Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recourse is available to a park home resident whose site owner does not reduce electricity charges following the removal of VAT from 1 October 2026; and what role Ofgem has in enforcing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the effect of the removal of VAT from 1 October 2026 on park home residents who pay for electricity through a site owner operated pre-payment or sub-metered ar

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the VAT treatment of electricity resupplied by park home site owners to residents in the context of the removal of VAT from household electricity on 1 October 2026.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC will publish guidance for park home site owners on the VAT treatment of electricity resupplied to residents before 1 October 2026.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customs declarations have been processed for goods movements between Great Britain and Northern Ireland in each quarter since 2021.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many supplementary customs declarations HMRC has processed for goods movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland in each quarter since January 2021.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HMRC has made of the annual administrative cost to businesses of complying with customs requirements for goods movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland since 2021.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have been named as importers on customs declarations for goods movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland in each year since 2021.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many entry summary declarations HMRC has processed for goods movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland in each quarter since 2021.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HMRC has spent on the Trader Support Service in each financial year since its establishment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international counterparts to ensure the safety of Christians in Syria.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will consider the potential merits of distributing monies left over in the the £75m LGBT Veterans Financial Recognition Scheme to eligible veterans, amended from the current cap of £50m earmarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provisions the contract for the M49 junction 1 at Severnside contained requiring the contractor to remedy defects at its own cost; and whether National Highways has sought to recover any sums from the cont

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether sums have been paid to the contractor for the M49 junction 1 at Severnside in addition to the original contract value in respect of variations, compensation events or claims.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the contract awarded by National Highways for the M49 junction 1 at Severnside was let on a fixed price basis or on a basis under which the final sum payable to the contractor could vary; and what the (

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the contract awarded by National Highways for the construction of the M49 junction 1 at Severnside was let as a design and build contract or as a construction only contract; and whether responsibility f

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what interventions under the East Midlands RISE programme will be directed at improving educational attainment for pupils in Mansfield.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department intends to develop Safety Schemes in Procurement and the Common Assessment Standard to reduce duplication in safety accreditation requirements for contract

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the department’s previous response to Question 113361 tabled on 12 February 2026, what progress has been made on assessing the risks posed by headlight glare, and what timeline her Department

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will publish his response to the Competition and Markets Authority's market study into the supply of railway and public road infrastructure by the civil engineering sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 19484 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, what operational assumptions her Department uses in its total cost of ownership analysis for zero-emissio

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many investigations into suspected phoenix company activity have been undertaken by the Insolvency Service in each of the last five years; and how many resulted in enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of safeguards for male victims of false allegations of domestic abuse in criminal and family court proceedings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms exist to protect motorists from excessive charges imposed by private parking companies; and whether the Government plans to strengthen those protections.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce a cap on charges and associated debt recovery fees imposed by private parking companies; and what assessment she has made of the impact of such cha