Written Questions

National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority: Annual Reports

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2026 to question 13286 on Defence: Procurement, on what date the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report will be published.

Department for Work and Pensions: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the Workplace Transformation programme on Departmental office capacity, staffing levels, customer access and service delivery; whether regional o

Central African Republic: Religion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Government of the Central African Republic and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central Afric

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that access to safe and good quality education for children overseas.

Artificial Intelligence: Arts

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress she has made on establishing a working group on independent and smaller creative organisations on the impact of AI on creators, and when she expects the working group to hold

Arts: Intellectual Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the proposed working group on independent and smaller creative organisations will consider measures to improve access to licensing and rights management mechanisms for visual artists, cer

Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the proposed working group on independent and smaller creative organisations will consider measures to prevent the unauthorised use of copyright-protected works by AI systems.

Arts: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether representatives of the visual arts sector will be included in the membership of the working group on independent and smaller creative organisations.

Commonwealth: G20

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, If she will have discussions with her Cabinet Colleagues on the merits of inviting the Secretary General of the Commonwealth to be an associate member of the G20 when the Uni

Jagtar Singh Johal

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department’s policies on UK -India trade discussions of the continued detention of British national Jagtar

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of corridor care since July 2024.

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS England's definition of corridor care.

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential relationship between A&E waiting times and the prevalence of corridor care.

Heart Diseases: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce cardiology waiting lists (a) nationally and (b) in South Yorkshire.

Psychotherapy: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of psychotherapy and counselling remaining outside statutory regulation on public protection, in the context that other psychological

Psychotherapy: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of psychotherapy and counselling not being under statutory regulation on public protection; and whether his Department plans to intro

Home Office: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, other than special advisers if her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.

Heart Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the shortage of consultant cardiologists on NHS waiting lists (i) nationally and (ii) in South Yorkshire.

Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with Integrated Care Boards on the potential impact of women who are on waiting lists for medical treatment on their decision-making for when they have child

Hospitals: Air Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislative safeguards to protect hospital helipads from closure.

Police: Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of support available for retired police dogs and their handlers following retirement from service.

Dental Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current a) average and b) maximum wait is for those with domiciliary care needs to access the Community Dental Service in England.

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many domiciliary dental visits were undertaken by the Community Dental Service in England in each year since 2010/11.

Neighbourhood Health Centres: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether new neighbourhood health centres will be required to incorporate climate resilience measures, including flood protection and cooling systems.

Metropolitan Police: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Metropolitan Police will be required to publish the algorithms they will use under the recently announced plans for data integration and exploitation on the Algorithmic Transparency Report