Written Questions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Council of the Nations and Regions will continue to operate alongside the re-established National Economic Council; and how many times the Council of the Nations and Regions has met since its establi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of local authority parking charges based on vehicle dimensions on the uptake of electric vehicles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 13566, if she will publish a list of legislative and statutory requirements that apply to the planning and construction of airports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to slots at coordinated UK airports for operators of dedicated air freight and cargo services; and whether she plans to take steps to improve access to slo

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of cancelling historic Housing Revenue Account debt in increasing councils’ capacity to deliver new social rent homes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people can access essential postal and banking services through face-to-face provision, including when there are closures such as at Mor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve the support available to individuals and families following a diagnosis of dementia, including access to information about local services and financial support.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women's health hubs have been established in the NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB and what services do they provide.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she will set out a timeline for the delivery of funding for the Lobular Moonshot Project.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential relationship between environmental criteria in the Social Value Model and the Government's commitment that 50% of publicly procured food should be local or produced

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of the revised Social Value Model for delivery of the Government's commitment that 50% of publicly procured food should be lo

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether public bodies will continue to be able to take account of environmental outcomes when evaluating bids for food procurement contracts under the revised Social Value Model.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's timetable is on making a decision on whether to introduce a ban on the importation of foie gras.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the commitment in the Animal Welfare Strategy for England to introduce humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish, when the Government plans to launch its consulta

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure older people and self-funding care home residents receive timely information on their statutory rights under the Care Act 2014.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, for what reason the consultation on the proposed AI Bill has not been published; and when that consultation will be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what consideration he has given to the location of an AI regulator with responsibility for scrutinising the most advanced AI systems.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration his Department has given to the potential merits of establishing a single statutory supervisory body for voluntary ombudsman and ADR schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will publish Planning Practice Guidance on space standards to provide additional clarity on the treatment of stepping stone homes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average time taken by her Department to provide a substantive response to correspondence from hon. Members was in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what the longest such time

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what powers she has under academy funding agreements to intervene where a trust does not convene a governing board meeting to consider reinstatement of excluded students within 15 school days.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Ofsted on the inspection of multi-academy trusts' handling of permanent exclusions of pupils with special educational needs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead were permanently excluded in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how many of those pupils had identified special educational

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the potential financial impact of giving dentists access to the single patient register.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Minister is responsible for the delivery of the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor.