Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the list of medical conditions which provide exemption from the prescription charges to include rheumatoid arthriti

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on how many individuals in each police force area are subject to electronic monitoring, broken down by licence, community order, suspended sentence order and bail requirement

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on (a) how many individuals are awaiting installation of an electronic monitoring device in each police force area, (b) the average waiting time, and (c) the number of outsta

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Ministry of Justice has made an estimate of the volume of police activity arising from electronic monitoring and bail-tag breaches; and whether this information is available at police force area level

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on (a) how many electronic monitoring breaches were recorded in each police force area during the latest 12-month period, and (b) of the breaches recorded, how many resulted

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure Local Criminal Justice Boards can access local electronic monitoring data, specifically (a) individuals subject to monitoring, (b) outstanding tagging installations,

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (a) performance against regulatory standards and (b) financial transparency and Fitness to Practise administrativ

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what monitoring, outcome delivery and value-for-money assessments have taken place for Homes England grants awarded to McCarthy Stone since 2021; what financial risk assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure the Leasehold Reform Bill protects elderly residents from (a) uncapped retirement property fees, (b) losing tribunal rights, (c) unchecked lega

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of poor phone connectivity in towns and villages on allowing consumers to access cheap overnight rates for charging electric vehicles; and what steps she is

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of making tax digital’s quarterly reporting of tax returns on accountancy fees and workload for small businesses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is she taking to improve the palliative care for terminally ill hospital patients that cannot be transferred to a hospice or into the care of end-of-life charities, and if she will make

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to the potential merits of removing VAT on sunscreen.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of (a) UNISON’s 2026 NMC member survey on staff satisfaction and (b) its findings relating to (i) senior leadership, (ii) organisat

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his department takes to ensure that technology companies with which it contracts do not have links to incidents of violations of international law.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his department takes to ensure that technology companies with which it contracts are not involved in actions that are contrary to UK Government values.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his department takes to ensure that technology companies with which it contracts are not associated with the gathering of information and data which could be used by oth

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether action is being taken to ensure that no UK contractor bids for contracts connected to the proposed E1 development in Palestine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of mandating the installation of thermometers in classrooms in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of commissioning a review into the effects of the Prevent Strategy on people with autism.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to improve the awareness of autistic characteristics in Prevent safeguarding training.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to improve the guidance on identifying signs of radicalisation as part of the Prevent Strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 100106 on Counter-terrorism, when the independent evaluation of Channel will be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an estimate of the temperature on South Western train carriages on the West of England line travelling through Yeovil constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure trains on the West of England line are air-conditioned.