Written Questions

To ask His Majesty's Government how many HS2 200m train sets are now on order; and whether the train set capital expenditure is included in the projected HS2 cost or is a leasing cost to the chosen operator.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the process for allowing serious, serial violent offenders to be bailed.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the process for supervising serious, serial violent offenders when they are released after having served their term.

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the additional electricity needed to power data centres by 2035; and how they intend that electricity to be generated.

To ask His Majesty's Government what approval process is currently in place for the outsourcing of civil service training to take place prior to the re-establishment of the School of Government in 2028; what alternative delivery mechanisms have been explo

To ask His Majesty's Government when a new Commissioner for Countering Extremism will be appointed.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ability of Equiniti and Sopra Steria to pay Ministry of Defence pensions to service personnel.

To ask His Majesty's Government what oversight of Equiniti and Sopra Steria they exercise in relation to the payment of pensions to service personnel after the mispayment of pensions has come to light; and what oversight they previously exercised.

To ask His Majesty's Government when Sopra Steria and Equiniti became aware of mistakes being made in the mispayment of pensions to veterans; and when those mistakes were conveyed to veteran pensioners.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the stress suffered by veterans in relation to the mispayment of pensions by Equiniti and Sopra Steria.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many veterans have been affected by the mispayment of pensions by Equiniti and Sopra Steria.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assistance they are offering to veterans in relation to the mispayment of pensions by Equiniti and Sopra Steria.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many women were remanded in prison in each of the past two years, and how many of these were subsequently (1) not sentenced, and (2) received a community sentence.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many women received a custodial sentence of (1) less than one month, (2) between one month and two months, (3) between two months and three months (4) between three months and four months, and (5) between four months an

To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) adults, and (2) children were sectioned under the Mental Health Act in England in each of the last two years.

To ask His Majesty's Government on what basis a person might be exempt from any requirements under section 3(10)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971 when entering the United Kingdom by boat without a visa or valid entry clearance.

To ask His Majesty's Government on what basis people are not charged under section 3(10)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971 when entering the United Kingdom by boat without a visa or valid entry clearance.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether DNA samples are being obtained from those who commit an offence under the Immigration Act 1971 when entering the United Kingdom by boat without a visa or valid entry clearance.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made on the impact of changing the recoverability of VAT on the repair and reuse of heritage buildings, including churches, and in particular the viability of converting heritage buildings to appro

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ban UK trade in goods and services from illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in light of the Israeli government's publication of a tender for the E1 settlement proj

To ask His Majesty's Government whether their new right to work checks will apply to (1) artists, (2) bands, and (3) theatre troupes, undertaking short UK tours without visas; and, if so, what plans they have to waive the checks for these groups.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there is an operational conflict between their new right to work checks and the permitted paid engagement route for artists; and what plans they have to consult the live entertainme

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, as part of their current review of National Lottery funding, to promote public awareness of the good causes that the National Lottery supports locally, including at points of purchase such as local ret

To ask His Majesty's Government when the next UK-EU Summit is scheduled to take place.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Competition and Markets Authority opening a Strategic Market Status investigation, under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, into Amazon's retail marketplace and it