Written Questions

Temperature: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to increase (a) urban tree cover and (b) green infrastructure to help reduce temperatures in built-up areas.

Department for Education: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June to Question 11236 on Department for Education: Translation Services, for what reason the spend increased in 2025/26.

Visas: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of long term visa applications subject to a minimum service standard were decided within the relevant service standard by visa category since 1 January 2025.

Iron and Steel: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to introduce controls on the administration of tariff-rate quotas, including any melt and pour requirements; and what measures are in place to prevent the resale of quota by importers

Plastics: Seals

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of plastic flying rings on seal populations.

Plastics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a ban on the import and sale of plastic flying rings.

Part-time Employment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the guaranteed hours provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025 on the availability of part-time and entry-level roles for people aged 16 to 2

Employment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Young people and work: Interim report finding that 84% of NEETs do want to work, what steps is he taking to ensure that the guaranteed hours provisions do not constrain access to

Astronomy and Nuclear Physics: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much her Department spent supporting particle physics astronomy and nuclear physics science in (a) 2025/2026 and (b) 2023/24.

Astronomy and Nuclear Physics: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the levels of planned higher education spending on particle physics, astronomy and nuclear physics science on that sector.

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Local Authorities can request timeline extensions for the delivery of projects under the Levelling Up Fund Scheme.

Game: Birds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the environmental and animal welfare impacts of the breeding, release and shooting of game birds, and whether she plans to introduce a ban on these prac

Recycling: Public Houses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the financial impact of Extended Producer Responsibility on pubs.

Child Benefit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of people have had their child benefits incorrectly suspended from (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) England in each of the last three years.

World Cup: Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of gambling duty revenue arising from UK consumers using illegal gambling websites and operators during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

World Cup: Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the value of stakes that may be placed by UK consumers with illegal gambling operators during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

World Cup: Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government’s assessment of gambling duty changes includes modelling of potential consumer displacement to illegal gambling operators during high-volume betting periods, including the

World Cup: Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had discussions with payment providers on reducing the flow of funds from UK consumers to illegal gambling operators ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Sexual Offecnes: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the treatment of British victims of sexual assault in the US military court martial system during proceedings regarding offences committed on UK soil by US service p

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 16 April 2026, to Question 119976, on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, whether there is a maximum length of time that a (a) junior and (b) senior civil servant appointed on tem

Cabinet Office: Redundancy

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026, to Question 7425, how many pension top-ups for mutually agreed exists have been agreed by his Department since July 2024.

Iron and Steel: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to introduce a steel import monitoring system similar to those operated by the United States and Canada.

Sexual Offences: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of court delays on the mental wellbeing of victims of sexual violence in Hertsmere constituency.

Sexual Offences: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce court delays for victims of sexual violence.

Sexual Offences: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to expedite rape and sexual violence cases so that victim do not wait more than six months for their case to be heard in court.