Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of availability and accessibility of perinatal pelvic health services across England, and what further steps is it taking to ensure women can

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) women are routinely asked about pelvic health during pregnancy and after childbirth and (b) that those experiencing problems are aware of the

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that women receive consistent, evidence-based advice on (a) physical activity, (b) physical recovery and (c) returning safely to exercise as part of po

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training and guidance her Department provides to (a) GPs, (b) midwives and (c) other maternity professionals on postnatal pelvic health and supporting women to return safely to physical activi

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to integrate postnatal physical health, pelvic health and mental health within its wider preventative approach to women's health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of working with local NHS partners to explore the potential for a pilot involving appropriately qualified community-based professiona

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what progress his Department has made on secondary legislation under the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025, particularly in relation to holding online marketplaces accounta

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her department has made of the adequacy of the number of specialist training spaces required to address the low number of Consultant Neurologists in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the forthcoming regulations under the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 will place a legal duty on online marketplaces to monitor and remove unsafe products.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the shortage of Consultant Neurologists on patient access to consistent and timely Multiple Sclerosis care.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make representations to the Financial Ombudsman Service Board to require the Service to signpost complainants to the Independent Assessor and the applicable one-month time limit at the point of issuing a

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether DISP guidance is sufficient to ensure that Financial Ombudsman Service ombudsmen document and address Consumer Rights Act 2015 unfair contract terms arguments raised by complai

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of reports that Igor Tulchinsky funded a community centre in Efrat in violation of the UK's policy on settlement expansi

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Crown Estate is taking to secure and repair the Grade II listed former Duke of Bridgewater public house in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Department plans to publish its response to the consultations launched alongside the Road Safety Strategy published in January 2026.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislation to amend section 7A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 so that a specimen of blood taken from a driver incapable of giving consent may be tested without that

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for the roll-out of free breakfast clubs to additional schools in Stoke-on-Trent North constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Department will review the £1 million limit on individual grants from the Heritage at Risk Capital Fund in areas that have declared a heritage emergency, such as Stoke-on-Tre

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a definition of Critical National Growth Infrastructure.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement of 9 September 2026: Civil Service Pension Scheme, what recent progress she has made on the development of the long-term strategy to bring the Civil Service Pension Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement of 9 September 2026: Civil Service Pension Scheme, what steps her Department taking to hold Capita to account for inadequacies in the administration of civil service pensi

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a compensation scheme for those affected by inadequacies in the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme..

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the number of SSN-AUKUS submarines he plans to procure following the 2027 spending review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 23015 on Veterans: Visas, whether he has discussed this issue with the Minister for Migration and Citizenship since her appointment on 22 July 2026.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s joint consultation document entitled High Value Council Tax Surcharge, published on 19 May 2026, if she will make it her policy to include a si