Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for her Department's policies of levels of ambient concentrations of respirable crystalline silica near ball clay workings in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a statutory body is under a duty to monitor concentrations of respirable crystalline silica in ambient air at residential properties in the vicinity of mineral extraction sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to prevent the drilling of oil in Greenland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to prepare the UK for El Nino in 2027.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if she will take steps to ensure the Responsible Business Conduct Review takes into account Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse is of additional staff and other resources deployed to help resolve the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme by Capita since December 2025; and how much of that co

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment was made of the adequacy of Capita's performance in administering other public-sector pension schemes as part of the procurement process for the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension S

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Environment Agency made of the adequacy of Capita Pension Solutions' performance on other public-sector pension administration contracts before exercising the optio

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to a) reduce and b) support victims of scam texts from people pretending to be the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. member for Newton Abbot sent on the 20th of May 2026 under case ref MW15998.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the funding allocated in the Defence Investment Plan to Directed Energy Weapons will be spent on (a) laser-directed energy weapons, including DragonFire, and (b) Radio Frequency Directed Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the trends in the levels of long-term health conditions among working-age adults in lower-income households; and what plans she has to target health improvement reso

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average length of time is from date of retirement to first payment for retired civil service pensioners.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average lump sum is paid to civil service pensioners.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average monthly pension payment is to civil service pensioners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on how many Class E planning applications relating to hospitality uses of a property were (a) received, (b) approved, and (c) rejected by lo

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Class E planning applications for hospitality uses have been rejected by local planning authorities on the basis of an Environmental Impact Assessment in each year since

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the findings of the British Medical Journal with respect to (a) the investment case for pleasure-inclusive sexual health and

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the investment case for pleasure-inclusive sexual health published in the British Me

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the Government's position on fee paying and no win no fee organisations, who complete benefit applications such as PIP and attendance allowance for constituents which are inaccurate;

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of housing support available to people leaving prison who have engaged extensively with rehabilitation programmes; and whether her De

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Welsh Gluten Free Subsidy Card Scheme; and whether it plans to introduce the same system in England to

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether spending on the Places of Worship Renewal Fund has been treated as comparable expenditure for the purposes of the Barnett formula.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of the Barnett consequential arising for the Scottish Government from the Places of Worship Renewal Fund announced on 22 January 2026.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Flee Fund and Future Fund have been (a) received, (b) approved, and (c) rejected in each year since the schemes commenced; and what the sex of applicants and recipients wa