Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government crack down on pension scams, published on 9 June 2026, what estimate he has made of the reduction in pension scam losses expected as

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension scam prosecutions have been brought in each of the last five years; and how many resulted in a conviction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on how many transfers into Small Self-Administered Scheme pensions have taken place in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents of (a) Basildon, (b) Thurrock, and (c) Essex have reported being victims of pension scams in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role hydrogen for transport will play in the updated Hydrogen Strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential role of hydrogen-powered vehicles in decarbonising hard-to-electrify transport modes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with counterparts in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on coordinating low-carbon hydrogen production and end-use demand within the transport sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether UK-produced arms are being used in a) the West Bank and b) the Gaza strip.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many export licenses for arms and defensive equipment between the UK and Israel are currently active.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will set out the key performance indicators her Department uses to assess changes in the level of performance for train operators following nationalisation; and whether she has set targets for improvemen

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the financial savings arising from local government reorganisation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of independent schools in England that have closed since the introduction of VAT on school fees.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of pupils who have moved from independent schools to state schools since the introduction of VAT on independent school fees.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to a) remove the requirement for the Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner post to be filled, b) provide for the necessary functions of that role to be carried out by the County

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the merits of holding a by-election for the role of Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner ahead of the abolition of that role in 2028; and what estimate she has made of

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the consultation on mandatory health and welfare proposals will consider (a) increasing responsibilities on animal owners owners and (b) making animal seizure and prosecution e

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate levels of accountability for the potential impact of NHS reorganisation on staff, in the context of abolishing NHS England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring employers to (i) acknowledge and respond to job applications within a reasonable timeframe, and (ii) provide feedback to unsuccessful app

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of consumer protections where rogue traders use a limited company to avoid liability.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to list chronologically the dates, the amounts and the purposes, of each new Barnett Consequential allocation made by the Treasury in relation to Northern Ireland from 1 January 2020 until the present.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to provide details of the scheme on the reimbursement mechanism for the Summer Free bus fares for children initiative to operators.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to 13.167 of the Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations, if she will provide a list of the identity documents that can be requested by service providers seeking to conf

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the evidence given by the Head of UK Palantir on 8 July 2025 to the Science, Innovation and Technology Comm

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether technical verification has been carried out (a) by and (b) on behalf of his Department to confirm that NHS patient data processed through Palantir Foundry cannot be transferred to other Pal

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether independent technical (a) testing and (b) audit has been undertaken to assess the risk of (i) data and (ii) application interoperability between Palantir platforms used by different public