Written Questions

ADHD

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is being provided to GPs to enable them to participate in shared-care arrangements for ADHD.

ADHD

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment they have made of the consistency and adequacy of shared-care protocols for adults with ADHD across integrated care boards.

Down's Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the final statutory guidance under the Down Syndrome Act 2022.

Department for Work and Pensions: Women against State Pension Inequality

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 14104 on Department for Work and Pensions: Women Against State Pension Inequality, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of ministeri

Autism: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent diagnostic overshadowing in cases where anxiety, trauma, distress or school-related deterioration are dismissed as part of autism, ADHD or SEND.

Pancreatic Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his department will work with the NIHR National Speciality Lead for research into rare cancers to develop a national strategy focused on unlocking greater investment in pancreatic cancer resear

Repatriation: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2026, to question 11993, what proportion of the voluntary departures were a) at the individual’s expense or b) at the expense of the public purse.

Aviation: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with her US counterpart on allowing airports in Northern Ireland whose departing travellers fly to the United States to clear immigration in US airports as domestic fli

Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to accelerate the delivery of compensation to people impacted by pelvic mesh and valproate; and if he will set out a timetable for that financial redress.

Treasury: Public Appointments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, other than special advisers if her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.

Probate: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for a grant of probate were submitted in a) English and b) Welsh in each year since 2021.

Marriage: Relatives

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to WPQ 12787 answered on 11 November 2024 on Marriage: Relatives, what recent progress he has made on considering [i] marriage law and [ii] placing restrictions on marriages between first cousins.

Marriage: Relatives

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to WPQ 12787 answered on 11 November 2024 about Marriage, Relatives, whether he has commissioned advice on whether placing restrictions on first cousin marriage would require changes to the Sexual Offenc

Culture: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help improve access to arts and culture for young people in Lincolnshire.

Choirs: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to support community choirs in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.

Orchestras: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to support community orchestras in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.

Sentencing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure proportionate and consistent sentencing.

World Tourism Organization

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the World Tourism Organisation on the work of her Department.

Outdoor Recreation: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of the availability of the Adventures Away From Home Fund for 26/27 on schools in Huntingdonshire.

Reoffenders: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of rehabilitation programmes in reducing reoffending rates.

Community Orders: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of community sentences in reducing reoffending.

Mobile Phones and 5G: Infrastructure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has undertaken an analysis of the mobile connectivity and 5G network infrastructure requirements for each project in the Government Major Projects Portfolio.

Youth Services: Departmental Coordination

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role the Department for Education has in delivering the National Youth Strategy.

Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has prepared updated prison population projections; what modelling he has undertaken on prison occupancy under high, central and low demand scenarios; whether contingency plans exist for ex

Prisons: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has received advice on emergency prison capacity measures; what operational thresholds would trigger additional contingency arrangements; and whether programme risk registers identify capacity as a cri