Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what impact assessment has been carried out on (a) public safety, (b) recruitment, (c) retention, (d) emergency response capability and (e) operational availability of Coastguard Rescue Officers as a result of

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency plans are in place to maintain operational resilience of HM Coastguard if significant numbers of experienced Coastguard Rescue Officers leave the service as a result of the removal of hourly re

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration she has given to alternative models that would allow some form of payment to Coastguard Rescue Officers while remaining compliant with employment law following the removal of hourly remunerat

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment has been made of the sustainability of HM Coastguard relying on approximately 3,000 volunteers receiving expenses only as a result of the removal of hourly remuneration and intention to i

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support Integrated Care Boards to implement NICE guideline NG73 on endometriosis in primary care, including training for GPs and practice nurses on recognisin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of single points of access for non-urgent gynaecology referrals, specialist ultrasound and community diagnostic routes on reducing di

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the government of Israel’s use of administrative detention in Palestine; and what representations they have they made to end this practice.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that menopause training is included in routine primary care continuing professional development and the women’s health workforce model to ensure consis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure that Integrated Care Boards have clear pathways for access to specialist menopause advice and escalation for complex cases, including premature ovarian insuf

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to include metrics on endometriosis diagnostic times, access to imaging, menopause prescribing, treatment review and referral variation in the women’s health data dashb

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish the draft Airport National Policy Statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of current processes to identify and protect historic military aircraft crash sites during major infrastructure developments, including electricity transmis

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Ministry of Defence (a) requires and (b) recommends on-site surveys by appropriately qualified specialists to determine the presence of military aircraft remains prior to construction works.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre plays in overseeing or approving works which may disturb WWII aircraft wreckage; and how frequently licences have been issued in such contexts in the past fiv

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to ensure that developers are aware of their legal obligations under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of planning guidance in accounting for the potential presence of undocumented military remains where local authority records are known

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what due diligence is required of energy transmission developers to assess the presence of protected military remains on proposed development sites.

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel to release Natalie Abudayyeh, a young Palestinian Christian woman from Birzeit, West Bank, who was placed into administrative detention on 2 June 2026.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has issued guidance to energy companies on engagement with local historians, museums, and independent researchers with specialist knowledge of wartime crash sites.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the absence of a registered Treaty of Union between the Republic of Cameroon and the

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what her Department's policy is on the status of Southern Cameroon following the 2009 African Commission ruling in Gunme v Cameroon.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the legal status of Southern Cameroons on the number of asylum applications from that region since 2021.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce the gender pay gap in the civil service.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff were working in the Resilience Directorate in the Cabinet Office in: (a) January 2024, (b) July 2024, (c) January 2025 and (d) July 2025.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff employed in the Resilience Directorate in January 2025 have been retained within the COBR Directorate; and how many of those staff are employed at each civil service grade.