Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 6594, what steps her Department is taking to ensure consistency between integrated care boards in the commissioning of care pathways for patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of patients discharged from NHS mental health services for non (a) attendance and (b) engagement in each of the last 5 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on outcomes for patients discharged from NHS mental health services for non (a) attendance and (b) engagement, including crisis presentations, detentions under the Me

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS mental health services are required to record a patient's disability-related inability to attend appointments before discharging that patient for (a) non-attendance and (b) non-engageme

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what engagement she has had with the physical activity sector; and how regularly that engagement takes place.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what industry bodies have been engaged with to create the National Plan for Physical Activity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what targets are being included in the National Plan for Physical Activity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of swimming pools closing due to high operating costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to address the declining number of children who can swim confidently.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that specialist powered wheelchairs and essential adaptations are recognised and funded as essential medical equipment.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to reduce duplication in the processes required of carers and older taxpayers; and what assessment HMRC has made of the potential impact of these requirements on those tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the description of the Start Up Loans Scheme as Government Backed in providing clarity to prospective applicants about the Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that its legal obligations under Article 8 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples are met.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support the recruitment and retention of Cadet Force Adult Volunteers.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of applying a reduced rate of VAT, or a VAT exemption, to private swimming lessons provided by independent swimming schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the government is taking to increase the delivery of osteoporosis clinics within the East Midlands.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment the Competition and Markets Authority has made of the availability of stable application programming interfaces from major supermarkets for third-party developers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Competition and Markets Authority on access to retail data for small businesses and app developers seeking to build consumer

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of retailers' terms and conditions restricting automated and AI-assisted access to their websites on competiti

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential challenges faced by small AI developers seeking to build consumer tools that rely on data from third-party commercial websi

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the potential merits of consumer AI tools are not restricted to services offered directly by large incumbent firms.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 on consumers' use of AI tools to interact with commercial websites on their behalf.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to review the effectiveness of the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the statutory Pubs Code in ensuring that tied pub tenants are not worse off than if they were free of tie.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the operation of the Market Rent Only provisions of the statutory Pubs Code.