Written Questions

To ask His Majesty's Government how much money was spent from the Faraday Battery Challenge Fund; what key lessons have been learned from the programme; and which battery technologies developed with support from the programme are now in successful deploym

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of commissioning civil service training from universities and specialist providers instead of KPMG and EY; and whether they will publish that assessment.

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the KPMG and EY civil service training contracts they expect to be delivered by subcontractors; and what assessment they have made of the additional cost of using prime contractors rather than commissioni

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to develop partnerships between the National School of Government and Public Services, UK Research and Innovation and UK universities to support research and teaching in public administration.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the planned National School of Government and Public Services will enable universities and specialist providers to be commissioned directly, rather than through commercial prime contractors.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the state of the ecosystem in Akrotiri Salt Lake in Cyprus; and what discussions they have had with the government of Cyprus this year regarding regulating activities that affect the Lake’s

To ask His Majesty's Government when they will appoint the new Director of the Serious Fraud Office.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil servants, broken down by department, are currently working under (1) flexitime, and (2) compressed hours arrangements; and what estimate they have made of the cost of administering these schemes.

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average number of Time Off in Lieu (TOIL) days accrued and taken per civil servant in each of the last three years; and whether they monitor the operational cost of unworked TOIL hours across departments.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many days of paid volunteering leave were taken by civil servants in each of the last three years, broken down by department; and what the total cost of this type of leave has been in each of those years.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the total combined cost of flexitime, compressed hours, overtime, Time Off in Lieu and paid volunteering leave across the civil service; and whether they have compared the prevalence of the

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in deporting foreign national offenders to (1) Albania, (2) Romania, (3) Poland, (4) Lithuania and (5) Jamaica, since July 2024.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve labour productivity in the public sector.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Statement by the Prime Minister on 1 September (cols 25-80), what is the meaning of a “triple-helix approach to economic development”.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the environmental impact on rural and coastal areas of energy storage solutions in the event of renewable energy shortfalls.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the costs of delivering energy storage solutions in the event of renewable energy shortfalls.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether water companies will be made statutory consultees for planning applications.

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the review by the York Health Economics Consortium, Review of the Economic Model Used to Inform National Decisions on Prostate Cancer Screening in the UK, published on 19 February, whether they plan to (1) respon

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Hospitality and Tourism report, Inquiry into the proposed introduction of a visitor levy on overnight accommodation in England,

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to implement the recommendation of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Hospitality and Tourism report Inquiry into the proposed introduction of a visitor levy on overnight accommodation in England, publi

To ask His Majesty's Government how much Capita has been paid so far for the civil service pension scheme contract; and how much has been withheld or reclaimed for performance or other reasons.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the rate of compensation being delivered by the Infected Blood Delivery Authority to those affected.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Vallance of Balham on 16 December 2025 (HL12581), whether they have an updated timeline for the publication of Research England’s Strategic Institutional Research Funding review.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 28 August (HL2592), what specific national body will be responsible for formulating and issuing evidence-based national recommendations to reduce avoidable mortality for

To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 18 March (HL15206), what data the Government People Group is collecting to monitor whether departments and agencies have changed their recruitment prac