Written Questions

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the delay in bringing forward the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill; and whether she plans to include this Bill in the forthcoming parliamentary timetable.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to introduce mandatory disability pay gap reporting; whether this will be included within the scope of the proposed Equality (Race and Disability) Bill; and what the expected timet

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what priority the Government has assigned to extending pay gap reporting beyond gender to include race and disability.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has assessed employer attitudes towards disabled employees and the extent to which such attitudes affect recruitment and retention.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of the disability employment gap; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce that gap.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of mandatory disability pay gap reporting on the disability employment gap.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has hired external public relations consultants since July 2024.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the danger of further genocide in Sudan as a consequence of the massing of troops around El Obeid by the Rapid Support Forces and allied militia, following the atrocities in El Fasher in Oc

To ask the Solicitor General, whether her Department has hired external public relations consultants since July 2024.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many political appointees have been made by her Department since July 2024.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many political appointees have been made by his Department since July 2024.

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

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of A&E infrastructure on (a) staff retention and (b) clinical safety at hospitals operating above design capacity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many A&E departments are regularly treating patients in corridors; and what steps he is taking to help end this practice.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the correlation between maternity unit infrastructure quality and infant mortality rates in areas of high deprivation.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they consider current UN mechanisms for investigating allegations of misconduct, bias and antisemitism by Special Rapporteurs to be effective, with particular reference to the concerns regarding Francesca Albanese r

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average A&E capacity utilisation rate is for (a) Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, (b) University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and (c) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average ambulance handover time was at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital A&E in (a) 2024-25 and (b) the most recent quarter for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the timeline for completing the East Birmingham tram extension from Digbeth through Birmingham Heartlands Hospital and Tile Cross to Birmingham International Airport, the NEC and

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to include funding for the East Birmingham tram extension to Birmingham Airport in the next spending review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the current status of tram route designs between Digbeth and Birmingham International Airport.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is the projected cost-benefit ratio of completing the East Birmingham tram extension.