Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the number of jobs that will be created under the UK AI Hardware Plan; what proportion of funding will be directed outside London and the South East; and w

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of current regulatory oversight of surgeons operating under practising privileges arrangements in the independent healthcare sector; and whether they have any plans to reform t

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the electricity demand associated with the implementation of the UK AI Hardware Plan; what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Energy S

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK AI Hardware Plan on public sector employment; and whether her Department has estimated the number of administrative and ba

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of school days lost each year due to pupils being absent on their birthday; and whether she plans to issue guidance to schools and local authorities on that issue.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential impact of parental requests for term-time leave on school attendance rates; and whether she plans to review the system of fixed penalty notic

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the consultation entitled SEND reform: putting children and young people first, what estimate she has made of the cost to schools, local authorities and other providers of complying with new d

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the consultation “A National System for Children and Young People with SEND”, what modelling underpins the Department’s plan that the number of children and young people requiring an Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's consultation response entitled Proposals to update the Telecommunications Security Code of Practice 2022: government response, published on 1 June, wh

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's consultation response entitled Proposals to update the Telecommunications Security Code of Practice 2022: government response, published on 1 June, wh

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps (a) his department and (b) the Defending Democracy Taskforce is taking to tackle intimidation of councillors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 24 March 2026, to Question 121210, on Second Homes: Council Tax, whether the Valuation Tribunal Service has issued guidance on whether the (a) per

To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance has been issued to independent healthcare providers on their obligations to report concerns about a clinician's conduct to NHS bodies when that clinician holds a concurrent clinical job in the NHS; and what en

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the answer of 11 March 2026 to Question 110793, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Flexible Working, how many and what proportion of full-time staff o

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Policy Lab and Government Skills case study, Shaping a people centred Civil Service skills system, of 8 June 2026, how much was spent on the sensory and participatory ethnography workshops,

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 10 March 2026, to Question 98795, on Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House, whether there have been delays in notifying relevant local authorities for other Government Property A

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2026, to Question 3289, on Freedom of Information: Databases, whether the Fivium e-case database records the exemptions used where a FOI request is substantively refused; and whe

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has donated a book to the Prime Minister’s library.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026, to Question 4168, on UK Relations with the EU, whether the red line policy position not to return to the Single Market (a) entails not joining the EU Single Market in full

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026, to Question 7317, on Permanent Secretaries: Pay, if he will publish the business case to pay a Permanent Secretary a salary greater than £300,000.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026, to Question 4190, in which building is Gordon Brown’s office space located; and how many staff are allocated to assist his work.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to paragraph 5 of the scope of his Department's document entitled Vetting Review Terms of Reference, published on 1 June 2026, whether the review will take evidence from HM Opposition.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the (a) Cabinet Office, (b) Civil Service People Group or (c) Office for Equality and Opportunity, (i) has provided and (ii) plans to provide updated guidance to the Civil Service (A) on the provision of

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps have been taken since the publication of the Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Issues raised by Paterson in February 2020 to bring the clinical governance and performance reporting obligations of indepen

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide (a) the title of the transparency data publication that included the expenditure on the Plan for Change event of December 2024, and (b) the relevant (i) transaction numbers and (ii) dates, in