclear power station at Torness on employment opportunities in the civil nuclear sector in the area.(31116)

2804Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(33363)

2805Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many meetings have Scotland Office Ministers had with Scottish Government Ministers in each year since 2021.(31099)

2806Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Nuclear Industry Association’s 2026 Jobs Map, what assessment he has made of the impact of no new nuclear development in Scotland on civil nuclear employment.(31663)

2807Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on supporting people employed in Scotland’s civil nuclear sector.(30857)

2808Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has issued guidance on whether asylum seekers, from Commonwealth countries, may be considered qualifying electors.(31751)

2809Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what role has the Local Government Boundary Commission for England played in reviewing the electoral wards and divisions being proposed by local authorities to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government as part of the unitary local government restructuring.(30947)

2810Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission was consulted on the Government (a) moving the dates of the 2026 combined authority mayoral elections to 2028, and (b) moving some of the rescheduled 2028 combined authority mayoral elections back to 2027.(32142)

2811Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20285 on Political Parties: Finance, whether the Electoral Commission has assessed the potential impact of escrow accounts on the effectiveness of the enhanced Know Your Donor due diligence checks.(32143)

2812Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 7841 on Electoral Register, what guidance the Electoral Commission has provided on whether an individual can be registered as a domestic elector if their permanent residence is overseas.(32980)

2813Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what advice and guidance the Electoral Commission has provided in relation to whether a political party imprint is required on digital materials that are provided to third parties by a political party, but where the digital materials are subsequently edited or altered by the third party prior to publication by the third party.(32549)

2814Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 21243, on Members’ Interest, if the Electoral Commission will make it their policy to ensure there is greater clarity and transparency on its public registers between (a) political donations and (b) sponsorship donations.(30844)

2815Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission holds an electronic database of current and previous electoral rolls, including registered overseas electors.(30421)

2816Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the answer of 2 September 2026, to Question 19366, on Political Parties: Regulation, whether the Electoral Commission has provided guidance on whether the provision of security costs to a regulated donee in relation to political visits and appearances would fall under the example of political activities for the purposes of requiring such donations or donations in kind to be reported to the Electoral Commission.[R] (31250)

2817Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the answer of 2 September 2026, to Question 19366, on Political Parties: Regulation, whether the Electoral Commission has provided guidance on whether the provision of social media staff support to a regulated donee in relation to political communications on social media would fall under the example of political activities for the purposes of requiring such donations or donations in kind to be reported to the Electoral Commission.[R] (31251)

2818Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance has been given on whether the cost of food, drink and entertainment after an election, but where the invitation is made to voters before the election, is election spending.(32051)

2819Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has given any advice or guidance on whether and how Section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 applies to political finance offences committed by (a) political parties, (b) regulated donees, and (c) third party individuals and organisations linked with (a) and (b).(30846)

2820Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, in the context of the Channel 4 News report on Reform UK’s party political donations of 4 September 2026, what consideration has the Commission made of using its inspection and information powers under Schedule 19B of the Political Parties Elections and Referendum Act 2000.(31656)

2821Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance or advice has the Electoral Commission provided on whether the provision by a third party of opinion polling for use by a political party, is a declarable donation in kind by that political party, and whether such donations should be from permissible donors.(30847)

2822David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the answer of 12 June 2026, to Question 7841, on Electoral Register, whether the Electoral Commission has made an assessment of whether an individual domestic elector who has a permanent residence both in (a) the UK and (b) abroad, would be deemed to be a (i) UK resident or (ii) overseas contributor, for the purposes of the new residency requirement as part of the overseas contributors donations cap as framed in the Representation of the People Bill, HL Bill 47 (as brought from the Commons).(32961)

2823David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Electoral Commission publication, “how different levels of donation caps could affect political parties: sensitivity analysis”, July 2026, what methodological assumptions did the Commission make on whether the cap on donations would apply to trade union affiliation fees.(33358)

2824David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance has the Electoral Commission given on the immigration status for a Commonwealth citizen to be eligible to stand as a candidate for the UK Parliament, and whether this differs from the immigration status for a qualified Commonwealth citizen to eligible register to vote; and what guidance has been given to Electoral Registration Officers on how the immigration status of a Commonwealth citizen should be verified in each case.(30514)

2825David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission was consulted on the uprating of election expenses contained within the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Uprating Election Expenses) Order 2026.(33359)

2826David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to Question 21240, on Returning Officers, whether the Electoral Commission has issued advice or guidance to Election Returning Officers on whether they must share, on request with candidates, agents and counting agents, the number of ballots issued at each polling station.(31338)

2827Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the advertisement posted on the Civil Service Jobs website by the Electoral Commission for a Senior Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Officer, Ref: 444420, and the written statement of 14 May 2024, HCWS464, on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Civil Service, what consideration the Electoral Commission gave to the recommended Civil Service policy on standalone EDI roles.(32821)

2828Dan Aldridge (Weston-super-Mare): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Vehicle Excise Duty distinction between vehicles emitting over 225g/km first registered before and after 23 March 2006 on the (a) environment and (b) economy; and whether he has considered the potential merits of reforming that distinction.(33458)

2829Gideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider the potential merits of establishing a fund at the Budget to help local authorities and registered providers match the difference between the open market price of a social home being disposed of by a private registered provider and its value when retained at Social Rent, and the cost of necessary works.(32279)

2830Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing the level of rural productivity on economic growth.(30637)

2831Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has considered the potential merits of reforming the £100,000 adjusted net income threshold for childcare support.(32933)

2832Stuart Anderson (South Shropshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the National Security Strategy, published 24 June 2025, what long-term fiscal adjustments have been modeled to support economic security.(31672)

2833Dr Scott Arthur (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 17 September 2026 to Question (UIN 28962), what evidence his Department holds on the extent to which reductions in VAT are passed on to consumers (a) in general and (b) specifically for automated external defibrillators; and whether his Department has assessed representations from defibrillator manufacturers and suppliers committing to pass on in full any savings arising from VAT relief.(32681)

2834Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the Office for National Statistics' conclusion that the Retail Prices Index is not a reliable measure of inflation for the purposes of setting student loan interest rates.(33112)

2835Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans she has to replace the Retail Prices Index with the Consumer Prices Index as the basis for calculating interest on Plan 2 student loans.(33512)

2836Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Treasury has made of the change in Exchequer receipts resulting from the freeze to the Plan 2 student loan repayment threshold and interest rate thresholds announced at Autumn Budget 2025.(31492)

2837Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the one-off effect on capital spending in 2026-27 arising from the freeze to Plan 2 repayment thresholds, and how this compares with the effect of reversing that freeze.(30674)

2838Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Treasury has made of the potential impact of the 9% Plan 2 student loan repayment rate on labour supply among higher and middle-earning graduates.(33115)

2839Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the Exchequer cost of reducing the Plan 2 student loan repayment rate from 9% to 5% for the 2022-23 university entry cohort.(33514)

2840Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the option identified by the Institute for Fiscal Studies of combining a reduction in the Plan 2 repayment rate to 5% with an extension of the loan write-off period.(30676)

2841Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of combined marginal deduction rates in excess of 50% on economic growth and productivity.(33515)

2842Jas Athwal (Ilford South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of combined marginal tax rates on graduates with student loans and children.(31081)

2843Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department holds on the take up of Help to Save scheme; and what steps his Department is taking to increase rates of take-up.(31998)

2844Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department holds on the levels of use of the £500 financial advice allowance from pension funds.(31999)

2845Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, a) how many tax reliefs have been formally evaluated by HM Revenue and Customs since publication of the Treasury Committee's report, Tax Reliefs, Twentieth Report of Session 2022–23 and b) which reliefs have been evaluated in that period.(31603)

2846Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax reliefs do not currently have published data on claimant numbers or beneficiaries.(30785)

2847Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase publication of claimant and beneficiary data for tax reliefs.(31604)

2848Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations of the Treasury Committee's report, Tax Reliefs, Twentieth Report of Session 2022–23.(30786)

2849Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, a) when Patent Box relief was last formally evaluated; and b) whether he plans to publish any subsequent evaluation.(33225)

2850Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of Patent Box relief was claimed by the largest 100 claimant companies in the latest year for which data is available.(32817)

2851Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the administrative cost to HM Revenue and Customs of administering Patent Box relief in the most recent year for which data is available.(33226)

2852Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses received lending from Community Development Finance Institutions in the latest year for which information is available.(32392)

2853Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total value of lending provided by Community Development Finance Institutions in each year since 2020.(31195)

2854Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-structural tax reliefs have had their effectiveness assessed against their original policy objective in the last five years.(32393)

2855Steve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the the cost exempting domestic heating oil from VAT.(33224)

2856Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of the Personal Allowance taper on (a) the ability of UK companies and organisations to recruit and retain highly skilled workers and (b) tax revenues.(32505)

2857Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of prediction markets or event contracts.(31597)

2858Chris Bloore (Redditch): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) removing and (b) reducing the 20% VAT charged on veterinary services, medicines and pet food.(31007)

2859Maureen Burke (Glasgow North East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing Machine Games Duty on Category B machines on the provision and use of lower-stake gaming machines.(33444)

2860Maureen Burke (Glasgow North East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether Machine Games Duty rates reflect the relative levels of gambling harm associated with different gambling products.(31444)

2861Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026, Question 28524, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing funding for advisory and investment support to enable the existing oil and gas supply chain to transition their operations.(33519)

2862Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Asylum Support Accommodation Programme (ASAP): SRO appointment letter for Becca Jones, January 2026, updated 2 July 2026, what work has the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority undertaken on asylum seeker accommodation.(30945)

2863Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2026, to Question 20482, on Business Rates: Small Businesses, for what reason the thresholds for small business rate relief were not uprated by the average increase in Rateable Values in the 2026 revaluation; and what was the estimated increase in revenue from fiscal drag as a result.(32977)

2864Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2026, to Question 19147, on Council tax: Valuation, and further to page 85 of the Explanatory Memorandum to the Local Government Finance (Wales) Act 2024, whether the HMRC Valuation Office is forecasting a future appeal rate for the council tax surcharge in England (a) higher, (b) lower or (c) the same, as the average 3.15% rate, (min 2%, max 5%) assumed by the Valuation Office Agency and Valuation Tribunal for Wales for the council tax revaluation in Wales.(32140)

2865Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20227, on Taxation: Research, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the four research reports.(31750)

2866Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20404, on Public Houses: Business Rates, what number and proportion of pubs were estimated to be part of a wider business group chain.(30946)

2867Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2026 to Question 28983 on Council Tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, whether he had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the decision to disapply the council tax referendum thresholds in the six councils.(30536)

2868Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to start the Credit Broking Review as set out in the Policy Statement on reform of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (published in May 2026).(30454)

2869Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the compatibility of the eligibility of adaptive cycles for VAT relief with the ineligibility of tandem bicycles for VAT relief purchased by people with a visual impairment.(30869)

2870John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and to the answer of 14 July 2026, to Question 14979, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned GIAA staff at Piccadilly Gate 26 Store St, Manchester M1 2WD in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(33182)

2871John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to Question 18049, on Government Departments: Greater Manchester, and to the answer of 14 July 2026, to Question 14979, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington, what was the average percentage attendance rate of assigned HMRC staff at Trinity Bridge House, 2 Dearmans Pl, Salford M3 5DS in the most recent working week for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of assigned staff attending the workplace and in absolute terms.(33590)

2872Adam Dance (Yeovil): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing business rates exemption schemes for community-owned assets.(33469)

2873Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding the Local Apprenticeships Service for areas in England without regional mayors.(33380)

2874Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he had made of the potential merits of providing VAT exemption for tandem bikes as an adaptive bike for disabled people.(32981)

2875Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of current VAT rules on tandem bikes.(33381)

2876Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his department will publish an impact assessment on the overnight visitor levy.(32148)

2877Steve Darling (Torbay): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his department plans to publish a visitor economy growth strategy.(32983)

2878Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment his department has made of the potential impact of changes to ratings assessments for serviced offices on (a) the serviced office sector, (b) the level of economic growth and (c) the level of rents and costs for SMEs occupying serviced offices.[R] (33287)

2879Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing legislative proposals to prevent the backdating of revised business rates liabilities arising from case law in circumstances where there has been no wrongdoing by the business concerned.[R] (32882)

2880Paul Davies (Colne Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of increasing the proportion of that department's research and development funding allocated to regions that have historically received a lower share of health research funding.(31920)

2881Dame Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether legislation will be required to give effect to the commitment that people whose only income is the basic or new state pension will not pay income tax over this Parliament.(32813)

2882Dame Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the freeze of the personal allowance until April 2031 announced at Budget 2025.(30782)

2883Dame Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 5 August 2026 to Question HL2380, how many people over state pension age he estimates will be income taxpayers in 2027-28; and how many people he estimates will benefit from the commitment that people whose only income is the basic or new State Pension, without increments, will not pay income tax over this Parliament, in that year.(31601)

2884Dame Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing measures to prevent pensioners with small amounts of income in addition to the state pension from facing a higher tax liability than those whose only income is the state pension.(33222)

2885Dame Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs will take to identify individuals within scope of the commitment for pensioners not to pay income tax on the State Pension.(32814)

2886Dave Doogan (Angus and Perthshire Glens): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support international efforts to address sovereign debt challenges faced by developing countries; and what discussions he has had with international partners on reforming global debt restructuring mechanisms to improve access to timely and effective debt relief.(31281)

2887Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a higher rate of tax for category B slot machines on levels of gambling harm.(30749)

2888Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help tackle the enablers of illicit finance in financial and legal services.(32351)

2889Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether taxpayers will cover more than 80% of Rosebank's development costs through tax reliefs.(30744)

2890Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to WPQ HL2380 answered on 5 August 2026 about Pensioners: Income Tax, what recent discussions he has had with pensioner representation groups on reducing administration for pensioners so they do not have to pay small amounts of tax via simple assessment from 2027-2028.(31286)

2891Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Secretary of State for Work and Pensions during the Westminster Hall Debate of 15 June 2026 on State Pensioners Personal Allowance, Column 270WH, whether further measures to reduce administration for pensioners so that they do not have to pay small amounts of tax via simple assessment from 2027-28 will be announced in the forthcoming Finance Bill.(31287)

2892Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the potential costs faced by HMRC without measures to ease the administrative burden for pensioners so they do not have to pay small amounts of tax via simple assessment.(30457)

2893Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the document, Tax Policy Associates England's new tourist tax: what it raises, who pays and what it costs, published in September 2026.(31288)

2894Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with [a] road haulage and [b] logistics groups about the impact of the cost of diesel on business operations.(31290)

2895Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has undertaken an economic impact assessment of cancelling planned increases in fuel duty.(31291)

2896Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with motorists' groups about the potential impact of [a] levels of fuel duty and [b] cancelling planned increases in fuel duty on costs for motorists.(30460)

2897Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to question 315 answered on 22 May 2026 on Fuels: Excise Duties, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of current red diesel prices on the farming community.(32915)

2898Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Question 21878 answered on 22 September 2026 On the Productivity Gap in the East Midlands, what recent conversations he has had with [i] local political leaders [ii] local educational leaders and [iii] local business community about developing place-based growth in [a] Leicestershire and [b] Hinckley and Bosworth constituency.(32916)

2899Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(30934)

2900Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on potential options for providing redress to women affected by maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age.(31568)

2901Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with Lloyds Banking Group on the timing of the publication of the Dobbs Review.(31122)

2902Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make his policy to protect funding for life sciences research in the Budget, in the context of protecting and enhancing the status of UK cancer research.(31124)

2903Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed in his department's equality, diversity and inclusion team in 2025 and what the cost to the public was of their total salaries.(31164)

2904Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many payments were made through the Equitable Life Payment Scheme to residents of South Holland and the Deepings constituency.(32367)

2905Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the level of administration required by Making Tax Digital requirements on individual landlords with small property portfolios.(32992)

2906Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of permanent rates of Theatre Tax Relief on the financial sustainability of regional, community and amateur theatre organisations facing rising production and venue costs; and what steps the Government is taking to provide certainty on the future of that relief.(32161)

2907Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the zero rate of VAT to heat batteries by adding them to the Energy Saving Materials list.(30439)

2908Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 8 January 2026 to Question 101828, when the Further Pensions (Abolition of Lifetime Allowance Charge etc) Regulations will be made.(30490)

2909Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many projects have left the portfolio in each year since NISTA began reporting because they were a) completed and b) cancelled; what the i) value and ii) cost of cancellation was of those projects; and what the lead department was for those projects.(33332)

2910Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2026 to Question 9053 on Treasury: Written Questions, what oral and written representations the Bank of England has received from representatives of the Reform UK party on cryptocurrency deregulation and taxation; and on what dates the Bank of England met Reform UK on this matter.(33274)

2911Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Reform UK has made (a) a donation in general towards public expenditure or (b) a donation for the purposes of reducing the national debt to pay for the costs of the recent Clacton by-election.(33275)

2912Alison Hume (Scarborough and Whitby): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of potential models for financial redress for women affected by maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age, including a rules-based compensation scheme.(31509)

2913Alison Hume (Scarborough and Whitby): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on potential options for providing redress to women affected by maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age.(33527)

2914Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether, further to his Department's consultation on the Modernising Payment Services Regulation, his Department has assessed the specific risks associated with the use of facial recognition technology by banks and payment service providers.(33280)

2915Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Institute for Public Policy Research's 'local youth opportunity index' report on his fiscal policies.(31455)

2916Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to address the regional inequalities in job opportunities for young people in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.(33456)

2917Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the economic impact of international students on the UK economy when developing fiscal policy in relation to the higher education sector.(30917)

2918Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the International Student Levy.(31717)

2919Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to improve local government finances and fund public buildings and services, in the context of budgetary cuts under the previous Government.(31718)

2920Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to announce the exact spending allocations for delivery of Transport for Wales' £14 billion pipeline of rail projects as endorsed on 17 February 2026.(31668)

2921Chris Kane (Stirling and Strathallan): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC's document entitled Temporary zero rate of VAT in Great Britain for domestic electricity, published on 8 September 2026, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a temporary zero rate of VAT on domestic heating oil.(33065)

2922Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of recent business rate increases on planned capital investment in transport infrastructure, including at Manchester Airport.(33296)

2923Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the findings of the report published in September 2026 by Oxford Economics, titled The UK’s Investment Shortfall; and whether he is taking steps to reform business property taxes to encourage private infrastructure investment.(32892)

2924Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the estimate in the September 2026 Oxford Economics report, titled The UK’s Investment Shortfall, that closing the UK’s business investment gap with G7 nations could increase real household disposable income by £1,540 annually by 2040.(33297)

2925Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential fiscal impact of the 12% decline in international student numbers since 2022/23.(30446)

2926Afzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the economic case for the International Student Levy.(32065)

2927Ben Lake (Ceredigion Preseli): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 26306 on Sodium Valproate: Compensation, whether HM Treasury has been asked by the Department of Health and Social Care to approve funding for financial redress for those harmed by sodium valproate during pregnancy.(33292)

2928Ben Lake (Ceredigion Preseli): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 26641, whether the approval of his Department is required by the Department for Health and Social Care to award financial redress in response to recommendations by the Patient Safety Commissioner.(33293)

2929Ben Lake (Ceredigion Preseli): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions has HM Treasury had with the Department of Health and Social Care since February 2024 regarding the funding of financial redress for those harmed by sodium valproate during pregnancy.(32459)

2930Graham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review taxation on savings for those who have self-funded care costs.(31901)

2931Graham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review inheritance tax allowances for costs associated with personal care.(30690)

2932Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions came from the a) social care sector, b) GPs, c) pharmacies, d) dentists and e) NHS since its introduction in April 2025.(32708)

2933Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the rate of duty on red diesel used specifically in agriculture.(33577)

2934Ben Maguire (North Cornwall): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding his Department is making available for small businesses in the a) hospitality and b) tourism sector in Cornwall.(31550)

2935Charlie Maynard (Witney): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has considered the potential merits of a vulnerable-customer scheme for heating-oil users to identify and protect people with significant disability or medical vulnerability before an emergency occurs.(32733)

2936John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of replacing the Energy Profits Levy with the Oil and Gas Revenue Levy on (a) total tax receipts from the UK Continental Shelf and (b) the level of capital investment in the UK Continental Shelf, in each year to 2035.(33192)

2937John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library of the House a copy of the modelling behind his Department's revenue estimates for the Oil and Gas Revenue Levy, including the oil and gas price assumptions used.(32785)

2938John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) oil and gas companies, (b) trade associations and (c) other organisations Ministers and officials in his Department met while designing the Oil and Gas Revenue Levy, and on what dates those meetings took place.(31160)

2939John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department holds data on the level of the basic state pension if the original earnings link had been retained compared with the current rates of basic state pension (both for those pre- and post-2016) today, and (using projections) in 2030.(31969)

2940John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of potential savings to the public purse from restricting pension tax relief to a) 40% (i.e. not for contributions above the 45% rate); and b) 35% for higher rate taxpayers and above.(32787)

2941James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HM Revenue and Customs press release entitled “More than £300 million paid out through Help to Save with thousands more savers set to benefit”, published on 21 September 2026, what assessment he has made of the reasons why take-up of Help to Save remains below the number of people eligible for the scheme.(31956)

2942James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HM Revenue and Customs press release entitled “More than £300 million paid out through Help to Save with thousands more savers set to benefit”, published on 21 September 2026, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the scheme in helping participating households build financial resilience.(32777)

2943James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HM Revenue and Customs press release entitled “More than £300 million paid out through Help to Save with thousands more savers set to benefit”, published on 21 September 2026, what assessment he has made of the expected take-up of Help to Save among the additional households becoming eligible from 2028.(31957)

2944James McMurdock (South Basildon and East Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HM Revenue and Customs press release entitled “More than £300 million paid out through Help to Save with thousands more savers set to benefit”, published on 21 September 2026, what metrics will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the expanded Help to Save scheme from 2028.(33186)

2945Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with airport operators on the potential impact of business rate liabilities on capital investment plans.(30898)

2946Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the findings of Oxford Economics report entitled The UK’s Investment Shortfall, published in September 2026, of the 25-year decline in UK capital investment relative to OECD peers; and what steps he is taking to reform business property taxes to support private infrastructure investment.(30899)

2947Sir Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help support motorists with the increased costs of driving.(30754)

2948Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Department's Answer to Question 107484 on the 28th of January 2026, whether he intends to review the Government's decision regarding legislation to require private creditors to participate in sovereign debt relief arrangements on comparable terms to official lenders.(33294)

2949Joe Morris (Hexham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the tax treatment of hybrid vehicles, including Vehicle Excise Duty and other motoring taxes.(31381)

2950Joe Morris (Hexham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to restaurants and cafés following the announcement of business rates relief for pubs, clubs and music venues; and whether he plans to extend similar support to other parts of the hospitality sector.(32995)

2951Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23094 on Defence: Finance, what progress he has made with his Canadian counterparts on how the UK’s Multilateral Defence Mechanism can work together with Canada's Defence, Security and Resilience Bank.(32589)

2952Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of removing VAT from the purchase of tandem bicycles that are used to facilitate cycling for the blind and visually impaired.(31399)

2953Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026 to question 29232 on Defence: Finance, which risks have been transferred to his Department from the Ministry of Defence; and when.(30587)

2954Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 21 September 2026 to question 29232 on Defence: Finance, what progress he has made on identifying the £300m in asset sales in 2027/28 as outlined in the Defence Investment Plan Funding explainer.(31413)

2955Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of National Minimum Wage rules on access to the Cycle to Work Scheme for low paid workers; and whether he is considering alternative mechanisms to enable workers who cannot participate through salary sacrifice to receive equivalent financial support.(30837)

2956Tristan Osborne (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the additional annual revenue that would be raised if air passenger duty on private jet flights were set at (a) 15% and (b) 45% of the average ticket price.(30669)

2957Tristan Osborne (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the equitability of the tax paid on private jet flights relative to that paid by drivers on motoring fuel.(30670)

2958Tristan Osborne (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the difference between the VAT treatment of food and drink sold for consumption on licensed premises and that sold by retailers on the level of competitiveness of pubs.(32684)

2959Tristan Osborne (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of non-domestic energy costs on small hospitality businesses, including pubs and breweries.(32685)

2960Manuela Perteghella (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the High Income Child Benefit Charge on bereaved single parents; and whether he will consider introducing an exemption or other adjustment to the charge for parents who are the sole earner in their household following the death of a spouse or partner.(30614)

2961Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the £90,000 VAT registration threshold incentivises small businesses to (a) restrict their turnover, (b) refuse additional work or (c) delay expansion.(32714)

2962Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on the incomes of artists who are not registered for VAT of VAT charged on commissions by independent galleries.(31524)

2963Adrian Ramsay (Waveney Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to reduce VAT for fish and chip shops.(33557)

2964Joe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the VAT registration threshold on seasonal small businesses, including the extent to which businesses restrict trading during the winter months to stay below the threshold; and whether consideration has been given to introducing a gradual transition into VAT registration for such businesses.(32698)

2965Ian Roome (North Devon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department holds on the a) annual cost of the Patent Box tax relief scheme since its introduction and b) economic impact of that scheme.(32628)

2966Dr Roz Savage (South Cotswolds): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of potential models for providing financial redress to women affected by maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age, including a rules-based compensation scheme.(33174)

2967Dr Roz Savage (South Cotswolds): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on options for providing financial redress to women affected by maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age.(32338)

2968Michelle Scrogham (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has considered extending VAT relief beyond motorcycle helmets to other certified motorcycle protective equipment; and what assessment he has made of the potential road safety benefits of such a policy.(30532)

2969Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are unable to access HMRC online services because they cannot verify their identity through a passport or driving licence; and what steps HMRC is taking to provide alternative methods of identity verification for those individuals.(31837)

2970David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Q591 of the oral evidence given by the First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive, HM Revenue and Customs, to the Treasury Committee on 9 September 2026, HC 5, what is the estimated annual gross cost to the public purse of the additional staff to administer the High Value Council Tax Surcharge in each of the next five years.(32522)

2971David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20419 on JP Morgan: Business Rates, what is the estimated gross annual cost to the public purse of the additional business rate tax relief in the new JP Morgan business rates zone; and whether the gross cost will be borne by (a) central government and (b) local government.(30512)

2972David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 20332 on Holiday Accommodation: VAT, whether the VAT applied to the supply of accommodation is also charged on the overnight visitor levies charged by local authorities.(33357)

2973David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraphs 4.2 and 4.3 of his Department's policy paper entitled Effects of the business rates retail, hospitality and leisure multipliers and high-value multiplier, published on 26 November 2025, if he will list the HMRC Valuation Office’s special category codes used in the analysis for the (a) distribution warehouses, (b) pubs and (c) restaurants.(31731)

2974David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 20390 on Hospitality Industry: Business Rates, for what reason large music venues will be ineligible for the proposed additional business rate relief.(30929)

2975David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Deposited Paper DEP2010-1201, if he will place a copy of the current version of the HMRC's Valuation Office document entitled Council Tax Referencing Manual in the Library.(31732)

2976David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the list of value significant codes published in the Freedom of Information Act response by HMRC of 11 June 2026, Ref: FOI2026/48463, if he will publish how many value significant codes are recorded in (a) England and (b) Wales, by HMRC Valuation Office, across each individual code reference.(30930)

2977David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20392 on council tax, what was the assumed change in the unemployment rate from 2025-26 to 2026-27.(32122)

2978David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 2039 on council tax, what was the assumed rate of housebuilding and net housing supply in (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27.(32123)

2979David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the new overnight visitor levy will be a material consideration by HMRC Valuation Office in the valuation of a hotel for business rates.(32959)

2980David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20266 on Business Rates: Personal Care Services, what are the tests that will be applied to determine whether a business makes a positive contribution to local communities.(32523)

2981David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20402 on Business Rate: Valuation, if he will place the five data drop submissions in the Library.(32524)

2982David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the oral evidence, Work of HM Revenue and Customs, Treasury Select Committee, 9 September 2026, HC5, Q588, in what manner is the council tax revaluation in Wales now delivered, and if he will list the specific actions that have been completed for the Welsh Government.(31336)

2983Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria HMRC uses to determine whether an examination delivered digitally qualifies for the VAT exemption for education; and whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of those criteria for digital and in-person assessments.(31755)

2984Cat Smith (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any request for funding for an interim redress payment for those affected by sodium valproate has been submitted to his Department by the Department of Health and Social Care.(30410)

2985Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing draught relief on beer.(30787)

2986Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sick days have been taken by staff of his Department in each of the last five years; and what the cost of such absences was in each such year.(31760)

2987Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the proportion of people receiving the basic State Pension who would be affected by an increase in the level of taxation of pension income.(33389)

2988Alex Sobel (Leeds Central and Headingley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the Exchequer of extending VAT refund arrangements comparable to Section 33B of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 to eligible further education colleges.(32465)

2989Alex Sobel (Leeds Central and Headingley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's statements that the Government continues to consider the VAT position of further education colleges, what engagement HM Treasury has undertaken with colleges as part of that work; and when he expects it to conclude.(32890)

2990Alex Sobel (Leeds Central and Headingley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the policy rationale is for the difference in VAT treatment between a 16 to 19 academy and a further education college delivering comparable publicly funded provision.(30444)

2991Alex Sobel (Leeds Central and Headingley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has been made on implementing recommendation 3.1 on theatre tax relief of the Hodge Review of the Arts Council England, published in December 2025.(30860)

2992Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many firms have participated in the Financial Conduct Authority's Supercharged Sandbox and AI Live Testing; what outcomes have been recorded; and whether the FCA will publish an evaluation.(32922)

2993Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the basis is for the statement that AI could be worth up to £47 billion a year to the UK economy over a decade; which IMF publication and figure it derives from; and whether the IMF has endorsed the calculation.(30469)

2994Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury has received a costed plan for migration of government systems to post-quantum cryptography; and whether provision has been made for it in departmental settlements to 2029-30.(30472)

2995Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed Electric Vehicle Excise Duty on the resale value of plug-in hybrid vehicles with reduced battery range.(31142)

2996Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to introduce an exemption or tiered rate structure for older plug-in hybrid vehicles under the proposed Electric Vehicle Excise Duty.(31936)

2997Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of further education colleges not being able to recover VAT on capital expenditure, in comparison with academies, on the cost of delivering technical and vocational facilities.(32337)

2998Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to introduce a VAT refund arrangement for eligible further education colleges comparable to that available to academies.(33173)

2999Alison Taylor (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support the SME sector in Paisley Renfrewshire North constituency; and what steps he is taking to ensure that sector has adequate access to finance and funding for expansion.(31425)

3000Alison Taylor (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to provide regulatory stability for the banking sector.(31426)

3001David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to include the modernisation of Gift Aid in HMRC’s wider digitisation programme.(32329)

3002David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of introducing a universal Gift Aid declaration.(32745)

3003David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of claiming Gift Aid on small charities; and what steps he is taking to reduce levels of administration for those charities.(31549)

3004David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is considering legislative changes to enable mortgage lenders to offer (a) product switches and (b) term extensions without the consent of all joint borrowers where domestic abuse has been evidenced.(33574)

3005David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Financial Conduct Authority and mortgage lenders on preventing joint mortgages from being used as a means of economic abuse.(33575)

3006Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the independent Access to Banking Services Review, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding the range of in-person banking services available through Post Office branches.(30601)

3007Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has assessed the potential merits of replacing the individual income threshold for childcare support with (a) a household income assessment or (b) a graduated taper.(30602)

3008Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce delays in the processing of VAT refunds by HM Revenue and Customs.(33043)

3009Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential disbenefits of tying pension growth to inflation.(32752)

3010Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of tying pension growth to inflation.(33179)

3011Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential financial impact of continuing the 5p fuel duty cut until December 2026 on motorists in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency.(31442)

3012Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of hospitality businesses in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency that will pay less employers' National Insurance due to the increase in the Employment Allowance in 2026/27.(30617)

3013Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the VAT registration threshold on small businesses in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency.(31823)

3014Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to prevent illicit vaping products from being sold on high streets in Scotland following the introduction of Vaping Products Duty on 1 October 2026.(31824)

3015Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HM Revenue and Customs has made of the impact of illicit tobacco sales on legitimate retailers in Hamilton town centre.(31015)

3016Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the availability of affordable flood insurance for households and businesses in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency.(30618)

3017Imogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve access to free debt advice for people in Scotland.(31443)

3018Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out an assessment of the feasibility of seizing frozen assets for community benefit.(31680)

3019Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out the number of frozen assets in the UK that have been seized by a) HM Government, b) National Crime Agency, and c) Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation.(30456)

3020Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Treasury has made any assessment of the cost to the Exchequer of higher- and additional-rate personal tax relief on Gift Aid donations in each of the last three tax years.(32079)

3021Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Treasury has made any assessment of the distributional impact of higher- and additional-rate Gift Aid relief by income decile of donor.(32473)

3022Munira Wilson (Twickenham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a 'Right to be Forgotten' framework for cancer survivors needing travel insurance.(32080)

3023Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of whether the current rate of Machine Gaming Duty appropriately reflects the estimated £2.33 billion cost of machine gaming to the UK economy.(33210)

3024Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential revenue impact of increasing Machine Games Duty on Category B machines from 20 per cent to 40 per cent.(32383)

3025Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21040 on Tobacco Tax Gap: Wastewater Analysis, if he will pause increases in tobacco duties until HMRC has completed its wastewater analysis research into the tobacco tax gap.(33231)

3026Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question HL11028, on Bank Services: Vetting, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Financial Conduct Authority has made an estimate of incidences of debanking since the reforms of 2025, including debanking of media organisations.(32820)

3027Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 10 September 2026 to Question 26582 on Government Departments: Off-payroll Working, and to Question 26567 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Taxation, whether there is a statutory prohibition on his Department's Ministers disclosing to Parliament which central government departments and arm's length bodies are under investigation by HMRC in relation to potential IR35 tax avoidance.(31613)

3028Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the oral evidence, Work of HM Revenue and Customs, Treasury Select Committee, 9 September 2026, HC5, Q610, what is the specific health survey for England that is used to obtain data from people’s saliva, and whether the participants are explicitly informed that the data will be used by HMRC.(31207)

3029Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20991 on Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness, what is the number of efficiency saving reports that were submitted by departments and Arm’s Length public bodies in the last reported quarter.(32401)

3030Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20808 on Budget November 2025, whether policies in the forthcoming 2026 Budget will be pre-briefed to the media.(32402)

3031Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 20932 on Revenue and Customs: Salford, whether any disciplinary action is being taken against the 14% of HMRC staff in Salford who did not meet their office attendance expectation, other than those with authorised or statutory leave.(31208)

3032Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 20932 on Revenue and Customs: Salford, if he will publish the equivalent regional figures for the HMRC Valuation Office.(31209)

3033Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the press release, New members appointed to NISTA Expert Advisory Council, 10 September 2026, if he will list the declarations of political activity.(30385)

3034Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the office attendance target is for HM Treasury staff assigned to Darlington; and what the attendance rate was in the last quarter.(32828)

3035Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Memoranda of Understanding HMRC has signed with local authority trading standards services in (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales to permit access to HMRC's tobacco Track and Trace application; and how many councils have access to the application.(30803)

3036Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the answer of 21 September 2026, to Question HL3158, on Budget October 2026, whether any Budget 2026 policy announcements have been trailed or floated in the media to date, to provide context and help the public understand major fiscal events.(32020)

3037Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Department for Business and Trade, Annual report and accounts, 2025-26, HC 349, July 2026, p.214, whether his Department holds a consolidated list of which departments and Arm’s Length Bodies have IR35 tax irregularities identified by HMRC.(31220)

3038Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026 to Question 20821 on Government Departments: Communication, whether his Department holds that data.(32411)

3039Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, p.271, how many staff have been transferred from the local economic growth policy team of HM Treasury to No10 North.(32412)

3040Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answers of 4 September 2026 to Questions 23869 and 23870, if he will (a) ask the Financial Conduct Authority to write to the hon. Member for Bridlington and The Wolds and (b) place the correspondence on the Parliamentary record.(31221)

3041Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 21 September 2026 to Question HL3161 on Monetary Policy, what the approved image library is; and what the licensing cost was of using the Can’t we just print more money image in the HMT Annual Report.(31222)

3042Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 20812 on National Security: Expenditure, whether there is a numerical breakdown of spending in 2025-26 by public body that was then assigned to meet the UK’s 1.5% NATO resilience and security target.(30394)

3043Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the invoice or receipt from Tastethelove, reference 10559585836, transaction date 28 April 2025, referenced in the Cabinet Office publication, Government Procurement Card spend over £500 - April 2025, Spending by Business Units no longer part of Cabinet Office, published on 29 May 2025.(32021)

3044Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of (a) 9 September 2026 to Question 20990, (b) 19 June 2026 to Question 9053 and (c) 8 September 2026 to Question 20501, if he will (i) ask the Bank of England to provide a copy of the focus group notes and reports and (ii) place the reply from the Bank of England on the Parliamentary record.(32835)

3045Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 20931 on Workplace Pensions: Public Sector and with reference to the Answer of 3 August 2026 to Question HL2690 on State Retirement Pensions: Age, for what reason his Department has taken different approaches to calculating the expected impact of changes to eligibility for the State Pension to 68 years on the public purse when calculating the cost of (a) the State Pension and (b) those public sector pension schemes that link their normal pension age to an individual's State Pension eligibility age.(30397)

3046Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Northern Ireland Office press release, UK Government offers over £1.5bn to the Northern Ireland Executive, 24 September 2026, how much of the funding is additional to that outlined in (a) the Spending Review 2025, CP 1336, June 2025 and (b) the 2024 restoration financial package.(32418)

3047Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2026 to Question HL3158 on Budget October 2026, whether his Department briefed the media in relation to the council tax surcharge threshold potentially being reduced to £1.5 million.(31228)

3048Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026, to Question 26583, on Government Securities: Islam, for what business case or policy reason he decided not to issue a further sovereign sukuk.(30403)

3049Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026, to Question 26583, on Government Securities: Islam, what was the net cost of the second sovereign sukuk, and whether the Companies House accounts of HM Treasury UK Sovereign Sukuk Plc included the administrative costs borne by MHCLG and his Department.(33259)

3050Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to Question 28387 on Public Expenditure, whether the information requested is internally held by the Department in whole or in part.(31638)

3051Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the answer of 29 September 2026, to Question HL3534 on Electricity: VAT, on what date discussions with the European Union were begun on a VAT cut in Northern Ireland and what is the criteria used by the European Union to determine whether VAT can be reduced.(30826)

3052Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of whether HM Treasury has sufficient staff with accountancy skills.(31639)

3053Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026 to Question 26582 on Government Departments: Off-payroll working, how many central government public bodies under under investigation by HMRC for IR35 irregularities.(32035)

3054Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the reasons for 30 year gilts reaching 6% as of 1 October 2026.(32853)

3055Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) rejoining (i) the European Union, (ii) the EU Customs Union and (iii) EU Single Market, and (b) joining (iv) the Schengen Area and (v) the Euro Single Currency on (A) the economy, (B) fiscal policy and (C) the level of migration.(32858)

3056Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Treasury has made of the value of pension scheme assets retained by government at the privatisation of AEA Technology in 1996, and how that compares with the current value of the fund.(32226)

3057Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the additional tax paid by farm businesses and small and medium sized enterprises in each financial year to 2029/30 as a result of the change in the tax treatment of double cab pickups from April 2025.(31445)

3058Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the 212 people employed in the civil nuclear sector in Thornbury and Yate constituency to the regional economy.(30621)

3059Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.(33364)

3060Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to ensure that Wales achieves maximum benefit from the Government's carbon capture and storage cluster programme.(30861)

3061Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has made to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in respect to the Parc Adfer CCS project as part of the Government’s ongoing HyNet Project Negotiation List Review.(30862)

3062Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026 to question 27066 on Defence: Space Technology, what discussions has he held with the Welsh Government on the timely determination of the planning application for the proposed Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability site at Cawdor Barracks.(32588)

3063Danny Beales (Uxbridge and South Ruislip): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on ensuring that the Government’s approach to ending rough sleeping reflects the different ways in which women experience rough sleeping.(31133)

3064Danny Beales (Uxbridge and South Ruislip): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability and provision of dedicated safehouse and refuge spaces for LGBT and gender non-conforming individuals, provided distinctly from established single-sex spaces.(31929)

3065John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the average percentage attendance rate was of assigned EHRC staff at Arndale House, 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.(31557)

3066Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her planned timetable is for the next steps following publication of the draft Conversion Practices Bill.(31475)

3067Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she expects to introduce the Conversion Practices Bill formally to Parliament.(30654)

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 14 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Attorney General, what steps she has taken in preparation for a legal challenge by Argentina via the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea regarding the Sea Lion Project in the North Falkland Basin.(31397)

2 NMr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 3 March 2026 to question 107963, what progress she has made in discussions with Capita on outstanding issues and progress of the recovery plan.(30756)

3 NClive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will she make public the membership of the Public Control taskforce, and when she will make public the taskforce's terms of reference.[R] (32876)

4 NSir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps she is taking with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to convene the forthcoming National Wildfire Summit; and if she will provide an update on when the summit will take place.(31605)

5 NKevin Bonavia (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of restrictions on the sale of electric scooters.(30537)

6 NDave Doogan (Angus and Perthshire Glens): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism due to come into effect on 1 January 2027 on UK companies that are reliant on imported steel and other carbon-intensive products.(32070)

7 NRebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2025 to Question 81985, what the timetable is for completing the review of market access for small brewers and announcing subsequent measures.(32307)

8 NImogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of Post Office services in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency, including in Lanark, Larkhall and Lesmahagow.(33442)

9 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to introduce an independent regulator for Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Superintelligence.(31539)

10 NGareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many individuals are members of the Illegal Gambling Taskforce.(32056)

11 NGareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the Illegal Gambling Taskforce has met since its inception.(32883)

12 NGareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many Illegal Gambling Taskforce sub groups have been established by the Illegal Gambling Taskforce and what issue each is focussed on.(32057)

13 NMike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed overnight visitor levy on the activities of Scouts, Guides and other youth organisations.(32002)

14 NDr Danny Chambers (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she will publish her response to the consultation on the SEND proposals in the Schools White Paper, Every Child Achieving and Thriving.(31532)

15 NDr Danny Chambers (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to publish the Education for All Bill in draft for pre-legislative scrutiny statement.(31533)

16 NSojan Joseph (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many incidents of racism against a) pupils and b) staff were reported in schools in England in each of the last five years.(33517)

17 NSojan Joseph (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support and training is available to school leadership teams to help tackle incidents of a) racism and b) other forms of discrimination against i) pupils and ii) staff.(33118)

18 NDr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had discussions with the Foreign Secretary on the compatibility of his statutory consent role for petroleum licences in the Falkland Islands with the Government's policy on new oil and gas exploration licences in UK waters.(32911)

19 NLlinos Medi (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of redress for households that received installations under the ECO4 scheme and were affected by the collapse of Consumer Energy Solutions in January 2026.(32575)

20 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans her Department has to establish an accounting mechanism for certified grid-injected biomethane.(32642)

21 NDavid Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the capacity of diesel reserves held by her Department is.(30723)

22 NDavid Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many days of average usage are covered by diesel reserves held by the private sector in the United Kingdom.(31137)

23 NDavid Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a ban on diesel exports by the United States on UK consumers; and what preparations she has made to mitigate the impact of such a ban.(31138)

24 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of 'Community Funds for Transmission Infrastructure: Guidance' to compensate communities affected by the Morgan and Morecambe Transmission Assets cabling corridor.(31758)

25 NKevin Bonavia (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase the recycling of grey water.(30538)

26 NDr Danny Chambers (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the department is taking to support livestock farmers affected by bluetongue with reduced stock costs.(30707)

27 NDr Danny Chambers (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to release the dog breeding public consultation referred to in its Animal Welfare Strategy for England.(32313)

28 NBarry Gardiner (Brent West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the site-specific (a) rainfall, (b) flow and (c) network conditions used to check the compliance of sewage spills from (i) Foxton Water Recycling Centre, (ii) Mogden Sewage Treatment Works, (iii) Glebe Road Sewage Pumping Station, Bowness on Windermere, (iv) Ben Rhydding Sewage Treatment Works, and (v) Tiverton Sewage Treatment Works.(31156)

29 NMark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the delays to the Natural England Voluntary Exit Scheme 2025.(31602)

30 NMark Garnier (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Capita to resolve the IT issue affecting the Natural England Voluntary Exit Scheme 2025.(30783)

31 NHelen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the programme of catchment reviews on food production in Shropshire.(32128)

32 NHelen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the new powers she will be able to exercise from 1 January 2028 to revoke or vary abstraction licences without paying compensation, on food production and farm profitability in Shropshire.(30520)

33 NGraham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department made of anticipated demand for Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 Window 2 before applications opened on 22 September 2026; and whether that estimate took into consideration that the available budget would be allocated on the first day.(32797)

34 NOlly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 3.1 of Great British Railways' document entitled Rolling Stock and Infrastructure Strategy, published in September 2026, what assessment she has made of the relative cost, on a whole life long-term basis, of (a) battery trains and (b) full electrification and conventional electric trains.(30714)

35 NClive Jones (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the correspondence from the Hon. Member for Wokingham sent to the Department on 12th February 2026, reference number MC-00061684, will receive a response.(33087)

36 NAyoub Khan (Birmingham Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 14738 on Department for Transport: Public Expenditure, what the planned timetable is for the decision.(31555)

37 NGrahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Department for Education on including Category D driving licence training for coaches within the Skills Bootcamps programme; and what assessment she made of the potential merits of doing so for addressing shortages in the coach industry.(30774)

38 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2026, to question 18240 on A14: Trees, what was the outcome of National Highways September 2026 survey on survival rates of replanted saplings.(33032)

39 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including a requirement to check whether a vehicle's number plate is a ghost plate during an MOT.(33562)

40 NAnn Davies (Caerfyrddin): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pensioners in Wales rely on State Pension as their sole source of income.(33459)

41 NHelen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the waiting time for applications to the Access to Work scheme to be responded to.(31256)

42 NHelen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for a response to applications to the Access to Work scheme in each of the last five years.(30426)

43 NHelen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the waiting time for Access to Work scheme applications in line with his Department's 25 working day standard.(33277)

44 NHelen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider the potential merits of introducing interim support for applicants to the Access to Work scheme who are awaiting a decision.(32877)

45 NSojan Joseph (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to encourage employers in Kent to hire more apprentices.(33117)

46 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the number of penalties charged to people receiving Universal Credit who have incorrectly claimed for (a) prescriptions, (b) dental treatment and (c) eye care in 2024/25 and 2025/26.(31129)

47 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the effectiveness of information provided to people on Universal Credit to ensure they understand eligibility rules for free prescriptions, dental care and eye care; and if he will take steps to update (a) posters in pharmacies, dentist clinics and optometrist clinics and (b) wording on Universal Credit self-certification forms to clarify such eligibility criteria.(32318)

48 NJim Dickson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of access to bevacizumab for women with recurrent ovarian cancer who have previously received the treatment and whether consideration has been given to making bevacizumab available off license for such patients where clinically appropriate.(33509)

49 NJim Dickson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to inform (a) general practitioners of the current prostate cancer testing guidance for asymptomatic men (b) men at highest risk of prostate cancer to seek testing if they have concerns.(33111)

50 NJim Dickson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 99290 on Food: Nutrition if she could provide an updated timeline for a) the publication of a government consultation regarding the health reporting requirements under the healthy food standard policy, b) the implementation of the mandatory reporting for large food businesses announced and c) the implementation of the mandatory health targets for large food businesses all announced as part of the 10-year health plan for England.(31880)

51 NMary Glindon (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of (a) the capacity of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services to meet patient demand across England, (b) the estimated number of treatments missed due to delayed transport, and (c) the estimated cost to the NHS of appointments missed for this reason.(30789)

52 NMrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Gateshead South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials have had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the recommendations on financial redress of the Hughes Report for those harmed by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh.(31979)

53 NKerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the process for assessing applications for future Modern Service Frameworks will be published.(30355)

54 NPerran Moon (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure equitable access to NHS-funded IVF treatment in Cornwall; and whether she plans to require Integrated Care Boards to align local IVF funding policies with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance recommending three full cycles of IVF for eligible women.(33481)

55 NHelen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to her answer to question 28068, whether she has any plans to reinstate the role of Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocates in ICBs in England.(32963)

56 NHelen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS spent on negligence claims where the relevant care was classed as corridor care in each year from 2020-21 to 2025-26.(31344)

57 NGrahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding for health services in criminal justice settings is ring-fenced; and whether she expects this to change as a result of any proposed NHS reorganisation.(31991)

58 NTessa Munt (Wells and Mendip Hills): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the written statement made on 30 June 2026, HCWS166), on the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, whether funding available to NHS Trusts to upgrade facilities will be ringfenced to (a) maternity departments, (b) gynaecology departments, (c) early pregnancy units and (d) neonatal departments.(31995)

59 NTessa Munt (Wells and Mendip Hills): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her predecessor’s statement made on 30 June 2026 (HCWS166) on the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, whether the funding announced to upgrade (1) outdated and (2) rundown (a) maternity and (b) neonatal facilities will include bids to improve bereavement facilities.(31996)

60 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) educate the public to protect them from STIs and (b) reduce the stigma of STIs such as Herpes.(30626)

61 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle (a) the mental health implications of STIs and (b) their impact on relationships.(30627)

62 NIan Roome (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the vote of no confidence in the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust board by the Consultant Body at North Devon District Hospital; and what discussions she has had with the Trust and NHS Devon Integrated Care Board regarding the sustainability of local services across northern Devon.(32631)

63 NSarah Russell (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help increase the number of speech and language therapists recruited in (a) the North West (b) Congleton constituency.(31128)

64 NVikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to Question 27682 on Palliative Care: Eligibility, if she will require a referral to a Specialist Palliative Care assessment from (a) hospitals and (b) community centres to be triggered following a diagnosis of terminal illness.(31926)

65 NImogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the estimated total cost was of developing the NHS App.(32627)

66 NImogen Walker (Hamilton and Clyde Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the potential financial impact of sending patient communications through the NHS App rather than by post on the NHS.(31441)

67 NChris Ward (Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to speed up endometriosis diagnosis and treatment.(30689)

68 NClive Jones (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the correspondence from the Hon. Member for Wokingham sent to the Department on 21st May 2026, with Member's reference number CJ11274, will receive a response.(32252)

69 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his department is aware of a payment made to Feroz Khan, following the recent interview with the Secretary of State.(31778)

70 NNadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to paragraphs 278 and 279 of the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024 and his Oral Statement of 8 September 2026 on Israel and Palestine, what steps he plans to take to give effect to the obligations on third States identified by the Court.(30920)

71 NDr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish further information about the UK Resettlement Scheme; and if she will set out whether refugees will be able to refer themselves to the scheme online.(31271)

72 NWendy Chamberlain (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what time scales are in place for student visa application processing.(32907)

73 NSarah Edwards (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to end the use of hotels to accommodate asylum seekers in Staffordshire; and what timetable has been set for the closure of remaining asylum hotels in the county.(30524)

74 NSarah Edwards (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the continued use of a hotel that has been closed to the public since 2022 to accommodate asylum seekers on the economy of Tamworth town centre.(33369)

75 NChris Philp (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were not recorded as having left the UK before the expiry of their visa in the year ending March 2026.(31254)

76 NChris Philp (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were not recorded as having left the UK before the expiry of their visa in the year ending March 2025.(32445)

77 NChris Philp (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were not recorded as having left the UK before the expiry of their visa in the year ending March 2024.(33276)

78 NLiz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer received on 11 September 2026 to Question 26957, (a) what assessment has she made of the potential implications for her policies of death certification delays, and (b) what steps is she taking to help tackle delays.(30853)

79 NGraeme Downie (Dunfermline and Dollar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken on implementing a UK-wide air defence system in (a) 2019-2024 (b) since 2024.(31900)

80 NJames MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the net increase in the number of women joining the British Army in each year since 2015.(31510)

81 NJames MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the net increase in the number of women joining the Royal Navy in each year since 2015.(31511)

82 NJames MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the net increase in the number of women joining the Royal Air Force in each year since 2015.(32701)

83 NJames MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the net increase in the number of women joining the Royal Marines in each year since 2015.(32286)

84 NJames MacCleary (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the net increase in the number of women joining the Reserves in each year since 2015.(33129)

85 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Mechanised Infantry Programme, what elements have been cut from the programme as part of the £1858.38 million funding removal and budget reprioritisation.(32581)

86 NDavid Reed (Exmouth and Exeter East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans’ organisations were not successful in applying for VALOUR Development Funding; and how many veterans this is expected to affect.(31547)

87 NGideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to answer Questions 24605, 24606, 24607, tabled by the hon. Member for Taunton and Wellington on 28 August 2026.(31502)

88 NGideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the cost of the Private Rented Sector Database on the viability of Build to Rent schemes and, as a result, on the delivery of affordable homes through section 106 agreements and the potential impact on tenants.(32695)

89 NGideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the (a) time and (b) cost to organisational landlords of registering individual dwellings on the Private Rented Sector Database, in the absence of a bulk upload function.(31505)

90 NGideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has assessed (a) the administrative impact on organisational landlords of making thousands of individual registration payments and (b) the potential merits of allowing a single consolidated payment or invoice for multiple properties.(33523)

91 NGideon Amos (Taunton and Wellington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has assessed the potential merits of allowing organisational landlords to register whole buildings in a single application, to improve the efficiency of the registration process.(33122)

92 NPaula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that women sleeping rough are identified and included in the Government’s commitment to get everyone in by Christmas.(32113)

93 NPaula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that women experiencing rough sleeping are identified and supported as part of the Government’s commitment to end rough sleeping.(32507)

94 NKevin Bonavia (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take take steps to ensure new builds have facilities to harvest and recycle grey water.(32552)

95 NDr Danny Chambers (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish the summary of responses to the Park homes: reasons for commission payments call for evidence, published on 5 March 2026.(31531)

96 NHelen Morgan (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the criteria for the allocation of £91m funding for 14 out of 35 councils in receipt of exceptional financial support in 2026/27.[R] (30517)

97 NBen Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Minister for Local Government has held online briefing meetings on the future implementation of local government reorganisation for hon. Members and councillors from the Labour party since 1 September 2026.(31804)

98 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Amira Elghawaby was invited to give evidence to the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition.(33378)

99 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any Ministers requested that the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition (a) take evidence from and (b) meet with specific organisations or individuals.(30953)

100 NKevin Bonavia (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of delays in fitting electronic tags on released offenders; and if he will consider the potential merits of immediate tagging upon release.(31355)

101 NOlly Glover (Didcot and Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to review the legal status of letters of wishes in Disabled Person's Trusts, in the context of the increasing use of these structures for vulnerable beneficiaries under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 framework.(33160)

102 NGrahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Sentencing Act 2026 on the healthcare treatment of offenders who commit minor crimes.(30773)

103 NKevin Bonavia (Stevenage): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to introduce a Right to Be Forgotten Model to ensure that people with historic cancer diagnoses do not have to declare these when applying for travel insurance.(32553)

104 NMrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Gateshead South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the rate and duration of statutory paternity leave and pay.(33203)

105 NMrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Gateshead South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of improved paternity leave and pay on families expecting a child.(31578)

106 NMr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2026 to Question 18159 on Employees' Contributions and paragraph 1.27 of the Office for Budget Responsibility's document entitled Supplementary forecast information release: Costing of charging NICs on salary-sacrificed pension, published on 5 February 2026, if he will publish the calculation and assumptions used by HMRC to estimate that the mean average additional employee National Insurance contributions liability will be £84 in the first year.(30485)

107 NSojan Joseph (Ashford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of rising fuel prices on the competitiveness of coach operators based in Kent.(31886)

108 NJohn Milne (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2026 to Question 118609 on Private Education: VAT, whether he plans to publish at the Autumn Budget the outturn VAT receipts from private school fees for (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.(31541)

109 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that lawful sex workers are not denied access to (a) bank accounts and (b) other essential payment services because of their occupation.(32235)

110 NSamantha Niblett (South Derbyshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of compliance by banks and payment providers with the Financial Conduct Authority's 2024 expectations concerning the denial and closure of payment accounts, particularly in relation to vulnerable consumers and lawful businesses.(33064)

111 NMelanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department can amend the boundaries of an existing Freeport tax site through secondary legislation.(31653)

112 NMelanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has considered establishing a formal review mechanism for Freeport tax sites that have not delivered the (a) investment and (b) employment outcomes anticipated.(32872)

113 NLiz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing VAT from the purchase of automated external defibrillators including the affordability and availability of such devices in rural communities across Wales and the UK.(32055)

114 NChris Ward (Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal options he is considering to provide further support for entrepreneurs.(31096)

Questions for Answer on Thursday 15 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 NDave Doogan (Angus and Perthshire Glens): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will consider the potential merits of increasing funding for life sciences research to approximately £40m per year to maintain spending levels in real terms and support the UK's cancer research base.(30449)

2 NKerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, when he expects the Competition and Marketing Authority Report on the Pubs Code to be published.(30354)

3 NChris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the economic and social costs associated with the mental health impact on parents and caregivers of children with SEND; and whether she plans to include these costs in future fiscal impact assessments for SEND provision.(31852)

4 NChris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the timing of EHC plan issue on Key Stage 4 attainment and post-19 employment.(30642)

5 NChris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the average per-place cost of resourced provision for a SEN pupil.(31467)

6 NChris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children with EHC plans and no setting are waiting for a placement that exists but is full, as against one that does not exist at all.(32658)

7 NGareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of levels of school funding on the provision of (a) physical education, (b) extracurricular sporting activities and (c) sporting facilities in secondary schools in England.(32361)

8 NFreddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk that climate change poses to the UK’s food security.(31112)

9 NFreddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support from her Department is available to farmers seeking to diversify into more climate-resilient crops.(32305)

10 NNavendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the British Transport Police Authority on increasing police officer numbers to pre-2024 levels.(30484)

11 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the most recent estimate by his Department of the number of (i) pension age and (ii) working age individuals a year who are claiming the Personal Independent Payment benefit.(33528)

12 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department holds annual estimates on the (a) employment status, (b) economic inactivity or (c) NEET status, of working age individuals who are claiming the Personal Independent Payment benefit.(32696)

13 NJoe Robertson (Isle of Wight East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Office for Budget Responsibility's March 2026 Economic and fiscal outlook – detailed forecast tables: expenditure, Table 4.11 on Health- and disability-related welfare spending, what assessment has his Department has made of the potential causes of the forecast rise in Personal Independence Payment expenditure for working people from £21.9 billion in 2024-25 to £37.0 billion in 2030-31, and what proportion is due to (a) cost inflation and (b) more people claiming.(32697)

14 NRebecca Smith (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of Universal Credit childcare cost attribution rules on working parents required to pay school holiday club fees more than three assessment periods in advance.(32308)

15 NChris Coghlan (Dorking and Horley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department hold on the antidepressant prescribing rate among parents and carers of children with EHC plans.(32657)

16 NJayne Kirkham (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support NHS Trusts to reduce autism assessment waiting times to meet the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommended standard of three months from referral.(33537)

17 NMichelle Scrogham (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with pharmaceutical companies on the continuing provision of compassionate use schemes.(30531)

18 NChris Ward (Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential public health risks associated with exposure to chemicals and other substances used in 3G pitches.(33135)

19 NChris Ward (Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has plans to undertake further research into the potential health impacts of long-term exposure among regular users of 3G pitches.(32298)

20 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department can take through diplomatic channels to establish the whereabouts and welfare of British children believed to have been taken to Russia by a parent without the consent of the other parent.(32154)

21 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps HM Passport Office can take where it receives information that a parent who is subject to restrictions on international travel may possess or obtain a passport issued by another country.(31756)

22 NDame Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Ministry of Defence Police budget is in the (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27 financial year; and whether he undertook a risk assessment before determining the budget for the next financial year.(32815)

23 NDr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help protect leaseholders from unreasonable service charges.(31270)

24 NJayne Kirkham (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered extending eligibility for Government-backed first-time buyer support schemes to include self-build mortgages for first-time self-builders; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of such a policy on housing affordability and home ownership opportunities in rural and coastal communities.(31097)

25 NFreddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department holds, or was provided with by Oxford City Council, parish-level consultation, community-identity or options-appraisal evidence for the inclusion of Warborough parish in the proposed Greater Oxford authority.(33544)

26 NFreddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if in reviewing Local Government Reorganisation in Oxfordshire she will consider a modification so that Dorchester, Warborough, Shillingford and Overy form part of Ridgeway rather than Greater Oxford.(33545)

27 NNick Timothy (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which 48 frontline organisations will receive funding from the Legal Support Grant.(31360)

28 NFreddie van Mierlo (Henley and Thame): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has given to the potential merits of allowing employees an entitlement of leave for attending family court proceedings.(30702)

29 NMrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Gateshead South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 26641, whether the approval of his Department is required by the Department for Health and Social Care to award financial redress in response to recommendations by the Patient Safety Commissioner.(30764)

30 NMichelle Scrogham (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking towards establishing a long-term plan around the application of VAT on donated medicines through compassionate access schemes.(33373)

31 NGareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with banks on participation in the small sum lending pilot set out in the Financial Inclusion Strategy; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of small sum lending on reducing household reliance on high-cost lending and alleviating the cost of living.(31158)

Questions for Answer on Friday 16 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 NSarah Dyke (Glastonbury and Somerton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the 28 day eligibility limit for Statutory Neonatal Care Pay and Leave on parents whose babies are admitted to neonatal care after the first 28 days of life but require an equally prolonged hospital stay.(31345)

2 NSarah Dyke (Glastonbury and Somerton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many families were ineligible for Statutory Neonatal Care Pay and Leave as a result of the baby being admitted to neonatal care after the 28 day cut off in the last 12 months.(31346)

3 NSarah Dyke (Glastonbury and Somerton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether her Department plans to review the 28 day eligibility limit for Statutory Neonatal Care Pay and Leave as part of the ongoing Parental Leave and Pay Review.(32533)

4 NHenry Tufnell (Mid and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making manufacturers operating under SIC codes 2599 and 2790 eligible for support under the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme.(30612)

5 NDr Kieran Mullan (Bexhill and Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of replacing the Primary PE and Sport Premium on small rural primary schools; and what steps she is taking to ensure those schools can continue to provide high quality PE and sport.(30503)

6 NKerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department's position in future fisheries negotiations, including on catch limits, will be consistent with the best available scientific advice on sustainable fishing levels.(30763)

7 NJames Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of sewage pollution on the health of people using inland waters for recreation.(30941)

8 NJames Naish (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether proposed reforms to the water sector will include specific protections for recreational water users within measures relating to public health.(30528)

9 NGareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the changes introduced in May 2026 to prevent third parties and automated bots from booking and reselling practical driving test appointments; and how many cases of test reselling have been identified since those changes came into force.(31965)

10 NHenry Tufnell (Mid and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Category D1 minibus licensing regime on Community Transport provision.(31438)

11 NClaire Young (Thornbury and Yate): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether passengers using demand responsive transport services such as WESTlink have access to the same alternative dispute resolution scheme as bus and coach passengers.(33445)

12 NMr Peter Bedford (Mid Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is issued to NHS trusts on discharging cancer patients without an agreed treatment plan, pain management plan, or identified care coordinator.(31130)

13 NMr Peter Bedford (Mid Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to introduce a requirement for patients diagnosed with incurable cancer to receive a written care and treatment plan prior to discharge from hospital.(32320)

14 NMr Peter Bedford (Mid Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to improve communication between acute hospital trusts, oncology departments, primary care providers and patients following a cancer diagnosis.(32321)

15 NChristine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve diplomatic relations with the Government of Taiwan.(31664)

16 NDave Doogan (Angus and Perthshire Glens): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21424 on Defence Nuclear Enterprise: Costs, if he will set out the Defence Nuclear Enterprise budget including workforce costs for the period 2026/27 to 2029/30 inclusive.(31670)

17 NDave Doogan (Angus and Perthshire Glens): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the debts arising from historic Armed Forces Pension overpayment errors that have been (a) identified and (b) wholly or partially written off during the last five years.(31671)

18 NDave Doogan (Angus and Perthshire Glens): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cumulative cost to the public purse is following the whole or partial write off of debts arising from historic Armed Forces Pension overpayment errors over the last five years; and whether his Department has taken steps to recover any element of this cost from government contractors responsible for such errors over the same period.(32069)

19 NGareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government regarding the standard response time for Police Scotland to provide a response to an MP’s correspondence and when the hon Member for Harrow West might expect a reply to his correspondence to Police Scotland dated the 10th July, 12th August and 27th August.(33191)

20 NJohn Milne (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what quantitative assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the 2026 reforms to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief on business investment, employment, and business growth; and whether he will publish that assessment.(32319)

21 NJohn Milne (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what evidence his Department has collected on the potential impact of the 2026 reforms to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief on investment and employment decisions by family-owned farming and rural businesses; and if he will publish that evidence.(33162)

Questions for Answer on Monday 19 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 NRuth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, when he plans to publish the government’s response to the “UK’s new product safety framework consultation”, launched in March 2026, under the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025.(32067)

2 NRuth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what data his Department holds on the number of unsafe products removed by online marketplaces since the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 came into force.(32896)

3 NRuth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment his department has made of the adequacy of existing protections to ensure consumers are not harmed by any dangerous toys or products sold on online marketplaces.(31667)

4 NLiz Jarvis (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has has made of the potential merits of providing schools with guidance on teaching pupils about the risks, symptoms and prevention of carbon monoxide poisoning; and what discussions she has had on incorporating carbon monoxide awareness education into the PSHE curriculum.(30939)

5 NEdward Argar (Melton and Syston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of trends in the price of domestic heating.(32001)

6 NRuth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has given to introducing regulations regarding the a) quality and b) hygiene standards of dog swimming pools.(31280)

7 NRuth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commit to publishing the list of organisations which are members of the Responsible Dog Ownership Taskforce.(32068)

8 NMrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Gateshead South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, a) what cancer-specific red-flag training is currently mandatory for GPs, b) whether it is formally assessed, and c) how completion is monitored and how often it has to be refreshed.(31579)

9 NLiz Jarvis (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of health play specialist provision across NHS hospitals in England; and whether she plans to increase the health play workforce.(32543)

10 NLiz Jarvis (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the exclusion of people under 75 with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from the eligibility criteria for COVID-19 vaccinations; and whether she plans to review those criteria for vulnerable patients whose conditions may place them at risk of serious illness from COVID-19.(32136)

11 NLiz Jarvis (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the barriers for people whose medical trauma prevents them from attending GP appointments and other healthcare settings; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that such individuals are able to access healthcare, local authority services and other support.(33370)

12 NGareth Bacon (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment has been made of the classification of new planning applications for data centres under Class B8 (Storage or Distribution).(30893)

13 NGareth Bacon (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Home Office’s planning application for asylum accommodation at Site A, MOD Bicester, if she will clarify which specific statutory procedure under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 is being used.(31701)

14 NDame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the Pay and the Terms and Conditions of Valuation Office employees merged into HM Revenue and Customs compared with those already employed at HM Revenue and Customs.(30374)

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 20 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 NSarah Dyke (Glastonbury and Somerton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has considered introducing a fixed maximum fee for Animal Health Certificates, in the way that fees for other mandatory government documents such as passports are regulated.(30523)

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 21 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 NJohn Slinger (Rugby): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his department considered asking the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the consolidation of independent music distributors by major record companies based overseas.(31012)

2 NJohn Slinger (Rugby): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her department is considering measures to require music streaming services such as Spotify and music video services such as YouTube to provide transparency information on how recommendation algorithms work, in the context of US media indexing in other English speaking markets.(31013)

3 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the number of jobs lost across the ECO4 supply chain since the scheme's closure was announced.(30545)

4 NJohn Slinger (Rugby): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his department has considered a tax on online music and video streaming services that directs revenues towards grassroots artists and music makers.(31820)

Questions for Answer on Thursday 22 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 NMr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what statutory compensation schemes the developers of the Morgan and Morecambe windfarm cabling corridor are required to offer residents affected by their construction works; and what voluntary schemes her Department sought during the planning process.(31757)

Questions for Answer on Monday 26 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 NCaroline Voaden (South Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people applied for an apprenticeship but did not subsequently secure an apprenticeship place in each of the last five academic years, broken down by (a) age, (b) sector, (c) level and (d) region.(32682)

2 NCaroline Voaden (South Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support young people to access apprenticeships in sectors experiencing skills shortages, including construction and engineering.(32683)

3 NJohn Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of variation between local planning authorities in the charging of Community Infrastructure Levy on agricultural buildings.(30719)

4 NJohn Milne (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to review the application of Community Infrastructure Levy to agricultural buildings.(32737)

Questions for Answer on Thursday 29 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 NGraham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 Window 2 were (a) started and (b) submitted on 22 September 2026; and how many applications had been started but not submitted when that window closed.(33202)

2 NAfzal Khan (Manchester Rusholme): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that young people are represented in the membership, advisory structures and ongoing decision-making processes of the National Taskforce for Tackling Misogyny.(31666)