Written Questions

Corporation Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has reviewed the design of employee share acquisition relief in light of its use by large, profitable companies with substantial UK public sector revenue.

Palantir: Corporation Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the effective UK corporation tax rate paid by Palantir Technologies UK Limited in the financial years 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that the Government provides, by 16 July 2026, the information requested by the Patient Safety Commissioner on (a) action taken in response to the Hughes Report, (b) outstanding s

Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of changes in the levels of violent crime in England and Wales.

Neighbourhood Policing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has been made of the effectiveness of community policing initiatives in tackling local crime.

Home Shopping: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues since January 2026 on ensuring that Northern Ireland consumers are not disadvantaged regarding online sales from GB based businesses.

Parking Offences: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing regulations for standard fines in car parks owned by private operators.

Birmingham City Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable is for publishing the Birmingham Commissioners' latest report to the Secretary of State.

Stocks and Shares: USA

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July to Question 13470, what guidance she has given the Listings Taskforce on (a) an outcome of their deliberations and (b) reporting their findings.

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, of people holding cash ISAs in 2024/2025, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the total number were in the £10,000 - £50,000 per annum salary range.

Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the written statement on Implementing the Employment Rights Act: June Consultations on Employment Rights for Unpaid Carers, Time off for Public Duties and Government responses, HCWS10

Conversion Therapy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which LGBTQ+ groups were consulted with regarding the Conversion practices draft bill.

Conversion Therapy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Conversion practices draft bill for protecting trans people from conversion therapy practices.

Conversion Therapy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has considered international examples in the formation of the Conversion practices draft bill.

Ministry of Defence: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether significant Automated Decision-Making is taking place or planned within his Department, and if he will make a statement.

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many houses will no longer be (a) rebuilt and (b) refurbished as a result of his Department's decision to delay spending on defence housing to the next Parliament.

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Defence Housing Strategy: A £9bn ‘generational renewal' for forces family housing and 100,000 new homes on MOD land to drive growth, published on 2 Novemb

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Defence Housing Strategy: A £9bn ‘generational renewal' for forces family housing and 100,000 new homes on MOD land to drive growth, published on 2 Novemb

Global Counsel

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has had discussions with Global Counsel on responding to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson.

Network Rail: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 13067, what guidance her Department has issued to Network Rail on managing delays to projects arising from seasonal ecological survey windows and protected spe

Immigration Controls: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much real terms funding was allocated to public awareness campaigns on the EU Entry Exit System prior to its implementation.

Immigration Controls: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the EU's Entry/Exit System on UK travellers.

Immigration Controls: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a breakdown of the funding allocated to Entry/Exit System (EES) border check sites across the United Kingdom, including the amount spent on each individual site.

Immigration Controls: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate potential delays in border processing during the summer holiday period for British travellers entering the EU.

Immigration Controls: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Entry/Exit System border check sites in the United Kingdom are operational.