Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Universal Credit claimants in each region had (a) no qualifications, (b) Level 2 qualifications, (c) Level 3 qualifications, (d) Level 4 qualifications, (e) Level 5 quali

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations made by the Animals in Science Committee on non-human primates used in service licenses, published on

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, following the Pathways to Work consultation and collaboration committee engagement, when the his Department expects to publish its plans for the future of the Access to Work scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made any assessment of the adequacy of current timelines regarding the notification of a) the withdrawal of or b) changes to an individual’s Access to Work award.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what conversations he has had with employers regarding the timeliness of notifications of changes in employees’ Access to Work awards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders had their country of birth recorded as i) UK, ii) any non-UK and iii) not known for offences of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) theft offences, (e) crimin

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a breakdown by individual country of birth and the number of offences of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) theft offences, (e) criminal damage and arson, (f

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a breakdown of the main reasons that late applications were allowed for Late Applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme who were granted a) settled and b) pre-settled status in the 12

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a breakdown by place of birth of those people convicted of an offence over the last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the evidential basis used by the Office for Students when deciding when to use its regulatory powers.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions have been brought by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) since 2009 regarding the unsafe or inadequate care of people with a learning disability; and what assessment they have made of the effectiveness o

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 25 March 2026 to Question 119316 on Strategic Migration Partnerships: Finance, what was the total spending on Strategic Migration Partnerships in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 20

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the answer of 17 October 2025 to question 79964 on Doctors, when his Department plans to publish the NHS 10-year workforce plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on whether an ethical review of the Palantir Unified Data Platform trial with the Metropolitan police has been completed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment framework will be provided to local transport authorities, such as Transport for London, to assist them in determining whether to grant local consent for autonomous vehicle pilots in their areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has given to the Metropolitan Police on (a) governance, (b) retention and (c) oversight arrangements on continuous integrity screening in the Metropolitan Police's Unified

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of Network Rail's progress towards its target to create £1 of social value for every £2 of supplier spend for all renewals and enhancements by the end of March 2029; and what the to

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which performance claims and verifiable evidence from Federated Data Platform pilot sites were used to inform the decision to award the national FDP contract to Palantir.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of whether the £92 million allocated for the Places of Worship Renewal Fund is sufficient to meet the total cost of repairs for listed places of worship.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England commissioned any independent evaluation of Federation Data Platform pilot outcomes prior to procurement of the national contract.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact the change in VAT status has had on private schools.

To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect directed energy weapons designed to combat low cost drones to be available to the UK armed forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what processes exist to revisit procurement decisions in medical bodies where the evidential basis for claimed benefits is subsequently cha

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total estimated cost is for Network Rail to compile, complete, and implement Habitat Management Plans (HMPs) across 25 per cent of its network by March 2029; and what proportion of this cost is project

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her department holds on the number of pupils with an EHCP in Glastonbury and Somerton, who had a special school as their first preference and were subsequently allocated a place in a mainstream settin