Written Questions

Ajax Vehicles: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, whether the £1.1 billion allotted for the Ajax Armoured Fighting Vehicles includes additional funding beyond the original £6.3 billion contract.

Breakfast Clubs: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Fylde constituency will begin offering free breakfast clubs from September 2026.

Breakfast Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools applied to join the free breakfast clubs programme but were unsuccessful.

Research: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with her cabinet colleagues about the fiscal steps required to ensure the long-term sustainability of research funding in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme, B) England and c) the United Kin

NATO Countries: Military Attachés

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a list of NATO countries with a UK defence attaché and if they are permanently stationed in country.

Planning: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on strengthening planning policy to help ensure that new developments do no

WPP: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 12154 on WPP: Contracts, and with reference to RM6364 Framework schedule 1 specification: lot 4 creative strategy and development, paragraph 13.1.13, how much h

Counterfeit Manufacturing

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of greater cross-agency action between the Intellectual Property Office, Trading Standards and Border Force on tackling counterfeiti

Artificial Intelligence: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress her Department has made on establishing a taskforce on the labelling of AI-generated content.

Artificial Intelligence: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the proposed taskforce on the labelling of AI-generated content will consider measures to improve transparency for consumers when AI-generated or AI-assisted content is derived

Artificial Intelligence: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that proposals for labelling AI-generated content are informed by engagement with visual artists and creators regarding the use of their wo

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with His Majesty’s Treasury about the steps required to ensure the long-term sustainability of research funding in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme, B) Englan

By-elections: Makerfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether any departmental special adviser took a leave of absence, or undertook a new party contract, to work on the Makerfield by-election.

Data Protection: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has assessed the potential implications of the US Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter for (a) the enforcement of the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Pri

South West Main Line: Railway Signals

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to upgrade signalling infrastructure on the South Western Main Line between Basingstoke and London Waterloo; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of such upgrades on servic

Insurance: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the implementation of duties relating to online fraud under the Online Safety Act 2023, with particular reference to paid-for advertisements i

Small Businesses: Intellectual Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what support the Intellectual Property Office provides to SMEs seeking to enforce registered copyright and trademark rights against overseas infringers.

Railways: Heathrow Airport and North East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of rail connectivity between North East Hampshire constituency and Heathrow Airport.

Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to (a) improve rural digital inclusion and (b) to address the specific needs of older people.

Quantum Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the UK has a sovereign quantum computing capability.

Railways: North East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that rail passengers in North East Hampshire constituency are represented in decisions on (a) timetable changes and (b) station improvements.

Project Gigabit: North East Somerset and Hanham

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress her Department has made on the roll out of Project Gigabit in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.

Technology: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department has taken since 1 January 2026 to support research infrastructure that facilitates the advancement of key technologies.

Network Rail: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many habitat management plans Network Rail has produced in each of the last five financial years.

National Security Online Information Team: Belfast

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the National Security Online Information Team conducted any work in relation to the recent unrest in Belfast.