Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made with East Midlands Railway on the introduction of new rolling stock; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of this stock on passengers travelling to and

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints on East Midlands Railway services serving Leicester were received by (a) her Department and (b) the Office of Rail and Road in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department is taking to increase localised preventive care and diagnostic capacity in parliamentary constituencies where UK Health Security Agency profile data indicates Type 2 diabe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is for requiring private hire operators to conduct right to work checks on drivers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Ministers were provided with a breakdown of consultation responses by respondent category, including (a) learner drivers, (b) approved driving instructors, (c) driving schools and (d) other respondents,

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Ministers were advised that responses to the consultation on changes to the driving test booking system were obtained through a self-selecting consultation process.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2026 to Question 18165 on Department for Transport: Carbon Emissions, when the Greening Government Commitments 2025–2030 will be (a) finalised and (b) publi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2026 to Question 17042 on Railways: Fares, whether DfT Operator Ltd incurred any expenditure on (a) advertising, (b) marketing, (c) public relations and (d) other communicatio

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the value for money of Official Development Assistance spending targets relative to domestic infrastructure priorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to evaluate whether non-emergency international development projects represent effective use of public funds.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that future reforms to settlement requirements preserve public trust in the consistency and fairness of the UK immigration system for existing visa holder

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any planned reforms to settlement eligibility will apply transitional rules equally to all workers already on a qualifying route, including those working outside social care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to clear the current backlog of Member of Parliament casework enquiries; and what progress is being made toward meeting the standard 15-working-day target for departm

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the financial and mental health impact on vulnerable benefit claimants arising from extended delays in responding to parliamentary casework enquiries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what review his Department has undertaken into the underlying causes of persistent delays in resolving MP correspondence; and if he will establish an expedited triage process for severe financial hardsh

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what her timeline is for clearing the backlog of unacknowledged correspondence regarding Civil Service Pensions; and what contractual penalties are being applied for the administrator not meeting response target

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what planning reforms or streamlined Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) consenting pathways her Department is introducing to expedite judicial reviews, statutor

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the number of housebuilding developments currently delayed or blocked due to local water scarcity, and how the construction timelines of the

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what interim measures and emergency drought management capabilities her Department is putting in place to secure national drinking water supplies during periods of extreme heat prior t

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to accelerate the construction timeline of the nine proposed major reservoirs in England, and whether she plans to bring forward their expected comp

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to findings that domestic abuse may contribute to up to 1,000 suicides nationally each year, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the NHS Suicide Prevention Strategy in sc

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of recent research from the University of Kent indicating that domestic abuse was a factor in one in three suicid

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces in England and Wales currently track suspected domestic abuse-related suicides as a distinct category; and what funding is being allocated to maintain the NPCC Domestic Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what cross-departmental work her Department is undertaking with the Home Office to ensure local suicide prevention strategies specifically address victims of domestic abuse and coercive control.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking in response to the Domestic Homicide Project's finding of 150 suspected domestic abuse-related suicides in England and Wales; and whether the government plans to up