To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the cost to the economy of economic inactivity due to myalgic encephalomyelitis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department last reviewed its policy on supporting its employees that are kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to its employees that are kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's target response time is for correspondence from Rt hon. and hon. Members.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available for pensioners to assist with pension credit applications.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 December 2024 to Question 20228 on Civil Society: Islam, whether his Department has engaged with (a) MEND, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the criteria for the eligibility of the Winter Fuel allowance to include...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the (a) Pensions Act 1995 and (b) Pensions Act 2011 on women.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what service standard the Child Maintenance Service has to respond to (a) complex casework and (b) complaints submitted between 30 August 2024...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review the rates paid by employers of (a) Statutory Maternity Pay, (b) Statutory Paternity Pay and (c) Statutory Shared...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of (a) 18 November 2024 and (b) 16 January 2025 from the hon. Member for Didcot and Wantage on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the guidance entitled Pensions dashboards: guidance on connection: the staged timetable, published 25 March 2024, if she...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent civil servants are working on supporting people who wish to buy back missing National Insurance years before the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has conducted surveys on trends in the level of public support for releasing beavers into the countryside.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to prevent the illegal importation of rhino horns.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the objectives set out in the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs' speech...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 24031 on Waste: Codes of Practice, if he will publish the 35 responses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraphs 17 and 60 of the policy paper entitled Planning Reform Working Paper: Development and Nature...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much correspondence his Department has received from individuals making representations on proposed changes to (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of precedents for unilateral environmental measures in trade...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what purposes the Rural Payments Agency has used AI in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential risks to pets from ingesting antifreeze products.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent soil degradation on agricultural land impacted by repeated flooding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of sending letters on the GP Patient Survey in the last 12 months; how many letters were sent to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by Mott MacDonald on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete of April 2022, what recent assessment he has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the NHS sight test fee; and if he will take steps to increase that fee.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to hormone replacement therapy prescriptions through GPs for trans patients;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) future proof diagnostic systems and (b) improve access to subtype diagnoses in systems.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance entitled New Hospital Programme: plan for implementation, published on 20 January 2025, if he will publish...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many employees of NHS East of England are in salary bands above (a) £250,000, (b) £200,000, (c) £150,000 and (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the salary band is for the Regional Director of the NHS East of England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned funding allocations for Birmingham and Solihull NHS ICB are in each year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on (a) media and (b) voice training for Ministers between 4 July 2022 and 4 July 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for publishing the Maternity and Neonatal Estates Review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of extending the funding for women's health hubs beyond March 2025.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out a timeline for implementation of measures to improve miscarriage care recommended in the Pregnancy Loss Review...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed by the NHS East of England headquarters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to prevent health companies based overseas from selling hormone treatments online to people living in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the operating deficit for the Mid and South Essex Hospitals NHS Trust for financial years (a) 2023-24, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any directors of the Mid and South Essex Hospitals NHS Trust were paid any form of bonuses in financial years (a) 2022-23, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that private parking companies do not overcharge for facilities at hospitals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of Elacestrant.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence develop guidance on mild cognitive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the British Medical Association on proposals to pay GPs £20 per request for undertaking...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the accessibility of urgent mental health support for people in rural areas; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand the availability of veteran-specific mental health services in (a) rural and (b) deprived areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of adequacy of the diagnostic capacity of memory clinics in Oxfordshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) NHS England and (b) social care providers on increasing opportunities for social prescribing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential costs savings to the NHS of providing universal access to Fracture Liaison...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost savings to social care budgets of providing universal access to Fracture...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on acute hospital bed usage of universal access to Fracture Liaison Services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS East of England plans to publish an annual report for 2024-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Minister for Health and Secondary Care plans to respond to the correspondence of 6 November 2024 from the hon. Member for Hazel...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the universal provision of Fracture Liaison Services by 2030.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on health outcomes of universal access to Fracture Liaison Services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Children and Young People's Cancer Taskforce has made.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the needs of people affected by brain tumours are considered in the Cancer Plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) diagnosis, (b) treatments and (c) support from clinical nurse specialists for (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) physical, (b) emotional and (c) financial support for people diagnosed with (i) Pulmonary Fibrosis...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS dentists will receive payment for the 2024-25 unit of dental activity rate increase.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing people in (a) care homes and (b) hospitals to have visitors in all...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to encourage schools to implement supervised toothbrushing programs in West Dorset constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of piloting mobile NHS dental clinics to help improve access to routine...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the private care home sector to improve bed capacity within the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of introducing mandatory toothbrushing programs in primary schools on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support ex-blue light service personnel with complex post-traumatic stress disorder.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) availability of mental health services and (b) recruitment and retention of mental...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of additional NHS spending announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 will be directed towards NHS dental services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support social care providers with changes announced in the Autumn Budget 2024.

To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to recognise the positive impact of ecumenical relations with other Christian denominations.

To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to ensure the next Archbishop of Canterbury upholds the values of Freedom of Religion or Belief.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) officials and (b) advisers are employed by (i) his Department and (ii) Number 10 Downing Street.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ensure that Departmental public appointments publish declarations of interest.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 22044 on Council of the Nations and Regions, if he will make an assessment of the potential...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department or (ii) agencies of his Department.

To ask the Solicitor General, for what purposes the Serious Fraud Office has used AI in the last 12 months.

To ask the Solicitor General, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) teachers and (b) other teaching staff participating in mandatory autism awareness and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce bullying in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national plan for religious education.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allocating separate funding for (a) oral hygiene education and (b) toothbrushing schemes...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) maintenance grants and (b) other policies to help improve the level of participation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many asylum seekers have begun degree qualifications whilst waiting for leave to remain in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to local authorities of the provisions of the Children’s Wellbeing and School Bill.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she will publish the impact assessments for the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to language hubs on the (a) uptake of languages and (b) diversity of opportunities...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) schools and (b) educators are adequately (i) informed and (ii) prepared for national curriculum reform.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of cancelling the computing hubs programme on the uptake of computer science level (a) two and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of provision of secondary school places in areas of high population density in Shrewsbury constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve the educational attainment levels of working class boys in Greater Manchester.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support children in foster care in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support businesses to invest in skills and training.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that English pupils are educated to a basic level in the history of each nation of the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of students from low income backgrounds enrolled on university access programmes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people of what (a) nationality and (b) ethnicity were found guilty of (i) murder and (ii) manslaughter in each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps her Department has taken to help reduce reoffending in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b) Staffordshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) incarcerated based on information obtained from the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people took their own life in prison while serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection sentence in 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many promotions of judges from the first tier tribunal have been made within six months of receiving formal advise for misconduct from the Judicial...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to advocate reform of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Article 13(b) of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, what steps she is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department has provided to youth groups in South Holland and the Deepings constituency in the two latest periods...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ensuring that public-facing (a) leisure and (b) sports staff participate in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what fiscal steps she is taking to help develop tourism in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will discuss with the British Board of Film Classification the classification of (a) films and (b) video games; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with local authorities to maintain community libraries in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding was allocated to grass roots football in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25; and if she will take steps to continue this...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help mitigate the potential impact of (a) loneliness and (b) isolation on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help support local authorities to tackle rodent infestations in public buildings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy paper entitled Local Government Finance Report 2025 to 2026: draft, published on 18...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing financial borrowing rules for local authorities for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of challenges brought to the English First-tier Property Tribunal against (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2024 on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform, HCWS244, whether she...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of (a) changes in the number of housing association...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason guidance from the Institute for Air Quality Management has been adopted for use in quarry (a) planning...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity available at the Local Government Boundary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to progress strategic devolution in Somerset with (a) Wiltshire, (b) Dorset and (c) other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, whether she plans to require...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, what her definition is of (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of households placed in temporary accommodation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what ratio of Councillors to electors she expects new unitary authorities to be created with.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help improve mutual twinning arrangements between local authorities and the British...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 23337 on Local Government: Debts, what discussions she has had...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what purposes the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Highways Agency on increasing the height of the railings on the A28 overbridge over the M20 between...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent civil servants are currently working on phase five of the South West Rail Resilience programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will amend schedule 14 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002 to allow the hospitality sector to advertise on rural roads.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) prevent (i) serious delays and (ii) cancellations and (b) provide adequate alternate travel provisions...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish her planned timetable for rolling out the National Parking Platform across England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help improve transport connectivity in (a) Heywood and (b) Middleton.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing regulations on the replacement of windscreens on cars and other road vehicles...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation she has undertaken with local communities on Heathrow airport expansion.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential cost of building one new runway at Heathrow Airport.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the potential impact of the use of AI models on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of introducing an opt-out for AI firms using copyright works on (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress has been made on the rollout of the shared rural network in the Forest of Dean constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to assess the potential implications for the Government's policies of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether (a) his Department and (b) Ofcom has provided funding to the Centre for Countering Digital Hate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will provide an update on cross-departmental plans to phase-out animal testing in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of copyright law for ensuring visual artists are remunerated for the use of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help protect (a) visual artists and (b) other creators from copyright infringement by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help promote governance standards on Pitcairn Island.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funds have been allocated by his Department to support initiatives outlined in the International Women and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on transnational repression.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of renewed operations by Israel around...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help stop the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 21997 on Syria: Armed Conflict, what steps his Department is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 25832 on Pakistan: Development Aid and Visas, if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department’s policy paper entitled UK-Occupied Palestinian Territories development...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his US counterpart on (a) compliance with international humanitarian law and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria he will use to evaluate the commitment of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham regime to (a) inclusive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with the (a) International Criminal Court, (b) International Court of Justice and (c) UN...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has received representations from the Metropolitan Police on the called-in application for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what conditions he has placed on the restoration of funding to UNRWA.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has reviewed policy on recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus since 2020.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his planned timetable is to publish the Government's new human rights strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help protect Ahmadi places of worship worldwide.

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 findings of the Open Doors 2025 World...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America in official documents.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on supporting the Northern Ireland health service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his threshold is for using the Stormont brake mechanism within the Windsor Framework.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to take steps to support the used electric vehicle market.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to raise awareness of the opportunity for people to buy back missing National Insurance years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 12 December 2023 to Question 5762 on World Economy, what recent discussions she has had with international partners on...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many commercial farms she has visited since announcing the changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of exempting the transfer of property between co-habiting siblings from inheritance tax.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the data on monitoring the longitudinal fluctuations in the wealth held by the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she had made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to business property relief on (a) family businesses and (b) the UK economy.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) tax incentives and (b) other methods to encourage people to renovate older properties.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to help grow the rural economy.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to allow public sector employees to sacrifice salary to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timetable is for implementing the McCloud remedy for (a) those who have retired before 23 October 2024 and (b) all outstanding cases.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of regulation of motor insurers in the context of increases in premiums.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will hold discussions with (a) Lloyd’s of London and (b) other insurance companies on the provision of (i) insurance and (ii) investment to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is taking steps to encourage pension funds to invest into (a) venture capital and (b) growth equity funds.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the upper limit of house prices for which the Lifetime Individual Savings Account can be...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the average annual cost of a five year fixed rate mortgage (a) on the week commencing 21 October 2024 and (b) in January 2025.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Autumn Budget 2024 on recent trends in the level of mortgage rates.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the press notice entitled Pension reforms to go further to unlock billions to drive growth and boost working peoples’ pension pots,...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Domestic Affairs on the China audit before 10 January 2025.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has plans to conduct a fiscal impact analysis of trends in the level of Indefinite leave to remain grants on the economy.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Bank of England on encouraging economic growth in relation to its consultation entitled Amendments to the Bank of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the expected timeframe is for the publication of the final report by the Digitisation Taskforce.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has plans to align the British Business Bank under the National Wealth Fund.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the retail banking sector on the accessibility of high street banks.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the funds raised from the increase in firearms licensing fees will be ringfenced for administering firearms licensing.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what purposes the National Crime Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed to (a) process and (b) issue project licences for experiments using animals regulated by the Animal Welfare...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle fraud within the private publishing sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications there have been for firearms licenses in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new firearms licence certificates have been granted in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to limit the sale of kitchen knives to those with round tips.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a legal right to Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans for disabled (a) tenants and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans for disabled residents.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Metropolitan Police on (a) the potential impact of its gang violence matrix on ethnic minority groups...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Metropolitan Police on taking steps to allow people who have been wrongfully included on the gang...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of twenty five were referred to Prevent in each of the last ten years, broken down by sex.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will request that the National Crime Agency undertakes an investigation into the (a) laundering of funds from Bangladesh into the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress has been made to replace the Action Fraud website with an upgraded reporting system hosted by the City of London Police.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people referred to the Prevent programme more than once.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of Hong Kongers resident in the UK under the British National (Overseas) visa scheme by (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of financial incentives offered to Assisted Voluntary Returns deported in Quarter 3 of 2024 was.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December to Question 20237 on Ministry of Defence: Employers’ Contributions, whether the additional money provided to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to question 26214 tabled on 23 January 2025 on Oded Basyuk, if he will publish transcripts of these meetings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his policy to release land to Homes England through the Defence Infrastructure Organisation to meet the government's housebuilding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) in-year savings measures and (b) stockpile depletion on the delivery of live fire training...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 on the (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to (a) increase the role of the private sector within the defence sector and (b) allow industry partners...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the threat posed to underwater cables by foreign states; and what steps he is taking to protect this...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether compliance with international humanitarian law was raised during meetings between (a) his officials, (b) General Oded Basyuk and (c) Israeli...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of defence projects that are over budget.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help tackle illegal narcotic trade within the Caribbean Sea.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2025 to Question 25649 on Boeing E-7, what recent estimate she has made of when the E-7 Wedgetail will enter...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his speech delivered at the ADS Annual Dinner on 28 January 2025, what progress he has made on the Snapper system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his speech delivered at the ADS Annual Dinner on 28 January 2025, what progress he has made on the Wasp system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his speech delivered at the ADS Annual Dinner on 28 January 2025, what progress he has made on the Gravehawk system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter on UIN 11295 from the Minister for Veterans and People to the hon. Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, dated 19...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans are awaiting compensation for PTSD-related claims; and what steps he is taking to expedite those claims.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (a) value of unclaimed armed forces (i) preserved and (ii) deferred pensions; and what steps he is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support female veterans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much money has been allocated from the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support the growth of community energy projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of supporting sports and leisure facilities with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help prepare local authorities to deliver the Local Power Plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support climate technology start-ups.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made towards achieving the UK’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution emissions reduction target under...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had discussions with (i) Dale Vince and (ii) representatives of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Heckington Fen Solar Park on future trends in the level of energy bills for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that National Grid is taking improved action to regularly maintain infrastructure networks.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support business and trade in market towns.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, (a) when and (b) where the next round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Israel will take place.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help safeguard consumer protection within the private publishing sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support legal services and skills.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the legal services sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Pan-Euro-Mediterranian Convention on Rules of Origin.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had discussions with representatives from the...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits the new AI package, "Humphrey", for the Civil Service, particularly regarding how many hours of work it will save.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the particular role of (1) Telegram, and (2) any small, high-harm platforms, in inciting the riots in Southport between 30...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to increase the frequency with which artworks that sit in storage in the Government Art Collection and national museums...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 6 January (HL3528), whether the Charity Commission has completed reviews of "its handling of the case,...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the security situation in Nigeria, especially with regard to the risk of further atrocity crimes, including by reference to their...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assistance they are providing to Sudan, how it is distributed, what humanitarian corridors exist for its distribution, and how many people are benefitting from it.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to prioritise the case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah during the forthcoming visit of the Foreign Secretary to Egypt, and whether the Prime Minister plans...

To ask His Majesty's Government what are the criteria for an individual to be designated a perpetrator of sexual violence in another country.

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan about the demolition of an Ahmadiyya Muslim mosque in Daska.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase humanitarian aid to the Middle East.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many meetings have taken place between the Department for Business and Trade and Fujitsu concerning Fujitsu making a financial contribution to the Post Office...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of increasing trade relations with the EU, particularly by joining the European Union Customs Union.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 18 December 2024 (HL3295), of the £243.3 million of assets recovered from confiscation,...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether, for Operation Grange, they have received any proposals from the Metropolitan Police Service for Special Grant funding for the financial year...

To ask His Majesty's Government why the proposed consultation on assessing the impact on divergence and ensuring the protection of the UK internal market on chemical businesses, as outlined in...

To ask His Majesty's Government when the proposed consultation on applying a consistent regime within the UK on chemical classification, labelling and packaging, as outlined in a letter by the...

To ask His Majesty's Government what regulatory or legislative changes they intend to make on chemical classification, labelling and packaging to maintain the internal market within the UK and to...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial quantity of trade for businesses dealing with chemical products between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 20 January 2025 (HL3924), what stage has been reached in each of the active infringement...

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the industrial and net-zero strategies, what plans they have to publish a cross-government rural affairs or countryside strategy.

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of GP practices in the top 20 percent of achievement scores in the Quality and Outcomes Framework had an exception reporting rate above the...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential financial savings achieved by the NHS resulting from their plans to provide universal access to fracture...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have been raising awareness of cervical cancer in England during Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, and if so, how; and whether they have been...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to incorporate a role for chiropractors in national musculoskeletal health prevention strategies.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to work with healthcare professionals, including chiropractors, to address workplace-related musculoskeletal issues.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many specialist allergy nurses there are in England; and how those numbers are distributed across each (1) NHS England region, and (2) Integrated Care System area.

To ask His Majesty's Government what the retention rate was for NHS (1) physiotherapists, (2) radiographers, and (3) occupational therapists, in the financial years (a) 2022–23, (b)...

To ask His Majesty's Government what the retention rate was for NHS (1) nurses, (2) junior doctors, and (3) consultant doctors, in the financial years (a) 2022–23, (b) 2023–24, and...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relative effectiveness of reducing body weight through (1) weight loss medication alone, (2) non-medicated lifestyle...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to reports that over a quarter of UK adults are obese with this forecasted to rise to 40 per cent by 2030, whether they have any plans for a national...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic following the publication by the Government of the United States on 25 January of the...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to fully review the medicines supply market, particularly with regard to shortages of medicines and their costs.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 13 January (HC3975) what assessment they have made of the level of compliance with the...

To ask His Majesty's Government what are the diagnosis codes that will be used in the Office for National Statistics' assessment announced in the press release issued by NHS England on 5 December...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they maintain a complete, current, and accurate list of all establishments to which a GP can refer a patient for a scan, including the new community...

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to providing special compensation to the Royal Horticultural Society to to continue its environmental and scientific...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ban all airline companies that fly to and from Russia from UK airspace (and not merely specific aircraft); whether they plan to encourage the...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the transport connections that link Northern Ireland to Great Britain.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 16 January (HL3851), what plans they have, if any, to phase out the sale of new petrol...