Written Questions

Muscular Dystrophy: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated for emerging Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatments; and what plans he has to ensure that future therapies, including gene therapies and exon-skipping trea

Business: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 27 May 2026, to Question 2117, on Public Houses: Rural Areas, and with reference to the Regulation Action Plan - Progress Update and Next Steps, of 22 October 2025, whether the changes

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will respond to the letter dated of 20 May 2026, my reference SD17565, your reference MPAM/1511614/26.

Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, regarding the IOPC investigation into the banning of Maccabi fans, a) when the terms of reference will be published, and b) when the investigation will report.

Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the IOPC on its investigation into the banning of Maccabi fans.

Police: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date Sir Andy Cooke will publish his final report on the Inspection of police forces’ contributions to safety advisory groups.

Prosecutions: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to launch a consultation on proposed regulations relating to costs orders under Section 17 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.

Naloxone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand access to naloxone in communities.

Burial: Certification

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring local authorities to issue burial certificates on weekends in cases where burials must take place within 24 hours of death for religio

Animal Experiments: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 16 September 2025 to UIN 74237 on Animal Experiments: Animal Breeding, whether she plans to report, in the forthcoming publication of the statistics of scientific proce

Neurological Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce avoidable emergency admissions for people with neurological conditions.

Pancreatic Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to treatments for pancreatic cancer and increase survival rates.

Animal Experiments: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the levels of the use of dogs at the MBR Acres facility in Cambridgeshire; and whether she plans to take steps to end the breeding and supply of dogs for scientific tes

West Midlands Police: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to increase funding for ongoing training in West Midlands Police to support career progression for local officers.

Begging and Vagrancy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards have been put in place to distinguish organised begging from begging arising from homelessness or destitution.

Police: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission the National Audit Office to review the financial and skills capacity of the proposed new policing governance structures.

Devon and Cornwall Police: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of governance and structural reforms on the ability of Devon and Cornwall Police to deliver improvement plans.

Pensioners: Advocacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Pensions Commission on engaging pensioner advocacy groups.

Police: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which stakeholders, including hon. Members, she has consulted in developing Police Bill reforms; and if she will publish a summary of responses to those consultations.

Police: Coastal Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police forces maintain specialist crime capability for coastal communities under proposed policing reforms.

Employment: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to employers on protecting workers from extreme heat.

Northern Ireland Office: Public Appointments

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

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce food waste in schools.

Badgers: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of raising the maximum prison sentence for badger baiting under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 to

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines the police have for handling sexual offence cases.