Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish (a) guidance to health professionals on and (b) a strategy for expediting diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Pakistani counterpart since 5 June 2026 on the investigation into the shooting of three Ahmadi Muslim security volunteers outside Bai

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to further regulate the sale of nitrous oxide cannisters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to publish draft revisions to the SEND Code of Practice before legislation is introduced; and whether those revisions will be subject to a separate public consultation.

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 number of children and young people who may no longer meet the criteria for su

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Government response to the consultation on proposals to update the Telecommunications Security Code of Practice 2022, what estimate she has made of the number of S

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the proportion of children’s smartphones and tablets that can be covered by device-level protections through operating system updates; whether those protec

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, in what way new restrictions on children’s access to social media or online services will interact with the child safety duties in the Online Safety Act 2023; what steps she will take t

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of expenditure under the forthcoming Defence Investment Plan that will be spent with UK-based companies; whether he plans to introduce minimum UK content requirements f

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 14 April (HL16149), what documents, meetings or processes are referred to by the phrase “performance reviews with CCW”; how many such reviews have taken place s

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has made an assessment of the impact on defence capability of reducing the level of funding requested by the armed forces in the preparation of the Defence Investment Plan; and whether any

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total lifetime cost of the Ajax armoured vehicle programme; what additional funding has been approved since the original contract was signed; and what assessment he has made of th

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the 3.6 per cent Armed Forces pay award on recruitment and retention; and what assessment he has made of whether military pay has kept pace with increases in

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the announcement on the establishment of the Defence Housing Service, what estimate he has made of the number of homes currently below the Decent Homes Standard; and whether he plans to publish

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of bringing all service family accommodation up to the Decent Homes Standard; and by what date he expects that work to be completed.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, how many communities have lost their final bank branch since 2020; and what estimate she has made of the number of communities that currently l

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, what assessment she has made of whether the Government’s commitment to establish 350 banking hubs by the end of this Parliament will be suffici

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, how many requests for banking hubs have been considered by LINK since 2022; how many resulted in (a) a recommendation for a banking hub and (b)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, what the average time is between a banking hub being announced and the opening of a permanent hub; how many permanent banking hubs have taken l

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, what evidence of consumer detriment led her Department to commission the independent Review into Access to Banking Services announced on 14 May

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the written correspondence from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to Baroness Casey of Blackstock on 5 March, whether the advice from officials on ACCESS-AD that was due in April has been receive

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the publication entitled "The changing cyber threat profile and potential impact on local councils", what estimate she has made of the number of local authorities whic

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the financial cost to local authorities of implementing the recommendations contained within her Department's research on cyber threats.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the extension of content standards requirements to streaming services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Ofcom's consultation on the implementation of the Media Act 2024, whether streaming services will be subject to impartiality requirements comparable to those applying to license