Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she plans to take to ensure that distribution network operators provide an estimate of grid connection costs before a business spends time or money on the formal application proces

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the difference between upfront grid connection costs in the UK and equivalent sites in other European countries on industrial investmen

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department plans to (a) incorporate the potential for industrial electrification into its industrial strategy to (i) protect jobs and (ii) support economic growth, and (b) ensure

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that reasonable adjustments relating to (a) disabled and (b) vulnerable claimants' communication needs, including where written communications may be requir

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that NHS bodies consistently identify and implement reasonable adjustments to communication preferences, including where patients require written communication ra

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps HM Courts and Tribunals Service takes to ensure that reasonable adjustments and communication preferences are identified, recorded and adhered to throughout court and tribunal proceedings involving dis

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what cross-government mechanisms are in place to monitor and assess compliance by public bodies with their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 to establish, record, implement and comply with reasonable adjus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 77413 on Teachers: Workplace Pensions, how many unresolved cash equivalent transfer value (CETV) cases are outstanding as of 20-08-2026; and what is the cur

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the implementation of the McCloud remedy on waiting times for the production of Cash Equivalent Transfer Value (CETV) quotations under the Teachers' Pensi

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the implementation of the McCloud remedy on waiting times for the production of Cash Equivalent Transfer Value (CETV) quotations under police p

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of applying the 2018 Nutrient Profiling Model to HFSS advertising and promotions restrictions on a) business investment in reformulat

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in what way the measuring of free sugars impacts a) the implementation of the 2018 Nutrient Profiling Model and b) the potential risk of regulatory breaches.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to provide youth sport coaches with improved access to training on neurodiversity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department plans to take to provide (a) earlier diagnosis, (b) greater treatment options, and (c) more support for people living with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome in Shr

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for publishing the statutory guidance to be issued under the Down Syndrome Act 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to prepare for a new Russian military mobilisation for its invasion of Ukraine in autumn 2026.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support residents of new-build estates a choice of broadband providers in circumstances where the developer has restricted access to the estate's properties t

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support tenants from landlords who inappropriately withhold a tenant's security deposit at the end of a tenancy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, in developing her Department’s peatland calculator for carbon losses, whether the Government will include peat destruction caused by (i) wind farm developments and (ii) wildfires caused by ex

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of restrictions on the mowing, burning and grazing of vegetation on (i) its volume, (ii) its age structure, (iii) its moisture content an

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the findings of the Cochrane review entitled Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test for prostate cancer scree

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the UK National Screening Committee will next review its recommendation on prostate cancer screening.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what impact assessment was made of the decision to withdraw the Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme guidance; and whether his Department considered the findings of the Cochrane review entitle

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to align support provided to housing associations with support provided to local authorities to enable them to provide people with low-cost access to EV charging.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to expand the terms of reference of the Cost of public EV charging review, published on 9 June 2026, to include VAT levied on public EV charging.