Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Windsor Framework on the availability of veterinary medicines in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which technologies are being considered for prioritisation under the National Health Tech Access Programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to recognise and support Pakistani Christians and support the protection of freedom of religion in that country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of consultant neurologists and specialist multiple sclerosis nurses in England.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase healthy life expectancy for children born into deprived areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what guidance her Department provides to social housing providers on the (a) disposal, (b) replacement and (c) recycling of legacy solar photovoltaic panels that have reached the end of their

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether there is a target date set in autumn 2026 for laying the Private Parking Code of Practice before Parliament.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that the scope of the proposed ban on social media companies for children under 16 can respond to changes in (a) the services used by ch

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Treasury has made an assessment of (a) the potential revenue that could be raised from extending the higher rate of Air Passenger Duty to all private jet flights and (b) the impact of using any additiona

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department last reviewed the 2009 technical advice document on the labelling of produce originating from the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and whether she plans to update

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the number of hospices at risk of (a) reducing services, (b) closing inpatient beds and (c) becoming financially unviable during each of the next three fi

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of providing the adult hospice sector with £112.5 million in recurring revenue funding; what estimate she has made of the amount requ

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the reduction in care provided by independent hospices on (a) NHS finances, (b) emergency admissions, (c) acute bed days, (d) commun

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England’s national hospice funding framework will require integrated care boards to enter into multi-year contracts with hospices; and whether contracts will reflect the full cost of de

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential financial impact of increases in employer National Insurance contributions on (a) adult hospices, (b) children’s hospices and (c) hospice charity-shop operations.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of exempting independent hospices from increases in employer National Insurance contributions where their staff provide services commissioned by the NHS; and what

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the aggregate business-rates liability of charity shops operated by adult and children’s hospices following the 2026 revaluation; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing centrally funded 100% business-rates relief to charity shops operated by hospices; and what estimate she has mad

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to Question 18620 of 23 July 2026, on Housing: Land Use, what spatial modelling her Department has undertaken to assess how the Government’s target of 1.5

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to Question 18620 on 23 July 2026, on Housing: Land Use, whether her Department has estimated the number and proportion of homes in the Government’s 1.5 mi

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to provide businesses with timely and definitive guidance on the tariff treatment of aluminised steel coil and tube originating in China; whether that guidance will specif

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on the delivery of the Holiday Activities and Food programme in Walsall Borough of incorporating funding for that programme into the Children, Fam

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much of the £9.58 billion of initial strategic partnership funding announced under the Social and Affordable Homes Programme on 25 August 2026 is expected to be spent in (a)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if the Department will establish a publicly accessible national register of proposed and operational data centres, including for each facility its (a) location, (b) planning status

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed right to guaranteed hours on the number of employment opportunities available to people aged 16 to 2