Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of frontline healthcare staff, including a) GPs, b) nurses and c) other clinical professionals, available to provide services to patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reducing non-tariff barriers in overseas markets on the export performance of UK creative industries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of future trade agreements on the ability of UK creative businesses to export digital services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of regional trade missions focused on the creative industries on exports from businesses located (i) outside London and (ii) in

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the relationship between access to international finance and the ability of UK creative businesses to scale.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential economic impact of improving international intellectual property enforcement for UK creative businesses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of plug-in solar deployment on the capacity requirements of the electricity distribution network in the south east of England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the average cost to local authorities of cleaning up illegal waste sites over each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing a national database of illegal waste sites on the targeting of enforcement resources.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of diplomatic networks supporting UK businesses in identifying and mitigating risks arising from foreign investment screen

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of which overseas markets offer the greatest potential for additional UK exports as a result of enhanced diplomatic engagement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed payments innovation objective on the international competitiveness of UK financial services.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed payments innovation objective on the time taken by innovative payments businesses to obtain regulatory approval.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed payments innovation objective on private investment in UK payments infrastructure.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK financial sanctions in disrupting revenue flows to entities supporting Iran’s nuclear and destabilising activities.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the resilience of the UK financial system to attempts by sanctioned Iranian entities to circumvent financial restrictions through (i) third countries, (ii) intermediaries or (iii) alte

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure NHS England's guidance on single-sex accommodation, wards and intimate care is brought into line with the Supreme Court judgment and the updated EHRC Code.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the role that desalination plants may need to play in ensuring the long-term resilience and security of public water supplies in England; and whether sh

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to review the adequacy of current legislation relating to the accountability of corporate entities that benefit from transport operations involving (a) vehicles, (b) trailers or (c) load confi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of non-compliance with Construction and Use Regulations on competition in the haulage and logistics sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) powers and (b) resources of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency to enforce compliance with Construction and Use Regulations relating to (i) trailers l

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) vehicles, (b) trailers and (c) load configurations operating outside the requirements of Construction and Use Regulations on road safety.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department collects on the use of non-compliant (a) vehicles, (b) trailers and (c) load configurations on the road network.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to support more neurodivergent people into suitable employment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps have been taken to ensure staff at the National Careers Service and Jobcentre Plus can adequately support neurodivergent people.