Written Questions

Asylum and Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the number of cases outstanding in the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) was at the end of each financial year from 2021-22 to the most recent financial year for which data is held.

Asylum and Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time between grant of permission to appeal and final disposal in the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) was in each financial year from 2021-22 to the most recent financial y

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the figure of nearly 70,000 removals of individuals with no right to remain has been verified and broken down by category of removal.

Drax Group

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any Minister or special adviser has had any communication with the Financial Conduct Authority on its investigation into Drax Group plc since August 2025.

Drax Group

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will ask the Financial Conduct Authority to set out the timeline of its enquiries into Drax Group plc from August 2024 to the closure of its investigation, including the date on which the decision to tak

Corporation Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HMRC publication entitled Measuring tax gaps 2026 edition: tax gap estimates for 2024 to 2025, what steps HMRC is taking to reduce the corporation tax gap.

Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HMRC publication entitled Measuring tax gaps 2026 edition: tax gap estimates for 2024 to 2025, what assessment HMRC has made of the contribution of complexity to the tax gap for (i) income tax

Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Chief Executive of HMRC on reducing the tax gap.

Deportation: Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards will be introduced to distinguish between genuine and vexatious modern slavery claims in cases where removal action has already commenced.

Money Laundering: Israeli Settlements and Syria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that anti-money laundering supervisory authorities effectively discharge their functions under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the P

Money Laundering: Israeli Settlements and Syria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of whether UK persons and regulated businesses are exposed to money laundering risks through transactions involving companies whose goods or revenues are wholly or partly generated from

Money Laundering: Israeli Settlements and Syria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has issued, or plans to issue, guidance to anti-money laundering supervisory authorities on the application of Regulation 47 of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Informatio

Batteries: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the compliance of battery energy storage systems with government guidance, particularly concerning risk assessments and emergency planning.

Arms Length Bodies: Lobbying

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Cabinet Office guidance permits arm's length bodies to use public funds to appoint external public affairs or lobbying consultancies to engage with ministers, government departments or Parliament.

Timber: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the UK’s Sanitary and Phytosanitary regime on the cost and availability of imported timber products.

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to support local authorities implementing Vision Zero road safety strategies in areas with high fatal accident rates.

10 Downing Street: Libraries

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 3790 on 10 Downing Street: Libraries, whether the offer to donate a book is open to Ministers who have recently resigned.

Community Ownership Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he expects the Community Ownership Fund to be open for applications.

Local Growth Fund: Mayors

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the £900 million of local growth funding for mayors will be allocated and evaluated under the revised investment appraisal framework.

Infrastructure: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the role of community infrastructure in improving educational attainment in disadvantaged communities.

Electric Bicycles: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the levels of claims to the The Motor Insurers’ Bureau from victims of accidents caused by e-bikes with an electric motor capable of a continuous rated power above 250

Newspaper Press: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the current regulatory framework for news publishers in (a) raising press standards and (b) addressing (i) discrimination and (ii) other abuse

Scotland Office: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many political appointees have been made by his Department since July 2024.

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) Jonathan Powell and (b) Philip Barton made representations to the Prime Minister about Lord Mandelson’s appointment.

Road Traffic Control: Active Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the relationship between traffic calming measures and rates of active travel in urban areas.