Written Questions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Bank of England's Banknote imagery advisory group minutes - October 2025, meeting held on 14 October 2025, Item 3, published on 17 April 2026, what engagement the Cabinet Office has had wit

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of training available to NHS staff on communication with autistic patients, including (a) in-person and (b) in written communications.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is the average number of test slots available per month at Slough Driving Test Centre, for the past year for where data is available.

To ask His Majesty's Government how the findings of the report from the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death Learning together, published on 11 June, will impact NHS England’s enforcement of the updated reasonable adjustment digita

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional full-time equivalent driving test examiners have been recruited for Slough in the past year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time for a practical driving test is at Slough Test Centre.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made in increasing the availability of driving tests in Slough.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many individuals have received student loans from the Student Loans Company over the past 20 academic years, broken down by nationality.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have received a student loan from the Student Loans Company since 2005, broken down by nationality and by the academic year in which they first received a loan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many overseas borrowers currently classified as non-compliant by the Student Loans Company had their first student loan disbursed in each academic year since 2005, broken down by nationality.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England plans to publish its completed gap analysis of freezer capacity for the fresh freezing and storage of brain tumour tissue; and if he will publish the underlying data from that a

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government will publish the findings of its consultation on a proposed ban on keeping a) laying hens, b) pullets and c) breeder layers in cages.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support will be made available from Government to support a transition away from enriched cages.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps will be taken to ensure that imports of eggs, liquid eggs and powdered eggs meet UK animal welfare standards, in the context of any phase-out of caged systems domestically.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many student teachers were recruited to Teach First in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Government plans to introduce measures to prevent the import of a) eggs, b) liquid eggs and c) powdered eggs produced in systems that are banned in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the risk of increased imports of lower-welfare eggs following domestic reforms to housing systems for laying hens.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether further supported welfare improvements for laying hens will be incorporated into the UK Animal Health and Welfare Pathway.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost of linking CCTV from railway stations, trackside CCTV and CCTV from train cabs together into a single platform.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Department has considered participating in Alternative Dispute Resolution or mediation in relation to the ongoing legal proceedings associated with the WASPI campaign.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the comparative cost to the public purse of compensating women affected by maladministration in State Pension Age communications.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the further legal costs that may be incurred by the Department in relation to ongoing litigation concerning compensation for women affected by maladministration in State Pen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue guidance on what constitutes support for proscribed organisations in the context of the proscription of Palestine Action.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact on member democracy of the use of electronic quick vote systems for charities and civil society group AGMs.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's regulatory policies of building societies using electronic quick vote systems to approve board recommendations at AGMs.