Written Questions

Deportation: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average tribunal waiting time is for the deportation of foreign national child sex offenders whose criminal sentences have fully expired.

Deportation and Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to fast-track immigration and deportation cases in which offenders have prolonged proceedings through appeals lasting more than three years.

Housing: Multiple Occupation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what planning policy and guidance he has issued in relation to planning applications to convert a single dwelling into a House of Multiple Occupation.

Public Sector Debt

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Office for Budget Responsibility's projection that public sector debt could reach 300 per cent of GDP by 2075.

Business Rates

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing a hybrid business rate which combines a reduced property business rate with a modest digital business rate levied on online sales using the existing VAT system.

Affordable Housing: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 24 April 2026 to Question 124786 on Affordable Housing: Greater London, whether there have been cases where (a) Homes England and (b) GLA schemes

Bus Services: Cycleways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason her Department did not pause the installation of additional floating bus stops until further research on safety had been carried out in the context of the advice of the Disabled Persons Transpor

Electronic Government: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many central government websites and mobile applications do not currently meet the required public-sector accessibility standards; and what steps are being taken to remedy that.

Telecommunications: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of targeted wholesale discounts by Openreach on alternative network providers' investment in full-fibre infrastructure.

Broadband: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the potential impact of Openreach pricing on the Government’s strategic priorities for the telecoms sector.

Animal Welfare: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police forces are required to refer incidents of animal cruelty involving people under the age of 18 to a) safeguarding agencies and b) Youth Offending Teams.

Armed Forces: Body Armour

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk that female personnel are injured as a result of wearing body armour designed for male bodies; and when they expect to mitigate this risk with body armour that is designed for wome

Armed Forces: Body Armour

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure the manufacture of body armour remains in the UK in order to safeguard resilience, jobs, and investment, in times of conflict.

Ukraine: Defence Equipment

To ask His Majesty's Government how companies can contact Taskforce Kindred regarding supply of required equipment to Ukraine.

Ukraine: Defence Equipment

To ask His Majesty's Government how many enquiries have been made of Taskforce Kindred and what proportion have led to the purchase/supply of equipment for Ukraine.

Dance

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the social and economic value generated by dance participation, including potential savings to health and social care services.

National Savings and Investments: Standards

To ask His Majesty's Government, following National Savings and Investment (NS&I) notifying the Treasury in December 2025 of a failure to comprehensively trace accounts for some customers who died what assessment they have made of whether there are wider

Workplace Pensions

To ask His Majesty's Government which regulatory body oversees the actuarial profession in connection with advice to members, trustees and sponsors of Defined Benefit pension schemes and what mechanism there is for compensation for schemes or members who

Housing

To ask His Majesty's Government assessment they have made of the use of artificially generated images to mislead local housing authorities in the exercise of their enforcement functions.

Housing: Floods

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the insurability of homes built on floodplains since 2009.

Driving Under Influence: Drugs

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the incidence of drug driving.

Driving Under Influence: Drugs

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of people who have (1) been convicted for drug driving, and (2) had their driving licence endorsed following a conviction for drug driving, in each of the last three years.

Immigration: Care Leavers and Children in Care

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the White Paper Restoring Control over the Immigration System (CP 1326), published in May 2025, what steps they intend to take to secure the status of children entering adulthood, including care leavers and chil

Immigration: Care Leavers and Children in Care

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to A Fairer Pathway to Settlement: statement and accompanying consultation on earned settlement (CP1448), published November 2025, whether they have conducted the separate and targeted consultation for children in

National Security

To ask His Majesty's Government how the power to designate an entity involved in foreign power threat activity in accordance with the National Security Act 2023 differs from the power to proscribe an organisation in accordance with the Terrorism Act 2000;