Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of regional variation in access to drug, alcohol and smoking cessation services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the official footage released by the MOD of the operation to board the Russian Shadow Fleet vessel SMYRTOS on 14 June 2026, were any of the shots within the footage staged for promotional purpos

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of alcohol delivery services on (a) consumption and (b) public health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce health inequalities arising from substance misuse.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to question 6171 on F-35 Aircraft: Engines, what the timeline is for the upgrade of the remaining TR-3 refresh.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026 to question 6942 on Hawk Aircraft, why were a) XX159 and b) XX301 deregistered and retired from service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026 to question 6942 on Hawk Aircraft, at the date of their respective registration and retirement were a) XX159 and b) XX301 part of the sustainment fleet.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5095 on Military Aircraft: Training, what is the average length of holdover time for pilots waiting to commence their front-line Operational Conversion Unit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2026 to Question 7775 on Defence Nuclear Enterprise, what is the (a) whole life cost, (b) 2025-26 cost and (c) 2026-27 budget for Astraea.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the latest available figure is for Housing Revenue Account debt owed to the Public Works Loans Board by local authorities, including (a) the collective figure for all local

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for the United Kingdom's access to frontier AI models, in the light of the United States' decision to restrict access to Anthropic's most recent Mythos and Fable systems.

To ask His Majesty's Government what sovereign AI systems or partnerships they are pursuing to reduce dependence on US company frontier models.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the scale of public investment needed to maintain meaningful UK sovereignty in AI infrastructure.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of "hidden gulags" in north western Nigeria; how they intend to respond to this; and what plans they have to make representations about this to the government of Nigeria to ensure t

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that since May around 300 Rohingya have been conscripted by the government of Myanmar for use as forced labour and are being used to construct resettlement sites for incoming ethnic

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report When The Sky Enables Atrocities, published on 6 June, by the opposition National Unity Government of Myanmar organisation.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the growing use of air power as a central military strategy employed by the government of Myanmar to regain territorial control, suppress resistance movements, and intimidate civilian popul

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of attacks on several villages in the Um Baru locality of North Darfur, Sudan; and what assessment they have made of the group responsible for those attacks.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of remarks by Minni Minnawi, regional governor of Darfur, that attacks in Darfur have been met by international silence; and what assessment they have made of the number of (1) villages destro

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on the review of single living accommodation for service personnel which is due to report this summer.

To ask His Majesty's Government, following their decision to mandate on-device nudity safeguards, what steps they intend to take to ensure that the public is aware that the relevant technology does not collect, transfer, or store user data.

To ask His Majesty's Government, following their decision to mandate on-device nudity safeguards, what consideration they have given to requiring the use of the same technology to prevent children from (1) accessing proscribed social media sites, and (2)

To ask His Majesty's Government, following their decision to mandate on-device nudity safeguards, what consideration they have given to requiring the use of the same technology to temporarily disable the camera and certain applications on students’ mobile

To ask His Majesty's Government, following their decision to mandate on-device nudity safeguards, what consideration they have given to requiring the use of the same technology to deploy universal screen time limits on every device used by a child.

To ask His Majesty's Government, following their decision to mandate on-device nudity safeguards, what consideration they have given to requiring the use of the same technology to deploy real-time age estimation so that when an adult’s phone is picked up