Written Questions

Artificial Intelligence: Age Assurance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the AI model that will conduct AI facial age assessments on children at the border; and what assessment she has made of the risk of error and bias in AI facial age assessment technology to con

Charter Flights: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the France No. 2 (2025) Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic on the Prevention of Da

UK Relations with EU: Culture and Music

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken and what mechanisms are being used to ensure that Article 15 of the 2025 UK-EU Common Understanding Agreement on cultural exchange and touring matters is being

British Nationality: Applications

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Hanson of Flint to the first Oral Question on 9 July, what assessment they have made of the impact of the Home Secretary’s proposed policy change to extend the right to acquire indefinite leav

Home Office: X Corp

To ask His Majesty's Government how many X Premium accounts the Home Office has (1) paid for, or (2) been granted for free by X, in the past year; and whether they intend to renew them.

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 102392 on Local Government: Reorganisation, what guidance has been given

Inheritance Tax: Royal Family

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce legislation to levy inheritance tax on the estate of the Monarch.

Artificial Intelligence: Advisory Services

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to regulate the use of general-purpose artificial intelligence models to provide financial guidance to consumers.

Nuclear Submarines

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the expected delivery date of the 12 next-generation SSN-B nuclear powered submarines.

National Security Strategic Investment Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what is the average amount of funding provided by the National Security Investment Fund in financial years (a) 2024-25, (b) 2025-26 and (c) 2026-27.

Sky Sabre

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timeline is for doubling the number of Sky Sabre air defence systems operated by the Army.

Ministry of Defence Police: Seized Articles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 11878 on Ministry of Defence Police: Seized Articles, if he will provide a summary of all the weapons detailed in the line for “small arms” broken down by weapon

Warships: Antisubmarine Warfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 48, over what timescale will a) Type 92 and b) Type 93 join the fleet to enhance anti-submarine warfare capabilities.

Westminster Hall Sittings

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will make an estimate of the annual cost of administering Westminster Hall Debates including clerks, doorkeepers and other staff.

Civil Service Commission: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the news story entitled New Civil Service Commissioners Appointed, of 30 June 2026, whether any of the four new appointees made a declaration of political activity.

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 12162 on Government Departments: Procurement, whether there are exemptions for not publishing grant information to specific organisations through the GGIS proce

Civil Service Governance and Accountability Review

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to publish a formal response to the recommendations in the Independent Review of Governance and Accountability in the Civil Service by Lord Maude of Horsham.

Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of labour inspectors required to enforce new employment rights measures in each of the next three years.

Speech and Language Therapy: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is between referral and commencement of NHS speech and language therapy for children aged 0–11 in the Devon Integrated Care Board area.

Speech and Language Therapy: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on how many children are currently waiting for NHS speech and language therapy in the Devon Integrated Care Board area.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Westminster Hall Sittings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to her Department of preparing ministers to respond to Westminster Hall Debates.

Subject Access Requests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to update the 2018 internal Subject Access Request manual following the changes to subject access request law in the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.

NHS England: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the estimated (a) number and (b) cost of the redundancies due to the abolition of the NHS England; and what information his Department has (c) sent to and (

Health Services Safety Investigation Body and Healthwatch England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the likely cost of abolition of (a) HealthWatch England, (b) Health Service Safety Investigation Body (HSSIB) and (c) the development and enactment of trans

NHS: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) number of hours of worked and (b) actual costs to date, (c) estimated future costs of external consultants in relation to the abolition of (a) Healt